Not long after I left Linzi County, the students of Linzi School Palace also set off, the scientific examination is scheduled to start on August 23, and some have already set off farther, and now Xianyang has gathered a lot of students.

Xianyang Palace, court meeting.

"Uncle Sun Tong, how are the examination rooms and test questions prepared for the scientific examination?" There is still nearly a month to go, especially for the exam questions, and two copies must be prepared as soon as possible.

The process of the entire scientific examination has been fixed: the examination starts on August 23 and ends on the same day; The fifth day of the ninth month was judged; The list was released on the sixth day of September, but only the names of the top 100 people were announced, and the rankings were not announced, giving the status of "Qin Shi"; The seventh to eighth day of September; At the beginning of September, the nine rankings were announced, and this is the end.

Different from the imperial examinations in history, I chose to put all the selections, judgments, cases, and strategies in the form of papers, just like the examinations of later generations. Since there is a more scientific method of investigation, we must no longer use an article to talk about talent, that is too limited, after all, I want talents who are as important as science and technology and governing the country.

The purpose of the palace examination is only to let them know me, let them know who they are working for, and the other is to evaluate whether they have real talent and learning, there are too many cases of fraud in scientific examinations in history, and I always have to check it personally.

If there is indeed a real talent and learning, and the moral corruption can be seen in the Xianyang Palace, it will be arranged by the imperial history to fill the vacancy, and if there is no deficiency to be filled, it will be placed in the Xianyang official offices to study, of course, everyone's arrangement must be approved by me.

Uncle Sun Tong got up and said respectfully: "Back to Your Majesty, the examination room has been arranged, the first test question has been issued, and the second will come out tomorrow. ”

The people who came up with the questions were randomly selected doctors, and they were not allowed to come out in the Baijia School Palace to prevent the leakage of exam questions, and the two test questions were randomly selected, and the other one was used in case of emergency.

I nodded slightly and replied, "This is very good, there are still a few points to pay attention to about the scientific expedition." First, the guards and invigilators on the day of the scientific examination were randomly selected from the Chaoyi camp and the palace guards, and the first and second chief examiners were also announced after the examination started on the same day; Second, after all the candidates' test papers are collected, the examiner will cover the candidates' information with paper, and we will also randomly select officials to transcribe them, and then hand them over to the randomly selected markers for unified evaluation. ”

Uncle Sun Tong arched his hand and said: "The minister obeys the order, this move can achieve fairness and justice, Your Majesty is wise!" ”

After this matter, I glanced at Li Si and instructed: "Li Xiang, how did you discuss the matter of raising pigs?" ”

Li Si got up and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, after the minister discussed with Prime Minister Zuo, Zhisu Neishi and others, there was a solution. First, the places suitable for raising pigs are mainly in the Jiangnan area and the Deshui area, which are rich in water sources and sufficient grain production; Second, regarding the matter of cubs, the ministers and others believed that the imperial court could pay for the establishment of pig breeding workshops in suitable places in the two places for the production of cubs. I wonder what Your Majesty thinks? ”

"Yes." Li Si's plan is relatively safe, the imperial court can help Qianshou bear part of the risk, and the first person to benefit after the real development and growth in the future will definitely be the imperial court, which is enough to make up for the initial investment.

"But pay attention to the method of raising pigs." I reminded, "Pigs are susceptible to disease, and if they form a plague, it is even more terrible. Therefore, it is necessary to control the scale of each pig breeding workshop to an appropriate number to prevent the occurrence of large-scale pig plague, and at the same time recruit the heads of the Qiantou and veterinarians who are familiar with pig raising, and give wages as if they were going to be a government. Large-scale pig farming is not a simple matter, and it should not be taken lightly. ”

According to local conditions, it is still necessary to rely on the people living in this era. Now there is no veterinary medicine for later generations, and once there is a large-scale swine fever, the imperial court will suffer heavy losses, and even in later generations, swine fever is very common.

Li Si said solemnly: "The minister obeys the order." ”

Ge Yue got up and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, what the minister is worried about is whether the head of Qiantou is willing to buy?" Can I afford to buy? ”

I glanced at Ying Hiiragi: "Nei Shi Ling, how effective is the strategy to solve the lazy man now?" ”

Although it has worked before, I don't know if it will last long.

When Ying Hiiragi heard the roll call, he immediately got up and said: "Back to Your Majesty, after more than a year of development, almost all the lazy people have now returned to the right path, and about 20,000 heads of various livestock have been bred since last year. Nowadays, many people have died of old age or illness, and the minister is trying to ask His Majesty whether to punish him according to what was agreed at that time. ”

I smiled: "Since they have changed their ways, if it is indeed force majeure that causes the death of the livestock issued by the imperial court, they can be forgiven as appropriate, but they must pay attention to the scale, so that they do not lose their awe of Qin Law." ”

Ying Hiiragi arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty is benevolent, and the ministers obey orders!" ”

I turned my head to look at Ge Yue: "A lazy man can feed livestock, and an ordinary Qianshou can naturally do it." If you really can't afford to buy them, like farm tools, the court can still lend them money, and as for the interest, after giving birth to the first batch of cubs, keep one, and give the rest back to the court as interest on the loan. ”

Now the grain in the treasury has recovered, there are about three years of grain, although according to the views of the ancients, it is still "the country is not a country", but with the current development momentum of Daqin, there is no need to worry at all, the treasury has no grain, but the warehouse in the south of the Yangtze River has overflowed, and it is also the grain of the imperial court.

Ge Yue also admired: "Your Majesty is benevolent, and the ministers obey orders!" ”

After the matter was arranged, I waved my hand: "The court meeting is over, Li Xiang, Feng Xiang, Yu Shi Dafu, Xianyang Ling, will be Shaofu, Zhu Liangzao will stay, and the rest of the people will retreat." ”

After everyone left, I got up and said, "Wait for me to change into my robes and go to see how the new city is doing." ”

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The group walked out of the south gate and arrived at the new city a short distance south.

I looked at the people who were building houses in full swing, and Bai Chong arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the new city of Dongfang City is basically about to be completed, and everything is in accordance with Your Majesty's requirements, and the location of waterways, fire prevention, and landmark buildings has been reserved. ”

I nodded, stepped forward to take a closer look, and responded: "Yes, the construction of the house is much more elaborate than that of Xianyang City, and the use of green bricks is right?" ”

"Yes, all the houses are built of green bricks, and the cement that has not been manufactured on a large scale has not yet been manufactured, and the roads are first paved with green bricks in accordance with the road regulations in Xianyang City, and when the cement can be used, the green bricks are covered with cement."

Seeing that the sidewalks and roadways on both sides were reserved according to my requirements, and they had not yet been fully paved, I nodded with satisfaction: "Xianyang New City is a thousand-year-old plan, we must ensure the quality, each house is engraved with the name and origin of the builder, if there is a quality problem in the future, I will not spare them!" ”