Sixteen years later.
Yan Han.
Within Weiyang Palace.
The current system of employing people in Yan Han is a parallel arrangement of inspection and imperial examination.
Every year, talents are recommended by County Magistrates from each county to enter Changluo.
In addition, there is also the imperial examination selection.
The county exam occurs once a year, and those who pass are called 'Scholars,' who then qualify to participate in the triennial 'Palace Examination,' which is also Yan Han's grand talent selection ceremony.
At this moment, it is once again time for the triennial Palace Examination.
Emperor Shenwu, now in middle age, sits high on the main seat, looking down at the scholars below.
As part of the emperor's instinctive nature, he would not give the chief examiner position to his ministers, preferring to personally control the fate of these scholars to forge connections with them.
