At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Offenders are restricted.

Those who have left a criminal record in civil crimes will not be allowed to take the imperial examination in their next generation.

Officials and officials who have committed crimes and left a criminal record will not be allowed to take the imperial examination for three generations.

There are such restrictions, which are also measures to combat crimes to a certain extent. When the imperial examination becomes popular in the world, such rules can prevent people who want to change their fate through the imperial examination from taking the road of crime to a considerable extent.

Not for yourself, but also for future generations, right?

In order to further let the imperial examination system get people's attention and the attention of the whole society, under the premise of large-scale publicity, someone Guo even went to the stage to promote it himself.

He wrote the poem himself and ordered people to spread it all over the world.

[Being Tian Shelang in the morning, and going to the Tianzitang in the evening, there is no kind of general, a man should be self-improving]

Twenty simple words can make people see a world-changing momentum.

An aura that makes officials who have ascended to high positions by hereditary blood shudder.

When these twenty characters were written and asked to spread throughout the world, those scholars and bureaucrats in the imperial court who had ascended to high positions by virtue of their births all looked bad.

They were puzzled one after another, wondering what the emperor meant by writing such a text and spreading it widely.

Do you feel that we have not kept up with the development of the times?

In the morning, he was Tian Shelang, and in the evening, he went to the Tianzitang...

It was unimaginable before that a mere mud-legged person could stand in front of the emperor and express his views openly.

There is no such thing as a relative, a man should be self-reliant...

Generals and prime ministers don't recognize their backgrounds, they all depend on personal ability. As long as you have the ambition, work hard, and eventually you can become a general or a prime minister.

This is even more unimaginable.

But it all started to happen.

In the past, there were nobles who were civil servants, and generals who were generals. Everyone believed that the blood was hereditary. As long as a family produced a good man, future generations could enjoy it endlessly.

Even if the descendants are all trash, that doesn't matter, as long as there is one good person is enough.

But the situation is different now. The slogans that Chen Sheng and Wu Guang shouted when they overthrew the Qin Dynasty were actually changed by the emperor and spread all over the world.

There is no such thing as a will, and a man should be self-improvement.

Call on the mud legs to fight for the position of general and fight against the current general?

His Majesty the emperor completely stopped playing with everyone, and completely showed his true colors.

If it weren't for the fact that this sentence did not involve imperial power, they all suspected that His Majesty the Emperor had lost his mind and wanted to call on everyone to rebel and overthrow him as the emperor.

Overthrow yourself...

What else does the emperor dare not say or do?

For a while, the haze permeated the government and the public, but it was quickly blown away by a gust of breeze.

These twenty words were first spread in Luoyang, and then the extremely large number of children from poor families and Li Shu's children fell into a fanatical atmosphere.

They rushed to tell each other, saying that His Majesty the Emperor has made it clear that there is no such thing as a general, and a man should be self-improving!

Each of us has the opportunity to be a general, as long as we are self-improvement!

Don't look at the background, don't look at the lineage, as long as we are self-improvement, everyone can be a general!

Their fanaticism even made scholars of gentry origin shy away from them and dared not come forward to communicate and argue with them.

It’s different in the past.

Standing behind these muddy legs is His Majesty the Emperor who swung a big stick and beat five thousand soldiers to death.

Scholars have no bones from now on!

I don't know which old man sighed after hearing this, then cried bitterly for a while, and hanged himself in the ancestral ancestral hall.

Following his suicide, a group of elderly scholars in the local area really committed suicide together, using their lives as a final protest.

But it didn't work.

Dead is worthless.

The imperial examination is still inevitable.

Chapter 1218 One thousand 120 eight Guo Jia's character is extremely bad

Complete the leap from white body to official body through the imperial examination, complete the turning point of fate, ascend to the court, face the emperor, and express your views on the general trend of the world.

This is a scene that countless people can't dream of, but the people who can dream of it are because Guo gave them enlightenment and gave them opportunities.

This opportunity is really important to them.

So many people frantically rushed to Luoyang to sign up for the exam even if they didn't know what the exam content was.

You don't need to be recommended, you don't need to have upper-level connections, and you can take the examination for selecting officials as long as you have a registered permanent residence.

The common people in Luoyang looked at this scene with eager eyes, and they were very envious of those who had the same background as them among the students who were about to take the imperial examination.

They also want to find an opportunity to send their children to study, but they don't know how to find a way to send their children to Taixue or other schools to study.

They are very eager, very envious, even a little jealous.

Just no chance, no way.

They still need to wait. Many things cannot be accomplished overnight. Mr. Guo has not had time to build a ladder for the bottom people from the educational level.

What he has to do now is to make the imperial examination deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so that this imperial examination system, which excludes the influence of the examination system, will take root in the Wei Empire and will never be shaken again.

After the tense and exciting first month, at the end of February, the weather turned warmer, and the qualification examination before the Wenju examination began first.

All students who signed up for the Wen Ju Exam had to take this physical fitness test.

The chief examiner was Guo Jia, a strong man who advocated adding this item. He presided over the examination with a happy face and set many standards.

Running circles, long jumps, high jumps, weight bearing, etc.

When Guo Peng saw these standards he formulated, he was very surprised. He felt that Guo Jia must have been forced by him to train muscles and strengthen his physique for many years, so that he became mentally abnormal, so he came up with such methods to torture the candidates. .

But it's really necessary.

Guo Peng cut some meaningless content, lowered some standards, and took care of those Lishu children who were really weak due to lack of nutrition.

Then, Guo Jia happily watched those students running, humming, long jumping, sweating and lying on the ground like a dog in rough clothes, watching and commenting, saying that this year's candidates are really very good. Words like useless.

Someone Guo must clarify that Guo Jia has never been a good person.

He eats, drinks, prostitutes and gambles, possesses all kinds of poisons, and while he has outstanding talents, he has an extremely bad personality.

No one will be surprised or disagree with this point.

And his bad character and bad taste were fully demonstrated in this exam.

In addition, Guo Jia also applied to Guo Peng for the right to invigilate the physical fitness examination before each subsequent imperial examination.

Of course Guo Peng agreed. With Guo Jia, a guy with a bad personality who likes to torture young people, watching this assessment for him, the average physical fitness of Wei Empire officials will definitely be greatly improved in the future.

Not only that, Mr. Guo also had the idea of ​​holding an official sports meeting within the scope of all officials in the future.

It might look pretty good.

For example, before and after Guo's birthday, he chose three days to hold an official sports meeting in Luoyang, forcing those officials who usually sit at their desks like old men to get up and exercise, run and dance, and get rewards for good rankings. There is no reward for ranking.

This idea took root in Guo's heart.

Of course, the students were dissatisfied with the fact that they had to take the physical fitness assessment before the exam. They learned from various sources that the proposer of this pre-examination was Guo Fengxiao, a senior official on the staff desk, a son of the royal family, and the most trusted right-hand man of His Majesty the Emperor. Proposed, they immediately shut up.

Some people just wanted to scold, but immediately shut their mouths.

What are you kidding, you're fighting against the emperor's cronies, you don't want to live anymore?

When Guo Jia appeared in the examination room with a happy face and a showy look, countless students scolded Guo Jia for his inhumanity in their hearts, but they still had to run and jump all kinds of things under his leadership, and then got tired. Pant like a dog.

It seems that Guo Jia likes this kind of thing very much.

In the end, he did indeed select candidates who could take the imperial examination, and he really eliminated a group of weak people.

Among them are scholars, as well as children from poor families and Lishu children.

Whether it's subjective malice or objective needs, these people really can't afford the heavy work after becoming officials.

So Guo Peng strongly supported Guo Jia's choice.

On the first day of March in the eighth year of Yande, when the Nanzhong Campaign was in progress, the first imperial examination of the Wei Empire officially began.

According to the statistical report, the number of applicants for the literary examination this year has reached 970, which is six times that of the Talent Discussion Ceremony that year.

The number of people who participated in the martial arts examination was an order of magnitude less, only 730 people.

There is no way, compared to the civil examination, the military examination has higher requirements and higher entry barriers. It requires not only cultural literacy, but also physical fitness. Those who can participate are already very good elites.

The coverage of the Wenju Examination is wider, and more people participated in it. This does not count the students who did not make it in time because of the long journey and those who voluntarily gave up the first imperial examination.

Such a grand event was beyond the expectation of most officials in the court.

They never expected that once the restrictions on identity were lifted, the group of poor scholars and Li Shu could unleash such a huge force.

It is conceivable that the number of participants in the second imperial examination next year will greatly increase.

With so many participants, the number of selections is relatively small.

According to current preliminary estimates, this year’s imperial examinations will admit 1000 or 800 people in both the civil and military examinations.

Even so, the competition in the Wen Ju exam is far stronger than that of the Martial Ju exam. After all, the number of participants is not at the same level.

So some people planned to take advantage of their own knowledge, apply for the Shouyang Mountain Lecture Hall, enter the Lecture Hall to participate in the study, and maybe they can take advantage of this loophole in the future.

Everyone knows this kind of thing, and the things that are put in front of everyone to let everyone know are obviously the kind that cannot be exploited.

After the Shouyangshan Martial Arts Hall expands its student base, the number of applicants will change greatly in at most three years, and the martial arts exam will be as competitive by then.

Not to mention that there are many retired veterans who want to re-enter the army.

It's not that easy.

To put it bluntly, the difficulty of the martial arts exam is much higher than that of the Wenju exam.

Not only personal force, battlefield coordination, military common sense, but also cultural knowledge must be tested.

The so-called both civil and military, grasping with both hands, both hands must be tough.

Therefore, there is no such thing as taking advantage of loopholes.

Chapter 1219 One Thousand 120 Nine Exams Begin

On the first day of March, the Wen Ju Exam and the Martial Exam officially began.

The essay examination was held in Taixue in three days and three sessions.

The Martial Arts Examination is conducted around the Shouyang Mountain Lecture Hall and Luoyang area. If necessary, the Guard Barracks will be requisitioned for the exam.

In order to meet the examination needs of a large number of students, Taixue suspended classes in late February.

The vacated classrooms, lecture halls, etc. were converted into examination places, seats were rearranged, tables and chairs were added, examination utensils, pens, inks, papers and inkstones were added.

After all, the number of people that can be accommodated in the classroom and lecture hall is relatively small, and it is considered lucky to be able to enter here for the exam.

And the Ministry of Rites temporarily built halls in various open spaces in Taixue, and set up a simple seat that can be used for candidates' answer papers, so as to provide shelter from wind and rain. This is the treatment of most candidates.

Mr. Guo did not intend to set up a special test place for candidates to take the test.

He thinks that Taixue is quite good, and it covers such a large area, so it must be used, otherwise it will be a pity for Mr. Guo's high funding amount.

Because there are many test papers and the test takes a long time, candidates are not allowed to leave Taixue at noon.

Candidates need to prepare their own rations to eat when they are hungry at noon. Taixue only provides water, not rations.

Of course, if you feel sleepy and feel that you have enough time, you can also choose to take a short break at noon, lie down on the seat and take a nap.