In ancient Times, in order to successfully select outstanding talents, China established the imperial examination system from the Sui Dynasty to continue for thousands of years, until the last year of the Qing Dynasty was abolished. The emergence of the imperial examination system also had a great impact on the neighboring countries, and they also followed the example of China's implementation of the imperial examination system and selected outstanding talents to serve the country. This system was held once a year during the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, and from the Song Dynasty onwards, it was changed from once a year to a biennial examination, and gradually became a three-year examination to complete the question answers within the specified time, which is equivalent to the college entrance examination system in today's society. As early as the Tang Dynasty, there were already many types of items for the imperial examination, and there were many contents, and in the Ming and Qing dynasties, the eight strands of literature became the main content of the imperial examination.
At that time, the creation of this system broke the monopoly of the family clan on the official titles in the imperial court, and the state's selection of talents was relatively fair and just, making the appointment of talents more diversified by the state, and fully acquiring people at different class levels to serve as court officials, so that the development of the country was in a good state. Candidates who achieve the first place in the imperial examination will be crowned as champions, but the road to becoming a commissioner is not smooth, and the so-called ten-year cold window is not asked, and it is known to the world for a lifetime. Becoming a champion requires many examinations to come to the monarch to accept the temple examination, and the township examination pays more attention to pen work, so this temple examination is equivalent to the interview of the current civil service examination, which is a great test of the candidate's ability to adapt to changes, and if the content of the answer is appreciated by the monarch, it is considered a success.
In the ancient period, the last examination of the imperial examination was generally asked by the monarch himself, and the three best personnel were selected from the candidates who passed the previous rounds of examinations in various regions, and then awarded the title of Champion. Undoubtedly, the gold content of the yuan is the highest, and only candidates who win the first place in front of the monarch will be awarded. Candidates who can come to the capital to accept the test of the monarch naturally have a certain degree of superiority, otherwise they will be eliminated in the written test long ago, and the candidates will have the opportunity to make a name for themselves, and Guangzong Yaozu will naturally do his best to prepare for this palace test, and is bound to show all his mastery in front of the monarch.
What is the matter with such a candidate who was not able to answer the monarch's question in the palace examination, but was finally appointed by the monarch as a champion. It is elusive for the monarch to make such a move, this practice was decided by the Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, and later generations of people have a good and bad evaluation of Qianlong, some praise the great contributions made by his country, and some people will think that he has done a lot of outrageous things. However, there is no controversy about one thing, during the reign of Qianlong, the Qing Dynasty was in the most powerful period, the country was rich and strong, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. Social development is stable, and it once became a world power. For Qianlong, this can be a place of pride for him.
Qianlong will also bring personal color to the examination evaluation in the very serious imperial examination, and he will make a couplet in the palace examination held: Smoke Lock Pond Willow, who can answer this link and make him satisfied. Qianlong's couplet contained many elements such as gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, which was very difficult for the candidates, and Ji Xiaolan, as a famous talent at that time, could not answer it afterwards, let alone the candidates could answer it. After a while, a candidate came to Qianlong and told Qianlong directly that his question was too difficult, and when he was just about to leave, Qianlong stopped him and told him that the couplet itself had no answer, and you could decisively choose to give up, indicating that you had enough understanding of your own ability, so he made this exam a champion.
Qianlong believed that the country was already in an extremely powerful position, and no country could surpass the Qing Dynasty and began to become arrogant, adopting a series of self-contained policies and refusing to communicate with outside countries. In fact, such policies did not have much impact in a short period of time, and lacked contact with Western countries, resulting in the excellent achievements of other countries not being able to enter China, which undoubtedly played a bad role in the foreign policy of future monarchs, China missed the opportunity to learn from Western industrialization, and the industrial base was almost zero, resulting in the last years of the Qing Dynasty being difficult to withstand the invasion of Western powers.