At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

There was even one time when he personally participated in an operation to exterminate locusts.

In the end, the strategy of raising ducks to control locusts can only make up for it, not cure it. The radical cure is still in progress and the process is slow.

So every year, there will be some small-scale locust plagues in the Central Plains, and that time, Guo Jun ran into it.

Holding up all kinds of tools to cull the locusts, he rushed to the place where the locusts gathered together with local officials and farmers to cull them desperately to prevent the locusts from eating up the crops and plants.

The locust plague was brought under control, but after returning that time, Guo Jun hated the locusts so much that he said that one day he would wipe out the locusts all over the world, and conducted in-depth research on the locust plague.

So in terms of practice, he definitely has practical experience and won't make jokes.

In this regard, he has absolutely no reason to fail the exam.

So for the first two papers, he got a high score of 190 and [-] points. There were only a few bits and pieces that he didn't pay attention to or wrote wrongly, and lost three points.

Yes, Not Bad.

At least there is no problem with the royal basic education, and we will do it like this in the future.

As for the strategy test on the third day, he lost [-] out of [-] points.

This part is related to the consideration of the imperial court's administrative strategy, so Guo Peng attaches great importance to it. The judging papers are selected from the cabinet ministers, cabinet members, ministers, ministers, etc. to judge the papers in turn, and use their professional eyes to judge the level of policy and theory of these students.

See if it is excellent or flashy, whether it is a feasible argument, or a gorgeous rhetoric that is fake.

Guo Peng looked at his roll paper.

The two policy questions put forward in this year's examination papers were all drawn up by him himself. One is the country's major policy for developing grassland Mozhou, and the other is the country's major policy for developing Jiangnan. He asked the students their opinions on these two major policies. suggestion.

It is Guo's own selfishness to raise these two questions. He feels that he can find talents who agree with these two national policies and have a strategic vision.

You can also find those who are not satisfied with these policies and remove them.

In this sense, the imperial examination can also help the emperor search for supporters with similar political attitudes, which is conducive to the long-term continuation of the policy.

This is undoubtedly a good thing for him.

Guo Jun's argument is quite satisfactory, there is nothing unexpected, and there are no fallacies or political mistakes. The suggestions put forward are well-founded, and there are distinctions in the implementation level and order. It is a good suggestion, but of course, it is not brilliant.

Some points are deducted here, mainly because there is nothing outstanding.

As for the level of free play in the future, Guo Jun chose the locust plague issue that he is good at and has studied in depth to express his views and arguments. He has studied the locust plague issue very deeply and demonstrated the importance of controlling the locust plague from many aspects.

He strongly supports the country's vigorous investment in development and environmental governance in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, and vigorously restores the population and agricultural production in the Guanzhong area. He believes that agricultural production is the deadly enemy of locusts.

Otherwise, raising ducks to control locusts and all-out culling will not solve too many problems.

He wrote a lot of words in this argument, and applied a lot of facts that he had researched, so the score was very high, and the points were deducted mainly because the first two policy theories were quite satisfactory.

After Guo Peng read his answer sheet, he felt that Guo Jun could be a specialized official in locust control.

Seeing that he has a lot of experience in controlling locusts, he has always regarded this as his greatest interest, and he is indeed a little bit now. If he goes further in the future, Guo Peng plans to put him in the Guanzhong area and let him and the group be in charge of development. officials to work together.

After putting away Guo Jun's test paper, Guo Peng looked at Xu Jing.

"In this exam, can my incompetent son be ranked in the top ten?"

"Return to Your Majesty, yes, the second son's score is enough to be ranked in the top ten, and the top three are fine. There are not many high scorers in this exam. The main score levels are concentrated in the level of 250 to 250 points. People with [-] points and above not much."

Xu Jing replied.

"Well, after all, this exam is the first time to adopt a new type of assessment standard. It is indeed able to examine a large number of nerds who don't pay attention to the Five Classics. In the National Dynasty assessment, you can't just read the Five Classics and ignore everything else. That's it. Very important."

Guo Peng summarized the results of this exam, and then asked: "So far, who has the highest score?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, the person with the highest score so far is a student from Xiangyang, Jingzhou, a candidate who was born as a scholar, Ma Di, 290 years old, with a total score of [-] points."

"Ma Su?"

Guo Peng was slightly surprised.

"Yes, it's the one His Majesty paid attention to... the scholar who cooked and ate in the examination room. His papers were dismantled and his name was disassembled before we knew it. This man is indeed brilliant, especially the three The theory is really good."

The judges are all high-ranking officials of the current dynasty, strong fighters who have withstood the test of the Guowei regime repeatedly, and have excellent professional skills. Their evaluations are naturally relatively fair and accurate.

It can be seen that Ma Di's talent is very real.

Moreover, Ma Di is indeed not a man of the age who talks about soldiers on paper. He has successively served as Mianzhu Ling, Chengdu Ling and Yuexi County Prefect, and he has done a good job.

Especially the prefect of Yueyi County, who is a prefect in a place where barbarians live together, has no ability to suppress rebellion, and it is true that he is not good at the position of prefect.

Ma Su should also have actual combat experience, but not on the regular battlefield.

Ma Di was also a well-experienced old bureaucrat who had served in central and local government positions. He was 39 years old when he led the army to fight in Jieting.

Zhuge Liang's choice of him can be more analogous to Sun Quan's choice of Lu Xun to deal with Liu Bei, rather than Zhao Wang's choice of Zhao Kuo to deal with Bai Qi.

It's just that Zhuge Liang never imagined that the "Lu Xun No. [-]" he was looking forward to would commit the second crime. He committed the second crime before the historical changes, and lost the national fortune, which is ridiculous.

It cannot be said that there is a problem with Ma Su's ability.

A staff officer and a commander-in-chief are not in the same job post, so using a staff officer as a commander-in-chief will inevitably lead to problems, really.

A good commander must have a big heart.

Apart from this reason, Ma Di talked so loudly that Zhuge Liang admired him and felt that he was very appetizing, so Guo Peng remembered that Zhuge Liang also had the title of number one scholar.

The previous champion, the latter champion, this...

Is it the wonder of history?

Is it the last attachment of this unrecognizable era that has been tampered with by oneself?

Guo Peng did not know.

But he knew that with 290 points, it seemed that this Ma Su not only had solid basic knowledge, but also had a good political vision.

Then, Guo Peng asked the current No.2 again, and was a little surprised to learn that No.2 was actually Cao Cao's son, Cao Zhi, with 280 eight points.

Guo Peng smiled, thinking it was quite interesting.

Chapter 1226 One thousand 130 poems in six or seven steps should have no chance

Guo Peng was a little surprised that Cao Zhi's No. 2 test was because he felt that Cao Zhi had the strength to hit No. 1.

A genius is still a genius, this Cao Zijian, who monopolizes all kinds of talents, has shown extraordinary talent since he was a child.

Although he still likes reciting poems and composing Fu so much, likes to climb high and look far, and live a life of romantic talent, but under Guo's educational policy, he is not spared.

In order to win people's hearts and consolidate their basic base and cultivate diehard fans, the Cao's, Xiahou's and Guo's children were educated together by the royal elite.

Guo will never allow the second generation of children who are idle, ignorant and ignorant to appear under his rule.

Therefore, the children of Guo, Xiahou and Cao had very busy and miserable childhoods, and Cao Zhi was no exception.

Although he has shown extraordinary talent and romantic atmosphere in poetry and prose since he was a child, under Guo Peng's practical educational guidance, such things are regarded as a way to relax after homework, not a symbol of talent.

It’s useless to be able to write poems and poems. It can only be said to add a little joy to the family during the holidays. The real thing that can save face for the family is the test scores.

So when the children of these families are gathered by Guo Peng for dinner and reunion during the festival, it is the time when the parents of the families compare their children's scores with each other.

Guo Peng did not stop this, but added fuel to the flames.

There are not many ways to make this group of high-ranking officials pay attention to the children's studies, and face is the best way.

This method of comparison makes them have to pay attention to the children's studies for their own face. Although the starting point is not good, it objectively plays a role in forcing the children to study hard.

For example, Guo Jia and Cao Cao often blow their beards and stare at the performance comparison between Guo Jia's son Guo Yi and Cao Zhi.

Guo Peng is very happy to see this kind of face dispute.

Although it is not very friendly to these second-generation children——

But making them well-clothed and well-fed is the greatest kindness, what more do you want?

Honestly bury your head in reading!

Under such circumstances, everyone receives the same basic education, and is subject to strict supervision and strict assessment. It is easy to judge who is really outstanding.

Cao Zhi has always overwhelmed the second generation of the group and became the real No.1 in everyone's mind.

In fact, this is not Cao Cao's credit at all. At most, Cao Cao would ask about the test results from time to time.

Cao Cao has no time to discipline his children. Just like Guo Peng, he also entrusts his children to his wife.

Mrs. Ding and Cao Lan are really serious about teaching children, and they are both fathers and mothers, both good and bad.

Whenever Cao Zhi wanted to recite poems and compose Fu instead of studying hard, Mrs. Ding would be angry. Once Mrs. Ding was angry, life would be difficult for the Cao brothers.

From Cao Ang, to Cao Pi, Cao Zhi, Cao Zhang, Cao Xiong and the brothers, to the young Cao Chong, none of them were not strictly controlled by Mrs. Ding to death.

With such a strict mother's discipline, the basic grades of the Cao family brothers are not far behind.

Cao Zhi's article is really well written. He can use parallel prose to write policy theory. It has not only political value, but also literary value. All the reviewing officials were amazed and gave high marks.

All this reveals his extraordinary talent.

As for whether this kind of talent is needed for governing the country, it is really hard to say.

There are not a few people who are talented in literature and in governing the country, but Cao Zhi's temperament needs to be polished.

As far as Guo Peng knew, Cao Zhi showed his extreme disdain for the test results more than once, as well as his aversion to the test, and criticized this kind of thing many times.

But his test scores were not bad, so no one said anything.

Of course, it doesn't matter what he says or thinks like this, his father is the queen's elder brother, the chief minister of the cabinet, he can lie down and live a life without worrying about food and clothing without doing anything.

But Guo Peng didn't like his character very much.

In another time and space, the failure of the battle between Cao Zhi and Cao Pi was caused by Cao Zhi's temperament.

Everyone has a petty temper. It is easy to change the situation, but the nature is hard to change. But wise people know when to indulge and when not to indulge, and when to be petty and when to be dignified.

Doesn't Cao Pi have his own temper?

Yes, I like hunting to such an extent that Cui Yan has to warn Cao Pi not to miss his work because of hunting.

Cao Pi talked back at first, but when someone said it, he immediately reflected on it, burned all his hunting gear, and expressed his attitude in public.

This proves that Cao Pi knows the priorities and will not be petty at will. For the sake of business, he is willing and able to suppress his desires.

This is the quality that a qualified superior should possess.

On the other hand, Cao Zhi doesn't have any, and it's okay to be unrestrained at ordinary times. When he is doing business, he is still drunk, does not listen to the dissuasion of others, and puts his hobbies and desires above the business.

This is not a quality that a qualified superior can possess.

The pros and cons of Cao Pi and Cao Zhi can be seen at a glance.

No matter how good the literary talent is, it is useless to the country. What is most needed in the world of great controversy is administrative and military talent, not the talent of reciting poems and prose.

Even if it is the ability to recite poems and compose Fu, Guo Peng also has a shameless royal literati like Chen Lin under his command, and Cao Zhi is still pure and noble, not following others.

If he is not Cao Cao's son, he must be the next Mi Heng.

If Cao Zhi came to the top with such a personality, I am afraid that Empress Li would be willing to bow down and be cited as a senior.

Therefore, Guo Peng didn't expect much from Cao Zhi, as long as he was qualified as a prefect of a county, it was enough.

If his temperament can't be polished off, and he still puts his personal desires on official duties, it really won't be of much use. It's better for him to honestly recite poems and write his name in history.

Well, the seven-step poem should have no chance.

After being inexplicably disappointed with the first two, Guo Peng asked No.3 again.

No.3 was born in Lingling County, Jingzhou, named Jiang Wan, with 280 five points, the same score as Guo Jun.

The name Jiang Wan sounds much more comfortable than Ma Di and Cao Zhi.

Because this Jiang Wan became Zhuge Liang's de facto heir, one of the Four Prime Ministers of Shu Han, and he did a good job.

With more training, he will become an administrative talent in the future.

Afterwards, Guo Peng inquired about the current top ten, and learned that there was only one student who was not a scholar in the top ten, and that was Cao Zhi.

The remaining nine are all scholars.

Most of them were scholars from Jingzhou.

Ma Di's older brother Ma Liang from Xiangyang, Liao Li from Wuling County in Jingzhou, and others.

There are also scholars from other prefectures and counties, such as Wang Ji from Donglai County, Qingzhou, Sima Zhi from Wen County, Hanoi County, etc., but most of them are scholars from Jingzhou. Jingzhou scholars are in the majority.