Chapter 1107: The Imperial Examination Announcement
It has been ten days since the imperial examination ended. Five days ago, the Examination Yuan posted a list of notices for the imperial examination, notifying three thousand candidates to take the imperial examination. If there is no chance to participate in the imperial examination, it means that the Jinshi subject has failed, and the only hope is to count on the Imperial College.
The admission list of Guozixue.
Yesterday morning, the results for Mingfa, Mingshu and Mingzi were released. Xue Qing High School ranked second in Mingfa, which really made Guo Jincheng envious, and at the same time worried about himself.
At first, Guo Jincheng didn't really care about whether he could pass the exam. He just wanted to give it a try. But when Xue Qing passed the exam, his mentality also changed. He began to worry about gains and losses. He was eager to pass the exam, but he was afraid that he would fail.
Failed the exam.
He wanted to ask his father several times, but in the end he restrained himself. His father clearly told him that he would not interfere or ask, and whether he could pass the exam or not was up to him.
Guo Jincheng got up early before dawn. As soon as he finished washing, Bai Juyi looked over and asked with a smile: "Have you packed it up?"
"It's almost there, but there's no need to be in such a hurry. It's said that the results won't be released until noon!"
"It's impossible to publish the results at noon. It should be in the morning. Let's have something to eat and then leave."
"You two, breakfast is here!"
Xue Qing walked in with a smile while carrying a food box. He passed the Mingfa exam and was in a good mood. He was willing to do errands in the past two days and his relationship with Bai Juyi also improved.
"Soy milk and butter cakes. Their butter cakes are good. There is a layer of meat sauce inside, which is very delicious."
The soy milk is put in a gourd, with a cork on top. As long as it doesn't tip over, it usually won't leak. There is a logo of each store on the bottom of the gourd. You usually deposit five cents? Can you get the money back if you return it? Of course, this is just
What do street shops do? High-end stores use porcelain bottles with narrow necks? And then they are also plugged with wooden stoppers.
Xue Qing saw that the two of them were nervous, so he smiled and persuaded: "Don't worry, you two? You have already taken the palace examination, and you are still worried that you will not pass?"
Bai Juyi was eating cake in his mouth and said vaguely: "There are three thousand people taking part in the palace examination! Only thirty people can be admitted? It's just as difficult to pass the examination."
Xue Qing smacked his lips and said: "Actually, I don't think it is necessary for the imperial court to take the imperial examination again! Since the provincial examination has been passed, shouldn't it be enough to rank according to the results of the provincial examination? It is unnecessary."
"mistake!"
Guo Jincheng corrected him unceremoniously, "The examination in the Examination Yuan can only be called the Rites Examination. Then combine the Rites Examination and the Palace Examination? Can it be called the Provincial Examination? Besides, you can't tell the candidate's level just by taking one exam. You must take the exam."
Twice, it not only prevents cheating, but also can see the true level of the examinee? This is more reasonable."
Seeing that it was late, Xue Qing said impatiently: "Eat quickly! I just want to say one thing, but you kept talking for a long time!"
The three of them quickly finished their breakfast, packed up and set off.
Today is the day when the results are released? Since last year, the system for releasing the results has been reformed. Instead of sending people to various inns in Chang'an to announce the good news, instead of notifying the government at the place where the family is located, the local government sends people to report the good news to each family.
Candidates in the capital will look at the results uniformly.
The list was announced in the Examination Yuan Square. Thousands of people had already gathered here before dawn. Every scholar was worried, wondering if he could pass the exam?
Of course, if you don't even have the chance to take the Imperial Examination, don't expect to be admitted to the Jinshi, but today is also the time when the admission lists of Taixue and Guozixue are released.
Taixue General admitted 2,500 people, and Guozixue General admitted 500 people. This kind of list is jokingly called the Bronze and Iron List, ranking below the gold list of Jinshi Department and the silver list of Mingjing Mingfa Department.
At this time, in the Political Affairs Hall of the Daming Palace, Guo Song and the ministers conducted the final review, mainly reviewing the top ten, and then the King of Jin determined the top three.
In fact, the level of the top ten is almost the same. The top three are mostly determined based on political considerations. After all, everyone in the world is paying attention. Sometimes it is to balance the family, and sometimes it is to balance the region.
Guo Song looked at the list in a daze. He never thought that his son would be among the top five. Before, his son also participated in the palace examination. Maybe because he was nervous, his performance was not ideal and he only ranked eleventh in the palace examination. , but he performed extremely well in the Rites Examination and won the second place in the Rites Examination. Overall, he finally ranked fifth.
Guo Song wanted to put him in the top three, which was completely fine, but it was too obvious. Guo Song secretly sighed in his heart and said to everyone: "The first place is Suzhou Shen Kai, everyone has no objections, right?"
Shen Kai belongs to the Shen family in Wuxing, a famous wealthy family in the south of the Yangtze River. This time Shen Kai ranked first in the rites examination. However, the palace examination was not ideal, and he only ranked fifth, ranking second overall.
Everyone understood His Highness's intention to further win over the Jiangnan nobles, so they had no objection and unanimously expressed their approval.
"The second place is determined to be Jiang Yao, a scholar from Jianzhou. Do you have any different opinions?"
Jiang Yao was ranked third in the Rites Examination, first in the Palace Examination, and first in the overall ranking. Logically speaking, he should be the number one scholar, but Guo Song moved him one place back, which is actually pretty good. He was ranked second not because of him. It was because he was a scholar from Bashu, but because he was born into a poor family. Guo Song needed to set an example for a boy from a poor family to show the fairness of the imperial examination.
No one objected. At this time, Du Guqiu said with a smile: "Let Xue Jin take the third place! After all, he is the second in the Ministry of Rites exam and he is only fifteen years old. It is normal to be a little nervous in the palace exam. It is rare to have such an outstanding person." child prodigy."
Among the prime ministers, only Du Guqiu knew that Xue Jin was Guo Jincheng, and everyone else was kept in the dark.
At this time, Guo Song sighed and said: "To be honest with you, this Xue Jin is the prince Jincheng. It's very difficult for me to handle!"
The political hall was suddenly in an uproar. No one expected that the young prodigy who caused a lot of controversy due to an article on Anxi countermeasures two days ago turned out to be the prince.
The reason why his performance was not ideal was that when he wrote about Anxi Military Town, he omitted Suiye Military Town, and then he added it later when he remembered. Unexpectedly, when he added Suiye City, he wrote Suiye City is near Atami and wrote Suiye City North. Thanks to Yi Bohai, an omission and a mistake in common sense prevented him from entering the top ten in the palace examination. However, his clear thinking was greatly appreciated by everyone, especially his proposal to establish the fifty-mile post station system, which was amazing.
Pan Liao said with a smile: "I don't avoid relatives when I'm jealous. I think it's a good thing for the prince to be a prostitute. After all, the strength is here, which makes people speechless."
Du You also said to Guo Song: "Your Highness, the eldest son's achievement is the result of his master Li Ge's careful training. Even if we don't consider the eldest son, we still have to give an explanation to Mr. Li Ge."
Zhang Fengyi also advised: "Your Highness, please believe in the vision of the Prime Ministers in the Political Affairs Hall. We all have rational judgments and know what can and cannot be done. We will never cater to Your Highness. Since everyone agrees that the Crown Prince can be ranked high, That means the Crown Prince deserves it. On the contrary, depriving him of the status he deserves because he is the Crown Prince is unfair to the Crown Prince and tramples on the principle of fairness in the imperial examination system. Your Highness, please think twice?"
Guo Song still felt that something was wrong. After all, he did not do well in the imperial examination. This was a fact.
But everyone wanted the crown prince to be ranked high. Seeing that King Jin was still undecided, they all bowed together and said, "Your Highness, please think again!"
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It was already daybreak, and tens of thousands of people had gathered in the square in front of the Examination Yuan. It was a sea of people, densely packed with scholars. Although there were many people, it did not seem crowded. The main reason was that there were ten places where the results were announced. The Zhengbei List released the Jinshi List, and others
The Nine Rankings publish the bronze and iron rankings of Taixue and Guozixue, which effectively divides the crowd. There are only five or six thousand people under the Jinshi Ranking.
This time, just like last year, one hundred and twenty people were admitted. One hundred of them were ranked according to their merits, while the last twenty were sorted out with some care. This is also the usual practice.
Among them, the first three are called Jinshi and Di, the fourth to twentieth are called Jinshi origin, and the 21st to the last ones are called Tongjinshi.
Of course, everyone is called Jinshi, so there is no need to distinguish them so clearly, but in fact, it is different when the Ministry of Personnel is considering conferring officials.
The first place is promoted to the rank of an official of the seventh rank, the second and third places are promoted to the rank of an official of the eighth rank, the fourth to twentieth rank are promoted to the rank of an official of the eighth rank, and then the 21st to the last rank are awarded to the full rank.
Ninth-grade official promotion.
Although it looks like there is only half a grade difference, half a grade means one term, and you must be assessed for the upper level. If the assessment is for the middle and lower grades, don't even think about promotion. This delay is a ten-year gap. By middle age,
Later, they will understand that the biggest fear in competing in the officialdom is the age gap.
The scholars looked at each other. At this time, there was a sound of drums in the examination hall, and the crowd began to commotion. At this time, the door of the examination hall slowly opened, and ten teams walked out. Each team had ten people, and the two in front
The soldiers opened the way, followed by five soldiers. In the middle were three officials. One was carrying a ladder and carrying paste, one was holding a gold medal, and the other was assisting.
Ten teams walked towards the ten announcement points, and the crowds moved out of the way. One of the teams came to the announcement point in the north direction, where the list of Jinshi was announced. There were the largest number of people and the scholars were the most eager.
The officials set up a ladder, and the first official climbed up and painted paste on the wooden board. Another official handed him a roll of lists. The first list of Jinshi ranked from 85th to 120th.
That is, the last thirty-five people on the list were affixed with wooden plaques, with black characters on a red background, and gold powder mixed in the ink. Each name was glittering with gold. This is called the title of the gold list. The name is the name of the state plus the name of the county.
Add names, so that there will basically be no scholars with the same name and surname.
The crowd began to get excited and surged upwards. Seven soldiers holding white wax sticks stopped the soldiers who were surging forward.