"It's here the third edict."

Accompanied by the words of Nianzhao, everyone who was curious about what the none of them was, turned their attention to them.

“…I don’t recognize words.”

"I don't recognize words either."

"Well, I know the two in the middle, one is studying and the other is studying six."

"Stop guessing, wait for him to explain to us."

"Yes, yes, don't speak out, I have a premonition that this third edict may be even more powerful than the previous two edicts."

Under the gaze of the crowd, the edict read out the edict bit by bit and slowly read it out.

"From the date of the list, the system of recommendation and recruitment will be abolished, and the imperial examination system will be implemented."

"Starting this move, the local government will conduct assessments and report to the county and prefectures."

"In the end, His Majesty will personally admit the talent quota and give the first prize in each subject to the top scorer, second place, second place to Tanhua, and the other candidates will be registered as Langguan of each department."

“…”

Everyone present listened silently. When the Nianzhaoren stopped talking, the brave one among them asked quickly.

"What department?"

"That's the first place, the second place and the third place, but what kind of subject is it?"

"Is it related to us?"

“Everything, all!”

Nianzhao pressed his hand down and said, "Everyone is careful, don't be impatient!"

After everyone stopped talking, the Nianzhao began to explain.

"What does this third edict mean?"

"Simply put, starting today, the selection of officials will never use the previous recommendation system."

"Why do this? Actually, the reason is simple."

"In the past, some officials were indeed fair and honest. Most of the officials selected and recommended were those who could serve the country and seek benefits for the people."

"However, there are also a small number of people who only recommend friends' sons and relatives' sons, but ignore some truly talented people."

"Do you think this is right?"

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone spoke immediately, and was still very excited.

"wrong!"

"Of course it's wrong. Why can't a capable person be selected?"

“Unfair!”

“Yes.”

The Nianzhaoren smiled and said, "It is indeed a bit unfair to do this. Therefore, now His Majesty is preparing to select officials through examinations."

"Someone may ask, what are the tests?"

Someone immediately spoke, "Yes, what book to take? I'll go back to read the book now..."

"No specific book!"

Nianzhao shook his head and said, "Originally, the former Grand Marshal Yang, and the current Minister of War, think that Confucian books should be used for assessment, but after a debate with Secretary Lin, he finally chose to listen to Secretary Lin. He will not set up a specific bibliography for the time being, and will first evaluate it with talent."

"There is no specific book? Then, how can we take the exam?" Everyone was immediately confused.

"Don't worry, Mr. Lin has already prepared."

The Nianzhaoren smiled and pointed at the man, and then said, "Shangshu Lin means that no matter whether anyone has read or not, no matter whether he is literate or not, as long as he is capable, he can take the scientific examination."

Wow!

The crowd exploded again.

"If you don't even know the words, how can such a person become an official?"

"Don't accept it!"

"Yes, we are not convinced!"

Among these people who spoke, some people do think it is unreliable to be an illiterate official, but more of them are from major families and wealthy families.

It would be too torment to ask them to take the exam with the illiterate.

"Don't be anxious if you say it, don't be anxious, isn't that what you said?"

The Nianzhao sighed, and when people tactfully shut their mouths, he asked, "In this way, I will ask you one more thing first. Of course, this is what Secretary Lin asked Secretary Yang."

"Shangshu Lin asked, if someone cultivates land for many years, the harvest per mu of land will always be half more than others, but he only knows this method, but he is still an illiterate person. Do you think such a person should let him pass the exam and promote his many years of farming skills first?"

Seeing that everyone did not respond, he continued: "What you need to know is that with his skills, the harvest of each household can be increased by half."

"In other words, your land originally had only two stones or nearly three stones, but with his method, it turned out to be three stones or four stones and five stones."

"Can such a person just let him go?"

Now, people were no longer calm and spoke one by one.

"No, absolutely, you can't let such a person run away!"

"If there is such a person who is the top scorer, I will be the first to support him and get half the harvest. How many meals will I have to eat?"

“It’s beautiful to think about it.”

"No wonder Lin Shangshu was able to be a military advisor before. This method is really amazing."

"Where's the awesome?"

"I, how can I know where the awesomeness is? I think it's very awesome anyway!"

“…”

"Since anyone who can help people improve their harvest can take the exam, what about those who study medicine?"

"For example, if you have rotten sores on your body, you are almost endangering your life and death."

"It just so happens that there is a person in the world who is very, very powerful, and has mastered a medicine. As long as you drink it, you will fall asleep without any pain."

"He is extremely powerful and can relieve your illness in your sleep. When you wake up and rest for a while, he will be another hero."

The Nianzhaoren asked again: "You said that such a person should pass the exam, right?"

Of course, everyone is not stupid, and even the noble families who watched the show in the crowd agreed.

"should!"

"It's so good. I have a tumor on my back. I heard that there are several famous doctors in the world who can cure it, but I can't find anyone..."

"If he passes the exam, he has to teach more people. At the same time, he is also in Luoyang. He can find it at any time if he wants to find it, so of course he should!"

“…”

"That's it."

The Nianzhaoren smiled and bowed to the palace area on the side and said, "Shangshu Lin also gave many examples, so that everyone in Wende Hall was speechless, so we had engineering."

“Engineering?”

Everyone was stunned.

"So that's it..." The noble families in the crowd reacted instantly, sighing at Lin Chen's intelligence.

“That’s right.”

The Nianzhaoren explained with a smile: "Shangshu Lin said that he was a person who had learned everything but was not very powerful. Therefore, he has now become the Minister of Works and opened up engineering for the imperial examination system of the Han Dynasty. He wanted to find top figures from all walks of life and make efforts for the prosperity of the Han Dynasty."

"In addition, there are also the Ministry of Revenue's Department of Revenue, the Ministry of Rites Department, the Ministry of Justice's Department of Justice, the Ministry of War's Department of War, and the Ministry of Personnel's Department who can only be promoted after the officials of various departments make achievements."

"These other subjects are really endless to talk about in detail. Here, I will take the household subject as an example."

"If you want to be promoted to this subject, at least you can't have one ability, because at least you have to understand business, agricultural tax and numerology to be considered due diligence."

“So the others.”

"Of course, what's a little different here is the official department above all the subjects. This department will be served by a smart and capable person who knows and uses people well. If it is his use, it is not human..."

When Nianzhao said this, he saw everyone's expressions of confusion and explained: "Simply put, if he transferred those who could farm to study medicine, he would be incompetent. Your Majesty will use this matter as a ancestral teaching on the day of purge of the world, and no descendants will violate it."

Even ordinary people nodded after hearing this.

"After saying this, I immediately understood..."

"Take the farmer to study medicine, he is indeed not a qualified official of the Ministry of Personnel!"

"Not only that, if he transfers the medical practitioners to repair the dam, you can wait for floods in your hometown every year."
Chapter completed!