The spring of the seventh year of Jingkang in the Song Dynasty came in a blink of an eye. As spring gradually became richer in Chang'an City, the city of the Western Song Dynasty, which had been around for a winter, finally had a little vitality again.

Unlike Kaifeng Prefecture, Chang'an Prefecture, the capital of the Western Song Dynasty, was a very depressing city. It was originally a small prefecture, but now many sashes have been built. Commercial activities are also greatly restricted and can only be carried out weakly in a specific area.

However, this spring, the vitality in Chang'an City is more solid than in previous years. Because there is finally something that can be discussed in the streets and alleys of Chang'an City.

This incident was not the preparations for the Western Expedition, nor was it that the Great Zhou and the Eastern Song Dynasty discovered anything that gold was everywhere in the new continent. No matter how much gold it was, it was still owned, and it had nothing to do with the people of the Western Song Dynasty.

And in the spring of the seventh year of Jingkang, the thing that excited the people of the lifeless capital of the Western Song Dynasty was the imperial examination!

Due to war and land reform, the Ministry of Rites examination in the Song Dynasty (Western Song Dynasty) has been suspended for two sessions... In fact, since the capital was moved, the Song Dynasty court has not held a Ministry of Rites examination.

However, in order to show that the Song Dynasty did not give up the imperial examination, the Bashuzhou County examination was not cancelled, and the exam was still being held every three years.

But after the exam, I had no place to take the Ministry of Rites. What's the use of such an exam?

The scholars in Chang'an Prefecture didn't even have the chance to participate in the trial and try to get addicted to it. How could they feel?

Therefore, in the past few years, scholars and officials have been constantly writing to the emperor and demanding an examination of the Ministry of Rites.

The official Zhao Huan actually wanted to reopen the Ministry of Rites to get the country's troops as soon as possible. However, when Zhao Huan thought of the group of Jingkang staff, he was a little scared.

Does the opening of a vocational college mean that you have to go to the old path of emphasizing culture and neglecting military affairs? Can those Jingkang staff agree? Don’t make a mutiny or something…

This was delayed until the spring of the seventh year of Jingkang. Because of the two things that led to the destruction of Dali and planning the Western Expedition, Zhao Huan's courage finally became a little stronger and instructed Geng Nanzhong, He Li, and Chen Dong and a group of civil servants to release news in the streets and alleys of Chang'an that they would open a statute to win the ranks.

It’s not a trial, but a trial of the Ministry of Rites!

The drama of singing name outside Donghua Gate is about to begin again!

Now in Chang'an Prefecture, there are many officials and n generations who came from Kaifeng Prefecture. They are neither military households nor businessmen, and in theory they can take the exam to become officials.

So when I heard that the imperial examination was going to be held, I immediately became excited.

"It's been seven years, seven years! Finally, God is open to his eyes, and the court wants articles to pick up scholars again!"

"Don't be too happy too early. I haven't told us to take the exam in Chang'an! I haven't stopped the Bashu test in recent years. Is there any test in Chang'an here?"

"Chang'an Mansion is under the feet of the emperor, so how can we prevent the imperial examination from being allowed?"

"There is this precedent. Isn't the imperial examination for Dongzhe? Is it just for Hedong people to take the exam, and there is nowhere else..."

"That's right, why don't we put all our household registrations into Bashu?"

"It's better to ask someone for a while. If you really don't allow the exam, it's not too late for us to move our household registration again."

"Yes, I need to find out clearly..."

The rumors about the Chang'an Prefecture market soon reached the ears of the chief army leader of the Privy Council.

"Hmph!" In the White Tiger Hall of the Privy Council, Qu Duan snorted coldly, "I have only been safe for a few days and I have just wanted to open a vocational school to win a scholar... It seems that the government is still thinking about sharing the world with scholars!

Pengju, we are both military men and we don’t know how to like civil servants. It’s better to retreat bravely and go home for a few days to have a peaceful life.”

Yue Fei smiled faintly: "What's wrong with the admission of a vocational college? I think it's pretty good... There can't be only military households in the world, so the heroes in the world have a way to rise.

Our country is not as good as Jiangning and Tianjin, and there are many ways there. If you have some ability, you can have a good life and the world will be stable. We can't do it here!"

"Why can't it work?" Qu Duan glared.

Yue Fei said: "Didn't the Privy Council have statistics? In recent years, Jiangning and Tianjin have become much more stable, and there are basically no human rebellions.

But here we can still see civil unrest and commotion every year!"

The turmoil caused by land reform has basically ended in the Great Zhou and Eastern Song dynasties.

These two countries have many ways to rise, their suppression skills are good, and there are two new continents that specialize in exileing the rebels. Therefore, no one has done the rebellion business.

But the Western Song Dynasty is not possible. Everyone can take military households, and there are few other upward channels. There are also various discriminations when doing a business.

Therefore, there are more rebels who take risks, and various rebels are emerging one after another, and they cannot suppress them completely.

However, it is impossible for these rebellions to overthrow Zhao Huan's reactionary rule, and the combat effectiveness of the Western Song army is beyond doubt.

However, it was difficult for the Western Song army to kill all kinds of rebels. There were still many things in the Western Song Dynasty that occupied the mountain and became king.

Therefore, it seems necessary to win over local tyrants by using the opening of the ranks and the number of talents.

"Pengju," Qu Duan frowned, "If the imperial examination is not opened, it will be a waste. Once it starts, there will be a lot of trouble!

Don’t say anything else, just talk about the following military children. Do you want them to take the exam?

If the exam is not allowed, the military households will be inferior to others. If they are asked to take the exam, the military households will become scholars. Who will still join the army and fight? Our country is not an Eastern thief. They are a country with the public in the world, with many channels of rise and the amount of oil and water to become officials is limited. Moreover, the imperial examination officials in Hedong are not as good as new-style officials from college."

The imperial examination is obviously a way to win the country for the country, but it actually has many functions. It is a matter of dismantling civilian forces and a prisoner of wise men. It is actually an extremely important purpose to distribute civilian wealth.

For a long period of history, whether a family or family is poor or rich is closely related to the results of the imperial examination!

The state system of the Great Zhou Dynasty has completely changed, not the imperial family and country, but the country of citizens.

Therefore, there is no room for a stunning official to pass the exam, and it is impossible to improve the rank of citizenship in the family.

Moreover, there are very few imperial examination officials in Hedong, each term is once every three years, but only a dozen Jinshi. The official positions are also very single, namely county magistrate, chief clerk, and county lieutenant. After passing the Jinshi, they will be county lieutenant, and then they will be evaluated every three years. They will be promoted if they are senior, and they will be retained for the middle class. When the inferior goes home, they will be given a new Jinshi by taking their children. And one-third of the officials must be eliminated every time... Moreover, these three types of officials are government officials. After not being an official, they will have nothing, and at most they can receive a resignation fee. Then they are ordinary citizens!

Therefore, the Hedong imperial examination in Zhou State only looked like the imperial examination. In fact, the local government official appointment of the Senate was very strange. There were both local elections and directly appointed by the Senate. Therefore, the essence of the Hedong imperial examination was that the Senate used the examination method to select government officials.

"I know," Yue Fei nodded, "but my Song Dynasty has its own national conditions, so the imperial examination cannot be abolition."

"Can't it be scrapped?"

Yue Fei shook his head, "It can't be abolished, but it can be changed!"

"Change? How to change?"

Yue Fei said: "The content of the exam can be changed."

"What are you taking?" Qu Duan asked.

Yue Fei thought about it and suddenly raised his hand and pointed to a weapon rack in the White Tiger Hall, "How about the exam?"

"That's..." Qu Duan looked up and was stunned, "Pengju, that's like a coercion!"

This is a heavy smoothbore gun of the Republic of China of eight years. It was seized from the battlefield and sent to the Privy Council. Later, it was placed in the White Tiger Festival Hall to make a sample to compare with the products sent by the Chang'an Gun Factory.

"That's a coercion!" Yue Fei smiled, "The officials felt that the imperial examination might as well take the coercion..."

...

"What? Yue, Yueqing, what did you say?"

Huaqing Palace, Chongzheng Palace. Zhao Huan, an official from the Song Dynasty, heard Yue Fei's memorial and even said something was unsuccessful.

"Your Majesty," Yue Fei said with a smile, "I have heard that the court intends to recruit scholars, but I think that it may be possible to shoot targets to select useful talents for the court."

Target shooting and picking up the soldiers...

Zhao Huan's eyes were almost glaring out.

"Nonsense!" The left prime minister Geng Nanzhong was almost yelling.

This is really a disgrace.

The imperial examination! How can such a sacred thing be decided by shooting a target?

"Yue Fei, why don't you say you are competing for martial arts?" Right Prime Minister He Li asked.

"Martial competition?" Yue Fei said seriously, "It's still my husband's opinion that he can indeed compete for martial arts to win the military."

Qu Duan, the official in charge of the Privy Council, also said: "Your Majesty, I agree to compete for martial arts to win the soldiers."

OK, the two military leaders are here to make trouble!

Zhao Huanzhen couldn't even cry. The military officers of the Song Dynasty were so arrogant and dared to act arrogantly in the Chongzheng Hall.

If it were in the early years, the censor in the palace would have been impeached.

Thinking of the Censor, Zhao Huan glanced at the Censor Qin Hui.

Qin Hui was glanced by Zhao Huan and hurriedly came out to report: "Your Majesty, I think it is not good to compete for martial arts to recruit soldiers. After all, it is a literary scholar. How can we compare martial arts to recruit soldiers? It is better to encourage military families to recruit soldiers. Maybe we can give military families a way to promote military families."

Zhao Huan nodded and thought to himself: Qin Hui is still a hero and not afraid of arrogant and domineering military officers.

Qin Hui continued: "As for Wen Ju Cai's target shooting, I think it's feasible."

OK, I found a treacherous minister! Zhao Huan saw through Qin Hui at once. This guy is just a backbone treacherous minister! You are even more traitorous than Yue Fei...

The treacherous minister Qin Hui continued to report: "It's good to take the target test, and it's the fairest to take the target test. You can shoot openly, but if you win, you won't win, and no one can do it. Moreover, taking the target test can also improve the level of building firearms among the people. Now, the firearms in military weapons prisons are not as good as those in Tianjin and Jiangning. In the long run, the country will not be in a state! If the talented people of the Song Dynasty can be allowed to use the target to win the soldiers, they will definitely find ways to build good guns. In the future, our Song Dynasty will not suffer any losses in the firearms."
Chapter completed!