After the Mid-Autumn Festival, when the east of the Japanese people went in and out of the west house and was busy sending greetings to the important ministers, principalities, and princes of the county, Wu Yuanqing had already shifted his attention to other places. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

It can't be said that he has shifted his attention to other places, more precisely, because of his father, so Wu Yuanqing had to temporarily take his eyes off the Japanese people.

As soon as the Mid-Autumn Festival passed, there were many outsiders in Chang'an City one after another, at first they were around, and then they were slightly farther away, such as Longyou, or Jinyang, and then there will be more and farther people coming.

Why did so many people come, because in April this year, that is, after defeating the Turks, Jieli Khan was escorted to Chang'an, Li Shimin was overjoyed and issued a decree that the imperial court would hold the imperial examination in the future, that is, the national examination, which would be taken once every three years, and this year was the first imperial examination.

In the second year of Zhenguan, Wu Yuanqing instilled in Li Shimin the advanced nature of selecting officials through the imperial examination, as well as the important role in curbing the family gate, at that time, in order to let Li Shimin pay attention to arithmetic and other subjects that were miscellaneous in Li Shimin's view, Wu Yuanqing also specially told Li Shimin to learn arithmetic well, and it was likely to create something that flew into the sky in the future.

Although the issue of the imperial examination was temporarily shelved due to the opposition of the ministers, especially the ministers with the background of the family lords behind him, Li Shimin kept it in mind and never forgot it.

From time to time, he would discuss this matter with his confidants and ministers, and persuaded that after two years, especially with the great victory over the Turks, Li Shimin finally promulgated a decree in April, completely finalizing the system of electing officials for the imperial examination.

And because in the past ten years, that is, after the establishment of Datang to the present, there has been no serious selection of officials, and after more than ten years of development of Datang, the system of three lives and six ministries is more complete, and more and more officials are needed, resulting in a shortage of available officials in various departments in various places, so many ministers who opposed it before have also died down this time and have not continued to oppose it.

In the imperial examination, Li Shimin basically followed the procedures that Wu Yuanqing told him, and Wu Yuanqing's understanding of the imperial examination mostly came from television, novels and other places, and most of the talks about the methods and processes of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

The imperial examination process of the Qing Dynasty was completely inherited from the Ming Dynasty, and the imperial examination system of the Ming Dynasty had reached its most complete state.

The imperial examination in the Ming Dynasty was divided into four levels, the first level was the Tongsheng Examination, then the Township Examination, then the Hui Examination, and finally the Palace Examination.

A total of four levels of exams, in April this year began to promulgate the will, and then in August to complete the first two levels, four months of time to test the two levels seems to be enough, but think about the traffic situation at this time, walking is basically by walking, a good family background can ride a horse, take a car or something, four months of time is really not much, and even the test is too hasty, but who let it be the first time to be inexperienced, hurry to come it.

In particular, the children's examination is still divided into two levels, first through the county examination, and then to the state administration of the state examination, also called the government examination, which is actually four months to take the third level of the examination, in a hurry, do not want.

The reason why the children's examination has to be taken twice is because Li Shimin has foreseen that there will definitely be a lot of people who sign up for the exam. Who let him Zhenguan in the second year of the order to build a lot of official schools in various places, as well as a lot of private schools, and then because printing was invented by Wu Yuanqing, the price of paper is not as expensive as before, the result is that the price of books has dropped significantly, especially at the beginning, the four books and five classics printed, as well as the nine chapters of arithmetic and other books are all distributed to schools around the country free of charge.

There are more schools and more books that can be used, which naturally leads to a lot more people who have gone to school and read books in the past two years.

These people are mixed, and even many of them have just received enlightenment education, and if they are not screened to let people sign up, it will inevitably cause a great waste of resources. Therefore, there is a two-level assessment of the children's examination, in order to screen a large number of people who are not knowledgeable enough.

In this way, it can also increase the gold content of the imperial examination.

In fact, it is not only the imperial examinations of the Ming and Qing dynasties that will be screened in this way, but also the previous dynasties, and even the Tang Dynasty, where the imperial examination system was truly established in history, also had such primary selections.

Han Yu, one of the eight masters of the Tang and Song dynasties, once wrote in the preface to the gift of Zhang Tongzi: The Tang system has a children's department, and the public order is very prepared. In the eighth year of Gongzhen, Lu Zhen's door and the first, when he was a child, he was also promoted to the Ministry of Rites, so he was called the door of Lu Gong.

Han Yu participated in the children's department when he was in the eighth year of Zhenyuan, that is, the children's examination.

He said: Those who are in the Ministry of Rites are three thousand years old. Beginning with the county examination, it is determined that it can be lifted, and then promoted to the state Ruofu; Those who can't get in the middle of the science are not the same. If the state is promoted by its subordinates, and the examination is like a county, it is examined in detail, and those who can be raised are determined, and then they are paid tribute to the Son of Heaven, and they are promoted. Those who can't be in the middle of the science are not with the number, and they are called hometown tribute. Those who have the division of the general state and the examination are examined, and those who can enter are hidden in the name of the Son of Heaven, and belong to the Ministry of Officials, who are less than two hundred years old, are said to be born. It is difficult to be the one who is chosen!

In this passage, Han Yu named him, that is, at the time of the exam, he could take the township tribute exam every year when he reported to the Ministry of Rites, which was equivalent to about 3,000 people who could take the exam in the Ming and Qing dynasties. That's it, I still went through the county's children's examination first, and then took the state's exam, and continued to eliminate the rest.

Then the Ming Jing and Jinshi were less than two hundred people who passed each time. At that time, the Ming Jing course was relatively simple, with an acceptance rate of one tenth, and the admission rate of the Jinshi course was much more difficult, which was one percent. There are basically about ten people in each scientific examination, and many times there are less than ten. This is the imperial examination of the Tang Dynasty in the original history, and it is precisely because of this that the status of the Zhongjinshi will be so important later, and even the Jinshi has become synonymous with the imperial examination.

This is the first time that Li Shimin has held the imperial examination, and he first eliminated some of them through the county and state examinations, and then eliminated some of them through the township examinations of various provinces, which are equivalent to the provincial examinations of later generations, and finally went to Chang'an to hold the examinations.

Township examination because it is held in August, so it is also called autumn, the township examination is over and it is time to prepare for the examination, although the time set for the examination is next spring, but because it is held in Chang'an, the road is far away, so after the township examination, the candidates who are eligible to participate in the examination from all over the country began to set off from home to Chang'an.

It stands to reason that people around Chang'an should not be in a hurry to come to Chang'an, because it is close, you can stay at home for a while longer, and it is completely possible to wait until a month before the exam next spring, or half a month before it's not too late.

But in fact, it is not, whether it is far away or close, almost all of them pack their bags and rush to Chang'an after the township test.

If you are far away, you are worried about problems on the road, so you should reserve enough time to hurry, and when you arrive in Chang'an, you can't say that you are in a hurry to take the exam, and there is always time to review, but if you go late, you will inevitably encounter a rush all the way, no time to review, and when you arrive in Chang'an, you will face the situation of the exam immediately, which will definitely affect the performance.

Although those who are close do not have to worry about the problem of hurrying, it is better to settle down in Chang'an as soon as possible, and it is better to study safely and steadily than at home, and there is also a chance to communicate and study with candidates from all over the world, which is much better than studying at home.

As for what this matter has to do with Wu Yuanqing, it is because this imperial examination is under the management of the Ministry of Officials, and his cheap daddy Wu Shiyi is the chief examiner of the appointed examination.

This can't help but make Wu Yuanqing pay attention to it, any scientific examination in history is a major event related to the country's selection of talents, because there are many examiners who have been implicated in the scientific examination.

Wu Yuanqing didn't want Cheap Daddy to fall into trouble in this matter.