As soon as the sky turned white, a tightly packed motorcade drove out from Xihua Gate.
Xihua Gate is the west gate of the hero. Logically speaking, flammable and explosive dangerous items like gunpowder should not be placed in the palace.
But in order to keep it secret, it had to be like this for the time being.
Li Jie designated a special area in the back garden specifically for making gunpowder and storing the finished products.
This location is far enough away from the harem that even if a suicide bombing occurs, it will not threaten the safety of the palace.
Of course, when the War between Song and Liao came to an end, the gunpowder factory would definitely have to be relocated outside the palace city.
After stepping out of the palace city, Zhang Mao, who was riding a horse, looked back at the palace gate that was slowly closing.
'Your Majesty, I will come back as soon as possible.'
The day Zhang Maoze returned was the day of his triumphant return to the court.
Without a powerful weapon like gunpowder, this battle would probably have lasted a year or two, maybe even longer.
After all, Khitan is no better than the Li family of Xiazhou.
In recent years, the weather in Khitan has been smooth and almost no major disasters have occurred.
Since the battle of Chanyuan, the Khitans have spent most of their time recuperating, except for occasional attacks.
After twenty years of cultivation, the Khitan has regained sufficient war potential.
Even though the Song Dynasty was richer than the Khitan, it was still a big country and still had the capital to fight a long-term war.
Wangshu Pavilion.
For scholars, tribute examination was not only a way to become an official, but also a good opportunity to make connections.
During the tribute ceremony, to be precise, after the roll call, the official will also arrange a period gathering (a gathering of new scholars). As for the funding issue.
It is raised by the Xinke Jinshi themselves, and the specific proportion of capital contribution is based on the amount raised according to the level of the A, with the top one contributing the most, and then in sequence.
Although Jinshi have a bright future, many of them come from poor families. As a result, many Jinshi often need to raise money through loans.
In view of this, in the sixth year of Shenzong Xining's reign (1073), the imperial court issued an edict, and the subsequent collection expenses were paid by the imperial court.
However, this is one of the activities officially arranged by the imperial court.
In addition to official activities, during the tribute ceremony, there were countless people who met privately.
Wangshu Tower is a famous scented tea house in Beijing. This scented tea is not only a scented tea in a literal sense, but also a scented tea in a substantial sense.
Of course, the place where scholars went was definitely not the kind of teahouse with meat or tea.
The drink here is plain tea, and the emphasis is on style.
Its nature is roughly the same as that of a brothel. The girls here are prostitutes rather than prostitutes. However, if they are right, the stewards in the shop will not interfere.
Just do what you have to do.
"Brother Zijing, how is this place?"
A young scholar in his twenties looked at Song Qi, who looked rather embarrassed, with a smile.
This man, whose surname is Yang, is a famous scholar from ancient times and is one of the local scholars in Kaifeng Prefecture.
However, he did not participate in the tribute examination. To be precise, he participated, but he failed to even pass the examination.
It took a lot of effort for Yang Shigu to invite the most popular fried chicken in Beijing.
If his family wasn't rich and willing to spend money, he probably wouldn't be able to rely on this relationship.
"This place is very good, very good."
Song Qi replied mechanically.
Although he often attended gatherings of fellow students, this was the first time he had seen such a scene.
Seeing the rows of girls with beautiful faces and cool clothes in front of him, his ears turned red.
"no……"
The next second, Song Qi came back to his senses, realized that he had said the wrong thing, and quickly changed his words.
"Brother Gongxuan, I just remembered that there is something else at home..."
As he spoke, Song Qi's voice became smaller and smaller, because he heard several very familiar voices.
One of them was none other than his brother Song Chu.
After a few breaths, the wooden door outside slowly opened, and Song Chu was seen walking towards this side with several familiar people, smiling and communicating.
Today is definitely a day worth celebrating for the scholars who participated in the tribute examination.
The imperial court issued an edict that no one in this department, except miscellaneous criminals, would be dismissed.
what does that mean?
As long as no one is stupid, everyone who takes part in the palace examination in this subject will get the first place!
The emperor’s grace is so great!
As soon as this news came out, scholars from all walks of life rushed to spread the word.
It can be predicted that today is definitely a day of carnival. Not only the scholars from all walks of life are happy, but also the restaurants and brothels in Beijing are full of laughter.
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In the blink of an eye, seven days have passed, and there are only three days left before the official release of the rankings.
The carnival of the students is still going on, just like the students after the college entrance examination, they just want to indulge themselves severely, and some people also like to challenge their weaknesses.
However, all this has nothing to do with the palace.
The intense and busy marking work is coming to an end.
The grading procedure for the palace examination is roughly divided into six steps. The first step is to go to the hometown and replace it with the font size. The second step is to compare the transcript with the original volume.
After the comparison is completed, it will be sent to the initial examiner for grading, then sealed again, and sent to the repeat examiner for grading again.
The preliminary examiner and the review examiner will finish the marking, and finally send it to the detailed examiner, who will review the assessment results of the preliminary examiner and the review examiner, and give the final assessment grade comprehensively.
(PS: There is an omission in the previous article. Starting from the third year of Tianxi (1019), the evaluation process of the palace examination is preliminary examiner, review examiner, detailed examiner, instead of the previous arrangement officer.
However, the impact is not big, the specific meaning has not changed, only the name has changed)
As the release of the results is approaching, the marking work is basically completed, and now only the ranking issue is left.
Ranking is definitely the top priority in the palace examination review.
Because the final ranking will determine the treatment of new Jinshi when they are awarded officers.
Since the third year of Chunhua of Emperor Taizong (992), the Jinshi class has been divided into five grades. The first and second grade students are awarded Jinshi qualifications, the third and fourth grade students are awarded Jinshi origins, and the fifth grade students are awarded the same Jinshi background.
In fact, Yijia in the Song Dynasty is somewhat different from Yijia in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
In many people's perception, there are only three people in the first class, namely the top pick, the second pick, and the top pick. However, this was not the case in the Northern Song Dynasty.
First of all, Tanhua is the youngest person in the same class, not specifically the third person.
Secondly, there are not only three people in Yijia, but five. (Occasionally there will be a few more people, such as Yijia is sixth and Yijia is eighth)
Back to business.
Although both the first-class and second-class students are Jinshi and seem to be similar, the specific treatment is very different.
These five people, Yijia, are the five people who receive the highest official rewards among all the Jinshi.
At the time of conferring an official position, the new No. 1 scholar will start as a Jian Cheng (the 27th rank among the 37 civil servants), which is the eighth-grade Beijing official.
According to regulations, Beijing officials from the eighth rank can serve as state magistrates.
Starting as the second-in-command at the state level, the first-mover advantage is unlimited.
As for the second and third place, although the treatment is a little worse than that of the number one scholar, it is just that. They started as a judge of the Dali Temple (Beijing official) of the ninth rank, and their rank is only one level lower than that of the general eunuch.
As for the fourth and fifth officials, they were initially appointed as judges in Dali Temple. However, the specific assignments were lower than those of the second and third officials.
(The signature judge is a Beijing official. His level is lower than that of the state general judge. He assists the governor of the state government in handling official affairs. By analogy, he is about the same as the secretary-general of the municipal party committee?)