Li Shimin looked at the paper in front of him and felt that his eyes were dim.
There are at least two hundred papers in this pile. Anyone who reads it will be extremely panicked.
Standing in front of him were people from the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Officials.
This imperial examination was coordinated by two major departments.
They looked at Li Shimin, who was in a daze.
It's already afternoon now. If I don't review the papers, I'm afraid I won't have time to release the results tomorrow.
Hou Junji first asked: "What's wrong with you, Your Majesty? If you don't start reviewing the papers now, I'm afraid they won't be released tomorrow!"
Li Shimin said: "There are so many papers, which is much more than usual. In previous years, there were only dozens of papers, but this year it has become more than two hundred. Did you deliberately let it go? Or do you think the quality of the candidates this year is relatively high?
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As soon as he said this, everyone below was shocked.
The Minister of Civil Affairs at the bottom said quickly:
"Your Majesty, these papers were cross-examined by nearly a hundred officials at the same time, and they were selected from 1,800 papers! The quality of these papers is very high, making it difficult for people to choose. I am in the spirit of this.
The Tang Dynasty selects talents. No ambitious person should be allowed to lose this opportunity. Therefore, they are all put together and reviewed by His Majesty!"
This has two meanings. First, there are more candidates today, and second, the quality of these people's papers is extremely high.
There is nothing wrong with this. Li Shimin keeps saying that he wants to select talents. Now there are so many talents for him to select, but he talks too much!?
Li Shimin could only sigh and said: "Okay, let me take a look first!"
So, he started to look at it casually.
After reading one copy, I was amazed and couldn't stop reading.
At this time, Fang Xuanling said: "Why don't you let me review it together?"
Hou Junji immediately said: "I don't think it's necessary. Your Majesty can just pass it all at once. It's faster this way! The more you read, the more it will influence your Majesty's thinking."
When Li Shimin heard the conversation between the two, he became alert. If it were before, he might have agreed directly, but not now!
They cannot be allowed to participate.
He looked at Hou Junji again, nodded and said, "Yes, that's right, let me go through it once and for all. I must select a talent that satisfies me tonight!"
Then he started looking directly.
Ignoring Fang Xuanling, Fang Xuanling said nothing more. He was just curious. Li Shimin was like this sometimes, and he didn't care about anything.
Li Shimin looked at it, but when he saw the second volume, the expression on his face became more and more surprised. At the same time, he kept saying: "It's really a good article, it's really a good article!"
There was some doubt in the past, but now it is gone. Because what is said here is so good! It is like opening the door to a new world for him.
In fact, more than two hundred articles are not too many. An article can only be 2,000 words at most. It is more than 400,000 words. How can you read it all in one night?
Nowadays, people can read a hundred words in a night. How can they not finish a mere 400,000 words?
That would be so sorry.
These are added because someone has screened them, and he only needs to go through them again.
Li Shimin's literary attainments are also very strong. He has read everything over and over again and remembered the ideas in it!
He also divided the papers he had read into three, six or nine grades.
The best ones are placed in front of him, the worse ones are placed on the left and right, and the ones he thinks are the worst are thrown away directly.
When everyone looked at those papers, it was not that they were bad, it was just that the ones above were better!
This continued until midnight. Then he stretched.
He sighed and said:
"Finally the review is over! Someone, please count the total number of copies of these papers?"
At this time, a eunuch came forward and counted the papers together. When the final number was calculated, they quickly stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, these papers total 105!"
105 copies! Why this number?!
When his words came out, Li Shimin was shocked, and Hou Junji was even more shocked.
The expressions of the two of them were very wonderful.
How is this possible? How could Li Min know this? How could he know what this number is?
Could he count?
This is impossible.
But this is the fact.
It was Li Shimin who judged it himself.
105 copies, very clear.
Seeing that they were like this, the eunuch asked them to be counted again.
Finally, he confirmed again: "It's 105 copies!"
Fang Xuanling and others were puzzled.
"Your Majesty, what's wrong? Are 105 papers too many or too few?"
He didn't understand it very well. In fact, Li Shimin was doubting him, and he was at a loss!
Li Shimin ignored him, so he rummaged around and based on his memory, he picked out two more papers and placed them on the stool.
Tell the eunuch.
"When the results are released tomorrow, 107 people will be admitted to the imperial examinations! There must be no mistake!"
His operation is puzzling. Why? Does the number 107 have a magical meaning? Or why?
Of all the people present, Hou Junji is probably the only one who knows the relationship between 107 and 105. Even if the difference is only one, the result will be different!
Fang Xuanling didn't quite understand Li Shimin's approach.
"Your Majesty, why is this? Those papers are obviously not good, why did you choose two papers and put them in? Isn't this bad?"
Li Shimin waved his hand and said: "For no other reason, I just think these two people are great talents. So I want to give them a chance, so I put them in together! That's it!"
After he finished speaking, he glanced at Hou Junji.
Hou Junji understood immediately.
"Yes, your Majesty is wise!"
Then I heard him murmuring: "Li Min, you will know tomorrow that you will be in trouble. I will definitely let you take out the publishing rights of Zhenguan Newspaper so that you can't control public opinion."
As for Li Shimin, of course he wanted to obtain the distribution rights of the newspaper.
Today is different from the past. When newspapers were being printed, Li Min mastered printing and paper manufacturing techniques.
Now this printing technology is no longer a secret. Even if the imperial court takes over, it can still print it, and it can even seize Li Min's printing factory.
There is probably nothing in this world that Li Shimin cannot do. For his own benefit, he can do anything.
Finally, Li Shimin said: "Okay, after tomorrow, let those 107 people come to the Daming Palace. I will canonize them so that they can work hard for our Tang Dynasty!"
"Yes! I'll take your leave now!"
Everyone retreated.
This went on until the next morning.
Zhenguan Newspaper and Huangbang were published simultaneously. At this time, Hou Junji led a large number of troops to the Shengtang Group to prepare to ban the newspaper.
Such a line is so majestic and eye-catching.
At this time, Cheng Yaojin and others also received news that Hou Junji was heading towards the group, and he was so frightened that he went out directly.
Next, I'm afraid something big is going to happen.
When Hou Junji arrived, he happened to bump into Kong Yingda heading towards the group.