Chapter Thirty-Nine: Imperial Examinations Are Difficult to Get to the Sky
Immediately, Wang Lu shook his head again, looked at Jia Yun, his eyes were full of envy, and said: "However, Case Chief Jia doesn't have to worry about this problem, because Case Chief Jia is already a student, so he can have Scholarship and fame will naturally not be equal to mine."
You must know that the first-place "county case chief" in the county examination is directly a student, and directly has the reputation of being a scholar.
If Jia Yun does not plan to participate in the imperial examination in April and the subsequent college examination, then he is also a student and has the title of scholar, so he can directly participate in the next literary meeting of Jinling Mansion - the scholarly literary meeting. There is no need to be like These people are generally blocked from the door because their identity and status are not qualified.
"Tongsheng is one circle, scholar is another circle, and juren is another circle! If a person is in a different circle, the world he comes into contact with will naturally be different, and his vision and structure will be even different."
"I only hope that I can compose a poem at this Jinling Literary Conference and win the favor of the new prefect and all the academic officials. In the future, I will be able to understand a lot in the imperial examination, be named on the gold list, and be qualified. Participate in the next college examination."
The children who took the Jinling Prefecture's imperial examination and county examination this time often lamented that their fate was not good. When they met Jia Yun, a young expert in the imperial examination, they not only lost the special status of the first "county case chief", but were also squeezed out by Jia Yun. The quota for children in the imperial examination should belong to local people.
It’s just that they are convinced that they lost, and have no other thoughts or thoughts. They can only admit that they are unlucky, willing to admit defeat, bow their heads and re-read the books of sages, and wait until the spring comes when the flowers bloom to take part in the imperial examination and county examination again, and take the imperial examination again!
The children of Jinling Prefecture, who had already entered high school before this, could not breathe a sigh of relief. They had to study sages' books conscientiously and diligently to prepare for the upcoming imperial examination in April and accumulate strength, so that they could participate in the second imperial examination. ---During the government examination, strive for the first place in the imperial examination to qualify for the "prefectural case chief" and the number of titles on the gold list.
If these people are more lucky and can pass the high school and get on the gold list in the government examination, then they can go back and prepare for the next college examination.
After all, without the special status of being the first "chief case officer", they must pass the final hospital examination before they can officially obtain the status of students and have the title of scholar.
The imperial examination is a step-by-step process. Even for the scholars of Jinling Prefecture, it is extremely difficult to rely on the imperial examination to achieve their own breakthroughs, cross social strata, become the pillars of the country, and become officials in the court!
Among the more than 100 people who participated in the Imperial Examination for Tongsheng in Jinling Prefecture, only thirty people were finally selected and recognized by the government and admitted as Tongsheng. Among them, only Jia Yun, a "county case chief", was born.
In the government examination in April, more people took the exam, and the difficulty of the exam was more difficult and higher.
After all, the number of places admitted in the imperial examination is limited. The imperial examination not only depends on one's true talent and practical knowledge, but also on the ranking and results. If you rank high, you can be admitted as a member of the gold list. If you don't rank high, even if you don't rank high, you will be admitted. Although he is talented and talented, it is difficult for him to go to high school.
I am not afraid of not getting good grades in the imperial examination, but I am afraid that when I am ranked in the imperial examination, people will be compared with each other, which will make people angry.
In the Tang Dynasty, national examinations did not admit students by region; local examinations selected candidates according to the size of the state. Generally, the number of candidates in a state was two or three people, but in Chang'an, there were dozens, and sometimes even more than a hundred people each time.
This can be seen in Liu Zongyuan's "Preface to the Preface to the Death of Xin": "Jingzhao Yin pays tribute to scholars every year and often fights against hundreds of counties."
The Song Dynasty also had the problem of a serious imbalance in admission quotas.
Ouyang Xiu, one of the Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties, wrote in a letter to the emperor: "For those who are Jinshi from the Southeast Prefecture and those who are Jinshi from the Southeast Prefecture Army, only 20 or 30 people will be liberated out of two or three thousand people. It is one person for 100 people."
The Northwest Prefecture Army captured at most no more than a hundred people, but they captured more than ten people, and only one out of ten was captured."
This means that states with a low admission rate are 100:1, and states with a high admission rate are 10:1. The disparity in the ratio is astonishing.
Among regions with huge disparities in enrollment ratios, Beijing has always played the role of a "low-scoring depression."
Taking the fifth year of Jiayou (1060) as an example, the quota for Kaifeng Prefecture in the capital (the quota for candidates selected to take the national examination through local examinations is called "jiequa") was 266, while there were only 123 in Shaanxi and 84 in Guangdong.
people; moreover, the allowance for the 108 people in the Imperial College was not included in the Kaifeng Mansion.
The number of candidates from the Imperial College and Kaifeng Prefecture who passed the national examination accounted for about half of all candidates.
In the Qing Dynasty, the quota of Shuntian Prefecture was always the highest in the country. In the first year of Tongzhi (1862), the quota of Shuntian Prefecture was 185, while the quota of Zhejiang, a major cultural province, was only 152, and that of Guangdong Province was 102.
The number of admissions in the capital city exceeded that of any major province, and this situation continued until the end of the imperial examination system.
Because of this, some candidates have begun to think about taking exams in other places, braving the public disapproval and taking exams in places with a large number of admission places to increase their chances of admission and thus embark on an official career and change their life destiny.
However, taking exams in other places was not an easy task in ancient times.
In the Tang Dynasty, the law stipulated that all candidates taking the imperial examination must apply in the place of their registered residence.
Therefore, off-site examinations can only be conducted "in secret" and are not known to others.
For example, Bai Juyi, the famous optimist poet in the mid-Tang Dynasty, was a member of the off-site examination.
Bai Juyi's ancestral home is in Shaanxi, and he later moved to Xiagui Town, Weinan County, Shaanxi Province.
Logically speaking, Bai Juyi should have taken the exam in Weinan County, but instead he took the exam in Anhui Xuancheng.
Why does Bai Juyi risk breaking the law? Because the admission rate of Anhui is higher than that of Shaanxi.
In ancient times, there were also those who violated the rules of the college entrance examination in other places and were not punished. From today's perspective, it can probably be regarded as "opening the back door."
Wang Wei, the great poet of the Tang Dynasty, was born in Puzhou, but he took the imperial examination in Jingzhao Prefecture, which had the highest admission rate.
The reason was that he had a talent for playing the pipa, and when he showed off his talent by chance, a certain princess was intoxicated. The princess came forward to smooth things over, and finally Wang Wei was able to take the exam in a different place "honestly" as he wished.
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As of this dynasty, due to the restrictions imposed by the Supreme Emperor, the number of child students far exceeded the number of imperial examinations. Jinling Mansion was a place where literary talent flourished. Although there was a limit on the number of children, once the number of children who failed to pass the imperial examination in the previous years was accumulated,
, the number is terrifying and huge, and it really makes people have headaches and nervousness.
For example, Jia Dairu, a teacher in Rongguofu, Shenjing, could only have the fame of a child until his death, not even the fame of a scholar.
You must know that the imperial examination in Shenjing is many times easier than the imperial examination in Jiangnan area. However, under such circumstances, Jia Dairu did not have high school scholars. It can be said that the difficulty of the imperial examination is far beyond ordinary people's understanding.
"Hey, yes! I heard that the number of children participating in the prefectural examination this time is more than in the past, and there were more children in the previous year. Moreover, the number of places admitted in this prefectural examination has not increased. As usual, the number of places is limited and fixed. There are only
It’s really a headache to have dozens of places!”
Everyone was silent when they heard this. In the next imperial examination, they not only had to compete with their peers, but also with old people like Jia Dairu.
After all, even if you are seventy or eighty years old, as long as you are willing to take the imperial examination, the court will not restrict you from taking the imperial examination.
The number of people and the pressure of the imperial examination accumulated over time is not small. Even a master who is proficient in the imperial examination can hardly say that he is 100% sure that he will be able to "take the lead" in high school and be named on the gold list.
As everyone talked, they arrived at the door. Suddenly they heard the sound of the guqin playing in the mountains and flowing water. They were startled. They looked at each other and said with a smile: "Please."