Prime Minister

Chapter 316

August [-].

The secret court exam is over.

The four examiners corrected the papers on the spot without stopping.The papers of the five candidates had to be passed through by the four examiners Wang Anshi and Yang Tian, ​​who wrote comments after the papers, and finally agreed on the order.

The academic performance is divided into five grades.

According to the usual practice, the first and second grades are false, anyway, as long as you are an individual, you will not be able to take the first and second grades.

The actual candidates are divided into the third class, the fourth class and the fifth class.The third and fourth classes are divided into upper and lower classes.For example, the third class, the third class, the fourth class, and the fourth class.

The worst is the fifth class, and there is no distinction between the fifth class.

As for the Secret Court Examination, it is to screen the candidates whether they are admitted or not, and to determine the final candidates for the Imperial Examination.

To participate in the imperial examination, you must enter the fourth grade or above. In the reign of Jingyou, it was changed to allow the fourth grade or above to participate in the imperial examination.

Therefore, to be able to participate in the imperial examination, at least the fourth class, or even the third class.

How hard is it to get into the third class?

From Song Kaiguo to now, among the more than [-] people recruited by the Department of Education, only Shi Qiniang's uncle, Wu Yu, was admitted to the third class.But Wu Yu is not the third class, but the third class.

No one has won the third class in the system department.If there is a title higher than the No. [-] Scholar in the system examination, there is only the third class in the system.

Whether you can enter the third class in the end depends on the royal family's holy will.

Wang Anshi and other five examiners first decide whether the candidate can pass the pavilion (pass the six tests of the secret pavilion).

If you master more than four of the six theories, you can pass the pavilion.After passing the cabinet, at least the fifth class.

The fifth class seems to be in sight, but the difficulty of passing the court is as difficult as reaching the sky.

Although those who can participate in the Six Tests of the Secret Pavilion are the best, the elite of the elite.Therefore, there are very few candidates who pass one, two, five or even all passes.

Most people are three-way and four-way.

The examiners first looked at Wang Jie's paper, and the rules for marking the paper were as follows. First, they looked at the source, whether the context was clearly explained, and the second was the meaning of the text.

The last five examiners of Wang Jie's paper unanimously gave the conclusion of Tong Si.Passing four also means passing the cabinet.But the words of the article are weak.

In the end, Wang Jie was given a fifth-class evaluation, which meant that Wang Jie was not eligible for the imperial examination.But Wang Anshi was very relieved for his old friend.

After that was Wang Kui's paper. It's a pity that although all the examiners were full of admiration for his writing style.But only pass three, so let it go as unqualified.

But Wang Anshi felt sorry for Wang Kui, and told everyone that if he passed the court, Wang Kui's articles could be ranked fourth.

Everyone is also regretful, the rules are like this, if you can't enter the class, you can't enter the class.

Next, the examiners saw Su Zhe's paper.

Among the examiners, Wu Kui himself was a Jinshi in the fifth year of Tiansheng, and in the first year of Emperor You's reign, he was the fourth-ranked virtuous Fangzheng who was able to speak extremely well.Among the people present, Wu Kui was the only one who had passed both Jinshi and system subjects.

Wu Kui himself is also obsessed with memorization, and he is known as a person who reads everything without books, so he is the main examiner for this examination.

Wu Kui read Su Zhe's paper and said with a smile: "Nowadays, people in the world either respect the scriptures or slander them. Although Su Ziyou is young, he is very eloquent."

Yang Tian said with a smile: "Mr. Wu, I heard that this Suzi is from Zeng Yangong. Gu's second biography is not enough, and Zhichunqiu only takes Zuozhuan."

Wu Kui said: "Gong, the second biography of Gu does have the intention of spreading it. However, after Sun Taishan, people today often have the disease of speculation in the Spring and Autumn Period, and they use slander as their ability. This son is justified by his relegation, and the world will be governed in 20 years. Those who are in the Spring and Autumn Period must have a place for this person."

The other examiners also agreed with Wu Kui's words, but the only Wang Anshi didn't say a word.

In the end, everyone looked up the article and found that Su Zhe did not explain that the source of the annotation was Bao Xian of the Han Dynasty in the theory of propriety, righteousness and trustworthiness enough to make virtue, so he was judged to be incomprehensible.

It was a pity for Su Zhe that the examiners saw this, and it was only a little bit short of a pass.

In the last six theories, Su Zhe passed the five tests, and was initially assigned the fourth grade. Whether it is the fourth grade or not will be awarded the final grade after the imperial examination.

After that, there are articles by Su Shi.

Su Shi is both talented and knowledgeable in physical and practical subjects.Originally, the ten subjects of the system used different policy questions, but during the Jingyou and Baoyuan years, first the virtuous Fangzheng was able to speak out and remonstrate, and the two subjects such as Maocaiyi used the same policy questions.

Afterwards, the virtuous Fangzheng was able to speak out and remonstrate, and Botong's tomb was brilliant in enlightenment, talent and knowledge were both brilliant in physical application, and the same strategy was used for the four subjects of talent and difference.

In this way, these subjects have different names but the same reality.Therefore, Jinshi in these four subjects can claim to be of virtuous background to the outside world.

Seeing Su Shi's six theories, all the examiners praised Su Shi unanimously, and even Wang Anshi, who was quite critical of Su Zhe, made an exception and praised Su Shi.

The fly in the ointment is that when the situation is not as good as the theory of virtue, all the examiners can see that Su Shi has some shortcomings in this article.

The first sentence, "Biography" has it: "The right time is not as good as the right place, and the right place is not as good as the harmony of people."' This sentence comes from Mencius, not a biography.

But the flaws do not hide the beauty.

In the end, Su Shi won the fifth pass.

When discussing the grades, Wang Chou took the lead and said: "The meaning of each article is brilliant, Su Zizhan must be the third grade, and the fourth grade is to give in."

Yang Tian asked, "Is that the third class, or the third class?"

Wang Chou said: "Of course it is the third class, not the third class."

You must know that although the first and second grades of the system are fake, no one has ever been able to get the third grade, which is also like a fake.When Wu Yu got the third grade, there was already an uproar in the court.

"Jiefu, come and tell me something!" Wang Chou asked Wang Anshi.

Wang Anshi said without hesitation: "Su Zizhan deserves it."

Seeing that Wang Anshi also supported Su Shi, Wu Kui finally nodded and said: "I also think I deserve it. No one has ever been third-class in the system department. Now, even though we have a clear heart for promoting talents for the country, but Are you afraid of being discussed by outsiders?"

Wang Anshi said: "Although Su Zizhan is young, he has been able to read a lot of books and speak deeply about the affairs of the world. This time his talent and willpower are indeed worthy of the third class. As long as we don't deceive our hearts, it's nothing more than outside discussions. Wu Gong is really overthinking."

Wu Kui stabbed Wang Anshi, feeling a little uncomfortable in his heart, but said calmly, "Indeed, if after the imperial examination, one of Su's Kunzhong enters the third class and the other enters the fourth class, it will be truly a prosperous age."

Several examiners listened, and finally unanimously decided to rank Su Shi as the third.

After writing it down, Wu Kui stroked his beard and said: "The third class in the system department is unprecedented in this dynasty. I don't know if there will be one in the future."

Everyone shook their heads and said, "It's hard, it's hard."

Wang Chou said: "A talent like Su Zizhan only emerges once in 100 years. Where can there be a second person?" Wang Chou wrote his testimonials on Su Shi's volume.

"This is the only one." Yang Tian said the same way.

Speaking of this, Wu Kui said: "Since that's the case, let's go to the official court."

Yang Tian was the happiest in the audience, because Su Shi and Su Zhe were both sponsored by him and Ouyang Xiu to participate in the department, which means that he really has the knowledge of people.

Wang Chou said: "Wait a minute, there is another Zhang Duzhi."

Only then did everyone realize that Su Shi's article was so good that they forgot that there was Zhang Yue.However, Zhang Yue is only 17 years old, and even if he writes well, he is definitely not as good as the Ersu brothers in terms of extensive knowledge and memorization.

What's more, Zhang Yue had just finished the Jinshi exam, but the Su brothers postponed even being an official because of the exam, and spent a whole year preparing for the exam in their apartment.

One is prepared and the other is not.

So all the examiners read Zhang Yue's examination papers together.

One person reads it and passes it on to the other.

After reading it, Wu Kui said: "Let's talk about what doesn't make sense first! Which examiner saw it?"

But seeing Yang Tian shook his head.

Then Wang Chou shook his head.

Wang Anshi also shook his head.

Wu Kui smiled wryly, "I didn't see it either."

Wang Chou asked in surprise: "Is it true that you can't find a single fault?"

The examiners searched for another half an hour.

All the examiners unanimously came to the conclusion that all chapters and six theories are comprehensive, which is unbelievable.

All pass!

Even the brothers Su Shi and Su Zhe couldn't do it.

"I heard that Zhang Duzhi mastered the Nine Classics at the age of 12, I still think it's just hearsay..." Wu Kui shook his head.

Wang Anshi is the most knowledgeable, and he said at this moment: "It's weird, it's weird. Could it be that Zhang Duzhi copied the questions while facing the book? Otherwise..."

Yang Tian said with emotion: "It's not difficult to read the origin of a house, but it's not bad at all after reading it. It's really difficult. Is this kid really rich in knowledge?"

"That's what it is at 17."

But Wu Kui read Zhang Yue's paper again, frowned and asked Wang Chou, "How did you comment on Su Zizhan's paper just now?"

Wang Chou looked a little uneasy, and said, "I remember that Zi Zhanzhi is only a hundred years old... once in a hundred years... there is no second person."

Fortunately for Yang Tian, ​​he just talked about it and didn't put his opinion on the paper.

Wu Kui said: "Everyone has said so much, how should I wait?"

Yang Tian smiled wryly and said, "Isn't it possible to give another third class?"

All the examiners laughed.

It has been more than 100 years since the department was established, and there is no third-class one. This is not once every 100 years, but once every 200 years.

As a result, not only did this subject pass, but two passed in one breath.

From the emperor to the common people, they will all ask the same question, are you serious?
"You guys have been discussing for a long time, but you can't find any mistakes. Why don't you force Zhang Duzhi to drop down?" Wang Anshi asked.

Wang Chou objected: "This is really unfair. Just because we read Su Zizhan's article first, we demoted Zhang Duzhi. I can't do this."

"Then lower Su Zizhan's ranking?" Wang Anshi asked again.

The other three examiners also objected.

"Jiefu has always been decisive, what do you think?"

Wang Anshi said: "Since they can't surrender, I think it's better not to deceive people with that sentence."

"We don't deceive our hearts, but we are afraid that the world will think that we are waiting for death."

Yang Tian said: "In the Tang Dynasty, Jingzhou was well-dressed and dressed up, and sent off to Juren every year. Most of them were not famous, and they were called Tianhuang Jie."

"Until Liu Huishe was sent to Jingzhou, and when he passed the Jinshi examination, he was named as unprecedented. It can be seen that this unprecedented is not a bad thing, but a good thing!"

Wu Kui slapped his legs and laughed loudly, "Exactly."

Yang Tian said: "It's just like no other. If the two sons become masters in the future, the world will praise us for our knowledge of people today. Besides, we are all third-class. It doesn't count. In the end, after the imperial examination, the officials say it counts." .”

Wu Kui smiled slightly and said, "Then report it like this first."

After Wu Kui finally discussed with all the examiners, he also wrote a third class on Zhang Yue's paper, and finally played it to the officials.

And after learning that Zhang Yue and Su Shige ranked third in the examination, the Chongwen Academy was collectively shocked, the Zhongshu Province was also collectively shocked, and even the officials were shocked!
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(End of this chapter)