As the Gongyuan gantry opened, candidates filed into long lines and were inspected. Fang Yingwu discovered another subtle difference between the joint examination and the provincial examination - the examination in the provincial examination was very strict, and shoes and socks had to be taken off.
If you want to let your hair down, you have to strip it off; although the level of the high-level examination is higher, the inspection is not as strict as the provincial examination. It is just a few pats on the body and a flip of the test basket.
There is a reason for this. The candidates who take part in the examination are all prestigious candidates, equivalent to half-official status. Of course, they cannot be too rude.
Fang Yingwu had already known his exam number from the list on the wall outside. After being inspected by the sergeant and verified by the supervisor, he passed through the dragon gate and entered the Gongyuan examination room, and then found his own number.
The feeling of sitting here is no different from that of the provincial examination, just as cramped and cramped. If you lie flat on your back, half of your legs have to be outside. However, because the examination level is higher, the conditions of the room are slightly better.
However, I discovered another difference between the joint examination and the provincial examination. In the examination room of the joint examination, there was a sergeant standing guard at the door of each cell. This was much stricter than the examination room of the provincial examination on the surface.
Fang Yingwu threw the basket in the corner of the room, took a deep breath, and felt very calm. He seemed to be calmer than during the provincial examination.
Even he felt strange. During the provincial examination, he did a lot of preparation work that was not on the stage, and knew some of the test questions in advance, so of course he was not in a hurry. But this time he did not deliberately cheat, so why could he be so calm?
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In fact, from a purely technical point of view, the difficulty of cheating in the general examination is slightly lower than that of the provincial examination...
On the one hand, the examiners, proctors, and promotion officers of the general examination have all been together in the court for many years, and they meet each other without looking up. It is relatively easy to say hello and get along. Unlike the provincial examination, various examination officials come from all over the country.
Those in the imperial court and those in some places are relatively strangers to each other. They know people well but don't know their hearts. How dare they casually hook up with others to cheat together.
On the other hand, most of the writers and handymen in the rural examination room are local people, while the examiners come from all over the world, and most of them are instructors with humble positions. They cannot control the writers and handymen, so they may not be able to speak well. But it is different for the general examination.
, the imperial officials gave orders, and those clerks and servants had to obey them.
Finally, the admission rate for the rural examination is about one in thirty, while the admission rate for the general examination is nearly one tenth. The rural examination is far more intense than the general examination, and the cost of cheating in favor has naturally increased sharply. In short, a big boss may be able to help
People can pass the test, but they certainly don’t dare to say that they can help people pass the provincial examination.
The above analysis will not be recorded in any literary history books. Most of them are made up by Fang Yingwu based on what he has seen and heard since time travel. But he feels that the truth is inseparable. There is always darkness behind the light, and there is also darkness behind the fairness of the imperial examination.
It's inevitable that something fishy will happen.
Otherwise, why are the children of Zaifu's family more likely to be admitted than ordinary people? One important reason is that the advantage of examination resources is so obvious that even an innocent man like his own father can get a set of review materials from the Hanlin Academy...
..Of course, it is strange to be as shameless as Zhang Juzheng.
Thinking of this, Fang Yingwu suddenly understood why he was so calm. After the torture of the provincial examination, he really couldn't get nervous about the general examination.
Now that I have a small background and have passed the high threshold of the Provincial Examination, the High School Entrance Examination is a matter of probability. Sooner or later, there is no need to take the huge risk of ruining your reputation and find ways to cheat in person like in the Provincial Examination.
Maybe the protagonist's halo will explode. When the examiner saw that Fang Qingzhi's son was taking the exam, he raised his hand and took the initiative to help admit him. He got a good student for nothing.
Taking a step back, Mr. Liu Mianmian can still be a cabinet minister for more than ten years... A cabinet minister who does not want to be the chief minister is not a good cabinet minister. Liu Mianmian has been keeping a low profile in the cabinet for six years, and now there are many things in the cabinet.
This is an opportunity. According to Fang Yingwu's speculation, the old man is currently preparing to form a large-scale party for personal gain, cultivate power, and accumulate energy for the future.
So Fang Yingwu didn't believe it. Mr. Liu Mianmian would watch helplessly as his potential son-in-law, who had already passed the provincial examination, wasted ten years failing to win the Jinshi?
From this point of view, the selfish Liu Mianmian is quite cute. If he were replaced by his upright father-in-law, he might really just watch his son-in-law do nothing... Fang Yingwu just sat in the room and thought wildly.
Incessantly, I even forgot to catch up on sleep.
The old sergeant standing at the door of the room also looked at Fang Yingwu with great curiosity. The other candidates were either sleeping hard to catch up on their sleep, or they were nervous and restless. Only the young man he was guarding was wandering in the world, carefree and wondering.
What were he thinking... Then his rich life experience told him that this person must be the second generation of a good child!
Unknowingly, it was getting dark. Another sound of drums woke up Fang Yingwu, and the questions for the first session of this conference began to be handed out.
Fang Yingwu patted his face and forced himself to concentrate. It was better not to think randomly and just do the questions first!
As the second of the three major tests in the imperial examination, the types of questions in the joint examination are exactly the same as those in the provincial examination. The first test also has three questions on four books, four questions on five classics, and a total of seven eight-legged essays.
Fang Yingwu was in a relaxed mood, thought quickly, and wrote articles quickly. His writing was full of energy. He finished answering the paper by the afternoon, then went out and went home.
Tired and tired, rest!
In the first section of the exam, the four books, five classics and eight-part essay are the most important, directly determining the score. The next two sections are practical essays and policy theory. In the current situation where the eight-part essay is the most important, it can only serve as a reference, but you still have to go through the cutscenes.
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One day later, I passed the second test on February 11th; another day after that, I passed the third test on February 15th. Although Fang Yingwu was young, strong, and very relaxed, after three consecutive tests,
I was so tired that I didn't want to move at all. I lay in bed for a whole day before I finally regained my composure.
In this way, the examinations of the Xinchou Ke Examination in the 13th year of Chenghua are all over, and now we are just waiting for the results to be released! According to tradition, the results are usually released on February 27th, and it takes about ten days to wait.
However, even if you pass the imperial examination, you are not considered a Jinshi. After the imperial examination, there will be the palace examination, which will be conducted by the emperor himself. It is scheduled to be held on March 15th. This is the final step of the imperial examination. Only after passing the palace examination can you officially obtain the imperial examination.
He was born as a Jinshi with all the glory and became a master in the entire Ming Dynasty.
However, the palace examination is also the easiest and stress-free pass, because the palace examination generally does not recruit candidates, and anyone who wins the general examination can pass the palace examination. From this perspective, the palace examination is mostly symbolic.
Therefore, the biggest role of the palace examination is only to determine the final ranking. The well-known No. 1 and second place winners are determined by the palace examination. As for the rankings in the previous examinations, they are of no practical use.
I would also like to add that in the Ming Dynasty, candidates who passed the joint examination but have not yet participated in the palace examination were not called Gongshi. That was the name of the country people in the Qing Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, they were only called Chinese-style Juren. (To be continued...)
ps: I was so sleepy last night that I had to sleep for a few hours, and then got up at two o'clock in the morning to make up for the third update scheduled yesterday. Who dares to say that this is not the third update of ethics! In addition, everyone can guess, Fang Yingwu will take the imperial examination this time