229 women boarded the township examination site

Hu Sanniang had already had a whimsical idea to let the woman enter the imperial examination room. For this reason, he submitted a report to the emperor, but he did not get approval for a long time. I was anxious, and I urged it a few times, but there was no movement.

In a month and a half, the township examination of the Daimyo Mansion will begin. The waiter of the Ministry of Rites led a group of people to inspect the preparations of the Daimyo Mansion Tribute Temple. Hu Sanniang, as the prefect, was hospitable, and did the friendship of the "landlord".

Although Yan Mian is a Beijing official and an envoy of the emperor, he is naturally a level higher than the prefect of the Daimyo's Mansion. Kehu Sanniang is unusual, one is Concubine Wude, although she is temporarily separated from the emperor, her name has not changed; The second is that King Wude is also the prefect of the Daimyo's Mansion, and his identity is even more extraordinary.

The face did not dare to put on the stand of the Beijing official, and rushed to the Wude Palace. Under normal circumstances, Hu Sanniang does not take a fight, especially for loyal ministers. is outspoken and dares to admonish, and can also act impartially. Therefore, Sanniang respects him very much.

Hu Sanniang's watch, the emperor read it, and felt that it was very "creative", and his heart was already accurate. Handed over to the Ministry of Rites for discussion, the most fierce opposition is this face lord. He put forward M objections, the most fundamental of which is that women participate in the imperial examination, which has not been done for eternity, and will mess up the program......

After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food, everyone gossiped.

Hu Sanniang suddenly asked, "Lord Yan, I heard that you strongly oppose women's participation in the imperial examination?" ”

Yan Mian put down the wine glass he was holding up, and said solemnly: "King Wude, with all due respect, if a woman participates in the imperial examination, it will really mess up the program, and we can't set this precedent no matter what......"

"What if the Holy One agrees?"

"The Holy One will not agree to it anyway!"

Suddenly, the emperor's decree arrived, and King Wude and Lord Yan were invited to receive the decree. The two did not dare to slack off, and were in awe, waiting for the decree to be announced. The emperor said loudly——

…… 100 talented women were selected from the "Da, Ji, and Liang" to participate in the Daimyo Fu Township Examination, and the same examination as the male Xiucai. This is a pilot, and if successful, it will be rolled out nationwide. - Chin this!

Hu Sanniang listened, and her face bloomed with joy. The face was like ashes, but I didn't expect the emperor to really "play cards out of common sense", isn't this nonsense?

However, the emperor has a golden mouth and jade teeth, what is it to say. Face does not dare to openly oppose it, so it can only be done immediately. Notices were posted, and people rushed to tell each other. At one time, there were more than 1,000 women who signed up. After brushing off more than half of the excitement, 300 people participated in the "Xiucai" exam. The top 100 people were selected to participate in the township examination.

The township examination was held as scheduled, with a total of three days. 100 women were mixed with more than two male candidates, sweating like rain and walking with their pens. The first two days were relatively routine questions, which both men and women could easily answer. On the third day, the last exam, as soon as the questions were sent, the male candidates gloated one by one; The female candidates were frowning one by one.

That question is very absolute, nothing else, and it is a famous quote of Sage Confucius-

Only women and villains are difficult to raise

This tricky question is just face-saving, he just wants to make it difficult for those female candidates, so that they will fall into Sun Mountain one by one. Don't say that you will be a junior in the future, even if you lift people, don't think about it. In this way, among the 100 women, not a single "tribute" is produced. Anyway, the emperor's decree said that "women and men take the same exam", and if you can't pass the exam, you can't blame me.

Face accompanied Hu Sanniang to patrol the examination room, and saw that the female candidates were stunned when they looked at the questions, and they were secretly happy in their hearts. Hu Sanniang frowned, but there was nothing she could do.

"Only women and villains are difficult to raise" - this sentence is true and said by Sage Kong. Hu Sanniang also knows that there is a sentence that makes women feel more heart-piercing - "If you are close, you are not inferior, and if you are far away, you will be resentful." ”

In her early years, Hu Sanniang's father taught her to read the Analects, and she thought Confucius was quite cute. But after reading "The Analects of Yang Goods", my heart is very uncomfortable. In particular, the following two paragraphs -

Original:

Zigong said: "Gentlemen are also evil? Zi said, "There is evil." Those who are evil are called evil, those who are inferior and despise others, those who are brave and rude, and those who are bold and suffocating. He said, "Is it also evil to give?" "Those who are evil think they know, those who are evil do not think they are brave, and those who are evil think they are upright."

Translations:

Zigong said: "Does a gentleman also have something to hate? Confucius said, "There are things of disgust." He hates those who preach the bad things of others, he hates those who are inferior and slander those who are superior, he hates those who are brave and do not know etiquette, and he hates those who are stubborn and unreasonable. Confucius said again, "Yes, do you have something to hate?" Zigong said: "I hate those who sneak up on other people's achievements as their own knowledge, we hate those who regard immodesty as brave, and we hate those who expose other people's privacy and think they are straightforward." ”

Original:

Zi said: "Only women and villains are difficult to raise, those who are close are not grandchildren, and those who are far away are resentful." ”

Translations:

Confucius said: "Only women and villains are difficult to educate, and if you are close to them, they will be rude, and if you alienate them, they will take revenge." ”

After Hu Sanniang finished reading these two paragraphs, Confucius's image in his mind plummeted, and he muttered in front of his father: "Isn't Sage Kong born of a woman!?" How can you say that about your mother?! ”

Dad became serious and said, "Don't talk nonsense! ”

"It was Kong Lao Er who said nonsense first, and I said nonsense."

When the father heard his daughter's words, he couldn't laugh or cry.

Candidates are handing in their papers one after another, and dozens of transcribers are busy. They quickly copied the candidates' "ink rolls" (black pens) into "red papers" (red pens) and numbered them. The officials who judged the scroll could only see the "Zhu Scroll", the head of the scroll was sealed, and the name could not be seen at all, let alone the "male and female".

The face is complacent about the "famous title" that he came up with, and this problem that obviously has "gender" discrimination really stumps a group of "males and females". The face invited Hu Sanniang to the chief examiner's room in the "Yuanzhi" building for "supervision". In fact, let her take a look, although the woman was invited to the examination room, under fair competition conditions, she still fell one by one.

Hu Sanniang is also really worried that the ratio of male and female candidates is about 20 to 1, and there are only 30 people who can be admitted to the lifting quota. Only those who enter the top 10 are eligible to enter the capital to take the Jinshi exam. She hopes that there will be a woman who can squeeze into the top 30, preferably the top 10, and let the woman show her face.

The judge under the face has long known his name, and adults don't want women to be on the list. Any article that can be seen to be written with a woman's oral kiss will be taken.

The top 30 rolls were summarized in front of Face and Hu Sanniang. Hu Sanniang cannot participate in scoring, let alone sorting. The list of 30 people is finally determined by the chief and deputy examiners.

Face and the deputy examiner quickly lined up the top 30 papers and opened them.

1st place, male; Second, the ...... of a man The eighth place is still a man.

Hu Sanniang's heart rose to her throat......

Please look at the next time - 230 women won the champion