Whether it's Guo Jia, Guan Yu, or Lu Meng.

They all have their own opportunities.

And this kind of opportunity is what Chao Shangzhi really lacks.

As a scholar from the hometown of Confucius and Saint, he had more opportunities to study.

In the same way, he had the opportunity to come to Chang'an to participate in the imperial examination because the state ordered states and counties to recommend scholars.

If it weren't for the place where he was born, and if it weren't for the imperial examinations promoted by the emperor, people like him would most likely have read about the prosperity of the world in books, and then died lying cowardly on a bed covered with weeds.

There are so many such scholars in the world!

"Nowadays, the Song Dynasty has a two-level system of counties and prefectures, and there are ten censors to supervise. If each level can use the imperial examination to examine the scholars, so that those who take the county exam will be county officials, and those who take the prefecture exam will be recruited as prefecture officials.

Or six hundred stone officials will be decided by the court..."

Chao Shangzhi seemed not to be answering questions at this moment, but to report to the emperor and the court.

His eyes were full of flames, and he just wanted to break this iron cage with the pen and paper in his hand!

Each course has two hours to answer questions. At noon, the candidates' test papers are directly escorted to the palace by the Ministry of Rites, the Yushitai and the Jinyiwei.

The policy papers for this first session were not sent to the Rites Yamen responsible for reviewing the papers, but were sent directly to the Liangyi Palace.

The emperor clearly wants to directly review the policies and opinions of these scholars!

Among the six subjects, except for "Policy Theory", all others basically have standard answers. Marking is very fast and there is not much room for maneuver.

Therefore, "Policy Theory" is the easiest subject to make a fuss about, so Liu Yizhen directly took the money from the bottom and did not give any chance to those who were interested.

Moreover, "Policies" often represent the person's political views. It is not ruled out that there are people like Xue Chao Cuo who wear the skin of Confucianism but are actually the bones of Legalism. However, the policies of most scholars can still be quite intuitive.

See his heart clearly.

In addition, the topic selection for this policy discussion was particularly deceptive, and Liu Yizhen also wanted to see how the candidates answered.

The test papers brought at this time had not yet been anonymous, and Liu Yizhen easily pulled out the test papers of Zhu Xiuzhi, Liu Yuanjing, An Jie, Zong Qi and Xue Andu.

Zhu Xiuzhi's test paper was as satisfactory as his own. Every word in the article conveyed a sense of "loyalty to the emperor, patriotism" and "court-oriented". He belonged to the type who saw problems but did not dare to say them clearly.

Although Liu Yuanjing and Zong Ji made some achievements, they were still young and did not understand the essence of the question, and their scores were not high enough.

Xue Andu... This guy actually praised Guan Yu's martial arts against thousands of enemies throughout the article, which was completely off-topic. He even wrote a nonsense poem at the end of the policy discussion, something like "The second master's sword is like a hook, and he can cut all the enemies."

"The world is a dog", which made Liu Yizhen want to scold his mother.

On the contrary, it was An Jie.

As a Hu, perhaps because his status in the Northern Wei Dynasty was higher than that of many Han families, he was able to look at the domestic problems of Liu Song from the perspective of a "clear observer".

His policy analysis objectively points out the problems of the family and proposes a series of solutions to the problem.

only……

Those plans are all plans that the "Xianbei Emperor" can do but the "Han Emperor" cannot.

Before the Northern Wei Dynasty, the core of the rule was the small group of Xianbei nobles and their private tribes that could be armed into armies at any time. If one wanted to centralize power, this model would not work.

"Something, but not much..."

The policies and arguments of these five people were much better than those of ordinary scholars, but in Liu Yizhen's case, they were not enough.

What Liu Yizhen wants is the kind of strategy that can make his eyes shine.

It is a bloody butcher knife that can cut through thousands of troops and give the family the final blow.

Now, it seems I haven't gotten it yet.

For the whole day, Liu Yizhen was in Liangyi Hall looking through the candidates' "Policy Theory". There were indeed some novel ideas in it, but it was just a bit lacking.

until--

"County, state, and road third-level imperial examination policy"?

Liu Yizhen was immediately delighted after reading it.

"I didn't expect that there are such people among the candidates!"

Looking at the name again, Liu Yizhen suddenly realized.

Chao Shangzhi!

He was born in a humble family and was at the end of his career.

Historically, he and Dai Faxing served as Zhongshu Tongshisheren after Emperor Xiaowu of the Liu Song Dynasty implemented the official system reform. And gradually formed a situation in which Zhongshu Tongshisheren controlled the central government's confidential affairs, realizing a true "Hanren handheld system".

". Moreover, he held power for a long time and was powerful both internally and externally. He was one of the few good prime ministers in the late Liu Song Dynasty.

Compared with Xu Xianzhi and Fu Liang, they started from a lower level and suppressed the aristocratic family more severely.

I thought they were still far away from making an appearance, but I didn't expect that in this life, under various policies of re-employing poor families, they would actually appear in Chang'an now.

"Sure enough, a poor family is a big treasure. As long as you are willing to dig for it, you will always be rewarded."

As soon as this policy paper came out, Liu Yizhen looked at other policy papers and found them a bit boring, so he immediately called Wang Xiu and Wang Maide.

"What do you two think of this policy statement?"

Wang Xiu and Wang Maide naturally knew about the imperial examination "CeLun". Now that the emperor personally summoned them, they knew that someone must have stepped on Liu Yizhen's heart and won the big prize.

"County, state, and road third-level imperial examination policy"?

Wang Xiu and Wang Maide were not only Liu Yizhen's confidants, but they also came from poor families.

After the capital was moved, the influence of the aristocratic family on the center was no longer what it used to be. Even bigwigs like Wang Hong and Xie Hui were ignored by Liu Yizhen, making it difficult for other small fish and shrimps to continue to thrive.

However, the aristocratic family is still as stubborn as ever about its local influence. If it wants to eliminate this part of the power, it is far from being able to achieve its goal by political means.

But at the moment, the measures proposed in the "County, State, and Road Third-Level Imperial Examination Strategies" make their eyes shine.

The imperial examinations at the county, state, and provincial levels can greatly strengthen the court's control over local areas. Coupled with the power to appoint and remove officials, the court can completely use this method to combat the arrogance of aristocratic families in the local area.

Moreover, in a disguised form, the imperial court took back the appointment of officials with a salary of less than 600 shi and even clerks to the central government. How could Wang Xiu and Wang Maide, as the prime ministers and assistants of the imperial court, not support this policy of strengthening centralization?

"This "Policy Theory" can be rated as first-class."

With that said, everyone will understand.

Ranked first in "Policy Theory" in the first imperial examination.

In the future, countless students will take this "Policy Theory" in their hands as a model essay and review it repeatedly, and its content will also be absorbed by students from all over the world, achieving the most effective and extensive publicity at the cheapest cost, so that "County and State Roads"

The content of "Third-Level Imperial Examination Policy" is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and it is understood that it will reduce the cost when this policy theory becomes a policy.

Only then did Liu Yizhen send someone to anonymize the test papers, bring them to the Ministry of Rites for marking and enter the scores.

What? Fair?

Can fairness be called fairness when even the emperor cannot see it?

Don't be ridiculous...
Chapter completed!