For ordinary people in Jinling City, seven days are fleeting. After all, the lives of working people are always extremely fulfilling.
Because it is winter, the workshops outside Jinling City have reached the peak recruitment season. Countless people come to Jinling to use their most meaningless physical strength during the slack time to bring themselves one step closer to a well-off life...
Outside of working hours, various theater troupes in Jinling are also doing a good business, especially for grassroots workers. The grass-stage troupes with simple repertoire plots and open-air stages and auditoriums are almost full. Mid- to high-end theater troupes can also receive jobs.
Book performances in the workshop.
However, for the scholars who have just finished the imperial examination and are waiting for the results, seven days are like a torturing little goblin...
Zhuge Jin, Fei Yi, Shi Tao and other confident academic leaders, as well as the scumbag students who have given up struggling, are okay. Those scholars who are not completely sure, and Fazheng, have been very anxious these seven days.
The difference is that the former feels nervous whether he can pass the first-level or second-level exams, so he is nervous, while Fa Zheng... is because before the imperial examination, he had already stated, "This year I, Fa Xiaozhi, will take a thousand exams."
"Stance!"
If it weren't for Fa Zheng's sudden study in Jinling, that is, he bought some "Basic Knowledge" series of books promoted by the Ministry of Works, but failed to study, Fa Zheng would even want to say that he wanted to be a top student in all seven subjects.
It's just that the content of the Ministry of Industry made him restrain himself a little, and claimed to "take the next best thing" to win six consecutive championships...
Fazheng was also in a state of extreme excitement after feeling depressed in Yizhou and finally getting a chance to show off.
As a result, his popularity and reputation among the Jinling scholars were somewhat bad. Seeing that smiling face that seemed to say, "Shudder! I, Fa Xiaozhi, am about to slap you in the face," always made people want to see him.
Apply the paste on your palm.
Fa Zheng may be the biggest beneficiary of the name-blinding system...
Otherwise, the words "Fa Zheng" are worth deducting points to start at the second level!
In the hope of the scholars participating in the imperial examination, as well as people in and outside Chu who paid attention to this matter, including the melon-eating people of Jinling, at noon on the first day of November, the top three lists of the six departments and one hospital were posted on time.
On this day, even the business of major theaters and theater troupes was somewhat deserted.
Ordinary people also look forward to the results of the imperial examination with eager anticipation.
Countless scholars gathered outside the market where the list would be posted immediately, and the surrounding restaurants and teahouses were already full...
As soon as noon arrived, a huge banner as big as seven sheets of paper spread out outside Fangshi. Fazheng, who couldn't wait for it for a long time, looked at it from a distance on the second floor of a nearby restaurant!
Broadly speaking, what everyone is most curious about is the top three in the Ministry of Industry - after all, this is what most scholars have given up on. They also want to know, who can solve those problems?
As for the ones that attract the most attention, they are the top three from the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Privy Council.
The people of Chu State may not be able to accurately recite the scope of their duties, but they at least have a rough idea of the six ministries and one court.
At first glance, the Ministry of Civil Affairs is the most important - according to the new official system, the county magistrate of each county is the director of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, which is the official director of the Ministry of Civil Affairs at the county level...
Mainly responsible for coordinating local administration. On the basis of complying with the order, whether to build roads first or build canals first, develop schools first or encourage the opening of workshops first requires the chief of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Department of Civil Affairs and Ministry of Civil Affairs.
to judge.
Of course, it is not a slap on the thigh judgment, but a matter of coordinating various ministries, not to mention accepting the supervision of the Ministry of Personnel.
Although the six ministries each have their own powers, in most people's minds, the Ministry of Civil Affairs has the greatest power.
As for the Privy Council, needless to say, in these troubled times, even in the Chu country, everyone knows that the most important thing is to have a strong fist!
Soon the names of the "gods of learning" were criticized by everyone...
Top three in the Ministry of Industry: Zhao Shuang, Kan Ze, Yan Zhen! (Fazheng: (￣_,￣))
The top three in the Ministry of Rites: Lu Ji, Deng Zhi, Shi Tao! (Fazheng: w(￣_￣)w)
The top three in the Criminal Department: Pan Jun, He Qi, Chen Jiao! (Fazheng: (oyano))
The top three in the household department: Fazheng, Bu Zhao, and Zhuge Jin!
The top three in the Ministry of Civil Affairs: Zhuge Jin, Fa Zheng, Fei Yi!
The top three officials: Meng Jian, Zhuge Jin, Fazheng!
The top three in the Privy Council: Fazheng, Guo Huai, Zhu Huan!
Looking at the familiar or unfamiliar names, many scholars were sincerely envious and even jealous, especially the two who appeared more than once...
I have to say that Fazheng is really not a crazy person who brags randomly. He has two tops on the list, one is second, and the other is third!
Zhuge Jin, who is second only to him, also has one less top spot than him.
Only Fa Zheng himself saw that he was just a tiny bit away from the six consecutive championships he imagined, and his depression was written directly on his face.
Of course, Fazheng did not doubt whether there was something fishy in it, but encouraged himself more and more - it seemed that not only the veterans who had made outstanding achievements before, but also many of the "newcomers" who had been ordered together Can you see your own neck?
You must know that in addition to engineering, Fazheng originally thought that he should be able to win the first place in the etiquette and criminal subjects that he was "not very good at" compared with these "ordinary people"...
Unexpectedly, he was completely eliminated!
In the Civil Service, which focuses on personnel management and acceptance supervision, Fazheng originally had a "slight understanding of one or two", but Meng Jian and Zhuge Jin took him to the front, ranking third. Even in the Civil Service, he was surpassed by Zhuge Jin.
To the competitive Fazheng, this was simply a blow.
Fortunately, there are no surprises in the military department and the household department, which are the most certain. Otherwise, would I, Fa Xiaozhi, still want to meet people?
Fa Zheng's dissatisfaction is due to more positive incentives, which is determined by his character and experience. He is just a little competitive and has a desire to express himself, but he is not stubborn, and he is not jealous of anyone.
As time goes by, Fazheng will understand more and more that the scholars on the list this time are not simple... but they are not as good as himself!
First of all, there are three people from the Ministry of Industry, all young people in their twenties, and their average age should be the youngest among the top three in each department.
The three of them are all from Chu State. Zhao Shuang and Kan Ze are natives of Jiangdong. Yan Zhen also moved to Jiangdong with his family from Xuzhou a few years ago to escape the chaos...
In "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", both Kan Ze and Yan Quan were just soy sauce, and their official positions were not outstanding in history. Kan Ze advised Sun Quan to emphasize "propriety", and Yan Quan was considered to become Lu Su. The person who went to confront Guan Yu, but he himself did not dare to take office at all. He was also a great Confucian and studied the "Book of Filial Piety" very well.
In the repertoire of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", only the ensemble cast is enough.
Comparing with many academic gods, it can be seen that the two of them are not good at etiquette...
On the contrary, it was their talents in "side jobs" that enabled them to feel proud in this imperial examination!
Historically, Kan Ze has made great achievements in mathematics. He wrote "notes" for "Qianxiang Calendar" and "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic". Although the classics written in this area have not been passed down to later generations, it is said that during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Zu Chongzhi was able to calculate pi. To the seventh decimal place, it means absorbing some experience from Kanze.
Yan Zhen, on the other hand, had great attainments in hydrology and wrote "On Tides", which was the earliest work on tides, but the content is also lost.
As for Zhao Shuang, who is at the top of the list, he is even more powerful. Although he has not been an official in history, he proposed and verified the Pythagorean Theorem during the Three Kingdoms period...