Datang first village

Liu Zhenghui is the vice president of Datang Royal Academy. .

He, the deputy dean, is actually in charge, the second dean of the Tang Emperor Li Er, but does he know how many classrooms there are in the Royal Academy?Li Yuanxing is also the dean, but does Li Yuanxing know the color of the main entrance, and what is written in the couplet in front of the Royal Academy?

No!Li Yuanxing knew about the couplet, but he might not know that it was hung in front of the main entrance of the Royal Academy.

The last time Li Yuanxing went to Tianchi was before the Luoyang flood, and those were tea parties.At that time, the main entrance of the Royal Academy had not yet been repaired.

In order to show the importance he attaches to the Royal Academy, Li Yuanxing did not ask Liu Zhenghui to report in detail, and agreed to be there in person on the day of the exam to show his importance.

The first day of August, Boy's Day.

Li Yuanxing went out before dawn. This was originally a celebration day, but there was no sense of celebration in Chang'an City.There are countless pedestrians on the street, countless on foot or in carriages, all hurrying on their way.

Li Yuanxing called Jinwei to ask.

"Your Highness, although the first day of August is Boys' Day, it is the day of the big exam. Not only the big exam of the Royal Academy, it can be said that the whole world is taking the big exam. Five-year-old dolls want to enter a good elementary school, so naturally they have to queue up early. Although there are no exams, there must always be someone who is smart and stupid."

Hearing Jinwei's words, Li Yuanxing thought of what it would be like to go to school in the future.

Jinwei reported again in a low voice: "Guanzhong Yan's School, Liu's School. Chang'an Chunxiao Garden and Changchun Garden. These are the four primary schools for young children selected by Chang'an City, but the number of classrooms is limited. Naturally, queue up early and accept Sir's interview!"

From young to small!Li Yuanxing almost pronounced the word.

As a wise man said, where there are people, there is competition, and competition will never be avoided.

Another guard also said: "A ten-year-old baby who is good at reading books will naturally go to various schools in Chang'an City. They have the best calculators in Chang'an. Six out of ten Hongwenguan Schools have eight famous schools in Chang'an." The school of famous pens and the museum of erudition with famous teachers of Legalism, Confucianism, and Strategists are the places where children who study literature must compete. Choose one out of ten, and this is the real competition!"

"Your Highness. In fact, Xuandao Pavilion, Feiyu Pavilion, and Fuhu Pavilion. Sunwu Bingtang and Zhugezhi Pavilion are also places for ten-year-old children to compete, and the competition pressure is no worse than those three literary halls!"

If it is a competition, it is really difficult to go to school.

Qiu Xiang also said aside: "Qin Wangzhuang Danhong Academy, Qinwang Zhuangliang Engineering Academy, Yaozhou Shenbing Hall, Military Minister Ying Academy, Hubu Small God of Wealth Academy, Rites History Academy, etc., the 15-year-old students are also extremely fierce."

Looking out of the window at the people of Chang'an rushing outside.Li Yuanxing nodded slightly.

Datang is short of talents now.Where there is competition, there is progress.fight.

After leaving Chang'an City, head straight to Tianchi.There are even more carriages on this road, and these carriages can be seen from a distance, and all the carriages of the King of Qin are parked by the side of the road.His Royal Highness King Qin's visit to Datang Royal Academy in person is also a great encouragement to the students, which proves that the court attaches great importance to it, and the Qin Palace attaches great importance to it.

Liu Zhenghui greeted him right in front of the main entrance.

After greeting each other, Li Yuanxing looked at the couplet in a daze.

The reason for being in a daze is not because this is a couplet copied by myself, but because the couplet is written about state affairs, family affairs, and world affairs.It is not easy to write state affairs first, in an era when aristocratic families like the Tang Dynasty have great power.

Sitting in the main hall, Liu Zhenghui and the main officials of the Royal Academy of Tang Dynasty were seated on both sides.

After Liu Zhenghui nodded at an official, the official stood up and said, "Your Highness, this time we are collecting materials for Datang according to the opinions of the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Officials, and the Tianying Pavilion. Each state must register Accounting for three out of ten, this is the judgment made by the Ministry of Rites after the states reported the situation of the students!"

"Tell me in detail!"

Li Yuanxing still didn't understand what the three out of ten meant.

"Your Highness, take the prefectures as an example. Hebei Dao, Jiangnan Dao, and Jiannan Dao. There are many excellent students in each state. If we only rely on grades to select materials, there may be dozens of people selected from Longyou, Henan Dao, and Hedong Dao. But there are many prefectures in Shannan Road, Lingnan Road, and Dongling that cannot be recorded.”

Li Yuanxing understood, this is to balance the selection of students from various states.

Liu Zhenghui said: "Taking counties as an example for each Dao in the Tang Dynasty, 20 people were selected from a county to a prefecture. There are 360 ​​prefectures in the entire Tang Dynasty. Liaodong Dao has not been counted. The boundaries of prefectures and counties, population, household registration, etc. have not yet been divided and reported to the six departments!"

"So there are 360 ​​states, 550 and seven counties. The number of primary candidates is more than 3. Each state will then assess these people and subtract about 360%. Then three excellent people will be selected, and one will be Quebec. Among them, Quebec will be exempted from the test. , you can directly enroll. But when you are in the branch, you have to accept the re-evaluation by the deans of the six colleges. If you fail, you can only choose another college. All the expenses of these [-] ​​people will be paid by the household department."

Li Yuanxing understands that this is a special student who is exempted from tuition fees and paid living expenses.

"The three outstanding ones will compete for [-] free places and [-] tuition-free places in the academy exam!"

This proposal is really good, to give outstanding poor students a chance.

Although there are only 960 people added up every year, this is a great breakthrough for ancient times.

"Your Highness, there are about [-] people coming to Chang'an to take the exam, and the admission rate of Datang Royal Academy is set at [-]%. That is to say, in addition to [-]% of each prefecture's enrollment, there are also the same quota. The whole world is competing. The ranking is determined by the score, and the selection is determined by the ranking."

Li Yuanxing nodded: "It's not cruel, at least [-]% of them can enter school!"

Li Yuanxing said that this is only a little lower than the undergraduate enrollment rate of later generations. Of course, there are many universities in later generations, and only Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty has top-level colleges.

Seeing Li Yuanxing's expression, Liu Zhenghui sighed softly: "Your Highness is wrong."

"Where did the king go wrong?"

Liu Zhenghui motioned for a person next to him to get up and speak.

"Your Highness, a student from the Ministry of Rites. There is a set of data reported to His Highness!" After finishing speaking, the official opened the notebook: "Chang'an County, three students from 860 students entered the exam, and 20 people were selected to enter the re-examination. In Chang'an City, according to four According to the standard of a county, 80 people were selected to enter the re-examination, and the number of references reached 100."

Li Yuanxing was really taken aback. This was close to a one-in-eighty-tenth chance of taking the exam at the Royal Academy, and then cut off a part of it, a one percent chance of being selected.

"Your Highness, the Chang'an decree has been submitted four times, and the Ministry of Rites has specially approved it. Jingzhao counties have increased it as appropriate, and the entire Jingzhao has not increased to three times on average. Besides, in the city of Hangzhou, the number of references in each county exceeds 180, and Hangzhou There are only [-] students sent to Chang'an over there."

"Your Highness, the Royal Academy is the most outstanding academy in the Tang Dynasty, so it is naturally difficult to get into. I heard that the Holy Majesty has approved the establishment of private schools, and each province will build two government schools and four private schools. These students can also be diverted!"

"Build it quickly." Li Yuanxing said with emotion.

Thinking of future generations, the ratio of top colleges to total candidates has reached one thousand to one, or even several thousand to one.

Now it seems that within a few years, the enrollment ratio of Datang Royal Academy can also increase to such a level as [-].

"Your Highness, but Shannan Road is not so nervous anymore. Some counties don't even have enough 20 people to take the exam, so naturally all of them came. That's why there is a rule to increase the [-]% guarantee for each state."

"My lord has an opinion. The quality of the students taking the exam in that state today is high, and it can be considered to increase next year. The state is too poor, so just reduce some places, and don't reduce it to zero."

"Yes!" All the officials responded in unison.

Liu Zhenghui looked at his pocket watch, and saluted Li Yuanxing: "Your Highness, there is still a quarter of an hour before the start of the exam."

"start!"

Li Yuanxing didn't know what the examination methods of other states and counties in Datang were like.However, the examination method of the Royal Academy of the Tang Dynasty is somewhat similar to the considerations of later generations.In a classroom, half of the desks and chairs are emptied, but the content of the exam is different, because the people who come here naturally also have a choice in the Sixth Academy.

Except for the first exam "Chinese".For the rest of the exams, there are two exams in one exam room, and the students sit apart when they are busy.

It's time for the exam.

Four people carried an iron box, and two guards with swords followed.Each examination room is a box, two guards with swords, one is the guard of the Qin Palace, and the other is the guard of the palace.The lock has two keys, one for each person.In the presence of the examiner in the examination room, the two opened the box with the key.

The examiners do not touch the papers. The four carriers and the two guards with knives are the escorts of the test papers and the invigilators of the test room.

They don't care about the candidates, they only supervise the discipline of the exam according to the rules.

Only at this time can the examination papers be made public.Give the top officials of the Royal Academy a chance to read the papers.

Li Yuanxing was holding the exam paper and got a headache after just looking at it.In later generations, he was not afraid of exams, he didn't care about exams, and he didn't get a headache when he saw the papers.But in Datang, Li Yuanxing got a headache after just looking at it.

It was really too difficult, so difficult that even if Li Yuanxing was given hundreds of books, Li Yuanxing might not be able to complete them within the stipulated time.

"Chinese" examination paper.Among the [-] rare characters, Li Yuanxing only knew one. As for the literary analysis, Li Yuanxing didn't even know the source of that sentence.And it is definitely not Confucianism, maybe it is Legalism, maybe it is a political strategist.

"This sentence is from the "Five Virtues", and it should belong to the Yin-Yang family." Xuezheng commented: "This sentence is a bit simple..." Li Yuanxing didn't hear what the latter comment was, only heard it seemed I think this question is too simple.Li Yuanxing was a little embarrassed to listen.

Finally, there was a sentence that Li Yuanxing could understand.

Learn and practice...

Then Liu Zhenghui beat Li Yuanxing to the point of wanting to find a piece of cloth to cover his face: "This sentence is good, it seems simple. But I wrote a [-]-character essay based on this sentence. It is true that the benevolent sees the benevolence, and the wise sees the wisdom. The light will die and endorse it and so on." , Want to cry but have no tears, this question shows the real talent... ". )