Fortunately, Cao Liang fought with him with one sword and one shot in his current territory. Most of the scholarly families who opposed him had been destroyed in the war. For example, the Wang family in Qi County was a well-known family in Bingzhou. They colluded with the Sima family and blatantly rebelled. Of course, Cao Liang suppressed it without mercy.

Even if he forcibly implements the imperial examination system now, although many scholars will jump out to oppose it, many young and middle-aged scholars will still choose to remain silent. After all, they also know what the outcome of confronting Cao Liang is. Cao Liang looks approachable, amiable, and harmless on the surface, but people who are familiar with Cao Liang know that his iron fist is not a vegetarian. Once Cao Liang wants to act seriously, no one will have the chance to survive.

What's more, for a long time in the early stage, the Shi family will be the biggest beneficiary of the imperial examination system. The outstanding children and outstanding talents in the tribe will monopolize the head of the imperial examination. The only difference is that those ignorant children of the Shi family who are ignorant will not have any chance.

Cao Liang had already talked with Xiahou Xuan before about the idea of ​​implementing the imperial examination system. Xiahou Xuan was shocked and agreed with Cao Liang's "bold" idea. In fact, Cao Liang's idea was similar to Cao Cao's original method of selecting talents. The difference is that Cao Cao's method of selecting talents was based on his personal likes and dislikes. There was no absolute standard. Cao Cao thought you could do it, and Cao Liang's imperial examination system would become a perfect system to be implemented, and the nine-rank Zhongzheng system would also die.

However, Xiahou Xuan also believed that this change was a bit powerful, and if it was really implemented, it would inevitably be obstructed and opposed by the scholarly forces. Therefore, when implementing the imperial examination system, extremely cautious methods must be adopted. It is best to conduct trial operations in Bingzhou, which has a solid foundation, and after success, it will be promoted to other prefectures and counties.

Cao Liang admired Xiahou Xuan's suggestion very much. Indeed, food should be eaten one by one, and things should be done one by one. You will never become fat. If the imperial examination system can be piloted in Bingzhou, the chance of success is quite high. After all, Bingzhou is Cao Liang's base camp. There, Cao Liang has countless supporters, especially those poor people, who will definitely welcome the imperial examination system.

In Bingzhou, after several wars, the power of the scholars has gradually declined. Although Cao Liang did not kill them, the gentry obviously had no say in Bingzhou. If Cao Liang really promoted the imperial examination in Bingzhou, the resistance he would probably suffer was the least.

If the imperial examination system is successfully piloted in Bingzhou, it will have the opportunity to further promote other prefectures and counties, and may even be implemented throughout the world in the future. Cao Liang is still full of hope.

The talent selection system is related to the administration of officials. Without good officials, how can the country manage it? No matter how strong Cao Liang is, he cannot do everything himself. The governance of the country still requires countless officials at all levels to perform their duties and positions. In this way, the country's management can be organized and there will be no chaos.

Therefore, the talent selection system is the foundation of the country. Without an effective selection system, real talents cannot be allocated. Instead, a large number of mediocre talents are flooding the officialdom. Such courts and such countries are just a matter of corruption and collapse.

Cao Liang, who was familiar with history, hated the rule of the gentry class. The reason why the Western Jin Dynasty became a short-lived dynasty was not only because of the emperor who "why not eat meat" but also because of the extravagant and excessive, only knowing pleasure, never caring about the suffering of the people, and not caring about the lives and death of the people, was born rich and noble, secretly occupant, and was foolish and unruly. It is no wonder that the Western Jin Dynasty quickly collapsed and disappeared under the iron hoof of the Five Barbarians and completely destroyed.

In order not to let the tragedy of the Five Barbarians invade China repeat itself, Cao Liang has made up his mind to implement the imperial examination system. No matter how much resistance he faces or how many difficulties he faces, it cannot stop Cao Liang's firm heart.

Cao Liang had handed over the implementation details of the imperial examination to Xiahou Xuan, who was responsible for it. Cao Liang asked Xiahou Xuan to select officials and specially set up a trial election to replace the original Zhongzheng official.

The imperial examination was divided into civil and military examinations, which would be the main way to select civil and military officers in the future. Although the imperial examinations in the Ming and Qing dynasties had developed to the peak, the popularity of eight-legged essays seriously shattered people's thoughts. Cao Liang was not very fed by this extremely pedantic imperial examination. Instead, the imperial examinations in the Tang Dynasty were relatively open-minded and worthy of imitation.

However, Cao Liang's implementation of the imperial examination was not a blind copy. He also needed to make corresponding adjustments based on the current actual situation.

Everything is difficult at the beginning. Under the nine-rank Zhongzheng system, many difficulties are still unexpected. Cao Liang also felt the truth and crossed the river. Only after the successful Bingzhou pilot project and gained experience can he promote it to other prefectures and counties.

This matter cannot be urgent, nor can it be urgent. Cao Liang plans to spend three to five years to gradually promote the imperial examination system. Now all plans are just a prototype. When it is truly implemented, it must be continuously improved. Cao Liang must ensure that it is not done. Once it is done, it must be successful. This is a matter that concerns the country's great cause. Only success is allowed, and absolutely not failure.

Cao Liang was indeed relieved to leave this matter to Xiahou Xuan. The Xiahou family itself was connected with the Cao clan. They were basically not considered famous families in the court, and they were often excluded by the so-called great families. Cao Liang inherited and improved Cao Cao's method of selecting talents. Once he proposed it, he was praised by Xiahou Xuan. Emperor Taizu's wise holy martial arts have always been admired by Xiahou Xuan.

Xiahou Xuan was knowledgeable and talented, and he was full of sutras and treatises. He was the one who presided over the imperial examination, which was much more at ease than Cao Liang who personally took charge of it. After all, Cao Liang provided the most theoretical things, and the specific procedures were really too willing but not enough.

The imperial examination matter was left to Xiahou Xuan. Cao Liang had more important things to do, that is, to force the Yellow River and launch a final general attack on the Sima family. It is better to chase the defeated enemy with the remaining courage, not to seek fame and learn from overlords, and to die without being stagnant. Now Cao Liang must not give Sima Shi any chance to breathe. He will break through the natural danger of the Yellow River, attack Luoyang, completely eliminate the remaining power of the Sima family, and promote the foundation of Cao Wei.
Chapter completed!