Chapitre 131: Chapter 131: Junior

The examination system of Nanzheng State had been implemented three years ago, its regulation growing stricter with each passing year. When the unified examination was first introduced, most of Nanzheng, from high to low, viewed it with skepticism, with a faction of the aristocracy secretly deriding the initiative. Zheng Congyuan did not enforce the system with a heavy hand but rather implemented it gradually, like nurturing drizzle.

The unified examination did not consider the candidate's aristocratic background or rely on elder recommendations. Any male from Nanzheng State, aged between thirteen to sixty, could enter into the government through this examination.

The first group of officials who had passed the unified examination had now permeated the bureaucracy. Three years was neither too long nor too short a time, yet it was sufficient for something once disfavored to slowly gain acceptance and even develop into a deeply rooted and growing force.