The spring breeze in February is like scissors, and before February, Yecheng seems to have recovered in advance, and the heat wave brought by the crowds walking on the streets has melted away the remaining snow.

Today is the first day of the examination, and the scholars of the city of Ye have gathered in Tongque Garden, waiting for the moment when the gate will be opened.

The gate of Tongque Garden slowly opened, and more than forty examiners appeared behind the gate, the gray-bearded examiner Pingjian stood at the front, behind him were Lang Mao and Yuan Wenyao, and the rest were examiners in charge of various examination rooms, wearing court clothes, standing solemnly behind the three officials.

When the scholars saw it, they bowed neatly, "The student has seen the examiner!" ”

Ping Jian nodded, stroked his gray beard, and scanned the boundless scholar in front of him with a sharp gaze. Lang Dao:

"Today, Chen Ping Jian is a holy oracle! On January 27th, the branch was opened! You will gather here, or for fame, or for Kuangfu Sheji, enter this gate, there is such an opportunity! Now, please Lang Siqing announce the rules of the examination! ”

Lang Mao took three steps forward, solemnly took out the cloth hidden in his sleeve, spread it out, and said, "The first test is to be counted!" A total of 7,000 people entered! Take three thousand, and the rest will be eliminated! In the second round of the examination, a total of 3,000 people entered, and 1,000 people were taken! The third exam is current affairs! A total of 1,000 people entered, and 300 people were taken! The fourth exam, strategy! A total of 300 people entered, and 50 people were taken! ”

"There are five exams! The fifth session will be asked by the Holy Lord himself, and all 50 will be taken! The final ranking result is determined by the Holy Lord! ”

"The examination time is five days!

The duration of each examination is two hours, and during the examination period, one should eat and lodging, and the area arranged by the public shall not leave the area arranged by the public.

Not to mention collusion and cheating, violators will be fined 300 pounds of copper! You can't take the test again for life!

The results of the test will be announced on the next day!

Those who are on the list stay, and those who are not on the list leave! ”

"Seven thousand...... Only fifty?"

"This ......"

Everyone looked at each other and felt their scalps tingle, it was like thousands of troops crossing a single-plank bridge! That's one out of 140 people! It takes four games in a row not to be eliminated to be considered a final victory!

Of the 7,000 scholars, only 50 can stand out, and the poor family accounts for 20 places. Then it will be even more difficult to gain fame!

The faces of the children of the family are not much better, and there are nearly 1,000 people from the family who participated in the examination, although most of them are not descendants, but only side branches, but they also have the name of the family, and the level is about the same as each other, if you want to stand out, the difficulty is not much worse than that of the poor children over there.

"Excuse me, examiner!" A scholar stepped forward and asked, "How can the Hanmen family distinguish it?"

"It's very simple," Yuan Wenyao said, "You all reported your respective places of origin when you signed up, and we distinguish them according to their ethnic origins.

After a while, you will have to bring your clan registration and go to the front garden to check the information in batches, and after the verification is correct, the examiner will issue a certificate of admission.

The certificate of the family is blue, the red of ordinary scholars, get the blue one, enter the gate, go to the test area on the left, and find the corresponding examination room and the corresponding seat according to the number given on the admission certificate.

Red, go to the test area on the right, the steps are the same as just now!

Do you understand? ”

"Got it! ……”

"Good ......" Ping Jian said: "Burn incense and sacrifice to the sky, worship Kong Sheng!" You guys can enter by batch! ”

Soon more than 100 public servants came up from the rear and arranged for these scholars to enter in groups of 100.

Pingjian burned incense to worship the sky, with a solemn expression, Yuan Wenyao looked at this pair of students who entered the Tongque Garden, and felt inexplicable in his heart.

"What? Does Yuan Shilang intend to end up fighting with them? Ping Jian's eyes showed a slight narrowness, and Fang Cai's majestic and solemn appearance were like two people.

Yuan Wenyao laughed at himself: "The old man laughed, these more than 7,000 students can kill fifty people, I don't dare to end the competition, otherwise wouldn't it be a shame if I fell off the list?" Now that you have a fame in the next place, why bother to go through that troubled water? ”

"Zhao Yanshen really didn't say anything wrong about you, you are really a lazy person, and it fell into the hands of the old man, the old man has to grind you, so that your lazy temperament can be restrained a little ......"

"Pinggong laughed, hahahaha......"

Lang Mao also looked at it funny, looked at Yuan Wenyao, and said: "Deyuan, don't be deceived by him, this person said it well, you have to sharpen your temperament, in fact, what you want to think about is how to pick and blame everything on you."

This old man, since he married a new concubine, has become more and more lazy, and he is embarrassed to talk about others, and he doesn't look at what he looks like?"

"Hey, aren't you jealous of my position as the examiner, and you deliberately came to find the old man?"

"Does the old man need to envy you? Less in the heart of the villain! ”

"Say one more word to the old man! ……”

"I said, what's wrong with you?"

"Two," Yuan Wenyao said helplessly: "They all say that I am lazy and lazy, why are you worse than me?" Your Majesty has an exam, and there are still a lot of things to do, so please ...... you."

"Eh, you don't come, Your Majesty's edict makes it clear, the two of us only need to sit in charge, and you are responsible for the specific affairs, the two of us will take the first step, and Yuan Shilang will go and get busy first......"

"Everyone relies on the old and sells the old...... Bully me, this is ......" Yuan Wenyao watched the two of them pull and pull away, and sighed helplessly.

He paused for a moment and walked towards the front garden, there were still many things he needed to keep an eye on before anything went wrong. This is a rare opportunity for him Yuan Wenyao to prove himself!

At this moment, Cushman & Wakefield is in the Tongque Terrace, stopping to look at the past, and there is a feeling that the world's talents are in the palm of his hand.

This examination can be regarded as a small contribution he made to this era, so that it came out decades in advance, and the scale of this examination is far greater than the scale of the Sui and Tang dynasties, although it is too hasty and not so standardized, but this is a good start!

Fifty out of seven thousand people seems cruel and strict, but Cushman has opened up enough places. It can already be said that it gave the Hanmen scholars a sufficient opportunity to advance, if it was placed in the Ming and Qing dynasties, the road to the imperial examination would be more than ten times more difficult than this!

For the imperial examination, the Sui Dynasty only formally established the Jinshi Section, and did not allow scholars to recommend themselves, and it can even be said that in the Tang Dynasty, the officials who were born in the imperial examination were a minority.

More than 20 people are admitted every year, and it is really difficult to win without access and connections.

The children of the third-grade high-ranking officials started from the seventh-rank [Xuanyilang], the fifth-grade official disciples could descend from the eighth-rank, and the first-class scholars in the imperial examination only started from the nineth-grade.

And the Tang Dynasty Jinshi rarely won the first rank. In the Tang Dynasty, the promotion of the rank of loose officials was based on the accumulation of examinations and general ranks.

If there is a shade, you can add a rank on the basis of the imperial examination.

The vast majority of scholars still started with the shadow of the door, and even to some extent the imperial examination continued the life of the scholars.

It can be said that the standards and conditions given by Cushman and Wakefield are definitely much better than those of Sui and Tang.

At the very least, it provides a fair and just ladder to the next level.

As long as the poor scholar is in the exam, then it will inevitably bring the world's heart to learn, and Cushman & Wakefield will launch movable type printing, slowly reduce the cost of reading, popularize knowledge and culture, so over time, the threat of the family will naturally fade.

In fact, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty carried out the imperial examination and deposed the Jiupin Zhongzheng not only because he was afraid of the family to become bigger and overhead the dynasty, but its essence was due to the fact that since the Jin Dynasty, the power of the gate valve has been declining, and it is no longer enough to support the operation of a unified dynasty, and at this time, the common landlord class is growing, and it is about to replace the gate valve as the backbone of the country.

Although Cushman & Wakefield's examination system is limited due to various reasons, it is not perfect. But it doesn't matter, as the time matures, he will gradually change the system to perfection.

Besides, Gao Wei didn't care about those one or two scholars, what he wanted to buy was the hearts of the common landlord class all over the world!