The imperial examination has been popular for more than a thousand years, and the most important core of it is fairness.

No matter his background, he only seeks knowledge, which can be said to be an unprecedented event in this entire world.

At this time in the West, Charlemagne's empire, which was established on the ruins of Rome, had already split. Not long after the hereditary system of nobility was established, the Middle Ages came and the Holy See began to show its power.

China has already abandoned aristocracy and family status, hundreds of years ahead of them.

"Fair? How can there be true fairness?"

Li Jia sighed and looked at the ten examination papers.

To be honest, judging from his actual level, these articles are almost the same, and they are all extremely excellent works. The elite of the elite examiners are infinitely higher than him, and so are the emperors of the past dynasties.

Moreover, due to the different preferences of each examiner, the admission threshold is also different. Some like to be mature and prudent. Even if you have great literary talent and excellent writing, you will be screened out. It is too subjective and affects fairness. This is why you have to be admitted in Ming Dynasty.

The eight-part essay is formulated and the writing format is specified to facilitate marking and evaluation.

Although the eight-part essay restricts thinking, it ensures fairness, so it was used in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. At this time, the imperial examination was truly relatively fair.

In fact, regardless of whether there is stereotyped writing or not, the emperor still cannot judge the quality of the article, so he can only find other methods.

For example, in the name, Emperor Qianlong was already 79 years old when the Yiyou Examination was held in the 54th year of Emperor Qianlong's reign in the Qing Dynasty. The age issue became his main psychological burden. After the examination, the marking minister presented the top ten papers to him for review.

When Qianlong saw the tenth place, he saw that his name was Hu Changling, and he couldn't help but feel moved. Didn't the word "Changling" mean longevity? So with a stroke of his pen, he appointed Hu Changling as the number one scholar.

Li Jia was no exception. He first looked at the birthplaces of those people and found that none of them were from Yongzhou. He couldn't help but shake his head. Then he looked at their ages and excluded all those over thirty.

In the end, he could only start with the name. At this time, a name called Tang Fu came into view, and Li Jia felt happy: the meaning of this is quite good.

If you have a batch of ink pens, you will be the number one scholar.

Then he looked again and found that an acquaintance, Xiao Shanwen, was ranked eighth. The comment was that he was proficient in writing and mature and cautious. He was immediately delighted. He had reached second place in the afternoon of eighth day and became the second place on the list.

Tanhua, however, was not the name for the third place at this time. It was not used until the later years of the Northern Song Dynasty, but Li Jia directly said:

"The third place in the Jinshi Department is called Tanhua. Tanhua is about beauty, so he must be a young man!"

I browsed through it again and selected a man in his twenties named Gu Zhenjuzi.

"The top pick, second place, and top pick will be awarded the title of Jinshi. The fourth to thirtieth places will be given the Jinshi background. The rest will be given the same Jinshi background. It is not a waste of time to take the exam!"

Since the Tang Dynasty, Li Jia's imperial examination has admitted the most people. The number of Jinshi subjects has reached more than 100, while in the Tang Dynasty, there were usually only one or twenty. It is unrealistic to give all Jinshi people their backgrounds, so they will be directly used by later generations.

, divide the Jinshi subjects into three grades.

In the Tang Dynasty, those who passed the Jinshi exam only had the qualifications to be an official. They also needed to take a selection test. After passing it, they could become an official. Of course, since the selection test was a self-examination for the officials, it was equivalent to independent enrollment. There were many tricks. In order to win people's hearts, Li Jia

The selection test was abolished.

After all, kindness comes from the top, and the official department is too influenced by the prime ministers, which is equivalent to recruiting disciples for them. This is extremely detrimental to Li Jia, who has been committed to expanding imperial power and limiting the power of the prime minister.

Therefore, we directly borrowed the practices of the Ming and Qing Dynasties and came up with the following regulations.

The status of the third-class Jinshi was quite different. Sandingjia directly entered the Hanlin Academy as an editor. Within a few years, he went to various ministries to observe government affairs and filled any vacancies. Once he was sent to other places, he started as a county magistrate.

If you are given a Jinshi background and are born with the same Jinshi status, you need to take another exam and select a dozen people to enter the Hanlin Academy.

A Jinshi who was born in the Six Ministries and watched politics for two or three years was assigned to serve as an official, starting as a county magistrate; while a Jinshi who was born in the same family and watched politics for several years was sent to other places and could only start as an official in charge, county prime minister, and second officer.

He became chief officer only after three years.

In the officialdom, one step is slow and one step is slow. If one is born with a Jinshi background, one can only reach the rank of minister or minister, but it is not very possible for him to become a prime minister.

Those candidates from the Ming Law Department will be arranged to go to Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment to observe politics. This is Li Jia's preparation for the separation of administration and law in the future.

At the local level, both the judiciary and the administration are in charge, which is unfavorable to centralization. In the Song Dynasty, they set up prison officials to supervise local justice. However, Li Jia wanted to get it right at the same time. He established a small Dali Temple in the local area to allow administrative power and judicial power to be combined.

Power is completely separated.

The Minshu Department is basically a supplement to the officials in the Transportation Department and the Ministry of Household Affairs. If you do well, you can also become a local governor.

Li Jia has many ideas in his head, but he wants to realize them all, but how can this be true in reality?

"That's it! I won't change the rest!"

Li Jia touched the table with his fingers and couldn't help but smile. His words and deeds had actually changed the fate of many people. This is the charm of the emperor.

Later, Li Jia became distressed again and admitted two hundred people at one time. Even if he stayed in government for several years, how could he have so many official positions?

I'm afraid, this is forcing me to conquer my territory!

The emperor's decree quickly reached Sun Zhao. He took a look and found that the three tripod armors had been replaced, and the original three were postponed.

"Tang Fu? Is this person related to the saint?" a fellow examiner asked doubtfully.

"This man is from Yingzhou. He only came to Panyu recently. How can he meet the saint?"

All the examiners looked puzzled and discussed, but only Sun Zhao smiled. He had met the sage often when he was hiding in his residence, so he naturally knew a thing or two about him. He looked at his name and whispered:

"You have to thank your parents for their kindness!"

"Everyone, since the saint has decided, we must abide by it and get out of the imperial list as soon as possible! The candidates can't wait any longer!"

"What your husband said is absolutely true!" The fellow examiners smiled and put aside their worries.

Then, a piece of yellow silk with the emperor's seal was placed on the table, and the official with regular handwriting began to write, while the official on the side was signing up. In addition to the name, the place of origin and age were also required to make sure there were no mistakes.

Outside the imperial city, dozens of imperial guards guarded a bare wall because this was where the imperial list was posted.

Xiao Shanwen and his younger brother were worried, so they rushed here and waited for the news to come out. Thousands of people gathered around and it was crowded. When the time was almost noon, there was still no movement.

"Brother!" Xiao Congwen was a little nervous.

"Don't worry!" Xiao Shanwen comforted him with a smile.
Chapter completed!