Before dawn, scholars from all directions flocked to the imperial examination camp in the south of the city.
The imperial examination camp was a military camp built half a month ago. The perimeter of the fence was twenty miles long, just like a small county town. The imperial examination camp was subdivided into ten districts, and there were ten gates.
Each candidate must find his or her own district, District A, District B, District C, etc., which will be clearly marked on the examination ticket. For example, the examination ticket for a scholar reads: District 7, Battalion 15, Account 20, No. 20.
The exam coupon is the admission ticket, the only proof.
At this time, you must first find District D. There is a big sign erected above the gate, with lights shining inside. You can see the word "D" from a few miles away.
You have to go there by carriage and walk for several miles. When you reach Ding District, the driver will shout: "Ding District has arrived. The soldiers from Ding District get off."
You jump off the carriage and go to the gate. First, you have to be strictly searched. You can only go in with your test ticket. The soldier will give you a small wooden sign with a number on it, which is the test paper number. Because the test takes three days, the examiner will give you the test papers for three days.
The papers are grouped together. Since the names are all covered with paper strips, they can only be grouped by the examination paper number.
Why is the examination paper number not written on the admission ticket but issued temporarily?
Because the scholars cannot know the examination paper number in advance, otherwise it will be easy to cheat by colluding with the examiner. The examiner will be able to find the examination paper of an acquaintance through the examination examination paper number and give a high score.
When you enter the camp, you will see a row of red lanterns. You can't see the end at first glance. In fact, there are only twenty red lanterns. There are camp numbers on the lanterns. You need to find the seventh camp.
Once you find and enter the Seventh Camp, you will see countless large tents, but in fact there are only twenty-five tents.
You finally find your fifteenth tent, walk in, and find thirty couches with desks on the couches. Finally, you find table number twenty, and this is your seat.
But don't be in a hurry to sit down. You need to check the candidate information in the upper left corner to make sure that the name and exam number are consistent before you can sit down with confidence.
It was still dark at this time, and the light in the tent was relatively dark, but we could only sit quietly and wait. There were no candles for lighting, and the camp strictly controlled fire. If the tent was accidentally set on fire, the consequences would be disastrous.
At this time, you can also make some preparations. There is a small basket on each table. There is a pen and an inkstone in the basket, and a small bowl. Soldiers will come over later and fill each small bowl with more than half a bowl of ink.
There is no need for scholars to study ink. Many scholars have bookboys, who are usually responsible for studying ink. If these scholars cannot study ink and make a mess on the table, it will be troublesome.
At this time, the big tent was full, and all thirty candidates had arrived. Everyone was waiting patiently. Only the soldiers walked back and forth, filling the small bowl on the table with ink.
"Dong-dong-dong-"
The low bell rang, and the ten camp doors slowly closed. The examiners and auxiliary soldiers were all in place. There were two auxiliary soldiers in each tent, who were responsible for adding ink to the scholars and delivering a meal at noon.
, or lead the way to the toilet, etc.
It was getting daylight, and the examination papers had been delivered to each big tent. The examiners began to distribute the examination papers and scratch paper. The soldiers brought name slips and a plate of paste to each table, and there was a toothpick in the plate.
Used to smoothen the paste.
The examiner read out the examination rules, while the scholars were busy writing their names, examination numbers, and roll numbers in the upper left corner. After the ink dried, they covered their names and examination numbers with paper strips.
These candidates have all taken the county and state examinations, as well as countless mock exams. They have mastered the rules of the examination room and the skills to hide their names. Although they are busy, they are all in order.
"Dong-dong-dong-"
The bell rang again, and the examination questions had been sent. The examiners and soldiers quickly distributed them to each scholar's desk, and all the candidates began to review the questions nervously.
On the first day of the exam, Jinshi subjects, Mingjing subjects and arithmetic subjects are all the same. They all test the classics. The test questions of Jinshi subjects and Mingjing subjects are exactly the same, but the arithmetic subjects are much easier. The difficulty of the arithmetic subjects is on the third day.
Mathematically.
Sutra-posting is to give you a beginning and an end, and you have to fill in the large blank sections of the scriptures yourself. In fact, you just have to recite them. There are ten questions in total, seven scripture questions, and three literature questions.
In fact, it is not difficult to say that it is difficult, and it is not beyond the scope of the exam. For example, the literature questions must come from "Selected Works", which was compiled by Prince Zhaoming of the Liang Dynasty and selected many excellent ancient poems.
The scripture titles must come from the officially designated Da Jing, Zhong Jing and Xiao Jing. Among them, "Book of Rites" and "Zuo Zhuan" are the Da Jing; "Book of Songs", "Zhou Rites" and "Yili" are the Zhong Jing; "Book of Changes"
Classics", "Shangshu", "Gongyang Zhuan" and "Huliang Zhuan" are Xiaojing.
In addition, all candidates must be able to master both "The Classic of Filial Piety" and "The Analects of Confucius".
These are the things he learned during his ten years of hard work, and these are the things Li Ye wanted to reform.
As the third bell rang, all candidates began to concentrate on writing.
The imperial examination was being carried out nervously. At the same time, in the round hall of the Political Affairs Hall, nine prime ministers and deputy prime ministers, plus the Supreme Emperor Li Dai, were discussing education reform issues.
Although Li Dai was the Supreme Emperor, he felt extremely relaxed and comfortable sitting in the round hall and staying with his former colleagues. This was the life he dreamed of!
Staying in Xingqing Palace all day was boring to death. Although he was also responsible for teaching his two grandsons, it still made him depressed.
Fortunately, his son understood him and made him responsible for the education of the Tang Dynasty. Li Dai suddenly found the joy of life. He had been an official all his life, and the official life had penetrated into his bones.
Education is also the most important national plan that all officials are concerned about. Even Dugu Lie, the Minister of the Ministry of War, is also very concerned. He is more concerned about military science. As the Minister of the Ministry of War, martial arts and martial arts halls are both under his jurisdiction. The two are slightly different.
Martial arts is the selection of outstanding martial arts talents from the children of good families, and Yanwutang is a further training academy for serving generals.
Duan Xiushi is also concerned. He is now preparing to build an ordnance academy. Since witnessing the power of arrows and thunder, Duan Xiushi has become more and more fascinated by firearms, strong ships and cannons. He will go to the weapons inspection department every now and then. He is very interested in various weapons.
He is very proficient in growing firearms.
At this time, Li Dai coughed a few times and the round hall became quiet. Li Dai said with a smile: "Let me make a few digressions first. When I return to the political hall, I feel like I am going home. Everyone is my old buddy and old colleague. Today at noon
I invite everyone to have dinner at Danfeng Restaurant."
Everyone laughed, and Li Dai then said: "The emperor means that we should start from elementary school and start reading at the age of seven. We should let all children study, including girls. Girls can go to girls' schools, and they don't need to be very advanced.
, but at least be able to read and write. One year of elementary school and five years of primary school. All children in Datang must complete primary school. Girls can study for three years, and then they can study at home."
Wei Jiansu nodded, "The emperor's idea is very good. As long as the imperial court's finances can support it, we will definitely support it!"
On the issue of education, all the government officials were surprisingly unanimous. Although everyone had different opinions on running a girls' school, it was not a big problem if it only lasted for three years. This honor should be given to the emperor.
Liu Yandao: "I have estimated that the annual expenditure is about 500,000 yuan. If we raise the mining tax and the local liquor tax is sufficient, we can basically solve the problem. The key is to find a livelihood for scholars, which can
I can work as a professor at a Mongolian and primary school, and I can earn three or four guans a month, and the income will be guaranteed during droughts and floods, which is pretty good."
"But the girls' side has to use female professors!" Xiao Hua reminded.
Liu Yan nodded, "That's for sure. In fact, there are many talented and educated women from wealthy families. As long as they are willing to work, there will be no problem with teachers."
Zhang Li added with a smile: "You can run schools in various workshops and study right at your doorstep. This is also convenient."
At this time, Li Dai said again: "There is another issue that the court needs to legislate to solve. Many lower-class people send their daughters to wealthy families to make money as maids at the age of eight or nine. Girls work as maids to earn money to support their families. I have no objection.
, but eight or nine years old is too young. The court should have regulations that will never allow children under the age of twelve to work. It must be prohibited by law. Violators must be severely punished. In this way, after girls attend elementary school and three years of school, they can go to a wealthy family.
It’s too late to do things.”
Pei Zunqing hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, it is easy for us to think about it, but it may be more difficult to implement it. Generally, girls get married when they are fifteen or sixteen years old, and do not go out to work until they are twelve years old. I guess most families will not implement it."
Li Dai smiled and said: "Everyone knows that it is good for a girl to study for a few years. The children she educates will be better in the future. We do not force all the sparrows to become Luanfeng, but we must give them to those with vision.
Foresighted parents gave an opportunity, and the court gave it. Whether you can seize it or not depends on your own destiny."
