Crowned the New Han Dynasty

Chapter 1154 Taking the initiative to take additional exams

As the disputes over the northern grasslands came to an end, people's attention slowly shifted to the imperial examination.

In fact, there are still many people discussing the situation, such as the whereabouts of Rouran who escaped from the north, and the King of Goguryeo who just recently sent a letter belatedly, but compared to the popularity of the imperial examination, these are inferior.

After all, this matter cannot be avoided even if you want to avoid it - from Bingzhou to Pingzhou, almost every county is discussing this matter, whether it is businessmen, passers-by, or even scattered people. The refugees all knew the news about the Youzhou imperial examination.

Especially in quiet areas, it can be heard in the streets and alleys.

In such an enthusiastic environment, one group remained silent, that is, the aristocratic families all over the three states, especially those who had been officials for generations, did not say a word about this.

However, many people can understand it.

As an official, although there are recommendations, but generally follow the path of inheritance, only those who are scholars and aristocratic families can inherit poetry and books. If you want to learn, you will not be involved in complicated farming and business affairs. The energy is something that only a wealthy family like the Aristocratic Family can achieve.

It is passed down from generation to generation, with clan knowledge as the foundation, and the same clan, sects, and classmates as officials in the central and local governments as the barrier, and only then can the road to official career be opened.

Not to mention, Xinhan established a ninth-grade evaluation. If this person wants to be an official, it is definitely not a matter of oneself, but the result of the joint promotion and influence of a big family, a system, and even an officialdom.

Officials hold power and can mobilize social resources, which in turn feeds the family, grants privileges, promotes development, and consolidates status.

Such a stable system, of course, does not want outsiders to destroy it.

It is a pity that the imperial examination has made it clear that chariots and horses are going to destroy this situation. He has reduced the matter of studying for an official from a big family to a small clan, a clan, or even an individual.

Judging from the current news, many aristocratic families have noticed that some scholars who came here alone are actually qualified to participate in the imperial examination.

How can this work?
If a person wants to be an official, he has to go through many links. However, when it comes to the imperial examination, even one person, as long as he is clean, can take the examination, and succeeds in the examination, he is qualified to be an official. This has an impact on the aristocratic family. It’s really too big, it’s already a bit beyond the bottom line——

Even for the original civil and military competitions, there are actually many invisible restrictions, and outsiders cannot participate at all. Therefore, although the aristocratic family resists, at least there is still a glimmer of hope, but now it is really giving them a headache.

Unfortunately, Chen Zhi was already prepared.

An issue involved in an assassination case caused a wealthy family like Murong to overturn. Now the Chanyu has been invited to live in Jixian County. It is an invitation in name, but in fact he is under house arrest.

I heard that a few days ago, during the dinner, Sun Xiu even made a fuss in public, saying that he had heard that Shanyu was a good dancer and asked him to perform for a while. In the end, out of sympathy, Murong Shanyu just danced instead. But when the news came out, it was really disappointing.

The Murong tribe is already considered a small country in the northern grassland. If the king of this country is like this, how can the head of the family dare to make a mistake? So they all dare to be angry but dare not speak out. They only wait to do it after the imperial examination. Intend.

Under the turmoil and attention of all parties, time slowly came to the deadline, and the imperial examination officially began.

And this first game is the county examination.

It is said to be a county examination, but it mainly targets Pingzhou and Nabingzhou. Because these two places were recently conquered, the rule of the General Mansion has not yet been deepened. At most, it controls the county level, and it is not like Youzhou, where there are counties everywhere. , and even ordinary villages and towns, there are exam-takers giving lectures, so in these two states, candidates from the same county are gathered together to take the exam in one place.In contrast, the situation in Youzhou is a little different. There are people from every county taking the exam. The original plan was to rank the entire county together afterwards, but later due to the large number of people and the number of candidates They jointly submitted a letter to the General Office and suggested that it be changed to an additional exam.

That is to say, the county takes an exam first, and the top [-] selected will go to the county to take the exam, and those who are finally selected can go to the prefecture to take the exam.

It is said that Chen was quite surprised when he received the news, saying that it was not easy to have so many people take the initiative to take an additional exam.

But even so, many people still feel that they suffered a disadvantage in the Youzhou exam.

"Gao Jun, have you ever heard that there are many people who go to Pingzhou and Bingzhou to naturalize and take the imperial examination there. Do you think it's strange?"

On the morning of the exam, the candidates in Ji County gathered outside the school early in the morning. While waiting to enter, some people were talking outside.

The speaker's name was Hu Sheng. He came from Jizhou in the south. He was accompanied by his uncle Hu Jing. The uncle and nephew came here after all the hardships for the same purpose, which was to participate in the imperial examination.

However, just by looking at their clothes, one can tell that they come from poor families, so candidates who come from aristocratic families do not like to make friends with them.

But Gao Qing is an exception. He deliberately makes friends with these people.

These days, Gao Qing stayed at Gao Bing's house, but he was not idle. Instead, he collected a lot of information. Only then did he realize that his distant relative was extraordinary, and he secretly admired him in many aspects.

If he hadn't had the pride of his main lineage, I'm afraid Gao Qing would have been proud of Gao Bing's achievements.

However, this does not prevent Gao Qing from learning from Gao Bing. One of the key points is that Gao Bing does not reject people from all walks of life. Therefore, he has a wide network of contacts. Therefore, he can quickly complete many of the things Ran Zhan ordered. , and has been on the rise ever since.

Now Gao Qing intends to follow suit. He doesn't want to get to know any of the three religions, but only seeks to make friends with the more talented and learned among the candidates.

This uncle and nephew of the Hu family is one of them.

Listening to Hu Sheng's words, Gao Qing smiled and said: "Brother Hu, you don't know something. You know that Pingzhou is so easy to get in. I dare to say that you want to go to Bingzhou." People from Pingzhou must have never stayed in Pingzhou, it is not a warlike and cheap place."

His voice was smooth and without any waves, which made many people around him secretly admire him, because tension was spreading among the crowd, and more and more people were worried about the upcoming imperial examination that might change their destiny.

"Oh?" Hu Sheng sounded interesting and was about to say a few more words to relieve the nervousness in his heart. Suddenly, gongs and drums were beating in front of the school door, and then the door opened and several examiners came out.

Suddenly, the originally noisy crowd fell silent.

The imperial examination finally began.

　Thanks to "Piaolingxi" and "book friend 20170922155010803" for the reward!

　　
　
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