back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 631 System Department
Before the entrance examination of Enke, there is another grand event, that is, the system examination, also known as special examination.This subject is not a regular imperial examination, but a special subject set up by the emperor to select "extraordinary people". There are many subjects set up at any time.The most common ones are Xianliang Fangzheng Ke, Outspoken and Extremely Admonishing Ke, Bo Xue Hong Ci Ke, etc.Most of Dashun's special subjects are recommended by ministers, and you can also recommend yourself, and the emperor will take the exam in person.Those who pass can be directly awarded the corresponding official position, which means that they do have a certain specialty and are suitable for a certain job, and they do not need to pass the official examination.However, candidates may not all be scholars and scholars, but also ordinary people.It can even be a candidate who has already obtained a Jinshi, Mingjing, or a serving official. As long as you think you have special skills, you can take the exam after recommendation. It is quite open and recruits talents without sticking to one pattern.

Just before the imperial examination started, the imperial list had already been pasted in the bustling place of Chang'an City, to the effect that the candidates who had obtained the imperial examination qualification and felt that they had the following special talents could rely on their imperial examination number to be among the top ten candidates in the imperial examination. On this day, I went to the Jiying Hall of the Imperial Palace to accept the emperor's personal examination.The subjects of the examination are as follows: Painting, Wind and Music, Medicine, Water Conservancy, Architecture, Craftsmanship, Shipbuilding, Commerce and Trade, Animal Husbandry, Official Administration, Foot Anbian, Materials to Govern the Country, History Lie Qiushuang Branch, Straightforward Admonishment Branch, Literary Art Branch, Bo Xuehong Ci Branch, and Pen Strength Branch.There is no limit to the number of people who can take each subject, or it may not be taken, just do what you can.Anyone who deceives the king and disregards his superiors will be punished severely, ranging from canceling the Enke examination to being banned for life.

This is also the restriction that Lu Chengqi set up because he was worried that many people wanted to take shortcuts and wanted to be an official regardless of their sharp-edged heads.But he was obviously wrong. Scholars these days are all very proud. How can they be willing to pass the system to become an official?This department is selected, but he is a ninth-rank official, without a background in the imperial examination, at most he will be a sixth-rank official, and he will not be able to achieve much.The Jinshi department is different. Once you pass the exam, you will be half of the official.In the future, as long as the performance of the government is not bad, it will be promoted every three years, no matter what.

It was precisely because of this mentality that after receiving the number of applicants, Lu Chengqi couldn't help being a little stunned: "That's it?"

Feng Chengping, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, smiled awkwardly and said, "Your Majesty doesn't know something, this time it's too much..."

Lu Chengqi didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "For [-] subjects, there are only a hundred people applying for the exam, which is too much? For some subjects, there are only two or three people applying for the exam, and this... is that too much?"

After Feng Chengping explained, Lu Chengqi was relieved.It turned out that he was different. This system is good, and it is also a shortcut, which is equivalent to the art student examination in later generations.But an art student is an art student, how can he compare to a real Jinshi?Therefore, many people would rather spend more time studying the books than spend a day's energy on taking the exams in Jiyingdian.

Lu Chengqi didn't understand, the imperial examination is so difficult, and many people can only be a tenth-rank official, why are they still flocking to it?

Feng Chengping sighed and said: "As long as you have a Jinshi background, do you still worry about your future?"

Lu Chengqi was a little speechless, but there was nothing he could do.This Jinshi is like a postgraduate degree, born to be so superior to other subjects.It is the second largest Keming economics department, that is, the undergraduate background of later generations, who is naturally short by a head.Even if only a few people are selected for Jinshi, he is still the subject with the most candidates.After all, regardless of subjects such as Mingjing, Jinshi, Wujing, Sanshi, Sanli, Sanzhuan, Mingfa, Mingzi, etc., in addition to the subjects that are supposed to be taken, there must be a palace exam to test theory.This argument is the stepping stone to becoming an official.As long as you squeeze into the top six, you can be granted a Jinshi background, which is equivalent to a Jinshi.It's not from the Jinshi department. How easy is it to get to the top six in the palace examination?This is why the number one scholar is usually the top few in the Jinshi department.After all, the foundation is there, and it doesn't mean that you can surpass it if you can surpass it.Han Chuang has studied hard for ten years, is it all in vain?

Lu Chengqi sighed, and said: "Feng Qing, just take and print all these test questions, just print according to the number of people. I want everyone in the world to know that the system is no worse than the regular department and Enke!"

Feng Chengping was startled: "What is the emperor going to do? Does he even have to reform the imperial examination?" normal.Although he is a second-rank official, he knows that he cannot persuade this little emperor.If the little emperor insisted on transferring someone and he wanted to stop him, what would the little emperor think?The crime of jealousy and jealousy may not escape.

After saying "Zunzhi", Feng Chengping left the Chuigong Hall and returned to the yamen of the Ministry of Rites to prepare.It is worth mentioning that the latest typographic printing technique was introduced in the yamen of the Ministry of Rites, which was specially introduced for the purpose of printing test questions.As for the people who operate it, they must be tenth-rank officials of the Ministry of Rites. Who told them to be petty officials?

Three days later, the originally sacred Dashun Palace opened the Xuande Gate early on this day.Hundreds of examinees, relying on the examination number issued by the Ministry of Rites, checked the household registration, three generations, and names one by one, passed the body search, and were put into the palace.Of course, you can't run around, there are imperial guards watching by the side, and the servants are leading in front.

Most of these candidates entered the palace for the first time, and they couldn't help looking around, looking greedily at every plant and tree in the palace.Among these candidates, there are also officials of the imperial court.But most of them are some unsatisfactory petty officials, and many of them have never been to the palace, and they can't hold back their minds, looking around.

When they arrived at the Jiying Hall, they checked their test numbers again, and assigned them to different test rooms corresponding to their names.Because of the small number of people, it is also very convenient to arrange.Sometimes more than a dozen people can be considered a big subject.After being seated by subject, the examiner came late.

Who is the examiner?Do you still need to ask, of course it is Lu Chengqi, the son of heaven.

Hearing "the emperor is here", two strong servants holding fans, surrounded by a group of maids, Lu Chengqi slowly walked into the Jiying Hall.Almost none of these scholars had ever seen the real face of the emperor, each of them raised their heads and watched Lu Chengqi climb up the dragon chair and take his seat step by step.

Lu Chengqi leisurely picked up the tea next to him, took a sip of the tea, swallowed it slightly, and then swallowed it.He had just eaten his breakfast and ran a step, and was thirsty.After moistening his throat, he slowly put down the teacup, and said loudly: "I set up a system of subjects. I thought that there were talented scholars in the world, and they all wanted to apply for the exam. As everyone knows, there are only a hundred or so, and I am a little disappointed. The previous court The poet Li Bai once said, "I am born with talents that will be useful." It is not the only way out. A country needs not only talents who govern the country, but also many talents, such as silk music, painting skills, water conservancy, Medicine, shipbuilding, craftsman, commerce, animal husbandry... Which subject is not knowledge? To achieve the pinnacle of a knowledge, it takes no less effort than to obtain a Jinshi. I won't gossip, this Enke , each subject is only one question, and the time limit is two hours, and the papers can be handed in earlier. Where is the inspector? Let's distribute the papers to the scholars. After a quarter of an hour, the system examination will start to count."

The examiner is Cai Xiang, a scholar of Duanming Palace, and Lu Chengqi has heard of his name.This person is a Jinshi in the eighth year of Tiansheng, and he has excellent attainments in calligraphy and tea ceremony, so he is very suitable to be an inspector.This time, Lu Chengqi said that he was the chief examiner, but in fact he was the real chief examiner.

Cai Xiang is already in her fifties, and her health is not as good as before.Originally, in order to know the affairs of the Kaifeng government, Lu Chengqi took pity on the old minister and made a special decree to recall him to the capital for diagnosis and treatment by the imperial doctor.He couldn't get out of bed before, but now that his energy and blood have improved, Lu Chengqi dared to let him be the inspector.

(End of this chapter)