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"...Emperor Yu built the Hall of Heroes and Martyrs in Yingchuan, where all the soldiers who died in the battle of Yu the Great were enshrined in it, thus gathering the morale of the army and the people. Empress Dayu, the situation has been established. If she cannot be on good terms with her, she will become a powerful enemy of Daxia. , I have heard that Emperor Yu and Emperor Zhao of Dayu will be sending envoys to Great Zhou in the near future to establish diplomatic relations between the two countries, and I hope that your majesty will reconsider the diplomatic affairs between the two countries."

An envoy from the Xia Dynasty living in the Xia Kingdom's embassy in Yingchuan stuffed a small scroll with a secret message into a thin bamboo pole, stuffed it with a stopper, tied it to the leg of a homing pigeon, and let it fly.

Before the pigeon flew out of Yingchuan, it was caught by an eagle.

The eagle flew to a remote house in the city and threw the pigeon down.

A man in the room decoded the letter on the pigeon's leg, opened a book, and translated the original text word for word.

"There is no need to intercept this letter. You can escort it to the Emperor Xia."

After reading the translated content, the man rolled up the letter and stuffed it back, tied it to the pigeon's leg again, and fed the eagle a pill.

The pigeon was a little tired at first, but when it smelled the aroma of the elixir, it suddenly became energetic. Its small eyes stared at the eagle until it swallowed the elixir.

After eating the elixir, the eagle happily grabbed the carrier pigeon and flew away into the distance.

The distance between the two countries was long, and the homing pigeons raised by the Emperor of Daxia could not fly that far.

If it weren't for Yun Zhongjun secretly arranging for the protection of his tribe, these pigeons would have died of exhaustion on the way.

Of course, they don't just release one dove, they often have to release several doves to deliver a message.

There is always one arriving in Xia Kingdom.

As for why they knew how to translate the Daxia intelligence code, it was of course because of King Lanling.

King Lanling is currently staying in the Daxia Palace.

When Yingquan translated the information, he stood aside and watched together.

It must be said that the Emperor of Daxia was cautious enough.

They have a total of twelve sets of ciphertexts, and they use a different set of ciphertexts every day and in each time period.

And every other month, the order of use will be randomly rearranged.

But no matter how strict the secret text is, it can't stop Qi Yun from having the bug of King Lanling.

King Lanling stayed in the Daxia Palace for half a year before he compiled the translations of all the secret texts and sent them to Qi Yun.

Alas, in order to let the monarch of Great Xia understand the real situation on Dayu's side and reduce unnecessary struggles, Dayu was really worried.

*

At night, Qi Ruyu stood outside the Yangxin Hall, lingering for a while, but finally did not go in.

Turning around and about to leave, he saw Liu Qingqing walking over and Qi Ruyu stepped forward to greet her.

When Liu Qingqing saw him, she couldn't help but be stunned.

Since Qi Ruyu practiced the Nourishing Pulse Art, her whole person has become more graceful and handsome, and her temperament has become much gentler and more restrained.

He prefers to wear plain clothes, either white or light blue, which are incompatible with this gorgeous palace, like an outcast immortal who is not stained by the dust.

"Master Qi." Liu Qingqing was stunned for only a moment before she came to her senses and returned the greeting.

Qi Ruyu said: "It's so late, Master Liu still wants to see His Majesty?"

"Yes, it is related to this year's imperial examination." Liu Qingqing said calmly.

Qi Ruyu gave her a meaningful look, "The provincial examination has just passed, and the general examination will not be held until next month at the earliest. Do you have to discuss it with His Majesty tonight?"

Liu Qingqing said: "Of course, Your Majesty is more concerned about this matter than anything else."

When she said the words "anything", she deliberately emphasized her voice.

Qi Ruyu smiled.

Liu Qingqing said: "Master Qi is now surrounded by His Majesty, and he is much more magnanimous. His Majesty really teaches well."

Qi Ruyu didn't get angry when she heard her secretly mocking her that she would retaliate for her grievances in the past. She just said: "Master Liu, he will be on an envoy to Da Zhou tomorrow. Your majesty will be comforted and compensated tonight because of his love and reason. There is only so much time to come, so why do you have to fight for this?" How long is the day and night?"

Liu Qingqing said seriously: "Mr. Qi, you are too worried. My coming here is indeed a major event for the imperial examination this year. I will report the results of the provincial examination immediately as soon as they come out. It is your majesty's order. I am only acting on your majesty's orders."

Seeing that she didn't recognize her, Qi Ruyu didn't say much. She smiled and shook her head, "I hope it's because I'm overly preoccupied. However, I have a word of advice for you. It's unwise to do something you know you can't do. Why don't you let yourself go?" ?”

Liu Qingqing suddenly glared at him, revealing her true nature, "You want to mind your own business? Mind your own business!"

After saying that, he directly entered the Yangxin Hall with a flourish of his sleeves.

Qi Ruyu came back and looked at her back and chuckled, "At least, my hopes are higher than yours."

……

"Your Majesty, Master Liu would like to see you."

"Xuan."

Liu Qingqing came in, saluted, and said: "Your Majesty, the provincial examinations in various places have passed, and a total of 1,531 scholars have been admitted, including 532 women, and they are listed here."

Wang Xiu walked up, took the directory from her hand, and placed it in front of Qi Yun's case.

The imperial examination system was the system used by Dayu to select talents.

There are four examinations in total, namely the county examination, the township examination, the general examination and the palace examination.

Ordinary people can only go up one level at a time.

The county examination is the most basic examination. It is held by local officials in the county. If you pass the county examination, you can be called a child student.

Provincial examinations are usually held in the main cities of each state. Those who win the provincial examination are considered to be scholars.

The final examination was held in the capital. If a scholar succeeded in the examination, he would be a scholar, also called a scholar.

As long as he becomes a civil servant, he is already a reserve official of the country.

In the subsequent palace examination, all the candidates were gathered together in the palace for the examination, and the emperor personally set the questions and marked the papers to determine the ranking of the top three.

In short, after passing the imperial examination and becoming a juren, as long as you don't offend the emperor with random answers in the palace examination and be stripped of your honor, you will be a reserve official of the country no matter what your grades are.

Candidates after the palace examination are called Jinshi.

Jinshi is divided into three categories according to their rankings. Only three people are selected from each category, namely the well-known No. 1 Scholar (Sixth Grade), the Second Prize (Seventh Grade), and the Third Flower (Seventh Grade). Those who achieve the highest rank will be awarded to Jinshi.

The number of Erjia is variable, and is determined by the emperor depending on the quality of the article. Generally, there are dozens to more than a hundred people. They are awarded Jinshi origin and the seventh rank.

The remaining people in the second grade are all the third grade. They are born with the same Jinshi background and are in the eighth grade.

It's a bit like modern diplomas. The first one is a postdoctoral fellow, the second one is a master's degree, and the third one is a bachelor's degree.

When the Ministry of Civil Affairs evaluates and appoints officials, this "diploma" holds the greatest weight, and those with seniority and age are ranked lower.

Generally, top three Jinshi can only be appointed to some unimportant small positions, or they can be directly sent out to serve as county magistrates. If they want to continue to climb up, unless they are supported by noble people, or their abilities are too outstanding and they have made great contributions, Otherwise it will be difficult.

As for the Jinshi of Yijia, they are basically the reserves of senior state officials, and they will be the ones who will succeed the six ministers and the cabinet in the future.

The futures of the two are different.

Of course, Qi Yun's use of the imperial examination system was just a temporary transition.

After all, if you directly change it to academic qualifications + civil service examination establishment, it would be a step too far.

At present, Dayu's educational institutions are not perfect enough, and universities have not yet been established. Even if they get diplomas, they will not have much gold content.

Elementary school and junior high school diplomas have already begun to be applied. Students with junior high school diplomas can directly obtain the qualification of child students and are exempt from taking the county examination.

People with a primary school diploma, even if they do not take the exam, will naturally be given priority when applying for positions in various industries.

After all, it is proof that he is a scholar and has advantages that others cannot match.

Such an environment can also greatly mobilize people's subjective initiative in literacy.

Qi Yun took the directory and scanned the contents at a glance.

As expected, the place with the largest number of female talents is Yunkai Base, followed by Heishan.

These two places were first recovered by Qi Yun and are the most open-minded places.

The third largest city is Yingchuan City.

During the previous year when Qi Yun Yujia was on the expedition, Liu Qingqing and Wan'er held various women's poetry and literary gatherings in Yingdu (the abbreviation of Yingchuan City, the capital of the country).

At first no one cared about it, but then more and more people paid attention to it. Liu Qingqing persuaded many women to participate in this imperial examination.

This also led to the emergence of many female scholars in Yingchuan City.

Qi Yun smiled and said: "There are more than 500 female scholars, and the youth are indispensable. I plan to let you be the examiner for this examination. Are you willing?"

Liu Qingqing said respectfully: "Your Majesty trusted me and entrusted me with important tasks. I should not have resigned, but I am bold and want to ask for your majesty's favor on behalf of the candidates for this session."