After reading the questions they gave, Ying Gao drew two questions in them, and the questions for the first round of the imperial examination were determined.

Almost all of these two questions are questions that test the school’s understanding of the new policy that Daqin is currently implementing.

Ying Gao believes that when he implemented the new policy, those lecturers should have shown off these things in front of the young people who were listening to the lectures. However, now, the previous new policy has been a long time since then. Ying Gao believes that in recent times, no one will mention the previous old things when he was giving lectures.

Under such circumstances, in addition to what their teachers said, most of the candidates who participated in the exam should draw some conclusions through their observations in the territory of the Qin Dynasty in the past two years, and combined with the allusions in the books of sages they read, they finally formed their own views. This is not much different from the real insights and strength that Ying Gao wanted to see.

"Your Majesty, how should we deal with the bamboo slips answered by these people who participated in the school exam? How should we finally choose the bamboo slips and how to conduct preliminary selections? We can't all take them to you, right?"

After confirming the question, Xiao He asked a very critical question. Of course, he knew that Ying Gao wanted to check the school exam as much as possible, but it would definitely be a very unreliable thing to personally review the answers of each candidate.

"Of course, I cannot cover this matter, but I cannot delegate such great power to the county. They are all 108,000 miles away from Xianyang. Once there are any bad ideas, it will be very difficult to investigate in the end. I will send some imperial guards to transport the answers of these candidates directly to Xianyang City after the exam. After arriving in Xianyang City, you two find some knowledgeable people for a preliminary review and select the best works for me. I will finally determine the list of people who enter the next round. This is the first year of the implementation of the new imperial examination policy. Even if you work harder, you must be very cautious!"

Obviously, Ying Gao wanted to control all the imperial examinations within the scope of Xianyang City. He did not want some local officials to tamper with this thousand-year plan. If this imperial examination caused doubts from the people after it, the credibility that Ying Gao had accumulated over the years would not be very good.

"Your Majesty, this matter takes a lot of time..."

After thinking briefly, Xiao He had to remind Ying Gao, because this incident has spread in the territory of Daqin, and there are no other restrictions on registration except age. In other words, you are just a guy who knows nothing but writing, and you can also take this exam. As long as you don’t say anything that is disrespectful to Daqin or Ying Gao when answering questions, there is no problem at all. However, if there are too many such people, the time spent on the reviewers will be wasted.

Originally, according to Xiao He and Lu Jia's ideas, they would suggest that Ying Gao conduct a preliminary election in each county, at least present the similar things to Xianyang, so as not to waste too much time.

But before they could express their thoughts, they were completely blocked by Ying Gao. Ying Gao obviously did not believe in the local officials in various regions, but Xiao He still wanted to fight for it. After all, there may not be many bamboo slips sent by the entire Qin Dynasty.

"Maybe there will be no need to be such a trouble, but this time, I will not allow any mistakes to occur. Anything that may have an unfair impact on the results of this school exam should not appear here."

"Your Majesty is lenient, and I will definitely finish this matter well. No matter how many bamboo slips there are in the entire Qin Dynasty that need to be reviewed, I will do my best to complete it. I will definitely select the top talents in the Qin Dynasty for you!"

This time, Ying Gao was serious. Xiao He and Lu Jia assured Ying Gao that it was obvious that this matter was definitely a matter of certainty at this time.

"I naturally know the hardships of this matter. I don't know how much manpower and material resources it will take if the bamboo slips are to be transported from various counties to Xianyang City. So for this matter, I have prepared something long ago, which may save you a lot of energy."

After saying that, Ying Gao looked at Xiao He and Lu Jia, who were confused, and waved to his back. A guard took out something, went to Lu Jia and Xiao He and divided it into two, and then handed it over to the two.

At this time, the two square pictures were presented to them, but they were very soft when they were touched. What was even more strange was that they were very white and quite solid.

"Your Majesty, this is..."

"With this item, the bamboo slips are no longer needed in this school exam. The bamboo slips are very bulky, and the contents are very easy to be seen. This is hemp paper. In fact, some people in the southern part of the Qin Dynasty can already make this thing in recent years, but it is not for writing. For this matter, I specially sent Zhang Kai to investigate. After several months, I finally got the method of making hemp paper. Then I tried it in Xianyang City for more than a month, so I made this thing, which happened to be used in this school exam, which saved a lot of trouble."

"I wonder what method is this thing made? If it can really replace the bamboo slips, I can see that this number can replace the two bamboo slips. It will be convenient to transport it!"

Lu Jia always had a very curious heart about such emerging things. He really didn't expect that Ying Gao and Zhang Kai could apply this so-called paper to writing after some transformations. This invention is combined with the imperial examination system proposed by Ying Gao before, and is really a powerful tool to promote the progress of the times.

"This thing is to soak the raw materials such as turmeric, rags and other raw materials in water to moisten them, then chop them with an axe and wash them with water. Then soak them with wood ash water and steam them, then rinse them with clean water, and then pound them. The things obtained after mashing are made into a suspended slurry with water, and then use a leaking paper mold to pick up the pulp. After dehydration, it will become paper. If the surface of the paper is wrinkled, it must be calendered before writing."

After Ying Gao explained his series of professional things, Lu Jia was almost stunned on the spot. Of course, these words were said to Ying Gao after he succeeded. In the end, the paper thing could be popularized a little a little earlier than a hundred or two years. Among them, it was not someone else who was recorded in history, but the first inventor in the Qin Dynasty, Zhang Kai.

"With this thing and the new policy that the Lord just formulated, the spring of my scholars in the Qin Dynasty has really arrived. I want to thank you for the thousands of scholars in the world!"

The reason why Lu Jia said this is not because he wanted to compliment Ying Gao, but because he said it completely from the heart.

Not to mention anything else, just through Ying Gao's explanation just now, Lu Jia thought of the first thing that paper was made really doesn't require anything too expensive. Although the process was indeed a little troublesome, the cost would definitely not be too high. Even if you really want to do it at ordinary people's homes, you can do it.

In other words, under the impact of this paper, the expensive and very inconvenient bamboo slips will soon become a thing of the past, which will greatly enhance the circulation of knowledge compared to the previous era. Therefore, Lu Jia said that the spring for scholars is coming, and this sentence is not aimless.

"Don't talk about those useless things. You seal the test questions I have selected and send people to various counties and send special people to take care of them. It is strictly forbidden for anyone to check them privately. At the same time, each county will bring a few carts of hemp paper for these people to answer. After answering, mark your name and location on the paper. After they finish answering, the people sent to collect the papers that these people answered on the spot and can take them back for review."

Xiao He and Lu Jia passed the process that Ying Gao said in their hearts, and found that there was nothing wrong with you. What they didn’t know was that Ying Gao had taken exams of all sizes in later generations. Regarding the exam, he came up with two ideas, which could ensure the fairness of his imperial examinations in this era.

What should be explained has been explained. Whether it is software or hardware, Ying Gao has paved the road. Next, he will naturally wait in Xianyang Palace for the result he wants.

In fact, at the same time, in a certain place in Xianyang City, Zhang Kai was working on making a huge rubbing. The small seal scripts carved on it were the Qin rules of the Qin Dynasty. According to Ying Gao's requirements, after the rubbing was completed, these things could be printed on many sheets of paper placed side by side, and then arranged and bound them to form a Qin rules of the Qin rules of the Qin Dynasty.

In this era, in such an urgent situation, Ying Gao still felt a little difficult to completely invent the typography technique that was gradually used in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, so he could only use this relatively ancient rubbing method to achieve this.

But Ying Gao also knew that he had opened his head one day. If one day the inspiration appeared in his open head, and with his few tips, some things would probably appear seven or eight hundred years in advance.

This book of Qin rules will be the first book made of paper in the Great Qin era in Ying Gao. Ying Gao will print as many Qin rules as possible and then spread them widely on the territory of the Great Qin, so that the Qin rules that have been modified by themselves will be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people of the Great Qin.

More than a month later, the time when Ying Gao ordered the high school entrance examinations in various counties was about to arrive. At this time, the county magistrate Sun Qian had just spent a full day to entertain the officials sent by the left prime minister Xiao He to Xiang County to transport questions and paper. At night, Sun Qian, who returned to the mansion, hurriedly found his daughter Sun Yue. Because it was not a few days before the imperial examination, Sun Yue had been working hard these days with stacks of bamboo slips.

"Father, don't bother me anymore. I still have as many as ten of these ancient books yet."

"Today I just welcomed the official who transported the questions. The questions were still closely guarded by him at this time. As long as you finished answering them, he would transport the questions you answered and wait for the decisions of the emperor and Zuo Prime Minister, Lu Jia and others in Xianyang City. Therefore, this time the exam is really fair. Whether it is a noble or a leader of Guizhou, it is impossible to know a little news in advance. You should do your best."

Although Sun Qian would not do the school exam questions for his daughter, as a county magistrate, he naturally had to inform Sun Yue of the first-hand news he knew.

"Since that's the case, aren't those nobles who are ready to move no longer have their support? This is almost the same. Naturally, they wouldn't know how much energy the children of Guizhou heads have to spend in order to listen to lectures in the county? Fortunately, the emperor is really an emperor who understands the people's sentiment. The reason why our Qin Dynasty can develop to this point is all related to the emperor!"

Sun Yue is still a very strong little girl. Although she is the kind of female official that Ying Gao said before, she wants to rely entirely on her ability, but she feels that she is still a little short of it now.

After all, after the news came out, the few who had been teaching them all said that only those who recited the classics to the point of being familiar with each other had a little chance to enter the eyes of the Emperor of Qin. This led to almost no confidence among people like Xiang Sun Yue and others. Although they were all making up for their own homes, how could they learn all the ancient books in such a short time?

"It's okay, how old you are. Even if this time doesn't work, it's okay to wait for another ten years. But if you are like this, your marriage..."

"As a county magistrate, don't you hear that when the emperor married Mrs. Tian Yan, he asked not to have a woman of less than twenty years? Now that the emperor is in power, you naturally don't have to talk about the marriage so early. It's not too late to say it five years later. By that time, maybe my official position is already higher than my father."

After hearing Sun Yue's rebuttals, Sun Qian actually found that he had nothing to say. In addition, he was very spoiled by his daughter's age, so he could only smile slightly and make up his mind. He would refuse the nobleman in Nanhai County's proposal to let Sun Yuexia marry him tomorrow.
Chapter completed!