In the morning, seven senior officials from the Qi Palace and Cabinet, together with Qi King Li Ye, listened to a report from Cen Shen, the Superintendent of the Department of Personnel.
Cen Shen reported on the entire grading process and admission standards, as well as measures to prevent outstanding scholars from failing due to the examiner's personal preferences.
"The scholars who entered the top 500 are basically very good. In order to prevent outstanding scholars from failing the list, we formed several review groups and compared them repeatedly. Finally, we confirmed the big list of 500 people and the list of 150 people. Admission list.”
Because the top 500 people were given the title of "scientific graduates", there was a big list. At this time, Li Bi smiled slightly and said: "How can we tell the difference between the 500th place and the 501st place?"
Cen Shen bowed and said: "In fact, we admitted not 500 people but 513 people to the big list. Although the 514th person is good in all aspects, he has two things in his scriptures. Correction, in addition, his answer sheet is loose at the front and very dense at the back, which shows that his overall layout is still insufficient, so there is a clear gap with the scholars in front, so our big list is limited to 513 people, which is more Thirteen people."
Li Ye nodded, "That's good. It doesn't matter how many people there are or how few people are missing. What's important is the scale and being fair and just."
"Reporting to Your Highness, there is one more thing that needs to be explained about this humble position. We have been arguing about the admission of one hundred and fifty people for a long time. Although the 30th place in the Jinshi Department is slightly better in calligraphy than the 31st place, the 30th place It's an internal decision, so I'll move thirty people down and put thirty-one people on the list."
"Who is number 30?" Li Ye asked.
"This is Su Hui, the grandson of brother Su Zhen, the governor of Jiangxia."
Li Ye pondered for a long time and said: "That's it! There is no absolute justice."
This ratio is not low! Of the thirty inns, Ping An Inn accounts for 10%.
At this time, a group of officials riding the good news came and reined in their horses in front of everyone. The leading official opened the good news and read loudly: "The king of Chenliu County in Bianzhou is the seventeenth in the Ming Dynasty Economics. So, there are thirty-one scholars in Ming Jing Ke."
This is the Jinshi subject. Only thirty people are admitted, and only one person is admitted among five hundred people. Everyone is full of expectations. Of course, most people know that they have no chance of being admitted to the Jinshi subject, and the test papers have corrections or errors.
"The rankings will be released in the afternoon. After dinner, go to the gate of Prince Qi Palace to see the rankings!"
The official who announced the good news said again: "Don't be depressed, everyone. Next, there will be a list of people with a good academic background. If you can be on the list, at least you will have no problem entering the sixth room of the county government as a clerk."
At this time, more than a dozen gunpowder arrows flew into the sky in succession, making loud explosions that could be clearly heard throughout the city.
The official who announced the news asked the seven winners to mount their horses, and a group of soldiers surrounded them to the Qi Palace.
The official who announced the good news read out seven names in a row, all of which were successful in Ming Jing Ke. Those who were successful were so excited that they cheered, while those who were not successful could only feel sad.
The announcer stepped forward and announced with a smile: "In Ping'an Inn, three people from the Jinshi Department are on the list!"
The next step is to publish the results. First, the results are announced. The announcer will rush to thirty inns in the city. Each scholar has designated the inn he belongs to when registering.
Everyone immediately made a decision and approved the imperial examination list.
Even Wei Gao and Su Hui were so nervous that their hearts were beating fast.
This means that the announcement of the results has begun, and the emotions of the scholars have been aroused.
There was great joy outside the inn, and Wei Gao couldn't help but shed tears. The top ten were those who passed the imperial examination, and the final ranking was only after an interview with the King of Qi.
Ping'an Inn in Xishi City is one of the thirty inns that bring good news. In the morning, thousands of celebrities rushed to Ping'an Inn and crowded the outside of Ping'an Inn.
But everyone did not disperse. Just now it was the Ming Jing Ke, and the Jin Shi Ke had not released results yet!
After waiting for a while, drums and drums were blaring not far away, and there was another group announcing the good news. They were beating gongs and drums. The scholars were all excited and surged forward one after another, stretching their necks like geese.
The announcer opened the list and announced loudly: "Wei Gao from Chang'an is honored to be awarded the Jinshi title, Cai Hui from Putian County, Fuzhou is ranked 19th, and Huang Jingyao from Xiangyang County, Xiangzhou is ranked 24th."
A scholar asked: "When will the big list be released?"
Su Hui felt sad, but he still forced a smile and said: "Congratulations to my dear brother for being in the top ten."
Wei Gao comforted him and said: "Go and take a look at the list in the afternoon! I believe you can be on the list."
What Wei Gao means is that as long as he can be on the list, there will be no problem with his unofficial appointment.
Su Hui sighed inwardly. He really hoped that he could be admitted to the Jinshi examination instead of relying on his academic background to become an official.
The two Jinshi had already mounted their horses, and the official who announced the news loudly asked: "Where is Wei Gao in Jingzhao?"
"At this!"
Wei Gao quickly raised his hands and squeezed out. A soldier led a horse.
"Please mount Wei Jinshi!"
Wei Gao got on his horse. Amid the applause of the crowd, he repeatedly clasped his fists in thanks and was surrounded by sergeants beating gongs and drums before leaving.
Guo Jun patted Su Hui on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Let's look at the rankings together in the afternoon!"
In the main building of the Qin Government Affairs Office of Prince Qi's Palace, the scholars who were ranked among the top candidates were all resting and waiting.
Outside another big room, the top ten Jinshi were sitting in a row and went in for interviews one by one.
Five people have finished their interviews and have gone back to rest. There are still four people waiting.
At this time, a Jinshi came out from the interview and hurried back. An official said: "The next one is Wei Gao!"
Wei Gao quickly stood up, calmed down his emotions, and walked quickly into the room.
There was a row of people sitting in the room, none other than King Li Ye of Qi and seven senior cabinet officials.
Wei Gao bowed and said, "Student Wei Gao, please see your highness and all the seniors."
Li Ye waved his hand, "Please sit down!"
"Thank you, Your Highness!" Wei Gao sat down on the chair.
Li Ye looked at his paper and asked with a smile: "Congratulations on your high score of ninety-five. You are tied for first place with three other scholars. Five points will be deducted, two points for literature, three points for countermeasures, and three points for literature." It is normal to deduct two points, and deduct three points for the countermeasures. The main reason is that your explanation is not in-depth enough and is a bit one-sided. In fact, you were deducted eight points, but your proposal for winter sailing was very creative, so I added five points to you. .
Now I will give you another time to burn incense, you can add the answers to the countermeasures, and then based on the explanation, we will give you a final score."
This interview is very innovative. In fact, it is to see whether the scholar has gone back and seriously considered the issue of water and land transportation. Is he really making suggestions for the court, or is he just taking the exam for the sake of exam?
Wei Gao did go back and think about it. He had been thinking about this question for the past few days. He also realized what his problem was. He pondered for a while and said: "Because time is tight, the students did not consider the answers comprehensively and overemphasized the advantages of water transportation. They did not consider the simultaneous development of water and land, and lacked understanding of the role of the post station."
Li Ye nodded, "Tell me more about it!"
Wei Gao looked at the stick of time incense on the table and said slowly: "The advantage of water transportation is that it has a large carrying capacity and the passenger ship is more comfortable. The disadvantage is that it is too slow. Especially for places where water transportation is inconvenient, we must rely on land transportation, especially for letters. The communication requires fast speed, and it also requires land transportation construction. One is to pave the road and build a flat and wide Tangzhi Road as the main road. In addition, we must vigorously develop postal stations, which can allow the messenger to change horses every three hundred years. Such an urgent letter will be carried out in It can also be sent thousands of miles away within three days. We have many horses, so we should use this advantage to develop the industry of quick delivery."
Wei Gao talked eloquently. When he saw that the timing incense was coming to an end, he finally concluded: "Students did not think thoroughly in the exam, mainly because they did not consider the diversity of transportation issues, which seemed a bit one-sided and not deep enough. I would like to make the above supplements. , students have finished answering!”
The timing incense also ended.
Li Ye smiled and nodded, "That's enough. I have nothing else to ask. Just go back and wait!"
Wei Gao stood up and saluted, "Farewell, student!"
He turned around and hurried away, and then the seventh person came in for an interview.