Cao Cao Dispels Rumors About Liu Xun Opening the Imperial Examination
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"Fengxiao, do you have any good ideas?" Cao Cao said excitedly.
" Liu Xun wants to hold the emperor hostage to command the vassals. We'll spread the word among the vassals that he's up to no good and wants to abolish the emperor and stand on his own. He'll call on the vassals to help the king," Guo Jia revealed his plan.
" This plan made Liu Xun lose everything and become the target of everyone. It's indeed a good plan," Cao Cao said.
"Let's retreat back to Yanzhou and spread the news that Liu Xun wants to abolish the emperor and make himself emperor. "At that time, even if those dukes don't find trouble with him, the nobles and ministers of Luoyang, the great clans, and the other great clans will find trouble with him," Cao Cao said with a chuckle. He was in a good mood for a moment.
Cao Cao's army retreated from Luoyang. The first round of battle ended with Liu Xun's temporary victory.
Liu Xun began to plan how to consolidate his rule in Luoyang. After all, the aristocratic families here had deep roots.
First, Liu Xun built a small city half a mile away from Luoyang and moved Emperor Xian and Wu Baiguan there.
Liu Xun had his reasons for doing so. However, he did not expect that this matter would become a pretext for Cao Cao and the others to attack him.
When it came to people who opposed Liu Xun, this matter became the fact that he imprisoned Emperor Xian of Han.
After some deliberate exaggeration, the news of Liu Xun's intention to usurp the throne spread at an extremely fast speed.
Liu Xun still didn't seem to notice it because his mind wasn't on it.
Although he knew about these rumors, he was confident in his strength and did not put the opposition in his eyes. This was the arrogance of youth.
He wholeheartedly tried to restore Luoyang's production and restore its former prosperity.
The second thing was to open up wasteland in the army and try to be self-sufficient to reduce the burden on the people.
At the same time, he issued a notice to let the exiled people return to their homes.
The war had caused a lot of land to become barren, and there were lands without owners everywhere. Liu Xun's idea was to rest with the people and let them return to the land.
This era did not value industry and commerce and despised invention and creation.
However, Liu Xun knew very well that industry and commerce played a huge role. Merchants promoted the circulation of goods and played a huge role in the prosperity of the economy.
Liu Xun gave the merchants the green light to travel freely between Luoyang and the other prefectures and counties.
The tables, chairs, and beds that Liu Xun had promoted in Yizhou had become popular among the upper class.
With a sudden inspiration, he cooperated with the Zhuo family and set up a workshop to produce tables, chairs, and beds. He then used the Zhuo family's caravan to transport these things to the territories of the various dukes to sell and earn profits to buy food, horses, and ironware.
Third, set up the imperial examination system to select talents for the country.
The imperial examination system, which had only appeared in the Sui Dynasty, was brought to this era by Liu Xun.
The imperial examination system of feudal society had cultivated a group of pedantic scholars who valued social science and despised natural science. It was not necessarily possible to select talented people. In view of this, Liu Xun decided to change the situation.
The Imperial Examination had four subjects: learning, governing the country, military affairs, and science. The examiners were not divided into high and low status. As long as they thought they were talented, they could take the exam.
One could choose one of the four subjects or choose multiple subjects. The settings were flexible.
The purpose of setting up a subject was to win over scholars. These people might not be of much use in governing the country and fighting wars, but they could sing praises for themselves and build momentum for themselves in politics. It was essential.
The main purpose of setting up a department of governing the country was to select talents for governing the country. Currently, it was mainly to find strategists.
The first military division was mainly to select generals, to observe riding horses, archery, and to wield knives and clubs.
The first subject of science was mainly about mathematical knowledge. Those who had inventions could be directly hired. Witch doctors and workers could take the exam as long as they had a skill.
When the news spread, the entire country was in an uproar. Since ancient times, they had never seen such a method of selecting talents.
For a time, Liu Xun became the focus of the fishing boat. His deeds and legends became more and more legendary.
This was an era where the gentry dominated, and the ordinary commoners had no chance to stand out at all.
Not to mention those itinerant workers, stonemasons, and carpenters. They were all regarded as lowly people. Now, they could actually participate in the imperial examination and become officials.
Three months later, the imperial examination began. The examination hall was crowded with people, shoulder to shoulder, and endless.
A person named Ma Jun first entered Liu Xun's line of sight. This person saw that at that time, the loom had 50 steps for 50 warp threads and 10 steps for 10 warp threads, so he changed the loom to 12 steps, which greatly improved the efficiency.
Good heavens, this greatly increased the efficiency of weaving. Liu Xun waved his pen and announced Ma Jun as the top scholar of science.
Surprise and surprise were everywhere. An examinee called Pang Tong had written a policy of governing the country clearly and logically. It was simply wonderful.
This made Liu Xun extremely surprised. This Pang Tong was a fellow with the same name as Zhuge Liang. He was a Le-level strategist known as "Phoenix".
It seemed that this Pang Tong was testing whether he had a discerning eye. Perhaps he had not been recognized for his talent, and his reputation had not yet been prominent. He had not been put in an important position by other dukes, so he had come to try his luck.
It was said that Zhang Chong and Pang Shiyuan were extremely ugly and could compete with Zhang Song. Perhaps those dukes did not like him when they saw his appearance.
Needless to say, Pang Tong was read as the top scholar by Liu Xun.
What was even more surprising was that during the martial arts examination, Lu Qiling's name appeared in front of Liu Xun.
Could this Lu Qiling be the one who played in the water with him at Dragon Pond?
Liu Xun decided to go and take a look personally. Sure enough, a woman dressed as a man was jumping around on the training field. Who else could it be but Lu Qiling?
When the Eight Desolates Halberd was used, none of the examinees could match it. Naturally, Lu Qiling became the top military scholar.
During the examination, a person named Chen Lin stood out. This person had been famous for a long time and was one of the most famous people in the late Han Dynasty.
The most famous people at the end of the Han Dynasty were the Three Caos and Seven Sons. The Three Caos referred to Cao Cao and his son, while the Seven Sons referred to Kong Rong, Chen Lin, Wang Can, Xu Gan, Ruan Yu, Ying Wei, and Liu Zhen.
With a music-level person like Chen Lin joining, there was no need to be afraid of dueling with opponents in the future.
Naturally, Chen Lin became the top scorer.
In addition to the top scorer, there were also the second-place, the Tanhua, and other Jinshi, Juren, and many other names, so I won't go into detail here.
In addition, it was worth mentioning that a person named Hua Tuo had superb medical skills and was listed as the second place in science by Liu Xun.
Hua Tuo changed his fate of being killed by Cao Cao.
When the day of the release of the results finally came, the students were all looking forward to it. When they saw their names on the list, they were smug. When they saw their names on the list, they beat their chests and stamped their feet. They put on a tragicomedy.
The four top scorers were all dressed in red and riding on horses. They marched around Luoyang City and attracted countless people to watch.
Especially that Ma Jun, who was originally a slightly famous craftsman. Many people in Luoyang knew him.
This time, the black chicken turned into a phoenix. Those who knew him clicked their tongues continuously. There was envy, jealousy, and hatred. It was difficult to describe all five emotions.
Ma Jun's success showed the lower class people another path to success.
After that, Liu Xun met with those who passed the examination and hired them according to their talents, appointing them all to official positions.
He had a long-term plan. He was going to set up an academy to nurture talents for the country.
After thinking for a long time, the academy was established. It was divided into two parts. One was called Dongchang Academy, and the other was called Jianzhu Academy.
Many of the officials who were admitted to the Imperial Examination were appointed as doctors of the academy. Liu Xun was appointed as the dean of the Dongchuang Jianzhu Academy, Chen Lin as the vice dean of the Dongchuang Academy, and Ma Jun as the vice dean of the Jianzhu Academy.
In the future, the talents cultivated by the two academies would all be Liu Xun's disciples.
In this way, he had these people firmly in his hands.
After a long conversation with Pang Tong, Liu Xun felt that this person's talent was not inferior to Jia Xu's, so he immediately appointed him as the Left Military Advisor and Jia Xu as the Right Military Advisor.
After everything was ready, Liu Xun summoned Lu Qiling alone. He held her delicate hand and felt the warmth from her palm. He had a thousand words to say, but he didn't know how to begin.
After playing in the water in the dragon pond, fighting in the martial arts competition, and exchanging love with red beans, the two of them were even closer in their hearts. Everything was silent.
"Ling 'er, didn't you hear what I warned you back then? When the lower body was surrounded, you and your father should have come to seek refuge with me. "I missed you so much during this period of time. I came to Luoyang for you," Liu Xun said emotionally.
"I tried to persuade my father, but he wouldn't listen. "A proud person like him really doesn't want to go to a young man who's only about twenty years old," Lu Qiling sighed, tears welling up in her eyes.
The past was unbearable to recall.
"Where have you been all this time? Where's your father?”Liu Xun asked with concern.
"In the battle of the bottom half, I was separated from my father and lost track of him. I had no choice but to lead a portion of my father's men up the mountain to become bandits. Last month, I went down the mountain to rob. I heard that the newly appointed Wuwei General Liu Xun had opened the imperial examination. I was curious and didn't know if it was you. I was itching for a chance, so I told my men to watch over the stronghold and came over to take a look.”
" I didn't expect to see you here. What's surprising is that I even won a martial arts champion." Lu Qiling was overwhelmed.
" You probably didn't expect that your father's former subordinates, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, and Wang Kai, were all in my army. That Wang Kai even said that he would go back to your father if he found him," Liu Xun said.
I'll go back and gather my old subordinates and get them to come down the mountain to surrender."
"Alright, let's go together.”
" Pfft, who's going along with your wife? You don't know shame." Lu Qiling spat. She looked shy, but she was happy inside.
"After you came, I have an idea. Let's form a female army and let you lead it. What do you think?”Liu Xundao suddenly hugged Lu Qiling and kissed her forehead.
Lu Qiling pretended to struggle for a while and allowed Liu Xun to hug her.
After a while, Liu Xun told his subordinates to bring Lu Qiling and recruit all the old subordinates of her father who had fallen into the weeds on the mountain.
Lu Qiling was dressed in women's clothing. When she walked into the meeting hall with Liu Xun, they felt that her beauty was compelling. Everyone's eyes were fixed on her.
Those generals who had been defeated by her in the arena and had just joined the battle were ashamed when they thought about how they had actually been defeated by a woman.
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