《资治通鉴·汉纪·汉纪十五》
凡参加朝廷考试合格的人，或派到地方，最高为县令，或交丞相、御史任用，一年后将其为官情况奏闻朝廷，有罪者依法惩治。
言可官试者，至为县令；或丞相、御史除用，满岁，以状闻；或抵其罪法。
Those who passed the official examinations were either dispatched to counties as magistrates or put under the management of the Minister of State or Censor. After a year, reports on their official performances were sent to the imperial court, and those with offenses were punished according to the law.