Some of Li Qinzai’s disciples have always had psychological shadows.
Li Sujie, Yiyang and Xuancheng.
Their mothers were losers in harem battles, and the fate of losers inevitably affected the next generation. Before they met Li Qinzai, they were so suppressed in the palace that they could not lift their heads, and lived in fear of death all day long.
Later, after entering school, their lives began to shine again, and it seemed that they had completely bid farewell to the fears of the past.
But only Li Qinzai knew that the knots in their hearts were just covered in dust, and the knots in their hearts were still there.
There are not so many beautiful stories of reconciliation with the world in this world. In fact, most people cannot reconcile with the world, because the world is too lazy to reconcile with you, and it doesn’t even know who you are.
Princess Xuancheng wanted to take part in the scientific examination, probably because she wanted to give herself a sigh of relief. Who could she show to her? Of course it was her father who had almost forgotten her.
Li Qinzai could even imagine the scene Xuancheng was looking forward to. The daughter you once ignored and almost died in the Tai Chi Palace was actually very powerful. Her arithmetic skills could compete with the world's scholars. She deserved to be treated better.
treatment.
Deep down in her heart, she still hoped that her father would regret his lack of fatherly love for her over the years.
Li Qinzai understood her feelings very well and did not object to her taking the scientific examination.
This is the most talented student he has ever taught. Li Qinzai is actually very curious about what level his students can achieve in this era where arithmetic is not valued.
"If you want to take the scientific examination, I can arrange it to ensure fairness and justice. I will also give you a ranking to let you know how much you weigh," Li Qinzai said slowly: "But the ugly thing is ahead, you can't get fame, no matter what.
No matter how good your grades are, you won’t get fame.”
Xuancheng finally showed his determination and nodded: "Sir, I don't care about fame. I just want to know my own worth."
Li Qinzai hummed and said: "From today on, you will go back to Chang'an City to prepare for the exam. You and I, teachers and students, do not have to meet each other before the exam. This is to avoid suspicion."
"I won't give you any academic help. You can study on your own after you return to Chang'an. If you have any questions, ask others for advice. In short, just pretend you don't know me."
Chief Xuancheng bowed his head and said: "That's right, I would like to thank you sir."
Li Qinzai looked at Yiyang and said with a smile: "What about you? Are you also planning to take the scientific examination?"
Yiyang smiled bitterly and said: "My disciple is not talented enough and I dare not embarrass my husband."
Li Qinzai nodded. Although this Yiyang was also a princess, she really had no talent in arithmetic. Her grades were almost the same as those of Li Xianqi Bizhen. Both of them were poor students and would have to worry about attending parent-teacher conferences for several days.
"Sir, I would like to return to Chang'an City with my sister. My sister can prepare for the exam with peace of mind, and my disciple will protect her day and night." Yiyang said again.
Li Qinzai asked curiously: "Are you very good at Kung Fu now? How many moves did Old Wei teach you?"
Yiyang showed a proud look: "If we fight with the imperial guards in the palace, I can fight one against three..."
"Then the guards kneel in front of you and strangle you, crying and begging you not to die?"
Yiyang hesitated and rolled his eyes at him angrily: "Sir..."
Tsk, martial arts practitioners behave like a coquettish person, with a proper tenderness of a tough man.
"Go ahead. After I have made arrangements, I will send someone to tell you to be careful about your words and deeds after returning to Chang'an and not to cause trouble..."
Li Qinzai paused as he spoke, looking a little stunned.
Forget it, as a teacher who gets into trouble every now and then, I really have no shame in telling students not to get into trouble. Why force others to do something that I can't do myself?
I tried hard to think about what I could do, so I was qualified to warn them.
After thinking for a long time, Li Qinzai finally managed to say: "You two... are not allowed to have puppy love!"
This is a reasonable statement. Regardless of the messy things in his predecessor, Li Qinzai now wants to fall in love prematurely, but it is too late...
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Writing scientific examination questions is not an easy task. The scientific examinations of the Tang Dynasty are not very standardized now. There is no rule of constantly fighting monsters and upgrading like the Ming and Qing Dynasties, where they first promoted scholars, then promoted people, and finally became Jinshi. However, there are also fixed procedures.
They are usually recommended by local officials, and then after local selection, they travel long distances to Chang'an City, where thousands of candidates pass an exam to determine the winner.
During the Zhenguan period, Li Shimin stood on the Bell and Drum Tower of the Tai Chi Palace and watched the Jinshi scholars lining up to enter the Tai Chi Palace for an audience. Li Shimin couldn't help but feel proud and said a famous saying, "I have got all the talents in the world!"
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However, this is just a whitewash. In fact, during the Zhenguan period, there were very few people who entered official positions through normal scientific examination channels, and they were pitifully few.
The mainstream approach at that time was still through the recommendation of aristocratic families. Scholars had to submit bank papers to the high-ranking dignitaries at that time. Only those who were valued by the aristocratic families and voluntarily became their party members were eligible to be officials without taking the examination.
Until today, after Li Zhi ascended the throne, the imperial court has mostly relied on recommendations from famous families for many years. The scientific examination is held every two years, but it is quite difficult to implement. In order to promote the scientific examination, Li Zhi and Empress Wu decided on this matter
After working for a lifetime, I was able to suppress the family.
What Li Zhi and Empress Wu had to do was to bypass the aristocratic families and let the children from poorer families accept direct assessment by the imperial court. The imperial court would decide on the selection and elimination of talents, so as to minimize the influence of aristocratic families in the court.
Li Qinzai accepted this job, which was actually very troublesome.
First of all, he must refer to the types of calculation questions in previous years. Under this premise, Li Qinzai then decided the difficulty of his own questions. The number of scholars in the imperial court also determined the difficulty of the questions.
Just like the scores for the college entrance examination in later generations, if you decide to admit 100 people, the questions should be relatively simple, so that too many candidates can't sink and go home sadly.
If it is decided to admit fifty people, the questions will be much more difficult. The difficulty of the questions will be used to eliminate those who are not good at academics and leave the real elite.
The two princesses of Yiyang and Xuancheng quickly packed their bags and said goodbye to Li Qinzai. They left Ganjingzhuang under the escort of the imperial guards.
The next day, the Imperial College sent a doctor, who brought a whole carriage of files, all of which were questions from previous arithmetic examinations, as well as retained test papers from previous candidates.
Looking at the carriage full of test papers, Li Qinzai stood there for a long time, almost going crazy.
Is this... the work of humans?
Who is offering the wine sacrifice in the Imperial College now? Doesn't he think that he is so diligent that he can really read these ghosts one by one?
"Li County Marquis, by the decree of the Emperor, here are all the arithmetic examination questions of the Tang Dynasty from the Zhenguan Year to the present, as well as all the test papers of previous candidates. Please sign for Li County Marquis so that I can go back and resume my duties." The doctor said with a smile.
Li Qinzai was silent for a long time, and then said slowly: "Are you... trying to kill me?"
The doctor was stunned: "Why did the Marquis of Li County say this?"
Pointing to the overloaded carriage, Li Qinzai said: "There are so many questions and test papers, and you want me to read them all by myself? If you want to kill me, tell me, give me a happy one."
The doctor said with embarrassment: "In the scientific examinations over the years, the examiners will review and refer to the questions from previous years, and the subordinate officials will also act according to the rules. This..."
"I won't listen, I won't listen, I won't listen, I won't listen..." Li Qinzai covered his ears angrily and ran away.