Chapter 363 Returning to Hometown
The palace examination finally started after the establishment of the six departments. This time there were no fixed examination questions. It was actually conducted in Weiyang Palace, and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty asked questions at will.
In fact, this test actually tests the students' coping ability, how to react when encountering various difficulties, etc., rather than pure knowledge. In terms of knowledge, the first two tests can actually explain the problem.
"Yuan Zhi, it's as I expected." Looking at Liu Xie sitting on the main seat, Pang Tong supported Xu Shu. He felt that Liu Xie's identity was suspicious that day, and now he had indeed guessed it.
"It seems that the emperor and the prince are not as discordant as others said." Xu Shu nodded calmly and whispered.
Pang Tong chuckled. Judging from Liu Xie's performance that day, it would be too flattering for him to go against Lu Bu.
"Be careful, this imperial examination may not be easy." Pang Tong narrowed his eyes, and he was keenly aware that the eyes around them were not very kind.
Of course, these people who were selected to participate in the palace examination were all going to be sent to fill the Six Divisions. In other words, it was precisely because of these people that Lu Bu would unscrupulously push out the Six Divisions. What would happen to those who had lost their power? Are you willing?
I don't dare to deal with Lu Bu openly. Is it okay to squeeze these candidates? You, Lu Bu, are so powerful that you can't punish us just because of this, right? This is what you meant.
Xu Shu nodded. He had a similar feeling. Thinking about the newly established six departments, this matter probably happened here. There didn't seem to be much war in seizing power this time, but the calmer it seemed, the more secretly the disputes. It was so turbulent that when it finally surfaced, it was definitely a huge wave.
He had just emerged from the imperial examination for seed production, but he still had to face such a test. Xu Shujue's imperial examination was really thrilling. However, he has set new rules since ancient times. There are endless dangers. Lu Bu is pretty good here. Looking at it this way, Although Lu Bu was criticized by the world for his cold-blooded killing of celebrities, now it seems that he has been preparing for this day for a long time. Now the Guanzhong gentry do not even have the ability to resist Lu Bu, making the imperial examination that should have been a thorny step almost complete. A smooth journey.
"Today's palace examination is to test your ability to adapt to changes. The Manchu minister will conduct an examination on you later. Those who pass will get a little bit, but a little will be deducted. Those who survive in the end can be admitted to the six departments, and the rest will go to various places in Guanzhong. The county serves as the county magistrate." Lu Bu briefly explained the rules to everyone, and it was still a centralized system.
He wanted to use the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty to screen talents.
As Lu Bu's words fell, someone jumped out to ask questions. Although the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were of little use, they could serve as officials in the court. There were few who were uneducated and incompetent, and most of them were people who had read poetry and books. They were good at running the country. It may not be useful, but if it is used to make things difficult for others, these people are more powerful than the last.
Pang Tong, Sima Yi, and Xu Shu, as the top three in the two rounds of scientific examinations, naturally received the most education. However, the three of them were also extraordinary. Pang Tong was obviously a bit unruly. He always responded with sharp words to the tricky questions raised by others. Fight back.
Xu Shu is confident, but his edge is hidden.
As for Sima Yi... he doesn't have any edge, and his answers are generally very tame. If others don't take the initiative to ask, he will never say a word. Unconsciously, few people ask him again, but Gao Yi and others later accept it. The ones who arrived were more difficult.
Naturally, it is impossible for everyone to withstand this interrogation-like atmosphere, but in the end, many talents were selected for Lu Bu. After the palace examination, these people were directly divided into six departments, among which Xu Shu was assigned to the Ministry of War, and Pang Tong was assigned to the Ministry of War. He was assigned to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and Sima Yi was assigned to the Ministry of Rites.
The Six Ministries were newly established. In this imperial examination, except for the Ministry of Industry, the other five ministries were allocated enough talents to maintain the operation of the Six Ministries.
"The imperial examination is for the country to select talents. Although this trial has many shortcomings, it has indeed received enough talents for our great Han. From today on, the imperial examination will be held every three years. I also hope that you can jointly assist the imperial court and establish a prosperous age. Liu Xie finally encouraged everyone.
This time the imperial examination has officially come to an end, but the impact of the imperial examination has not dissipated with the end of the first imperial examination.
The changes brought about by the imperial examination affected the entire imperial court, and also affected the concepts of people all over the world. Especially the first imperial examination was very successful, and it could be regarded as setting a benchmark for people all over the world.
After the imperial examination, his family was given a one-month holiday in a foreign country to go back to their hometown to prepare their luggage. At the same time, it was best to move their family members here. Of course, it would be okay if they could not move here. Lu Bu did not attach too much importance to the loyalty of officials, as long as they could do things. Of course, if If you want to take another step forward, you need to be loyal. What needs to be established now is to establish these people's recognition of Lu Bu's system, and at the same time eliminate some defective products and wait for new talents to come in for the next scientific examination.
Both Pang Tong and Xu Shu chose to return to their hometowns. Pang Tong was a descendant of the Pang family in Xiangyang. Now that he was going to serve in Guanzhong, he naturally had to tell his family. As for Xu Shu, his family members were in Yingchuan, so he returned to Xiangyang because he was looking for someone.
Xiangyang, Shuijing Academy.
"Yuan Zhi, have you decided?" Sima Hui looked at Xu Shu and sighed.
In fact, Xu Shu's qualifications are not worse than those of Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang. Although it is true that he is somewhat inferior to them now, you must know that Xu Shu is different from Kong Ming and Pang Tong. First, he comes from a poor family and does not have the same family heritage as the two of them. Second, Xu Shu is He started learning halfway. He was a ranger back then, and his swordsmanship was quite famous in the Yingchuan area. Later, he gave up martial arts and turned to literature. He learned this in just a few years. Who dares to say that he is not talented.
"Teacher also thinks that the Taiwei is wrong?" Xu Shu frowned and looked at his mentor.
Sima Hui shook his head and said: "That's not the case. For him, the imperial examination is a good medicine, but for the world, it may not be a good thing."
Xu Shu bowed and said, "Emotional teacher teaches you."
He didn't believe that his teacher, like ordinary scholars, just shouted to fight and kill. Since he said this, there must be a reason.
"Now that the imperial examination has come out, it can actually be seen that many things happened to Lieutenant Lu before. He had already made arrangements for today. From the very beginning, he improved printing and papermaking, and spread it generously to the world. In fact, Yuan Zhi, you should know that the Central Plains There is no need for printing technology," Sima Hui said with a smile.
Xu Shu nodded, it was really not necessary, because they had books themselves, and the emergence of printing would only make the bamboo slips, which were originally hard to find, gradually become cheaper and easier to replace.
As words become cheaper, knowledge will become cheaper. It’s not that knowledge is no longer valuable, but that the cost for people to access knowledge is reduced.
Why Xu Shu went directly to Guanzhong was because he was the beneficiary of printing. Before printing spread throughout the Central Plains, poor students like him had no choice but to borrow money from others if they wanted to study. This was a huge favor. But if you borrow a book to read now, at least people at their level would regard it as a joke, because the cost of getting the book is more than ten thousand times worse than before.
In the past, you might not be able to get a book even if you asked for it for a lot of money. No matter how poor the book heirlooms were, no one would sell the book. But now, even if you have a bamboo slip, no one will want it unless it is a unique copy that is not available on the market. Most books can be obtained for less than a hundred dollars. Of course, some treasures are reluctant to be printed. If such books can be printed, it will be expensive for a while at first, but it will not be too long.
It is precisely because of the emergence of printing that Xu Shu does not need to owe too many favors. So if you have a choice, you ask the Central Plains scholars, do they need printing and improved papermaking?
The answer is absolutely no.
But not many people could see this at the time, and Lu Bu directly disclosed this technology to wealthy merchants. It is the nature of merchants to pursue profits. By the time the princes and nobles reacted, the market had begun to overflow with books and books. .
Yuan Shu once wanted to ban books, but the result was that although regular books on the market were no longer sold under Yuan Shu's rule, they were mostly traded under the table, and there was no tax.
In the end Yuan Shu had to give up the ban.
"Guanzhong prospered because of the imperial examination. However, although this method was beneficial to the court, it was prone to corruption in terms of people's livelihood." Seeing that Xu Shu seemed to want to refute, Sima Hui stretched out his hand to stop and said, "Yuan Zhi looked at That’s it, I will witness this in the future.”
Xu Shu could only remain silent and listen to Sima Hui's next words.
"Both of them, the person who presides over the scientific examination will definitely be more powerful in the future, and the harm he can do may be greater than that of aristocratic families!" Sima Huisurong said.
After Xu Shu pondered for a moment, he looked at Sima Hui and said, "Teacher, do you have a solution?"
Sima Hui shook his head and said: "This imperial examination was founded by Lieutenant Lu. I have also seen this method recently, and I have some ideas in my mind. But if you want to talk about the solution... If you ask me, you might as well ask the Lieutenant. In fact, I also I want to see how Taiwei cracks it."
How will Lu Bu crack it?
Xu Shu nodded. He found these two problems very difficult. As for whether Lu Bu had a way to solve the problem, Xu Shu hoped that he did. He did not want the imperial examination to decline. This method may have many disadvantages, but it is indeed better than The old inspection system was more convincing.
"Are you coming back to find Kong Ming?" Sima Hui looked at Xu Shu and smiled.
"That's right." Xu Shu did not hide anything, and saluted Sima Hui: "My disciple believes that the weather in Guanzhong is quite consistent with what Kong Ming said. If Kong Ming is willing to participate in the next imperial examination, the top spot will definitely be won by Kong Ming."
Sima Hui didn't care about the top spot, he shook his head and said: "This is your own business, I won't get involved. However, although the world is temporarily peaceful, the three heroes of the Central Plains have become a powerful force. We will fight again next time." This is an unprecedented battle, Yuan Zhi, if you are in the army at that time, I also hope to persuade the commander to refrain from killing. "
"Disciple, I obey." Xu Shu nodded, and then said with a smile: "From the perspective of the people's livelihood in Guanzhong, the Taiwei is not such a vicious and murderous person, but the teacher is overly concerned about this."
"I hope so." Sima Hui was noncommittal. He could almost foresee that there would be a war in the future, and it would probably take a very long time. It would be inevitable for all the people in the world to be devastated...