Chapter 144 Big Exam

Then Jiang Qin and the Guards Camp began a big search in the city according to the assassin's confession. At the end of the day, the assassin's group was basically completely destroyed. They not only got all kinds of short swords, but also several short crossbows. These are all good things for assassination, and these swords also have The crossbows are all very poisonous. Obviously, it is necessary to kill Xiao Tianjian. Fortunately, there are no sniper rifles in this era. Otherwise, Xiao Tianjian is really in great danger, but even so, it makes everyone feel afraid of it.

When arresting these assassins, these assassins resisted very fiercely. They injured more than a dozen Xingtian army members who went to arrest them. A few of them had no hope of escape and immediately killed themselves. It can be said that they are all desperate guys. This time, they have come to assassinate Xiao Tianjian, and each of them have reported their own death. The determination.

For this reason, Xiao Tianjian knew the whole cause and effect, and gritted his teeth and scolded, "Okay! I haven't provoked you yet, but you sent someone to assassinate me first! OK! Well done! When I take Lianghuai, I will let you know my methods!"

After experiencing such a dangerous situation, Xiao Tianjian was much more honest, and his men were also more vigilant. The iron head was so scared that his hands trembling for a few days after going back. You know, he is the head of the guard responsible for Xiao Tianjian's safety. Once Xiao Tianjian has any accident, it can be said that it is difficult for him to die. To forgive him, the last time Xiao Tianjian was injured at an adventure in Jingzhou City, he was scolded by a group of generals in private. He lived a long life of gray. Seeing everyone with a smiling face, he ate a lot of the generals' white eyes. This time, the iron head was pulled out and scraped by the generals, which made the iron head It was a long time of grayness that I couldn't raise my head. For those assassins, the iron head was ruthless. He ran to torture them in person, twisted off the meat from their bodies one by one with redd fire pliers, and tortured them for a long time before killing them one by one. Then there was a bad anger in his heart.

But the scholars in the yard escaped from death this time. They were completely impressed by Xiao Tianjian's magnanimity. When they talked about this matter in private, they all said that Xiao Tianjian was the image of the Ming Dynasty. These big things did not get angry with them, and they also gave them a banquet to suppress their shock. If he became the son of heaven in the future, how could he be a tyrant? So it's definitely right to do it with him. Many people even said in private that even if they can't go to high school this time, they won't leave. If they can't be an official, they can still do the job of an official in Xing Tianjun. And Xiao Tianjian said publicly that even if they can't be on the list this time, as long as they stay and do things, they can still work. After the officials, they will continue to sign up for the exam the next time they open the exam, so this is a reassurance for these scholars. In this way, they can continue to take the exam while working for Xiao Tianjian. Sooner or later, they will also have the opportunity to become officials.

Therefore, Xiao Tianjian's efforts during this period have also won the hearts of a large number of scholars. Even after Lv Weiqi learned the news, he even said that he was lucky and agreed with Xiao Tianjian's disposal.

Even the old officials of the imperial court, such as He Fengsheng, who lived in Wuchang Mansion, who had not been investigated by the criminal army, also praised Xiao Tianjian's disposal this time. After all, they were also scholars. They knew that such a big thing happened this time, if it was a tyrannical If you don't do it well, you will spread your anger on these scholars who came to take the exam. It's not too much to have a massacre. However, in the end, Xiao Tianjian was not affected by this at all. He was angry with these scholars, which made him win a lot of people's hearts and made everyone feel that Xiao Tianjian did this to the scholars. It is generous, so there is much less resistance to Xiao Tianjian in my heart. Think about it carefully, this Xiao Tianjian is actually not useless. Although he is in trouble, he does not have to be the enemy of the world's scholars. In the future, even if one day Xiao Tianjian wins the world, their scholars still have a way out.

So on December 15, the high-profile Xing Tianjun's first exam for opening a scholar finally began on time in Wuchang City.

This time, the scholars who came to Wuchangfu to take the exam, because Xiao Tianjian said that the conditions were relaxed, all scholars above the scholar could take the exam, instead of more than more than one person were allowed to take the exam. Therefore, the number of scholars who came to take the exam was as high as more than a thousand people, which was greatly beyond the expectation of many people. Of course, many of them had no knowledge. I just want people who are fishing in muddy water to run to hit my luck, but it still makes Xiao Tianjian and his officials happy.

At least it also shows that Xing Tianjun is not hostile to all the world's scholars, and there are still many scholars. He is already optimistic about Xing Tianjun and is willing to follow Xing Tianjun in the future. It means that Xing Tianjun has a considerable appeal in the scholar group, which is quite a good thing.

At the beginning, because he did not expect that so many students would come to take the exam, Li Jinde was a little insufficient to prepare for the examination room. When he found that there were so many applicants, Xiao Tianjian immediately asked Li Jinde to clean up the largest King of Chu in Wuchang City and use it as the examination room, so this exam was He was placed in the palace of the King of Chu by Xing Tianjun.

It is also a surprise for scholars to be able to enter the examination of the King of Chu. It is basically impossible for them to go to the King's Mansion to take the exam. Now it is worth the trip for them to enter the examination of the King of Chu.

So the eye-catching Xing Tianjun's first scientific examination opened in Wuchang City. However, when the examination paper was issued, many scholars were dumbfounded on the spot. The questions of Xing Tianjun's examination were really too different from those of the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty, the most important of which was the test questions of Xing Tianjun. In the middle, it is no longer limited to eight-part essays, but attaches great importance to more practical questions, and there are many questions that they have never thought about before. Among them, there are not only the study of mathematics, but also many questions about agriculture and economy, and even some questions about geography and mining. Of course, it is indispensable to ask about prison. .

After reading the test questions, many scholars who came here with a good mind, even if they are blind, they have read the so-called sage books over the years, which are limited to the things in the four books and five classics. More often they memorize them by rote. Although Daming also has a strategy, it is not important, but now Xing Tianjun is suddenly engaged in it. With such a set of test questions, many people suddenly don't know what to do. Too much of them are just asking about practice. For them, they are not prepared at all, so many people bite the pen on the spot and lie on the table and don't know how to answer.

The time of this exam is two days. When many scholars come out, they can say that they beat their chests and feet, or their faces are like ashes. If they had known that Xing Tianjun's examination was these things, they also made some preparations, but now many people answer is a mess, and many people know it themselves. Either just clean up the guy now and leave, go home and learn again, come back later, or just wait here after the list is released, and then apply to be an official first, eat while learning, and come back next time.

Xiao Tianjian first asked Li Jinde and others to read the papers and selected the better test papers for him to read. His classical Chinese level is not very good. Over the years, he has been leading troops to fight all day long, and he has no chance to make up for it. Therefore, if he is allowed to read the papers in person, it is estimated that he will be immediately written by these scholars. The article was also dizzy, so I could only rely on Li Jinde and Lv Weiqi to help him check it.

However, he also said first. It doesn't matter if the literary talent is not very good. The key is to see whether these scholars' ideas are organized to answer the questions about the questions, and whether the method is feasible. This is the key to his selection of materials. If it's just a good literary talent, people who do a good job in poetry and songs can't be said to brush it. Well, it's okay for these people to do some work in literature and history. After all, he also needs to study history in the future. The decent literati are still in great need. What's more, he is not against China's splendid cultural inheritance. If poetry and songs can be passed on as a classic Chinese literary way, it's also good. The province's future generations only There are some so-called literati who deceive the world and steal the world. They can only write some hazy poems to cheat money, but this kind of person can't be a local official. Otherwise, it is impossible for people who can only read dead books to govern the place.

So Lv Weiqi also agreed with him and devoted himself to reading the paper with some of his men. Ten days later, he really selected dozens of usable talents and recommended them to Xiao Tianjian.

After Xiao Tianjian learned about the situation of these selected scholars, he looked at the answers of these people with the help of Li Jinde, in which Lv Weiqi had indicated the strengths of these people and gave a certain direction of employment.

Although Xiao Tianjian is not very satisfied, after all, the eyes of these scholars can't be compared with him at present. Many things are just the beginning. If you want to learn more practical knowledge in the future, it still takes quite a long time of imperceptible.

So he nodded and approved the report card and ordered that the list could be issued.

There are a total of 56 people on the list, all of whom are awarded the name of Xing Tianjinshi. It sounds a little strange, but after all, it is the first class of Xingtian Army, which is of great significance. Moreover, these 56 new scholars on the list are all awarded by Xing Tianjun to distinguish their strengths according to their answers in the exam. , each official is different. Among them, there are not only those who have been assigned to local official positions such as Zhixian, Zhubo, and Xiancheng, who have been assigned to various places that have been under the control of the Xingtian Army, and some people have been left in Wuchang Prefecture or Luoyang Prefecture. They are appointed in some places that belong to the center. In short, they start with slightly basic official positions. In the future, according to him Their performance will determine whether they will be promoted or not.

In addition, there are more than 400 scholars. Although there is no title in the golden list, it is also available, so they are also selected. Some are given lower-level official positions, and some go to various places to serve as officials. Xing Tianjun does not follow the example of Daming. Officials who do not enter the stream want to let the officials pay their salaries, but officials. The staff are also paid by Xing Tianjun. In this way, the officials have less pressure to support a lot of their subordinates. At the same time, the salaries given to these officials are relatively high. As soon as they arrive, the first thing they want to think about is to make money to support their families. Soon, there will be a feit between the top and bottom, which quickly makes the official corrupt. Of course, now Xing Tianjun Because Xiao Tianjian has not yet been the king, and many departments have not yet been set up. They are still in the period of creation. Departments that are not need for the time being will not start to support idle people. However, in order to manage local officials, it is necessary to set up an official department to specialize in the assessment of these local officials and the selection of officials, so they took this opportunity. At the meeting, Xiao Tianjian first set up the airs of the official department. At present, because the manpower was too tight, Xiao Tianjian asked Lv Weiqi to take office temporarily. Although Lv Weiqi had no idea of becoming an official, now Xiao Tianjian was invited in front of him, not to mention that he had already appeared for this criminal Tianjun's opening of science and scholar, so he He reluctantly agreed, and said yes to Xiao Tianjian. When Xiao Tianjian came to the world one day and had a suitable candidate, he immediately returned to his hometown again and went home to retire. Xiao Tianjian immediately agreed.

With the air of this official department, many things will be easier to do in the future. Although Lv Weiqi is not very capable, he is still a relatively honest and backbone person. Let him do it first, and then gradually talk about the future. What's more, many things in Xing Tianjun are in the early period of creation, officials We don't have time to inherit the set of corrupt things in the Daming government so soon. In the future, as long as Xiao Tianjian is alive, he wants to do these tricks. Xiao Tianjian has a knife handle in his hand, so don't worry. There are many people who are willing to be officials in the world. If they can't, they will kill him. No one dares reach out his black hand! In this regard, Xiao Tianjian hates corrupt officials most. For this reason, he has ordered the killing of several officials with unclean hands and feet below in the past two years, and he will not hesitate to kill a few more in the future.

As for the remaining people who are not on the list and have poor ability to eat and drink, Xiao Tianjian will not offend them. Each of them has given them ten or two resources to let them go home and continue to study. It's okay to have the opportunity to take the exam again in the coming year. However, with this experience, many people should understand that Xiao Tianjian wants to select officials. What kind of talent is it? At least it will make many scholars pay attention to the direction of this exam if they want to work under him in the future. In the future, they should learn more practical things and don't read such dead books. What do readers in an era can't be controlled by themselves. The book is for being an official. This concept is still deeply rooted in the hearts of readers. The questions given by the imperial court are what they want to study hard for. Therefore, Xiao Tianjian also wants to pass this exam, so that these scholars can understand what they should learn in the future and subtly guide them to learn more. Something to use.

And among the scholars this time, some of the humanities in the list are not very good, but they belong to the kind of miscellaneous people. They answer many partial questions well. Some people are familiar with the criminal law and have read some records such as Song Ci's collection of grievances. Such people are not good even in other aspects. Well, the literary talent is also very ordinary, but you can do something, such as mentioning the prison department! Several people can't do anything, but they have a little achievements in agricultural economy, so they are asked to do some things responsible for the management of agricultural economy, and the official positions are still arranged in the golden list.

In this way, as soon as the news spread, the scholars understand another truth, that is, they are not necessarily all-round talents. As long as they have a specialty and perform well in seeking, even if their literary talent is limited, they still have the opportunity to be an official under Xiao Tianjian, which is also an idea of Xiao Tianjian's employment. Officials should also be distinguished. They must let the insider take care of the relevant things, save some people who don't know how to manage it, and finally make things a mess.

In a word, this time, although there are still many shortcomings and flaws in the first course of Wuchang Prefecture, and there are few high talents among the scholars who came to take the exam, it opened a precedent and paved a way for the future. It was also a great joy. Xiao Tianjian temporarily alleviated the serious lack of civil servants at hand. At the same time, it also let the scholars of the world see that even if Xiao Tianjian will win the world one day, these scholars will still be useful, and they will become sworn enemies of the Xingtian Army in the future.

But at this time, Xiao Tianjian had no time to breathe a sigh of relief in Wuchang and prepared to continue to attack Nanzhili next year, but he received a surprising news sent by Feng Weihan from the north, so even if he ordered to suspend the use of troops against Nanzhili, he ordered Luo Ru to temporarily sit in Wuchang. , leaving part of the new battalion to be transferred by him, and ordered Li Xin to immediately hand over the matter at hand to Gao Jian, so that Gao Jian obeyed Luo Rucai's order, while Li Xin returned to his commander-in-chief battalion to assist his command, and some of Luo Li's main forces and the main forces of the guards immediately gathered on the spot and began to return to Henan, because Something big has happened to the north.

(A five-thousand-word chapter! Today, I thank Xinli and the brave 1023 brothers for their reward!)