In Yecheng, Xiangzhou Prefecture School, a separate examination room area, an exam called "Prefecture Examination" is underway.

In the "single rooms" of the examination room, the candidates silently did the questions and the examiners silently inspected.

On the way back to Kaifeng, Li Li, who passed Yecheng, was wearing regular clothes and inspecting various examination rooms. He wanted to see with his own eyes how the first imperial examination in Hebei was in his first imperial examination.

He walked slowly in the examination room. Because he was dressed normally, he looked like a patrolman and would not cause any disturbances.

I saw many candidates, with different appearances and clothes, some of which were elegant and extraordinary. Perhaps because of wearing sachets, Li Li could smell the fragrance when he passed by.

Some candidates have ordinary appearance, dress in moderation, and even have a lot of patches on their clothes, which makes them look like they are civilians.

Some people have a vulgar face, or they have a odor on their bodies and their hair is shaved. They grab it from time to time, and it seems that they are catching fleas.

Li Li passed by without any disgust, because in his eyes, there was no difference between these candidates.

As long as you come to take the exam, it means you have expectations for the new imperial court. Then, no matter who comes, he welcomes you.

Only when a regime gains as much heart as possible can its foundation be stable. It is not easy to win the hearts of the divided people in the Central Plains for nearly three hundred years, and the confrontation between the north and the south.

In order to win the hearts of the people in Hebei, Li Li has stabilized and implemented a new talent selection system - the imperial examination. After nearly two years of planning, preparation and preparation, it was officially carried out in Hebei.

The first level of examination is a provincial examination, which is conducted in the county seat. The examination papers are uniformly printed and transported to each county under seal. The seal will be opened before the exam, and the entire process will be supervised by the government army.

The provincial examination does not require much qualifications for taking the examination. As long as you are over 16 years old and are a local registered person and have no major crimes, you can register with the local government (county level).

Moreover, household registration is not limited to the high and low, and actors and craftsmen can also register.

After registration, after verification and confirmation, you will be qualified for the exam and collect personal physical characteristics information, such as height and weight, and fingerprints, and record them.

Obtaining the qualification for the exam is very simple. Normal people can get the qualification by registering and registering. There is no need to recommend it, nor do they look at their appearance or whether they have a disability.

In this way, the candidates will naturally have all kinds of things.

For the test paper, the types of questions include fill-in-the-blank questions, multiple-choice questions, right-and-non questions (judgment questions), and question-and-answer questions. The scores of each question are different. The test scores are scored, and the minimum unit of score is "one point".

The test paper is implemented with a "lunch name system" to ensure that the examiner cannot see who the test paper is when he marks the paper, and avoid artificially manipulating the test results as much as possible.

After passing the provincial examination (the provincial examination in Hebei area was last fall), candidates whose examination results meet the requirements will be able to take the provincial examination. The provincial examination hall is governed in various states and states, and the time is the spring and summer of the following year (now).

Considering the candidates' economic conditions and living areas, it may be difficult to travel far, so the county party committee will organize candidates in the county to travel together, stay and eat together, and the government will be responsible for solving the problem of the return and return of the candidates.

Now, the state examination is underway, and candidates whose examination results meet the requirements will be qualified to take the "provincial examination".

The examination held by the Ministry of Personnel of the Shangshu Province is called the "provincial examination". At the end of the autumn of the Yuzhou examination, it was held in the capital (currently in Kaifeng).

At that time, candidates from all over the State of Chu will take the exams and travel back and forth in Kaifeng Station, and the accommodation will be handled by the government to ensure that candidates who are short of money but are qualified to take the next level exam will have the opportunity to change their lives.

The results of the "provincial examination" are divided into two categories according to the region, and then they will be divided into two categories, including the scholars and the second category.

Those who are on the list can enter the official position, and those who enter the official position are official positions.

Of course, before taking office, candidates on the list must undergo a period of training and have basic administrative abilities in order to be competent for their positions.

This is the current Chu State imperial examination, which needs to be improved because it is being explored.

At present, because it needs to win people's hearts, the examination frequency is relatively frequent. Gradually, it will be changed to once every three years (each includes the provincial examination, the state examination, and the imperial examination).

But from the very beginning, Li Li determined a principle: whether the candidates are on the list or not depends on the test scores in each level of examination.

The candidate's background, family status, family situation, personal appearance, height, shortness, fatness and thinness have no impact on the test scores.

That is, there are no bonus points, and the ranking of the scores only depends on the scores on the paper.

It is said that special groups should be given points (children of soldiers guarding the border, children of ** people, etc.) to boost their "martial morality", but considering the current situation, once special cases are set, more special cases will also appear, so it has not been implemented.

In this way, the standards for exam selection are simple and clear, and scores are the first, and a point difference can determine whether to be on the list or not.

When the results were announced, the results were clear at a glance and relatively fair, at least much better than the Nine-rank Zhongzheng system and the Advice System.

However, due to the special circumstances of Lingbiao states, many of them are nominal administrative regions, and the transportation is extremely inconvenient, so they are not suitable for such a selection system, so they are specially dealt with.

Li Li walked around the examination room for a few times and was very satisfied with the order of the examination room. He left the examination room alone and started talking to Du Kan, the governor of Xiangzhou who was waiting outside.

The examination room stipulates that after the exam is opened, no one can enter and exit until the exam is over, and all they are prevented is cheating.

Li Li was able to enter and exit because he was the emperor, so the exception was, but this time it was only this time, so the officials of Xiangzhou such as Du Kan who accompanied the inspection were waiting outside the examination room.

Du Kan was born in the Wei family of Jingzhao. In order to avoid disaster, his ancestors left Guanzhong and lived in Jingxiang. Du Kan's branch was a wealthy family in Xiangzhou before.

Li Li asked: "All states across the country hold state tests today. How many people in Du Gong clan take the exam this time?"

"Forty-nine people." Du Kan replied, without waiting for the emperor to ask again, and said: "Among them, twenty-nine people took the exam in Xiangzhou, fifteen people took the exam in Jingzhou, and five people took the exam in Beijingzhou."

Li Li nodded: "There are forty-nine people participating in the state examination. It seems that after entering the provincial examination, the names of the children of the Wei family in Jingzhao are indispensable on the gold list."

Du Kan smiled and said, "Where are the ones who took the Tongzhou exam, there are also the Wei family members of the Liu family in Jingzhao, and the competition on the list of scholars is very fierce."

This is true. Most of the overseas Chinese gentry members of the Jingzhao Wei family, Jingzhao Du family, Hedong Liu family, and Hedong Pei family in the Southern Dynasty used to live in Jingxiang, so their children's imperial examination results were listed on the vocational list.

The competition on the scholastic list is extremely fierce. After all, the scholastics have good educational conditions and resources. As long as the children study hard, they should not play, take drugs, and talk about the mystery all day, and their cultural level is still very high.

Therefore, under the current circumstances, it is generally impossible for the children of the cold clan to compare the children of the gentry by taking exams. The gentry is the beneficiary of the imperial examination.

Therefore, there were scholars and generals who ranked the rankings, allowing cold candidates to avoid the crushing of "academic masters" and have a reliable way to enter the officialdom.

This is very important and is the greatest weapon for the Xin Dynasty to win people's hearts.

The State of Chu has been established for seven years, and the current domestic situation is stable. The main reason is of course that the new emperor has absolute force and no one can challenge it.

With the support of force, the court conducted a large-scale inspection of temples, property, and land to ensure the income of the treasury and the relay labor force, and had sufficient manpower and material resources to maintain order.

The state machinery has been completely renewed and operates very stably, and has "enriched power", so naturally no one dares to rebel.

This is the hard side, the soft side is that the court uses a new selection method - the imperial examination to select talents.

Kick away the corrupt nine-rank Zhongzheng system and give a large number of children of the cold and secondary gentry children a fair opportunity (relatively fair) to enter the official position. If you enter the official position, you will be an official who is a private official.

This was unimaginable in the past. Many children of the cold clan, who had finally entered the government, may not be able to "enter the market" for the rest of their lives.

Therefore, while the Xin Dynasty obviously harmed the economic interests of the landlord class (investigation of land, hidden households, full taxation, and labor levy), it also gave the landlord class political interests.

There are gains and losses, and after weighing the pros and cons, the landlords realized that political interests are obviously more important than economic interests. In addition, the sword of the new dynasty is indeed sharp, so they naturally choose one of them and be honest.

After all, the Central Plains has been an official society since ancient times. If a wealthy family does not have the word "official" to protect the body, the local county magistrate can make him dying.

If the children in the clan become officials, the family will be protected, and at least they will not be so easily bullied.

The imperial examination is the best way for landlords and families to obtain "tales" within the system. This is what landlords in Hebei will understand.

The current situation in Hebei is that the situation in various places is stable. Of course, dissatisfaction and anger are still lurking in the hearts of many people.

The Cui family of Boling, Cui family of Qinghe, Li family of Zhaojun, Lu family of Fanyang, and local snakes suffered significant property losses when the Chu army conquered Hebei. It is impossible to say that there is no hatred in his heart.

However, as long as the situation remains stable and the landlords who have tasted the sweetness of the imperial examination have a stable channel and room for upward entry into the system, those who want to rebel will naturally not become a climate.

Li Li chatted with Xiangzhou officials for a while, looked around, looked at the former Qi Palace, the current Xiangzhou Prefecture School, and the ongoing imperial examinations, and suddenly thought of a poem.

Wild grass and flowers beside Zhuque Bridge, and the sunset at Wuyi Lane is slanted.

In the old days, the swallows in front of the King and Xie Hall flew into the homes of ordinary people.

Although this is Yecheng, not Jiankang, the artistic conception is somewhat similar.
Chapter completed!