At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Newcomers from all over the country, not limited to one state and one county.

After Zhuge Liang handed in the papers and left, Xu Shu followed Zhuge Liang and put the bamboo slips in the examination tray, and then chased Zhuge Liang out of the examination room.

"Kong Ming, you are really amazing, you really did the math correctly."

Xu Shu felt that he had to flatter Zhuge Liang a little no matter what, after all he helped him answer many questions correctly.

Zhuge Liang just smiled.

"It's just a matter of inquiring and thinking more. You can do it too. It's nothing. We just need to do our best, and then we'll just resign ourselves to fate."

Chapter 645 .650 Four Cai Yong believes in Guo Peng

After Xu Shu and Zhuge Liang walked for a while, Meng Jian and Shi Tao caught up.

"Kong Ming, you are really smart. On the way I just came out, I kept hearing people discussing the issue of pheasant and rabbit in the same cage. I looked embarrassed, obviously I couldn't answer it."

"Yes, Kong Ming, if we are selected this time, you will be a great contributor!"

Meng Jian and Shi Tao praised Zhuge Liang together, Zhuge Liang pursed his lips and smiled, obviously a little proud.

However, Meng Jian then said another thing.

"When I came out just now, I heard someone say that his uncle is an official in Duke Wei's mansion. He just needs to ask his uncle to work a little bit, and he will definitely be selected. Kong Ming, do you think we also want to..."

Meng Jian looked at Zhuge Liang.

Shi Tao and Xu Shu were also a little surprised, and they also looked at Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang frowned.

"The Talent Discussion Ceremony, this is the first time that it has been held in an unprecedented format. It is very novel. Scholars from all states and counties gather together, refer to each other, compete with each other with their knowledge, and bring the world's talents into the government at one go, and so on. Duke Wei, would you accept such a thing?"

Xu Shu and the other three frowned, thinking that what Zhuge Liang said made sense.

"I just need to wait and see the changes, and do nothing else. Yecheng is no better than Xiangyang. Yecheng is too big. There are people from every prefecture and county. It is very difficult for any prefecture or county to control anything. You can’t look at Yecheng the way you look at Xiangyang.”

When Zhuge Liang said this, the three of Xu Shu also felt that it made sense, so they all agreed, and followed Zhuge Liang back to Zhuge Jin's mansion, preparing to wait for the news of the selection in a month.

This exam, which has touched many people's hearts, has undoubtedly attracted the attention of all parties.

Because this will determine the opportunity for a large number of scholars to enter Guo Peng's Wei Gongfu and become Guo Peng's subordinates, thus embarking on an official career.

For many dilapidated nobles who have lost their original relationship network, this opportunity is too precious and important, so they can't help but pay attention to it.

For some other thoughtful people, this time is also an opportunity to promote their children to enter the Guo Peng shogunate.

Because the opportunity to enter the Guo Peng shogunate is very rare, Guo Peng hardly accepts the recommendation of others, and Guo Peng basically dismisses Xiaolian who is recommended by others.

He only included Xiaolian whom he personally recommended.

This time is different, the opportunity is in front of you, if you don't seize it, if you don't enter the shogunate and become a reserve talent in the hands of Guo Peng, you will regret it.

However, when it came to marking the examination papers, Guo Peng strictly kept it secret, and mobilized the Tiger Guards, armed with weapons, to protect the examination papers on the inner three floors and the outer three floors.

Before the end of the examination papers, the examiners did not even allow their family members to see them. They all ate, slept and slept in the examination examination place. There were people patrolling [-] hours a day, and Dian Wei and Xu Chu took turns guarding them.

If someone could cheat for personal gain, it would be a disaster. Someone Guo will find him out and kill him at all costs!

As a result, the news of the examination papers was strictly blocked, and no one could get even a little news.

Although people kept asking Guo Peng's close ministers for information through various channels, even Guo Peng's close ministers could not get the news, and Guo Peng never mentioned it.

It actually took 24 days from the beginning of marking to the end.

During these 24 days, Guo Peng didn't say a word about grading papers. He was dealing with government affairs and living the same life as before.

If there is any difference, it is probably because Guo Peng added a routine of greeting the little emperor every day.

He arranged the little emperor to live in the other courtyard of Duke Wei's mansion, and sent someone to take care of him. He provided him with delicious food and drink, and he didn't often let him contact outsiders.

Cai Yong wanted to meet the little emperor many times, saying that he wanted to teach him some knowledge, but Guo Peng dissuaded him on the grounds that the emperor had not yet ascended the throne and was learning the emperor's etiquette, and Cai Yong was not allowed to have too much contact with the little emperor.

Cai Yong also had no choice but to wait for the little emperor to officially ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor, and then teach the little emperor as the emperor's teacher.

He silently prepared teaching materials for the little emperor at home and taught the little emperor some basic things.

He still knows himself. Back then, he knew that he was not suitable to teach Guo Peng, so he entrusted Guo Peng to Lu Zhi. Now, he thinks that Guo Peng, who is Lu Zhi's disciple, is the most suitable to teach the little emperor. He just needs to do some basic and auxiliary work.

Just like what he taught Guo Jin and other relatives' children, he laid a solid foundation for them, and the rest was Guo Peng's own business.

Studying agriculture, military, economics, and technology are all the paths Guo Peng chose for them.

If the little emperor wants to become a holy king, Guo Peng's guidance is also indispensable.

Guo Peng will do it.

Cai Yong believed so.

Of course, someone Guo has no interest in teaching the little emperor to become a sage, he just needs a tool man.

Now that the tool people are in place, it is enough, why do we need to work hard to train them?

Isn't that waiting to dig someone's grave?

We must train and train our own sons, including reserve talents for our sons.

So Guo Peng took Guo Jin, together with seven people including Cao Cao, Cheng Yu, Xi Zhong, Guo Jia, Tian Feng, Chen Gong, and Xun You, and got more than four approvals for the 320 six initially selected. The article will be reviewed, and the result of the review will become the list of people who will be finally included in Wei Gongfu.

Speaking of which, everyone felt that this talent discussion ceremony was very novel, not only outsiders, but also insiders. I don't know why Guo Peng thought of it like this.

The traditional talent selection method of filial piety and honesty seems to be unable to satisfy Guo Peng's appetite. After the voices of shortage of manpower appeared in all places, Guo Peng seems to have introduced this method logically. Collect them all, and then put them together for centralized selection.

Some people think that it is a bit of a joke to be selected after such a simple exam. Guo Peng instructed Cheng Yu to retaliate against the other party, saying that outsiders are now spreading rumors about filial piety and honesty, fathers live apart, etc. Compared with thousands of people competing In the grand ceremony of talent, is it better to be filial and honest?

The controversy was forcibly quelled, but this is the first time for everyone to use this method. I don’t know how it works, so I don’t dare to make judgments. I can only say that we will have a look and try it out. , how exactly.

Now I see more than 500 articles in front of me. Such a large scale is really unprecedented.

"These are all answers that have been approved by at least four people. As for the remaining more than 1000 people, it seems that they cannot be approved, and those who cannot be approved are fine. We don't have so much time to go through them one by one. Now, just These more than 300 copies, let's take a look together, evaluate, and keep the excellent ones."

Guo Jin has no right to judge, he just came to make up the numbers, and the right to judge is in the hands of Guo Peng and eight people.

Guo Peng assembled the best core team under his command and decided to take a little time out every day to mark the papers.

Similarly, this time, only people with more than six circles can be retained to enter the Duke Wei's mansion.

I don't know how many people can stay this time.

Chapter 646 .650 Five Guo Peng is happy to select people who are willing to obey

The judging standard instructed by Guo Peng before is whether it is realistic.

Those who discuss national policies in a false way, even those that are contrary to current policies, have been screened out.

Those who are left now are all practical, and selecting talented people from among practical people is what they should do.

Of course, there is no problem in admitting all of these people, and it is okay to arrange to go to some departments to run errands.

Given the current shortage of manpower in various departments under Guo Peng's command, it may not be enough to fill in all these people.

Therefore, Guo Peng also stipulated that in this batch of selection papers, those who get more than four circles can be promoted and enter various departments to work as clerks and run errands.

It is necessary to distinguish which ones can be cultivated emphatically, and which ones can only be used as grass-roots clerks.

The re-examination officially started, and it was the first time that Guo Peng did what an examiner would do. In a daze, he still had some inexplicable nostalgia.

Picking up a roll of bamboo slips, unfolding them and looking at them, he saw the fine print and nodded immediately.

This is the same as the first impression between people often comes from appearance. When you can't meet each other, words are people's faces, so there is a saying that words are like faces.

Although there is no connection between speaking and character, this does not prevent the truth of judging people by their appearance from being reflected in all aspects of society.

The first impression always comes from the appearance, and will have a profound impact on the future. If the first impression is not good, if you want to get along well in the future, you have to work harder.

If the handwriting is beautiful, it is easy to make people feel at ease. Guo Peng appreciates his handwriting and reads his articles, and he will be relatively happy.

This answer sheet is actually quite average, all the answers are quite satisfactory, there is nothing special about it, and one of the three arithmetic problems is answered correctly, obviously it is not very interested in mathematics.

However, the reality is that he did not put forward his own views on major strategic issues, but agreed with the current policy, thinking that it would be fine to implement it in accordance with the current policy.

After reading his answer sheet, Guo Peng decided that he was a conservative scholar with Xiao Gui and Cao Sui, and he could become a good and obedient official in the future.

It is important to select great talents, but Guo Peng also knows that the emergence of great talents is independent of human will. Without great talents, there is no great talent.

Moreover, the operation of an empire depends not only on great talents, but also on thousands of low-level officials and execution strength.

Guo Peng's administrative team has unparalleled execution strength, which is something he is proud of. Otherwise, even if he has the strongest talent group and formulates the best policies, but cannot implement them, what should we do?

If only high-level talents are valued, but low-level talents are not valued, then a whole bunch of talented masters will formulate policies in the central government, and when the needs are implemented, a bunch of cystic idiots will implement them.

Can such a country, such a government, such an army not fail?

It is one thing to formulate correct and practical policies, and on the other hand, the more important thing is to implement them.

It is more important to implement policies from the central to the local, from the provisions in the minds of genius planners to something that actually exists.

Therefore, in Guo Peng's view, the selection of talents is one aspect, and the most important thing is to build an executive team that is good at executing and willing to execute.

Go deep into the villages, communicate directly with every household, convey the will of the country, and reflect the will of the country from the land. This is the strongest executive power.

Therefore, Guo Peng is willing to draw a circle for this kind of talent who is good at execution and willing to execute.

It is indeed not easy to find great talents. Most of them are ordinary scholars with no special features, but Guo Peng is happy to select people who are willing to do things well.

So when you see what you want, draw a circle.

Every time a circle is drawn, there will be one more honest person in the future government.

As for those who can feel arrogance from their words and show an unrealistic attitude towards grassroots work, he resolutely draws a triangle to repel them.

While grading the papers, Guo Peng also handed the completed answer papers to Guo Jin, and asked him to see where he focused on selecting talents, why this was a circle and that was a triangle.

In the future, he might do the same thing.

After looking around, he couldn't find any suitable talents. Guo Peng was a little bit dispirited. He suddenly picked up a bamboo slip, opened it, and was attracted by the special features of this answer sheet.

First of all, this answer sheet is a relatively rare answer sheet in which all three math questions are answered correctly. For the three math questions, a more detailed answer process is given. Then, some basic questions are answered very solidly, without any outstanding points .

On strategic issues, they all agree with the current policy, and said that they have little knowledge and are not qualified to comment on major national affairs, so they will not comment.

Guo Peng appreciates such an attitude and people very much.

Mathematics is good, and logical thinking can be seen from it, which is very good, and the foundation of knowledge is solid. What is even more valuable is that he can see clearly how much he is, and he has not rashly commented on state affairs.

Such a person who has a clear understanding of himself, knows how to advance and retreat, knows what is good and bad, and has good knowledge, which is very valuable to cultivate.

So Guo Peng drew a circle on the answer sheet without hesitation, read it again, and handed the answer sheet to Guo Jia beside him, asking him to read it too.

"This answer sheet is what I think is the best so far. Feng Xiao, you should also read it, and then choose according to this standard."

"Yes."

When Guo Jia saw that this was the answer sheet that Guo Peng was optimistic about, he immediately became interested, took a look at it, and found that the answer sheet was really well done, so he also drew a circle on this answer sheet.

Then Guo Jia also recommended this answer sheet to Tian Feng beside him, indicating that it was an answer sheet that Guo Peng was optimistic about. Tian Feng nodded, took it over and took a look, and felt that it was indeed good. He was very optimistic about Guo Peng's vision. , so nodded and drew a circle.

Guo Peng had a panoramic view of everything, and raised the corners of his mouth in satisfaction.

The team's obedience to itself is still very high.

This is more important than selecting talents.

Observing the obedience of his subordinates to him from all aspects of political life is something Guo Peng likes to do more and more.

It is conceivable that in the future, the life of his subordinates will not be too easy.

Because he is strong, he is also suspicious, and he is better at judgment.

In six days, the high-level core team squeezed out time to judge talents, and finally selected 56 scholars who got more than six circles to enter Wei Gongfu.

In the entire 320 six answer sheets, only [-] people did not get the four circles and were excluded, and the remaining [-] people were all selected.