Sky Curtain: The Overlord Charges into Battle, Shocking Emperors of All Dynasties

"The imperial examination?"

"take an exam?"

Many emperors' eyes lit up; they seemed to have discovered something wonderful.

Should talent be selected through examinations?

That sounds really useful!

Ying Zheng's eyes flashed, but quickly dimmed again.

This idea is good, but it's impossible to implement in the Qin Dynasty.

Although the Qin Dynasty already possessed printing and papermaking techniques, they had not yet been implemented nationwide.

Moreover, there is a crucial issue: the written language is not yet fully standardized. The texts from various countries that have been collected are written in different languages. How can we conduct examinations under such circumstances?

Without widespread education, even if talented individuals are selected through examinations, they will mostly be nobles, and many will be former nobles from the six ancient states.

Ying Zheng sighed, then rallied his spirits.

This is not something that can be accomplished in one generation. What he can do now is to stabilize the Qin Dynasty and prevent it from collapsing after only two generations.

He wanted to leave Fusu a stable and prosperous Qin Dynasty.

During the Han Dynasty, emperors began to consider whether they could add another examination to the existing recommendation system for further selection.

This would also prevent local officials from colluding with powerful clans and recommending incompetent and useless individuals to higher positions.

It can be considered to have played a certain screening role.

The situation was somewhat different during the Wei, Jin, and Southern and Northern Dynasties, especially the Jin Dynasty and the Southern Dynasties.

"First we had papermaking and printing, and now we're getting imperial examinations?"

"Exactly, you want me to sit in the same place as those peasants taking the exam? Don't even think about it!!"

"Exactly! Our current official positions were passed down from our ancestors. Exams? Suffering? Our ancestors already took care of that for us!"

These men, embracing beautiful maids, gathered together to vent their frustrations.

How could they possibly give up their official positions? Not even if they had to compete in the exams together.

It wasn't that they were afraid of failing the exams against those scholars from poor families, but rather that they couldn't set a precedent.

If you can hold a stable official position, why bother studying hard and competing with others for that position?

Some scions of wealthy families who are skilled in drinking, feasting, singing, and dancing have hardly read any books, yet they still manage to become high-ranking officials.

My father is Wang Tong, and Xie Ju. Is your father the same?

"If the emperor doesn't know what's good for him, then he can forget about staying on his throne!"

"If the Xiao family of Lanling can ascend the throne and become emperor, why can't the Wang family of Langya?"

"Exactly! My Xie family of Chenjun wouldn't mind either!"

[Actually, it wasn't just Zhang Heng. If you look closely at famous poets throughout history, almost all of them were unsuccessful in the imperial court, such as Han Yu and Wang Anshi. Most of their poems and essays were written when they were in exile. For the ancients, poetry was a minor pursuit.]

Li Bai, Du Fu, and other famous poets, didn't they all write their timeless masterpieces because they were frustrated in their official careers?

Follow-up comment: Li Bai was different; his personality wasn't suited for being an official.

Follow-up comment: It's also possible he's too idle; he writes poetry whenever he drinks, and drinks whenever he writes poetry.

The young Du Fu looked up in surprise.

Is it me? Can I also write those masterpieces that will be passed down through the ages?

But I'd rather realize my own ambitions.

Meanwhile, Li Bai in the restaurant tilted his head back and downed another cup of wine, his eyes blurry with drunkenness.

Du Fu? Who was that again?

I seem to vaguely remember it, but not much?

Another glass down,

Oh! I remember now, that little guy who idolized me so much!

However, Zhang Heng's career didn't go so smoothly afterward. He was a pragmatist, the kind who was in charge of auditing accounts, which blocked many people's path to wealth.

Follow-up comment: But he got away scot-free in the end. The auditors not only didn't die, but they also didn't go to jail. You can judge the value of his escape from jail.

cut~

Child's play!

Although Feng Dao was old, he was still vigorous, stroking his white beard, a hint of arrogance appearing on his wrinkled face.

What's so great about escaping unscathed? Do you even understand the true value of being a veteran of ten dynasties?!

It must be said that the imperial examination system was truly the greatest system for selecting officials in China; Emperor Yang of Sui did just that one good thing.

Follow-up comment: Stop trying to whitewash Guang Shen. The imperial examination system began with his father, Emperor Wen of Sui, and officially started using examinations to select talent.

Follow-up comment: The greatest emperor of all time on the internet, my God Guang!

Follow-up comment: Without his father, he was nothing. If Emperor Wen of Sui had chosen a good successor, the Sui Dynasty would not have perished after only two generations!

Many ancient people stared wide-eyed.

There are also experts.

The Qin Dynasty has worthy successors!

...

Yang Jian closed his eyes, appearing resigned, but his right hand tightly gripped Dugu Jialuo's.

It's here, it's finally finally here?

Speak! Tell me everything Yang Guang has done! I can accept it!

At this moment, Ying Zheng was very surprised that there was actually a dynasty that, like the Qin Dynasty, perished after only two generations.

However, Ying Zheng had to admit that he felt a slight sense of schadenfreude.

It's not just our Great Qin that's losing face now!

Great Qin has found its companion!

Almost everyone learned that dynasty song in junior high school.

The Xia, Shang, and Western Zhou dynasties, with the Eastern Zhou divided into two periods.

Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period, Unification by Qin and Han Dynasties

The Three Kingdoms of Wei, Shu, and Wu, and the Jin Dynasty's influence extended further.

The Northern and Southern Dynasties coexisted, followed by the Sui, Tang, and Five Dynasties.

After the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, the imperial dynasties came to an end.

Stop! Stop!