Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 89 Examiner
According to historical records, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty once issued an imperial edict to select "virtuous", making the Beijing officials above the fifth grade, and the second imperial examinations with "refinement in ambition and practice" and "Qingping Qianji".Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty also asked officials to recommend talents based on the ten subjects of morality, intelligence, physical education, beauty and labor, such as "famous for filial piety", "beautiful literary talent", "talented general strategy", "arrogant physical strength".

In the Tang Dynasty, the Ministry of Officials held imperial examinations, and there were more than 50 permanent subjects such as Xiucai, Mingjing, Jinshi, and Mingshu.Among them, Mingshu and other subjects are not valued by people. The scholar's subject is very demanding, and it was gradually abandoned later.

Therefore, the two subjects of Ming Jing and Jinshi became the main subjects of regular subjects in the Tang Dynasty. Whether it was the imperial court or the folk, the two subjects were most recognized, like "ace majors".Jinshi examines current policies and poems, articles, and Mingjing examines current policies and classics;

It is said that Xu Qing was dragged out of the bedroom by Li Yuan at night, and entered the palace against the darkness.Arriving at Tai Chi Palace full of resentment, after talking nonsense, Li Yuan finally asked the eunuch to announce one thing:

"Xu Qing has literary talents, excellent poetry, beautiful poetry style, and philosophical theories. He can be called a master. The chief examiner of the Ministry of Civil Affairs examines illness speeches. Recommended by Pei Ji, Xu Qing took the post of public merit examiner Wailang and presided over Jinshi exam."

"Contemporary master? Preside over the exam?" Xu Qing was puzzled by the Erzhang monk, only to hear Li Yuan add in person: "I wanted to ask your opinion before making a decision, but Pei Ji showed me all your poems." , very good, you are the chief examiner."

"I'm young after all..." Xu Qing said helplessly, he didn't know how to deal with the chief examiner.

"Youth has its advantages. I asked Du Ruhui to help you. On the surface, he is also the examiner. You can rest assured..." Li Yuan said.

"The minister leads the decree..." Xu Qing felt at ease when he heard that Du Ruhui was here. Du Ruhui is an old cadre, a good cadre.The problem of not knowing the examination process has been solved, but why did Li Yuan ask me to be the examiner, just because I write good poems?Pei Ji's recommendation?I'm afraid it's not that simple...

The term "Jinshi" first appeared in the "Book of Rites? Wangzhi", and its original meaning is to be able to enter and receive a noble salary.The Jinshi Section is presided over by the Ministry of Officials, which is called "Quan Zhi Gong Ju".Those who are qualified can be granted official positions.

But this entrance examination is the most important step, so Jinshi and the degree are also called "climbing the Dragon Gate". No.1 is the number one scholar or number one, and the rest of the same ranking members have to pool money to hold celebration activities. Two young people with the same ranking will search for famous flowers in famous gardens, which is called "Tan Hua Envoy". feast.After the banquet, they went to sign their names under the Big Wild Goose Pagoda of Ci'en Temple to show their glory, so Zhongjinshi is also called "Yanta Pagoda Title".

Regardless of whether it is the number one scholar or other Jinshi and other people, they are collectively called Jinshi.The examiner is the person who selects the ranking, and the Jinshi must listen to the lectures in front of the examiner, so the relationship between the Jinshi and the examiner is regarded as a teacher-student relationship.

Once you become a Jinshi, you will be an official. Hundreds of officials will call you teacher and salute you when they meet each other. What is it like?And with this teacher-student relationship with hundreds of officials, they can all be counted as a faction in the court in the future, and Xu Qing is the leader of this faction.As long as Xu Qing survives, even if he is demoted or dismissed, this kind of love is also valid, and no one dares to deny it. This is the so-called three-way love between people.

In addition, after Jinshi became an official, he would support his juniors, partly because of Xu Qing's face, and they were also regarded as Xu Qing's disciples.The so-called sons beget grandchildren, grandchildren beget sons, and sons and grandchildren are endless. If you put it in Yugong Yishan, it means perseverance, but if you put it in the officialdom, it means a tree with deep roots.After Xu Qing became the chief examiner, he began to become the root of a towering tree. Li Yuan would not fail to see this change.

But, why did Li Yuan give me such a huge political resource?Xu Qingming thought hard about the true meaning of this, but couldn't understand it for a long time. Li Yuan really wants to use me again?Why, doesn't he have two such capable sons?Is your own son not useful?Humph……

"Oh, by the way, Boy Xu, you can rest in my palace tonight."

"I thank you for your grace..."

After sleeping until dawn, the serving eunuch came in

"Ah, why are you still here!"

"Huh? It's not Mr. Li... Did the emperor let me fall asleep?"

"Aiya, those officials who are staying overnight on weekdays go out at Chengtianmen.com to thank you after midnight. You are so relieved that you sleep until dawn..." The eunuch was busy cleaning the room while explaining to Xu Qing arrive.

"Then, is it all right? Will the emperor blame you?" Although Xu Qing said he was not afraid of offending the emperor, he didn't want to offend him either.

"You are Mr. Xu, right? Well, if other adults sleep here until dawn, but Mr. Xu can't, you are now a holy family..."

"Ahaha, thank you, father-in-law." Xu Qing touched his pocket and gave the eunuch a piece of silver.

"Oh, Mr. Xu, you are welcome..." The eunuch held the silver ingot calmly, and muttered again: "You are now a celebrity in front of the emperor. Now that you have holy favor, you have everything, inside and outside the palace, As long as you are in the Great Tang Kingdom, there are no exceptions..." The eunuch seemed to be speaking to himself, but also seemed to be speaking to Xu Qing, and he didn't quite understand.

Back home, Xu Qing drove Sun Fujia out.Candidates live in the home of the examiner, what is the matter?It's just that Xu Qing also gave Sun Fujia some money, enough to support half a month's board and lodging.

The next day, another chief examiner, Du Ruhui, came. As the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, the examination of a Jinshi is like killing a chicken with a sledgehammer.This is also because many rules and formulas have not yet been formed for the first imperial examination, and the examiner team was improvised.

Du Ruhui came to Xu Qing's house, of course, to talk about the Jinshi Division.Xu Qing didn't understand, but just listened to Du Ruhui's arrangement.The exam is divided into two sessions. The front session is a test of time policy with three questions, and the back session is a test of poetry and essays with four questions, two poems, one Fu, and one edict.A poem is a poem of meritorious deeds, which conveys government orders, and a poem is a poem of scenery.The general topics are as follows:

"Policy [-]: Zi Gong wants to tell the sheep of Shuo. The Master said: "Give it to me, you love his sheep, and I love his gifts. What is the use of this saying today?"

"Policy [-]: How can the bandits on all sides be leveled?"

"Policy Three: Prosper the People, Prosper the Government and Prosper the Virtue."

"Two poems: 'Poems to Encourage Farmers' and 'Dahe'; one Fu is 'Chang'an'; one essay is 'Sacrifice to the Emperor'."

The seven topics were drafted by Xu Qing and Du Ruhui, and then approved by Li Yuan. The most important of them were the first three essays, which were an assessment of candidates' strategies for government and military affairs.The following poems and prose are just to assess the cultivation, ability, and knowledge of the candidates. They can be regarded as additional points, or some compensation for those who lack strategy.However, after the development of the imperial examination system in the Tang Dynasty, the importance of Jinshi's Ke Shi Fu surpassed that of policy theory.

Xu Qing sighed with emotion. In later generations, because of mistakes in the college entrance examination, he could only go to a second-rate university and do odd jobs every day to subsidize his daily expenses.But now, after a sudden change, he has become a college entrance examination candidate.Not only the proposition, but also the grader, the standard answer is finally my turn, hahahaha, this feeling is not ordinary.

"Waves in the waves, waves in the waves, hello!" Xu Qing sang, bending over, watering the vegetable garden, and lighting the greenhouse, so relaxed before the first exam.

(End of this chapter)