Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

Su Mu had also discussed this issue with Wu Shiqi in private.

It also uses Jiao Fang as an example to explain the geographical differences between northern and southern scholars in the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, there were quite a few differences between scholars in the north and south of the Ming Dynasty.

In the Ming Dynasty, the economy in the south was developed, and the people in the south were much richer than those in the war-torn north.Studying for the imperial examination is a matter of great expense, and it is usually supported by the power of the clan to support a scholar.

As a result, the number of scholars in the south is many times larger than that in the five northern provinces.

And because of the prosperous style of writing in the south of the Yangtze River and the strength of teachers, the performance of southern scholars in the imperial examinations is also extremely dazzling.

For example, in Wu County, where Mr. Wang Zhi is located, it is not difficult for a small county to produce thousands of scholars and hundreds of candidates.If you go to places like Suzhou and Hangzhou where there are many scholars, you can see a big archway within a few steps.It either says "Jinshi Jidi" or "Father and Son Jinshi" and "Jinshi Fang". Jinshi is nothing to Jiangnan people at all. The real skill is to order Hanlin.

As for Jiangxi Province, it has monopolized the top three in the examination list all year round, and has produced countless champions.

The most outrageous thing is that in the year of Hongwu, the candidates in the south of the Yangtze River actually gave up the entire Jinshi subject, and the northern scholars did not have a middle school student.

In this way, the northern candidates were naturally dissatisfied and became angry.In the end, Zhu Yuanzhang killed a group of examiners to calm down the situation.

In the end, it was simply divided into north and south rankings by region, increasing the number of candidates from the north.

Old Mr. Wu was horrified and exclaimed, "No wonder, no wonder!"

Su Mu asked, "Does the old gentleman understand?"

Wu Shiqi sighed: "The old man is quite confident in his writing and knowledge, but before that, he failed in the exam for more than ten years. Looking back now, it is also pedantic. I just think that as long as you are knowledgeable, you will not pass If you don’t understand the truth, but you don’t know how to figure out the examiner’s taste. No wonder, you’re going to be reduced to this point. Being an official with the name of raising people is ridiculed by the world.”

Speaking of this, he looked lonely: "Su Mu, you are right. Most of the Imperial Academy are from the south. People from Jiangnan have always liked gorgeous rhetoric. It seems that this old man has to work hard on it. From the great to the simple, simple words are the most difficult to write. But it is not difficult to want to be gorgeous."

Wu Shiqi has this confidence, and Su Mu is also happy for him.But even if I am making up lessons now, it is too late, and I feel worried for a while.

Writing is a thing that pays attention to sacrifices, and it cannot be advanced overnight.

The chief examiner and the date of the exam have already been announced, and the date is set for March [-]th. There will be three exams, each three days old.In other words, after entering the examination room, candidates have to stay there for nine days.

The exam questions are the same as those of the rural exams, including scriptures and meanings, five characters and eight rhymes, policy questions, etc.

The test site is set at the Gongyuan in the southeast of the capital, which is in the most prosperous area of ​​the capital, so there is no need to go to Tongzhou like the last Shuntianfu rural test.

Generally speaking, the exam dates are in the early spring of February, so it is also called Chunwei. ,

There were too many things in the court during the first year of Zhengde, mainly because the emperor's wedding was delayed for some days.Therefore, it was delayed for half a month and moved to March [-]th.

Candidates don't care about delaying the exam.In fact, a half-month delay is also a good thing.In March in Yangchun, when the weather is warmer, you don’t have to sit in the cold test room and suffer like before.

Moreover, this year is Enke after Emperor Zhengde ascended the throne. If he wins, his official career will be smoother than other Chinese Jinshi.

Therefore, almost all Gongsheng students are gearing up to become famous in this exam.

The qualifications for the examination must be candidates, including those who have served as officials, such as Wu Shiqi, Su Mu and other governors.

As early as years ago, the capital city was full of students who came to take the exam.According to the information fed back from the Ministry of Rites, there are more than [-] candidates who signed up for this round of the examination.

However, the number of admissions for this examination is as high as 360, ranking first in the previous examinations of the Ming Dynasty.That is to say, one of the 20 candidates who took the exam had the hope of getting the title of Jinshi and becoming an official of the seventh rank.

Seeing the news, Su Mu was taken aback: Emperor Zhengde really dared to do it. He admitted so many Jinshi in one go, and he was not afraid of the civil officials' opposition?

You must know that the number of Jinshi subjects admitted in the Ming Dynasty has always remained in the early [-]s. After all, when there are more Jinshi, the number of officials will increase, and the expenditure of the court will increase.

It is indeed the first time since Ariake that more than 360 people were taken in one breath.

You know, during the population explosion period of the Qing Dynasty, only [-] Jinshi were admitted in the eighth year of Yongzheng.During the Qianlong period, there were only about [-] people.

However, such a high admission rate is a good thing for Su Mu.

The time has entered February of the first year of Zhengde, and there are only twenty days left before entering the examination room.

At this time, everyone in the experience department has completely ignored the matter of Dibao, and all matters have been handed over to Su Mu and Wu Shiqi.

Poor thing, now Su Mu has to study his homework and is responsible for the specific government affairs of the Experience Department, so he is exhausted.As for Mr. Wu, he can't count on it either. The old man has been reviewing until it's dark, and he can't hear what's going on outside the window.

Tired, really tired.

Mr. Mo Dao has many things to do, and even more miserable people.

Governor Weng, it seems that after the Chinese New Year, he has not been out of the General Secretary, and he has been studying in the Yamen day and night.Recently, I have suffered from insomnia and can't sleep no matter what.

His eyes were bloodshot, his hair was disheveled like a chicken coop, and the government office was hanging loosely on his body. He didn't look like an official of the eighth rank, but more like that hungry ghost.

Governor Weng was originally a kind person, but staying up late for a long time made him very bad-tempered, and he would get angry and throw things at every turn, and he was no longer so generous.

Today, because of a disagreement on a topic, he actually quarreled with Governor Niu.The words of the sage, the meaning of the road, is not to be sloppy.Speaking of the fire-breathing place, Governor Weng even raised his hand.

Governor Niu refused to let others go, so he punched Governor Weng twice so hard that he sat down.

Everyone was shocked, and rushed forward to grab Governor Niu who was still about to make a move.But I heard Governor Weng wailing next to him: "How good this is, how good this is, I will try it in twenty days. I thought I had read the book thoroughly, this time no matter what How to get it right. However, when I open the book these days, I know every word, but I don’t know what it means. Writing an essay is also difficult!”

Hearing his low-pitched crying, everyone thought of the pressure on themselves, and felt miserable. , I didn't know how to comfort him for a while.