The selection of officials through scientific examinations has a great psychological impact on the people of the world, because no ruler has ever done this before.

According to the edict issued by the Qianguo Imperial Court, any scholar who has reached the age of 18 can participate, but not all of them are qualified to participate in the formal scientific examination.

"King, the day after tomorrow is the day of the scientific examination, so far, the number of students who have participated in the scientific examination has reached 3,726 people, these are the lists submitted by the county officials!"

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand: "I won't look at the list, how many of them do you think are recommended?" ”

Li Yuande thought for a while and said: "King, now that my country has opened a scientific examination, it is a relatively fair opportunity, even if it is the children of those family lords, really learned people will not be afraid to compete with poor students, if it is recommended by others, wouldn't it be disgraced to be known?" Besides, the imperial court attaches so much importance to this scientific expedition, and the counties have made such adequate preparations to prevent fraud to the greatest extent, and the recommender is afraid and does not dare to recommend a person who does not learn and has no skills, if he is poked out, the reputation of the recommender will also be ruined! ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "It makes sense, whether they are talented or unskilled, the first selection assessment can make them show their original form!" ”

"This is the first selection and assessment test question, please look at it!" Li Yuande took out a roll of paper and presented it.

The eunuch handed over the test paper to Zhao Junsheng, and Zhao Junsheng took it and asked without reading it: "How many people have read all the contents of this test paper?" ”

Li Yuande said: "The same type of exam questions are each given by the four questioners, and the ministers and the left and right attendants choose one of them as the exam question after discussion, so except for the ministers and the left and right attendants who have read all the exam questions, there is no fourth person who has read it!" ”

Zhao Junsheng opened the test paper and read it, and it took a cup of tea to read it, and after reading it, he said: "This question is not superficial, nor profound, and it is enough to eliminate those who want to fish in troubled waters as a selection and assessment paper, so do it!" In addition, Lone reiterates again, the invigilator's invigilation style must be strict, prohibiting any student from talking to each other, you must understand that the means of cheating will definitely be varied, so the invigilator is required to cheer up, once the cheating is found, it must be resolutely and seriously dealt with, no matter who the cheating student is, no matter how big his origin is, once the cheating is found, immediately kicked out of the examination room, and prohibit him from participating in the scientific examination for ten years! If the invigilator covers the examinee for cheating, or clearly finds that the examinee is cheating but does not stop the investigation, once it is discovered by the inspection officer, he will be dismissed and investigated! Lone's request is very clear, this is the first time that I have held a scientific examination in Qianguo, and it is to select officials for Qianguo in a fair and just way, and all eyes in the world are looking at Qianjing, and Gu will never allow any problems to arise in this scientific examination! ”

"Yes!"

The first scientific expedition was not only inexperienced for the officials of the Ministry of Rites of the Qianguo, but even Zhao Junsheng had no experience, so the Qianguo had been preparing for this scientific expedition for a year, and had made plans in advance for all the problems that could be thought of.

On the second day of the first month of March, the selection and assessment of the scientific examination officially began, outside the gate of the Ministry of Rites, there were 3,726 people gathered and many relatives, friends and servants from the small house, these people lined up in twelve long lines under the organization of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, there were special personnel to maintain order, and a checkpoint was set up outside the gate, and everyone who participated in the assessment had to verify their identity before they could be allowed to enter.

The candidates who entered the examination room first saw countless seats placed in the open space behind the Gongyuan, the vertical and horizontal tables and chairs were neatly arranged, and each candidate had a number plate, and under the prompting of the invigilator, they took the number plate to find the corresponding seat and sat down.

For half an hour, all the candidates entered the examination room.

"All the candidates are listening, there is still a moment before the exam starts, once the exam starts, you are not allowed to go to the toilet, you can only go to the toilet after handing in the papers, even if you pull it in the crotch of your pants, you are not allowed to leave the examination room, so now those who want to go to the toilet go immediately!"

Candidates are so strict when they hear it?

"What if I have diarrhea?" One candidate muttered.

The candidate next to him said, "Didn't you hear the invigilator?" Even if you pull the crotch of your pants, you deserve it! ”

"So strict?"

The candidates who went to the toilet came back one after another, and the invigilator reminded the candidates to prepare the pen and ink while there was still some time, and not to wait until the test paper came down, the pen had not yet melted, and the ink had not been polished.

"I believe that all candidates have read the rules of the examination room, once cheating is discovered, they are not allowed to take the test again within ten years, if other candidates provide answers to the test papers for cheating candidates, the punishment will be doubled after being caught, so candidates who are very confident in their talents must protect their test papers, do not be peeked at by people fishing in troubled waters, if your test papers are peeked, you may be thought by the examiner that you are cheating with someone! In short, do your own test questions, you are not allowed to talk to each other, you are not allowed to borrow pen and ink from the candidates before and after, you are not allowed to speak out loud, you are not allowed to make any decisions without permission, you must raise your hand to report to the invigilator, and you can only get permission! ”

The test papers are sent down one by one, and the candidates immediately check the questions of the test papers.

The really talented students are relieved to see these exam questions and have a bottom in their hearts, while those who don't learn and fish in troubled waters are at a loss.

A candidate accidentally dropped his brush on the ground, and he bent down to pick it up, but was immediately scolded by the invigilator: "What are you doing?" ”

"Examiner, the student's pen fell to the ground, and the student just picked it up!"

The invigilator shouted, "Who told you to bend down and pick it up without permission?" Did you get permission from the officer? Now the official thinks that you have a tendency and intention to cheat! Come on, drag him out, disqualify him from the exam, remember his name and place of origin, and don't take the exam again for ten years! ”

Two soldiers came over and dragged the candidate out, and the candidate was so anxious that he shouted: "Wronged, the student really doesn't want to cheat······

The other candidates were awe-inspiring when they saw this scene, and they were so frightened that they were disqualified from the exam because of a move to pick up a pen, and they were not allowed to take the exam again for ten years, which is also ······ Too harsh, right?

The invigilator scanned the faces of the other candidates with his sharp gaze with a straight face, "Maybe he just dropped the pen on the ground unintentionally, maybe he didn't remember the official's warning, or maybe he did have the intention of cheating, no matter what, any violation of the rules of the examination room will be disqualified from the exam, so this official advises everyone present not to test the law, don't have any luck!" ”

Many people are dissatisfied with such strict examination room regulations, but more candidates believe that this can show the principle of fair and just scientific examination, and the candidates who are truly talented are not afraid, and only those who have ghosts in their hearts and want to get promoted through cheating will care.

There are not many test questions in the selection assessment, and it is not too difficult, and one morning is enough time for candidates to complete all the test questions, unless it is really those who do not learn and have no skills.

According to Zhao Junsheng's instructions, after the exam papers are received, the invigilator must seal the area where the candidates' names, test numbers, and places of origin are filled in all the exam papers, and prohibit the examiners from checking the exams, which means that before the end of the exam paper evaluation, all the examiners do not know whose exam papers are.

After the selection and assessment is over, the candidates have taken a stand one after another, many people are depressed, but there are also many people who are full of self-confidence, just a selection assessment, such examination questions are not difficult for them at all, and they have also figured out what knowledge content is tested in the imperial examination through this selection and assessment.

Three days later, Li Yuande, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, reported to Zhao Junsheng: "My lord, the test papers for the selection and assessment have been judged, and more than 1,600 of them have been eliminated!" ”

Zhao Junsheng frowned and said: "So forty percent of people are people who fish in troubled waters? ”

"Yes!"

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while and said: "In this way, the imperial court officially promulgated the world, and the scientific examination is conducted every three years. The scientific examination held in Qianjing is called the general examination, and candidates must first participate in the township examination held by the county school before participating in the general examination, and the township examination must also participate in the provincial examination conducted in the prefecture, and only after passing the government examination can they participate in the general examination in Qianjing! ”

"Those who are on the list of the examination are qualified to be officials, after the end of the examination, those on the list need to participate in the imperial examination, and the questions will be made by Lone himself, and the purpose of the imperial examination is only to re-determine the ranking of the people on the list of the examination!"

"Yes!" Li Yuande agreed and asked, "Then ······ this time?"

Zhao Junsheng said: "The first scientific examination even if the preparation time is long will be insufficient, to the candidates to arrange three exams, respectively, the preliminary examination, the examination and the imperial examination, this examination admitted one hundred and eight people, the first thirty-six can be directly awarded the official position, the remaining seventy-two if they are willing to serve as adjutants, adjutants can be promoted to officials when they make major contributions, and officials can be promoted to adjutant officers when they make major contributions!" ”

"Yes, King!"

Two days later, at the same time as the latest decree of the imperial court on the scientific examination was promulgated, the preliminary examination was also opened, and more than 2,000 candidates participated in the preliminary examination, but in the end sixty percent were eliminated, and only more than 800 people were qualified to participate in the examination.

A few days later, more than 800 people took the examination, and 108 people were on the list, which is a very high admission rate.

Although those who failed to make the list were very annoyed and frustrated, what did such a high admission rate say? Explain what is the chance that they will be admitted if they take the scientific examination next time.

On March 24, the imperial history was held in the Taiji Hall of the Royal Palace, and one hundred and eight people who were on the list of exams went to the Taiji Hall to participate in the imperial history.

"Students, wait for the king!" One hundred and eight candidates bowed down and kowtowed after entering the Taiji Hall.

Zhao Junsheng raised his hand: "All students are exempt from courtesy, it's not too early, let's start!" ”