August 15, mid-autumn.

Today is the day of the first imperial examination of the Han Dynasty, and more than 500 students who came to the capital to take the examination after being recommended by various states and counties came to the Hanlin Academy early in the morning to wait for the college examination.

Before Liu Wei ascended the throne, the employment system of the imperial court was "selecting talents and promoting filial piety", and the talent reserves of the Han Dynasty were all recommended by the local government, so there were many dark box operations, so that many people with lofty ideals had no way to serve the country, and let the mediocre people be prominent. If you are a little lucky, you can be an honest and honest magistrate, and you can compete a little fairly. However, the recommendation system also focuses on morality first, and talent secondly.

Since Liu Wei came to power, he has introduced a new selection system, which is now the imperial examination system. Let many poor students see the hope of the fish leaping into the dragon gate, and all of them praise the son of heaven and be grateful to Dade.

The imperial examination system advocated by Liu Wei is roughly the same as that implemented in the Sui and Tang dynasties, but there are subtle differences.

Liu Wei stipulated that the imperial examination system was divided into four levels, and the local and county-level examinations were called "township examinations," and those who made the list were awarded the meritorious name of "Xiucai" and became junior state civil servants. In the future, when appointing local officials such as Xiangting, they will first be selected from among the talents.

After obtaining the fame of Xiucai, you can sign up for the second-level "government examination", that is, the local examination at the county and national level. This has reached the level of the representative of the People's DA before Liu Wei crossed, and when there is a shortage of officials in the county-level yamen in the future, he will be selected from the level of lifting people.

The township examination and the prefectural examination are held once a year, and those who have achieved meritorious service are eligible to go to Beijing to participate in the higher-level examination. That is, the "Academy Examination" to be held today - the Hanlin Academy Examination. Of course, the compulsory qualification of the college examination must be higher, so it is held every two years.

All the people who came to participate in the college examination were people from various states and counties who stood out. Take the local documents to the Yamen of the Beijing School Department for the record and receive the examination voucher. Then, on the designated day, he entered the Hallym Academy to take the "college examination".

The current situation is different from that of the Taiping period, and there is still half of the country that is not in Liu Wei's accusation, if those scholars in the enemy-occupied areas are willing to serve the Han court, but they cannot participate in the interviews of other counties, then what should they do? You can't let these students have no way to serve the country, right?

So after Liu Wei discussed with the people from the Yamen of the school, he set up a "meeting exam", no matter which state or county you come from, what background you come from, as long as you have the confidence to take the exam. You can participate in the spring and autumn "examinations" organized by the Yamen of the School Department in Jinling City. Those who make the list in the spring will be awarded the merit of "Xiucai", and then they will be qualified to participate in the autumn examination, and if they are excellent, they will be awarded the merit of the people. Those selected from the "government examination" such as the county government enjoy the same treatment and participate in the "hospital examination" held at the Hanlin Academy.

After the introduction of this policy of Liu Wei, it was like dropping a bombshell under the rule of other princes; For more than a year, Confucian scholars with the title of the gold list and the dream of leaping into the dragon gate have come from all over the world. After a lot of hardships, nearly 10,000 students came to Jinling to study, so that Jinling City gathered for a time, and the style of learning was flourishing.

After the completion of the college examination, the twenty people with the best grades will be selected by several bigwigs of the school department to enter the Qianyang Palace to participate in the palace examination. In the newly built hall of "Wenhua Hall", the current son himself interviewed.

After the completion of the palace examination, the top three are divided according to the results, and the three best people are called "Jinshi and No." It is also called "Yijia", and the top three are awarded the titles of champion, Bangyan, and Tanhua respectively. Seven people in the second class. Call it "Jinshi Origin"; The top three and ten people are called "born with Jinshi".

In a word. This imperial examination system was moved by Liu Wei from the Sui, Tang, Ming, and Qing dynasties, and he took its essence and discarded its dross, and carried forward the imperial examination system.

Seeing that the future of the world's students is in his own hands, Liu Wei is playing very high, even more hilarious than playing women in the harem, it feels like playing a game to raise, isn't this the case that countless time-travelers dream of waking up to take charge of the world? If you can dig out a few talents, you can also contribute to your own political achievements, maybe there are really mountains and wilderness relics buried by history!

In order to prevent local officials from playing favoritism and irregularities in the imperial examinations, Liu Wei also stipulated that whenever local examinations are held at the township and prefectural examinations, in addition to the local officials in charge of the administration of officials and the scientific examinations, they must also be supervised and examined by the officials of the school departments sent out by the capital.

Human nature is greedy, as long as there are profits to be made, there will be people who dig out their minds to go through the back door and use their brains. Liu Wei was like this in the society before he crossed over, and the same is true in the world after he crossed over. Although the emperor and the Yamen of the Ministry of Learning, as well as the Yamen of the Ministry of Officials, there are still many people who are very famous and have little confidence in their own knowledge to find a relationship through the back door, and are bent on seeking a gold list title and getting ahead.

In the past few days, there have been many people who have quietly come to Li Bai's mansion to visit, and there are not a few people who have a relationship with gifts.

Colleagues who were lower than his official position or even at the same level came to visit and tempted, but Li Bai directly refused in person, and people in high and powerful positions couldn't save face, so Li Bai agreed on the surface, but he hated it in his heart.

Among them, Li Bai was most dissatisfied with Li Yuanfang's own family, with the clansmen who were also from his hometown, and brought two bags of special products to ask Li Bai to take care of him.

Li Bai endured his anger and did not refute it in person, and after the other party left, he threw the "native product" into the horse ring, took off his shoes and sat in front of the threshold and scolded Li Yuanfang in the middle of the night, "You are also worthy of being the commander of the Jinyi Guard?" If it weren't for the sake of the brothers, believe it or not, I would have impeached you in front of the Son of Heaven now? ”

sent Li Yuanfang, the new secretary of the Ministry of Industry, the Empress Dowager's nephew He Shen came to see again, and sent a lot of gold and silver, and even beauties, hoping that Li Bai would bring a person from Nanyang named "He Qiong", and said that this person was the same as himself, and he was also the cousin of the Empress Dowager He.

The day after He Shen's visit, another eunuch from Qianyang Palace came to visit with Shuyi Feng Shen's post. didn't send anything, and when they met, they asked Li Bai to take care of Feng Shuyi's cousin, Yang Gang, a native of Luoyang, from the Hongnong Yang family, but the relationship with Yang Biao's family was a little estranged. and promised that as long as Li Bai can help this Yang Gang get the reputation of "Jinshi", he will definitely say a few good words for him in front of the Son of Heaven in the future, so that Li Taibai will have a bright future and rise to the top.

People are under the eaves and have to bow their heads.

At this time, Li Bai was full of sadness, what is the use of being a school squire, what do you say to deal with this situation?

"An can break my eyebrows and bend my waist to make me unhappy? Lao Tzu doesn't serve anyone! ”

Under the autumn moon, Li Bai raised a glass and drank alone, and said to the three of them, "I care about you Li Biao, I care about you He Qiong, I care about you Yang Gang, I want to take a relationship from me Li Bai, don't think about it!" If no one comes to intercede for you, maybe you still have hope to be on the list, but since you have a crooked idea, it means that you and others have bad conduct, and if you want to be on the list, unless I Li Taibai steps down! ”

Li Bai raised his glass and drank bitterly, slightly drunk, "By the way, there is also the eldest grandson Wuji that His Majesty said a few days ago, it is really a strange name, I don't know how His Majesty would specially appoint such a person?" And what is that thanks? Xie Xuan? Xie An? It seems to be Xie An! ”

After another glass of wine, Li Taibai was arrogant and danced his sword in the moonlight, "I don't care who you are, don't even think about going through the back door from me!" What if there is the care of the Son of Heaven? You have a good plan, I have a wall ladder, even if the Jade Emperor intercedes for you, you don't want to pass under me! ”

This scene happened in Li Bai's mansion last night, and Li Bai, who was replaced by the official mansion early this morning, had a stern face and did not smile, and was checking the exam list in the yamen of the school department.

A total of 502 people came to take the examination, of which 358 stood out from the counties, and 144 students from other princes who won the meritorious service of the Tongguò examination. These people will be divided into five examination rooms to hold an examination today, and then four people will be selected from each examination room to confer the title of "Jinshi", and finally enter the Wenhua Hall of Qianyang Palace on a certain day to be interviewed by today's son.

Kong Rong, who was the secretary of the court and part-time of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Learning, did not participate in the scientific examination, and the specific affairs were carried out by Li Bai and Chen Lin, who supervised an examination room respectively; The remaining three examination rooms were invigilated by Wu Daoxuan of Langzhong of the School and two other Langzhong named Liu Zhen and Qin Han respectively. The chief examiners of the five examination rooms have the power to mark the nomination, but the final decision is in the hands of Li Bai and Chen Lin, and they all have the right to veto.

Li Bai came very early today, and when the other four invigilators did not arrive, he entered the Hanlin Academy early, and after some busyness, he found the names of the eldest grandson Wuji, Xie An, Li Biao, He Qiong, Yang Gang and other five people, and all of them were transferred to their own examination room.

"Hmph...... Since these people are looking for me Li Bai in the relationship, nine times out of ten they have not run to Chen Lin and Wu Daoxuan's side, today I will beat you to death with a stick, so that you have no chance to turn over! ”

After two more teas, Chen Lin, Wu Daoxuan, Liu Zhen and other invigilators came to the Hanlin Academy one after another, and then sent people to distribute the exam list, so that everyone could enter the examination room according to the roster, wait for the invigilator to give the questions, and answer them on the spot.

As soon as the time arrived, that is, at about nine o'clock in the morning before Liu Wei crossed, with the sound of the gong, there was a solemnity in the various examination rooms. In each examination room, hundreds of Confucian students are holding pen and ink, waiting for the invigilator to come up with questions. Whether it is the name of Sun Mountain, or the title of the gold list, it is all in this morning. (To be continued......)