The dinner for Nanjing Military School graduates who were born in Shunjun, such as Tian Jianxiu, ended in less than an hour.

First, most people still have something to do; second, there are many people like Hao Yaoqi who have not graduated and have to go back to school to handle internal affairs.

Finally, the people outside were removed, and only Tian Jianxiu, Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance were left in the private room.

Tian Jianxiu was actually considered a military general in the Shun army, but now he was arranged by Zhu Mei to the Military Affairs Council and was recognized by Niu and Song as a civil servant.

But the three of them actually knew in their hearts that they were definitely not recognized by the real civil officials in the court.

I won’t talk about the issue of origin, I can only say that today’s employers are really unconventional; although Tian and Song joined the Military Affairs Council, they can only redirect their positions in the military affairs system in the future.

As for Niu Jinxing, not only Niu Jinxing himself felt suppressed, but even Tian Jianxiu and Song Xiance were not optimistic about his future.

Perhaps because of drinking some wine, Tian Jianxiu grabbed Niu Jinxing's sign language and said earnestly: "Old Niu, you used to secretly seek personal gain in Shunjun, and even embezzled some money. Although you knew it, you didn't tell the King of Chuang.

Because I think that is all a small matter and it will not affect your work for Dashun.

But now Dashun is gone, and the King of Chuang is dead. All of us surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. Your Majesty is a real immortal who has descended to earth. He has not pursued the past and has also given us the opportunity to display our talents.

So, you really can't seek personal gain like before, be corrupt, and not be ashamed of His Majesty's kindness, if you are caught, you may implicate everyone, do you know?"

Although Niu Jinxing was not drunk, he was also slightly drunk, and his big face turned redder when he heard this.

He pushed Tian Jianxiu's hand away and said, "Old Tian, ​​what are you saying? I, Niu Jinxing, may have tried to seek personal gain before, but when did I embezzle? Has anyone ever tried to seek personal gain when I was in Shunjun?

Even you, Lao Tian, ​​have you done a lot, right?"

Ta Jianxiu was stunned.

What's wrong with this old cow? He was drunk? He was holding his forehead with flattery before, but now he said a few words to him, but he was actually said the opposite?

Seeing that the atmosphere was wrong, Song Xiance quickly interrupted: "All the past has passed, and Your Majesty doesn't pursue it. What else should we say? Since Your Majesty gives us a chance, we must cherish it."

Tian Jianxiu and Niu Jinxing still didn't speak for a while.

Obviously, the meal could not be gathered again, so the three of them left and went back to their own houses.

They naturally had no houses in Nanjing. They used to live in dormitories, but now they rent a house.

As for the money used, it is the salary and salary paid by the school.

For example, Tian Mixiu, Niu Jinxing and others, the former senior leaders of the Shun Army actually had private wealth. However, most of them were lost in the defeat of the Shun Army in the past, and a few of them were secretly hidden in a certain place and could not get it back for a while.

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Although there is not much private money to stay with, it is still quite expensive compared to ordinary people and middle- and low-level officials.

But no one dared to show off his luck, for fear of being targeted by the Jinyiwei.

"I've sold newspapers, I've sold newspapers! The court will hold another enrollment exam next year, and there will be all the imperial examinations in February and provincial examinations in August!"

As soon as he left the restaurant, Tian Jianxiu met a newspaper boy selling newspapers and immediately bought one.

He developed the habit of reading newspapers at Nanjing Military School. As for the word "reading" by Li Zicheng, Li knew his words, but Tian Jianxiu was in charge of the logistics of Shunjun in the past, could he not know his words?

What's more, he has made progress in his studies in military schools, and his cultural scores have been awarded a second grade.

Back at the house where he rented a house in the outer city, Tian Jianxiu was drinking tea and quenching wine while reading newspapers, and even took out pens and ink and paper to take notes - this was also a habit developed in military schools.

It can be said that although Tian Jianxiu and others only studied in the military school for a few months, they developed many good habits.

Naturally, Tian Jianxiu would not participate in the imperial examination again, but he still carefully looked at the relevant content of the political sector - he would not participate, but his son would need to participate in the future.

On the other hand, when Song Xiance returned, he also bought a copy of the Ming Dynasty newspaper on the way, and his focus was on changes in the content of the provincial examination in the political sector.

Speaking of which, he was a loser under the Ming Dynasty imperial examination system. He understood the imperial examination better than Tian Jianxiu and cared more about the imperial examination.

After reading it, Song Xiance found that in the Ming Dynasty, in addition to explaining the time of the provincial examination next year, the main thing is to talk about the changes in the content of the provincial examination-

First of all, the provincial examinations in August next year will be divided into two subjects: liberal arts and science.

The content of the liberal arts was inherited from the previous provincial examinations, but it was changed.

In the past, the Ming Dynasty's provincial examination mainly took the Four Books and Five Classics, Questions, Eight-Legend Essays, etc., and was divided into three days and once every few days.

The first test uses one article for each of the four books, one five-character and eight-rhyme poem, and four meanings of the classics. Among them, the four books require more than two hundred words, while the meanings of the classics require more than three hundred words.

The meanings of the Four Books here are all written in the form of eight-part essays, which shows how difficult it is.

The second phase is to use one of the five classics, and one of the four types of official documents, namely, judgment, form, and edict. As for the specific requirements, they will be adapted according to the times.

The third session is to test the five strategies - it must combine the knowledge and principles of the Four Books and Five Classics to make comments and opinions on current affairs, and also write in the form of eight-legged essays.

Now that the provincial examination system has been innovated, the content of the liberal arts examination is as follows:

The first test was to choose two essays from the four essays and four books. The number of words required is more than two hundred words, and the composition format is still eight essays.

In other words, not only is the eight-legged essay in the Four Books and Five Classics reduced by more than half, but the poetry is no longer needed.

However, you still need to choose two of the four historical questions, which requires more than 300 words and do not need to write in the form of eight-legged essays.

In the second session, no longer write the eight-part essay on the classics. In addition to making four types of official documents, namely, judgments, tables, and edicts, other types of official documents will also be added to five to ten other types of official documents.

It also shows that in addition to examining the ability to write official documents, it also involves the ability to solve specific problems.

That is, let the candidates take the identity of an official and handle a certain issue in their position in the form of official documents.

In the third session, we still have five strategies to test, but we no longer require the eight-legged essay form. Of course, if you insist on writing eight-legged essays, you will not be deducted points for this form.

‘It seems that the court’s reform of the content of the provincial examination and the provincial examination was mainly to gradually abolish the eight-legged essays, and to require scholars to pay attention to the reading and comprehension of history books, and then to pay attention to practice.’

After reading the contents of the changes in the liberal arts examinations in the provincial examinations, Song Xiance thought so.

‘With my current level, if I take the provincial examination after innovation, my grades should be much better than before, right?’

Even though he thought so, he still had no confidence in asking him to take the exam.

After all, he had never taken the county exam before, and he was not even a child. He could only travel around the world as a sorcerer and pretended to be a god.

Then, Song Xiance went to see the newly added science exam content and soon showed a look of shock.

The Ming Dynasty newspaper solemnly stated that in the provincial examination in August next year, the number of liberal arts juren will account for two-thirds, and the number of new science juren will account for one-third.

Moreover, the qualification for the science examination was directly transferred to Tongsheng!
Chapter completed!