Chapter 527: A Generation With Heavy Responsibilities
"How? Among these women in Daqin, I must be one of the most knowledgeable ones. My father always sneered at him. I'm afraid he can't refute it today, right?"
After receiving this news, Sun Yue was really happy, especially the friend who went to the lecture hall with him and even suffered many eyebrows was selected to go to Xianyang City to participate in the next round of exams, which gave Sun Yue great confidence that she would really become a female official in the Qin Dynasty as Ying Gao had said in her ears before.
"Now, the king chose more than 100 people to go to Xianyang City to take the next exam. According to the news from the Qin Dynasty before, the king's real talents should not exceed twenty. Although it is already very rare to have reached this point, I don't know how much difference it is to really enter the Qin Dynasty or the counties of the Qin Dynasty to become a real Qin official. I just got better luck and happened to be discovered by the King, and I became a master. In the position of the Qin Dynasty, I worked diligently and regardless of gains and losses, so I achieved today's achievements step by step. But how many people in the Qin Dynasty can be caught by the emperor like me?"
What Sun Qian said was obviously the truth. He naturally knew that there was only one example like himself in the entire Qin Dynasty, and no one could copy it anymore, so his daughter naturally couldn't do it. She could only rely on her own abilities.
Not only that, the words Ying Gao said in front of her were definitely useless. Whether a person like Sun Yue could become the first female officials in the Qin Dynasty must be relying on his own abilities.
Even if she is a woman, even if Ying Gao really prepared some positions for the woman as he said before, her ability should not be much worse than that of other officials in the Qin Dynasty.
"Don't worry, my father, I'm not lucky. Although I have almost never really gained a foothold in the same place after my father over the years, this time, I will try to let the Lord keep me in Xianyang City in one fell swoop. Don't miss me at that time!"
After Sun Yue said this, she laughed. Her words seemed to be half-joking, but in fact they were a true portrayal of her heart. She just wanted to become a female official in the Qin Dynasty. She just wanted to make women in this era no longer a men's accessory, but had their own life and thoughts.
After she understood the matter, she had studied it specifically. She believed that compared with the previous emperor, the First Emperor, Ying Gao's attention to women was many times stronger. This can be seen from his importance to his two wives. In previous dynasties, no monarch or emperor could take his wife on a tour, and ride a horse with his wife and board the warship of the Qin Dynasty together for a review.
These are often things that some people say are all things that go through in Ying Gao’s time, but to Sun Yue’s hearing, the things that can be reflected are a big deal.
When Sun Yue received the notice from Xianyang City, she had a few days to prepare. This time, because everything was captured by Ying Gao himself, it naturally included the itinerary of more than 100 people.
Each county has a small team of imperial guards. There are only three people like Xiang County who go to Xianyang, and there are also a team of twenty or thirty people. After they all arrive at the same place, they escort them directly to the inn in Xianyang City to rest, waiting for the specific arrangements for Ying Gao's next round of exams.
Although such arrangements have made some underestimated the imperial guards who are responsible for guarding the safety of Xianyang Palace on weekdays, there is one thing that fully demonstrates Ying Gao's attention to the imperial examination this time. The county magistrates of each county have almost guessed it when they see this situation. Ying Gao's actions are obviously not at ease with their parents and officials. Some smart people have decided to change their past mistakes and get Ying Gao's respect in all aspects.
Because the journey of some counties is really far away, when most people arrived at the inn in Xianyang City, there were still two or three days left before the exam where Ying Gao personally gave the test.
Because of the special identities of these candidates, Ying Gao allowed them to freely move in Xianyang City. Some young people under 20 years old valued this opportunity very much. They knew that even if they got to this point, they would probably still not be able to reach Ying Gao's eyes. They just thought this was a trip to Xianyang City, and they had fun these days.
As for Sun Yue, when she arrived, she found that there were only five women in the Qin Dynasty who had entered the final exam, and these five people were almost under twenty years old. Unlike many of the men who came from Qianshou families, Sun Yue found that except for the friends who accompanied her to attend lectures in Xiangjun, the remaining three were also the children of the nobles or officials of the Qin Dynasty.
In other words, there are very few women in the first Guizhou family in Daqian who are really the first in Guizhou. Such a general environment makes Sun Yue, who is born in Guizhou, feels a little bit unhappy.
Although her father already has several officials in the territory of the Qin Dynasty, she deeply knows why she and her father have come to this day. No matter when, her father is the representative of the Qin Dynasty's Qianshou, which is a very important way for the Qianshou to recognize Ying Gao.
Cai Yin, the oldest, had already arrived at the inn in Xianyang City at this time. He no longer had the passion of the young men of the 20-year-old. He only occasionally looked through the two bamboo slips he brought out, and occasionally looked at the bustling Xianyang City outside the window in the inn room.
He didn't know if this place would become his destination this time, so he even thought about it. If he really couldn't get into the eyes of Emperor Qin this time, it would be a good choice to do a job in the local lecture hall when he went back.
After all, for Cai Yin himself, no one knew that he had been a servant of Wei before, and became a servant when he was about to fall. This was not a very happy thing.
Although he was still very young at that time, now he can't explain anything. So he has nothing to let go of. If he still can't compare to those young people in the school exams, it only means that all the things he imagined in his mind over the years are self-deceptions, and he doesn't have that strength at all.
Sun Yue and Cai Yin are just two ordinary people among the more than a hundred people. The reason why these people can stand out from thousands of people in the Qin Dynasty under the same conditions is that they naturally have qualities that no one else can compare with.
Some of these people will definitely become the backbone of the future in the Qin Dynasty, but they are not aware of it now.
"Your Majesty, the little Lizheng who was appointed by you back then is now Sun Qian, the governor of Xiang County. His daughter Sun Yue was actually selected for this exam. She is one of the five women. It seems that Sun Qian and his daughter really paid a lot for me, Daqin!"
The exam tomorrow is the school entrance examination, and Ying Gao is still thinking about how to set the questions. The bored Zhu family, who has been following him, was flirting with the previous answers of more than 100 people. They accidentally saw Sun Yue’s answer and said casually that they had to Ying Gao.
"Sun Yue, that little girl has reached this age? Alas, it's really time to forgive me!"
Ying Gao sighed and began to think about his topic again. One of the topics had been written. It was about the land of the Mauryan Dynasty and the people there after the Qin Dynasty conquered the Mauryan Dynasty. Ying Gao could actually guess this question. Many people who gave lectures probably commented on this matter in their own classrooms, but he believed more that people who really had some ideas about this matter would be able to say something different from others.
However, in order to continue his tradition, Ying Gao did not want to start this exam with just one question. After all, if anyone directly wrote down his teacher's views, it cannot be said that this person is very talented, right?
"Sun Yue? You are such a lucky guy. I don't have to stay up late tonight! You can go back and rest!"
With his head down again, Ying Gao suddenly recalled the thoughts he thought when he first saw this pitiful and sensible little girl. As he said to her, the second question suddenly became famous.
The Zhu family didn't understand at all that he had brought up an old past story at will, and what had to do with Ying Gao's need to stay up late. However, before he could ask, he saw Ying Gao suddenly start writing hard again, so he stopped asking anything.
Ying Gao knew that no one would expect this second topic. Those so-called people would never mention it in their lectures. That is, for the Great Qin Empire, women, who account for almost half of the population, contributed to the dynasty compared to men, and whether the Great Qin needed any new policy.
Of course, Ying Gao knew that if the little girl who was only ten years old could remember what she said to her quietly, she might be able to understand her meaning a little now. In fact, this was another gift she gave to Sun Qian and his daughter in Ying Gao's heart. Sun Qian was doing his best to the positions he arranged for him, and I don't know how many beautiful girls he had rejected.
He had no wife. It would be a matter of marrying one or two in this era, but he still spent almost all his time on Xiangjun affairs and his daughter. Ying Gao had received reports. Ying Gao naturally had to reward such a good official. However, it is not certain whether Sun Yue was able to receive this reward.
After Ying Gao finished the questions, he put them on the table and went to bed. The next morning, Ying Gao appeared in the hall again in full spirit, and handed the questions he had prepared directly to Xiao He, asking him to arrange the examination room, and he went to rectify his appearance. According to Ying Gao's plan, before answering this time, he wanted to encourage the candidates in the examination room.
Although the Zhu family once advised Ying Gao to not go this time, after all, more than one hundred people are not a small number, and it would be okay to wait until he really chose more than a dozen from here and then look at it. However, as a general of the Zhu family, of course, they could not persuade Ying Gao in this matter, so he could only wait in the palace since the morning, so that he could protect this emperor who was not good at anything and loved to show off everywhere.
More than 100 people were all arranged in a room by Ying Gao. This was a side hall located next to Xianyang Palace that had been abandoned for a while. There were tables in it, including wolf hair and hemp paper. It was almost the same as the standards in various places before. These candidates immediately felt familiar when they sat in front of this table.
"Your Majesty, don't make noise. If there is any abnormal movement, it will be as simple as canceling the qualification for this school entrance examination."
After a guard shouted a loud warning, the candidates showed a look of expectation on their faces. They were basically people from various counties and counties. Even the local aristocrats were not qualified to meet Ying Gao. This time, Ying Gao would personally encourage them in the exam, which was really something they did not expect.
In this era, it is enough for them to enter the Xianyang Palace, see the Emperor of Qin face to face, and listen to the teachings of the Emperor of Qin once.
As soon as the guard finished speaking, Ying Gao, wearing a black dragon robe, appeared in front of these candidates, followed by several guards with their eyes hidden in their armor. Even if any candidate wanted to say something, he would not have much courage.
"You are all the leaders of my Great Qin. It is not easy to get to this point. Even if you cannot pass this assessment, I will make people record more than 100 of you. What official positions are missing in your county, I will ask them to give priority to you. So this time you don't have any pressure. Just answer the questions. The questions are personally given by me, and the review will be reviewed by me. Whether you can stand out depends on what you are in your head. You are destined to be a generation with the heavy responsibility of my Great Qin era!"
After saying this, Ying Gao turned around and left calmly in the eyes of the candidates who were about to burst into flames.
Chapter completed!