In the Hanlin Academy, Su Cheng sat in the main seat, and below him sat a dozen old men with white hair and bright heads.
Su Cheng didn't know much about the imperial examination system, so he had to ask more questions.
Since he is the master of the academy, he naturally has to shoulder this responsibility, not to mention that there are so many opponents in Daliang now, and one wrong step may lead to catastrophe.
"I wonder if any of you would be willing to explain the imperial examination to me?" Su Cheng looked at the people below and said with a smile.
At this time, the Han scholar who had spoken for him in the court stood up.
"Master Marquis, you should know the general situation of the imperial examination. It starts from the county and passes the examination step by step. Those who can come to Kyoto to take the examination are all scholars with great reputation. They must first pass a round of examination, that is, they will be able to
After passing the general examination, you can take the imperial examination."
"The chief examiner of the general examination should be you, the Marquis, and the palace examination is for your majesty to personally set questions in the main hall to test all the talented students in the school. After that, they will be ranked and divided into top three. The top three will be awarded Jinshi, commonly known as
The top prize, the second prize, and the top prize; the second prize is given to a Jinshi origin, the first prize is generally called Chuanlu, and the third prize is given to a Jinshi origin."
"The examinations in the general examination are four calligraphy essays, five-character and eight-rhyme poems, five scriptures, and policy questions, but the palace examination is different. The palace examination only tests policy questions."
After saying so much in one breath, Academician Han stopped and quickly took a sip of tea.
Su Cheng nodded slightly when he heard this. This was pretty much what he understood. In other words, he only needed to deal with the general examination and leave the palace examination to the emperor.
"I understand, the Hanlin Academy only needs to be responsible for the general examination, and there is no need to worry about the palace examination."
"No, no, no!" Bachelor Han shook his head quickly: "In fact, we are reviewing the examination papers for the imperial examination, and hand over the top three to your Majesty to decide. You are the bachelor of the college, and you lead us to decide the top three.
, His Majesty is only responsible for announcing."
This is quite straightforward.
But think about it, with so many people participating in the palace examination, if the emperor reads every paper, then who knows when it will be seen. In fact, the Hanlin Academy will review the papers for the palace examination, and then the top three will be announced by the emperor.
Su Cheng rubbed his forehead. It seemed that this matter was not as simple as he thought. The review alone was very troublesome.
First, there were three general examinations, each lasting three days, which lasted nine days here. Then there was another palace examination, which lasted three days. Including the time for reviewing the test papers, more than half a month passed.
The Hanlin Academy's responsibilities are not only responsible for setting the questions, but also responsible for invigilating the exams, reviewing the test papers, and accompanying them to supervise the imperial examinations.
Although the emperor is at home during the palace examination, it is impossible for the emperor to accompany the candidates in the hall for three days. At most, he will only show up at the beginning and when the top three are announced at the end. The rest of the time will be taken care of by people from the Hanlin Academy.
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The imperial examination is related to the transfer of officials in the next year of Liang Dynasty. It is a major event and cannot be taken lightly!
Even though the Hanlin Academy doesn't have much power now, as long as they control the imperial examination, they will still be a behemoth that others dare not provoke.
Su Cheng thought of this and nodded slightly: "I see, I understand. It seems that you have to be more cautious if you want to handle this matter well. By the way, the questions for this exam should be out, right?"
Academician Han nodded and replied: "It has come out. It is currently sealed in the Hanlin Academy warehouse. Only on the day of the examination will the imperial army come to transport it."
Su Cheng thought for a while and suddenly asked: "Will I reveal the questions before the exam?"
The faces of all the scholars changed greatly when they heard this. It was because they didn't believe them!
When even a bachelor stood up and asked: "Master Hou, what does this mean?"
They were all old bachelors, and none of them had very good tempers. If they had anything to say, they would say it to their faces.
Su Cheng looked at the blushing bachelors and couldn't help but smile: "You guys are worrying too much. It's not that I don't believe you, but that my situation is somewhat special. If someone targets me and sneaks in here to steal the questions,
, it may affect you all at that time.”
These words made the faces of all the bachelors improve a lot, and the bachelor who stood up even bowed his hands in shame and saluted: "I misunderstood the Marquis!"
"It doesn't matter!" Su Cheng waved his hand, not caring at all: "I just want to know if there is such a thing as leaking the title. If so, we have to prepare in advance!"
At this time, Academician Han said solemnly: "Master Marquis, there was a leak during the reign of the late Emperor. The then Academician was taken down. From that time on, our Hanlin Academy has never had a Academician!"
Su Cheng narrowed his eyes and suddenly became alert.
The period of the late emperor was actually the period when Shangguan Hao had the greatest power. Maybe Shangguan Hao did that thing. From then on, the position of examiner has been controlled by Shangguan Hao's people!
This time, if he becomes the examiner, will Shangguan Hao repeat his old tricks to get exam questions from the Hanlin Academy?
In other words, is there anyone in the Hanlin Academy who is actually a member of Shangguan Hao?
Once the question is leaked, the entire Hanlin Academy will suffer, let alone him as the examiner.
This matter must be prepared in advance!
Thinking of this, Su Cheng suddenly stood up: "We can't take this matter lightly. Everyone, I would like to ask if you have another idea for this test question?"
"This..." Academician Han shook his head, feeling helpless: "In previous years, there was only one set of test papers, so we did not do a second set this year."
"This won't work!"
Su Cheng shook his head: "Just in case, I suggest that you do three more sets of test papers. Of course, there is not much time now. If you all gather together to do these three sets of test papers, there may be disagreements and there will be no time, so
I would like you to divide into three groups and take a set of test papers each."
All the scholars were shocked when they heard this. They all understood that Su Cheng did not believe some of them, otherwise there would be no need to write separate papers.
Scholar Han raised his eyebrows, a little surprised: "I have done so many test papers, just in case I don't need them..."
Su Cheng interrupted him with a smile: "Even if it is not used, it can be used as a backup in the coming year, once and for all. And this year is very special. If something happens, not only this prince, but the entire Hanlin Academy may be revoked. After all, you
The only power left in his hands is the imperial examination."
These words made everyone's expressions change drastically!
Yes, the current situation of the Hanlin Academy is already very bad. If there are even problems with the imperial examination, how can the emperor trust them?
Academician Han was the first to express his position: "In that case, we will do three more sets of test questions. Anyway, we are idle here!"
"Hahahaha, that's exactly what I meant. I've been so idle these days and I finally have something to do!"
"Since everyone agrees, I naturally have no objection!"
"Then it's settled, let's start doing the questions now!"
Everyone had no objection to this. Anyway, after the previous test questions came out, they could not go home and had to stay in the Hanlin Academy to prevent leaks. Since they were staying in the Hanlin Academy, why not continue to do the test questions.
They are all old bachelors and don't care about others, but no one cares more about these subjects, test questions, etc. than they do.
At Su Cheng's suggestion, everyone began to divide their work and work on the questions.
At this time, Su Cheng also said goodbye to everyone, and he was going to go to the emperor.
The Shangguan family's action made him realize the importance of the examiner. He couldn't just sit back and wait for death, he had to take the initiative!