Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 577 The Imperial Examination Begins [Part [-]]

Soon after, the imperial court issued an imperial edict, and the three-year imperial examination in Zhenguan officially began in early February.

The news, to be honest, basically didn't make any waves like a pebble falling into the sea.

Because at the moment, no one thinks that the imperial examination can do anything.

Look at the important ministers of the central government, and the prime minister of the political affairs hall.

How many of them came out of the imperial examination?

At present, imperial examinations are not prepared for ordinary people, but more like preparations for poor families.

A poor family is not a commoner, but a poor family.

The children of real aristocratic families seldom take the imperial examination, and most of them can successfully embark on official careers relying on the recommendation of their parents.

This is the rule for entering the officialdom in the early Tang Dynasty.

In other words, this is a rule that has lasted for nearly a thousand years.

The ordinary reaction made Li Zhiyun a little angry, but now he is also habitually restraining himself.

No way, it's too difficult.

Knowledge is in the hands of the aristocratic family, and it is not a matter of overnight for him to promote poor families and ordinary people.

No matter what, this year's imperial examination must be held.

After receiving the emperor's order, Zhao Cijing, Minister of Rites, followed up and asked all states to send scholars to Chang'an to take the exam.

In February, not many people actually came to Chang'an.For one thing, the years of natural disasters have made the children of poor families unable to take care of themselves, and their survival is a problem, let alone their future.Secondly, in this era, most of the truly talented children came from aristocratic families, and the aristocratic families dismissed the imperial examinations.

Under the interference of various reasons, there were not a hundred scholars who actually came to take the exam, and more than half of them were locals from Chang'an.

The examination venue was held at Wubenfang Guozijian and Chang'an Primary School.Anyway, there are few people, just taking advantage of the students' vacation and holding the exam.

Fast forward to late February.

On this day, scholars came to Wubenfang in twos and threes.

A handsome young man got out of the carriage, his eyes fell on the plaque of Chang'an Primary School, he looked at it intently for a while, then he looked away.

Not long after, another young woman got off the carriage and handed the young man an exam basket.

"Husband, my concubine has prepared dry food, clean water, and a change of clothes for you. Is there anything missing?"

Han Yuan shook his head, "It's enough. This time the exam lasts for three days, dry food and clean water are enough. I heard from the adults that these are not prepared in the exam room to prevent people from buying off minor officials and passing on the exam answers."

The young man is Han Yuan, the son of Dali Temple Minister Han Zhongliang.

Han Zhongliang is a member of the imperial family, not from a noble family. This time the emperor held the imperial examination, he wanted to support the emperor no matter what, so he asked his son to participate.

The young woman was born in the Changsun family, and she is the daughter of Changsun Cao, the governor of Shanzhou.

While the husband and wife were talking, a young man came from the other side.

This person's name is Wang Dezhen, and he is the nephew of Honglu Temple Minister Wang Changxie.

Unlike Han Yuan, Wang Dezhen himself wanted to take the imperial examination.Because relying on his uncle Wang Changxie alone, he would never have a chance to be discovered by the emperor in this life.What's more, his uncle was still the first emperor's hero who raised the army, not His Majesty's confidant.

In a way, he was inherently vulnerable.

After his careful analysis, he felt that His Majesty's reform of the imperial examinations obviously aimed to attach importance to the imperial examinations. This might be his chance.

When the scholars were about to gather, Kong Yingda opened the school gate and let the scholars enter the examination room.

However, that doesn't mean you can go right in.

Because when they actually entered the examination room, there were also guards from the army checking the things carried by the scholars from the beginning to the end.Even if it is a finger cake, you have to tear it up to see if there is a small note inside, it is so strict that it is outrageous.

If contraband is found, the qualification for the examination will be disqualified directly, and the imperial examination will not be allowed for life.

Unexpectedly, no one was found out this time, and everyone was clean.In fact, this is not surprising, because this time the imperial examination reform, all the things that were tested in the past are invalidated, and if you want to cheat, you don't know how to cheat.

Han Yuan packed up the basket, took the wooden sign representing the examination room number, and followed the soldiers to find his own examination room.

Seeing that independent small house, there were only two words in Han Yuan's mind.

so small!

On second thought, it’s kind of like a dressing room at home.

However, the area is a bit larger than the dressing room, with a table, a chair, and a simple bed behind it with a linen quilt on it.

Han Yuan put his things away, tidied the quilt again, and found that it was still clean.

At this moment, the voice of soldiers sounded outside.

"You still have two hours to prepare. If you want to change, go change immediately. If you want to eat, eat immediately. Once the exam starts, changing clothes can only be done in your own examination room."

Hearing this, Han Yuan subconsciously looked back at the clay pot with a wooden lid in the corner.

Omg.

For the next three days, he can only eat, drink, and scatter in this small room.

He didn't dare to think about the smell.

Soon, there were complaints from other scholars outside.

"Get out if you don't want to take the exam!" With a loud shout, the complaint disappeared.

Immediately afterwards, Kong Yingda led others to read the exam rules one by one.In general, don't cheat, whoever cheats is finished.

In addition, once you feel unwell, you can hand in the papers in advance, and the imperial court will let the imperial doctor diagnose and treat for free.

In addition, there are early submissions that can only be made in the afternoon of the third day and so on.

Then, at noon, the exam officially began!
A total of three test papers were distributed to the scholars together, and three days was enough for them to slowly consider the answers.

Each test paper is [-] points, and the total score is [-].

This part is public information, Han Yuan knows that this exam adopts the emperor's original scoring system.

He quickly scanned the three papers, and then his eyes became slightly distracted.

Sure enough, His Majesty personally made the reform test paper, the test is too complicated!

He is a smart man, and quickly made a simple summary of the three test papers.

For example, in the first one, the things tested are mostly poems and songs, questions about classics and history.But this is not the point. The point is that the question type is quite novel, or has never appeared before.

The test papers that Li Zhiyun personally reformed are naturally infinitely close to the test questions in his previous life.

There are three test papers, namely 'Wen', 'Li' and 'Policy Questions'.

Wen is the deformed test paper of liberal arts.

There are ten multiple-choice questions, each worth four points.

There are four fill-in-the-blank questions, worth five points each.

The remaining forty points are divided equally by four short-answer questions, each with ten points.

Han Yuan looked at the titles of the multiple-choice questions.

'There is only one correct answer for each question. You can choose the correct answer from the four options [A], [B], [C], and [D] and fill in the brackets.

Note: Fill in more or not fill in no points. '

"Brackets." Han Yuan glanced at the strange symbols in front of the first question.

【()】.

"This is the knowledge learned in the arithmetic class of Chang'an Primary School." He had heard of this novel arithmetic class and learned a little bit, so he knew the magical and weird parentheses.

Soon, he began to read the first multiple choice question.

The topics are as follows;

() Who was the first to create the system of Zuyong tune?

[A]; Su Chuo [B]; Yuan Hong [C]; Cao Cao [D]; Yu Wentai

After reading it, Han Yuan swallowed.

These four points are really hard to get.

For this question, the first one he ruled out must be Cao Cao.Then he had a difficult time, and he felt that each of the remaining three options was possible.

Because the Zuyong adjustment system started from the time of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

After thinking for a long time, he couldn't figure it out, so he looked at the next question.

The topics are as follows;

() Those who commit crimes against a strong man will be punished even if they are far away. Who said that?

[A]; Huo Qubing [B]; Liu Xiu [C]; Wei Qing [D]; Chen Tang
Then, Han Yuan's face turned pale slightly.

He finally understood why he had to take the exam for three consecutive days.

This kind of difficult test paper is not comparable to the previous imperial examinations.

It's not that the questions are difficult, but that the knowledge examined is too extensive. If you are not a person who likes to read, it is really difficult to write all the answers.

(End of this chapter)