Chapter Five Hundred and Fortieth Xunzhou Academy Examination
After Huang Zhiyuan read the notice carefully, he knew that this time the pseudo-Tang Dynasty Dengji Enke was short of time. The county examination, the government examination, and the college examination were combined and held together, and the inspector sent by the Ministry of Rites directly presided over the examination. Students who passed the examination were taught.
Membership title.
Both new students and former Ming students can take part in the provincial and rural examinations, and those who win will be awarded the title of examiner.
For the new imperial examination candidates, those who passed the imperial examination in the previous Ming Dynasty could take part in the general examination, and those who won the imperial examination were considered to be tribute scholars. Those who succeeded in the imperial examination were considered to be Jinshi.
The process is almost the same as the traditional imperial examination. The only difference is that the county, government, and college examinations were merged due to time constraints. However, this is because of time constraints, and many people can understand it.
After all, the four major examinations of the traditional imperial examination are actually the college examination, the provincial examination, the general examination, and the palace examination. The government examination and the county examination are actually just a preliminary selection process, because only by passing the college examination can one obtain the title of student member and become a member of the imperial examination.
From then on, a scholar entered the proper class of scholars. He would not kneel when he saw an official, and he would be exempted from corvee service.
In the Tang Dynasty, Enke took this point to the extreme. Because of the rush, not only did the county examination, government examination and hospital examination be merged into one, but the time for the hospital examination and the township examination was connected.
Even if it is the general examination, the interval between it and the provincial examination is very short, so if you want to participate in this Dengji Enke, the time is actually very tight.
Secondly, the content of this exam is somewhat different from the traditional imperial examination. Although it still follows the format of eight-legged essays, the focus has changed. The four books and five classics are tested on the first day, policy theory and historical theory are tested on the second day.
Three days are spent on mathematics and miscellaneous subjects
It is worth mentioning that the arithmetic test on the third day is a compulsory test, while the miscellaneous test is optional. The examiner will ask the most basic astronomy, geography, physics, chemistry, machinery and other test questions. Candidates can choose and answer the questions at will.
And indicate that only one answer is correct.
At the same time, policy essays and historical essays are not required to answer questions in a strict eight-legged essay format. You can speak freely regardless of the format, but you must say something meaningful, otherwise it will be nothing.
This change in the imperial examination model is also Li Xuan's exploration of the reform of the traditional imperial examination. It is naturally not possible to completely abolish the imperial examination. Facts have proved that the Chinese people cannot do without the imperial examination.
Whether it is the traditional imperial examination in ancient times or the national examination of later generations, the essence is the same. To put it nicely, it is to select talents for the country; to put it more bluntly, it is to win over the most elite groups in society and make them become members of the ruling class.
Prevent these elites from wandering around and thinking of rebellion whenever they have nothing to do.
Therefore, the imperial examination is necessary, whether it is in the name of traditional imperial examination or in the name of selecting civil servants.
However, the content of the imperial examination can be slowly changed. The Four Books and Five Classics cannot be abolished for a while. Not only cannot it be abolished, but it must continue to be the main subject. However, historical theory, policy theory and arithmetic can be added.
Wait for relevant exam questions.
This means that candidates not only have to be proficient in the Four Books and Five Classics and be able to write beautiful eight-legged essays, but also have profound knowledge. This profound knowledge does not refer to arithmetic, physics and chemistry. In fact, these are not the key points.
It is policy theory and historical theory. This kind of question requires candidates to be knowledgeable and have great political wisdom to answer.
As long as they do well in these two exams, then at least in theory, the candidate will already have the basic qualities to be an official.
The slight changes in the content of the imperial examination did not actually arouse Huang Zhiyuan's too much feeling. After all, the Tang Dynasty was a new dynasty. It was natural for the content of the imperial examination to change. What really surprised him, and what made him enter the official office of the Tang Dynasty, was
, the notice stated that all scholars who passed the entrance examination could be awarded officers on the spot.
Moreover, it is written in black and white that the country is in urgent need of talents, and those who have passed the Enke examination will be rewarded favorably: those who are new to the imperial examination will be awarded the eighth rank official official, those who are the new imperial examination will be awarded the seventh rank official status, and those who are in the first grade of the new imperial examination will be awarded the Jinshi.
If you reach the rank, you will be granted the rank of an official of the fifth rank, if you are the second grade, you will be a Jinshi, and you will be granted the rank of a sixth rank official, and if you are the third grade, you will be a rank of a Jinshi, and you will be granted the rank of a sixth rank.
It is natural for Jinshi to be awarded officials, but the new students and candidates are directly awarded officials, which is beyond the expectation of many people.
And this measure is actually nothing to the Tang Dynasty, because now the Tang Dynasty is really hungry for talents, let alone formal scholars, even those who can read can enter directly.
Officialdom, become a clerk.
Although the Tang Dynasty is now on the right track, and there is no such thing as a random scholar being able to serve as a fifth-grade doctor, if a scholar from the Ming Dynasty takes the initiative to serve, the last one will be from the eighth-grade official position, and
From the eighth rank, in the official system of the Tang Dynasty, they basically correspond to the heads of various departments under the county government.
If it was the first Ming dynasty to vote for candidates, if nothing unexpected happened, they would basically be awarded officials starting from the seventh rank, and there were several who were awarded county magistrates.
As for Jinshi, I'm sorry to say that no Jinshi has taken the initiative to apply for the title. In the Ming Dynasty, there were quite a few demoted officials who came from Jinshi. And after these demoted officials surrendered, they were naturally promoted step by step. Basically, they were able to move up one position in their original positions.
There are several people who have served as prefects.
And if you are a new member of the Tang Dynasty, even if you fail to pass the examination, you can still obtain the official status of the eighth rank. You have to know that the county magistrate in the Tang Dynasty is only the eighth rank.
Of course, there were quite a lot of eighth-level positions in the Tang Dynasty, and county magistrate was just one of the more important ones. There were also some less important positions that were also eighth-level positions.
But once you have the rank, it will be much easier to rise to the official position in the future.
The new imperial examination candidates can be awarded the official status of the seventh rank, which is quite shocking to many people. The seventh rank is the rank of county magistrate, and a county official can rule tens of thousands or even more than ten people.
, how majestic that is, and this kind of rank can only be obtained by new scholars.
But in this Dengji Enkoli, as long as you pass the exam, you can become a seventh-rank official.
Not to mention that after passing the Jinshi examination, you can be awarded a high-ranking official of fifth or even sixth rank.
This is extremely shocking to many scholars. What do they study all their lives for? Just to become an official!
As for being an official for the Zhu family dynasty or being an official for the Li family dynasty, there is actually not much difference.
These scholars in later generations were even officials with boar skins, let alone mere thieves like the Puppet Tang Dynasty.
Opening imperial examinations is almost always a good way to attract the scholarly class. Of course, the premise is that you don't be so stupid as to destroy the Confucius Temple before conquering the world. You insist on doing this.
If anything, wait until you conquer the world before playing again.
In the early stage, the top priority is to win over each other. After all, uniting all the forces that can be united is a matter of first crossing the river. After crossing the river, whether or not to draw the bridge and how to draw the bridge is not a matter of a word.
Huang Zhiyuan and several others went to register after seeing the notice. When he came out, looking at the admission document in his hand, he still felt that it was a little unreal.
Finally he shook his head and stopped thinking about it!
His family is just an ordinary country man. He has been studying for so many years in order to pass the imperial examination and then become an official. Now he has an opportunity in front of him. Although the pseudo-Tang Dynasty, no, the Tang Dynasty seems a bit unreliable,
But Xu Hanshi is right. After all, the Tang Dynasty was also a serious traditional dynasty. It was almost impossible to find fault with the etiquette system. Moreover, it already had more than 100,000 troops and was based in three provinces.
Regions such as the Southwest.
Even if the pseudo-unification of China cannot be overthrown in the future, it is still very likely that it will become a local separatist regime that favors one party.
Therefore, although there are some risks in being an official in the Tang Dynasty, these risks are nothing compared with the benefits.
However, in order to arouse the concern of his family, and even more to avoid the scolding of those classmates who were hostile to the pseudo-Tang Dynasty, he did not tell others that he had signed up to take the exam. He only told Xu Hanshi and made arrangements to send the mail in the following days and during the exam.
Lives in Xu Hanshi's home.
He returned home that day and told his family that he was going to stay with a friend in Fucheng for a few days. It was common for scholars to study abroad, so his family didn't think it was strange.
The next day, he took his book box to Xunzhou Fucheng again, and settled at the house of his friend Xu Hanshi. Both of them were going to take the exam, so they spent almost the whole day discussing how to take the exam, especially
It includes policy theory, historical theory, miscellaneous studies, and how to do arithmetic.
The next day, they learned the news that the inspector of the Ministry of Civil Affairs who came to invigilate the exam had arrived in Xunzhou Mansion, and the exam would start soon.
In the past few days, they have been studying hard, striving to achieve good results in the exam and win the title of student member.
After the preparations were complete, the college examination in Xunzhou Prefecture began with a high profile and lasted for three days!
On the first day of the exam, Huang Zhiyuan just glanced at the questions, and after thinking for a while, he started to write a draft. He was also a relatively well-known student nearby. This ordinary eight-legged article was not a problem for him, and he wrote all the articles.
After coming out, he felt quite satisfied. As for being able to win the examiner's favor, there were many factors involved, mainly the examiner's preference.
But he had absolutely no idea that before the inspectors went to Guizhou and Guangxi to preside over the examinations, Li Xuan personally lectured them. Although he did not say it explicitly, the meaning was very obvious, that is, the level of the Four Books and Five Classics was only
It can be used as a reference and does not determine the ranking. The specific ranking will be determined by policy analysis and historical analysis.
As for arithmetic and miscellaneous subjects, the scores are calculated separately, and those with outstanding results are listed separately. These people are brought to Zhaoqing as much as possible on a voluntary basis, because there will be a doctoral program waiting for them if they fail.
Anyone can be admitted to the Imperial College.
It's a pity that these examiners and even the candidates don't know that what Li Xuan values the most is actually the seemingly dispensable subjects of arithmetic and miscellaneous studies. Once there are good talents in them, Li Xuan plans to train them himself.
, and the bright future of these scholars who were personally trained by Li Xuan is self-evident.