The reason why Zhu Yuanzhang implemented this policy was not only the political need to stabilize the mood of the northern scholars, but also implicit encouragement for culture and education in the north. After all, if the list of winners of each examination is occupied by all the scholars from the south, it will discourage the enthusiasm of the northern scholars.

It is also because of this ranking system that more than 100 years have passed, and now, the education standard of the northern provinces has finally been restored, which can be regarded as a great good governance.

This situation is somewhat similar to the college entrance examination system in later generations, where candidates generally have score restrictions when entering universities in their own provinces, while in educationally developed areas such as Shandong and Hubei, the admission line for the college entrance examination is higher than that of remote provinces.

At that time, in a metropolis like Beishangtian, the education level was obviously much higher than that of other provinces, but it enjoyed preferential treatment, which was really incomprehensible.

The way of heaven is to make up for its deficiencies with more than it loses; The way of man is to make up for the lack of loss.

"So, how is this North, South, Middle School and Middle School three lists examined, and how many people are on each list?" Lin Juren sneered, it was a matter of his own interests, so he couldn't help but ask carefully.

Someone immediately went on to explain that generally speaking, the admission quota for Jinshi is not customized, and it is submitted by the cabinet and approved by the emperor. Although it is divided into three lists, north, south and middle schools, candidates still use the same exam papers. It's just that when you enter the examination room, you will be divided into different examination rooms according to the proportion according to different regions.

When admitted, the examiner of the 18th room should also separate the papers and admit them according to the proportion.

"Oh, so the difference between the examiner in each room and the examiner has increased threefold."

"That's it."

"Please also ask the brothers to continue to talk and solve the doubts for the younger brother." Lin Juren listened to it, and urged the seniors of the field to continue talking.

Immediately, someone took a sip of wine and spoke in more detail.

It turned out that after entering the examination room, candidates had to sit in different examination booths according to their numbers.

The numbering of the examination shed is also in the order of "heaven, earth, xuan, yellow, hong, waste, universe, and ......" like the township test. There are as few as 16 or 7 examination sheds, and as many as 20 or so, and each examination area has a special official to order the examination room, but they do not participate in the marking of papers, which is different from the township examination.

As for how to mark the papers, it is a different set of rules.

It is not divided into examination areas, but according to the different examination subjects, it is responsible for the special examiner - this is the so-called eighteen rooms with examiner system, also known as the five classics of the room. For example: "Yi" and "Poems" each have five rooms, "Book" has four rooms, and "Spring and Autumn" and "Book of Rites" each have two rooms.

This marking system is much more scientific than the township test.

Moreover, the worst examiner with the same examiner is also from a scholarly background, all of whom are well-educated and have a very high standard, so they will naturally not miss a useful talent to ensure absolute fairness and justice.

As for the score, those who take the examination are divided into three volumes: southern, northern, and middle. Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Huguang, Guangdong five provinces and the Ming Dynasty south of the eleven provinces, Jiangning, Suzhou, Songjiang, Changzhou, Zhenjiang, Huai'an, Yangzhou, Huizhou, Ningguo, Chizhou, Taiping, Guangdezhou for the southern volume; Shandong, Shanxi, Henan, Shaanxi provinces and Zhili eight prefectures, Shuntian, Yongping, Baoding, Hejian, Zhending, Shunde, Guangping, Daming, Yanqing, Baoan and Fengtian, Liaodong, Daning, Wanquan and other places for the north volume; Sichuan, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou and the six prefectures of Nanzhili, Anqing, Luzhou, Fengyang, Chuzhou, Xuzhou, and Hezhou are the middle volumes.

The admission quota of the three lists is the same, that is, these eighty-one future tribute students need to be evenly distributed, and there are only twenty-seven people on each list.

It was not until the eighty-one papers of the Zhongqi Gongshi were selected that the final ranking was made.

..., Lin Juren suddenly realized: "I am also a person who has just passed the exam, but I don't know that there are so many things to pay attention to." ”

"That is, after passing the examination, but if you want to directly appoint a substantive position, how can it be the same as the township examination?" Someone interjected: "Although you are qualified to be an official if you win the promotion, you can go to the Ministry of Officials to report." I don't know how many doors I have to go through and how many years I have to wait before I can get an official position as a county leader. Many people were hopeless in Zhongjinshi, and they waited in the capital for more than ten years, throwing out a lot of silver but not hearing a sound. Hey, I still have the fame of Jinshi, and I don't need to look at anyone's eyes, I am directly a court official of the seventh grade, this is the way out. But there are tens of thousands of people in each issue, and only 300 people can make the list, not to mention that there are only 81 members this year. ”

There are only 81 lucky ones among the more than 10,000 candidates, and this admission ratio is really difficult to go against the sky.

Most of the northern rolls are remote provinces, which are better. There are many talents in the southern volume provinces, and most of the scholars known by Wu Jie came from the kind of humanities in the south of the Yangtze River.

"Yes, the eighty-one tributes in this case don't know what the volume will look like, so that they can enter the eyes of the president, and at that time, there must be some planning!" The other people all sighed at the same time, especially those who had been in the capital for several years, and their faces were even more gloomy.

After listening to their words, Wu Jie also felt a little headache. Zhongjin Shi has absolute confidence, but after the analysis of everyone, since the number of admissions is so small, as soon as the papers are sent, the examiner must be cautious when admitting, and pick the bones in the egg, which has many variables. I don't know if this situation is good or bad for me, and because of this, the incidence of accidents is much higher than before. One of them sighed: "Although I am on the middle list, I think I have put a lot of effort into the "Four Books", "Five Classics" and Bagu Shiwen, but I don't have any certainty of being on the list. You can't win the main list, it depends on whether the court can be extra gracious and choose a sub-list. ”

Hearing him say this, the spirit of the others was still sluggish, and they said in unison: "Impossible, it is rare for the imperial court to have such a low number of hires this year, how can it be possible to make a deputy list?" ”

It turned out that after the release of the previous examination results, the imperial court would sometimes pick out more than 100 copies of the unsuccessful papers, no longer participate in the palace examination, and directly send them to the local government to serve as deputy positions to enrich the ranks of officials. However, it is not awarded to Jinshi, Tongjinshi, or Jinshi.

Although his background is one level lower than that of the scholars, he does not have to wait for a real shortage in the officials' department.

But looking at the attitude of the imperial court this year, there must be no such plan.

Lin Juren is a native of Ningbo, and he took a sullen sip of wine at the moment: "The admission quota of the imperial court this year is so low, and I belong to the southern volume, it seems that there is no hope." Shizhen was originally a master in the literary world, and he was divided into the North List, so he must be able to win. ”

The others sighed at the same time, bowing their heads and saying nothing.

There was a sudden silence in the restaurant.

Wu Jie saw that everyone's mood was not high, and he had a good relationship with all living beings for a while, so he couldn't bear it, and was about to say something to comfort, when he heard a chaotic sound on the floor.

Listening to the voice, many people came, and then someone sneered loudly: "Wu Shizhennuo is famous, but there are also times when he is sad and speechless, he is really surprised!" ”

When Wu Jie looked up, he saw Wu Lun, who had not been seen for a long time, standing at the top of the stairs, with a sarcastic face on his face, followed by a group of followers.

Wu Jie hadn't seen this birdman for a while, and it had been nearly a month since Wu Lun made a fuss at Caiyun's last time.

Last time, Wu Lun was with King Jing, and on the surface, he looked like an ordinary staff member of the palace, and his clothes looked very plain, and even had a shabby look. …,

But today's Wu Lun is very different from the past, he is wearing a dark striped white Luo robe made by the palace, a dark red calf belt tied around his waist, a golden turtle on it, and the shoes on his feet are also the craftsmanship of the royal manufactory, but they are uncommon red and green trimmed cloud head shoes.

Coupled with the four upright family members behind him, if Wu Jie didn't know the details of this cousin, he would really regard him as the son of the prince and nobleman in the capital.

There are too many candidates who come to Gongyuan Square to see the list today, and I really have to wait to squeeze to the front of the list, and I don't know how much time it will take. And many of the candidates who come here are old people in the field, and most of them have been in the capital for more than ten years. They all got acquainted with each other. When people meet each other and wait impatiently, most of them will come to the restaurant to float.

There are many people upstairs who are familiar with Wu Jie, and a few of them have experienced the turmoil in the Chu Waist Pavilion and know Wu Lun.

When they saw him come up, they all let out a chuckle: "I thought it was the noble son of the minister's family, but it turned out to be this Shilin scum." ”

"Hey, is he going to participate in Jinshike too?"

"People are lifting people, why can't they come."

"It's for nothing when he comes, do you really think he can win? For me, if my reputation is bad like this, I don't need to look at the list. When the time comes, just quietly enter the examination room. ”

All beings covered their mouths and chuckled.

When Wu Jie saw this, he sighed in his heart. Last year, I had just crossed over to the Ming Dynasty, my reputation was not obvious, and I was wearing the hat of a fool. When I go to a literati gathering, I am not also ridiculed.

Unexpectedly, in just one year, he has become a generation of poets. But Wu Lun was transferred to himself and became a laughing stock, which is really impermanent.

It's just that the original Wu Jie had super cheating methods and had a prescient sense of the history of the Ming Dynasty, which can be said to have opened the protagonist template. The current Wu Theory is about to be completely degraded.

Wu talked about the inferior character of this guy, Wu Jie naturally had no sympathy for him, and smiled faintly: "It turned out to be Wu Lun, the difficulty of the current examination is extremely high, and most of the people who come are the essence of Shilin." One out of a hundred, no one dares to say that they have absolute ability, and Wu Jie is just sighing in his heart. Why, look at your appearance, it seems to be very sure. ”

"Haha, aren't you very capable, why are you scared, haha, it's really few!" Wu Lun let out a long laugh, walked straight to Wu Jie's seat, sat on the empty seat, and stared at Wu Jie with his eyes slanted.

Ordinary people like Wu Lun have a bad reputation, and they will definitely choose to be a man with their tails between them. But today is a little strange, this Wu Lun looks complacent, and he took the initiative to find Wu Jie.

This made Wu Jie a little surprised, and he couldn't help frowning slightly. (To be continued, O(∩_∩)O~ This text is provided by Xiaoruo. If you like this work, you are welcome to ◤◢ to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is the author's greatest motivation. ）