As soon as the hour arrived, the door of an examination room located near the arsenal was slowly opened.

Heavily armed soldiers lined up on either side of the gate, their swords and guns glaring enough to deter anyone or force who dared to do anything here.

Shaofu Ling Cen Mai stood at the door of this examination room, looking at the soldiers who had already lined up.

"Captain Yidu, it's time to go, you can let go!" Cen Mai whispered to the colt Du Wei Yizong who was standing next to him.

In this examination, the Han court realized the double insurance responsibility system.

That is, an examination room, assigning a minister at the level of Jiuqing and a military general with more than 2,000 stones.

If there is fraud, dereliction of duty or other serious accidents in the examination room, then these two ministers will bow down and step down!

However, the design of mutual supervision and restraint in the system can ensure to the greatest extent that no one can play tricks and open the back door.

This examination room of the arsenal is jointly responsible for Cen Mai and Yi Zong.

In the eyes of most people, Yizong was arranged to be responsible for the security and order of this examination room with Cen Mai, which is actually a trick to change the concept of today.

As long as there are no problems, after the examination, his status will quickly approach the first level of Jiuqing.

In the future, if you are released as a local county guard, or hang the general's seal to go on the expedition, there will be a foundation.

Otherwise, generally the Son of Heaven and his ministers are released, and they all start from the military generals at the level of county commanders or captains and captains.

However, no one has any doubts about today's decision.

Once a son of heaven and a courtier, the emperor cultivates a descendant who is loyal to himself, which is a natural and correct thing!

The first emperor came to power. Within a year, Deng Tong was killed. kicked off Zhang Shizhi and left Wei Juan idle. directly appointed Chao Cuo as the internal history, and jumped to the position of Jiuqing in one step.

In contrast, the methods and pace of the present emperor are much gentler and more acceptable than those of the previous emperors.

It is precisely because of this that the government and the opposition will acquiesce in or even support many of the new monarch's policy adjustments!

And Cen Mai is the beneficiary of Xinjun's behavior.

Originally, his position as a young commander was not very stable, if the first emperor was still alive now, I am afraid. It's going to be replaced to be the Shaofu Commander.

After the death of the first emperor, Cen Mai had even written a resignation sheet - the ministers of the Han family are generally very backbone and very face-conscious, usually, the emperor only needs to hint at a certain minister, such as 'Qing Lao' or 'Qing should be an example for the world' and the like, then the minister will honestly submit the resignation table and beg for bones.

Like Zhang Cang, the Marquis of Beiping, who was in the position of prime minister back then. Those who refuse to hand over their resignations will not only be disgusted by the emperor, but also widely condemned by public opinion.

And Cen Mai thought that he was not a new monarch's descendant. Second, he doesn't have any special relationship with Xinjun, Shaofu is such an important institution, Xinjun must appoint a henchman to control it.

Outcome. Half a year has passed, but Cen Mai has not received any hints from the Son of Heaven. Give young people a chance or something like that.

On the contrary, he also contributed to the development and research of waterwheels, blast furnaces and other technologies by leading the Shaofu to cooperate with the Mohists. was commended by the edict of the Son of Heaven, and there were many cute sons as Lang.

It seems that if nothing else, Cen Mai feels that he should be able to retire in peace and stability in the Shaofu Order.

In the Han Dynasty, those who can work steadily in Jiuqing's tenure can basically become a member of the elders and ministers, enjoy special treatment, and let their children and grandchildren enjoy their own political heritage.

It is precisely because of this that Cen Mai is now almost the most loyal person to Liu Che, the new monarch, among all the ministers of Jiuqing!

Yizong on the side didn't know these reasons, and after listening to Cen Mai's words, he hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Junior boy, listen to Cen Gong!" ”

Cen Mai nodded, and ordered to the left and right: "Let's start letting go!" Let Yousi prepare to distribute the test papers, and notify the kitchen to prepare mung bean porridge and herbal tea, the weather is so hot, you must be prepared for heatstroke, and the imperial doctor must also be ready to save people at any time! ”

With Cen Mai's order, there were immediately officials wearing official uniforms of various grades who took the order.

I have to say that Shaofu is indeed a wonder.

This yamen, which only obeyed the emperor's orders, was almost an independent small kingdom.

There is its own army, land, tax department, judicial department.

It can produce everything that humans can now produce, from farm tools to precision weapons to large bronze ritual vessels.

It can also complete everything from road construction to castle construction.

In other words, even if the other yamen of the Han family betrayed the emperor, as long as the Shaofu still obeyed the emperor himself, then the emperor still had a chance to turn the tables!

This is also the reason why the emperor of the Western Han Dynasty is strong - even if the whole world betrays Ge, so what, as long as the Shaofu and the army still obey the orders, then Ge can push Yiqiē to start over.

At this time, under Cen Mai's order, Shaofu, a terrifying machine, was running quickly and efficiently.

With the energy of Shaofu, it is naturally a piece of cake to supply and maintain summer supplies and medical services for a mere 2,000 people.

However, today, Shaofu needs to supply all the reference scholars in the entire Chang'an, and this resource is inevitably a little tight.

However, isn't it clear at a glance where Cen Mai is standing here, where resources are prioritized?

After a while, a Qianshi official came over and reported: "Qi Ming Mansion and Du Wei, Xia Guan has been ordered to escort the test papers here, please ask Ming Mansion and Du Wei to check!" He was followed by hundreds of heavily armed soldiers, who drove several blocked wagons.

When Cen Mai and Yi heard this, they hurriedly stepped forward.

In order to prevent the test questions from being leaked before the start of the exam, the Han Office has adopted extremely strict confidentiality measures this time.

For example, the questions to be taken today are written by PhDs from various schools.

After these test questions were completed, all the doctors were invited to live in the Weiyang Palace, and an army that was transferred back from the Great Wall by the edict of the Son of Heaven kept protecting these people at twelve hours.

These doctors can only be allowed to leave Weiyang Palace after today's round of examinations.

In addition, all the staff, eunuchs, and craftsmen who participated in the creation or knowledge of the problem were all in this way, and their personal freedom was restricted and no contact with anyone was allowed.

In the same way, the officials of the various departments and yamen, as well as the nobles and celebrities who were in charge of the second round of examinations, were also protected in this way.

Under such measures, it is now impossible for anyone who knows the content of the test questions to anyone who can still do it publicly, except for the Son of Heaven, the Prime Minister, and the Imperial Doctor.

Cen Mai and Yi Zong naturally don't know the content of the test questions.

At this moment, of course, they are also curious, what is going to be tested in this first round?

Anyway, since the test questions have been escorted, there is naturally no need to avoid suspicion.

So, Cen Mai took out the key, opened the sealed door of a carriage, and said to Yizhong: "Captain Yidu, why don't we take a look at the content of the test questions first?" ”

"Good!" (To be continued......)