Chapter 2546

Haihan's talent selection system is based on its own education system, which is similar to traditional cultural and educational methods, but the differences are also obvious.

Haihan's education system was not only for cultivating scholars and reserve officials. A considerable part of the educational resources was used to train industrial workers and special technical talents. This was a function that the Ming Dynasty's imperial examination system did not have.

However, because the scale of the education industry is still concentrated in a few areas such as Hainan Island, Haihan's self-trained bureaucratic team cannot keep up with the speed of territorial expansion. Therefore, retaining a large number of local officials from the previous Ming Dynasty has become a shortcut for Haihan to solve the problem.

.The foundation for the bureaucracy of the former Ming Dynasty was the imperial examination system, which involved too many interests in all aspects. Haihan was unable to make drastic improvements in a short period of time, so he could only temporarily use the system of the previous Ming Dynasty to ensure that the civil literati could still

Can have a reliable upward channel.

Jiangsu and Zhejiang, as the former Ming rule area that Haihan has taken over, will undoubtedly serve as a model. How the government selects talents from the private sector will be a major event that millions of eyes are watching.

According to the imperial examination system of the Ming Dynasty, the rural examination was held every three years in the provincial capitals. Students in the province who passed the scientific examination, annual examination, and historical records could participate in the examination. The chief examiner who presided over the provincial examination was the emperor himself.

After being appointed and dispatched, students who passed the examination would be awarded the title of "Ji Ren" and thus qualified to enter the officialdom.

Hosting such a major exam is indeed a bit too much for the young Bai Letong. Before this, he had only participated in the organization of a few local talent selection exams in Sanya. Its scale, complexity and importance were compared to this.

The regional exams that are held every three years are far behind.

Now that this area has been taken over by Haihan, of course there will no longer be examiners sent by the emperor to Hangzhou, and the organizer of the provincial examination has also been changed from the Zhejiang Provincial Envoy Si Yamen to the Haihan Donghai Region Management Committee

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But the problem lies in the connection between the old and new government. Although the subordinate officials of the Management Committee also include literati who came from the previous Ming Dynasty and have experience in participating in the provincial examination, they are also just laymen in the organization of the imperial examination. How about the rural examination?

There is a lot of controversy over how to set the questions, how to mark the exam, how to formulate the evaluation standards, and whether to continue to implement the old rules or implement Haihan's new plan.

In order to ensure the authority of this rural examination and encourage literati in Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions to actively participate, the management committee has also thought of many ways. For example, those currently in charge of relevant work are several highly respected scholars and retired officials in Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions.

The committee specially invited people to act as facades, using their reputation and status to inform the outside world that although the dynasty has changed, the talent selection system of the previous dynasty will still remain - at least not in this year's provincial examination.

Changes will occur.

So who will control the standards and measures of this imperial examination? Since the Haihan Executive Committee is far away, it is natural that it should be decided by Lord Shi Diwenshi who is right in front of us. This is also the "rural examination" specially established for this purpose.

The tone has been set.

However, at this juncture, the Executive Committee sent a young "imperial envoy" to Hangzhou. The official document he held clearly stated that this young man would "participate in presiding over this year's provincial examination." This would be a great test for the "provincial examination."

"Do" the political wisdom of these old foxes.

Although Bai Letong had been an official for several years, he still had too little experience in dealing with such old foxes. Not long after he entered the village for a trial run, he had already been exposed to a lot of information by the opponent.

Officials of Bai Letong's age are sent to other places to perform such important tasks for two reasons. One is that they are extremely capable and have rich work experience in professional fields, and can handle various difficult problems in unfamiliar environments.

.Another possibility is that this person has a strong background and is able to represent the authority of the executive committee overseas.

It is not difficult to test out which situation Bai Letong belongs to. The old foxes only need to ask for instructions and discuss some matters related to the imperial examination with him, and then it is easy to test out Bai Letong's professional ability.

These methods are difficult for Bai Letong to guard against, so after a discussion, he was inevitably tested by others. Everyone regarded him as a rich and powerful son who came to Hangzhou to gild, and their attitude towards him was more than respectful, but they did not

If people really regard him as the examiner of this provincial examination, he will inevitably be a little perfunctory when discussing certain key issues.

Although Bai Letong was aware of these subtle details, he had no idea what to do about it. After all, the county magistrate was not as good as the current governor. Although he was the special envoy sent by Sanya to Hangzhou, Shi Diwen had not appointed him yet.

Local position. In other words, he is just a pure outsider to the "rural trial run". Even if he wants to dictate, no one will listen to his instructions.

At this time, there was still some time before the August exam, and the final exam questions that would be used had not yet been determined. Bai Letong looked at the question bank prepared by the people at the rural trial office and found that there were still many problems in it.

Many of the questions in traditional imperial examinations are based on the Four Books and Five Classics, quoting sentences from them, and requiring candidates to write eight-legged essays, propositions, poems, etc. However, Haihan's examination system is more practical, and most of the questions are related to

It is related to the actual work that grassroots officials will be exposed to. Judging from the question bank currently prepared by the township examination office, the questions are obviously more biased towards the traditional imperial examination and lack content related to administrative affairs.

Of course, Bai Letong also raised this concern with the staff of the township examination, but the other party's response was that considering that the students in this province have limited knowledge of the Haihan system, if the style of the examination questions is changed too much, it may affect the talent selection effect of the township examination.

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But Bai Letong is not the kind of person who is submissive. Since he has a mission, he will not be willing to come all the way here to be a bystander. He proposed to the township examination office that the proportion of historical theory and policy theory questions must be increased, and he must include

The content of the exam is about the proposition of administrative documents. These changes to the exam questions must also be combined with the Haihan system, requiring candidates to show their understanding and intention of the new dynasty and new system in their applications.

But the problem is that most of the people in the township examination office are old people from the Ming Dynasty. They can't come up with Haihan style test questions. In order to maintain their authority, they are not willing to fully accept the opinions of a young man like Bai Letong.

So the talks went back and forth, and until Bai Letong left the village for a trial run, the two parties did not reach a clear intention to cooperate.

Of course Bai Letong also understood the reason. When running business in Hangzhou, appointment by the executive committee was not enough. He also had to get the explicit support of Shi Diwen and the Donghai Region Management Committee.
Chapter completed!