Jiangning County Medical Department is located in an alley east of the county government office. It is not usually a deserted place, but it is not a lively place either.
But here and now, there is a huge crowd, a crowd of spectators, and a crowd of people rubbing shoulders and sweating like rain!
Because there was a hot topic just now, I heard that the little bully Qin Dewei was really beaten!
Then Qin Dewei was carried here for treatment, and many people wanted to come and witness history with their own eyes.
Qin Dewei was shirtless and there were indeed a few light red marks on his back. Doctor Zhang from the medical department was carefully applying medicine.
Classmate Gao Changjiang was sitting on the other side with a bruised nose and swollen face. He was screaming, "Can you give me some medicine first?"
Doctor Zhang turned a deaf ear, and Qin Dewei said angrily: "I'll forget about being beaten. Why are you joining in the fun?"
Gao Changjiang complained: "I still have to blame you! Many people followed me and gambled five times, but you got ten times, and they all came to beat me when they lost money!"
Qin Dewei absolutely refused to take the blame: "I didn't expect the great master to suddenly change his mind!"
After applying the medicine, Qin Dewei put on his clothes and looked out through the crack in the door.
With the situation outside the door, I couldn't leave at all, so I had no choice but to go back inside and chat with Gao Changjiang.
"Brother Qin, speaking of the provincial examination, it's only a few months away. Do you have any skills in the provincial examination?" Gao Changjiang asked.
Qin Dewei replied: "You think I am a fairy! The provincial examination is not just a trivial competition, it is a real talent show. What skills can I have!"
Among the examinations that a scholar can go through, from the county examination to the Taoist examination, the Xiaosan pass, and the final palace examination, and even the imperial examination for selecting concubines, they are all semi-public, and the human factor is very important.
Only the provincial examination and the joint examination are completely closed. The system design is the most stringent, and the various precautions for candidates are also the most stringent.
In other words, it is the most difficult type of fraud and the consequences of being exposed are also the most serious.
In the minds of scholars, these two tests are the real exams. Whether you can become a master basically depends on these two tests.
As for Qin Dewei, he doesn't even know who the examiner is, so what else can he do? He just follows fate.
Gao Changjiang sighed: "Before the Provincial Examination, you received such a beating from the Grand Master, which can be regarded as a memorable moment. If you ever leap over the dragon's gate in the future, don't forget the friendship of being beaten together."
At this time, a clerk from Taibai Tower squeezed in and said to Gao Changjiang: "Uncle! I heard that Gu Laomeng is hosting a banquet for guests at Taibai Tower tonight, and the Qingxi Poetry Society is gathering together.
The master will ask me to tell you that if you want to attend this gathering of literati, you should go back as soon as possible!"
Qin Dewei: ""
Wucao, is this a big deal? Do you still want to write a poem to celebrate?
Gao Changjiang turned to Qin Dewei angrily and said, "Brother Qin! I don't know what you think, but I definitely can't bear it!"
Qin Dewei asked: "Others want to hold a banquet, so what if I can't bear it? Is it possible that your family should stop doing business?"
Gao Changjiang said categorically: "You are not only representing yourself now, you should also start a tit-for-tat fight, and you must not be at a disadvantage in terms of momentum!"
"Then you Taibailou made another fortune?" Qin Dewei grasped the key.
Gao Changjiang exhorted and said: "Actually, this is the case. Our Taibai Building recently acquired and refreshed a building ship."
Qin Dewei waved his hand: "The examination season is coming! All the candidates from the Zhili District in Quannan will gather in Jinling. Let's wait until the city becomes more lively!"
Exam season? Gao Changjiang thought for a while before he understood the meaning. He could always hear new terms from Qin Dewei's mouth.
Once every three years, there are rural examinations in August and autumn examinations, and spring examinations in February of the following year and palace examinations in March. This spans half a year, which is almost an examination season.
The fame and wealth of scholars all depend on the exam season. Scholars all over the world are happy or sad, crazy or crazy with the exam season.
The first thing to start preparations was the rural examination. After a hundred years of evolution, the rural examination system gradually stabilized during the Jiajing Dynasty.
In order to prevent local fraud and strengthen centralization of power, today all provincial and rural examination examiners are sent to Beijing officials.
Among them, the North and South Zhili Township Examinations mostly sent bachelor's degree, Chunfang, Zhongyun, Zanshan and other officials from the Hanyuanfang Bureau.
Most of the provincial examinations in major imperial examination provinces such as Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, and Huguang send Hanlin Academy editors, reviewers, and examiners.
The examiners in other provinces are only officials from the Department of Science and Technology and the Sixth Ministry.
In May of the 13th year of Jiajing's reign, Yunnan and Guizhou were the first to select and dispatch examiners based on their distance, thus kicking off the examination season.
Followed by Fujian, Sichuan, Guangdong, and Guangxi
Among all the rural examinations, the two capital examinations were the most important, and the imperial court was the most cautious and took the most stringent precautions.
For example, for the Southern Zhili Provincial Examination, Nanjing is not close to the capital, but as a rule, it is stuck at the last moment and the examiner is not decided until early July.
Then the examiner immediately set out on the road, and rushed to Nanjing without rest. By the time he arrived at Nanjing, the exam was almost approaching, and he immediately entered the Gongyuan to isolate the inside and outside.
This is to prevent fraud through the back door through favors, and try not to give a time window as much as possible. Although it cannot be completely prevented, it is the ultimate under current conditions.
In late June, Emperor Jiajing asked the cabinet to secretly submit a list of Hanlinfang Bureau's ministers with comments, and also asked Dongchang to submit one.
Anyone who knows anything can guess that on the eve of the examination season, the emperor asked for this list, probably to identify candidates for the examinations of the two Zhili, especially the Southern Zhili Township Examination.
At the same time, it may also be to prepare in advance for next year's examination. After all, in the examination, more than half of the examiners are Hanyuan Cichen.
Due to the fierce confrontation between the chief assistant Zhang Fujing and Qingliu, the Hanlin Academy was purged a lot, so in recent years, Hanyuan Ci officials have been somewhat inactive.
Otherwise, there would not have been the special event of selecting ten people to enter the Imperial Academy last year.
The list of cabinet ministers and the list of Dongchang ministers were placed on the imperial desk at the same time. Emperor Jiajing looked at them one by one, but one name caught his attention.
Zhang Chao, a lecturer at the Hanlin Academy, was evaluated by the cabinet as "long-standing, mediocre and incompetent, just filling in the numbers"; but Dongchang's evaluation of this person was "independent but not party-minded, rarely socializing, and it is said that his knowledge is acceptable"
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The two evaluations were completely different and complemented each other, successfully attracting the attention of Emperor Jiajing.
After scanning his eyes back and forth several times, he drew a circle next to Zhang Chao's name.
As a person who is very jealous and lacks a sense of security, the most taboo thing Emperor Jiajing has now is for his ministers to exercise power.
A few days later, in early July, an edict was issued, appointing Zhang Chao, a scholar at the Hanlin Academy, as the chief examiner of the Southern Zhili Township Examination, and immediately set off south.
After hearing the news, Eunuch Qin, the governor of Dongchang, twitched his eyebrows. There was only so much he could do, and the rest was up to fate.
Children and grandchildren will have their own blessings. If they are not blessed, just sow seeds at home.