My whole family was in exile, and I relied on my space to buy half of my country.

Chapter 256 Alternative Imperial Examination
At this time, Sun Hongda took out a book and consulted Jiang Tangtang about the knowledge in the book.

Jiang Tangtang immediately understood that what these old men wanted might not be the talents she thought they were, but new talents with smart minds, a spirit of research, and the courage to think and do.

Jiang Tangtang immediately decided to hold an examination in Lingnan to select talents from all the people.

But the exam she offers is different from the traditional one.

She wants to select some who are smart and eager to learn, and after training, send them to various appropriate departments.

Jiang Tangtang thought of a solution in his mind and felt relaxed. He asked the old men at the shipyard to go back and build the ship with peace of mind. What they wanted would be delivered soon.

When Jiang Tangtang returned to the Yamen, the first thing he did was to summon all the staff from the Staff Office and announce the news.

The staff in the Staff Office were not surprised that the imperial examination was to be held to select talents.To his surprise, Jiang Tangtang wanted to hold a different kind of imperial examination.

In addition to the imperial examination held by Jiang Tangtang, the test questions were different from usual. What surprised all the staff was the people who were referred.

"All people with legal household registration in Lingnan, Cangwu and other places can participate? Then there will be no saying that criminals cannot participate in the imperial examination?"

"Convicts are still not allowed to take part in the imperial examination, but the sins of the fathers will not affect the next generation. All examinations in the future will follow these regulations. In addition to criminals, slaves can also take part in the examination." Jiang Tangtang felt that there was no need to make the entire exam Tangled up in things.

The main thing to consider now is how to set the test questions.

Her idea was to compile a book and distribute it before holding the imperial examination. Some of the exam questions might come from these books.

Of course, most of these books are about modern knowledge, and during the exam, some questions will be asked, asking those taking the exam their opinions and solutions to some of them.

Jiang Tangtang did not expect that these ancient people who had never studied physics could understand it by reading books and studying on their own.

So she had to think carefully about writing books.

She is responsible for writing books, considering questions, etc., while people in the staff office are responsible for organizing examinations.

But people in the staff office felt that Jiang Tangtang's policy was too tolerant to those criminals.

"Madam, you must not set this precedent! It is a great gift to allow slaves to take part in the imperial examination. How can we let the children of criminals also take part in the imperial examination?"

Jiang Tangtang frowned, "The sinner made a mistake, and the child didn't make a mistake, so why not?"

With the influx of a large number of refugees, crimes occur from time to time in Cangwu and other places in Lingnan.

But Jiang Tangtang set up patrol teams on the streets, with patrol points set up every few villages.As long as someone makes trouble, they will be arrested and sentenced according to the law they violated.

For minor cases, they can be released after being sent to the mines for a period of hard labor.But serious cases, such as robbery and murder, will be sentenced to life-long hard labor in the mines.

"Although this is the case, there are no good bamboo shoots anywhere." Wen Minshun said disapprovingly.

"Who can tell clearly what kind of bamboo shoot it is?" Jiang Tangtang settled the matter with a tough attitude without resorting to sitting in a row.

Although the people in the staff office did not agree, they still followed Jiang Tangtang's wishes very obediently.

As a result, the news that Jiang Tangtang was about to hold a unique selection examination quickly spread in Cangwu, Lingnan.

Many people were excited when they heard that this exam did not discriminate against people of origin and that everyone could take the exam.

They all started to inquire.

Jiang Tangtang's new book has not yet been compiled, but the news that Jiang Tangtang set the exam questions has already spread.

Many people went to the study to buy books, and books such as introductory arithmetic, which had been very unpopular in the past, were all sold out.

The people of Lingnan set off an unprecedented craze for studying, and even many princes from aristocratic families participated in this craze for studying.As long as I have some free time, I will take out the books I bought in the study that look very plain but not easy to understand, and read them, and they will get together in twos and threes to discuss them.

Workers in many workshops will also get together to discuss after work.I was reluctant to spend money on books, so just a few people bought one and studied it together.

But for farmers who cannot read or write and have been working in the fields all their lives, they are still more concerned about the second season of rice.

With the success of the first season of rice planting, everyone is more confident and has higher expectations for the second season of rice.

Jiang Tangtang is still very busy. In addition to handling official duties and writing books, she now has one more homework to do every day.

That is to learn inner strength and mental methods from Lu Shiyan.

Lu Shiyan originally only planned to teach her some women's self-lighting techniques for self-defense.But he didn't expect that when he was giving instructions to Jiang Tangtang that night, Jiang Tangtang's body had undergone earth-shaking changes and was now very suitable for practicing.

So I changed my previous thoughts and decided to teach her to breathe and learn internal skills and mental methods.

Of course Jiang Tangtang would not refuse.

In fact, when she woke up in the morning and found that her body was expelling a lot of sludge-like dirt, she had a bold guess in her mind.

She guessed that it all had something to do with opening up the muscles and meridians.

She used to move into space, and her body could absorb the spiritual energy in the space.

But because her veins had not been opened before, although she could absorb the spiritual energy in the space, the spiritual energy was absorbed very slowly and the effect was not obvious.

And she opened up her veins and absorbed spiritual energy suddenly faster, which is why she had such an earth-shaking change.

If it really has something to do with opening up the muscles and meridians, then maybe you can absorb spiritual energy faster after practicing the inner strength method.

She couldn't tell what changes would happen in the future, but there would definitely be no harm.

Therefore, Jiang Tangtang began to learn internal skills and mental methods from Lu Shiyan every night.

However, during the day, the two still rarely had time to see each other.

Jiang Tangtang is busy organizing national examinations, and Lu Shiyan's army has also been preparing for military competitions in full swing recently.

In addition to traditional events such as horse trials, archery, bow drawing, knife dancing, and stone breaking, the competition also added new events such as darts, swimming, and obstacle relays.

Many of the new projects were derived from Lu Shiyan's reading of modern military books, which he thought were good and borrowed from the past.

Of course, Lu Shiyan couldn't understand it at first glance.There were many things that I didn't understand until I asked Jiang Tangtang for advice.

Not only did the competition add new events, including daily training, Lu Shiyan also added many modern training events for soldiers.

Lu Shiyan was very experienced in military training. After combining some modern experience, Lingnan's soldiers have undergone qualitative changes.

Soldiers train intensively and consume a lot of energy every day. When it comes to nutritional supplements, Jiang Tangtang, who is in charge of logistics, has not fallen behind.

In addition to the meat from the breeding farm that is often sent to the military camp, Jiang Tangtang also regularly sends a batch of vegetables or fruits that come from space and contain spiritual energy.

Soldiers are given good food, good treatment, and have corresponding protection if they are injured.This has allowed soldiers to continue to rise in status among the common people.

In the past, ordinary people were unwilling to join the army. Whenever the imperial court recruited troops, they felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy.

But this year, there are still more than two months before the conscription, but many ordinary people have gathered together to discuss the matter of applying.

(End of this chapter)