Spring farming is a major event related to a year's livelihood, and the court attaches great importance to it.

On this day, Liu Xie was invited out of the palace like a mascot to sacrifice to his ancestors and the gods from all directions, and praying for God to bless the good weather this year.

Afterwards, Liu Xie led his ministers to set an example and went to the fields to cultivate themselves.

New crops such as potatoes and sweet potatoes are planted in the Han Dynasty for the first time. No one has any experience and can only be placed in spring.

Cao Ang had experience, but he did not dare to promote it, so he followed all the officials to farm.

In order to obtain more grain, Xun Yu selected 30 acres of fertile land outside the city to specialize in potatoes.

In the farmland, two officials were in groups, one of whom was holding a hoe and digging a hole in front of them, and the other was carrying a basket and bent down to put the potato pieces with ash in the pit. Cao Ang, who looked serious, looked so ashamed.

Look at others, although they are in a high position in the temple, the farming skills left by their ancestors have not fallen short at all. Looking at yourself, it is even tiring to bend over.

After working hard and busy for a day, the spring plowing process has been dealt with and the imperial examination has begun again.

Like potatoes and sweet potatoes, the imperial examination was held in the Han Dynasty for the first time. All civil and military officials were feeling the stones and had no experience, so naturally they could not be as standard as they did during the Ming and Qing dynasties.

In addition, it took several years to delay the exam because of the messy things, so the scholars who took the exam had been impatient for a long time.

The children's examination ended in November last year. The Shangshutai organized the college examination before the New Year. The provincial examination ended in February after the New Year, and the results were soon announced.

So far, more than 95,000 children, more than 12,000 scholars and 1,200 juren have been selected.

After the spring plowing, there will be the imperial examination. In this imperial examination, the court prepared to select 300 people from more than 1,000 juren, and tentatively designated as tributes. After participating in the palace examination, the ranking will be determined. After the palace examination, the ranking will be determined. After the palace examination, the promotion to Jinshi was announced.

It can be imagined that in more than ten or twenty years, these 300 people will inevitably become important officials of the Han Dynasty, so the court was very cautious about the imperial examinations. A few years ago, it set up an area at the Shangshu Deck to build the imperial examination room.

The examination room was an independent courtyard surrounded by walls. A huge palace covering an area of ​​seven or eight acres was built in the courtyard. When I opened the hall door and went in, I saw that the empty hall had been surrounded by the walls and formed lattices of the same size. The candidates took the exam in the grid.

There is also a hall gate two-thirds of the way to the hall, which is where the examiner stays. During the exam, the invigilator and the examiner are all staying inside and are not allowed to run around. After the exam is finished, the test papers are reviewed and the rankings are determined before leaving.

That morning, Cao Ang led a large army to surround the examination room early in the morning. The roofs of the walls were full of soldiers wearing armor and holding spears, and several others were watching with telescopes. They couldn't even get close to a fly with tight defense.

At the third hour of the Chen hour, all 1,200 students arrived and stood outside the hall.

Cao Ang was wearing bright light armor and holding the sword in his hand, standing in front of the students, shouting loudly: "I am Cao Ang. I believe everyone has heard of it. I won't introduce it here. Now I will announce the discipline of the examination room and listen clearly. Because if you violate it, you will not only be disqualified from the examination room, but also be disqualified from the examination room and will never be allowed to become an official."

"You have three consecutive exams in the children's examinations, and you have stood out from hundreds of thousands of candidates. You can become an official after the exam is over. At this point, no one wants to be kicked out, right?"

As soon as these words were spoken, more than a thousand scholars held their breath at the same time and stared at Cao Ang with wide eyes.

There are more than 200,000 candidates in the children's examination, but now there are only more than 1,000 of them left. A bright future is within reach. No one is willing to complete the ninety-nine steps and die on the last trembling.

Cao Ang was very satisfied with their attitude and nodded and smiled: "This exam adopts a name-blocking system. After getting the test paper, you will first write down your name and origin, and then use a note to paste it. After the test, your test paper will be copied by a special person, and then the original will be sealed. The copied copy will be given to the marking officer for scores. After the score is released, the original will be found."

"Some people may think that doing this is just a matter of taking off their pants and farting, but I tell you, it is for fairness and for every candidate to be treated equally."

"There are only a few judges in the exam. You have known and have had contact with each other. They have already become familiar with your handwriting. Then, with your own likes and dislikes, you will have no place to cry if you fail."

Someone was angry and shouted: "Mr. Zheng and Mr. Liu are noble in character, like pine and cypress in the green mountains. How could they do such despicable things?"

Cao Ang sneered: "I never believe in personal morality, I only believe in the system. I want to ensure the fairness of the imperial examinations as much as possible. Besides, the examiner of this class is Zheng Xuan and Liu Hong. You both believe in the noble character of both. But what about the next class? Can you trust me if I check the test?"

All the candidates: "..." We believe that the sun can't believe you even if you come out from the west. Who in the world doesn't know what kind of virtue you, Cao Zixie, is?

Cao Ang continued: "Secondly, everyone must strictly search before entering the examination room to prevent them from carrying slips and other things."

This is a bit too much.

Someone questioned: "Why, we traveled thousands of miles to participate in the imperial examinations, why should we suffer this humiliation? Cao Sikong could not trust us, we will just go back."

"Go back, are you willing?"

Cao Ang shouted: "The ranking is only determined in the palace examination but not the result. The examination is an exam that concerns your life destiny. Can you guarantee that you have no embraced, and can you guarantee that others have no embraced? You have been studying hard for ten years and taking the exam with dignity, but others have plagiarized them privately, which has pushed you off the list. What do you feel?"

"I know you are noble and don't like maliciously speculating on classmates. Since that's the case, I will do this villain. Everyone must undergo an inspection when entering the venue. As for the same sentence, I want to ensure that the imperial examination is absolutely fair."

"Now I would like to remind you that if you have private possessions, it is best to stand up by yourself, otherwise I will be searched for it and sent out."

"As for cooperating with the invigilator, you can't even think about it. The emperor has issued an order. The invigilator and the examiner have cheated together with the candidates. Once it was discovered, the nine tribes were sent to the public. Therefore, if you have other ideas, it is best to extinguish your shortcut heart. Now prepare and start searching in a quarter of an hour."

A quarter of an hour passed quickly, and more than a thousand candidates lined up to check one by one. The inspection method was very rough. Take off all your clothes and check it out. Make sure there was no problem. Then you will collect new clothes from the table next to you and put them in.

There are pens, ink, paper and inkstones, as well as water and food test rooms, so you don’t need to carry them.

Seeing a candidate walking into the hall, Cao Ang said with relief: "My great man is still quite upright. I haven't found a snare for so long. It seems that I judge the abdomen of a gentleman by the heart of a villain..." Before he finished speaking, a soldier not far away shouted: "Young master, this person has a snare."

"Uh..." Cao Ang's smile froze on the spot, he was stunned for three seconds before he realized. He ran over and saw a young man of twenty-six or seven years old being pushed to the ground by several soldiers.

Seeing him coming, the soldier held his underwear in one hand and handed it to him with a note in the other hand and said, "Young Master, this person's underwear has a mezzanine, and there is a letter inside. Please read it."

"Huh..." Cao Ang waved his hand in disgust and said, "Leave it to the Jinyiwei for interrogation to see if anyone instructs him behind the scenes."

Jinyiwei?

The man was anxious on the spot and struggled quickly and said, "Sikong is lucky, Sikong Kaien, the student is obsessed with the wits, please Kaien."

No one pays attention.

Several soldiers forced him down.

Seeing this, the other candidates were no longer in their hearts. While obediently receiving the examination, they looked at Cao Ang with a hint of gratitude.
Chapter completed!