The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 372 Chapter 371
Zhang Yan did not take any action against Gongsundu, and everything went with the flow. After staying in Pengcheng for two or three days, Gongsundu returned to Liaodong with a sad state of mind.

Soon after Gongsun Du left, Zhang Yan sent envoys to Liaodong to reward Gongsun Du in the name of the Son of Heaven.In addition, Zhang Yan sent Li Cai to secretly sneak into Liaodong to inquire about the situation in Liaodong for him.

After that, Zhang Yan focused on the imperial examination system wholeheartedly.

After some careful preparations, after entering September, Dahan officially ushered in the first imperial examination in history.Since the third year of Jian'an, the imperial examination system has set the basic policy of nine-year compulsory education, but since Zhang Yanping settled Hebei and his sphere of influence has more than doubled, the urgent need for talents has made him unable to wait that long .

Therefore, in the past few months, Zhang Yan accelerated the selection time of the examination. The county examination and the state examination were basically completed within a month.

Candidates from all over the world came to Pengcheng one after another, and rested in the newly built literature museum. Gu Yong was in charge of the reception work, and had a basic understanding of the students who came to take the exam from all over the place.

There are a total of 520 students who came to the exam this time. These people are all elite students selected from the three stages of the county exam, county exam, and state exam.Because Zhang Yan vigorously promotes the imperial examination system and attaches great importance to it, the imperial examination has become the most stringent thing for officials in every previous imperial examination. All examiners must report the situation of the imperial examination to the court. Later, Zhang Yan even sent Jinyiwei to station in the local area to achieve transparency in the supervision of the imperial examination system.

Therefore, these 520 students can be said to be one-in-a-million students. To a certain extent, these people are already considered outstanding.

After Gu Yong arranged for the students rushing for the exam, he checked them one by one according to the list of candidates reported by each state.

However, on the last night before the palace examination, Gu Yong only verified 520 people, and one person did not come to report for unknown reasons.

For the first time, Zhang Yan presided over the imperial examination as the regent instead of the emperor, but unexpectedly, a candidate was absent from the exam, which inevitably made people think that Gu Yong was very useless.

Because of this, Gu Yong also seemed very anxious. He looked at the name of the absent candidate, and it was called "Sima Yi".

Sima Yi, courtesy name Zhongda, was born in Wen County, Hanoi County, Henan Province, No. 1 in Wenxian County Examination, No. 1 in Hanoi County Examination, and No. 1 in Henan Prefecture Examination.

Gu Yong looked down at the short records in his hand of the candidates' hometowns and the examinations at all levels. After reading it, his expression showed a little surprise.

In the third year of Jian'an, Zhang Yan formed a new state with Luoyang, Xingyang, and Hanoi. Because Luoyang was broken and Zhang Hong lived in Henan City for a long time, he named it Henan Prefecture. It was the smallest state in Zhang Yan's entire sphere of influence. .

Although Gu Yong was a little surprised by Sima Yi's exam situation, but after thinking about it, the population of Henan Prefecture is far less than that of other prefectures. In addition, there are not many well-educated people, and there are probably not many people who took the exam, so Sima Yi was not placed in the exam. in the eyes.

However, Sima Yi hasn't arrived yet, if there is one person missing in the palace test tomorrow, the fault will be entirely Gu Yong's.

Therefore, Gu Yong hurriedly sent someone to look for Sima Yi, no matter what, he had to find him. There was only less than a day left, and Gu Yong seemed very anxious.

However, Gu Yong had never met Sima Yi before, so he didn't know what he looked like. When his subordinates asked what Sima Yi looked like, Gu Yong stared at him, and he didn't know anything, let alone answer.

The officials under him had no choice but to be blind. At the entrances of the various city gates in Pengcheng, they waited and asked the people who entered and left the city one by one, and asked them who Sima Yi was.

However, this efficiency is too low.At this time, Gu Yong suddenly thought: "Sima Yi is from Wen County, Hanoi, and Sima Lang is also from Wen County, Hanoi. Besides, the Sima family is quite famous in Wen County, Hanoi. Since Sima Yi and Sima Lang have the same surname, maybe we can learn from Sima Lang. Ask something."

It was too late to say, but soon, Gu Yong hurried to Sima Lang's mansion.

When Sima Lang heard about Gu Yong's arrival, he immediately went out to greet him. After exchanging pleasantries, Sima Lang took Gu Yong to the hall to sit down, and said to his servants, "Bring tea to Mr. Gu!"

Gu Yong waved his hand and said: "You don't have to be polite, Lord Sima, I am here to ask for something important, please help me, Lord Sima!"

Sima Lang and Gu Yong are both newly promoted young officials, but Gu Yong's official career is a bit smoother than Sima Lang's.Sima Lang was promoted from the local area. He just arrived in Pengcheng a month ago and temporarily served as an advising doctor. He usually went to court when he was supposed to go to court, and went home when he was not. His daily life was very boring.

There is no intersection with Gu Yong, just an ordinary colleague relationship, but in terms of official position, Gu Yong is much higher than Sima Lang.

As the saying goes, the first rank of officials crushes people to death, not to mention that Gu Yong's official position is a very powerful official position, and he is fully active in front of Zhang Yan, and it also plays a linking role in the court.

No matter what the relationship is, Sima Lang has no reason to refuse to help Gu Yong.

So, Sima Lang asked: "If Mr. Gu needs help, I will definitely help you!"

Gu Yong hurriedly asked Sima Lang about Sima Yi. After hearing this, Sima Lang had a look of suspicion on his face, and hurriedly asked, "Master Gu, why are you looking for Sima Yi? Did he break some law?"

Seeing that Sima Lang was so nervous, Gu Yong could immediately guess that there must be inextricable connections between Sima Lang and Sima Yi, otherwise, Sima Lang would not have shown such an expression.

Therefore, Gu Yong hurriedly asked: "Master Sima, do you know Sima Yi?"

"Not only do you know each other, you can say that you are very familiar with them!" Sima Lang said, "Master Gu, you haven't answered me yet. Why is your lord looking for Sima Yi?"

Gu Yong hurriedly told Sima Lang about Sima Yi's absence, and said that Sima Lang had won No.1 in the county, county, and state exams three times in a row. Is something wrong?

After hearing Gu Yong's words, Sima Lang burst out laughing, and said to Gu Yong, "So that's what happened. I thought Zhong Da had committed a crime. This kid, he took part in the imperial examinations." You didn't even tell me."

After hearing this, Gu Yong hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "I also ask Lord Sima to enlighten me and tell me about Sima Yi's whereabouts."

Sima Lang said: "Master Gu, you don't need to look for it, Sima Yi is in my residence."

"Oh?" Gu Yong boldly guessed, "May I ask what is the relationship between Lord Sima and Sima Yi?"

"To tell you the truth, Sima Yi is the younger brother of a compatriot of a lower official." Sima Lang said.

As soon as Sima Lang finished speaking, Gu Yong suddenly realized, because Sima Lang's word was Bo Da, and Sima Yi's word was Zhong Da. They were divided according to Bo Zhong Shu Ji, and Sima Yi was Sima Lang's second brother!
Gu Yongdao: "I see! I wonder if Master Sima can call Sima Yi to see him?"

"Well, since my lord wants to see him, I'll send someone to call him." Sima Lang turned around and said a word to a servant beside him, and the servant turned and left.

After a long time, Sima Yi lazily came to the hall, his eyes were slightly hazy, as if he had just woken up from a big dream, but he still looked like he hadn't woken up yet.

"Brother, I was sleeping soundly just now, why did you call me in such a hurry?" Sima Yi yawned and said slowly.

"Zhongda! This is Master Gu Yong, come and pay your respects!" Seeing Sima Yi like this, Sima Lang became annoyed, but he couldn't express it in front of Gu Yong, so he hurriedly reminded him.

Only then did Sima Yi regain his composure, and hurriedly cupped his hands to Gu Yong and said, "The student lost his composure just now. I didn't know Mr. Gu was here. Please forgive me, Mr. Gu."

Seeing that Sima Yi was eight feet tall, imposing and handsome, Gu Yong liked Sima Yi three-points, and he was not very old, only about seventeen or eighteen years old, and his face was still a little immature.

Gu Yongdao: "Sure enough, you are a good-looking talent! Sima Yi, let me ask you, since you have arrived in Pengcheng, why don't you go to the Literature Museum to report?"

"Returning to the adults, Zhongda and his brother have been separated for a long time, and they have a lot to talk about, so when they came to Pengcheng, they first stayed at his brother's house for a few days, and planned to go to the Literature Museum to report tonight."

"I see. Since you have already arrived in Pengcheng, then I don't have to worry so much. How about this, you go to the Literature Museum to report first, and after the report, it will not be too late to come back to catch up with your brother! This way, I will save money. Went to a lot of things."

"Yes, then Zhongda will go to the Literature Museum to report."

Now that Sima Yi has come to Pengcheng, Gu Yong is no longer anxious. After leaving Sima Lang's mansion, he and Sima Yi went to the Literature Museum. Along the way, the two of them were silent, but Gu Yong was secretly observing Sima Yi. every move.

Sima Yi arrived at the Literature Museum, and after the report was over, he didn't plan to go back to Sima Lang's house, so he stayed in the Literature Museum, waiting for the imperial examination to be held tomorrow.

The next day, the imperial examination was held as scheduled. Gu Yong first went to the literature hall to issue examination numbers to all the candidates, from No. 520 to [-] No. [-], in the order of reporting to the literature hall. Sima Yi was the last one because he reported the latest Number.

These 520 people, according to the candidate's number, were neatly arranged into three long teams, and under the leadership of Gu Yong, they walked slowly from the Literature Museum to Yanwang Mansion where the palace examination was held.

Since today's son is under one year old and unable to govern himself, the regent King Yan is in charge of all affairs of the court.In other words, King Yan has become the controller of the actual power of the Han Dynasty.

Candidates entered Yanwang Mansion within the stipulated time, and a table of 520 was placed on the square of Yanwang Mansion. The test number was pasted on one corner of the table, and candidates were seated according to the number.

After a while, about a thousand fully armed Huben warriors came out of Yan Wang's mansion, and then surrounded the examination room, standing there straight, staring straight at the examination room, for fear that the candidates would cheat. Or the phenomenon of inspectors and invigilators cheating.

However, these one thousand tiger soldiers put a lot of pressure on one of the 520 candidates. Before the exam, he was already nervous...

(PS: Some readers responded that there was a little error in the time details of the imperial examination in Chapter 367 of the previous article. It has been corrected now, but it does not affect the reading of the entire plot. Readers are welcome to continue to point out some BUGs or mistakes in the article , the author is very grateful.)
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