This time, the literary examination for recruiting talents was held in the Imperial College outside the Imperial City. The Imperial College was equivalent to the highest institution of learning in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the National University.
Next to the Imperial College was the Ming Hall, which was also a place used for sacrifices, selection of scholars, and other places to publicize politics and religion. It was equivalent to the Temple of Heaven.
Beside the Sacred Central Crypt was the spiritual altar, which was equivalent to an observatory. It was a place to observe astronomical phenomena and predict good or bad luck.
Back then, Zhang Heng had presided over the invention of the armillary sphere and the earthquake instrument on the spiritual altar. It was one of the top scientific research institutions in the Eastern Han Dynasty, similar to the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
These three places were known as the " Three Harmony Palaces ". They were typical gathering places for Eastern Han scholars. They were similar to university towns in the future, and they were the kind of top universities!
When the news that the "Theory Examination" was about to begin spread like wildfire, many students were in an uproar. This also caused their dissatisfaction!
According to Liu Bian, the Imperial Examination would only be held in June next year. Was this "literary examination" deliberately giving those conscripted students with connections a backdoor?!
The scholars, who were already dissatisfied with Liu Bian's education reform, gathered at the palace gate and shouted that it was unfair!
In fact, the scholars present also knew that Liu Bian could take the " literary examination " and use the examination method to select talented people. He could not be directly conscripted to become an official. It was not the same as the previous system that relied on connections, background, and money. It was already very fair and just!
However, under the bewitchment of some people, these students who were originally filled with hot blood and had nowhere to vent their anger, these hotheaded and single-minded students, these students who were affected by the flow, were directly used as guns!
Liu Bian was so angry that he started laughing!
The ministers and the talents he recommended were all well-educated and talented. Many of them were resourceful and scheming. They were all famous strategists in the future!
Only then would they be qualified to directly take the theory examination, which was equivalent to the national examination!
These scholars were equivalent to high school students and university students in the future. Now, they had not even experienced the college entrance examination, and they wanted to participate in the national examination?!
Liu Bian fulfilled their wishes and directly registered for the "literary examination", which could be considered as a warm-up simulation for next year's "imperial examination".
It could also let these students have a taste of the fear of being dominated by the national examination. Did they really think that it was so easy to get into the civil service?!
This action caused the scholars of Luoyang to cheer. Regardless of whether they had the ability or not, they immediately registered. In just a few days, tens of thousands of people had registered.
Scholars from the surrounding provinces and counties had come to the capital because of this. It was easy to imagine that when the literary examination truly began, the number of people taking it would exceed one hundred thousand!
Fortunately, Liu Bian had invented movable type printing in advance and improved paper making at the same time. Otherwise, just the questions on the test paper would give them a headache!
Now, they only needed movable type printing. Not to mention 100,000, even a million people could be printed with ease.
Liu Bian also took this opportunity to get the printing department to print books like Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry. He didn't miss out on the printing of the Four Books and Five Classics. He sold them in Luoyang at a price as cheap as cabbage!
This shocked the scholars who had come because of the literary examination!
One had to know that during the Eastern Han Dynasty, books were family heirlooms and were not easily lent out. Many scholars had begged their grandparents for a chance to borrow a famous book to read.
However, most scholars had no books to read and no connections.
This also gave the aristocratic families the opportunity to build a network of relationships. Through books, filial piety, honesty, and other channels, they sold favors. In the end, their students and old officials spread all over the world.
Now, Luoyang's Xinhua Library actually had a large number of books for sale at low prices. This caused scholars to go crazy and buy them!
Especially when the scholars found out that the contents of this " literary examination " and even the future " imperial examination " were all from books such as " Mathematics " and " Physics ", almost everyone took a copy and went home to study!
He believed that after this incident, the mathematics, physics, and chemistry level of the Eastern Han would have a huge leap!
Compared to the "literary examination" that caused a sensation among the scholars, the news of the "martial examination" was much duller.
Although there were many tourists who claimed to be highly skilled in martial arts, they were not as enthusiastic as the scholars.
Time passed in such an atmosphere. Three days later, the martial examination began!
At this time, there was no such atmosphere as in the later generations where literature was respected and martial arts were suppressed. The Six Arts of the Noble Son had courses such as riding and archery, and the Confucian scholars were not weak scholars.
The burly man was even more valiant in martial arts, skilled in archery and riding!
Thus, when the martial examination began, it attracted the attention of many scholars and commoners.
"I didn't expect that I, Lu Fengxian, the number one valiant general in the world, would be reduced to become a combat soldier (examiner) in the martial examination?”
Lu Bu looked up at the sky at a 45-degree angle, his face filled with despair.
"Father, this is also the chance His Majesty is giving you to redeem yourself." Lu Qiling said helplessly. Do you want to stay in a dark prison cell for the rest of your life?”
Lu Bu came to his senses and helplessly accepted this fact.""Your Majesty is unfair! Why can Zhang Liao and the others return to Bingzhou to fight on the battlefield, but I still have to rely on sparring to atone for my sins?”
" It's all because you're too close to Dong Zhuo…" Lu Qiling mumbled." We're already out, why are you still complaining?!"”
"Qiling, what did you say?"
"No!" Lu Qiling denied.
Lu Bu couldn't be bothered to argue with this little girl. He stretched his bones, put on his armor, raised his Heaven Scorching Halberd, and sat on his red rabbit horse!
At this moment, Lu Bu, who was wearing a purple gold crown with three tridents tied into his hair, a red brocade robe with hundreds of flowers on his body, a beast-face armor with a dragon head, a lion belt around his waist, and a halberd in his hand, had once again returned to the demeanor of the number one fierce general in the world!
"Lulu-"
The Red Hare shouted loudly as if it was welcoming its master's return.
Lu Bu caressed the red rabbit, its fur shiny and muscles muscular. He was satisfied."Looks like His Majesty didn't treat you badly!”
Thinking back to the happy times during this period of time, Red Hare let out satisfied cries. Lu Bu shook his head helplessly and said to Lu Qiling,""Qiling, I'm setting off!"
"Father must be humble, diligent, and hardworking to atone for his sins!”Lu Qiling cheered for Lu Bu.
Lu Bu couldn't be bothered to answer. He wasn't an old cow. He squeezed his horse's belly and suddenly exclaimed,"" What's this?!"
"Stirrup!"
Cao Zhengchun replied expressionlessly. In the entire world, there were very few people who could control Lu Bu, and Cao Zhengchun was one of them.
Liu Bian had sent him to supervise Lu Bu to prevent any accidents.
"Stirrup?"
Lu Bu stepped on the stirrups and felt that he could borrow strength from his waist. His eyes lit up."With this item, my combat strength on horseback can be increased by 30%.
"No wonder the Snow Dragon Cavalry could sweep away the Western Liang cavalry. They are divine weapons on the battlefield!!!”
Lu Bu wasn't stupid. He quickly saw the advantage of the stirrups.
Cao Zhengchun didn't urge Lu Bu. After Lu Bu savored the convenience of the stirrups, Cao Zhengchun pressed the horse's belly and galloped off.
"Eunuch Cao, do you want to get on the horse?" Lu Qiling also had a white horse with a silver bell and followed closely behind.
Cao Zhengchun smiled innocently and shook his head.""No need!"
After saying that, Cao Zhengchun activated his True Qi and shot out like an arrow, easily catching up to Red Hare.
Lu Qiling's heart trembled." No wonder you could defeat Father…" She then followed closely behind.
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