Chapter Seventy-Six: The Scholars (Part II)
Scholar Yue made a good start, and Scholar Hu also proposed. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Gongsheng should take the palace exam, although there is no danger of going out in principle in previous years, there are still a few people who have committed taboos or answer badly in each session, it is better to start from the spring of this year, and it can be regarded as to let the scholars of the world completely cheer up, and the future palace examination will only determine the first, ranking, and no longer eliminate the last place."
This is also a good piece of advice, which can greatly boost the morale of the soldiers of the world.
In the past, although he became a tribute through the spring examination, if there was a mistake in the palace examination and he could not get the Jinshi background, not only the palace examination, but also the spring examination was equal to the white examination.
In this way, the feeling to the students is that there is one less exam, and after the spring is the end of being a student, this palace examination is just a pre-imperial test for ranking rankings, and it also helps students to play their talents boldly in the palace examination, so as not to be afraid of the tail.
The emperor thought about it for a while, and felt that the first two items still needed to be discussed in detail, but this one of Scholar Hu was not in any way, after all, in previous years, there were not necessarily a few people eliminated, so why not take this opportunity to abolish this elimination method.
The rest of them also nodded their heads in agreement, although Xia Yan felt that such a disobedience to the system was a bit discordant, but he felt that His Majesty had made up his mind, and it was not easy to speak again.
The focus is on the issue of this year's batch of students.
Xia Shoufu still insisted on his own point of view, "If this is arranged, the number of people staying in Beijing will surge this year, and there will be many students and few positions." Even if you really want to keep these students in the capital, you should first think about their whereabouts. ”
"This year's spring is rotten, but the previous years are not rotten?" , Your Majesty was not very happy, "It is rare to select these students with real talents and real learning, and the positions in various places should be put aside first." Leave more people in the capital. ”
"If you leave people behind, won't you be able to think of a way?" His Majesty's eyes swept over the cabinet members, "If this little thing is not arranged well, don't sit in my study, and go back to your hometown as soon as possible." ”
Having said that, no one dares to raise an objection.
"Yue Song, I'll leave this matter to you. The palace test is imminent, and the remaining time is a few days of work, and Xia Ge is busy with official business, so this little thing will not bother him. ”
Yue Song hurriedly nodded and bowed, "The minister will complete this matter as soon as possible." ”
"If you want to keep as many people as possible, it's unrealistic to arrange all of them to go to the Hanlin Academy. The remaining hundred or so people still have to go to the ministries, Lin Ang is most familiar with this matter, he will assist you, and within three days, draft a plan and submit it to me for review. ”
"Obey the order!" , the two of them knew in their hearts that this was a great thing for themselves, and hurriedly responded.
The entry of students from the poor family into the office was thus decided, led by Yue Cifu, and co-organized by Lin An, the secretary of the ministry.
According to the usual practice, these students, except for the first three students, must first become Shu Jishi or similar trainees before they can enter the Hanlin, and this matter should be arranged by Xia Yan, the supreme governor of the Hanlin.
In previous years, most of the scholars had taken refuge in the powerful or born scholars, and the future journey had already been arranged, this time a large number of scholars from the poor family were selected, Yue Song understood that this matter had been agreed but was not handed over to Xia Shoufu to do, this is because His Majesty is not satisfied with this number.
Originally, it only needed the assistance of the inspector or squire of the ministry, and it was enough. But this time, not only His Majesty who entered Hanlin wanted to be arrested, but His Majesty who went to various places in the capital for internships was also arrested, so he even sent the head of the six departments, Shangshu Lin An, to assist in this matter.
If most of the 300 students stay in Beijing, dozens of people in Hanlin will be led by themselves, and the students from all over Beijing will be gracious, but it will be Lin Shangshu!
These more than 100 people had a low status at this time and seemed inconspicuous, but they were united and developed in the future, but they were quite a force. Otherwise, His Majesty would not be so concerned.
Remembering that a few years ago, after Lin Ang was quickly promoted from the fourth-grade inspector to the second-grade Shangshu, he stayed in this position and never moved.
After discussing the whereabouts of the three hundred students, the details of the palace examination were discussed.
The emperor remembered Gonggong Zhang's proposal a few days ago, "In the early years, when I was in the early days of the dynasty, the palace test asked about "The Rise of the Country", and in the past few years, the world has gradually become peaceful, and I asked about the "Etiquette Law". This palace examination always has to be adapted to local conditions, and this year, the Chunqiu case is the reason, what do you think about the examination of the "Book of the Imperial Examination"? ”
The questions of this palace examination must be discussed with several university scholars in advance, because sometimes the questions are biased, and the effect of this year's palace examination is likely to plummet.
For example, when His Majesty took the imperial examination for the first time, because he had never been an emperor, he took the Zhusheng "Ask the Emperor for Affairs", which was strongly opposed by Xia Yan.
But His Majesty insisted on going his own way, and it turned out later that what Xia Yan said was true, and when the answer sheet was handed in, most of the sentient beings did not dare to answer, and the article was written ambiguously and vaguely.
If you look closely, it's all nonsense. And the answer is really wonderful, Your Majesty looks at it in his heart but feels a little unpleasant, so this imperial examination is a little inconclusive, and the palace examination ranking does not have much reference value, and it is considered to be the most watery session.
Then every time His Majesty asks a question, he has to ask Xia Yan's opinion first, although he is often stubborn and contradicts His Majesty, and his relationship with his colleagues is not good, but he does have his advantages, otherwise it would not be possible to sit in this position for so long.
After listening to His Majesty's thoughts this time, Xia Yan groaned slightly, "In this way, it is slightly inappropriate." ”
The questions of the temple examination should not be too relevant to the candidate, or the things being tested should not be too taboo.
It should not be too related to the candidates, because the ancients had the practice of avoiding suspicion, and all the students in the Chunqiu case were related to it, and the emperor personally invigilated the examination in the palace examination, which was easy to lose ground and play abnormally.
And it is also a reason that the things tested are too taboo, just like the first exam, "Ask the Emperor's Affairs", students are inevitably timid, and it is easy to affect their performance.
But compared with the old-fashioned Xia Shoufu, His Majesty, who dared to fight from a small prince to an emperor, was naturally much bolder, and what he wanted to do was how to deal with the fact that the number of poor students would increase so much in the future. I want to see if these students have any brilliant opinions.
Now that you can't even take the Chunfu case, you can't even take the test, so you can't take the test.
His Majesty can't make a plan and has another plan, "This Chunfu case can be successful without examining all students, but this Lin family kid wants to test him to see what essay this handsome subordinate can answer in the palace examination." “
Thinking about it carefully, His Majesty thinks that what Xia Yan said is good, after all, the palace examination is mainly to set the order and select the best, and these things can be asked later. But Emperor Lin Fu didn't want to give him too much time to think, and wanted to see how he would answer this morning, so he came up with such a method of trying two volumes.
But as soon as these words fell, Xia Shoufu shook his head into a rattle, "Don't do it, Your Majesty!" This palace examination is the highest level in the world, and His Majesty has only recently investigated and dealt with so many officials and students who have engaged in favoritism and malpractice, how can this be the case? ”
This is not good, that is not good, if you don't take the world's students, you will be the emperor yourself, and it is not okay to ask your nephew what he thinks of these poor scholars in the palace exam? Thinking of the nephew in the family in front of him who was involved in the Chunqiu case, he couldn't help but mention it coldly, "Xia Shoufu is so fair and strict, and the Qi family is the first." ”