On the ninth day of the second month of the eighth year of the Ninth Month.

The first of the Wei National Examination was held on this day as scheduled.

With the heart of serving the country with sincerity, the students walked into the examination room.

Zhuge Liang personally supervised the examination room.

As a prime minister, invigilating the imperial examination is really overkill.

Because in previous years, the imperial examinations were basically jointly invigilated by the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Rites, or the emperor personally appointed ministers to invigilate the examinations.

And this time, Zhuge Liang took the initiative to invite Ying to invigilate the examination of the scientific field, and it is conceivable how much attention the imperial court should attach to this spring imperial examination.

For Wei Guo, the country has recently been short of talents, for the selection of talents, it can be said that it has worked hard, not only to reduce the difficulty of the exam, but also to provide great convenience for students and candidates, for example, do not pay attention to the calligraphy font and so on, of course, if the writing font is good-looking, it must also be a plus, but the font is not good-looking, and it will never become a minus.

Then again, a country can't just use everyone because it's in dire need of talent.

This is where Zhuge Liang's invigilation comes into play.

I also want to take this opportunity to see how the character of the candidates is.

Dawei's current use of talents has always been based on the four-character standard, called 'meritocracy', but if there is talent but no virtue, it is not of great use.

Talented people and those with good moral character will be given priority in hiring.

The reason why Zhao Changqing agreed to Zhuge Liang's invitation was entirely because Qin Hui and others summoned in the system would also come to participate in the imperial examination, and Zhuge Liang could focus on promoting these people at that time.

The examination was held in three sessions, all of which ended in February.

At the beginning of March, a test result will be given.

Zhuge Liang not only plays the role of invigilator, but also looks at the candidates' answer sheets one by one.

To his surprise, His Majesty actually had to pass the exam.

Zhuge Liang temporarily set the top four.

They are the four corrupt officials summoned by Zhao Changqing from the system, Yan Song, Cai Jing, Shi Chong and Qin Hui.

These four people are also worthy of being famous in history, and they can actually compete with the readers in Wei under the premise of Zhuge Liang's strict examination of the papers, and they can also advance into the top four one after another.

I have to say, this is really not easy.

Zhao Changqing pretended to look at the answer sheets of the four people profoundly, and said to Zhuge Liang: "For the palace examination in April, let these four people come, and the rest of the general examinations, those who are in the middle of the scholars, all have talents selected by the Ministry of Officials, and they will be sent to the land of Sanzhou and Nine Roads." ”

Zhuge Liang was stunned when he heard this.

This is not in accordance with the charter.

In this way, there is no distinction between the second and third grades.

The world's scholars will think it's unfair, right?

Zhuge Liang said the doubts in his heart, Zhao Changqing felt that it was very reasonable, but he still insisted on going his own way: "That's it, let the scholars all over the world look at the answers of these four people, they will be convinced." ”

Zhuge Liang stopped talking.

Apparently acquiesced to His Majesty's intentions.

Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures.

Now that the country is employing people, if at such a critical moment, what are the second and third grades, then there is a clear discrepancy in the intention of this spring imperial examination to decide to select talents for the imperial court at the very beginning.

On the premise of urgently employing talents, in this way, the scholars who will be selected in the test will not only be grateful to His Majesty for such intentions, but will also agree.

This is the best of both worlds, as long as the scholars are convinced by the answers of these four people.

After Zhuge Liang figured out the key, he immediately set about it.

When the four of them heard the news for the first time, they were shocked.

Unexpectedly, his super-level performance in the examination actually became the top four in the palace examination.

It was a real bonus.

According to the emperor's meaning, the first and third ranks will appear among the four people who are waiting for themselves.

In early April, Zhao Changqing summoned the four people in the Chengde Palace.

In front of hundreds of civil and military officials, after inspecting the four people, they were ranked accordingly.

Champion: Yan Song.

Leader: Shi Chong.

Tanhua: Qin juniper.

As for Cai Jing, he was given a fictitious title of first place in the second class.

The top three have been decided, and although there are slight twists and turns in this spring, it is also unharmed.

For other Jinshi, this time there is no second and third grade, all the outstanding candidates in the examination are all Jinshi background, and they have studied hard for more than ten years in vain.

Around mid-April, after the condition of the four people was basically stable, Zhao Changqing summoned the four people to the palace and simply had a meal.

In the Imperial Garden.

Zhao Changqing moved his chopsticks first, took a bite of the dish, and smiled at the four of them: "This is done by my beloved concubine herself, and on weekdays, I don't have this blessing to enjoy." ”

For the four of them, the fact that the emperor invited them to dinner was a very grand event.

In the past, champions, lists, tanhuas, etc., have never had such an honor.

The four of them patted the emperor and the concubine one after another.

"Your Majesty, the four of us can taste this kind of food, but it is really a blessing that can be cultivated in three lives and three lifetimes, thank you Your Majesty for your loving hospitality, in the future, Weichen will definitely bow to His Majesty and die!"

"Thank you Your Majesty and Niangniang for your kindness, Wechen is really deserved! ”

“”

The four of them professed their loyalty.

Zhao Changqing nodded and smiled.

I was very satisfied with the sound of the four people speaking one after another.

Look, this is a traitor, and the ability to speak clever words is probably innate, right?

With these four people, I'm afraid there won't be any mediocrity to earn?

That's right, plus a Heshen.

After the four of them finished lunch, they were sent away by the emperor, and he asked He Shen to take the four of them to the Hanlin Academy first to familiarize themselves with the environment.

The five traitors walked together.

This scene can be described as a classic.

How does Zhao Changqing look at these four people now, how pleasing to the eye.

However, he suddenly thought of a problem, if according to the old system, the four of them went to the Hanlin Academy for a period of time to make up their resumes and experience, then it would inevitably be too big and too useless.

I'll have to consult with others to see if it's better to arrange these four people.

He was also prepared to earn mediocrity as soon as possible, after all, he now felt more and more that the system was about to wake up.

Because of such a thing, he also went to consult Zhuge Liang and said: "These four people are all dragons and phoenixes among people, and now the country is at the time of employing people, if they only live in a single place and do revision in the Hanlin Academy, it will be a bit of a waste of their talents, I think, let them serve the country better as soon as possible." ”

Zhuge Liang understood what the emperor meant, where is there the most shortage of talents at present?

That is the state of Chu, which is now the land of the Three Prefectures and Nine Roads.

These four people have just passed the palace test, and they are not clear about the system of the imperial court and the things that need to be paid attention to in dealing with government affairs, and if they want to reuse these four people at this time, His Majesty's mind is already obvious, that is, to let these four people serve in the land of three states and nine roads.

They are all newly bloomed lotus flowers, white and sacred, and have not yet experienced the pollution of the dirt of the imperial court, and sending them to the state of Chu at this moment must be to repay His Majesty's reuse with a pure heart in their hearts.

The only person who can control human nature so delicately is His Majesty.

And after these four people go to Chu State, they can still do a lot of things for His Majesty the Emperor.

That's what His Majesty wants to see, right?

Zhuge Liang thought for a while, and pushed the boat down the river and said: "Why don't you let these four people go to Sanzhou Jiudao to temper themselves?" Now there is a lot of waste waiting to be rebuilt, as long as you work hard, you can make a lot of political achievements, for them, it is just right." ”

Zhao Changqing thought about it and felt that it was true.

Wei is its own reliance, and it is a springboard to be able to achieve world domination in the future, and these four people cannot be allowed to collapse the strength that Wei has worked so hard to build, and it is better to go to the territory of the original Chu State.

On the one hand, the emperor is far away, and they are less restrained by imperial power, so they must be corrupt and traitorous ministers, and they can earn a certain amount of mediocrity for themselves.

Second, you can also let these four people be your own eyes, monitoring any wind and grass in the land of the Three States and Nine Roads for yourself.

That's the best thing to do.

Zhao Changqing thought about it, and then drafted a holy decree.

Let these four people rush to the land of Sanzhou and Nine Roads to serve in half a month later.

The starting point is very high, and except for the champion, everyone else has made a section of the road.

As for the champion, he became a state to participate in politics.

It's not about being in charge, it's just about participating in politics.

However, the starting point is high, ranking the highest in the past.

This way of selecting talents, and the degree of appointing talents, has created an unprecedented precedent in ancient times.

(End of chapter)