Imperial examination!

This is a plan that has been set up since the beginning of the school years.

Based on the learning situation of the students in the school, it will then be evaluated when the imperial examination will be held.

And this assessment will be very low.

This is mainly because Yanyun City, including Liaodong City, has too few grassroots personnel who belong to their own people.

The imperial examination can effectively screen talents and fill vacancies in grassroots units for public office.

And counting the entire Yanyun City, there are more than 3,000 vacancies at the grassroots level.

These more than 3,000 positions were previously outsourced, paid and let the people who have the ability to do it.

But this is not a long-term solution.

Stable grassroots personnel are needed so that the orders transmitted by the empire can be implemented at their level, and then they can continue to implement them.

In other words.

An idea came out of his Li Kuan, and when it was delegated to a few points in the imperial court, it became dozens of points when it was delegated to the middle-level branches, and when it was delegated to the grassroots level, it became hundreds or even thousands of points.

In this way, one thing is subdivided into so many positions to do, and the burden on everyone's body will not be too heavy, and it can also be used to feed more people with public food.

And this also gives the school why to study, an output position.

For....

Build an empire, become an official, and so on!

Moreover, the imperial examination was opened, so that the poor scholars could also ascend to the throne, which is far different from the concept of the Tang Dynasty, where only the people of the world can be masters.

The overall model is still similar to the model of the modern city in later generations.

The imperial examination was introduced.

Li Kuan did not answer Guo Shoujing immediately, but kept thinking deeply.

His position is different from Guo Shoujing, Guo Shoujing is the proposer, and the opening of the imperial examination is beneficial to scholars and is considered unilaterally, while he, Li Kuan, is the decision-maker and needs to be considered in more aspects.

Like what.

Will the opening of the imperial examination affect the middle-aged, the elderly, and those who are working, etc.

There are various industries that need to be considered.

And no matter what kind of big decision it is, it will harm the interests of some people, but the words of the imperial examination....

Li Kuan pondered for a long time, and was almost sure that the current political system of Dayan was very suitable for carrying out the imperial examination, so he nodded and said, "Then, carry it out." ”

"The time is set in four months."

"All the topics of the imperial examination must be carried out on practical issues, rather than just considering the set of paper talk of the Tang Dynasty."

"Of course, we also want Datang's set, but the proportion accounts for at most a quarter, and the other three-quarters must be considered pragmatic."

Guo Shoujing arched his hand excitedly and said, "Your Majesty, the minister understands!" ”

He quickly stepped back.

….….….….….….

Following.

A blockbuster news swept the entire Yanyun City.

Yanyun City!

No, it's the entire Great Yan, and the imperial examination must be opened!

At this moment, the entire Yanyun City scholars were boiling.

In fact....

There are not many scholars in Yanyun City.

The scholar is expensive, and the treatment given by Datang is very good.

Coupled with this locust plague, the people who fled from Youzhou to Yanyun City traveled through mountains and rivers all the way, which was difficult and dangerous, and many hungry readers were afraid to hear it.

After all, how could this thin man with thin arms and thin legs dare to come to Dayan after such a long journey?

Therefore, the hungry scholars in Youzhou basically fled in the direction of Chang'an City.

And because they are scholars, they are treated much better than ordinary refugees in Chang'an City.

Nowadays, a large proportion of the scholars in Yanyun City were captured by the Turks, Goguryeo, Liang and others.

That is, once a slave.

These scholars have suffered as slaves, and they have long been hoping to get ahead in reading, and it is good to be alive.

So they put the Great Yan who saved them as the real master, and after the Great Yan was established, many scholars were officially recruited to become teachers.

Therefore, the news of the imperial examination came out on this day.

The group of teachers in Yanyun City is the most boiling.

They didn't expect that the ideals they had lost after being enslaved, and that they could get ahead by reading, could appear in this land!

Imperial Examination....Imperial Examination!

If you want to trace back to the last time it was opened, in the entire history of the Han people, this was more than ten years ago.

Time flies.

No one thought that the imperial examination would be opened again, and the Great Sui would be gone, and it was not the Tang Dynasty that opened the imperial examination, but the brand-new empire under their feet, Da Yan!!

This makes the teachers completely boiling!

And Zhao Yang is one of them.

He was originally the master of the county order of Daicheng County, but because of the locust plague in Youzhou, the imperial court issued an edict to dispose of several officials, and the county order of Daicheng County was among them.

When Zhao Yang heard the news, he had already quietly left for fear of being blamed.

He did not go to Chang'an, nor did he go to other places in Datang, but chose to go north, followed another team of refugees to Dayan, and came to Dayan.

When Da Yan came, there was a total of one city, Yanyun City, and the six towns to which it belonged.

He originally lived in Tamsui Town, but because of his experience as an official, Zhao Yang understood very well the truth that a person should go to a high place, so he naturally came to live in Yanyun City.

There are always more opportunities in Kyoto than in other places.

Zhao Yang relied on his talent to quickly master the use of Chinese pinyin, and passed the interview and taught in a primary school.

There is food, drink, housing and work, and then look at the neighbors, including the entire people of Yanyun City, they are all full of vitality, much better than the lifeless life of the previous generation of cities and counties.

I thought it was dreamy enough.

But I didn't expect it....

Unexpectedly, there is also the imperial examination!!

Imperial Examination....Imperial Examination!!

That is the imperial examination, the best way for countless people from low positions to cross the class!

I was able to see this in my lifetime....

Zhao Yang's eyes were slightly moist.

He thought, he thought, he always thought....

The former Sui died because of the imperial examination, and the emperors of later generations took it as a warning, and it was impossible to open the imperial examination again, at least in recent generations, so if you look at it, you will not have the opportunity to see it in your life.

But....saw it in this land.

This land, the emperor here.....

It seems to be igniting a spark to try to ignite the ideals of those who have been silent for a long time.

No....it doesn't seem that the leaders of this land are trying to keep igniting the spark and illuminate the darkness in their hearts.

Shine on, darkness for all!

Before, it was a refugee, but now it's their turn to read!

Imperial Examination....Imperial Examination!

This is something that countless people who read books have dreamed of, but they didn't expect it to really appear like this.

Zhao Yang looked at the words on this red paper, line by line, sentence by sentence, to be honest, in his opinion, it was more important than gold.

"You don't look at your background, you don't look at your gender, you don't look at your age."

“…….”

"Even if you are a person from the Tang Dynasty, you can sign up, but! If it is registered, it will automatically be considered that the applicant has left the household registration of the Tang Dynasty, and if he does anything to harm Dayan in the future, he will be punished according to the crime of treason. ”

Zhao Yang took a deep breath.

He saw that there were no restrictions on men and women in the imperial examination of Dayan, and there were no other restrictions, only one was the main thing, that is, you must have something real in your stomach!

After thinking about it, Zhao Yang continued to watch.

"Don't test the subset of history and scriptures, don't test more, only test the understanding and handling of practice, empty talk misleads the country, and hard work....will prosper the country!"

Seeing this, Zhao Yang's eyes widened and he couldn't help but take a deep breath.

Da Yan, this is really looking for officials who are useful to the people, useful to the empire, and insightful to the people.

"It's a good empty talk to mislead the country, but it's a good hard work to prosper the country."

"Dare to ask, how to register for this imperial examination?"

Zhao Yang immediately asked directly at the Self-Defense Army soldier next to him.

The soldiers of the Self-Defense Army glanced at him and said calmly: "You can go directly to the Yamen, there is a special registration point there." ”

"If you don't know the yamen, I can take you there."

Zhao Yang smiled: "I know, I know." ”

After thanking him, he didn't stop at all, turned around and went to the yamen.

When he arrived at the Yamen, there was already a long queue here.

By the time he finished registering, it was already night.

It's really hot!

For the opening of the first imperial examination, the scholars in Yanyun City were treated with great enthusiasm.

After registering, Zhao Yang hurriedly ate some food outside, and then returned to his residence to prepare to study hard.

Of course, before he reads the book, he still reviews the homework he will teach the students tomorrow, and when he has done his job, he begins to read books about the possible examinations of the imperial examination.

The books he read were not those Confucian classics, but the subject books produced by the major academies, as well as the history books of the past dynasties and the records of various places.

On this, there are some classic issues that many officials have dealt with.

Very helpful in practice.

Reading and reading, suddenly, Zhao Yang stopped, and he looked at the already deep night.

The opportunity of the imperial examination is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

He waited for years, but the ideals of waiting gradually wore away, and the enthusiasm gradually receded.

But today it is ignited.

In addition to him, those friends who used to be his have been waiting.

But....

They were far away in Datang and didn't know about the situation in Dayan, as well as this upcoming imperial examination.

Do you want to write a letter to them about it?

But...if they come, will the pressure of their own competition also be greater?

Zhao Yang was in a dilemma.

But soon, his eyes became determined, and he already had an idea.

"The friendship between gentlemen is as clear as water, if they are admitted, I am not admitted, it must be that my Zhao Yang's skills are not as good as others, even so....then I, I am willing to bow down!"

"Not to mention, I'm Zhao Yang, hahaha! Reading is not weak, if you have no confidence in this, you don't need to take the imperial examination!! ”

Zhao Yang muttered to himself, arrogant.

He wasn't so confident before, a scholar like him from a humble family, he had to be promoted by the Tang family to become an official, and he had to walk on thin ice at almost every step, for fear of offending something.

Very inferior and cautious.

And since coming to this city, he has become more and more confident, even...a little arrogant!

Yes!

Arrogant!!

Maybe it's because of the influence of the respected Emperor Yan, or maybe it's because life is far behind, or maybe it's the successive victories in war, and so on.

Zhao Yang didn't know what the reason was, but the people in the inner city of the city all had a spontaneous sense of arrogance, and they didn't pay attention to anything, only thinking that they and their empire were the strongest.

With such a strong national self-confidence, Zhao Yang felt that it was given by Yang Kuan, the Great Yan Emperor.

Shaking his head, he didn't think much more.

Zhao Yang directly took out the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone.

"Brother Binwang, see the letter like a meeting...."

Zhao Yang slowly picked up the pen and did it in one go, and then he couldn't wait to go out and send his heart.

And tonight, the letter station in Yanyun City is very busy.

Obviously, not only Zhao Yang thought of this problem, many people sent letters, invited them to make friends, and came to Daxia together, went to the future together, and fought for the imperial examination!

"Empty talk misleads the country, hard work prospers the country, my Great Yan Empire has such a majesty, this is the male lord that I Zhao Yang is willing to be loyal to!!"

"Hahahaha....I, Zhao Yang, am willing to sacrifice my life for the empire!!"

Zhao Yang laughed, arrogant.

Through the matter of the imperial examination, he said what he had always wanted to say, but he didn't want to say it.

Willing to be for the empire, willing to shed blood for that man!

Till death rest!

….….….….….….

Yanyun Palace.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

Guo Shoujing hurriedly walked in.

Li Kuan was shaking the cradle with one hand at this time, and his daughter Li Yingying was in the cradle, and he was also playing Go with Princess Changle with the other.

It was a rare break for him.

And when he heard Guo Shoujing's voice at this moment, he stopped falling, looked at Guo Shoujing who was running slowly, and asked, "What happened, how could you be so flustered." ”

Guo Shoujing walked up to Li Kuan, gasped and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, after the imperial examination was issued, there was an unexpected situation for us, but it was also a good situation. ”

Guo Shoujing smiled from ear to ear.

Subsequently, many students wrote letters to inform their friends that they came to Dayan to sign up for the imperial examination and tried to have a future together.

Li Kuan was slightly stunned when he heard this.

The hands that rocked the cradle froze.

It also made the little guy look at him with big eyes.

Li Kuan smiled and rubbed his daughter's little head, continued to shake the cradle, and said, "It's indeed a good thing." ”

"Principal Guo, go! Spread my will, let the people of the letter station, if they receive such a letter, give priority to sending it to Datang! ”

"Datang students, they are waiting for the opportunity of the imperial examination, and I am also waiting for these talents, so it can be said that they kill two birds with one stone."

Li Kuan laughed.

The letter station was built and maintained by Dayan with a lot of effort.

Although Datang has established diplomatic relations with Da Yan and Qin, secretly, everyone knows that they are enemies, and their letters from Da Yan cannot be sent to the people who should be sent through Datang's official channels.

They are Dayanxin Station, and the main task is to send the letter to the territory of Datang, and then in the territory, the Zheng family....one of the five surnames and seven wangs, the Zheng family of Xingyang.

With their successive victories, they already have an extremely close cooperative relationship with the Zheng family.

Therefore, when the letter is delivered to the Zheng family, the people of the Zheng family will send the letter to the person who should send it through their own intelligence network.

"Understood!"

Guo Shoujing hurriedly took the order to leave.

Princess Changle on the side, looking at the two of them talking and laughing and talking about the shocking news, couldn't help but have a bitter face.

"Second brother, is this imperial examination really going to be opened?"

After a while, Princess Changle couldn't help but ask.

Li Kuan nodded, did not raise his head, and focused on the chessboard: "Obviously." ”

When Princess Changle heard this, she felt very uncomfortable in her heart, she was worried about Datang and her father.

As a member of the royal family, she knew too well what the imperial examination meant to those who were from poor families.

For them, the imperial examination is like....deadly poison.

Yes.

Poison!

In the pre-Sui era, even if they knew that participating in the imperial examination might be killed by the family members, or even stealing articles, they would participate.

Because, this is already the only chance to come out.

And now, Dayan has turned on this deadly poison, but Datang has not yet....

Princess Changle opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but she stopped talking.

"Changle, you lost."

The next moment, Li Kuan fell, and it happened to be the whole chess game.

Princess Changle said helplessly: "Yes, I lost." ”

Li Kuan looked at her deeply: "I'm in a mess, otherwise I wouldn't have lost so quickly." ”

"It seems that we are not suitable to continue playing chess today, let's play another day."

Li Kuan didn't wait for Princess Changle to answer, so he walked away with his daughter in his arms.

Princess Changle stared at the father-like figure, her beautiful eyes flickering.

Heart, is it messed up....

She looked at the sky and sighed.

Perhaps....so it is.....

…….….….….….

Many days later.

Chang'an City.

Master Ma Zhou finished his day's work, dragged his tired body, and returned to his residence.

The dwelling is the Chase shop where the people live.

It's shabby.

The smell is also extremely stinky.

But this is for the children of poor families like Ma Zhou. It's already a very good environment.

It is really good to be able to take root in Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Empire, with a poor body.

Not to mention....

He is just the lowest groom in the mansion, and Ma Zhou is really satisfied with being able to live in Chang'an.

Moreover, what satisfies Ma Zhou the most is that after each day's work, there is still some time to blow out the candles when he returns to his residence, and at this time, he can read a book without worrying about having no candles.

Before he was at home, half a candle had to last for a month, and he generally read books, but he was poor, where he was willing to light a candle, he was just a little light.

Therefore, Ma Zhou is very satisfied.

accommodation

By the time Ma arrived, many of his colleagues had already returned.

The sound of chatting, the smell of stinky feet, the sound of snoring....

Extremely chaotic and chaotic environment.

However, Ma Zhou has long been accustomed to only reading the books of sages, and can automatically ignore these chaotic sounds.

He took out a book of poetry and did it to the candle as usual.

"Ma Zhou."

But at this moment, the butler of the mansion walked in.

Ma Zhou hurriedly got up.

The people around him also quickly stood up and licked it with a smile.

For them, the housekeeper can be regarded as a figure who can judge the future of his life.

This is an existence that must not be offended.

Ma Zhou also hurriedly put down the book in his hand.

"Steward Liu."

He hurriedly shouted: "Steward Liu, it's so late, is there anything wrong?" ”

He and Steward Liu can still talk a few words on weekdays.

There is no other reason, it is because Steward Liu also likes to read.

Once in a while, the two of them can talk a little.

However, Ma Zhou didn't dare to show his true talent, he coaxed Steward Liu, for example, the other party wrote a poem, he had to praise it, even if he was disdainful, he didn't dare to say anything.

Every time, Steward Liu will be praised as fluttering.

The ways of the world.

For the children of poor families, the years have already polished them out.

It is also a sentence that has been passed down from ancient times to future generations, and it is not outdated.

Children from poor families are early to be in charge and sensible.

"Ma Zhou, I have a letter from you."

"It just so happens that I was about to go back to rest and sleep, and when I passed by, I saw a letter for you, so I sent it to you."

Steward Liu put the letter in his hand on the table.

Ma Zhou was stunned.

Letter?

How can I have faith?

He was a little surprised.

Eyes twinkle, constant thinking.

Who will write to themselves these days?

He suspected that someone else had sent it by mistake.

However, when he saw that his name was indeed written on the envelope, Ma Zhou dispelled his worries and picked it up.

"Steward Liu, this is indeed my letter, thank you for making a trip for this."

"Would you like to go inside and have a glass of water?"

Ma Zhou asked.

Steward Liu has been covering his nose since he came to this place.

It stinks so much outside the house through the door, where did Steward Liu dare to go in, and quickly shook his head and said, "No, don't bother." ”

"I'm still quite sleepy, so I'll go first."

"By the way, Ma Zhou, I wrote another poem, and I'll read it to you tomorrow."

Steward Liu didn't pay much attention to this letter, he came here mainly to tell Ma Zhou, don't forget to listen to him read poetry tomorrow.

Ma Zhou agreed.

After seeing off Steward Liu, he sat down in front of the candle again.

"Ma Zhou, who sent the letter? Isn't it a good match? ”

"Yes, Ma Zhou, which girl has taken a fancy to you?"

There were a few people around joking.

Ma Zhou smiled and dealt with it casually, without any eagerness.

Subsequently.

He opened the letter and read it.

I don't worry that my colleagues will be peeking at me, for no other reason, because there is no second literate person here besides him.

"Brother Binwang, see the letter like a meeting...."

Ma Zhou took advantage of the candlelight to read word by word, and cherished it very much.

In this life, he has received only a handful of letters himself.

The arrival of this letter made him miss his hometown and family.

Ma Zhou looked at it with a melancholy attitude, but when he looked at it, his face became more and more solemn, and his breathing became more and more rapid.

Finally, he saw, saw!

Clearly, both eyes, the whole body, and even every cell can see!!

The sender is a friend Zhao Yang.

And what he said was shocking!

Great Flame!

Imperial examination!

These two words, no matter which one appears, are taboo in the Tang Dynasty.

So even if the people around him were illiterate, Ma Zhou quickly hid the letter well, and then stared at this letter.

At this moment.

It can be said that there was a monstrous wave in his heart, and the whole person trembled uncontrollably.

Da Yan, the Han country that is extremely mysterious to countless people in the Tang Dynasty, has opened the imperial examination?

For a moment, Ma Zhou's whole mind was chaotic.

Unexpected news, unexpected ecstasy.

What are the things they are most looking forward to in their hearts? Isn't it the imperial examination?

Isn't it just a change of identity?

Imperial examination, as long as he succeeds in the examination, he doesn't have to continue to be a broken inferior here!

(End of chapter)