The palace examination begins, and you can hear needles dropping in the Fengtian Palace.
The tributes taking the examination sat down one after another and kowtowed to Zhu Yunxi. Zheng Yi, the Minister of Rites, Liu Sanwu, the chief examiner, and others opened the sealed box together, took out the examination questions for this palace examination, and handed them over to Zhu Yunxi.
The secretaries of the Hanlin Academy, the deacons of the Ministry of Rites, etc. began to distribute the money.
In the main hall, except for the sound of scraping paper, there was no other sound.
Although the emperor is the nominal examiner, there is still a temporary invigilator in the examination room. According to the official position, there are the examiner, the examiner, the examiner, the examiner, the examiner, the supervisor, and the promoter.
Officer, patrol officer, etc.
The record readers are composed of Hanlin Academy, various bachelors, Zuo Chunfang bachelors and others. The promotion officers are the Minister of Rites and the Minister. The censors are the left and right inspectors, censors and inspectors.
Among the candidates, Yang Rong was sitting in the third row in the front as the Jieyuan of the Fujian Provincial Examination. As soon as the test papers were handed out, the seal official came forward and tore off the yellow seal before he could write.
As soon as the test questions came into view, he felt a little bitter in his heart.
Sure enough, as the teacher said that day, in addition to the scripture lectures, there are four policy essays alone.
"Ask about the emperor's government and his heart!"
"Zhou and Tang Dynasties emphasized external emphasis and internal emphasis, while Qin and Wei emphasized external emphasis and internal emphasis. Each has its own merits!"
"Zhuge Liang did not intend to promote Shang Dynasty but used his skills; Wang Anshi used his true intentions to promote Shang Dynasty but concealed his theory!"
“The root cause of land annexation is its harm!”
For a while, it was difficult to write. After hesitating in my heart for a long time, I followed the format required by the imperial examination. I first wrote my name and place of origin in the blank space and slowly started writing.
"I am correct: I have heard that when the king's way comes to control the inner world, there must be a real manager, and then he can control the crowd. There are many intricate ways to lead to the rule of Yongxi!"
"Hong Wei, the Supreme Emperor of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, was a man whose wisdom was given by heaven and whose perseverance was born from his nature. At the beginning of his ignorance, he created strategies and determined the best plans for the ages; after he was finalized, he established outlines and records, which will be used for hundreds of generations.
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This is the advantage of being near the water, first come first served. Although his teacher Xia Yuanji, the assistant minister, cannot teach him privately. Of course, even though Xia Yuanji is the assistant minister, he does not know the topic of the exam. But his teacher can still teach him in private.
He was given the most critical guidance in certain places.
When today's emperor is extremely filial, when asked about the emperor's government, he just writes a pen to praise the Supreme Emperor.
At the very least, it is right to praise the Supreme Emperor. He will be invincible in the first place.
Han Kezhong, a Shandong tribute scholar sitting in the fourth row from the bottom, did not write for a long time after receiving the test paper. His eyes were focused on the roots of land annexation and its harm. For some reason, his mind was filled with what he had seen and heard in his hometown over the years.
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After thinking for a long time, I slowly started writing, "Land annexation has been a persistent problem in all dynasties. I believe that the root of land annexation lies in wealth, inequality, and natural and man-made disasters. The rich have more money, and they buy land at higher prices, while the poor are forced to pay taxes.
The hardship is so great that one has to work hard for a year to make ends meet. If there is a slight natural disaster, even if the oil fields are seven to eight acres and there are only one or two livestock, the family will inevitably sell the fields to survive."
"In my hometown, the rich have nine skyscrapers, and the poor have only one. The rich have ridges and ridges in their fields, and the poor have no land to stand on. The government reclaims fields every year, and the rich either bid for them at high prices or use manpower to replace them, but the poor cannot get them.
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In the examination room, the sound of writing was everywhere.
Zhu Yunxi was sitting on the dragon chair, looking down at the examination room. Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Liu Jin sitting on the brocade pier, shaking his legs uneasily.
"Be honest!" Zhu Yunxi scolded in a low voice.
Liu Jin lowered his head in fear and whispered, "Father, my son, my son wants to relieve himself!"
"Why do you do this at the critical moment?" Zhu Yunxi said angrily.
"I've been holding it in for more than half an hour!" Liu Jin blinked and said innocently, "I just said that I had relief. You said you can't delay the auspicious time..."
"You bastard!" Zhu Yunxi shook his head and said to the bastard, "Take him!"
"According to the order!" The shameless bastard agreed quickly, bent down and carried six kilograms on his back, and walked down the Dan steps towards the side hall.
In the hall, the students were all concentrating on writing and did not pay attention, but the officials who were in charge of the examination saw Liu Jin and let the bastard walk away in shame.
"The prince has reached the age of studying, and the emperor has not issued an order yet!" Inspector Yan Zhenzhi said to Zheng Yi, the minister of rites, "Master Zheng, which bachelor do you think this job falls on?"
Zheng Yi smiled and nuzzled in the direction of Liu Sanwu and others who were wandering around the examination room, "Qingliu people are also watching this matter, how could I know to go?"
Yan Zhenzhi smiled and said, "Qingliu? The Iron Cauldron Stone has been in Z recently, but some Qingliu can't bear it!"
Zheng Yi smiled again and gave the other party a look that both you and I knew well.
Liu Sanwu walked around the examination room with a straight face and dignifiedly.
Everywhere he went, the scholars who were writing became nervous. He suddenly stood behind someone, stared at the other person's handwriting for a long time, and then walked away expressionlessly.
As soon as he left, the person he looked at let out a sigh of relief.
This person is none other than Yang Shiqi.
"This Yang Shiqi is someone the emperor knows in his heart, so he must be admitted. The scholars from Jiangxi will not be far behind in their studies if they come here." Liu Sanwu thought to himself, "But the admission ranking cannot be too high, otherwise it will be too bad for him.
That’s not a good thing!”
All candidates must cover up their names and place of origin before handing in the paper. This is to prevent the marking officer from showing favoritism when meeting someone he knows. Only after the test results are finalized can the cover-up of names be revealed.
In other words, the marking officers don't know whose paper they are looking at, but there is always a way. If you don't know his name, just remember his handwriting.
Words are like the person they are, and they are never wrong. For those who have been dealing with words all their lives, writing down handwriting is more convenient than remembering names or even people.
Liu Sanwu seemed to be tired from walking, so he sat down in a remote part of the main hall, next to the Hanlin attendant, who received a letter from one of the marking officials for the local examination.
"Mr. Liu, in this imperial examination, there are more than 400 Southerners, accounting for more than 60%!" Zhang Xin laughed in a low voice, "The literary style of Jiangnan is at its peak, and it is well-deserved!"
Liu Sanwu held the tea cup and smiled and said, "Aren't the North and the South the seeds of Ming Dynasty's study?"
Zhang Xin smiled and shut up.
It had been 30 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty and the country had unified the world. In terms of economy and people's livelihood, the south was better than the north. But the fundamental reason for this was the chaos and war in the world at the end of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty.
There are wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River, and the north is rich in powerful people. When the south was stable, the north was under the control of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. Not only did it fight against the Ming Dynasty, but it also fought against itself. In the late Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties, Emperor Yuan Shun could not control his military leaders.
Especially after the death of Chahan Timur, the generals under his command were dissatisfied with each other.
Wang Baobao, Li Siqi, Diao Gao, and Guan Bao fought on their own.
In addition, after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there were several Northern Expeditions. Although military expenditures were located in the south, food, grass, weapons and other supplies for the corvee people still came from the north, and the burden on the northerners was too great.
Over the years, the imperial court was also aware of this problem and continued to restore the vitality of the north through measures such as immigration, tax exemption, and promotion of culture and education.
But it is easy to destroy, but how difficult to restore.
It will take thirty to fifty years to be effective.
In fact, although the number and talents of scholars in the north are not as good as those in the south now, decades ago, or even more than a hundred years ago, the great Confucians in the north emerged one after another, making it difficult for the scholars in the south to hold their heads high. Moreover, when the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties unified the world,
Most of the Han officials above the court were from the north, and their reputation and righteousness were all in the north.
At that time, especially the people under the Liao and Jin rule, whether they were Han or Jurchen Khitan descendants, were all Han.
And southerners are southerners. If you take part in the imperial examination, you will not only have to be ranked behind the Mongolian Semu people, but also behind the Han people.
Liu Sanwu looked at the examination room, slowly took a sip of tea, and then started walking around the examination room again.
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