This day was the so-called good and auspicious day set by Ying Gao himself. Of course, this was just a statement from officials of all levels to the outside world. Of course, they didn't know that this was just a day that Ying Gao thought of casually in his head.

But of course, the life will not affect the enthusiasm of the candidates in more than 30 counties of Daqin. Moreover, before they participated, they all received notifications from Lizheng, the head of the pavilion and others in their place. They did not have to carry anything themselves, but just took their hands and feet to write. Whether it was pen and paper, the Emperor of Daqin paid for it.

This news has benefited many poor candidates. They know that they may not have to lag behind others before they even started because they don’t have good wolf hair and bamboo slips.

This is a way to take the exam that everyone has never heard of. When the candidates walked into the designated room, they found that the seats were neatly arranged, and each seat had a name on it, and prepared pens and ink, but there were no bamboo slips, and they were replaced by two white sheets.

The candidates who arrived early basically found their seats under the gaze of the fully armed Daqin Guards at the door. After sitting down, they found that they and the candidates in front and back were basically not aware of them. Facing a blank piece of paper, they didn't know how to proceed with the school entrance exam for a while. They could only look around in a daze and wait silently.

Finally, when someone reported that the time had arrived, the doors of each room suddenly closed, and the imperial guards from Xianyang City stood at the door, finally letting the candidates in the house feel some extraordinary places in the school exam this time.

"You can write on paper with the wolf hair in front of you. The paper replaces the function of bamboo slips. There are two hours in total. You have to wait until the time is up before you can leave. The questions are on the wooden board in the room. During the school exam, if someone makes noise at will, they will be disqualified immediately. After answering, all the questions you answered will be transported to Xianyang City. Jun Shang and Zuo Xiang and others will personally check the best to conduct the next school exam in Xianyang City."

A fully armed guard walked to the front of the room. After saying this, he lifted the cloth covered on the wooden board in front, and the two questions were immediately revealed.

Ying Gao deliberately selected two questions, which was his own intention. If some candidates have prepared one of them before, the second one will definitely answer the answer is a huge difference between the first one, and there is a total of two hours. Ying Gao can completely judge whether the time allocation of these candidates is reasonable based on the detailed answers to these two questions.

Ying Gao believed that such details would definitely help him select similar talents, then fill the Qin officialdom, and prepare for the Mauryan Dynasty, which was about to require a large number of talents.

At this time, Sun Yue was naturally sitting among the candidates who were quite unfamiliar with her at night. Because she was a woman, she attracted some attention along the way. However, in the room where she was, there were more than one woman. She probably estimated that there were about four or five women among every hundred candidates.

Although it is very unusual, Sun Yue also knew that she was no longer an independent person. There must be many women in the Qin Dynasty who were doing the same hard work as herself. This is the opportunity given to them by the Emperor of Qin. As for whether she can seize it, it depends on them.

When most candidates saw the two questions on the wooden board, the first thing they thought of was to greet the whole family of the old guys who usually gave them a lecture.

Because these two questions are clearly stated, let them talk about the new policies before the Qin Dynasty based on their own views. If they randomly write the contents of the books they have already recited, there is no possibility of promotion. Their ideas must account for more than half of the answers to be considered qualified.

In this case, two hours are very short for these candidates. Obviously, Ying Gao ignored a problem, that is, writing on hemp paper with wolf hair is faster than embroidery in this era, but not much faster, not to mention that the Qin Dynasty used such a complex small seal script. Logically speaking, it is not actually very much to give three hours.

But real talents are often born in such an environment.

In the eyes of these candidates, these two hours are basically the fastest two hours they have lived in these years. When the time is up, many candidates are still sweating and flying.

It was not until the guards repeatedly warned that if anyone did not put down the paper and pen in his hand, it would be invalid. Only at this time did these people reluctantly put down the paper and pen. Seeing that the things that were carrying their achievements over the years were taken away by the guards, they had a trace of expectation, but a trace of fear in their hearts.

Among this group of candidates, there is a very young man. Although he looks like he has a beard, his real age is not too old, just reaching the age limit proposed by Ying Gao.

He is one of the few candidates who put the content of their answers neatly when it comes time, and then Shi Shiran walked out of the examination room and left on his own.

There is no other reason, because this person's experience is already very profound in this era, and there are many opportunities better than this. He has really experienced it in the first half of his life.

When Wei was about to be destroyed, he was fortunate to become the majesty of Wei. Of course, he was also the last majesty of Wei. After Wei was destroyed, he began his exile career and participated in Liu Bang's anti-Qin army. However, he later saw that the situation was not good and he escaped. Later, because of the several general amnesty of the Qin Dynasty, he obtained the legal status of the Qin Dynasty. He had always had a dream in his heart, a dream that appeared in the Qin Dynasty again, and his name was Cai Yin.

There are actually some people like him, but it is not certain that there are many people who really have real talents and knowledge among these people.

This time, the imperial examination was more anxious than the candidates, and it might be Ying Gao. He almost counted his days and waited for the answers of the entire Qin candidates.

Moreover, during this process, Ying Gao also found more than a dozen doctors and censors in the Qin Dynasty who were diligent and more appreciated by Ying Gao for Xiao He and Lu Jia, and asked them to be responsible for the review of the test papers of candidates within the entire Qin Dynasty.

Finally, after counting, more than 30 counties reported to Xianyang City in total, which means that there are more than 4,000 candidates in each county. Of course, Ying Gao restricts his age, but from a larger perspective, there is still a big gap with what Ying Gao had expected before. According to Ying Gao's original estimate, the candidates who took the exam should have nearly 10,000, but now, they have only completed half of his expected ones.

As for the reason, Ying Gao also knew. After all, after the implementation of the new policy of the lecture school, he sent many censors and other people to various counties to learn about the local situation.

At that time, according to the news sent back by various Qin officials, although there were still many people in the lecture hall, the proportion of the entire Qin population was not high. Only some families whose burden was not so heavy would go to the lecture hall. Most of the families that were old and young and had to farm still chose to let their children help them bear the entire family, rather than letting them spend a lot of time on the lecture hall.

This situation was not something that Ying Gao could do overnight. After all, there was no reward for listening to lectures in the lecture hall. Only when those young people who attended lecture halls every day instead of farming really became an official in the Qin Dynasty. Even the smallest officials could make his neighbors change their views on lecture halls.

This impact is also gradual. The imperial examination alone cannot change this situation. Only when the imperial examination becomes large in a few years will more and more children go to the lecture hall.

However, the benefits of more than 4,000 test questions are obvious. That is, under the leadership of Lu Jia and Xiao He, more than a dozen reviewers took only about ten days to find out the smooth words, know some allusions, have some answers to their own opinions, and handed them over to Xiao He and Lu Jia.

At this time, more than 300 answers were left in their hands.

"Left Prime Minister, should we submit all of these more than 300 copies, let the Lord decide by himself, or do some screening?"

Lu Jia's head was obviously still a little more lively. He knew that even if they both said that these bamboo slips were almost unique, Ying Gao would definitely believe it. And if they presented them all, it would prevent some talents that Ying Gao admired from burying in their hands, right?

"It's better for you and me to use some time to review it. The Lord is already very hardworking for my Daqin country. It's better to save some energy for him."

As soon as Xiao He said this, Lu Jia knew that he could not escape the tiredness of this matter, so he could only take away part of the hemp paper and start a new job with Xiao He.

Finally, the ones that arrived in front of Ying Gao were more than 100 answers, and all of them were screened according to Ying Gao's requirements.

"Your Majesty, these more than 100 people have all shown some of their ideas in their answers, rather than copying all the books of their predecessors. Although many of them have their ideas quite immature, it is very likely that they will be made after training. Please review them yourself and then decide who to choose to participate in the second round of the examination in Xianyang City."

"I wonder how many women are there in these more than a hundred people?"

"This... is only two."

"Not enough. This time, there must be at least five women among the people who come to Xianyang City to take the exam, and at least three more people must be selected!"

The two of them were a little confused about Ying Gao's statement. They thought to themselves that they had said before that women and men were treated in a normal manner? Why did they start to deal with these things again?

But they naturally could not tell Ying Gao this in person, and the request made by Ying Gao was not too much, it was just increasing the number of women taking the exam to five.

Ying Gao actually didn't plan to read the answers of more than 100 people one by one. After he read all the more than 100 articles, it was probably several days later. Therefore, Ying Gao's decision was to keep the articles of these people here. He would read them slowly in the future, and directly issue an edict from Xianyang Palace. The more than 100 people entered the second round, and set a date for them to come to Xianyang City to participate in the second round of the exam, and then sent them to various counties.

Ying Gao was indeed a little anxious when he did this, but this time he had no choice but to be unhappy. The Western Regions would definitely be built quickly in Fusu's hands. The occupation of the Mauryan Dynasty could not be delayed for too long. He must pick out at least a dozen reliable talents or people with great potential from the more than 100 people as soon as possible. If this were not the case, the talents needed by the Mauryan Dynasty would probably fall apart after being directly assigned to the Qin Dynasty's court.

The news was passed one by one, and the first one was naturally to the county magistrates of each county. Among them, Sun Qian, the county magistrate of Xiang County, was naturally the most anxious because his daughter was also in the exam this time.

Looking forward, looking forward, finally, less than two months after the school entrance examination was over, an envoy came to Xianyang City. It was still Ying Gao's imperial guard, not any minister in the court. This detail fully demonstrated that Ying Gao had controlled the imperial examination in his own hands.

Because Xiangjun is located in a remote location, there are not many people in Xiangjun this time. However, after Sun Qian took over the list, he found that the first person to be the one who was his daughter Sun Yue. In addition to being surprised, he looked at the remaining two names and found that one was another woman who accompanied his daughter to listen to lectures every day, and a man, a son of a family with a rather family in Xiangjun.
Chapter completed!