.In October 200 BC, Bai Lixian, the Minister of Reform of the State of Chu, launched the course of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce. The new law clearly stipulates that as long as a scholar in the State of Chu, whether he is a descendant, aristocratic family, aristocratic children, or poor families, he or she can take the national examination. Those who pass the national examination subjects will all be awarded a public degree.

The so-called national examination includes the Legalists, military schools, farming schools, Confucians, Mohists, Yin-Yang schools, Zongheshes, and swordsmanship. Only when all the scores in the eight subjects are qualified can they be awarded a title.

This is of course the idea of ​​Xiang Zhuang, a time traveler. Xiang Zhuang is well aware of the pros and cons of the imperial examination. He does not want the national examination of Chu to become a deformed eight-legged examination, which forces students across the country to spend their whole life studying the classics and read only the classics, history, and collections of books and books throughout their lives, but ignore the rest of their works and theories, which greatly destroys the progress of various disciplines.

As soon as this new method was introduced, it caused an uproar.

It’s nothing to do with major families. Their children can inherit the elegance of their fathers. The starting point is far higher than that of the gentry and the common people. The competition between the two sides is not on the same level at all, so there is no sense of urgency. However, the gentry in Jiangdong felt a great threat and therefore reacted extremely fiercely.

Therefore, after Xiang Yu's defeat, the aristocrats of the nine counties of Chu basically fled to Jiangdong due to concerns about their future. They could not compete with the children of aristocratic families for high-ranking officials and high-ranking titles. They could only become minor officials, with the best performance to become county magistrates. Moreover, there were only a few official positions in the four counties and fifty-six counties in Jiangdong, and the competition was extremely fierce.

Now, the implementation of the scholar-agricultural business course has further aggravated this kind of competition.

Because the children of farmers, servants and merchants now have the opportunity to obtain titles through the national examination, and having a title means that they can also become officials, which greatly squeezes the living space of the children of the gentry.

Although the proportion of children of farmers, servants and merchants is very low, the absolute number is quite large. There are nearly a thousand gentry clans in the four counties of Jiangdong, and more than two thousand gentry clans are. Compared with the official positions that the State of Chu can provide, this is already an extremely huge number. If there are a large number of poor children, the competition will be extremely fierce.

However, although there are quite a lot of gentry, there is a lack of a great gentry who is enough to lead everyone.

As the saying goes, the snake cannot do without a leader. It is impossible to fight against the royal power without a leader. The reputation of the major families is enough. However, they are not willing to take the lead in contacting the vast number of gentry to fight against the royal power. In the end, the opposition of the gentry failed to form a unified voice, which is naturally not enough to stop the implementation of the new law.

Amid the controversy between the government and the public, the first state of Chu, the koala, began.

Children of aristocratic families were disdainful to participate in the national examination. Although the children of aristocratic families were reluctant, they still signed up. However, the majority of poor families signed up enthusiastically. Since the posting of the list of documents in various counties, counties, townships and pavilions, all poor families who had read books and knew their own words rushed to Wuzhong to participate in the first national examination of the Great Chu State.

At the same time, Xiang of Chu's commander issued a statement to recruit about 100,000 clan men from various counties under Kuaiji's rule to serve Yao, and went to the coast of Guquze to reclaim wasteland on both sides of the Wujiang River. However, at this time, the whole country was immersed in the fierce discussion of the national examination, so this matter did not attract the attention of the court and the public at all.

Rows of thatched huts have been temporarily built in the northern suburbs of Wuzhong.

These huts are dormitories for candidates who take the national examination, and many of them have already moved in. Of course, most of the candidates who live in these huts are poor and poor families. Those gentry and businessmen who are wealthy will never live in such huts. How much money can this save, right?

To the north of the entire "dormitory area", there is a row of smaller, more crowded, but much neat huts. These huts are the examination room for the national examination.

As the chief examiner, Bailixian was taking dozens of minor officials to sort out the candidate's borrowing materials.

Just as he was busy, Xiang Zhuang suddenly walked in surrounded by Jinxiang and Huyan Zhengde. Bailixian and dozens of minor officials quickly got up to greet him, Xiang Zhuang waved his hand and signaled dozens of minor officials to continue doing things. Then he asked Bailixian: "Ziliang, there seem to be quite a lot of candidates taking the national exam?"

Bailixian said happily: "I didn't expect that so many people would take the exam."

Xiang Zhuang nodded and asked, "How many candidates have been there so far?"

Bailixian flipped the roster and replied: "As of now, more than 4,000 people have registered for the exam. I estimate that candidates will come one after another in the next five days, and the final number of candidates should not be less than 6,000!"

Xiang Zhuang nodded slightly when he heard this, but he felt a little disappointed. Like the imperial examinations in later generations, there were tens of thousands of students in one province alone, and hundreds of thousands of people across the country. The thousands of candidates in Chu were really not worth mentioning compared to them, and the qualities of these thousands of candidates were also mixed, and most of them were probably just a substitute.

After a pause, Xiang Zhuang asked again: "Ziliang, are the test questions for each subject ready?"

"Report to the king, you are all ready." Bailixian said that, and then turned around and waved his hand. Four officials had already taken out a key from their arms. The four of them opened the four-level copper lock and opened a cabinet. Bailixian then took one of the test papers placed in the cabinet, and turned around and handed it to Xiangzhuang.

First, there is a Legal exam paper. The first is a silhouette question, requiring candidates to silly write the full text of Qimin Law of the editor, and in the middle are two specific civil cases, allowing candidates to judge cases based on the law, but behind is a very big question to discuss Qin law, which is freely played by the candidates to comment on the merits and demerits of Qin law.

Xiang Zhuang couldn't help but nodded repeatedly, thinking that the test paper was quite good. If any candidate could answer it, he would basically be a judge in any county.

Then there is the military test paper. There is also a silhouette question in front, requiring the candidate to silence the tenth of Wei Liaozi's forty-two volumes. In the middle are two specific combat examples, allowing the candidates to help the Chu army in the battle examples to seek victory based on the military knowledge they have learned, and the latter is still a big proposition to discuss the Chu army.

Xiang Zhuang couldn't help laughing when he saw it, and the military genius had passed some of the test questions.

It would be fine to write the tenth volume of Wei Liaozi. Among the more than 6,000 candidates, some people may have read Wei Liaozi through it. You need to know that the current Jiangdong, Wei Liaozi, grandson, the Analects of Confucius, the Shangshu and other dictionaries have long been "influenced". Even if it is a poor family, they can only buy a book to read it for a few Wuzhu coins.

However, it would be a bit difficult to ask candidates to help Chu in the test paper and battle examples based on their military knowledge. If a candidate really could answer, even if he was a man who talked about the war on paper, he would at least be able to make a fortune, Xiang Zhuang would definitely include it in the account without hesitation.

As for the Chu army, it should be the test question of Xiang Tuo, the general of the Great Chu State. If someone can answer this question well, wouldn’t he be the general of the Great Chu State directly? Moreover, even if Xiang Tuo answered this question, I am afraid that it would not be able to answer it well. At least it would not be possible to satisfy Xiang Zhuang, the time traveler.

Xiang Zhuang was too lazy to look through the test papers in each subject behind. While returning the test papers to Bailixian, he walked into a hut next door. Until there was no one around, Xiang Zhuang smiled and said, "Ziliang, the questions on the test paper are a bit big. You are not selecting assistants, but you are clearly planning to select national sages for me, haha."

Bailixian shook the feather fan and smiled and said, "Master, it's always okay to try it. Maybe there are really national soldiers?"

"Ziliang was joking, where did so many national scholars come from?" Xiang Zhuang waved his hand and said, "This national examination, as long as two or three hundred available materials can be selected, I will be satisfied." To be honest, Xiang Zhuang did not have much hope for this first national examination. In his opinion, the symbolic significance of this national examination is far greater than the actual significance.

Pengcheng, the main entrance of the Huainan Royal Palace.

Ma Ye looked up and down at the white-clothed scholar in front of him. The white-clothed scholar was about thirty years old and had no white face. Although the white deep clothes on his body were washed very clean, they were clearly mad and had patches, which was very cold. However, the sword handle in his hand was covered with gems, which was very gorgeous.

"What's the name of the king? What's the matter with you?" Ma Ye raised his head slightly and asked coldly.

The white-clothed scholar frowned and replied in a humble manner: "I am going to read Bi Shu, and I'm writing a name for Xuejian."

"Bi Shu Bi Xue Jian?" Ma Ye looked at the sword in the white-clothed Xiushou's hand and asked, "What are you holding in your hand?"

The white-clothed scholar obviously looked unhappy on his face, but he turned his sword in his hand and crossed it in front of him, and replied: "This sword is inherited from the next ancestor. He tasted the green blood and made a sword, so it was called the Green Blood Sword."

"Blue Blood Sword?" Ma Ye said with a greed look, "Take it to me and take a look."

"There is no need for this." The white-clothed Xiu Shi took the sword and refused without hesitation. "I came to Pengcheng thousands of miles to ask for the King of Huainan, just to assist the King of Huainan to achieve his hegemony, not to offer his sword."

"Assist the king to achieve hegemony?" Ma Ye sneered when he heard this, "Just rely on you? It's simply a joke."

The white-clothed scholar frowned and said patiently: "I am trying to meet the King of Huainan, so please report it on my behalf."

"Then there is no need." Ma Ye said coldly, "My kingdom is busy and I have no time to see you, a mountain villager."

"So, I'm saying goodbye." The white-clothed Xiushou laughed in silence, then turned around and left, watching the white-clothed Xiushou's figure go away. A hint of ruthlessness flashed through Ma Ye's eyes, and called the Huainan guards guarding outside the palace gate, "Go, send someone to follow him immediately to see which inn he is in, and then quickly repay him."

"Here!" The Huainan guards agreed and took the order.

Besides, the white-clothed scholar, as soon as he turned the corner, he met a middle-aged man in gorgeous clothes. The middle-aged man bowed to the white-clothed scholar and said, "Sir, I want to go to Jiangdong to participate in the national examination?"

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