The imperial examination is very magical. Since its invention in China, it has been spread to countries around the world and has continued to develop. Even if the name was later changed to the official ape examination, it still cannot change its essence.

What is the essence of the imperial examination? Use knowledge as the level to screen officials.

Then why use knowledge? Instead of using anything else? Because China's history is too long, I have tried all the messy methods of choosing official methods.

The official position of blood relationship was far and wide, but by the Spring and Autumn Period, it was already out of date.

The official position of moral character and inferiority is proved that the Han Dynasty has too many selfish intentions and does not conform to tradition.

The short Qin Dynasty made the latecomers afraid to move forward.

In the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, we began to compete for our ancestors. The more awesome the ancestors are, the more awesome you are. As a result, they went bankrupt and the corrupt Eastern Jin Dynasty fell.

After the birth of the imperial examinations during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it was completely bought into people's hearts at once. Knowledge was visible and simple and crude. It was so exciting to be a farmer in the morning and climb the emperor's hall in the evening.

It's like buying a lottery.

The Yuan Dynasty stopped the imperial examination and was defeated back to the grassland in decades. The Qing Dynasty opened the imperial examination and took up the imperial examination and took over for more than two hundred years, but was fooled. So after a few years, the world was lost and I could have persisted for a few more years.

Although the imperial examinations in the Tang Dynasty had various disadvantages, and the powerful could interfere at will, and they did not miss the name, the relatively fair environment continued.

The Southern Han learned from the lessons of the fall of the Tang Dynasty and implemented the national policy of emphasizing culture and neglecting military forces. Although the army was corrupt and corrupt officials were prevalent in just a few decades, no military transformation occurred.

It is rare in this chaotic era.

The imperial examination was the carrot that Liu had hanged in front of the people of Lingnan. In addition, the area of ​​the Xingwang Mansion was expanded and the appearance of a domineering capital was shown, so he firmly sat on the throne.

God knows that the Central Plains had not held the imperial examination for many years. In order to have official positions, the scholars of the Central Plains went to the Southern Tang Dynasty to participate in the imperial examination, so the literary style of the Southern Tang Dynasty was in full swing.

As soon as he heard the complaints from the literati, Li Jia remembered this smoothly and prepared to take out this killer weapon to win people's hearts.

Those who win the hearts of the people will win the world, and those who are the people do not care about scholars, farmers, industry and commerce. Scholars are the first and agriculture is the basis. If you gather these two things together, the so-called industry and commerce are easy to capture.

Without the farmers, the other three would starve to death, and the scholars were the ruling class, and the snake would not be able to do without a head.

For farmers, Li Jia first reduced a large amount of miscellaneous taxes and sent a transfer envoy to collect taxes, which would reduce the burden on farmers at least half. These have already surprised the farmers, and it would be too much to come again.

On the scholar side, Li Jia just abolished the castration order. Although he had won the hearts of the people, he came and went quickly. It was nothing to do with him and could not last long.

"Only by holding the imperial examination can we buy the hearts of local gentry and poor people. In the words of later generations, they are the middle class and the thickest part of rugby!"

Li Jia thought to himself that it is necessary to win people's hearts. Too much is cheap, and too little is harsh. The key to grasping the degree is very important.

For example, in the Song Dynasty, people were too favored by literati, and as a result, they became arrogant and arrogant, and dared to spit on the emperor. In later generations, they naturally regarded it as a wise ruler and a good minister, but in the eyes of those who hold power, this is a symbol of weakness and incompetence.

Therefore, later, the power ministers emerged one after another, and the decree of the decree was endless. There were not many serious people who succeeded the throne. They either chose the Empress Dowager Xiang from Song Huizong; they retired early, and Song Gaozong was Song Xiaozong; and the ministers supported them, Song Ningzong, etc.

Of course, the consideration of the imperial examination is to select talents, but Li Jia doesn't like the strategy of not being famous.

Moreover, the tributes elected by local officials depended on the integrity of local officials, and the quality was uneven, so reform was indeed needed.

In order to recruit talents and to eliminate local selfishness, Li Jia decided to come to the big show this time.

"The next year's imperial examination will be scheduled for April. All prefectures and counties are not prostitutes, such as (singer-in-law), subordinates (county yamen runners), and (people who are in charge of the army) can all go to the capital without any local recommendations..."

The low city wall was a little broken, and suddenly a yellow cloth hung on it. A group of men, women, young and old were surrounded by them. A young man in relatively worn clothes was standing in front of the imperial list, reading aloud, his voice was crisp and refreshing, and everyone was happy to listen.

"Wang Xiaolangjun, what does this emperor list mean?" An old man with broken teeth looked excited. Obviously he already knew the meaning of it, but he still wanted to confirm it again.

"In order to have no talent, the court specially issued an imperial list. In April next year, the imperial examination will be held again. As long as it is not prostitute, good, official, and soap, you can participate by yourself, and there is no need to recommend it to the prefectures and counties—"

Looking at the old man, Wang Xun said seriously although he was puzzled.

"Is there an age limit?" the old man asked again.

"Not yet!"

"Okay, okay-" When the old man heard this, his eyes widened instantly, but a handful of old bones jumped up, clapped his palms, kept calling out the word "good" and raised his head and laughed:

"We Wei Song can finally become an official, very good, very good..."

As the figure disappeared, Wang Xun was particularly puzzled.

"Little Langjun, this old man Wei has always been proud of his outstanding knowledge, but he offended the Duke. He has not been elected to the Shangshu Province for more than ten years, and the provincial school has not been assigned to the provincial school for many years. This person has been wasting his time until now. Now, he is naturally happy to learn that he can go directly to the capital to participate in the imperial examination..."

But someone explained on the side that Wang Xun realized it, looking at the back of this person and sighed:

"I never thought that Qichang Prefecture (Xingning County, Nanhan's capital) had great talents!"

"Since the King of Qi (Liu Hongbi, the sixth son of Emperor Gaozu Liu Yan, was named King of Qi, guarded Qi Chang Mansion, and was later killed), the Qi Chang Mansion has changed..."

The person beside him was also obscure, and after saying a few words, he lowered his head and left.

Regardless of this, after Wang Xun learned that he might participate in the imperial examination next year, he couldn't help but feel excited and hurried back home and sued his parents.

"Son, since the Chaozhou military chaos, the family property has been dispersed. We moved to Qichang Mansion. It is becoming increasingly difficult. With my son's talent, I will definitely be on the list. Unfortunately, I have no wealth in my family, so what can I do about it!"

Wang's father was also a scholar, but at this time he was wearing coarse clothes and cloth shoes, carrying a hoe, looking like a farmer, with wrinkles on his face, sighing.

"Aye--" Looking at my father's old look, I saw that the family was barely covered, and the siblings in the family turned yellow. The black dog guarding the door was also lying under the door, saving his energy to call. Wang Xun calmed down smoothly at this time:

"Next year is not going to work. We don't rush for a while. We will definitely have a chance in the future. Besides, my knowledge is not solid, so we need to practice more..."

"Son--" The old mother's eyes were filled with tears and guilt.

"After a while, my son will be a teacher. When his knowledge is solid, he will go to the capital again. On the contrary, my son has just won the championship, so there is no rush to do so..."
Chapter completed!