The Three Kingdoms

The streets and alleys of Jinling, the markets and wine shops, many people's attention has been diverted from the war in the Western Regions to the current imperial examination.

In fact, this year is not the year of the three-year civil and military imperial examinations in the Great Wu Dynasty.

But because this year is the first year of Tianquan.

The first year of the founding of Emperor Tianquan of the Great Wu Dynasty, the title of the first year of Tianquan has a different historical significance for the Great Wu Dynasty. If it sounds bad, this year is actually the first year of the founding of the Great Wu Dynasty.

Because this year is the year when Great Wu unified the world, and it was the year when the dynasty was founded. If the official history of the Great Wu Dynasty should be officially counted from this year.

Therefore, the cabinet agreed that it is necessary to hold an imperial examination this year.

Of course, there is another reason. Although the Central Plains has been unified now, there is a shortage of talents in the governor's mansions of the states, and those talents stored in the Imperial Academy are not enough for the cabinet, and these governors have not even got a hair.

For this matter, when several governors returned to Beijing to report on their duties, they almost got into fights with the cabinet officials.

Zhang Zhao, Gu Yong, and others discussed together, and when they became ruthless, this year's imperial examination was successfully held, and this year's imperial examination was different from previous years. In previous years, the imperial examination had to go through the provincial examination, county examination, and county examination to stand out. Only those who have obtained the honor are eligible to enter the triennial national examination.

This year is the year of the unification of the Central Plains, and many places have just been included in the territory of the Great Wu Dynasty. It would be unfair for the people in these territories to have more people, so there are not so many rules for the imperial examination this year.

As long as you enter the imperial examination site in Jinling City to register, you can participate in the elimination examination.

This time, there are no taboos in the general assembly, there is no upper limit on the number of people, there is no restriction on men and women, and there is no age limit.

The general test is divided into two stages. The first is the preliminary test, which is an elimination test.

July and August are all elimination exams, one exam every three days, as long as you go to Jinling City in July and August, you can take the elimination exam.

The second is the re-examination, which is also the main examination of the general examination.

This is a three-day general exam scheduled for September [-]th, [-]th, and [-]th. All those who stand out from the elimination exams will be able to participate in the formal general exam and win the honor of a bachelor.

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The examination room for the martial arts examination is in the east of Jinling City, at the foot of Zhongshan Mountain, there is a military barracks of the imperial guards.

This barracks was fully open during the imperial examination period, and the common people who came in and out gathered in each examination room, watching the contest between martial arts students in the examination room.

Sun Quan was dressed in a white brocade, very low-key, elegant and graceful like an ordinary Confucian scholar, but he automatically exuded the aura of the emperor, with a hint of majesty and majesty suppressing the air around him.

He sat cross-legged next to Cheng Pu, the chief examiner, watching the fierce confrontations in the school field intently.

For this national imperial examination, he also had to show some enthusiasm.

So in the past few days, as long as he has time to spare, he will go to various imperial examination examination rooms, which can be regarded as a little pressure and motivation for the imperial examination candidates.

His Sun Quan is the Ninth Five-Year King of the Great Wu Dynasty, the supreme emperor. His appearance in the examination room is both an honor and a nervousness for many candidates, so there is pressure and motivation.

"Cheng Shouzun, this year's martial arts examination is so large that it is hard to match in previous years. How many talents can we produce?"

Sun Quan is very satisfied with the atmosphere of the imperial examination created now. The young men in the arena of the examination room are struggling hard, and the hard-fought young men let him see the future of Wu Jun.

The literary examination of the military imperial examination is not difficult. As long as you can read and write, you can basically be shortlisted, mainly in the martial arts assessment. Today is still a cold weapon era. For the middle and lower generals, martial arts is the foundation.

"Haha, there should be a lot of talents in this year's martial arts examination!"

Cheng Pu recommended himself as the chief examiner of the martial arts examination this time, in order to send fresh blood to the military. He said confidently: "There are so many people who practice martial arts and study in the world, and there are many people in Cao Wei who have just been defeated. Few frustrated warriors, with such a wonderful opportunity for martial arts examinations, they will come to participate even if they are squeezed out, I think they can recruit a large number of talents, and can fill the gap at the bottom of my Wu army due to the expansion of the army!"

Although the Great Wu Dynasty had many lecture halls, and these lecture halls exported a large number of talents every year, there was still a shortage of low-level officers for the entire ten legions, fifty armies, and 150 divisions.

Nowadays, the standards for employing generals in the military are getting higher and higher. Generals above the company platoon, who are illiterate, are basically not used.

It's not easy for him to be the head of the military aircraft department.

"After the Central Plains was stabilized, the people were a little more comfortable and confident, but we can't be at ease. The Wu army has not yet reached the point where Ma Fang Nanshan is. I also hope that today's warriors can have a few more talents, so that our sons on the battlefield can die less. A general!"

Sun Quan pinched the bridge of his nose, focused his gaze, and stared at a school yard not far away from him.

In this school arena, there are two teenagers who are evenly matched. One of them is a boy in Tsing Yi. He looks a little childish. He is not very old, certainly not more than 15 years old, but he is tall and burly and has good martial arts skills.

As for the sword in his hand, Sun Quan felt a little familiar.

"Yuanzhi!"

"His Majesty!"

"Do you feel that the sword in the boy's hand in the No. [-] examination room is very familiar? I should supervise the country, but I just can't remember where I saw it?" Sun Quan asked suspiciously.

That sword looks very simple, but there are faint dragon patterns on the sword body.

Those who can use the dragon pattern as the sword pattern were exclusive to the royal family in the previous dynasty.

Could it be the famous sword of the previous dynasty?

"Your Majesty, you forgot that that sword is your own sword!" Xu Shu glanced at it and said calmly.

He recognized it at a glance, it was Sun Quan's sword.

"My sword?"

Hearing this, Sun Quan touched his chin subconsciously and deliberately left a few beards representing maturity and majesty, and his amber green eyes couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.

Isn't his sword Seven Stars Longyuan?

"Blue Dragon Sword!" Xu Shu reminded.

"Oh, I remember!"

Hearing this, Sun Quan's eyes brightened immediately: "White Tiger Spear, Black Tortoise Armor, Suzaku Cape, and the other one is the Azure Dragon Sword. Longquan Workshop gave me weapons and equipment in return for the forging technology I gave them, but I have been using them all the time. With the Longyuan Saber, the Azure Dragon Sword seems to be given to someone..."

Many years ago, he gave the Azure Dragon Sword to Xu Lei's son.

Xu Lei, this name is a bit far away.

But as the first dark son of Jin Yiwei who died for the Great Wu, Sun Quan has a deep memory of Xu Lei, because Xu Lei left him a sentence that he can't forget.

"Is he Xu Lei's son?"

Sun Quan squinted his eyes and looked at the handsome young man who was swinging his sword like the wind in the examination room.

"It should be!" Xu Shu thought for a while and nodded.

"But I remember that Xu Lei's son is very young!" Sun Quan said in a deep voice.

When he sent Xu Lei's wife and children back to Wu County, Xu Lei's son was very young.

"He is rather tall and burly, but he is only in his teens. I heard that he is an outstanding student in the Jiangdong Lecture Hall. He has achieved extraordinary results in the civil and martial arts examinations. He can enter the top ten of this martial arts examination!" Lei Ding said.

"Not bad, not bad!" Sun Quan nodded in satisfaction: "Xu Lei has a son like this, it's time to rest in peace!"