Since he couldn't persuade Yang Xingmi to change his mind, Yang Wu could only shift his attention to the imperial examination. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

As Yan Keqiu said, the imperial examination will start in March next year, and a whole set of procedures must be come up with as soon as possible, so that scholars who are interested in taking the examination have enough time to prepare.

After discussing with everyone, Yang Wu finally announced the process.

The number of students admitted to this imperial examination was determined in advance, and the content of the examination was not according to the current Tang Dynasty's division of subjects, but only the subject of "Jinshi Branch".

However, unlike the Jinshi Department of the imperial court today, Yang Wu mainly referred to the methods of the civil service examination in later generations when designing the examination questions, and divided the examination questions into two parts: policy theory and multiple-choice questions.

Among them, the assessment method of policy theory is similar to that of today's imperial examination, that is, the questions are based on today's current politics, agricultural affairs, folk customs and other issues, and the candidates explain their views on the answers; The multiple-choice part includes Confucian scriptures, legal provisions, poetry, mathematics, history and geography, etc.

In the same way, when marking the papers, they are also scored according to the methods of later generations, and the multiple-choice part and the policy part each account for 100 points, so that although it is still not absolutely fair, it can at least be relatively fair, and there will be no difference in the scoring due to the subjective difference of the examiner in the multiple-choice part.

Of course, considering that there can be no ABCD option in this era, it can only be replaced by A, B, C, D; In addition, people in this era used a brush to write, the font is larger, and it is more convenient to copy each other in the case of all multiple-choice questions. Maybe when there are conditions in the future, you can build a small room isolated from each other for each candidate, as in the Ming and Qing dynasties, to prevent mutual plagiarism.

As for the cheating method of candidates bringing their own cheat sheets, Yang Wu thought of increasing the number of questions to minimize the impact of plagiarism.

In general, there is fraud in the imperial examination, which is difficult to eliminate, and we can only find ways to reduce the possibility of fraud.

In addition, because of the simplification of the content of the exam, the exam time does not need to be like the later Ming and Qing dynasties, when a test is a few days, and the test should be completed within one day as much as possible.

Of course, these are Yang Wu's initial ideas, and they will definitely be revised in the actual implementation process in the future.

After determining the examination process, the first thing to do is to determine the examiner and the person who will ask the question, because it is the first imperial examination, Huainan attaches great importance to it, and the examiner who made the question finally selected Yin Wengui, Gao Mian and other high-ranking officials to serve, and the first thing they have to do is to make questions for the rough selection of the states.

As for the candidates for the examiners, the state rough selection is served by the state assassin history, and the second selection on the Guangling side is held by Gao Miao, who has deep qualifications and prestige; After the re-election, Yang Xingmi will personally conduct an assessment, which is equivalent to the "palace examination".

In general, Yang Wu's proposed method of imperial examination was very novel, and it caused controversy among the officials of the Jiedu Embassy as soon as it was proposed, but fortunately, most of these officials are now practical people, and with Yang Wu's insistence and persuasion, they finally agreed to this process.

In the last few days of the year, Yang Xingmi officially issued an announcement of the imperial examination in the public meeting of the Jiedu Embassy, and set up a number of examination rooms throughout Huainan to facilitate rough selection.

As soon as the news came out, it immediately caused an uproar in various places.

Although the court of the Tang Dynasty is still insisting on the imperial examination, as the situation in the imperial court is eroding day by day, there are not many scholars who are willing to participate in the imperial examination; In addition, because of the endless wars in the world, the abundance of thieves, and the isolation of the various feudal towns, it was difficult for many scholars to reach even if they wanted to go to Chang'an to participate in the imperial examination.

Therefore, for example, there are too many scholars who have no way out, and some are lucky enough to serve as staff members for some assassins and even festival envoys, but more people can only make a living by farming and studying at home.

Shezhou, Xiuning County.

The invasion of the Jiangxi army, which ended not long ago, brought some damage to the local people, but fortunately it did not last long.

On this day, in a academy outside Shezhou City, the only gentleman, Wang Taifu, was teaching students to read.

He is a native of Shezhou, studious when he was young, well-read, and good at making articles, and is known as the talent of King Kuang.

A few years ago, he served as a staff member under the command of Shi Taoya, but after Tao Ya was transferred out of Shezhou a few months ago, he resigned from his staff because his mother was old and did not want to leave Shezhou, so he resigned from his staff and returned to his hometown to open this academy.

Except for a few students in the academy who are children from nearby families, most of the others are admired by other states and counties, and there are more than 60 in total. However, among these many students, the one he valued the most was one of them named Cha Wenhui.

This Cha Wenhui is 18 years old this year, and he is also a native of Shezhou, and he is a fellow villager with Wang Taifu.

He was studious since he was a child and studied very hard; When he was a little older, he was a chivalrous man, and sometimes when he heard that someone was poor, even if he didn't know someone, he would go to help; His family was originally very wealthy, but because of this, the family began to become poor, but Cha Wenhui never regretted it, which made Wang Taifu especially important.

In addition, Cha Wenhui is also very different from other students, he is deaf and mute!

A deaf and dumb student, but he can behave like this, no wonder Wang Taifu will pay attention to him.

"Brother Wang, are you still teaching students? Now that it's all over the outside, aren't you in a hurry? At this moment, a voice suddenly interrupted Wang Taifu's lecture.

Wang Taifu was a little displeased when he heard this, turned around, and saw that it was his friend, Jiang Mengsun, a native of Xunyang, and couldn't help but say angrily: "Brother Jiang, you are also a teacher who teaches private schools, you should know that you can't interrupt at will when Mr. is lecturing." ”

"Haha, what Brother Wang said is very true. However, now that a great event has happened outside, I can't help but be in a hurry. Jiang Mengsun said with a smile.

"What is there that deserves your rush? Ignoring even these rules? Wang Taifu was still a little displeased, but he still sent the students to review their homework by themselves, and took Jiang Mengsun to a guest room next door to sit down and rest.

"You really don't know? Now King Wu has officially announced in Huainan that the imperial examination will be implemented, and the time is set for March! Jiang Mengsun said with a hint of excitement.

He is not very old this year, he is in his thirties, and now he is in the prime of life, he is naturally unwilling to waste what he has learned all his life since he was a child, but it is a pity that the situation in the court is now erosive, there is no way to take the imperial examination, and there is no way to go out, so he also opened a academy in his hometown to support his family with the remuneration obtained by teaching his disciples.

On this day, he suddenly heard the news that Huainan was going to open the imperial examination in his home, and he was moved; Thinking of his friend Wang Taifu again, he hurriedly came to find him and wanted to ask him to participate in this imperial examination together.

"What? Huainan opened the imperial examination? This, isn't this transgression? Wang Taifu was a little incredulous.

Jiang Mengsun smiled: "Trespassing? Today's imperial court is already like this, and the various feudal towns have done less to trespass? Don't say anything else, let's just say that these princes, if it is Taizong, these people will not be ......" Speaking of this, Jiang Mengsun quickly stopped and didn't dare to say any more, but the meaning was undoubtedly revealed.

Wang Taifu is not a pedantic person, but he was a little surprised when he first heard the news of Huainan's imperial examination, and he reacted as soon as he said it.

"What's the situation, tell me about it?" Although he has to take care of his old mother at present, Wang Taifu has no idea of becoming a leader, but this does not mean that he does not care.

"Wait, don't be in a hurry, I'll call someone to listen to it." Jiang Mengsun was about to introduce the situation, but was stopped by Wang Taifu, only to see him run out in a hurry, and after a while, he came in with a seventeen or eighteen-year-old young man, and couldn't help but ask with some surprise: "Brother Wang, who is this?"

"This is my student, his name is Cha Wenhui, he is deaf and mute, but he is not completely deaf, but his ears are very difficult and he cannot speak. But his learning is very good, and this Huainan imperial examination may let him give it a try. Wang Taifu introduced, and then introduced Jiang Mengsun to Cha Wenhui's ear in a very loud voice.

After hearing this, Cha Wenhui hurriedly bowed to Jiang Mengsun and saluted, babbling a lot. Wang Taifu smiled and "translated": "This is saying hello to Brother Jiang!" ”

Jiang Mengsun couldn't help but feel novel, and after a salute, he began to introduce the situation to the two, "...... The exam will be held in March, the list will be released in April, and in May, I will go to Guangling to participate in the second round. I heard that after the re-election, the king will personally conduct an assessment in the Jiedu Envoy's Mansion before conferring an official. ”

"Of course, the most peculiar part of this imperial examination lies in the content and method of the examination, I heard that in the content, there are not only four books and five classics, but also mathematics, history and geography, legal provisions and other content, and the way of asking questions is not a question and answer, but a multiple-choice question, which is really strange." Jiang Mengsun looked very excited.

He explained the entire notice to the two of them, and finally asked, "How?" Would you be interested in participating in the imperial examination this time? Anyway, I decided that I would participate. If you also participate, you will have a partner when you go to Guangling! ”

He was obviously very confident in his talents, and felt that if he and others participated, he would definitely be able to pass the primary election and enter the second election.

"Will this imperial examination really test mathematics, law, history and geography?" Wang Taifu was a little surprised, but he strongly agreed with the content of this kind of exam.

In his opinion, those poems and songs, the things in the Four Books and Five Classics, are not completely useless, but in application, they are still a little out of reality.

Not only him, but Jiang Mengsun also very much agrees with the imperial examination method in Huainan this time, which is why he is so interested.

"Go, of course I will!" Wang Taifu immediately said: "Even if you don't become an official in the future, you have to participate in this imperial examination." ”