Hou Xuan evolved into the Forbidden City and first went to Wenyuan Pavilion to meet the three great masters.

"Congratulations to the prince for winning a thousand gold medals."

"Happy together."

The three of them first congratulated each other, and then they began to discuss today's major events, abolish the eight-legged essay to obtain scholars, and normalize May Enke. Chen Mingyu is from the history of the clerk and hates those officials in the officialdom who only know how to study hard. He did not object to Hou Xuanyan's restructuring.

Zhang Huangyan first expressed his concerns: "For example, there are many scholars who devote their entire lives to studying and studying. If they suddenly deposed the eight-legged scholars, wouldn't it be too cruel for them?"

Hou Xuanyan laughed and said, "This theory is not very clever. Even if you are a master of eight essays, you will have a lot of scholars every year. Besides, I am not allowing them to study and learn. There is no conflict between being an official and studying. Can't you do anything without being an official? In that case, I can only say that their purpose is not learning.

Although I have banned Confucianism as the only path to the imperial examination, I have not banned Confucianism, so they can still study."

Zhang Huangyan was speechless. Everyone knew that no matter how high-sounding the surface was, the ultimate goal of studying was to become an official. Fortunately, except for those nerds, those who are really talented learn other things are faster than ordinary people. Talents like Xu Guangqi and Song Yingxing are also from scholars.

Ma Shiying immediately said: "This move is related to the national plan and must be planned well, especially to determine the content of the scientific research."

Zhang Huangyan glared at him, and Ma Shiying's words shifted the discussion on whether this matter could be feasible to how to implement it. Hou Xuan said, "I have already thought about it, and I will give the test questions this time."

There are many things to be an official, and it is essential to be quick-witted and adaptable to changes. No matter what dynasty, a stupid official is more hateful than a corrupt official. If you don’t have to ask for instructions when encountering things, you can make decisions, which is the talent that the grassroots really need. Hou Xuanyan thinks that civil servant exam questions in later generations are of great reference significance. As for how to do an official, everyone needs to explore it themselves.

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In late May of the second year of Jingyou, many knights went to all directions on the built-up official road outside Jinling.

This May Enke is different from the past. The candidates do not need to spend expensive travel expenses and come to Jinling for the exam. The popular girl in the fireworks land, who is a popular girl in the land of fireworks, and in order to support travel expenses for poor scholars, came back to redeem herself and marry her after a high school Jinshi or abandoned her cruelly, has completely become history.

The military has brought it to various places, and 150 test sites have been added in almost every palace. In order to prevent local officials from being selfish and help local candidates cheat, this time the invigilator was all military officers in the martial arts hall. Qualified candidates only need to pay a very small registration fee, which is basically the money from the test paper, so they can participate.

Because it was the first year, those who had the qualifications for the examination needed to be reviewed, and the families of those who had made meritorious service in the Northern Expedition Army were exempted from the inspection; those who served the Qing court at home during the fall were not allowed to participate; those who committed crimes and murdered and set fire within three generations were not allowed to participate; if there were people who signed up for illiteracy, they were severely punished. The reason why this review was so strict was to control the number of people taking the exam, after all, there was no threshold for the first time. In the future, when the educational institutions were almost completed, the threshold would change.

Hou Xuanyan has already started to open public schools in various counties to enable children of appropriate age to recognize words. Words are the link of cultural heritage and cannot be controlled by a few people. Although the Ming Dynasty's academic style was prosperous, there were many people who could not read. The wisdom of enlightenment in the people would change this situation. Anyway, many scholars now have nothing to do. It would be better to give them a job to support their families than to be a rice insect at home every day to lose their book bags.

In the future, you will have to graduate from a public school before you can take the May Entrance College, just like the college entrance examination in later generations.

The test questions this time were also very special. Hou Xuanyan gave the questions personally. It is said that the ministers who have watched them shook their heads repeatedly, not knowing what they said.

May is neither lukewarm nor hot, and it is just right for such an exam. In Jinhuafu, Zhejiang, there have been crowds of people outside the examination room.

A scholar in blue shirt shook his fan and smiled, "Haha, Brother Wu is the leader of our young scholars in eastern Zhejiang. No one in the world knows that he will definitely win high school this time."

"Brother Liu, you're polite. Who doesn't know that you are the number one talented man in Songhua Academy?"

"Haha, Brother Wu, please!"

"Brother Liu, please."

Liu Shoujing and Wu Xian were originally talented scholars, but the imperial court cleared several times, blocking the famous talents from famous families and noble families from the threshold. The short man pulled out the general, and the talented men above were suppressed. Both of them looked at themselves very high.

Two handsome men walked into the examination room hand in hand. Several generals in the martial arts lecture hall in military uniforms looked majestic and said, "The time is almost over. Make it according to the signs they sign when they register. Do not whisper; do not hand in the paper in advance; do not make noise."

The invigilator also had a military spirit in the examination room, which made these candidates a little afraid and began to lower their heads to wait for the delivery of papers.

Liu Shoujing spread the paper confidently, and the first question shocked him: Suppose that the dynasty Prince Yue Hou Xuanyan raised a crane in the mansion of the mansion, and the servants took the cranes to parade on the streets, and were injured by the dogs of the people. The servants of the royal palace sued the people, "If you are the local prefect, how should you write a judgment?"

Liu Shoujing shook his head and put himself in the identity of the prefect. When he thought that this was the question given by Prince Yue of the dynasty himself, he couldn't help but write: Kill the dog and compensate the crane.

Liu Shoujing nodded, very satisfied with his answer, concisely and expressed his loyalty to the prince.

The next second question shocked him again:

Zhao San and Li Si were friends, and they agreed to go to Nandu to do business together. Zhao San's wife Sun did not want her husband to leave. The neighbors had testimony that the couple quarreled that night. On the day of departure, Li Si arrived and did not see Zhao San, so he asked the boatman Wang Wu to urge him. Wang Wu went to Zhao's house to knock on the door, calling him "Three Lady", and asked Zhao San why he hadn't come for so long? Sun was very surprised and replied: He had been out for a long time and had not boarded the boat. Zhang Chao returned to the river and told Li Si that Li Si was very surprised and hurriedly searched with Sun separately. After searching for three days, he could not see any trace.

Ask for any doubts in this case, who is the real murderer, point out the murderer's name and state the reason.

Liu Shoujing pulled his hair and wrote: The murderer was Sun, who quarreled with her husband and killed people.

Liu Shoujing felt it was reasonable and kept reading. The third question completely killed him:

Suppose you are the magistrate of Wujiang County, and the county must be equipped with armor for the Northern Expedition Army. If it is handed over to the shopkeeper Wang and the shopkeeper Li to make it together, it will take twenty days. If the shopkeeper Wang's family is home, it will take fifty days. If the shopkeeper Wang makes one hundred more pieces per day than the shopkeeper Li, how many pairs of armor are needed for the Northern Expedition Army.

Liu Shoujing looked at the back of this question, and saw a small word he chose to do, and decisively chose to give up.

A freshly baked zero-point roll was handed over...

For all the candidates, this day was enough to get the official addiction and became the official master for a day on the test paper. But it was also very heartbreaking. I don’t know how much hair I pulled out, and Hou Xuanyan, who set the questions, was cursing and was sneezing all day long.
Chapter completed!