Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 380 Examination Room Layout
Generally speaking, the political level of the Tang Dynasty is improving rapidly just like the military level, and the work efficiency of various functional departments of the imperial court is also improving.

The first thing in the early dynasty, Li Shimin announced the new appointment of Xiao Yu, the real-time general manager of Jiannan Road, the governor of Yizhou, who took office years ago.

Although the grade has dropped by one rank, it is still at the top rank, so it is not considered demoted.

In addition, there were a series of adjustments in the appointment of local officials, with a higher rank, and it is worth mentioning that the warrior Xun was promoted to the chief executive of Shannan Road and the governor of Jingzhou. Guan is the real power governor, which proves that Li Shimin still recognizes his achievements in Yangzhou. Of course, the main task of transferring him in the past was to relocate people to Guanzhong.

People from Wuxi Man, Yi, Miao, Tujia and other ethnic groups in Yongzhou, Huaizhou, Jizhou, Kuizhou, Guizhou, Liangzhou and other places will move to Guanzhong in large numbers. If they can’t move, they will also move to Shannan Road For those displaced areas in the territory that are richer, farmland with higher yields will be distributed to them for cultivation.

I believe that as long as the samurai can communicate well with those ethnic minorities, under the circumstances of coercion and temptation, the resistance of these local residents should not be great.

Sun Xiangfu made a rare suggestion to Li Shimin. If it is really an area with strong resistance, it is better to move some young people who can be taught first. The middle-aged and old diehards, wait for this generation to grow up , naturally does not exist.

After the imperial court disbanded, Sun Xiangfu and Xiao Yu came to the Imperial College immediately. The Tang Dynasty did not build a special tribute courtyard at all. Now that the weather is cold, the Imperial College, which is fully equipped with thermos pots, was designated by Li Shimin as the examination room for this imperial examination. .

Not to mention, the place here is really big enough, occupying half of Wubenfang. Historically, during the heyday of the Zhenguan Dynasty, the number of foreign students studying in Guozijian alone was as high as thousands. These houses are not suitable for imperial examinations. More than enough, but because the number of tables and chairs is not enough, it needs to be seconded, and even some suggestions are temporarily built.

Looking at the final reference list handed over by the scribe, Xiao Yu smiled and said, "After singing at the gate of the city, the number of students who came to apply for the exam really increased, reaching as many as 8000, and there are still many They are all business majors, which can solve the urgent needs of the imperial court."

This situation has long been within Sun Xiangfu's expectations. He received the roster handed over by Xiao Yu, flipped through it, and answered, "It's better if there are more people. At least there are choices. Our country will become more and more prosperous." If it is big, the management will become more and more detailed, let alone 8000 people, even if 8 people come to refer, it is too small!"

Think about the thousands of troops crossing the single-plank bridge in the Song and Ming Dynasties, and think about tens of millions of college graduates in later generations. This kind of exam with a scale of only a few thousand people in the whole country is simply not worth mentioning.

While the two were chatting, Kong Yingda from the Imperial College came over to say hello. He had objections to the new system of taking industrial, commercial and medical students as officials in the imperial examination, but they did not abolish the liberal arts, which mainly focused on the Four Books and Five Classics. Moreover, Xiao Yu He was also consulted about the examination questions for Jinshi, and they were quite satisfactory, which made it hard for him to say anything more.

Seeing old man Kong, Sun Xiangfu was actually a little embarrassed. After all, he had scolded him before, but now he is of a higher rank than him. As long as there is nothing to talk to him, it is fine. Of course, he is also afraid of embarrassment now and is unwilling to talk to him.

"Xiao Xiang, there are 39 people from the Imperial Academy, including doctors, teaching assistants, and direct speakers. After three days, all of them will participate in the invigilation. Please explain how to do it."

There are 39 people, including Xiao Yu and himself, there are only 41 people. In this way, one person has to invigilate about two hundred students, which is a bit too much. Considering the size of these houses, one room can accommodate at most three students. With 40 people taking the exam, one person has to take care of at least five rooms?
Xiao Yu originally wanted to say that he followed the old rules of the previous dynasty, but found that Sun Xiangfu was frowning, so he asked, "What does Zhengming think?"

"The number of invigilators is too small. One person has to invigilate almost [-] candidates and take care of four or five rooms. It is estimated that all kinds of plagiarism will be very serious by then."

Hearing what he said, Kong Yingda immediately disagreed, and hummed with a stern face, "Hmph, scholars of my generation are all moral gentlemen, how could I commit such plagiarism."

Kong Yingda's view of Sun Xiangfu has been stuck three years ago. Even if Sun Xiangfu has done so many good things for Datang, he has not changed his opinion of Sun Xiangfu. Those who are inexperienced can't help but refute as soon as they hear him speak.

"Kong Jijiu thought that the world is now in great harmony, and everyone is a gentleman of virtue?"

"The old man dare not think about it."

"That's it. Besides, most of the people who refer to this time are merchants and workers, not all of them are scholars."

"This······"

Kong Yingda was so blocked by Sun Xiangfu that he had nothing to say, so he turned his face away and stopped talking.

Xiao Yu generally knew about the festivals between the two of them, and knew that Kong Yingda's character was not someone who could be persuaded at all, so he shook his head and asked Sun Xiangfu, "Nowadays, the various ministries of the court are reforming, and everyone is very busy. Even the bachelors of the Hongwen Museum are repairing dictionaries and compiling new teaching materials, I really can’t ask His Majesty to send people, Zhengming is there a way to resolve the difficulties?”

Sun Xiangfu thought for a while, then nodded and said, "There is a way. First of all, we have to set up search personnel at the gate to search all the items carried by the candidates to prevent them from plagiarizing with books and cheat sheets. All the candidates can be numbered, and all the seats can also be numbered, so that students of different subjects can take the test separately."

"Cross the exam?" Xiao Yu asked again, not knowing what it meant.

"Well, isn't there six major subjects in the imperial examinations this time: Jinshi, Calculation, Law, Engineering, Commerce, and Medicine? Let's number all the candidates and divide them into six subjects. Then each candidate will have the same distance as him. There are at least five students in the middle, so it will be difficult for them to copy and cheat each other."

Xiao Yu laughed and said, "It's clear that this method is very good. If so, I will arrange manpower to make number plates, and divide the students who apply for the examination into departments and disperse the seats."

Sun Xiangfu will serve the full moon wine for the two children tomorrow, and he has no time to work, so time is very tight, so he will do it as soon as he wants to do it. The two called together officials from the Imperial College, numbered all the tables and chairs, and wrote down the relevant information. The corresponding number plates will be issued to the students at that time, and Sun Xiangfu will not be finished until dinner time.

Later, Sun Xiangfu discovered that the Guozijian was unable to provide meals for more than 8000 students, so he proposed to divide the examination time of candidates into morning and afternoon, each one and a half hours, and, every half day, only two examination papers should be done, and the examination should be completed in three days .

In this way, for the students of Jinshi subjects, there is actually no change, because their questions basically do not have standard answers, but for candidates of other subjects, there are many advantages.

For example, in Mingfa, for three hours in the morning, he may just do dozens of multiple-choice questions or judgment questions, and those who have passed the exam will basically not take the exam again. After they go back every day, they can also look up the classics and focus. For those who have not taken the test, this will lead to their average test score being one level higher, including medicine, which also has such an advantage.

For the rest, such as Ming arithmetic, after returning home, each student can discuss the routine of the topic with others, and know some methods to solve the problem. This will allow them to score higher in the subsequent exams, and business subjects generally have such an advantage.

If the test scores of each subject are high, they will be compared with those of the Jinshi department. Moreover, the reference personnel of the Jinshi department itself has reached almost one-third of all reference personnel. At that time, the probability of being selected will probably be the smallest. , so it can be predicted that after a few sessions, fewer and fewer people will be admitted to the Jinshi Department.

Sun Xiangfu does not have any opinions on people who study liberal arts, but at this period, there is a shortage of more practical science students. When Datang's economy reaches a certain level, liberal arts will still prosper, just like when a country is developed, the people will Pay more attention to entertainment programs.

After returning to the mansion, Sun Xiangfu saw a pile of manuscripts or letters in the study, but he had no time to read them. He worked hard for Li Shimin like this every day. It is not good to miss the childhood of his two children. Time is the most interesting, Sun Xiangfu held Huanhuan and teased him for half an hour without feeling tired, until the child slowly fell asleep after playing tired, he didn't think about having dinner.

The kitchen of the Sun Mansion always has a lot of braised meat, all kinds of meat, especially in winter, but today there are new dishes, seaweed stewed ribs soup, braised whale meat, and a steamed sea crab.

"Did Lingnan deliver something?" Sun Xiangfu asked Uncle De who was waiting on the sidelines.

"That's right! People along the coast used to not eat this kelp. Since you took the lead in eating it, many people in Chang'an City now eat it. The market demand in winter is huge, and the fleets from Lingnan have brought a lot of it.

And this whale was specially caught by Zhao's guard's fleet at sea. It is said that one of them weighed tens of thousands of catties. One piece of good meat only brought two of them in one boat. Madam sent a lot of them to the palace, my lords At home, the rest will be used to greet guests at the banquet tomorrow. The cook in the mansion has studied several recipes. This braised whale meat is just the first dish. "

"Zhao Long and the others are so idle, are they all hunting whales at sea?"

While talking, Sun Xiangfu tasted the nice braised whale meat, but the taste was not bad.

"The guard who brought the fish said that these two whales were sent to the young master and the young lady as gifts for the full moon. In addition, ask on behalf of their heads, when they can take turns to go home to recuperate, and you will soon leave them behind. Three years at sea."

Hearing this, Sun Xiangfu felt guilty for a while. Everyone has wives and children, and they all have emotional needs. It's because he didn't think carefully, but right now, Shandong really can't do without them.

"Let the person who delivered the fish go back and tell Zhao Long to recruit another 3000 sailors for training! After the training, they will come back in turn. Forget it, let me write to him!"

(End of this chapter)