Chapter 248 Establishing the Imperial Examination System

The imperial edict sent to Li Qindong to suppress the Yellow Turban Army was delivered to Chang'an in a day and a night. The messenger who sent the message ran to three horses to death, and then the imperial edict was sent to Chang'an.

At this time in Chang'an, Li Qin had already entered the city. He upgraded all the left-behind officials in Chang'an City and expressed great importance to the officials and had great trust, so they should continue to be officials and become bigger officials!

Gai Xun was the Jingzhao Yin of Chang'an, and was the first to be promoted. He was appointed as governor and sent by Li Qin to Fujiao Fort, where he was directly led by Liu Sheng, the deputy lord of the fort. Other senior officials in Chang'an were successively promoted and were sent to Fujiao Fort. In Li Qin's words, this is trust in them. Otherwise, how could they be sent to Fujiao Fort to be officials? It is the base camp of the Fujiao Army, the new capital of Liangzhou.

Senior officials in Chang'an were all sent to Fujiao Fort, and there were a large number of vacancies in their positions, but it didn't matter. Li Qin had some solutions. He held an exam, and he and Jia Xu drafted an exam paper, which included multiple-choice questions, fill-in-the-blank questions, question-and-answer questions and essay questions!

This test paper is extremely novel. In the late Han Dynasty, not to mention this new type of examination, there was no such old-fashioned examination. In this era, there was not even the nine-rank Zhongzheng system, and there was no imperial examination. How could officials rely on the examination for promotion? So Li Qin suddenly let the officials do this, and all the middle and low-level officials in Chang'an were puzzled!

However, because it is the first time, it is relatively fair, at least no one cheats. It is not that no one wants to cheat, but that they don’t know what to do. If there are too many such exams, various cheating methods will emerge one after another!

After the written test, a group of officials who did not study hard and had low educational level were eliminated, and then another interview was conducted. Jia Xu first took the first interview, and then another group was eliminated, and then ten officials with the best scores were selected, and Li Qin conducted the last interview, and the ranking was determined.

The top three, the first one is Fujiao No. 1, the second one is Fujiao No. 1, Fujiao Tanhua, and the last seven are collectively called Fujiao Jinshi, all ranked according to the ranking. The top ten officials behind are called Fujiao Juren, and they are still ranked according to the test scores. All names are specially added to the word Fujiao Gu, one is to take ownership, these officials who pass the exam are from Fujiao Castle, and the other is to make the officials feel a sense of belonging. From then on, they will be part of Fujiao Castle and will contribute to the construction of Fujiao Castle!

After the ranking was set, Li Qin ordered Changan City to decorate lights and set off firecrackers to celebrate. He also took out grain from the treasury, slaughtered a batch of pigs and sheep, cooked rice and cooked meat, distributed it on the streets of Chang'an, and gave it to others to eat meat. Li Qin's best skills. His Fujiao Army first brought people into the gang. When the people were recruited on the street, he asked all the officials who passed the exam to be dressed in red and green, rode high-headed horses, paraded all over the streets, and asked the servants to carry the list, which was full of the names of officials, all ranked, and they walked along the way and beat drums and drums to let the people comment.

After this process, the officials in Chang'an were fooled. It seemed that Li Qin was really unique in selecting talents. He was really too charming. The wind blew so hard that they couldn't find the north. But this also proved that Li Qin really wanted to divide Sizhou into his territory and really wanted to manage Chang'an well. Otherwise, it would be impossible to do such a big move. This can be said to be against the court. The major matter of appointing officials was actually done by him, a warlord from another place. Even if he did not explicitly rebel, it was actually no different from rebellion!

However, Li Qin's combination of officialdom also allowed more scholars to see hope. Although it was a family in the late Han Dynasty, if you were not born into a wealthy family, you would not want to hold important positions. After all, there were not so many wealthy families and not so many noble children. If everyone was rich and all nobles were nobles, then what would it be expensive? Everything is the same. Rare things are precious. If there are too many things, it would be worthless. However, poor scholars saw hope in it. This method of selecting officials does not depend on the background of officials, but only on the skills. This gave officials from poor scholars the hope to further take the stage. As long as there was hope, they would be motivated. This is the truth that has not changed forever!

Especially after Li Qin announced the examination results, he immediately announced an important measure, that is, the areas controlled by Fujiaobao will be selected from the future, and no longer implement the recommendation system, but will also conduct the examination. As long as he thinks he is a little skilled, knows his writing and has the ability to be an official, he can take the examination no matter what his identity is. As long as he passes the examination, he can be admitted to Fujiaobao and become an official, and then enters his career!

There were no bombs at the end of the Han Dynasty, but once this important measure was announced, it shocked the entire Chang'an like a heavy bomb. There has never been such a method of selecting officials since ancient times, and ordinary people can become officials. This was something that was simply unthinkable in the past!

The poor scholars rushed around and talked a lot. They all saw hope in the examination system, that is their own hope. As long as they have the ability, they no longer need to look at the faces of the wealthy family, nor do they have to sharpen their heads to flatter the wealthy family. Only when flattering is done can they pick up some leftovers of the wealthy family. If the flattering is not done well, they can't even make a bite of the leftovers. If Li Qin can control Chang'an's government affairs for a long time, their future will be infinitely bright!

Almost as soon as this measure was announced, Li Qin received support from most poor families. Even if Li Qin didn’t want Sizhou and no longer stayed in Chang'an, these poor families might follow him. Wherever Li Qin went, they would go!

Not only poor scholars support Li Qin, but even ordinary people have changed their minds and are no longer afraid of the Fujiao Army, but have turned to support the Fujiao Army. In fact, the people’s requirements are very simple. They will support whoever can make them live a good life. It is a simple idea. Following Li Qin will have a good life in the future. After all, this is a matter for the future. But now Li Qin is inviting everyone to eat and drink. This is definitely a real thing. Can the people not praise him as a good person? There are countless good people cards and smashed towards Li Qin!

Establishing the imperial examination system was the first reform that Li Qin wanted to carry out on his territory. Of course, he had to operate it well. He personally led the soldiers to open the way for the officials who passed the exam. The streets of Chang'an were very lively, and they were all people watching the fun!

How old is Chang'an? There are so many people watching the fun. The streets are blocked and the walking is slow. Li Qin and the officials paraded. He actually walked for most of the day. He started parading in the afternoon and had not finished his tour until the evening!

Although it took a long time, the people were happy. There was no such a big bust before. There was no entertainment program. Now I finally met one. I still care about the food when I watched the bustle. Where can I find this good thing? Can they not be willing to watch it? Following the parade, there are more and more people.

Officials are so tired, but they are so happy that they are tired. Most of them are from poor families and have never been so glorious in their lives. And those officials from wealthy families are so sought after by the people of the whole city, and Li Qin personally preaches them. This glory is simply indescribable.

At first, the officials were very shy and embarrassed, but after walking through a few streets, they all adapted, rode on horseback, waving to the people constantly, almost to the point of being unable to stop. Some officials even hoped that it would be great if they could keep going like this, so it would be great to be the ancestor!

The officials in Chang'an were not very convinced by Li Qin. The top wealthy officials fled, and only the small wealthy families and poor families were left. They were all quite afraid of Li Qin. Especially when they saw Li Qin dealing with high-ranking officials such as Gai Xun, they were worried about their fate, but they did not expect that Li Qin came up with a measure to select officials in the exam. As a result, they suddenly developed a good impression of Li Qin. Some people have changed their words to call Li Qin the lord, and decided to follow Li Qin, and then they will make a living with Li Lang in the future!

A eunuch who came out of Luoyang to send imperial edicts and several Yulin soldiers ran wildly and finally arrived outside Chang'an City. When it came outside the city, it was already dark. They were very anxious. They were about to close the city gate when it was dark. If they wanted to see Li Qin, they were afraid that tomorrow morning. Even if they carried the imperial edict, they might not be able to open the city gate. They were afraid that others would not believe that they carried the imperial edict. They could not let the soldiers guarding the gate verify the imperial edict first. This thing cannot be verified!

But when they came to the city gate, they found that the city gate was not closed. Passers-on-people traveled around the city and were very lively. They were shocked and wondered what it meant when it was dark and the city gate was not closed. Could it be that Li Qin relied on the power of the Fujiao Army and did not even need to close the city gate?

After entering Chang'an City, the eunuchs and the Yulin Army were even more surprised. It was just during the New Year. Why was the city full of bright lights and people everywhere, and everyone was celebrating? What were they celebrating? After I asked a commoner, I realized that it was celebrating that the officials passed the exam, and the top scorer, and other first place, and I had never heard of a new term!

The eunuch was quite puzzled, if he was an official, he would care about what you ordinary people do? Is it so happy to use it? Is it okay to have nothing to do? But how could Li Qin appoint an official on his own? He is not the highest official in Sizhou?

While wondering, a Yulin Army shouted: "Master Zhongguan, this matter is going to be bad. There are so many people huddled on the road. How can we get there? We have been delayed for a day on the road, and there are only two days left. No matter what happens to Mr. Li, he can't take the army to Chang'an, so don't implicate us!"
Chapter completed!