With the arrival of October, the topic inside and outside Longdu has become the imperial examination. Even the servants in the Hejian Marquis Mansion also talk about the imperial examination from time to time. The imperial examination is held once every three years. Generally speaking, an additional imperial examination will be added when the emperor ascends the throne.
However, in the first year after Emperor Dade ascended the throne, the court focused mainly on dealing with the rebellion in the south of the Yangtze River, so this extra encourage was unnecessary. According to the normal order, the imperial examination was held on October 15th of the third year of Dade.
This day is also the day that all the talented men and beauties in the world care about most.
Zhang Xiaowu listened to Mang Zhong chattering, saying that regarding this imperial examination, some good people in Longdu had listed the top ten talents, saying that these ten people would definitely be among the top ten on the heavenly list in the future.
"These are talented men from the noble family, and they will be pillars of the imperial court in the future. And do you know? These ten people are not married yet." Mang Zhong chirped, "I don't know who will be lucky enough to marry them in the future."
Zhang Xiaowu tapped her little head and said: "You little girl, if you were thinner, you would have a chance, but your current fat appearance will definitely not be disapproving of them."
Manzhong said angrily: "Can't you think about it?"
Zhang Xiaowu laughed and said: "Starting from this year, even if the imperial examination candidates win the big list, they will not directly become officials. No matter how outstanding the ten of them are, they will have to study at the Imperial University for three years before they can become officials."
According to past practice, the top ten on the Tianbang list will be transferred to the Hanlin Academy to study, and the top ten will then enter the imperial study room to serve the emperor directly. Those are the emperor's close ministers, and the other students are just the emperor's disciples. But starting from this year, the imperial court will cancel the Tiandiren
Three lists, a list of 360 people were established simultaneously, and these 360 people were called
As Zhongshi, that is to say, they are already reserve officials of the imperial court. Of course, the first person on the list is still the number one scholar, the second person is the second person, and the third person is the third flower. The imperial court will give special rewards. But 360 people
He will enter the Imperial Academy to continue studying to be an official, learn experience in current affairs management, learn how to be an official, etc.
The reason why Zhang Xiaowu strongly demanded the establishment of an Imperial Academy was that he needed technical officials, not a group of literati who could only write poems and poems. In the past, the Imperial Academy paid too much attention to people's cultural literacy, but ignored their current affairs management.
Ability, so that many people only flatter themselves after becoming local officials, but have no idea what they should do when they become officials.
"Sir, on the day of the imperial examination, can I go and have a look?"
"What are you looking at?"
"Look at the top pick."
"What's so good about the No. 1 pick? You look at the Central Command every day. Don't you think he's good?"
Mang Zhong curled his lips and said: "Master, you are just handsome and resolute, but you have nothing to do with being handsome, okay?"
Zhang Xiaowu hated iron and said: "Foolish woman!"
"I'm not married yet, I'm not a stupid woman!" Manzhong retorted.
Zhang Xiaowu said: "That's a stupid girl."
Manzhong hummed, "I'm just jealous of my talent."
Zhang Xiaowu turned around and left, thinking that he must tell Xiang Rui this year that the test questions would be more difficult and he must not give those people an advantage.
The examiner of this imperial examination is Right Chancellor Xiang Rui. Xiang Rui was criticized by the nobles because he was responsible for the tax law reform. In order to restore Xiang Rui's influence and prevent his administration from being attacked, Xiang Rui was the chief examiner.
Examiner. This is a kind of balance. The court cannot always be led by the nobility.
Zhang Xiaowu didn't know much about the imperial examination. He was a technician with a science background. He recalled many things in his past life. If it weren't for his poor performance in liberal arts, he wouldn't have chosen science. And what he was most familiar with was the imperial examination.
It is the eight-part essay method for recruiting scholars. During the Ming and Qing dynasties,
In the ancient times, whoever wrote the eight-part essay well could get an official position. The eight-part essay consists of eight parts: breaking the topic, carrying the topic, starting the topic, entering the topic, starting the part, the middle part, the back part, and the ending part. The four parts are taken from
The content of the Five Classics should be spoken in the tone of Confucius and Mencius, and the four pairs should be balanced.
After work, Zhang Xiaowu was in the library, so he was lucky enough to see a copy of the eight-part essay of the Qing Dynasty's Provincial Examination. It was also a treasure of the library. However, he felt that the writing was very good, with beautiful handwriting and elegant writing.
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The director of the library at that time said that the author of this article did not pass the provincial examination. This shows how hard the students in the south studied at that time. If this person was not a student from Jiangnan and was born in Shanxi, Shandong, Zhili, I am afraid he would not be able to pass the provincial examination.
The top few in the Zhongxiang test.
The imperial examination of the Holy Han Empire consisted of three examinations. The first examination paper on scriptures tested the students' memory of poems and books. Most of the test questions came from the Four Books and Five Classics. When Zhang Xiaowu saw the Four Books and Five Classics, he suddenly felt a kind of soul suffering.
In addition to the feeling of heavy blow, the Four Books and Five Classics are almost exactly the same except for some place names and people's names before his time travel, and other characters and languages are almost identical. It's no wonder that many of the idioms he speaks can be understood by others.
The Tie Jing Examination tests the students' ability to memorize books by rote, as well as their learning attitude, so this exam only lasts for half a day. After the exam, the imperial examination room will be opened and the students will return to their residences.
Prepare for the next exam instead of being locked in the examination room for three days and three nights in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Since the Tijing examination only examines one hundred fill-in-the-blank questions, students who answer more than ten fill-in-the-blank questions incorrectly will not be eligible to enter the next exam. However, basically anyone who can take the imperial examination is a scholar with a wealth of knowledge, and very few people
Will be eliminated in the first exam - of course, it does not rule out that some candidates are not in good condition or are dizzy or disturbed by the secular world during the exam.
Three days after the Tie Jing examination, the second examination of the Imperial Examination is Poetry and Fu. You use long poems or essays to answer the examiner's questions. At the same time, you can analyze the past and present based on your own ability.
The format is similar to an argumentative essay from another world. You solve the problem first and then discuss it. The poetry test tests students' writing ability and whether they can write an article with beautiful words, well-founded arguments, and the ability to persuade others.
After the second exam, students will only have one day off, and then take the third exam, policy theory. Policy theory is an exam based on practical knowledge such as governance, current affairs, personnel, politics, and knowledge. Ordinary civilian students
In the two examinations of Tie Jing and poetry, he was on par with the gentry students, but
However, they were slightly inferior in the policy essay examination. After all, many civilian students were not familiar with the general trend of the imperial court or even the world. However, the gentry students were more familiar with the general trend of the imperial court because of their family and clan relationships, so they were better able to write in support of the imperial court in their policy essays.
Come with the required articles and get corresponding good grades.
Zhang Xiaowu looked at the test questions in the third session and couldn't help asking Xiang Rui, "Is this too tricky?"
Xiang Ruiqi said: "Didn't Master Shaobao make my exam more difficult?"
Zhang Xiaowu coughed and said with a red face: "I made the test more difficult for you, but I didn't ask you to kill them."
Xiang Rui laughed: "Master Shaobao, don't underestimate the abilities of the students. They are smarter than you think."