There are more than a dozen members of the proposition team responsible for the Chang'an University examination questions. Naturally, these people include Lu Deming, Kong Yingda and other knowledgeable and intelligent people. Since they started to pose questions, they have been arranged by Li Zhiyun to live in a special small house in the Imperial College.
Before the exam is over, these people cannot leave the small house for even half a step. The small house is not just a house, but a courtyard with complete living facilities. The only difference is that there are about 500 left and right guards surrounding the house.
Soldier.
They are responsible for protecting the members of the question group, and they are also responsible for monitoring the members of the question group. The reason for doing this is very simple, just to prevent the test questions from being leaked.
Even though these well-educated people are all gentlemen, they can't escape the word "favor". If someone finds them, there may be a possibility of leaking the information. Li Zhiyun isolates them, but he also helps them invisibly.
Because people cannot reject everyone, nor are they completely unselfish. Three aunts, six aunts, and eight eldest aunts come to ask for help. Do you want to say it or not?
He said that if you violate the regulations of the court, you are seeking death.
If you don't say it, it's unreasonable.
Therefore, the members of the proposition group expressed their understanding of the emperor's isolation from them and firmly supported it. Because sometimes, they themselves could not forgive him.
And the emperor ordered them to be isolated. As a result, others would have no place to find them.
At this moment, more than a dozen people were huddled in the house writing test questions.
Kong Yingda opened the door and walked in, holding in one hand the first draft of the test questions that had just been sent from the palace.
"Dr. Kong, how is it?" someone asked, "What did your Majesty say?"
Kong Yingda walked to the table, poured a glass of water, and drank it in one gulp.
"What the sage means is that it should be more difficult and the scope of the questions should be wider."
"ah?"
"This, this, this, isn't it difficult?"
"Does the saint think it is very simple?"
Kong Yingda coughed and said helplessly: "The sage said that there are a large number of people in this big test, so we must choose the best. We must ensure that the top three are educated and heavenly people."
Lu Deming took a breath, frowned and said, "But if it's so difficult, what if no one can answer it?"
He also read the first draft of the test questions. It was really ridiculously difficult. Isn't that enough?
Kong Yingda said: "Your Majesty said that the difficulty cannot be lower than the first major exam questions."
Hearing this, everyone understood.
In the first major imperial examination, they couldn't grasp the intensity and produced a perverted version of the test paper, which eliminated 90% of the candidates. Only two people actually scored more than 200 points.
Wang Gong, a doctor of Taixue, said: "I think it is reasonable for your majesty to do this. After all, the top three have the opportunity to observe politics in the six ministries. Your majesty will definitely look down on mediocre people."
After saying this, everyone understood.
"Everyone, this matter is very important to His Majesty. We must not be careless. We must be diligent." Lu Deming warned. After saying that, he coughed violently. He was not young, already over 80 years old. He should have retired and returned home earlier.
He lived in peace for the rest of his life. But in the past few years, he had been discussing medicine with Sun Simiao, and he managed to hold on without falling.
"yes."
Everyone went back to continue drafting questions. Kong Yingda walked to Lu Deming and asked caringly: "Sir, are you okay?"
"Fortunately, I'm fine." Lu Deming waved his hand and said, "Business matters are important, and your Majesty's affairs must not be delayed."
"Um."
As the news of the Great Examination fermented, scholars from all over the world also embarked on the road to Chang'an. Among these scholars, they were mainly children from aristocratic families. Common people or children from poor families received the news about the Great Examination and had the opportunity to participate in the Great Examination.
Qualifications, it would be difficult to reach Chang'an in a short time.
After a large number of scholars entered Chang'an, the popularity of study rooms, inns and other consumption places suddenly increased a lot. In the past few days, especially the sales of test papers were very hot. Many people even used connections to get a lot of test questions from Chang'an primary and secondary schools to practice.
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The children of these aristocratic families can get some information to some extent. The types of test questions currently in Chang'an primary and secondary schools are most suitable for major examination questions.
In addition, the test papers for the first major exam were also sold very hotly. In the restaurants and restaurants, there were scholars talking and discussing the test questions every day.
Manna Hall.
"Your Majesty, this is the list of scholars sent by the Ministry of Rites to participate in the imperial examination." Gao Liangzhong presented the list, walked aside and bowed to serve.
Li Zhiyun opened the roster to watch.
The roster is divided into two parts, one is directly recommended scholars, and the other is scholars who stand out from the state examination.
Li Zhiyun frowned as he watched.
This time in the Chang'an Examination, there were naturally more people than the first time. The first time there were less than a hundred people, but this time there were more than 300 people. However, the places of origin of these more than 300 people were quite concentrated.
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The first was Guanzhong, followed by the Central Plains, Hedong, and then Hebei. There were very few scholars from the south, and only one came from Suzhou, Jiangnan Province. Li Zhiyun had never heard of this person.
Behind this list, it represents the disdain of the southern scholars for the Chang'an examination, or the disdain of the local aristocratic families for the imperial examination. This made Li Zhiyun quite unhappy, even a little disgusting.
Unlike Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, he did not regard northerners as human beings and regarded southerners as treasures.
"Password to Chen Shuda."
"yes."
After a while, Chen Shuda came from the political affairs hall to pay homage to the emperor.
"Chen Qing, please take a look at this list."
"yes."
Chen Shuda couldn't figure out the emperor's intention for a while, so he honestly took the list from Gao Liangzhong and watched it.
After reading it, his whole face turned dark.
There are so few scholars from the south here, which is simply outrageous.
"Chen Qing."
"I'm here."
Li Zhiyun said: "Although I don't treat the southern scholars much favorably, I don't seem to have offended them much. Why do they look down on me so much this time?"
Chen Shuda swallowed his saliva and explained as best he could: "Your Majesty, the mountains are high and the roads are long. It may not be easy for scholars from the south to come to Chang'an. Besides, the imperial court announced that the time for the big exam is relatively urgent, so the news may not have reached there yet.
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He himself did not believe this statement. The main reason was that His Majesty the Emperor had already established a rule that the Chang'an University Examination would be held every three years. The local county examination and state examination systems were also gradually established. It was impossible for those in the south not to know the inside information.
What's more, there is no shortage of southern officials in the DPRK.
Li Zhiyun did not chase after Chen Shuda and insisted, but said: "In that case, I won't say more. Mr. Chen, please go back."
Hearing this, Chen Shuda's lips trembled, but he didn't say anything and bowed to say goodbye.
After leaving the Manlu Hall, a trace of disappointment appeared on Chen Shuda's face. He had already ordered people to inform many aristocratic families in the south about the Chang'an exam, but no one came to participate this time. This was not a lack of face for him, but a lack of face for the emperor.
Things are getting serious.
As the Prime Minister, he is well aware of the current emperor's character, and he is willing to accept the soft rather than the tough. If you don't give the emperor face, you are going against the emperor. With the emperor's vigorous and resolute behavior, the south may be in turmoil in the future.
On the other side, Li Zhiyun glanced at the two people "Ma Zhou" and "Shangguanyi" on the list of directly recommended scholars, and didn't think much about it.
Although these two people have a reputation for intelligence in history, Li Zhiyun cannot guarantee whether they are still there now.
After all, Shangguan Yidu's fate changed due to his appearance, and he returned from a trip on the sea.
No one knows what Ma Zhou's life is like.
Whether they are talented or not does not depend on history, but on the results of this major exam.
Apart from that, what concerned him most was the affairs in the south.