On September 15, the sixth year of Xingping, the ceremony of talent discussion was officially held in Yecheng.

The number of scholars from all over the country who came to participate in the ceremony of the Talent Theory exceeded 1,371.

More than 95% of them are from northern origins, and only a very small number are from southern origins.

Guo Peng knew that the talents lost in the north since the Yellow Turban Rebellion returned to most of the time in one breath, and he also sucked a little blood from the scholars of Jingxiang.

In most of this, a considerable number of people lost their original family and relationships, as well as land and resources, and had to rely on this ceremony to fight for a destitute scholar of his origin.

If this cannot be done, they will have to follow the old path of being filial and honest or being recruited.

But that's very difficult. If there is no way, you can refer to the old story of Guo Peng who had to take the risk of exchanging his marriage for the sake of taking the lead.

The talent ceremony is counted on the number of people. As long as you are excellent, you can be selected and become a subordinate of Wei Gong. This is obviously very attractive. Everyone who participated in it thought that they were really talented and planned to make a try.

When scholars monopolize positions, they rely on nothing more than their original status and relationship network.

Whose relatives are you? Whoever is your family recommended to my children? If I am an official, I will recommend to your children and get married or something.

Over time, scholars and families monopolized the official positions from the central to the local government, forming a very strong network of relations to control local politics and even central politics.

When the war broke out, everyone went their separate ways, either lost their lives or lived in a foreign land. Without the original relationship network and the new relationship network would not be played with, they would naturally decline.

If it were not for this grand ceremony of the displaced gentry, if it were not for the talent ceremony of Zhuge Liang, if Guo Peng would not take the initiative to promote him, he would have been very difficult for him to join the ruling group even if Zhuge Jin became an official in Guo Peng's shogunate.

The Great Ceremony on Talent is a chance to give these destitute gentry who have lost their network of relationships.

It was also Guo Peng's own attempt.

On September 15th, the Grand Ceremony of Oncai was officially held, and the venue was in the large square outside the Wei Duke's Mansion in Yecheng.

There were soft pads and table tables for the scholars to use in the square. The table tables contained the scholars' names, and there were enough bamboo slips and pens to facilitate their answers to questions.

There is a bamboo slip in front of each scholar, which is the test question for strategy theory.

After the scholars read their own test questions, they can answer the answers on the bamboo slips, and then put them in their seats together with the bamboo slips and the test questions, and the people can leave.

Having said that, the amount of bamboo slips needed to deal with more than 1,000 people was too large. Guo Peng felt a little distressed and decided to put the next ceremony of the ritual and become emperor after he became emperor. He also had to put out the paper of similar quality and eliminate the bamboo slips.

Compared with bamboo slips, paper is more economical and affordable, and the lack of writing carrier is also a real economic factor that cannot be promoted by the widespread examination system.

Papermaking and printing are really important. Almost all the reform measures he will promote in the future are indispensable. In this period when only bamboo slips and silk cloth can be used, Guo Peng has many things he wants to do.

However, once the mature papermaking and printing technology are made public and can officially appear on the stage of history, many things will undergo qualitative changes and will change in a practical sense.

And it is definitely not the transformation that Guo Peng's enemy wants to see.

This transformation is so huge that only the emperor can bear it, and others cannot bear it if they want to bear it.

Guo Peng is ready.

This time, Guo Peng prepared a lot of policy discussion questions.

From the strategic direction of broadening, and the specific practical problems that have been refined, from the basic Confucian classics to some common sense problems in legal mathematics and science.

The question is quite comprehensive, and the strategy of the ABC paper was adopted. The questionnaire used by several adjacent people was absolutely inconsistent. With the personal soldiers of the Tiger Guard, three hundred Tiger Guard cavalry walked around the field, and no one would have a chance to cheat.

Want to get into the Wei Duke’s Mansion?

There is no door.

Guo Peng did not personally supervise him, so he had to do too much, so he arranged for Chen Ji to be the chief examiner.

Chen Ji sat upright and observed a large area of ​​scholars in the square burying their heads and writing quickly.

To be honest, the scene was very novel and felt very different. It was the first time Chen Ji had this feeling.

He felt that there was no need to be filial and honest, but in such a concentrated way, selecting outstanding scholars from all over the country to enter the Wei Gong Mansion at one time. This was simply a way to capture all the talents in the world. It was really creative.

In addition, Guo Peng also used a method called "Fu Ming".

That is, when the reviewer reviewed the paper, he did not know which scholar he had read the answer, his hometown, name, or origin, and it was purely just a matter of talent.

This is more interesting and ensures fairness to the greatest extent.

The reviewers were not single, there were local officials, officials from the Shangshutai, officials from the Staff, and old men in the Academy, a total of eight people.

Everyone cross-examination. Every answer sheet must be reviewed by someone and drawn circles, dots and triangles. The most recognized circles, dots and triangles that are not good enough, and those that reach more than four circles can only be given to Guo Peng for review, and Guo Peng will decide whether to accept it.

From the perspective of selecting talents, it is undoubtedly meaningful.

If Chen Qun had not had entered the Wei Duke's Mansion and became Guo Peng's subordinate, Chen Ji even wanted Chen Qun to take the exam and exchange knowledge and talents with scholars from all over the world to see how many renowned families like the Chen family in Yingchuan are.

However, Chen Ji also heard that in addition to scholars from all over the world, there were also some scholars from poor families who participated in the Talent Ceremony.

They graduated from their own or in the Yecheng Academy, took the exam, competed on the same stage with the scholars, and competed for positions in the Weigong Mansion, which surprised Chen Ji a little.

However, considering that Guo Peng was not from a high school and was also a scholar, when he started his career, he relied on poor families to form a team. He was the first to follow him, and now Shangshu Ling Cheng Yu also came from a poor family, so Chen Ji didn't find it strange.

Guo Peng probably has a bad impression of scholars, so he wants to promote talents from poor families.

However, Chen Ji is confident in this regard.

Students from poor families cannot compare with those of the gentry, whether in terms of quantity or quality, and even if they participate in the competition, they will not be able to win the scholars, at most, occupy some small seats.

However, as far as scholars are concerned, Guo Peng's method of using the name is concerned, which is obviously a decision not to deliberately promote scholars from a certain region, whether they are Qingzhou, Yanzhou or Yuzhou, Jizhou, they are not within his care.

Chen Ji hoped from the bottom of his heart that Guo Peng could promote more Yingchuan scholars and increase the strength of Yingchuan people.

In this era of general trend, it is not a good thing that the number of Wei officials from Yingchuan people around Guo Peng is seriously insufficient.

In particular, a large number of Yingchuan scholars were led by Xun Yu and rejected as Han officials, and had no future.

However, judging from the current situation, the scholars of Yanzhou and Jizhou still occupy a very important position. After that, a large number of scholars of Xuzhou entered, which felt like they were coming from behind.

Chen Ji guessed what Guo Peng wanted to do, so he was even more eager to join some Yingchuan scholars in Guo Peng's shogunate when the status of Yingchuan scholars was generally not high. Fortunately, during the great reform period soon, the opportunity for Yingchuan scholars to follow the dragon.
Chapter completed!