On the morning of the 13th, Li Mengxi led people out of the city. He wanted to find a place to post the examination papers of the scholars so that they could be made public and suppress criticism.

At the city gate, after exiting the city gate and taking a few steps back, Li Mengxi raised his head and looked at the city wall again and again. He tilted his head and thought for a moment, (On a spring day in February, the spring breeze is mostly from the east, so I posted a sign on the west gate.) Think about it.

After that, Li Mengxi led the people around the city to the west gate.

Last winter, when the city was in chaos and he wanted to camp outside, Liu Bei mentioned that he could camp at the south gate. Li Mengxi was puzzled at the time and asked why he had to camp at the south gate.

Liu Bei said yes, the sun is strong at the south gate and it is warmer.

From this, Li Mengxi understood clearly at that time that camping was originally related to the season. Then he extended it and thought that if you camp in a mountainous area, you should camp to the south in winter because the sun is warm;

When the shady side of Zhaying Mountain faces the sun due to the snow melting in spring, the snow layer is unstable and the possibility of snow avalanches is much higher than on the shady side.

The relevant knowledge here has been recorded in Li Mengxi's The Art of War.

Now he went to post the test papers and list the essays. Li Mengxi learned and applied them flexibly. He could even use Dongfeng inadvertently.

Outside the west gate, Li Mengxi and many people were preparing to start the work of posting the list. The first task was, of course, to measure the height and length of the city wall, and then combine it with the number of test papers to divide every inch of space.

The city builder carried the rope on his back and took the benchmark to measure, from one end to the city gate, and then from the city gate to the other end.

After bringing back the city builders and the measurement data, Li Mengxi silently calculated. He calculated that thousands of test papers could cover a full circle of the city wall.

After that, according to the fourteen subjects, the entire section of the west city wall was divided into fourteen areas. Each area was led by a centurion with many soldiers holding papers, carrying a lake basin, brushes, and ladders to start filling the wall.

Post.

Li Mengxi was responsible for posting the list, which was posted near the city gate. The list was made up of multiple huge pieces of paper. At the top of the list, there was a gorgeous red flower drawn with cinnabar. The big red flower was made by Li Mengxi, unlike any other.

There are actual flowers, but they look very festive.

Under the red flowers is the inscription.

The top 100 names are all listed in red letters, and the names of the hundreds of people below are all written in black ink.

Before deciding on the candidate for the list, Li Mengxi discussed it with Liu Bei and Guan Yu for a long time.

The only criterion for selecting talents in scientific examinations is scores, but the problem is that the test is not about one subject, but fifteen subjects. After taking so many subjects, there are both total scores and individual subject scores.

If the admission is based on the total score, some people who have outstanding scores in a single subject but not outstanding other talents will be buried. However, if the admission is based entirely on the scores in a single subject, it will not be possible for those who have outstanding overall scores but are not good enough in a single subject.

fair.

The problems encountered at this time have actually been encountered in the military before.

During previous wars, a large number of prisoners were often captured, and in order to fully absorb the prisoners' manpower for one's own use, manpower selection became the key.

The method of selecting manpower from prisoners is to first select special talents such as blacksmiths and carpenters, then select those who are proficient in riding skills as cavalry, then select strong ones as crossbowmen, and then select strong ones as swordsmen.

The shield warrior, the last young and strong man, is the spearman.

This is the way to get the most out of your manpower.

There is a question here. Suppose a person is proficient in riding skills, strong, and masters a rare skill. Which category should this person be assigned to? The answer is, to be included in the craftsman camp.

The problems encountered in manpower selection in the military are also encountered when selecting talents after examinations.

Among the combat manpower, there will be those who are proficient in horsemanship, those who are strong enough to serve as crossbowmen, and some who are both. In the same way, among the scholars, there are also those who are proficient in classics and articles, and are also proficient in mathematics.

So, if there is a scholar who is good at both writing and calculation, how should we arrange it?

The standard of arrangement is that talents are valued at a premium when they are scarce.

There are a lot of people who are proficient in classics, but there are really very few people who are proficient in mathematics.

Therefore, in accordance with the principle that things are rare and valuable, if a candidate is excellent in mathematics, he will choose the rarest mathematics subject as his placement.

Among the different candidates, those who are proficient in numeracy are mostly selected, while those who are proficient in Confucian classics are selected less frequently.

Hundreds of scholars are selected according to two selection methods. One is that the top 70 people with total scores are all admitted. The rest are ranked from top to bottom according to the scores in a single subject. The best scores in a single subject are selected from among hundreds of people.

So many names.

This system is a combination of college entrance examination and specialty recruitment.

After the list was posted, Li Mengxi took a few steps back and looked up. Fortunately, he could see the words at the top clearly.

About an hour later, all the test papers of the candidates were posted on the west city wall. Half of the city was covered with them. It was full of them. At a glance, half of the wall was white, which was very shocking.

Li Mengxi went over to check. He saw that in each examination area, the densely posted test papers were arranged from top to bottom, from right to left. The order of the test papers in all areas was the same.

There are many red-framed papers attached to the circle. These papers are newly printed standard answers for scholars to check their answers.

After checking it from beginning to end, Li Mengxi turned around and called the ordering soldiers, "Go and inform Duke Xuande that the list has been posted, and the scholars can come out to read it."

The ordering soldier clasped his fists in salute and trotted into the city.

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In Julu City, where the Junzi Camp is located, even if the results have not yet come out and the imperial examination has not yet come to an end, the scholars in the Junzi Camp have to teach the children to read and learn calligraphy when they have free time.

Since the vast majority of people who participated in the imperial examination were from the Junzi Camp, the place where these scholars gathered became the gathering place for the imperial examination scholars. Jian Yong and others who came from Zhuozhou were waiting for the news and to communicate with others.

For discussion, we can only come to Junzi Camp.

Most of the Julu scholars had gone to teach. Jian Yong and others were curious, so they went to take a look.

Entering a tent at random, Jian Yong saw many children, big and small, sitting obediently in the tent.

In the innermost part of the tent, there is a door panel. The door panel is pasted with linen cloth with glue. There are a few large words written in white lime water on the linen cloth. The teacher smiled at Jian Yong who came in, and then walked over.

The teacher had a casual chat with Jian Yong. Jian Yong saw that each of the children sitting on the floor had a wooden plate in front of them. The plate was filled with clean sand. Children of all sizes were holding tachyon-like

Pen, write seriously on the sand table, write one stroke, glance at the model word posted in front, and write another stroke, meticulously.

Jian Yong looked at it and nodded secretly. He smiled and asked the teacher, "There are so many children in the army. I am surprised. All the children are taught. It's really hard work."

As he spoke, Jian Yong bowed his hands to the teacher.

"Where is it!" The teacher quickly returned the greeting and said with a smile, "Teaching and educating people is also a pleasure!"

Just then, the messenger arrived.

As soon as the messenger arrived, he shouted at the top of his lungs, "Gong Xuande has an order! The test results have been released, you can go out to the west gate to check!"

"The test list is out, you can go to the west gate to check it!"

The teacher and Jian Yong listened for a while and heard that the results of the scientific examination were out. The teacher immediately arranged the children and told them not to fight or run around.

Then he and Jian Yong went to see the list together.

On the road, there was a rush of people anxious to see the results, rushing outside the west gate.

When Jian Yong arrived, there were already many people crowded at the city gate, and a large number of people gathered under the banner to watch.

Jian Yong stood on the outside, but after a while, people came from behind and surrounded Jian Yong. People crowded forward. Jian Yong was hit by people on the left and right. Jian Yong seemed unknown.

Because he also cares about the list.

Looking up, Jian Yong saw at a glance that the hundred candidates who were admitted to the test were written on the top, all written in red letters.

Taking a closer look, the person at the top of the list is Qin Shu, a Julu native from Guangzong, followed by Qin Shu's scores in multiple subjects and his total score.

Jian Yong was quite curious, who was this Qin Shu who outperformed other talents?

On one side, they were also whispering, and the scholars looked around and whispered to each other, all asking, "Who is Qin Shu?"

"Guangzong people, who of you is from Guangzong and who knows him?"

…

The crowd was talking about it.

Next to Jian Yong, the teacher who came with Jian Yong looked up at the name at the top of the list with a slightly excited expression, then looked back at the score, and a happy smile appeared on this person's face.

Suddenly, someone slapped the teacher hard, "Brother Qin Shu!" The visitor pointed at the list excitedly and shouted, "Brother Qin Shu, look, aren't you the first one?!"

As soon as the visitor made this announcement, the eyes of everyone nearby immediately gathered over.

The buzz of discussion disappeared, and the atmosphere was quiet for a moment, and then,

"Congratulations! Congratulations, brother, for ranking first!"

"congratulations!"

"

…

Immediately, there was a sound of congratulations from the heart.

Qin Shu, who topped the list in high school, was very humble. He smiled slightly and said, "What the hell! Brothers are just lucky, lucky ears!"

Raising his hand and pointing at the list full of names, Qin Shu smiled and said, "There are many distinguished people on the list, and Qin Shu is not the only one? Why stare at someone if you don't look at the list?"

Qin Shu was funny. Everyone laughed, looked at Qin Shu enviously, and then quickly looked at the list again.

Jian Yong found out that the mediocre teacher who came with him was the first one this time. Jian Yong was surprised and looked at Qin Shu.

I saw that Qin Shu was in ragged clothes, with a stubbled beard, a straw rope tied up his hair indiscriminately, and a tattered straw sandal waiting on his feet.

Looking down, he saw Qin Shu's tattered straw sandals. At the same time, Jian Yong also saw a pair of cowhide boots on his feet. Jian Yong immediately knew that he was wearing much better clothes than Qin Shu in front of him. His clothes were ragged and scrawled.

However, he was able to win the first place. Jian Yong felt that many high-ranking scholars were poor.
To be continued...