The imperial examination is the sharpest knife that cuts the foundation of the giant family.

According to the system set in the "Imperial Examination Requirements", the county national examination is scheduled in March every year, and the national examination is held in September every year.

Therefore, the former is also called the spring test, and the latter is called the autumn test.

The national examination, which began on September 15 and ended on September 30, was the first real imperial examination in the Han Dynasty.

Although Liu He announced the implementation of the imperial examination system a year ago, the "Imperial Examination Meeting" released in March this year is still far from the "imperial examination" last year.

From the preparation to the start of the exam, it is still inevitable to be in a hurry.

However, with the joint efforts of Wei Xian, Guangluxun Gong Sui, Taixue Ling Wang Shi and others, the curtain finally came to an end.

I have to say that Wei Xian still has the appearance of a loyal minister, and he made this significant first imperial examination a decent one.

The book in Liu He's hand clearly wrote the situation of the imperial examination and the national examination.

A total of 531 Confucian scholars participated in the imperial examination, and all 104 counties in the world participated.

It can be seen that no matter what the reason, the ministers of the counties attach great importance to this imperial examination and do not want to let the local Confucian students be absent.

Among them, the farthest Confucian came from Yuenan County - not to mention thousands of miles, it can be called thousands of miles.

[Nam County is in the southern part of present-day Vietnam]

In order to catch up with the national examination for the imperial examination on September 15, this Confucian scholar named Huang Qingshan set off from Yuenan County in June this year.

It took three months to get to Chang'an, barely catching up with the national examination.

Along the way, Huang Qingshan encountered pirates and thieves, jackals, tigers and leopards, and was almost captured by the natives, almost poisoned by miasma, and infected many times......

It is not an exaggeration to describe this experience as a lifetime of nine deaths.

The county guard of Yuenan County was also very competent, and sent five servants to this Huang Qingshan, asking them to escort Huang Qingshan to Chang'an to catch the exam.

By the time Huang Qingshan entered Chang'an City through the city gate, three of the five servants had already died.

It's a pity that Nanjun is too remote and poor, and it is also the last county to receive the "Imperial Examination Meeting", and there is no great Confucianism in the local area.

Although Huang Qingshan has ambitions, he still lacks knowledge.

In the end, he failed to stand out from the national examination.

In order to commend him, Liu He deliberately left him to study in Taixue, so that he could prepare for the imperial examination next year with peace of mind.

Of the 531 Confucian students who participated in the imperial examination, a total of 100 stood out and were divided into eight subjects, with varying numbers of scholars in each subject.

This 100 people is not a fixed number, it was set by Guanglu Xun Gong Sui according to the situation of this year's official vacancies in the court, so as to avoid redundant personnel.

In a few days, these 100 people will participate in the palace examination - Liu He will rearrange them in a ranking.

The symbolic significance of the palace examination is greater than the practical significance, and with this palace examination, all the Confucian students who passed the examination became the nominal protégés of the Son of Heaven, avoiding the possibility of them forming a party with the main examination.

These 100 Confucian scholars could not immediately take up official positions, but had to study in the first department of Taixue for half a year, and then become officials again.

Nowadays, Taixue is divided into Department B and Department A, the former recruits Confucian students according to the original system, and the latter is used to discipline alternate officials - the chief teacher is Liu He.

Liu He flipped a few pages back and found the part of "The Origin of All Lives".

It records the basic information of these 100 Confucian students, including their origins, family backgrounds, teachers' inheritances, subjects, and so on.

Soon, Liu He saw a familiar name on the [Metalworking Woodware] department.

[Metalworking Woodware] has a total of 12 people in the exam, which is a subject with more scholars, and the last place is called Meng Xing.

"Meng Xing, a person from Changyi County, Changyi County, is a household citizen, has a family of 70,000, and is a teacher of Zhou Chushou, and [metalworking wood] twelve."

All the information in it can be matched, and Liu He can determine at a glance that this is Meng Ban's sixteen-year-old youngest son.

It seems that in the past year and a half, he has not wasted time in the work office.

Looking at this familiar name, Liu He's memory can't help but go back to that day in April last year.

Liu He and Yu Wuwu went to the official field of Changyi State to teach the old farmers to use new farm tools, and passed by the Meng family's workshop on the way, so they had a conversation with Meng Xing.

Then, he hired the Meng family to Changyi Gongguan, and then brought them to Chang'an City.

At that time, Meng Ban opened his mouth and closed his mouth to scold Meng Xing for being a vertical son, but he didn't expect him to be admitted to the imperial examination now.

In March next year, they will be released as officials, or 400 stones—at least a county official order.

Although Meng Xing is young, he has been with Yu Wuwu and Li Zhang for so long, and he wants to have this ability.

Liu He also remembered some other things.

That time he went out, Liu He ate the meat buns he made for the first time, taught the old farmers to use the Quyuan plow for the first time, and was almost recruited by an old farmer as a son-in-law.

These were just a year and a half ago, but when Liu He looks back on it now, it feels like a lifetime away.

Meng Xing's shaft has a future.

Liu He smiled, continued to look down, and swept through all the information of the 100 Confucian students in the middle test, and was very satisfied with the results.

The ordinary household registration of the Han Dynasty is divided into three classes according to the family name.

Households with less than 30,000 yuan are lower households, households with 30,000 to 100,000 yuan are middle households, and families with more than 100,000 yuan are upper households.

Of course, this upper household can go up to no boundary, and millions or even tens of millions of households are still called upper households.

Of course, the number of households is the largest, they have created the most social wealth, and they are also the most oppressed.

This time, 20 percent of those who were admitted to the imperial examination were from lower households, 50 percent from middle households, and 30 percent from upper households.

Among the thirty percent of the upper households, half of them came from 100,000 to 500,000 families, and there were not many Confucian scholars from more than 500,000 giant families.

This is also another level of fairness in the imperial examination.

There is no shortage of hard-working people with lofty ideals in the giant family, but with a good life, it is inevitable that there will be some slackness.

And the common people of the poor family only have this one chance to grow, of course they will grit their teeth and go to the test.

After seven or eight more years of imperial examinations, and then these "new officials" who were admitted to the court and the localities showed their prominence, the relationship between the family and power was gradually severed.

The smooth holding of this national examination also means that the appointment system, the probation system, and the recruitment system have officially withdrawn from the stage of history.

The historical process of China has taken another big step forward.

"Elder Wei Ge, this imperial examination is very good, I should reward you and add another 500 households to your fiefdom."

"Your Majesty can't help it, this is a matter within the old minister's responsibility, there are not many people in the Wei family, there is no need for so many fiefdoms, please take back your Majesty's order." Wei Xian bowed down with some trepidation.

The old man's earnest expression did not look like a fake.

It is also said that there are too many fiefdoms now, which is not necessarily a good thing.

Liu He didn't delve into the reason, just nodded, got up and helped Wei Xian up.

After that, he repeatedly praised the merits of the Merriam-Webster, and the topic ended naturally.

Finally, Liu He finally picked up the last book - a book related to the conquest of the Xiongnu.

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