I am not a deposed emperor of Han Dynasty

Chapter 526: The first imperial examination has come to an end, % of the people are from poor families, and the aristocratic families will wither away!

The imperial examination is the sharpest knife that can cut off the foundation of a wealthy family.

According to the established system set out in the "Imperial Examination Meeting", the prefectural and state examinations are scheduled in March every year, and the national examinations are scheduled in September every year.

Therefore, the former is also called the spring test, and the latter is called the autumn test.

The national examination, which started on September 15th and ended on September 30th, was the first real imperial examination in the Han Dynasty.

Although Liu He announced the implementation of the imperial examination system a year ago, the "Imperial Examination Meeting" announced in March this year is still far from last year's "Imperial Examination".

From preparation to the start of the exam, it is still inevitable to be rushed.

But with the joint efforts of the great scholar Wei Xian, Guang Luxun, Gong Sui, Taixue Ling Wang Shi and others, the curtain finally came to an end.

It must be said that Wei Xian still had the appearance of a loyal minister, and he conducted this significant first imperial examination in a decent manner.

The love letter in Liu He's hand clearly describes the situation of this imperial examination.

A total of 531 Confucian scholars participated in the imperial examination, and people from all 104 counties in the world came to participate.

It can be seen that no matter what the reason is, the prime ministers of each county attach great importance to this imperial examination and do not want local Confucian scholars to be absent.

Among them, the Confucian scholar who traveled the farthest came from Yuenan County—not just a thousand miles away, it could be called a thousand miles away.

[Yuenan County is in the southern part of today’s Vietnam]

In order to catch up with the imperial examination on September 15th, the Confucian scholar named Huang Qingshan set out from Yuenan County in June this year.

It took a full three months of traveling, crossing the sea, and horseback riding to get to Chang'an, and barely made it in time for the imperial examination.

Along the way, Huang Qingshan encountered pirates and bandits, encountered jackals, tigers and leopards, was almost captured by natives, was almost poisoned by miasma, and got sick many times...

This experience can be described as a narrow escape from death.

The governor of Yuenan County was also very competent. He sent five servants to Huang Qingshan and asked them to escort Huang Qingshan to Chang'an to take the exam.

When Huang Qingshan entered Chang'an City from the city gate, three of the five servants were already dead.

Unfortunately, Yuenan County was too remote and poor. It was also the last county to receive the "Imperial Examination Requirements", and there were no great Confucian scholars in the area.

Although Huang Qingshan has great ambitions, his knowledge is still lacking.

In the end, he failed to stand out from the imperial examination.

In order to commend him, Liu He specially allowed him to study in Taixue, so that he could prepare for the imperial examination in the coming year.

Of the 531 Confucian scholars who participated in the imperial examination, a total of 100 students stood out, divided into eight subjects, and the number of scholars in each subject varied.

The number of one hundred people is not a fixed number. It was determined by Guang Luxun and Gong Sui based on the vacancies of official positions in the court this year to avoid redundancy.

In a few days, these 100 people will take part in the palace examination - Liu He will re-rank them.

The symbolic meaning of the palace examination is greater than the actual significance. With this palace examination, all Confucian students who pass the examination become the nominal disciples of the emperor, avoiding the possibility of them forming a party with the examiner.

These one hundred Confucian scholars could not take up official positions immediately. Instead, they had to study in Department A of Taixue for half a year before taking up official positions.

Nowadays, Taixue is divided into Department B and Department A. The former recruits Confucian students according to the original adult system, while the latter is used to train candidate officials-the chief instructor is Liu He.

Liu He turned back a few pages and found the part about "The Origins of All Lives."

It records the basic information of these one hundred Confucian scholars, including their place of origin, family background, teachers, subjects, etc.

Soon, Liu He saw a familiar name in the subject of [Metalworking and Woodenware].

A total of twelve people passed the [Metalworking and Woodworking] exam, which is considered a subject with more candidates. The one who ranked last was called Meng Xing.

"Meng Xing is a native of Changyi County, Changyi State. He has a household number of 70,000. He is a disciple of Zhou Chushou and has twelve names in [metalworking and woodworking]."

All the information inside matched up, and Liu He could confirm at a glance that this was Meng Ban's sixteen-year-old son. It seems that in the past year and a half, he has not wasted his time on the job.

Looking at this familiar name, Liu He's memory couldn't help but go back to that day in April last year.

Liu He and Yu Wuyou went to Guantian in Changyi State to teach a group of old farmers how to use new farm tools. They passed by the Meng family's workshop on the way, and they had a conversation with Meng Xing.

Then, he hired the Meng family as workers in Changyi, and then brought them to Chang'an City.

At that time, Meng Ban kept calling Meng Xing a fool, but he didn't expect that he would pass the imperial examination now.

In March next year, they will be released as officials, and it will still cost 400 shi - at least the work officer order of a county.

Although Meng Xing is young, he has been with Yu Wuyou and Li Zhang for so long, so he must have this ability.

Liu He also remembered something else.

During that trip, Liu He ate the meat buns he made for the first time, taught the farmers how to use a curved plow for the first time, and was almost recruited as a son-in-law by an old farmer.

These things only happened a year and a half ago, but when Liu He thinks about it now, it feels like a lifetime ago.

Meng Xing is such an idiot, he has a bright future.

With a smile on his face, Liu He continued to read down, scanning all the information of the hundred Confucian students who passed the entrance examination, and was very satisfied with the results.

Ordinary household registration in the Han Dynasty is divided into three classes according to the family name.

Those with a household income of less than 30,000 yuan are classified as lower households, those with a household income of 30,000 to 100,000 yuan are classified as middle households, and those with a household income of more than 100,000 yuan are classified as upper households.

Of course, this upper household can have no boundaries, and the household number is millions, tens of millions, or even tens of millions, and it is still called an upper household.

Of course, these households have the largest number, they have created the most social wealth, and they are also the most oppressed.

This time, 20% of those who passed the imperial examination came from lower households, 50% from middle households, and 30% from upper households.

Among the 30% of the upper households, half came from families with a hundred thousand to five hundred thousand people. There were not many Confucian scholars from wealthy families with more than half a million people.

This is another level of fairness in the imperial examination.

There is no shortage of hard-working people with lofty ideals among wealthy families, but with a comfortable life, it is inevitable that there will be some slacking off.

The common people from poor families only have this chance to make a living, so of course they will bite the bullet and take the exam.

After seven or eight more years of imperial examinations, and these "new officials" who have passed the exams will show their prominence in the court and local areas, the relationship between the aristocratic family and power will gradually be severed.

The successful holding of the national examination also means that the appointment system, the inspection system and the recruitment system have officially withdrawn from the stage of history.

China's historical process has taken another big step forward.

"Mr. Wei Ge, this trial of the imperial examination has been very good. I should reward you and add 500 households to your fief."

"Your Majesty, you can't do it. This is a matter that belongs to the old minister. The Wei family has only a small number of people, so there is no need for so many fiefs. Please take back your order." Wei Xian said with some fear and said goodbye.

The old man's sincere expression didn't look fake.

That's right. There are too many fiefdoms nowadays, which is not necessarily a good thing.

Liu He did not delve into the reason, just nodded, stood up and helped Wei Xian up.

After that, he repeatedly praised Webster's achievements and ended the topic naturally.

Finally, Liu He finally picked up the last love letter-the love letter related to the conquest of the Huns.

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