"The gap between the rich and the poor is huge!"

Before he knew it, it was time to hold the lights. Xie Jin was patrolling the examination room, looking at the various students, sighing.

The food boxes of wealthy families are filled with fine snacks, various cooked tea leaves, and the bedding they bring is also valuable. Some people even bring their own toilets.

Students from poor families have rough cold rice, and most of the things that keep cold are quilts.

Not to mention the four treasures of the study used!

Xie Jin slowly walked to a candidate in his forties and stared down.

The candidate was writing the opening of the strategy on the straw paper with a sad face...

Judging from Jie Jin's eyes, the candidate subconsciously stood up.

"Sit!" Xie Jin pressed his hand and said, "Don't be too polite, the exam is important!"

While speaking, he looked at the candidate's test paper through the light.

The word is average.

The strategy of the current subject was written by him according to the emperor's wishes, and there were three questions in total.

First, it is a sign of the collapse of the Han and Tang dynasties.

Second, the politics of the Min clan in the front Yuan Dynasty.

Third, the advantages and disadvantages of the new policy.

The three questions are all in plain language, and this is the first time in the imperial examinations in the past. Of course, the long-term discussion of the saint's way also needs to be tested. However, Xie Jin knew that the emperor valued these three questions the most.

Although these three are all plain language, no question is simple.

Especially the second and third, the reason why the Ming Dynasty claimed from Emperor Taizu Gao that it inherited the former Yuan Dynasty and had the world was to rule this vast empire with a large population and a large ethnic group under the legal system.

In the past, the Central Plains dynasties ruled mostly the closest places in the Central Plains, and the surrounding states could just submit. However, under the Ming Dynasty, there were not only Han people, but also Mongolian people, Jurchens, Goryeo people, even Miao, Semu, Yi, and Burmese Goryeo people!

There is no reference for so many ethnic groups to be effectively governed in all dynasties.

In addition to the loss of the Yuan Dynasty, the biggest reason for the failure of the levy and taxation rules was that the relationship between these ethnic groups was not handled well...

When he thought of the exam questions, Xie Jin also thought of the imperial examination reform that the emperor privately mentioned.

As a national official, you cannot only know how to speak out, and you cannot only know how to do moral articles. Everything in the world is knowledgeable...

He even thought of the emperor's reform of official schools. In the future imperial examinations, mathematics and techniques should be added. Those who passed the imperial examinations were not only bound by the Hanlin or local officials, but could plan logistics in the military...

The emperor said that Xie Jin agreed very much, that the imperial examination was actually just the beginning.

Only by passing this threshold means being qualified to be an official!

"A lot of officials need to learn mathematics, agriculture, water conservancy and geography..."

Xie Jin smiled bitterly in his heart, "I am afraid that the officials of the Ming Dynasty will not be that easy to be!"

Thinking of it, his eyes fell on the candidate's paper again.

As he looked, he couldn't help but frown slightly.

"The word is not satisfactory! The beginning of the theory of strategy is a bit bloated. Since it is a vernacular text of strategy, it is time to start with the topic. What should I do if I quote the words of so many saints? The saint has been dead for thousands of years, and he knows how to be so arrogant!"

Xie Jin thought to himself and looked at the candidate again.

The candidate felt more and more frightened because he was standing in front of him and was reluctant to write.

"Where are you from?" Xie Jin asked in a low voice.

"Students in Shenyangwei, Liaodong..."

"No wonder!" Xie Jin smiled, "Your food box is full of big cakes, and there are some radish, green onions, and sauce!" As he said, he frowned slightly, "You are also a juren, why are you so hard to live?"

"The student is stupid and won the exam at the age of 37!" The candidate said ashamed, "The student is 38 this year!"

"Oh!" Xie Jin understood.

The candidate in front of him was not in a good time. As soon as he passed the imperial examination, the emperor ordered that those who had fame and fortune would not be allowed to use the privilege of tax exemption under their name to help others seek personal gain.

However, from the candidate's answer, Xie Jin also felt it. The candidate in front of him was a person who knew how to detour, not a pedantic scholar.

"Since he is a juren, the court has not given land?" Xie Jin looked at the candidate again. His sleeves were all furrowed. The pen in his hand was obviously used for a long time, and his hair was a little uneven.

"The Chenyang Guards are all military fields..." the candidate smiled bitterly.

"Yes, those Qiu Bacai don't care whether you are a juren or not!" Xie Jin shook his head.

He suddenly remembered something. There were few scholars and juren in Liaodong. A few years ago, a juren asked for the land that the court should have granted. As a result, Qiu Ba of the garrison rushed into the house. The family dropped the juren on a big tree and almost killed him!

"No wonder the emperor was under great pressure to lay off the troops from the nine borders!"

Xie Jin sighed in his heart, then glanced at the candidate's paper and walked forward.

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As he walked, he suddenly heard a sound.

Turning his head and seeing a candidate chewing pancakes.

"Are you from Shandong?" Xie Jin asked.

"I'm going to be a bachelor's degree, I'm from Liaocheng, Shandong!" The candidate quickly stood up and said.

"Sit!" Xie Jin looked at him, "All students in Shandong Province have finished the exam, are you not participating?"

"Students didn't participate in that matter at all! How could students resist the great powers of the court when reading the books of sages?" the candidate whispered.

"Well! You understand the truth!" Xie Jin nodded and said, "What do you think about this scholars have no privileges?"

"Reading is to open your mind and make people know etiquette and understand the truth!" The candidate replied immediately, "The second is to be an official for the sake of the family, country and the world! As for the privileged matters, the students will put it bluntly, giving it to the court is the grace of the court, and not giving it is the duty of the court! As an official, you will have a salary, and if you have fame, you will be given rice and grain. If you want to hope for anything else, it will be contrary to the sage's education!"

"Well, that's right!" Xie Jin nodded and smiled, "It's rare!"

"The bachelor's praises, the students are ashamed!" the candidate said, pondering, "Actually, the student and the top scholar Han Gong of Hongwu for 31st year are fellow villagers, taking Han Gong as an example..."

Suddenly, Xie Jin frowned suddenly.

The Han Gong mentioned by this candidate should be Han Kezhong, who is now an official in the Zhejiang Provincial Censor's Inspection and the left-handed political officer.

He couldn't help but shake his head, and didn't even look at the candidate's paper, and left with great strides.

But after taking two steps, I saw two familiar faces in the exam room!

One is Yang Pu, who met the emperor and the emperor, who was recruited by the Zhao family of Nanxiong Marquis.

The other is Jin Youzi, who was already an official in the Ministry of Rites and should have been on a mission to Champa.

Xie Jin had a very deep impression of the latter. This person was an aide to the Duke of Zheng. The Duke of Zheng specifically greeted Duke Cao. The Duke of Cao greeted the Ministry of Rites and was appointed as an official in his capacity as a juren.

In fact, he didn't have to participate in this exam. As long as he went on a mission to Chameng and returned successfully, his future would be very good.

But this person fell ill as soon as he left Beijing...

Of course, I don’t know if he is really sick or if he feels that he is very talented and insists on showing off his skills in the imperial examination. Xie Jin thought that he was probably obsessed with his heart. After studying for so many years, if he couldn’t be named the Emperor’s disciple on the list, he would always be unwilling to accept it!

Before the start of this spring examination, both Duke Cao and Duke Zheng secretly handed over the words, and the words were nothing more than a small explanation.

Thinking of these in my heart, Xie Jin walked over slowly and swept Jin Youzi's paper.

In fact, what no one knows is that, in addition to the two Dukes of Cao and Zheng, the Minister of Works, Lian Zining, also deliberately talked to Xie Jin... and specifically mentioned this person.

After looking at the other party's handwriting a few times, Xie Jin probably had some conspiracy in his mind and turned around and left.

After being an official for so many years, he has long been no longer the naughty one he used to be.

The two dukes of Cao and Zheng were both the emperor's confidants. They really wanted to recommend anyone, even if they didn't succeed, their future would be bright.

Lian Zining has even replaced him with a capable minister who relies on it, so his face cannot be refuted...

"Human relationships and worldly styles are much harder than the articles of a saint! Cao!"

Xie Jin cursed in his heart. Just as he was about to return to the office, an official came to report.
Chapter completed!