Both of them are extremely smart, and they are not unaware of the answer to this question, but it is not appropriate for them to say it out loud.

After all, saying that you are a genius who is rare in history is a bit self-boasting.

But if he said that he was just like everyone else, Ye Feng would feel that he was too hypocritical.

Therefore, the two of them were unable to speak and could only fall into silence.

Ye Feng smiled and said, "Why? It's hard to say? Or you can't say it?"

"Well, I won't embarrass you."

"People like you are rare. With your intelligence and wisdom, a county is really unfair to you."

"That doesn't mean that all students taking the imperial examinations have such abilities."

"Promoting too quickly is definitely not a good thing for the entire court."

"Promotion requires step-by-step inspection and assessment. Only those who stand out from the crowd are worthy of high positions and generous salaries."

"This rule must be followed. Future kings will not promote people who are only good at talking about war on paper, like Zhao Kuo, just because of their own personalities."

"Because whether you have the ability or not, you will never stand out in a county."

"This will greatly reduce the number of unqualified people, which is good for the entire nation and the entire empire."

Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong suddenly realized.

The two of them sighed with emotion: "We are short-sighted, how different are we from our lord?"

"My lord, you have good intentions and are thinking about future emperors. You are truly an emperor of all ages!"

Ye Feng smiled faintly: "So you don't have to feel wronged, because this is a basic system of selecting and employing people."

“It allows truly capable people to stand out and showcase their talents.”

"When you soar to the sky in a county, you will naturally be given a higher platform."

"Do you still feel sad now?"

Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong hurriedly shook their heads and smiled awkwardly: "My lord, we know we were wrong."

Ye Feng said: "It is true that I have wronged you two, but I can tell you clearly that this is only temporary. If you are really capable, you will also be able to soar to the sky in the future."

Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong bowed and said, "We swear to serve you till death, even at the cost of fire and water."

Ye Feng stared into the distance: "One last question."

"How can we supervise? How can we inspect?"

“How to evaluate excellence?”

Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong also did not speak rashly because they felt that their brains were not enough.

They consulted Ye Feng about some doubts regarding the imperial examination, but Ye Feng's answers made them touch upon a series of problems in the imperial examination system, all of which were related to the success or failure of the imperial examination, and their previous ideas were too simple.

"My lord, I am willing to follow your instructions."

Ye Feng smiled and said, "Supervision needs to be both open and covert. The court supervises officials from all over the country, but secretly it needs reports from the people." "That is to say, any citizen can report to the court. If this level is not accepted, they can appeal to a higher level."

Zhuge Liang took a breath and said, "My Lord, will this lead to a personal revenge?"

"It is impossible for an official to satisfy everyone. What should we do if those who hold personal grudges deliberately seek revenge?"

Ye Feng said solemnly: "Those who appealed beyond the level of authority must be punished. If the matter is true, they can be exempted from punishment. If it is false, they will be fined three times according to the severity of the crime!"

Zhuge Liang's eyes lit up and he clapped his hands in praise: "Excellent, excellent!"

"If it weren't for a major injustice, no one would take such a big risk to frame someone."

“This supervision system is far better than one company’s opinion.”

Pang Tong continued to ask: "My Lord, how do you examine and evaluate?"

"Inspection and evaluation determine the outcome of this person's administration and are related to his future."

"It's impossible to achieve one light and one dark. Wouldn't it be biased if it was just one light?"

Ye Feng said seriously: "It also requires one light and one dark."

“It’s just slightly different.”

“Ming represents a standard for all places.”

"Use population, taxes, rice, and other standards to represent the quality of local governance."

"In addition to the court's inspection, in order to prevent oppression of the people, it is necessary to secretly inspect their reputation and evaluate the lives of the people."

"If the people and the government are both wealthy, it proves that what you say is true. Otherwise, it must be false."

“In addition, all the proceeds earned each year need to be transported to the central government for centralized dispatch.”

Pang Tong's face was even more excited: "The evaluation of population, taxes, rice and other aspects can prove the improvement compared with the previous ones."

"The truthfulness of the predecessors is very important to the later generations. If they are deceitful, it will be difficult for the later generations to make progress. Naturally, they don't want to hide for the predecessors. Even if the previous officials concealed it well, it would not be able to stop the scrutiny of the later generations."

"If there are problems, there will still be penalties, which is equivalent to a three-way review."

"I think the chance of error is very small."

Zhuge Liang nodded in agreement: "As long as every official can make some progress, the entire empire will prosper, and the emperor can also clearly know from these data whether the empire is progressing or regressing."

"If there is progress, then the policy can be continued. If there is regression, then the policy must be changed."

"wonderful!"

"wonderful!!"

Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong were both smart people. The more they thought about it, the more they understood the power of this inspection system.

This is not aimed at those who have passed the imperial examination and have just entered the official career, but is aimed at all civil and military officials in the court. The assessment of everyone is like this.

In the long run, the empire will only become stronger and stronger, and the two are naturally excited. (End of this chapter)