Chapter 214: Down-to-earth
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Li Rizhi stepped forward and greeted the scholars from Zhengzhou. Quan Shufang took a step forward, came to Li Rizhi, and looked Li Rizhi up and down.
Li Rizhi said with a smile: "Brother Quan, what are you looking at, I'm not a peerless beauty, your opinion makes me feel a little creepy!" β
At such a tense moment, he made such a joke, and the surrounding scholars laughed together, and Quan Shufang also laughed dryly.
Quan Shu said: "Brother Li, can you be sure of this exam?" I heard that this exam was presided over by the Ministry of Rites of Shangshu Province, and then the Ministry of Officials re-examined, Brother Li has seen the Ma Shilang of the Ministry of Officials, right? β
The scholars of Zhengzhou looked at Li Rizhi together, in their opinion, since Li Rizhi has a little friendship with the family of Ma Shilang of the Ministry of Officials, then of course the investment bank roll in Beijing this time must be invested in Ma Shilang's house, and the Ministry of Officials will retest, and the investment bank roll will be invested in the family of the Ministry of Officials, wouldn't it be extremely good.
Li Rizhi sighed, shook his head and said: "This, I have been having something recently, so I didn't visit Ma Shilang, I think if the officials preside over the retest, then Ma Shilang must avoid suspicion, I don't want to add trouble to him!" β
Going to visit Ma Shilang is nothing more than investing in the bank roll, but he threw all the line rolls to the current emperor and Empress Wu, and then he wants to find Ma Shilang, then there is no need for this.
The scholars in Zhengzhou also hoped to find out a little inside information from his mouth, and they were all surprised to hear him say that he had never visited at all. They don't want to have such a backer, Li Rizhi actually wasted it, what is the reason!
Quan Shu Fangqi said: "This, why is this?" Then Brother Li, what are you doing in the city these days? β
To ask about this, Li Rizhi didn't want to hide it, he said: "I recently befriended the Peng County Order of Chang'an County, and the Peng County Order arranged a capable official, so that I could follow him to learn how to deal with the disputes of the people, I have been busy studying during this time, but I have really learned a lot of things, which is very useful!" β
When all the scholars heard this, they were all stunned at the same time, and then everyone had an expression of sudden realization on their faces, and then it turned into an expression of admiration, and their expressions changed three times in an instant!
Quan Shufang nodded again and again, and said: "It is difficult to take the Jinshi subject, and there are only about twenty of them in each subject, and I have three hundred and sixty states in the Tang Dynasty, and it takes an average of fifteen states to get one Jinshi, which is really too difficult!" β
Zhao Jian, who had been beside him, suddenly said: "Although there are not many states in Gyeonggi, there are many people who can be selected, and the scholars from those states outside can have fewer places. β
All the scholars nodded together, their expressions were gloomy, in the difficulty of the Jinshi Branch, the world knows, but the Jinshi will have a bright future, which is also known to the world, otherwise everyone is not stupid, knowing that it is difficult, why do you come to squeeze this single-plank bridge, it is really because the Jinshi not only glorifies the ancestors, but also has the best future for himself.
After Quan Shufang nodded, he knew to Li Ri again: "Brother Li, I admire your vision the most, and now I admire it even more, you befriended Chang'an County, even if you fail the scientific examination, but after the exam, you can also find a job in Chang'an County, this is Jing County, there are countless opportunities, maybe one day you can soar into the sky, but it is far stronger than us!" β
The scholars nodded together again, today they nodded like this, it was too many times, but for Li Rizhi's "previous knowledge" all admired, Li Rizhi walked in front of everyone again, he was already thinking about what would happen after the exam, but what would happen after even failing the exam, they had thought about it in advance, and paved the way, none of them had thought about it.
Li Rizhi knew that they had misunderstood, but he didn't explain, there was no need to explain this, if he said too much, it would make people misunderstand, was he showing off?
At this time, the gate of Guozijian opened, and the officials inside came out, stood at the door, began to verify the identity of the candidates, and let the candidates enter.
The scholars in Zhengzhou stopped chatting and began to get nervous, lining up and waiting to enter the examination room one by one.
Li Rizhi walked in the middle of the line, carrying a basket, and like all the scholars, after being inspected by the officials, he entered the examination room.
At this time, the examination process in the Tang Dynasty was still relatively rough, and the imperial examination of the Ming and Qing dynasties could not be compared, because the means of selecting officials in this era was not only a kind of scientific examination, and the scientific examination was not the only way to be an official.
Of course, if the article is really good, then no one can stop it, in this era of the Tang Dynasty, there are not many cats when marking the papers, and no official will deliberately rate the good papers as bad papers, of course, there will be more and more cases of fake public and private interests in the future, but fortunately, the era in which Li Rizhi lives is still relatively fair.
Finding his seat, Li Rizhi sat at the table, calmed down for a moment, and after a while, the exam began.
The scientific examination of this era is not like the Ming and Qing dynasties, and the scientific examination of the Ming and Qing dynasties has clear regulations on what to test, how many exams, when to take the exam, and how to answer the papers, but not at this time, originally in the era of Gaozu and Taizong, some rules were formed, and when the first son ascended the throne today, it can be regarded as being able to do it.
However, when the ministers who abide by the rules are killed one by one, some rules are not so much, such as ministers like Changsun Wuji and Chu Suiliang, after being killed by Empress Wu, even the time of the scientific examination has to be nodded by Empress Wu, Empress Wu thinks when the exam will be beneficial to her, and what will be beneficial to her, then, how to take the exam, of course, these are all carried out in the name of the emperor, Emperor Wu is still in the front desk, but it has not completely squeezed up.
If Empress Wu is really in power, then of course she will formulate rules for the imperial examination and firmly implement them, but now she is not fully in power, and the emperor doesn't care, so she doesn't want to follow the original rules, but also thinks about her own benefit, so a large number of scholars will be unlucky!
Empress Wu is planning a major event, that is, to go to Mount Tai to seal Zen, she wants to be the same as the emperor, and also get a title, for example, the emperor will call himself the emperor in the future, she will call herself the queen of heaven, and so on She has several, mainly to improve her status, so as to further control the court.
And Empress Wu has an idea that belongs to her, that is, she thinks that as long as the people can live a good life, the people will not care whether the ruling is a man or a woman, so she is very concerned about how to make the people's lives better, I have to say that at this point, she is much more worried than the emperor, and even more worried than the ministers of the court.
As a result, this scientific expedition held before going to Mount Tai to seal the Zen has a special color, and this special color is exclusive to Queen Wu.
Li Rizhi looked at the exam questions, he thought to himself: "It's all Shi Zhi topics, there are no scriptures and poems, this is really unexpected, and the Shi Zhi questions are also weird, but it is very beneficial to me, I have followed the most capable officials in Chang'an County, and I have dealt with the miscellaneous affairs of the market for more than half a month!" β
Li Rizhi was happy in his heart, and there was another person in the examination room who was ecstatic, and that person was Zhao Jian, who was already in tears!
Zhao Jian was so excited that his whole body trembled, although he had already been mentally prepared, thinking that he was buying real exam questions, but now when the exam questions really appeared in front of him, he still couldn't help but be excited, although the exam questions were different from those he bought, definitely not the original questions, but the type was the same, the articles he prepared in advance, with only a small change, could be used in the current exam questions, which was already a very good result!
The other candidates in the examination room had nothing to be happy about, but at least half of the candidates were excited, and the reason for the excitement was that they had not thought that they would take such a question, and they were so frightened and excited!
The most prominent questions are related to prices, supply and demand, and improving people's lives, rather than the most popular border military, and some questions about suppressing rebellion or relations with foreign countries.
Of course, the former also belongs to politics, for the scholars who can answer this kind of question, this belongs to the national economy and people's livelihood, but for the scholars who will not answer this kind of question, what kind of triviality is this, I study hard in the cold window to govern the country and level the world, who is in the mood to care about the problem of the people's vegetable basket, whether there is meat in the bowl of the people, and I read poetry and books hard, participate in the scientific examination and become an official, what does it have to do with it?
In the era of Gaozu and Taizong, the exam questions were all at the national level, but this time the exam questions were from the level of the people, which made it very difficult for most candidates!
Among the candidates, even if not all the candidates are from wealthy families, but the wealthy families are definitely the majority, food and clothing can be absolutely guaranteed, books in this era are very expensive, if the family conditions are not good, there is no way to afford to buy books, afford to go to school, and there will be no travel expenses to Beijing to catch the exam, unless the scholar lives in Chang'an.
And even if it is an ordinary child of a poor family, in fact, it is not the kind of person who has eaten the last meal without the next meal, and the vast majority of them can also study off-the-job, and in order to make such children who can study not be distracted, almost all the trivial matters at home do not let the scholar worry, as long as he reads good books.
In this way, the vast majority of scholars cannot be said to be ignorant of things like people's livelihood, but they definitely do not know deeply, and it is of course difficult to answer such exam questions.
Li Rizhi has some general understanding of the affairs of the people in the market in these days, and he can be regarded as able to summarize some experiences by himself, such as the wife and the husband are less troubled, and the country is composed of countless families, and the most important relationship in the family is the relationship between husband and wife, in some families, because the husband's ability is limited, or he has been away for a long time to make a living, so the wife has to shoulder the burden of family life, honor her in-laws, raise children, and do everything possible to make money to make a living, and so on.
When dealing with the disputes of the common people, many disputes are such trivial cases, so he also started the article on the basis of the family.
The poorer the family, the more sensitive it is to prices, and the weaker its ability to resist disasters, but there are many such families, so how to deal with prices, supply and demand, etc., so that the people can live a life where there is always meat in the bowl.
And Zhao Jian's answer is relatively lofty, but it is a little empty, but the choice of words and sentences is extremely exquisite, and the rhetoric is extremely gorgeous, after all, he has been preparing for more than 20 days, if it is not brilliant, then his book will not be read in vain.
But in the examination room, the other candidates have different expressions, anyway, those who can answer the questions are all working hard, and those who can't answer the questions are all kinds of scratching their ears and cheeks, dumbfounded, sad faces, and confused expressions......
During the exam, time passed the fastest, a day passed, and candles were lit in the exam room!
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