It was already late at night, but the lights inside and outside Yilun Hall were brightly lit.
More than a thousand scholars, including Huang Zongxi, Gu Yanwu, Wang Fuzhi, Zhang Huangyan, Yan Yingyuan and Xu Yingwei, were still reading papers non-stop.
"This article is magnificent and should be ranked first."
"Brothers, please read this article. It is truly a masterpiece!"
"Everyone, everyone, this article in my hands is really extraordinary. The scholar who wrote this article must be a man with great ambitions!"
"Brothers, I also have a good article here."
"Great article, really a rare and good article!"
Chongzhen was a little confused when he heard the scholars praising each other non-stop.
What's the situation? Why are there so many good articles? Could it be that the talents in this subject are particularly outstanding?
Logically speaking, it shouldn't be. The provincial examination was just held last year. Zhu Cizheng also admitted more than a hundred Jinshi, and some even entered the Hanlin Academy.
The fact that these talents failed in last year's provincial examination shows that their craftsmanship is mediocre.
At this time, Chongzhen suddenly remembered Lu Zhenfei's words. Is it because the questions were too simple? So all the students who participated in the Imperial College Examination wrote brilliant articles one by one?
While thinking, Ma Mingluan and Jin Xuan came quickly.
After seeing the ceremony, Ma Mingluan asked for instructions straight to the point: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of War has just handed over 10,000 good horses to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. I would like to ask Your Majesty, what should be done with these horses?"
Jin Xuan then said: "Your Majesty, these good horses must be picked first by our cavalry battalion."
Chongzhen smiled and said: "Jin Qing, the cavalry battalion will not always be under the Admiral Caojiang's Office. Are you sure you want the cavalry battalion to give priority to selecting war horses?"
"I'm sure." Jin Xuan said without hesitation, "No matter whether the cavalry battalion will be in charge of the Jiangsu Province in the future, I hope that the cavalry battalion will have priority in selecting war horses. The ancients said that pink flowers are given to beauties, BMWs are given to heroes, and good horses should be given to cavalry."
"I'm sure, I'll let the cavalry battalion pick first." Chongzhen waved his hand and asked Ma Mingluan, "Ma Qing, are you sure these 10,000 horses are good horses? Didn't hypocrites use inferior horses as good ones?"
Ma Mingluan said: "Your Majesty, the Governor of Huguang, He Tengjiao, has verified that they are all good horses."
"That's good." Chongzhen nodded and said, "If this is the case, we can expand the cavalry. We will select 10,000 soldiers from the 270,000 recruits, and I will let the Yiding train them."
While he was talking, Huang Zongxi came over quickly and reported: "Your Majesty, all the examination papers have been read. I have selected more than 10,000 examination papers from them. These more than 10,000 articles are all very well written."
"How much, how much did you say?" Chongzhen was surprised when he heard this.
Huang Zongxi said again: "Going back to the Lord, we have selected more than 10,000 examination papers."
"Too many, too many!" Chongzhen said, "The Imperial College only recruits 1,500 people. Counting the 500 people in the Naval Academy, it only needs 2,000 students. What do you need so many people for? Get rid of the redundant examination papers.
Drop out."
Huang Zongxi said: "Your Majesty, these more than 10,000 examination papers are all indistinguishable. It is unfair to depose anyone."
"How is that possible?" Chongzhen said in disbelief, "Do you mean that the more than 10,000 examination papers are all the same?"
Huang Zongxi said: "Yes, the levels of more than 10,000 examination papers are all equally matched. It is not good to depose anyone."
At this time, Ma Mingluan smiled and said: "Your Majesty, I heard that the test questions you gave to the students of this subject are the Analects of Confucius?"
"What's the matter?" Chongzhen's face fell and he said angrily, "Lu Zhenfei is laughing at me, and you also want to laugh at me?"
"I don't dare." Ma Mingluan hurriedly bowed to the ground, then stood up and said, "In the past, the examiners in the provincial examinations and the joint examinations asked cut-off questions to eliminate most of the candidates by solving the questions. Only those who were quick-thinking and
Only scholars with rich knowledge can stand out."
Chongzhen said: "Having said that, I still think it's unfair. Just because I didn't answer the questions well, I was dismissed. It's easy to block out the really talented candidates."
Ma Mingluan said: "But the test questions are too simple. In the current situation, it is difficult to make a choice."
"This matter is not difficult to handle." Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "Since there is no distinction between equals, then one should be dismissed and all of them will be admitted! That's right, all of them will be admitted!"
"Ah? If you don't depose one, take them all?"
"All the more than 10,000 students are admitted?"
Huang Zongxi, Ma Mingluan and Jin Xuan looked at each other in confusion.
But after a while, the three of them felt relieved.
This is the Holy Lord they are familiar with, and he never acts according to routine.
Admitting more than 10,000 candidates at one time is something only the current emperor can do with such generosity.
One thing to say is that Chongzhen was really careless this time. He only wanted to avoid making things difficult for the candidates with wrong questions, and wanted the candidates to concentrate on writing at their true level, but he never thought that doing so would not widen the gap.
But as a time traveler, the biggest advantage is knowledge.
The extra hundreds of years of experience allowed him to deal with the situation at hand calmly.
Since there is no clear distinction among more than 10,000 test papers, we will simply admit them all.
Then, the Imperial College should be strict about entry and exit. It is easy to get into the Imperial College, but it is not easy to graduate successfully after three years, and it is even more difficult to work as an errand in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Moreover, the biggest benefit of enrolling so many people at once is to focus on the future.
That is, through more than 10,000 candidates, mathematics, physics, chemistry and other subjects can be promoted to every state and county in Ming Dynasty in the shortest time.
When these more than 10,000 candidates have studied for three years, only a small number of outstanding students can meet the graduation standards and enter the Ministry of Internal Affairs as errands. Most of the remaining candidates will have no choice but to drop out, but Chongzhen will arrange a way out for them.
, that is, let them return to various states, counties, and counties to teach or teach.
In this way, Daming can make up for its shortcomings in mathematical physics and chemistry in the shortest possible time.
In this way, the number of students with knowledge of mathematics, physics and chemistry in the Ming Dynasty could surpass that of the European continent in a very short period of time, becoming a fertile ground for natural sciences.
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The next morning.
Before dawn, the bulletin board outside the Jixian Gate of the Imperial College was already crowded with people, all of whom had gotten up early to wait for the results of the exams.
Fortunately, the court was well prepared for this.
Soldiers from the Beijing camp were mobilized early, and Soldier Cao from Jiang was responsible for order.
There were even cavalry patrolling back and forth on Gongyuan Street outside.
It was just dawn, and the vermilion-red Jixian Gate finally opened slowly.
"It's out, it's out!" The scholar who had been waiting for a long time immediately became excited and rushed forward like a tide.
"Don't crowd, don't crowd!" The soldiers from the Beijing camp and Cao Jiang who were maintaining order quickly drew out their swords, and only then did they stop the crowd of students rushing to take the examination.
"Look at them in order."
"No crowding allowed, anyone who messes around will be kicked out immediately!"
A Qinwang scholar came out of Jixian Gate and shouted loudly.
Hearing this, the candidates immediately became silent and did not dare to crowd again.
After a while, the two Qinwang scholars came out with the list and the paste lake respectively, walked to the bulletin board, the scholar who brought the paste lake painted the paste lake, and then posted the list with the other scholar .
The first batch of several thousand candidates immediately swarmed forward, looking intently.
"I'm hit! I'm hit!" A loud roar suddenly sounded from the crowd.
Immediately, the candidate covered his face and burst into tears, "Father, mother, my son has won!"
Then there was a second cheer: "I won too, hahahaha!"
Then the third, the fourth... some cried with joy, and some laughed loudly. It was as if all the beings in the world were condensed in this moment, in front of the bulletin board outside Jixian Gate.
But more candidates are still anxiously looking for their names on the list.
Some candidates read it more than ten times and still couldn't find their name, while the second group of candidates behind them kept urging them to hurry up, and their mentality collapsed.
"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible!"
"How could it not be my name?"
"Impossible, I will definitely pass this subject!"
"There is a shady story, I want to report it, there is a shady story!"
Hearing this, the second group of candidates became angry.
"Shut up, what's the shady story? This is the Holy Emperor personally invigilating the exam!"
"That's right, if you do poorly in the exam, who can you blame? Just wait until you take the exam and come back again!"
Faced with the verbal criticism from the second group of candidates, the previous candidates burst into tears: "No, absolutely not, my essay is definitely first-class, I don't believe anyone else can write better than me, it's impossible!" "
At this time, a candidate suddenly said: "Don't cry, there will be a secondary list later!"
"Second list?" The candidate who was crying suddenly cheered up. Although the secondary list is not as good as the main list, it is acceptable to be on the secondary list. At least it is worse than failing.
Immediately afterwards, the second list was also posted on the bulletin board.
The examinee wiped away the tears on his face and searched nervously again.
After a while, the candidate burst into tears again and finally found his name.
"Woo, woo, I'm on the secondary list, woo, it's not easy, it's too difficult." The examinee felt inexplicably sad and wanted to go to the old hospital to find a girl to solve the problem. Anyway, there were still ten taels of silver left in the bag. .
At this time, a candidate shouted: "This is not the deputy list, this is also the main list!"
"What? Not the deputy list?" The candidate wiped his eyes when he heard this and looked at the head of the list.
Sure enough, on the right side of the list, the two words "zhengqi" are clearly written on the title. It is really the right list, it is really the right list!
The examinee's chest was instantly filled with great happiness, and the examinee couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh, haha, I knew it, hahaha, I knew I was bound to pass this subject, hahaha!
Then, the candidates struggled to separate the crowd and squeezed outside.
After squeezing to the edge of the crowd, the candidates did not stop, but continued to rush up Taiping Street. Girls and sisters from the old courtyard, the junior students are here to find you, hahahaha!
Behind the candidates, another sky-high cheer sounded.
"It's the list again, it's the list again, it's the main list, it's still the main list!"
"We have already won the third place! There are six thousand people. Oh my God, we have really met the Holy King!"
