Chapter 870 Obtaining a Scholarship through Scientific Examination
Convince others with virtue and convince others with reason.
Li Qinzai's good quality of reasoning is well known to the whole world. The officials who argued with him were obviously not familiar with him.
From a professional perspective, Li Qinzai patiently explained to the officials the reasons why he asked each question. What aspect does this question focus on, and what aspect does that question focus on? Don't talk to me about astronomy and geography, that has nothing to do with arithmetic.
relation.
Calendar? You can add two as appropriate, just to give you some face.
I've already given you face, how dare you not give me face when I ask questions?
Calculation is just the foundation. It is a tool for all basic subjects. Tools should not be taken too seriously. Therefore, should we also take two simple physics questions?
This year, the imperial court has increased the number of candidates for Mingshi Jinshi by fifty, so the questions do not need to be too difficult. Appropriate relief should be given to the candidates. Regardless of their level, if they can answer a few questions, the admission rate will be higher.
When setting the questions, more consideration should be given to the limitations of students from poor families in acquiring knowledge, and the application questions should be more biased towards the common sense of the poor class, thereby excluding those children of privileged and powerful families.
The suggestions put forward by Li Qinzai were all very pragmatic, and most of the disputes with several officials came from this.
Imperial College officials expressed strong opposition to Li Qinzai's proposal. From their standpoint, selecting scholars for the country must be comprehensive and not biased.
According to the practice of setting questions in previous years, astronomy, geography and calendar accounted for a large proportion in the Ming Calculation Examination. This subject cannot be reduced too much, otherwise it will be difficult to convince the public, and no one can bear the responsibility for the troubles caused by the candidates.
Li Qinzai was a little impatient. He didn't have a very good temper to begin with, so he kept nagging at them for a long time, but in the end it was all in vain. Isn't he not giving face to the pillars of the country?
Then the face of the playboy began to show up. He was so shameless that he had to force me to do something, right?
The gloomy look on his face was a bit scary. Officials are all good at observing people's emotions. Naturally, they saw that something was wrong with Li Qinzai's expression, so he shut up very wisely.
Not to mention that he was on someone else's territory now. Even if he wasn't, with his reputation as a playboy that he had accumulated over the years and his unfathomable and terrifying background that even the emperor supported him, the officials found that they really had no capital to compete with him.
"I'm the examiner, and I'm responsible for setting the questions. If you know the truth, shut up and do what I say. If you don't, you'll get a beating from me. In the end, you have to shut up and make your own choice." Li Qinzai said with a cold face.
The officials were silent and looked ugly.
Li Qinzai turned his head and shouted outside: "Come here, get a chicken and kill it for them to see!"
The officials suddenly changed their colors, and a doctor from the Imperial Academy said in a trembling voice: "Marquis Li County, why are you doing this!"
Li Qinzai suddenly changed his face, laughed and said: "Don't misunderstand me, I just killed a chicken to replenish your body..."
I believe you as a ghost!
The officials looked at each other, exchanged glances, and then saw their respective compromises in each other's eyes.
After a few wry smiles, Dr. Guozijian bowed and said, "Just follow what Li County Marquis said and set the questions. After all, you are the examiner appointed by the emperor. I will listen to you in everything I do."
Li Qinzai sighed, feeling slightly regretful.
If I had known this, I should have killed the chicken as soon as we met. Why bother wasting half a day's saliva?
After unified understanding, the next thing will be much easier.
Li Qinzai and the officials began to write the topic.
The test questions had already been drafted, and Li Qinzai's writing was as fast as flying, and he quickly finished a set of test papers.
Everyone entered the deliberation mode again and discussed each question one by one. Each question was carefully discussed for a long time, from the original intention of setting the question to the difficulty of the question and the knowledge involved.
A set of scientific examination papers was discussed quickly. The process was very smooth this time. Maybe everyone was in a hurry to eat chicken.
After confirming the test questions, Li Qinzai handed the freshly prepared test paper to the two supervisory censors. Of course, the censors did not talk much. After reading it briefly, they sealed the test paper with fire paint in front of everyone, and then sent a team to seal it.
Sent to the Ministry of Rites of Chang'an City for engraving and printing.
Li Qinzai couldn't leave after he finished presenting the questions. Everyone involved in setting the questions had to stay in the school, and everyone was still isolated from the outside world.
This is to avoid suspicion and to prevent the examiner from revealing the questions for personal gain.
Li Qinzai happily cooperated, and he didn't mind abiding by the rules as long as no one violated them.
Three days later, with the long bells of the Bell and Drum Tower of Chang'an City ringing, the biennial scientific expedition began.
The scientific examination began with Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, but it was only in name only during the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty. It gradually took on a formal scale. However, although the scientific examination in the Zhenguan year was open to the whole country, in fact, most of the people participating in the scientific examination were children of aristocratic families, and
The scale is small.
Li Shimin once stood in the Tai Chi Palace and said with a smile, "All the talented people in the world have come to me." However, in fact, in the year when he said this, the total number of people admitted to the imperial examination was only a few dozen.
Judging from the total number of scholars in the Tang Dynasty, the scientific examination during the Zhenguan period was more like a formality. In fact, the main focus was still on recruiting children from aristocratic families.
It was not until Li Zhi ascended the throne and decided to adopt a policy of suppressing the aristocratic family that scientific examinations were really taken seriously, and the scale of scientific examinations over the years has become larger and larger.
In the early days of the Tang Dynasty's scientific examinations, Chang'an City did not have a Gongyuan specifically used for scientific examinations. The Ministry of Rites temporarily recruited the Qinglong Temple in Xinchangfang as the examination venue.
On September 13, the first year of Linde's reign in the Tang Dynasty, the scientific examination began.
The climate of this year's scientific examination was very different. Thousands of people walked into the examination room, mostly from poor families in old-fashioned clothes. The examination room was heavily guarded inside and outside, and there were many guards.
Li Qinzai and several officials who had written the questions also left Ganjingzhuang, and were arranged by the Ministry of Rites to sit in a side hall in the examination room.
As the examiner, Li Qinzai did not rest after arriving at the examination room. Instead, he led several officials from the Ministry of Etiquette to patrol the examination room.
Acquiring talents for the country is no small matter, and Li Qinzai also hopes to help Li Zhi discover several talents from this scientific examination.
It is a pity that the scientific examination is mainly based on Ming Jing Ke. In the examination room of Ming Jing Ke, those candidates wrote freely and spoke freely.
On the contrary, the examination room of Mingshu Ke was much quieter, and the number of candidates was far less than that of Ming Jing Ke.
Many candidates bit their pens and looked at the test papers as if they were staring at the enemy who killed their father. What's worse, some candidates' psychological quality is really fragile.
When he saw that he didn't know most of the questions on the test paper, he burst into tears. The officers and soldiers on patrol heard the sound and rushed over. They slapped the examinee in the face to shut him up, and then dragged him out unceremoniously and threw him away.
Li Qinzai witnessed all this and sighed secretly.
From ancient times to the present, this is the fairest way to cross classes. If this does not work, it will only prove that you are incompetent. If you do not have the capital to cross classes, who can you blame?