Bai Qingyan discovered many capable individuals, including Lu Jin's daughter Lu Baohua and Commandant Lu's granddaughter... naturally, there were also a few extraordinary Han Shu.
For this imperial examination, Bai Qingyan's questions required these students, who were selected layer by layer and are well-versed in knowledge, to discuss the pros and cons of the newly implemented reforms... the military merit system, farmland distribution system, water conservation projects, and the establishment of schools allowing women to participate in the imperial exams, among other new policies, and to propose solutions or share their insights on the new policies without restrictions.
Perhaps reaching this stage of the imperial examination, many wished to impress the Empress Dowager with flowery and brilliant essays, thus tirelessly praising Bai Qingyan's new policies, eager to present new ways to extol them.
