Chapter 158 The big exam begins, Kong Ming shows up
Because the current Taixue examination is not like the later imperial examination, it has a complete layer-by-layer screening process.
Therefore, before the Taixue examination, candidates must first go through a preliminary screening process.
First of all, the candidate must have a clean financial background, a clear place of origin, and must not be a criminal;
Then, there will be an initial test for the corresponding subject. If you can't pass the initial test, you don't need to take the subsequent exams.
After these two rounds, a large group of people who were lucky and cheating were eliminated, and the pressure on the candidates and examiners during the formal examination was greatly reduced.
After passing these pre-screenings, the remaining students can finally take the formal Taixue entrance exam.
On the day of the exam, the identities of the examiners were finally revealed.
The Confucian Classics examination was invigilated by the former Taiwei Yang Biao, the current Shangshu Ling Xun Yu, and the current Yushi Zhongcheng Cheng Yu.
Yang Biao was a great Confucian with high moral character and high prestige, and he was basically the kind of person who was used to stabilize the situation.
He only needs to sit down in the examination room, and most of the candidates will obey obediently, oh no, answer the questions.
Xun Yu represents the aristocratic family, while Cheng Yu represents the poor family.
As for the civilians who are qualified to be in the same examination room as them, it seems that there is only one Lu Yan.
But Lu Yan still had to invigilate the engineering exam. He only came to show his face at first. Later, Dong Cheng, a representative of the emperor's party, the cavalry general, came to invigilate the exam on Lu Yan's behalf.
It is impossible to completely ignore the emperor for such a grand event.
Otherwise, people all over the world will criticize Cao Cao, and even poke Cao Cao in the back, scolding him for harboring evil intentions, not being a minister, and not being a son of man.
Lu Yan always called Cao Cao Duke Cao, and he never concealed his belief that he helped the Han people rather than Cao Cao alone. Moreover, Lu Yan had never participated in the struggle in the court, so he was regarded by the emperor as the most worthy of winning over.
of the neutral party.
Overtly and covertly, the emperor's efforts to win over Lu Yan never stopped, but Lu Yan's response was not positive.
Lu Yan, together with Yang Biao and others, proctored the examination of Confucian classics. This was a proposal from the emperor, but Lu Yan declined because he cared more about engineering and mathematics.
But the emperor's party cannot do without someone to invigilate the exam.
After Yang Biao was gone, they no longer had any capable scholars, so they had no choice but to pick up the taller ones from the shorter ones and bring out Dong Cheng, the current chariot and cavalry general.
The Confucian classics exam had the most people, more than 300 people; the mathematics subject had the least people, only about 20 people.
As for engineering, because people under Cao Cao's rule knew that Lu Yan valued craftsmen, nearly a hundred people came to take the exam.
These candidates have gone through several rounds of screening.
Regardless of the fact that there are less than a hundred people taking the exam in the engineering field, this is not because the craftsmen or their descendants are unwilling to take the exam, it is just because most of them are illiterate and cannot take the exam.
When the next generation passes the academy's education, engineering will definitely be a very popular subject in the future. In the end, Lu Yan and Mao Jie will invigilate the exam together.
It's just that the subject of mathematics is pitiful. There are only a few people who like to study arithmetic. This time, only about twenty people took the exam. Maybe it will take some time for everyone to realize the importance of mathematics. So in the end, there was only one ordinary official in the subject of mathematics.
Come to invigilate the exam.
Nowadays, the Confucian classics are the most important thing for people in the world. Lu Yan still has a long way to go in reforming the discipline.
In the second year of Jian'an, early April.
When the spring plowing started, south of Chenliucheng, in the examination room first built in Taiyuan University, the exciting and exciting exam also began.
Lu Yan stood at the gate of Taiyuan University, looking at the crowded but orderly candidates, and couldn't help but said to himself: "It feels like the college entrance examination!"
But the current scale is not inferior to the college entrance examination of later generations, but the solemn and tense atmosphere is no less than that of later generations of examination rooms.
In the examination room, in addition to the invigilator, there are also posts every three steps and a sentry every five steps.
“Once anyone who cheats is discovered, the results of each stage and subject he reported will be invalid, and he will never be admitted.
Those who help others cheat..."
In the examination room, the examiner Yang Biao began to read the rules of the examination room.
This is the first time that the Han people have seen the strictness of the exam invigilation and the serious punishment for cheating. Therefore, although all the candidates present were nervous, they felt a little more at ease.
Everyone is studying for the exam based on their true talents, who is afraid of whom?
In the Confucian classics examination, there are essays first, then essays, and finally commentaries and policy essays. As for poetry, at least now no one regards them as formal examination content.
The mathematics test is about arithmetic problems, while the engineering test is more about practical skills and problem-solving methods.
The Confucian exam takes three days, while the math and engineering exams only take two days to complete.
On the last day, when the Policy Theory exam started, Lu Yan also came to the exam room to invigilate the exam.
There were more than three hundred candidates sitting in the huge examination room.
Accompanied by Xun Yu and Cheng Yu, Lu Yan stood in the front corner of the examination room.
At this moment, Xun Yu and Cheng Yu were using very low voices to point out to Lu Yan some of the potential talents they had seen before.
Pointing to Yang Xiu, who was sitting on the right side of the center of the examination room, Xun Yu said softly: "Yang Xiu is so talented, there is no need to say more..."
Yang Xiu felt something in his heart and raised his head to look in the direction of Lu Yan and others.
Seeing Lu Yan, Xun Yu, and Cheng Yu looking at him, Yang Xiu quickly put down his pen, straightened his kneeling body, and bowed with his hands in the distance.
Lu Yan pressed his hand to signal him to keep a low profile, so Yang Xiu picked up the pen again and began to write hard.
Cheng Yu also said softly: "And the young man in front of Yang Xiu on the left is also very talented!"
Lu Yan looked over and saw that it was Fazheng, so he nodded and said, "I met him by chance before. His talent is not in Confucianism, but in strategy!"
Xun Yu and Cheng Yu looked at each other and could clearly see the surprise in each other's eyes, "In this case, we can focus on cultivating it!"
In troubled times, the importance of counselors is self-evident. But Lu Yan shook his head and said, "No special care is needed. Young people will always have to experience some setbacks to grow."
"That's right, you are still thinking carefully about longevity."
Lu Yan's eyes were still wandering around among the candidates. From the looks of him, it seemed that he was still looking for better talents.
When Cheng Yu saw this, he said softly: "Changsheng, we have also discovered a talent that surpasses Yang Xiu and Fazheng... No, it should be said to be a genius!"
Lu Yan's eyes lit up, and a strange premonition suddenly arose in his heart, and he asked, "Where is he?"
"Nine from the left, third from the bottom." Xun Yu said softly.
Lu Yan looked around and saw that the man was young, with red lips and white teeth, and a face like a crown jewel. He seemed to follow some kind of self-restraint in his movements, and he looked extremely strict, but he looked quite pleasing to the eye.
"Zhuge Liang!!!" This was the name that suddenly popped into Lu Yan's mind after seeing him.
Cheng Yu then told his name and origin, "His surname is Zhuge, and his single name is a bright character. He comes from the Zhuge family in Langya County, Xuzhou."
Sure enough it was him, Zhuge Liang!
After the introduction, Cheng Yu couldn't help but sigh softly and said: "A genius like Zhuge Liang will hardly appear in a poor family in a hundred years!"