Luoyang grew lively once more.
Following the Imperial Court's last examination to recruit officials, Great Wei began its second large-scale recruitment examination.
The main reason was that its territory had expanded further, leaving it desperately short of officials.
With the lessons learned from the first examination, this second one was much better organized.
The Imperial Court's formal civil service examination and the local law examinations finally had detailed procedures and clear distinctions.
The current Imperial Court was good at learning from experience.
The man specifically responsible for this undertaking was the Attendant Lu Yu.
Although Lu Yu, like Tu Shu, came from the great clans, the great clans were hostile toward him because of his father, so Cao Mao had put him in charge of the Attendants to decide important affairs.
This examination should have been overseen by Pei Xiu or Zhong Hui.
But both men were extremely busy.
There was no need to elaborate on Pei Xiu's affairs. His work had piled up like a mountain, none of it fully resolved, leaving him caught between ecstasy and agony.
As for Zhong Hui, he was mainly busy undertaking greater projects, such as establishing commanderies overseas.
Lu Yu therefore volunteered to share the emperor's burdens.
During Great Wei's first examination, everything had been a first, and quite a few oversights had arisen as a result.
For the second, there were proper venues and appointed examiners. Even the brushes, ink, and other supplies the candidates used were issued uniformly by the authorities.
Time limits had also been imposed, and considerable progress had been made in preventing cheating.
Sima Yan was standing outside the examination venue.
The many candidates held their various required documents as they queued to enter.
Officials from Luoyang stood at a distance, marveling at the candidates.
Some of them