Reborn in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

Chapter 243 State Examination
She Digan has less ink in his stomach than brothers Gao Aocao and Gao Jishi, and he can't even read words.

When signing a government decree announced by the government, the word "gan" in the name always has to be vertically drawn from bottom to top, which was ridiculed as "piercing cone" by the people at the time.

And the word piercing cone has since come to mean ignorance and incompetence.

It is a fact that there is no education, but it is somewhat difficult for a Xianbei who grew up in a tribe outside the Great Wall to learn Chinese characters.

If you really want to look into it carefully, this accusation of ignorance and incompetence really wronged She Diqian.

She Diqian is an upright official and frugal in housekeeping. In the context of the era of corruption and enjoyment by the rich and powerful, She Digan, Gao Huan's brother-in-law and Gao Cheng's uncle, seems so out of place.

At the same time, She Diqian is very self-aware, knowing that he is good at military affairs but not good at governance, so he never messes around.

Gao Aocao fully delegated power, and he never cared about political affairs. This is because of his temperament. No one can expect him, who is rough and bold by nature, to focus on government affairs when he is hunting.

But She Diqian was different. Although he could not read or write, he always had to personally interrogate each government order issued by Gao Cheng and pay attention to its progress.

Some officials only read and memorized the "Policy Outline" advocated by Gao Cheng, but She Diqian strictly followed the records in it when he was in power, encouraging agriculture and mulberry, paying attention to culture, education and morality. He abused the power of the people for his own selfish desires, so he was deeply loved by the scholars and people in Dingzhou.

It is in stark contrast to what another uncle Wei Jing did when he was in Jizhou.

Compared with the evaluation of ignorance, perhaps ignorance is more appropriate.

She Digan leaned on the railing and looked into the distance, his eyes were always on Cui Shan. Because of his illiteracy, She Digan relied heavily on Liao Zuo in government affairs. Even the "Government Outline" he pursued was recited by Liao Zuo for him.

Therefore, She Digan loved talented people very much. Cui Shan was able to work together with Gao Ao Cao and his staff to govern Guangzhou effectively at a young age, so he was naturally favored by him.

'It's a pity that Ah Hui requires all levels of examinations to be filled with blank paper, otherwise I will nominate him as the number one in the classic Kezhou examination. '

She Digan thought to himself, and sighed regretfully.

This is also the reason why Gao Cheng is obliged to hide his name. She Diqian wanted to appoint Cui Shan internally because of his love for talents. Of course, his public heart is more than selfish, but there must be someone who makes the same choice because of personal feelings.

Fortunately, today's imperial examinations are in their infancy, and the fraudulent technology has not yet developed to the point where uncommon characters are agreed with the examiners before the examination as a mark.

Gao Cheng also only sent ten personal guards to guard the test papers before the exam to supervise the whole process of marking the papers to prevent those who read the papers from peeking at the names.

In the distance, the bronze bell on the clock tower was struck, and the bell sounded melodiously. No need to be reminded by others, She Diqian said calmly:
"let's start."

Outside the examination hall, the candidates who were communicating with each other became quiet after hearing the bell, and all looked eagerly at the courtyard gate.

Soon, the gate of the courtyard slowly opened, and a government official stepped out surrounded by state and county soldiers, and announced the discipline of the examination room to the candidates.

The process is the same as the county test. Everyone has experienced it, and they are mentally prepared for the rough inspections by the state and county soldiers in the future.

In order to be an official, it's not shabby.

After a slightly humiliating search, Cui Shan finally walked into the examination hall. He waited in his examination seat for more than half an hour, until the second bell rang, and there were only two soldiers dressed differently from ordinary state and county soldiers. The strong man carried a box and entered the courtyard where the classics exam was held.

These two strong men are the second of Gao Cheng's ten personal guards, and the box is also the exam paper of the classics this time. One is holding the box, the other is in charge of the key, and they supervise each other.

Before being sent abroad, Gao Cheng specially summoned the people and told them that if there is a report of assistance in fraud, once it is verified, the whole family of the person who has been reported will be sent to the bitter cold places in Liaodong and Liaoxi, and the whistleblower will also receive a lot of rewards, including but not limited to promotion material rewards.

At the same time, in order to prevent each other from covering each other, Gao Cheng also stipulated that he should be acquitted first.

Among them, everyone cares about the gains and losses, and because of this, none of the [-] guards assigned to the eighty states of the Kanto dared to accept people's property.

He is fair to the supervision of scientific examinations, and he dare not be careless, for fear that he will become a stepping stone for his colleagues to be promoted and rewarded.

However, Gao Cheng was not unreasonable, for the eight hundred guards who invigilated the exam, he promised to give each of them a piece of silk as a reward after returning to Luo.

The classics subject was invigilated by She Digan's long history. He took the key from the guard in full view, opened the box, took out the test questions and distributed them to the state and county soldiers in the examination room.

The examiner continued to read the rules of the examination room. After Cui Shan got the test paper, he thought for a while before answering the questions.

Although the classics test is Confucian classics, the difficulty is far from the same level as that of Ming Dynasty stereotypes. The reason for this is that Confucianism developed to the Ming Dynasty. There are many famous Confucian annotations in the past dynasties, and the examinees have a deeper understanding of it.

In order to get the best out of the best, and to avoid duplication of questions, the person who wrote the question had to try his best to come up with some strange tricks, such as the famous interception question, which is to split the scriptures and sentences, and cut off the link as a test question.

Today's imperial examinations don't need to be so labor-intensive. Gao Cheng only tests students' memorization and understanding of classics in the classic Kezhou examination. The content of each subject will only occupy a small part of the proportion, and more of it is to investigate policy questions.

For example, the major policy questions he prepared for the Beijing examination in March next year are to seek policy reforms from the students taking the examination in various subjects.

And smart people, such as Cui Shan, Wang Xi, etc., can actually guess this point.

Gao Cheng actively promoted various reforms in order to enrich the people and strengthen the country, and stipulated that the Beijing Examination should be based on policy questions.

Gao Cheng can also foresee this situation, but this is exactly what he hopes to see. Candidates are more prepared for the policy discussion on the reform, so that they can give better suggestions when answering the questions.

Otherwise, in the short period of time in the examination room, when answering policy questions, it is extremely difficult to be meaningful and reasonable, and it is even rarer to be truly feasible.

Of course, this is also because Gao Cheng advocates reform, and the policy questions of this subject are easier to guess.

In the future, unless there are major events related to the national economy and the people's livelihood, it will be difficult to be bet on policy issues.

When such a major event really happened, after a long time of thinking and preparation, the candidates actively offered their opinions and suggestions in the answer sheet, which is beneficial to the country.

After all, if you can go to the last step, you will definitely not lack in your own talents.

When Cui Shan finished his writing confidently, there was still a long time, and he reviewed it again before handing over the test paper to the guard standing behind him.

After the garrison guards were named, the test papers were handed over to the two guards of Gao Cheng who were present. After the collected test papers reached a certain number, they would then shuffle the order. During this process, the examiners were not allowed to participate, and they were not even allowed to move around during the test. It is worried that they will remember the handwriting of a certain candidate.

　It's still 6000 short.

　　Thank you book friend Xiao Jiujiu for the point in your heart, for giving a reward.The name of the brother is easy to cause ambiguity when thanking.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)