After finishing the exam questions, Yuzhu threw away his pen and sat down to drink tea.
As soon as the examination questions came out, the transcribers quickly copied them down and distributed them to the candidates taking the examination in each examination room.
While Yuzhu was drinking tea, he felt like he was in another world...
A year ago, he was also a student taking the exam. Now, he is the examiner who decides the fate of the students.
How wonderful is God?
Yuzhu deliberately didn't write out the complete test questions until today, just because he didn't want to reveal the top secret.
Historically, Yu Hongtu was beheaded by Yongzheng because his concubine stole the exam questions.
If the king is not secretive, his ministers will lose their integrity; if their ministers are not secretive, they will lose their virginity.
Yuzhu is someone who wants to do big things, so naturally he doesn't dare to act alone!
The supervisors, transcribers, examiners, and envoys are all local officials in Guangdong.
As long as Yuzhu doesn't leak the test questions in advance, even if he catches the cheating scholar, he has nothing to do with him.
Fan Shichong, the governor of Guangdong, could not trust Yuzhu.
Wherever the jade pillar goes, he will follow it, fearing that the jade pillar will disappear into thin air in the blink of an eye.
Hey, Yuzhu has no ghosts in his heart. Is he afraid of something?
Since Fan Shichong deliberately targeted him, Yuzhu simply walked back to his three-in-one courtyard and played with the two beautiful maids.
However, Fan Shichong was not ambiguous at all. Not long after Yuzhu entered the courtyard, his people surrounded the courtyard so tightly that not even a fly could fly out.
Of course, Fan Shichong did not let Zhang Tingyu go.
In fact, Zhang Tingyu never doubted that there would be problems with the jade pillar. Instead, he always worried that something might happen to Fan Shichong.
Why?
Zhang Tingyu and Yuzhu worked together in the south study room. Yuzhu also had an impeccable temperament when doing things.
Moreover, Yuzhu's future is bright and shining, and Longkodo is well-known as a corrupt official. He is not short of money at all.
On the contrary, Fan Shichong's father, Fan Chengmo, was famous for being a man of three feet.
However, the current rural examination system is actually a very unfavorable institutional arrangement for the chief and deputy examiners.
Fan Shichong's people were all inside and outside Gongyuan. It was easy for him to do something.
Just when Zhang Tingyu was very troubled, Yuzhu had already undressed, embraced the two beauties comfortably, and lay high on the couch.
Did anyone cheat in the provincial examination?
There will definitely be one!
Because the interests involved are really too great.
From a scholar to a successful candidate, to use modern expressions, it is simply a leap in class!
The problem is that Yuzhu is not here to select the old candidates, but to find those who understand Western trade among more than 5,000 talents.
Yuzhu really doesn't care whether the candidates cheat on the Three Classics questions!
If you don't have practical experience in taking additional exams, even if you give them a book to plagiarize, they won't have anywhere to copy from.
To put it bluntly, as the chief examiner, as long as Yuzhu does not reveal the test questions, and the top dozens of candidates are admitted, and there is no major controversy, he will pass.
The first day of the exam was uneventful.
In the morning, when Yuzhu was having breakfast, Fan Shichong sent someone to report, but no one handed in the papers in advance.
Yuzhu couldn't help but smile. Anyone who dared to hand in the paper in such a short period of time was either stupid or crazy.
Even a genius would not dare to play like this.
On the afternoon of the next day, something finally happened in the Gongyuan.
Fan Shichong sent someone to invite Yuzhu to come over to discuss matters. Yuzhu changed into his official robe and walked slowly back to Mingyuan Tower.
You can patrol around the Gongyuan. This is the prerogative of the examiner.
Together with the examiners, they can only stay in their examination room and wait for the test papers to be handed in. They cannot go anywhere.
When Yuzhu arrived, Zhang Tingyu had already arrived.
As long as the exam is not over, Yuzhu is the highest official in this tribute courtyard and has the final decision-making power.
After Yuzhu took his seat, Fan Shichong introduced the situation in detail.
It turned out that there was a scholar who hid a complete collection of four books. The cheating book was made one size smaller than a palm, and he actually brought it into the examination room.
Yuzhu took the small book and read it carefully. Hey, good guy, the characters are very small. You can't even see what is written on it unless you squint your eyes.
Everyone reaps the rewards, what is there to say?
Yuzhu expressed his position on the spot and said coldly: "Fan Zhongcheng, you are the prison official. First send someone to take custody of this thief. After the dragon gate is opened, he will consult the Wenzheng Yamen and remove this person's reputation.
Okay?"
Fan Shichong had been watching with cold eyes. However, Yuzhu's arrangement was flawless, and he had nothing to say.
According to the usual practice, if there is a case of cheating in the rural examination room, the examiner can interrogate the case in person or hand it over to the supervisor for interrogation.
During the examination period, Guangdong Academic Affairs cannot enter Gongyuan.
Those who can participate in the provincial examination are all scholars. They can stand before officials and have the privilege of not being punished.
Even if the governor of a province inquires about the case, as long as the scholar who cheated has not been removed from his position, it is impossible to take any corporal punishment measures against him.
This is the real power of studying to test for fame.
No matter how rich the businessmen are, they must kneel down to answer when they meet the officials, and they can be beaten unscrupulously by the gentlemen.
The cheating examinee was just a minor incident, and Yuzhu didn't even bother to bring him to trial.
Zhang Tingyu, who had been quietly watching the changes, couldn't help but secretly admire him when he saw that the Yuzhu was handled in an orderly manner and in a reasonable and compliant manner.
On the second day of the exam, there was just a cheating episode.
You know, in any year of the Guangdong Provincial Examination, it is really rare that a few cheating scholars are not caught.
The next exam was relatively peaceful, and no more cheating scholars were caught.
We took three exams in a row for nine days, and caught a total of five cheating talents.
Yuzhu is still the old method, and he will not be involved in it, leaving everything to Fan Shichong to deal with.
After such a long period of observation, Zhang Tingyu has also understood that the way of hanging up Yuzhu seems to be timid and incompetent, but in fact it is extremely clever.
Why?
Whenever there is a cheating case in the examination room, Yuzhu is the first person responsible.
Now, Yuzhu has no ulterior motives and is not involved in the fraud case at all. Even if there is any hidden secret, it has nothing to do with him.
When the marking began, Yuzhu, Zhang Tingyu and Fan Shichong all stayed in the same room.
According to the usual practice, Yuzhu recorded odd-numbered candidates, and Zhang Tingyu recorded even-numbered candidates.
However, the provincial examinations of this dynasty only focus on Jieyuan. As for the so-called Yayuan ranked second to tenth, they are just honorific titles in the community and have no value at all.
In other words, as long as you win the lottery, even if you are the last one, there is actually no difference in the gold content and the settlement amount.
After Yuzhu and Zhang Tingyu started grading papers, Fan Shichong became bored.
After getting along with each other these days, Fan Shichong felt that he had looked down on Yuzhu before.
According to Governor Fan's original idea, shouldn't Yuzhu's age be the time when he is full of energy and prone to act impulsively?
Then, after several fraud cases occurred in the Gongyuan, Yuzhu's calm and sophisticated handling methods refreshed Fan Shichong's inherent view of him.
When Yuzhu was grading the papers, he had a strong balance in his mind.
Regarding the policy for additional examinations, no matter how well the candidates do, they will never be able to get the best score.
There is no fixed number of total places for admission to the provincial examination. The total number of places has always been determined based on the number of scholars who take the examination. The ratio is one out of thirty.
In this provincial examination, the number of scholars who took part in the examination exceeded the 5,000 mark, and the last person to be elected was the 167th.
These are the candidates for the main examination. In addition, the candidates for the secondary examination must also be admitted.
The so-called deputy list Gongsheng students, that is to say, the scholars listed on this list can study in the Imperial College. After they graduate from the Imperial College and pass the examination, they will be eligible to serve as county magistrates and other eighth- and ninth-grade sesame officials.
The future of a deputy minister is definitely incomparable with that of a serious civil servant.
By the late Qing Dynasty, even those who came from the Jinshi class had to wait for a long time, let alone the so-called deputy tribute.
The rural examination is not a general examination. The examiner of the rural examination has the absolute right to decide on the candidate for Jieyuan.
Deputy examiner Zhang Tingyu and Supervisor Fan Shichong can also express their opinions on the candidates for Xieyuan. However, whether they adopt it or not depends entirely on Yuzhu's own attitude.
After Yuzhu read the last policy question, he couldn't help but sigh secretly. It's a pity that no one in Guangdong is familiar with trade with the West.
All policy questionnaires are nonsense with no answers to the questions.
Yuzhu rubbed his eyes and temples while secretly reflecting.
Nowadays, when everything is inferior and only those who are well-educated, emphasizing agriculture and neglecting business is the right way to go.
Even in the coastal area of Guangdong Province, scholars were extremely light on business and were ashamed of being involved in foreign trade.
Those who really know the actual situation of Western trade are the Guangzhou Thirteenth Bank among the cheap merchants.
Yuzhu felt a lot cold in his heart. Among his disciples, no one was proficient in Western affairs, so he could only train them from scratch.
On the day when the list was published, Yuzhu couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief after Governor Fan Shichong personally stamped his seal on the list.
Hi, this study break finally passed peacefully.
When the Gui Bang was posted at the gate of Gongyuan, Yuzhu led two beautiful maids, quietly walked out of the back door of Gongyuan and walked to the streets of Guangzhou.
After walking around four streets, Yuzhu couldn't find a teahouse offering morning tea.
Hi, after Yuzhu thought about it carefully, he suddenly realized that it was actually him who was possessed by the devil.
Morning tea in Guangzhou originated from the "Yiliguan" in the Xianfeng period.
This kind of "Yiliguan" has a wooden sign with the word "Tea Talk" hanging at the door, and serves tea and cakes. The facilities are simple, with only a few wooden tables and stools for passers-by to rest and talk.
Later, independent tea houses appeared, called "Ju", such as the time-honored Taotao Ju.
During the Guangxu period, "ju" was changed to "lou", such as the time-honored Lianxiang Tower, Chengzhu Tower, Huiru Tower, etc.
In other words, Yuzhu directed his own cooks in Sijiu City to make various Cantonese-style refreshments, such as boneless chicken feet, shrimp dumplings, siu mai, etc., which turned out to be the ancestor of invention.
Master!
(PS: Khan, the monthly ticket has been stolen, I beg you all, young and old, please help me!)