I have lived forever since the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 409 The exam officially begins

Three days later.

The sky is clear and the air is clear, everything is suitable.

Hundreds of talented people had gathered in front of the Imperial College early in the morning. There were also vendors selling breakfast and the four treasures of the study, as well as people watching with their hands on their hands.

So lively.

An examination of this scale is unprecedented.

From every angle, it has never happened before.

In ancient times, the rulers of tribes competed through force or the resignation of the previous leader.

Later, Jiatianxia emerged, the Zhou Dynasty established feudalism and patriarchal clans, and rule was passed on through blood.

The military merit system of the Qin State could be said to be the best way for the people at the bottom to stand up. They could obtain titles through farming and fighting. However, after Qin destroyed the Six Kingdoms, the military merit system did not adapt to the changes in the current situation and was improved. Instead, it deepened the relationship between the common people and the people. Conflicts among rulers.

In general, it is not easy for the people at the bottom to join the ruling class.

Therefore, today's Taixue exam allows these talented people to simply pass the exam and use their talents to obtain the official position of Doctor of Taixue recognized by the imperial court without the support of nobles or bribes of gold or silver.

There is no doubt that this opened everyone's eyes.

In the "The Romance of the Heroes of the Late Qin Dynasty", whether it is "Chen Jiangning rushed to Kuaiji County at night, Xiang Taigong asked Wang Zuocai", or "The faint bear was angry and demoted the true minister, the Gao Emperor was delighted to win the general", these chapters Among them, the monarch tests the wise ministers and asks for advice basically one-on-one. Even if there are observers, they will not interrupt.

Unlike now, there are thousands of people taking the assessment together.

Even many onlookers were eager to try it, thinking "I can do it myself", but it was a pity that they were illiterate.

As the watchman approached on the street, the originally quiet crowd gradually began to become restless.

In front of the main entrance of Taixue, Chen Luo opened his mouth slowly with a warm smile and said concisely and clearly: "Everyone, before today's exam, I would like to briefly mention three points. I hope you can pay attention to them.

First, cheating is strictly prohibited, otherwise you will be banned from taking the exam for life.

Second, the examination font must be official script, and the handwriting must be neat and clear.

Third, pay attention to avoid taboos when writing content.

Finally, I, Chen Xun, wish you all the best. I will count on you when we work together in the coming year. "

After saying the last sentence, the faces of the talented people who came to take the exam were not so nervous and they all smiled.

Then, Chen Luo stepped aside and let those talented people enter the imperial examination.

A total of 1,136 talented people came to take the exam.

In this era, the number of people can be considered huge.

It's just that Chen Luo has seen the high school entrance examination in later generations. There were two to three thousand candidates in one school alone.

With experience in this area, he was very familiar with dividing the talents into thirty different examination rooms, with an average of nearly forty people in one room.

However, these rooms are designed according to classrooms. Each room can accommodate nearly a hundred people without any problem. Only forty people can sit there, so a considerable distance is maintained.

When all the talented people entered the Imperial Academy, Chen Luo stood at the door for another quarter of an hour, then turned to the gatekeeper and said, "Close the door. The next door is only for exit, not entry. No matter who comes, he is not allowed in until the exam is officially over."

"Wei." The disciple nodded quickly, straightening his back and looking forward eagerly.

Chen Luo smiled when he saw this, "You don't have to be so serious. If there is a late candidate, please give me some words of comfort. He wants to take the exam. Although he is not sure, don't scold him harshly."

After all, even for something as important as the college entrance examination, schools, teachers, and parents have given countless instructions. It is not uncommon for students to lose their admission tickets or be late for the exam every year.

Of course, this kind of thing cannot only happen in later generations, and there were also many ancient Madhaha.

Therefore, Chen Luo would not be surprised if there were really late candidates.

Of course, it is definitely impossible to be accommodating and let the other party in.

Rules are rules.

If you violate the rules due to your own factors, you must bear the consequences yourself.

If this person is late and can go in for the exam, then if someone else is late in the future, can he still go in and continue the exam?

When the time comes, the examination room will be in and out of chaos, making it easy for those who want to cheat to get through.

Chen Luo patrolled the examination room for a week and looked around outside the windows of each examination room.

The talented people inside are all writing vigorously, and there are very few who are in a daze. It seems that these people are well-informed.

Not only did he finish the first round, he did not intend to continue the second round. Instead, he handed over the discipline of the examination room to the seconded officials and guards to maintain.

I can't help it, walking around outside the house in the middle of winter is really freezing.

When Chen Luo returned to the temporary invigilation room, he first poured a cup of hot water and warmed his hands.

But not long after he sat down, Li Xu knocked on the door and came in.

"What happened?" Chen Luo took a sip of his cup and asked aloud.

Li Xu waved his hand, "It's not a big deal. I just checked the situation of all the examination rooms and summarized them for me. Then I came to tell you, Boyu."

Chen Luo nodded and replied: "Wei."

Li Xu had a good memory. After integrating the data in his mind, the content of the report was very clear and concise. "This time, a total of 40 examination rooms were set up, and 1,136 candidates should be present. In fact, To the thousand and seventy-eight people, a total of fifty-eight people have not arrived.

Thirteen more people were arrested to take the exam and were handed over to the government for processing.

The three persons who fraudulently smuggled books have been handed over to the government for processing.

The six people who plagiarised each other have been handed over to the government for processing. "

You must know that when Taixue was first established, if someone entered Taixue through fraud, it would be extremely harmful to the credibility of Taixue, and would even affect the implementation of the subsequent inspection system to a certain extent.

Chen Luo has been involved in the compulsory education system for so many years, and he is familiar with various fraudulent schemes.

Now that he has become a supervisor, his past experiences have become his means of preventing fraud.

For example, there are many desperate people who take risks even in the national examination.

Today's big men do not have high-end technologies such as photos and face recognition, but Chen Luo specially arranged a small official to record the characteristics of each of them when those talented people reported in, such as "About six feet in length." Half, square face, broad nose, moles between eyebrows and corners of mouth."

When the examination cards are distributed, the invigilator will have a list in hand and can check the identity characteristics of the corresponding candidates in the examination room.

If the examinee who is recorded as "six and a half feet tall" is actually a strong man with a height of more than eight feet, then he can be directly judged as a substitute. Signs such as "square face, broad nose, moles between the eyebrows and corners of the mouth" serve as auxiliary verification.

Of course, this is just verification work before the exam.

When official admission is made, local officials will be sent to the local area to check to avoid errors.

Moreover, candidates in this era did not yet have all kinds of whimsical ideas for cheating and invent various methods of entrainment as they did in the imperial examination era in later generations.

Therefore, the search method arranged by Chen Luo now is enough to find most of the cheat sheets. There is no need to strip people naked like in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Wearing less than two pieces of clothing in the winter is a punishment. If you really do that, I am afraid that many talented people will have to leave in anger.

Chen Luo rubbed his chin, squinted his eyes and said: "These fraudsters and test takers will all be dealt with seriously as we said before. I just emphasized it. If they are lucky enough, then I don't have to show mercy." .”

He would only be envious if he relied on luck to achieve results beyond his own abilities.

But if he relies on cheating to obtain results beyond his own ability, then he will feel contempt in his heart.

If a person cheats in the examination room, it will only harm a certain person's reputation. But if this person does not change his habits and commits fraud in the officialdom, then it will harm not only one person, but thousands of people.

"That's what I think too." Li Xu scratched his head, "By the way, Boyu, I didn't take the exam and just took the post of Doctor of Taixue. I'm a little uneasy."

"Ah?" Chen Luo was stunned, not expecting that the other party would suddenly say that.

Li Xu hesitated and said, "Besides, the Mohist disciples I recommended were also selected to enter the Imperial Academy through advance examination. I feel that it is a bit unfair to the talented people outside who are taking exams."

Faced with this problem, Chen Luo thought for a moment.

The idea of ​​equality in Mohist thought is one of the core concepts of their school.

Even though Chen Luo corrected many outdated concepts in the Mohist family, the only thing that remained untouched was "Shang Tong."

If the Mohists did not treat common people and princes equally and had a class concept of "king, king, minister, father, father and son", then they would have lost their background.

Then, he solemnly replied: "I am very happy that you can ask this, but I have reported your existence to His Majesty in advance, and it belongs to the existence of 'advance admission'.

This is in line with the regulations established by Taixue and does not violate the system.

You see, when I first conducted the assessment, could it be that I deliberately relaxed the standards? "

Li Xu was immediately speechless.

Faced with these questions, he could not deny Chen Luo's statement.

During the early assessment, the difficulty of the test questions for Mohist disciples was only slightly higher than today.

And even among the group of people who were not selected, most of them took part in today's exam. If they compete fairly again, there is a good chance they will stand out.

More importantly, the Mohist family attaches great importance to the opportunity for its disciples to enter the Imperial College, and those sent to participate in the assessment can be regarded as Li Xu's seniors.

I am not qualified to point fingers at them behind their backs.

Generally speaking, these Mohist disciples have no problem at all in terms of ability.

As Taixue Ph.D.s who were recruited in advance, to use an analogy from later generations, they were more like competitive students who were promoted directly by relying on their competition results, rather than relying on some niche projects that only wealthy people played to get recommended places. art student.

Chen Luo said earnestly: "Brother Li, I know you don't want to see malpractice for personal gain, but again, don't just see profits.

Know that power often comes with responsibility.

The higher the position, the heavier the responsibility.

These Mohist disciples became doctors of Taixue ahead of schedule, and there were many things that required their assistance and responsibility.

For example, if there was no one to help with the exam just now, would I have to invigilate all the exam rooms single-handedly and be solely responsible for the subsequent marking?

All such matters require their cooperation with me to complete. "

These words were sincere and tempting, taking Li Xu's thinking to another angle.

He first characterized the matter. Li Xu and the others were not "going through the back door", but were approved in advance in compliance with the rules and regulations after reporting it.

With the emperor's endorsement and the existence of the system of Taixue, recruiting several Mohist disciples as doctors of Taixue early is a matter of not being afraid of criticism from others on the outside and having a clear conscience on the inside.

Of course, if we want to say whether the Mohist disciples took advantage, they definitely did.

However, the reason why Chen Luo is willing to do this is that those Mohist disciples have real talents and practical knowledge. Recruiting them to become doctors in Taixue will be of great benefit to the future education of Taixue. Those talented people can learn from the Mohist disciples. Secondly, he has more or less selfish motives. He has a close relationship with the Mohist family and definitely wants the Mohist family to develop better. Taixue belongs to the wave of the times and must not fall behind.

After a moment of silence, Li Xu was still confused, "What I'm worried about is whether others will think it's unfair. After all, the only doctors admitted in advance this time are Mohist disciples. People from other schools don't have this treatment. If you have a grudge in the future, …”

He was considering the entire Mohist family from an overall perspective.

People in the world often worry not about scarcity but about inequality.

It's not that the Mohist family can't take advantage of this, but if only the Mohist family takes advantage of this, it will easily become the target of public criticism.

Chen Luo patted Li Xu on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Don't think too much, think about it, this list of people approved in advance needs to be recommended by Taixue content personnel before it can be assessed, right?

And who is inside Taixue now?

Your Majesty has appointed me as the head of Taixue, and almost all personnel rights have been handed over to me. So I recommend you to be the doctor of Taixue, and you recommend other Mohist disciples to participate in the early-approval assessment. Is there no problem?

As for what other people think, in the future, when they pass this exam and officially enter the Imperial College, they will also have the power of internal recommendation.

If they have any recommended scribes, I will still conduct an assessment.

If that person is talented, will I abandon him?

Therefore, nothing about what we are doing is inconsistent with procedures and systems. "

After thinking about it, Li Xu felt that this was indeed the case.

Those scribes who want to know that a group of Mohist disciples entered Taixue through internal recommendation and served as Ph.D. will have to wait until they officially become Ph.D.s before they have a chance to know.

But when that time comes, they will also have the power to recommend suitable talents, and their inner resentment will probably be alleviated a lot.

After all, once you have the corresponding power, you will not choose to expose or report others who have used such power. Instead, you will feel that they belong to the same camp.

What's more, the Mohists asked themselves that the person they recommended was worthy of the title of Doctor of Imperial Education.

Taking a deep breath, Li Xu responded: "What Boyu said is absolutely true."

(End of this chapter)