There were three people in the Secretariat, he, Wang Guangyang and Hu Weiyong. Now he found an opportunity to drive out of the Secretariat. Only he and Hu Weiyong were left. Hu Weiyong only relied on Li Shanchang to have today. In terms of identity, connections, and abilities, he Hu Weiyong lowered me everywhere and was no match for him at all. He was afraid of Li Shanchang behind him. But Li Shanchang has retired. As long as he became the prime minister, from then on, he was above ten thousand people, and with the support of Zhejiang civil servants, why did he be afraid of him?

Thinking of this, Yang Xian was very excited and couldn't help but want to find a place to shout a few times to express the joy in his heart.

At this moment, the curtain was lifted and a person came. The person was wearing an official robe, pointed mouth and monkey cheeks, and his eyes were as big as cow's eyes. When the light flashed, it was full of fierce light. This person was Liu Bing, the confidant of the attendant commander, Yang Xian.

"Sir-?" Liu Bing walked in with a happy look on his face. He was promoted by Yang Xian and was extremely grateful to Yang Xian, so his tone was a bit kind.

"What's the matter?" Yang Xian sat in the position of Zuo Cheng. A few days ago, when Liu Bowen left Yingtian, he had someone pass on a message to him. If he wanted to be a stable Secretariat, he needed to do more, talk less, complain less, and pay attention to him everywhere. Yang Xian admired Liu Bowen from the bottom of his heart, and his words were naturally obedient.

He has learned a lot of lessons these days. He came to the Secretariat early every day to handle official duties in a timely manner and did his duty as a left chief of the Secretariat. He also made the best instructions given by the emperor and did his best to complete them. Even the imperial examinations that were set this morning, he also prepared the Ministry of Rites according to the instructions.

"What's the matter? I'm talking about my great prime minister, why are you so confused?" Liu Bing immediately became anxious when he heard Yang Xian's confused look on his face.

Yang Xian said curiously: "What's the matter that makes you so impatient?"

Liu Bingfeng said in a hurry: "Sir, do you really don't know, or are you pretending to be stupid for a humble job?"

Yang Xian said: "What the hell is it? Don't keep it a secret!"

Seeing that Yang Xian was not fake, Liu Bing hurriedly approached a little and said in a low voice: "Didn't you hear it with your own ears? The emperor wants to use the eight-legged essay to be a magistrate and select talents for the country!"

Yang Xian said: "Yes? What's wrong?"

Seeing that Yang Xian, who was extremely smart on weekdays, still didn't understand, Liu Bing coughed twice with awkward expression and said, "This time the Emperor's Ethics Department was opened, and every three years was tried. I just went to the Ministry of Rites. I have started preparing for the imperial examination a few days ago. This time, I have determined this imperial examination, which is divided into three games, each for three days. The first test of the "Four Books" three ways and the "Five Classics" four ways, which tests Confucian classics. The second test of one way. The third test of the classics, history and strategy, examines the students' knowledge of ancient and modern political affairs. This news was sent out a few days ago. Now students from all over the capital have already gone to Beijing. Is the scientific examination a few days?" After saying that, he turned his head and looked around in a mysterious manner, and said, "I heard that the Ministry of Rites has asked the emperor to choose the chief examiner?"

Yang Xian was not familiar with the imperial examination. He originally thought that Liu Bing had something big, but after talking for a long time, it was actually something about the imperial examination. He was immediately impatient and said unhappily: "So what?"

Seeing that Yang Xian didn't understand the benefits, Liu Bing couldn't help but say, "Sir, you really don't understand the benefits, right?"

Yang Xian really didn't know that in his opinion, the imperial examination was just a student writing articles and reciting the words of the saints, and thus understanding the principles of being an official, and it had nothing to do with him, the dignified Zuo Cheng of the Central Secretariat!

He didn't know, but Liu Bing knew clearly. Before the Sui Dynasty, the ancient Chinese official selection system was different in each generation, but the system of recommendation and appointment always occupied an important position. The Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties pursued the "nine-rank system" and the aristocratic families controlled the selection of villages and the monopoly of official careers. When evaluating scholars and selecting officials, they emphasized the distinction between scholars and commoners and the high and low families, forming a situation where "the top-rank has no poor families, and the lower-rank has no aristocratic families". In addition, the overlapping institutions and people are overstated, there are "there are many officials and few people, nine out of ten sheep and herds", and "there are only one of the good talents in the clean and honest people." In addition, there are "there are more officials and few people, nine out of ten sheep and herds", and "there are only one of the good talents in the clean and honest."

The phenomenon of this has exposed the accumulated traits of the recommendation system. After the founding of the Sui Dynasty, the reforms were decisively carried out, the nine-rank Zhongzheng system was abolished, and the imperial examinations were created. After that, after various dynasties and dynasties, the imperial examinations were promoted and the students all over the world began to walk on this single-plank bridge. In this way, the scientific examinations became the most important thing for emperors of all dynasties, and the examiners who came into being also rose as the imperial examinations progressed. Once they became examiners, they continued to be famous in the eyes of scholars all over the world, and the most important advantage of the examiners.

From the Sui Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, the imperial examination has become the most effective way to select talents in the world. As the teacher of selecting scholars, those students who became famous and well-known in the world after the Jinshi passed the imperial examination must thank the examiner for their great kindness, respect them as their mentors and call themselves disciples. The examiner must also do his best to support his disciples. In order to seek friends and friends, those who call each other brothers and combine with each other. In this way, a faction gradually formed in the court, which can be said to have a stable foundation. Although later, Song Taizu established the Song Dynasty, Song Taizu carried out the palace examination in the sixth year of Kaibao in order to select people who were truly down-to-earth in feudal rule and had talent to serve them. Since then, the palace examination has been held.

It became the highest level examination in the imperial examination system, and officially established the third-level imperial examination system for the provincial examination, provincial examination and palace examination. After the palace examination, there was no need to pass the examination of the Ministry of Personnel and directly awarded officials. Song Taizu also ordered that after the examination, the examiners were not allowed to be called masters or professored to be disciples. In this way, all those who passed the examination became disciples of the emperor. However, countless students understood that the so-called emperor disciples, but the chief examiners and candidates were increasingly engaged in favoritism and fraud. In response, the rulers of the Song Dynasty took some measures, mainly the establishment of the system of honor and reputation. Huming means sealing the names and origins of the candidates' examination papers, also known as "Mi Feng" or "Feng Mi".

During the reign of Emperor Taizong of Song, according to Chen Jing's suggestion, the system of miscellaneous names was implemented for the palace examination. Later, Emperor Renzong of Song issued an edict to the provincial examination and the provincial examinations implemented the system of miscellaneous names. However, after the name was miscellaneous, he could also know calligraphy and paintings. According to the suggestion of Li Yibin from Yuanzhou, the candidate's test papers were recorded separately. When the examiner reviewed the test papers, he not only knew the names of the candidates, but also had no way to identify the calligraphy of the candidates. This system did have great effect in preventing the examiner from making choices with emotion. However, by the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, due to the increasing corruption of politics, this system became a formality.

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