Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1053

Chang He, the founding uncle of Wushui County and the Zhonglang of the Zuoqinwei Mansion of the Nei Ya, returned to the house on horseback after he came down to court.

Instead of court clothes, Chang He wore a round-neck gown with a leather belt and a headband, which was much easier.

Walking into the study, let the book boy sharpen the ink and lay the paper, but he picked up the pen but couldn't hold back a word for a long time, and finally sighed, "Didn't your majesty make things difficult for me and other idiots? There are not many, what can we say about the imperial examinations?"

"Chang Wei, do you know how to take the imperial examination?"

Chang Wei, a book boy, has followed Chang He for several years, and said with a smile, "Alang asked me this, why not ask the driver in the front yard, Laifu, he might know more than I do."

"Lai Fugou Ri can know a fart, he only knows a car and a horse, you are also a bookboy after all."

"Then Ah Lang is still a general."

Chang He was very angry, "Forget it, you are just a book boy, you don't know more words than I do."

"Alang, Mr. Ma in our mansion knows a lot of characters. It is said that he used to be a teaching assistant in Liaocheng County. Why don't Alang ask Mr. Ma?"

Chang He slapped his thigh after hearing this, "That's right, why didn't I remember it."

So Chang He put down his pen, got up and went to the west courtyard to find Mr. Ma.

This Mr. Ma is also a magical person. He was originally from Chiping County, Qinghe, Hebei. He became an orphan when he was young. Although he was lonely and poor since childhood.But Mr. Ma was actually able to become a talent by listening to it, especially proficient in "Poetry" and "Biography", but he is a bit of a fool.

Later, he went to Liaocheng County, Wuyang County next door, and applied for a job as a teaching assistant. But he finally got such a job, but he didn't take it seriously. He drank alcohol all day long and didn't give serious lectures. He simply resigned angrily, and then wandered around Shandong and Henan, but was insulted by a local county magistrate. In a fit of anger, he ran to Luoyang, and it happened that the emperor drove to Chang'an.

So he also traveled west to Chang'an, but when he arrived in Chang'an, he had exhausted all his money, so he could only stay in the hotel in Xinfeng outside Chang'an.

One day the innkeeper urged him to pay the bill again, Ma Zhou lamented, so he ordered a bucket of eight liters of wine and bet with the innkeeper that if he could drink it, he would ask the innkeeper to waive his travel expenses.

This attracted crowds to watch, at that time Zhonglang General Chang He was passing by, he was also very surprised to see Chang He really drank the Dou Ba Sheng.

After inquiring about his identity, he found out that he was originally a humble scholar from a county next to Wushui County, his fiefdom, so he invited him to be a guest in his mansion, and usually helped him teach his children, and handled letters for him.

When Chang He found Mr. Ma, he was leisurely reading the newspaper with his legs crossed on the desk, while Chang He's son was copying hundreds of surnames.

Luo Dan Qin Li, Yan Cui Zheng Wang.

"Mr. Ma!"

Chang He greeted him with a smile, and when Ma Zhou saw that the proprietor was coming, he also put away his legs.

"The owner's office is gone."

"Mr. Ma is still used to staying with me. These little bastards must be very naughty. Please pay more attention, sir. If you don't obey and refuse to study hard, you can beat them with a whip."

"The young masters are still very attentive in their studies." Ma Zhou could only say so. The sons of generals are all fond of wielding knives and guns, and they really have neither talent nor heart for reading.

Chang He then took Ma Zhou to the living room on the other side, and asked someone to make excellent Longjing green tea.

"This tea was rewarded by His Majesty this spring. Before the Ming Dynasty, Longjing was rewarded with a catty. There is no market for it outside. Some people are asking Baiguan for a catty. But I am an old man, and I don't know much about tea."

Ma Zhou smiled, the Son of Heaven likes roasted tea, and likes brewing tea to drink, so in recent years, nobles and scholars have followed suit, and the traditional fried tea in the past is no longer popular.

"Ah Lang also thinks highly of me, so Ma Zhou has to drink. He knows a little about wine. As for the tea, he really doesn't pay much attention."

"Hahaha, Mr. Ma has always been so free and easy, and I like you like you. Although you are a poet and scholar, you have a good appetite, but some scholars, that pretentious one, I hate it very much."

"A-Lang even brought out the imperial well today, so he must have something to say to Ma Zhou. A-Lang, why don't you speak up!"

"Hehe, you can't hide anything from Mr. Ma. There is something to bother Mr. Ma. It's about scholars. Recently, His Majesty has been discussing with the ministers and ministers of the academy to reopen the imperial examination, but His Majesty doesn't want to be simple. Follow the example of the imperial examinations in the Sui Dynasty, but increase the strength of the imperial examinations to select scholars..."

Chang He immediately stated some of the imperial court's plans for the imperial examination, such as one subject a year, and that anyone with a good nationality can vote for himself with a certificate, as well as students from government schools at all levels, as well as folk scholars. Go to the government to sign up for the assessment, and after passing, you will be able to obtain the status of tribute.

In addition, the Daqin Imperial Examination had to pass five examinations including county, county, road, Ministry of Rites, and palace examinations. Those who passed were Tongsheng, Xiucai, Juren, and Jinshi.

"There is no elimination in the palace examination, only the ranking is determined. After the emperor presides over it, he personally reviews the papers and evaluates the famous generals, and they are listed as the top three. Only three people are selected for the first prize. The first is named Zhuangyuan Lang, the second is named Bangyan Lang, and the No.3 is Tanhua Lang. One Jia bestows Jinshi and the title."

"Second Jia bestows Jinshi's background."

"Three top bestowed with a Jinshi background."

The emperor will also preside over the flower-exploring banquet for the new Jinshi, and inscriptions in the Golden Hall, passed on to the group of people and chanted. After passing on to the group of people, three people from the first class will arrange flowers and wear red. Go to the gate, cross the horse and parade through the street, prepare the umbrella cover and send it back to the residence of the guild hall.The remaining two and three tops leave the palace through Donghua and Xihua gates.

Ma Zhou's eyes opened wider the more he listened.

"This is real?"

"These are all said by His Majesty himself. Can it be true? Your Majesty attaches great importance to the imperial examination. He said that as long as you pass the county examination and become a scholar, you will be qualified to be an official. If you pass the Taoist examination and get the status of Juren, then you will be an official." You can be appointed as the head of the township pavilion, the county recorder, the county Cao Zuo, etc., and if you pass the examination of the Ministry of Rites, you are eligible to be appointed as the county book, the county magistrate, or the central provincial department or the local county.

"This is really a carp jumping over the dragon's gate." Ma Zhou said excitedly.

When he was a teaching assistant in the county, he was unwilling to give lectures, because the students enrolled in the county school at that time were all officials or the children of local powerful people, and few of them were willing to study sincerely. If you pay attention, then what else can he teach.

But as a scholar, Ma Zhou is still very ambitious. He hopes that one day his talents will be appreciated by the minister, or favored by the emperor, and he can also show his strengths.

"I don't know what Alang wants Ma Zhou to do when he comes to me?"

"That's right. What is still being debated between the court and the central government is what should be tested in the imperial examination, for example, how many subjects should be set up, should there be only Jinshi subjects as the emperor said, or should we add math subjects and law subjects? There are medical subjects, etc. There are still debates about the content of the exams at each level, and how many people should be recruited at each level. Some people say that they need to test literature and poetry, and some people say that they need to test classics. Therefore, His Majesty asked Officials in the DPRK and China all wrote their suggestions and expressed their opinions. You said how could I, a big bastard, understand these things, so I would like to ask Mr. Ma to help me write them. You are a scholar, so you must understand these things better. "

Ma Zhou nodded unceremoniously, "Okay, I'll write it!"

(End of this chapter)