As the time approaches, the pressure on Xiangyang Enke is also increasing, after all, in the eyes of everyone, Enke can only be held in the capital Chang'an, which is a matter under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, because of the lack of talents, Li Rupei, who was forced to be helpless, can only implore the imperial court to allow the opening of Enke in Xiangyang to make up for the lack of talents.

The more such a situation is, the more careful Li Rupei must be.

The examiners Cui Anqian and Liu Yunzhang, who were in charge of specific matters, were more careful.

Since Wuzong, the imperial examination has encountered a lot of criticism, especially after the Emperor's Sect, the imperial examination is controlled by a small number of people, and has become a tool for some forces to recruit talents, plus over the years, the Huangchao rebellion, the situation in various places is not very stable, the life of the scholar is not very good, except for those famous families and big families can still support the scholar, the average family can not bear it at all, and also feel that the high school jinshi is a distant dream.

The Tang imperial examination is very strict, the so-called thirty old Ming Jing, fifty young Jinshi, can be admitted to the Jinshi at the age of fifty, that is considered very good, the Ming Jing is a Confucian classic, quite a bit of rote memorization, so it is easier to get the examination, to the age of thirty before the Ming Jing test, it is considered an old man, but the Jinshi scientific examination is poetry and political opinions, the difficulty is very great, at the age of fifty can be examined, even if it is very good.

This kind of rule, when they were in Xiangyang Enke, was also adhered to by Cui Anqian and Liu Yunzhang.

Li Rupei, who wanted to change his mind, was unable to argue with the two examiners.

Cui Anqian and Liu Yunzhang are very cautious, they also know the significance of this Enke, not only to raise talents for Southern Dao, but also to prepare talents for Li Rupei in the future, but everyone in the world is looking at Enke this time to see if Enke will be controlled by some individuals like previous exams.

Cui Anqian even believes that the emperor allowed Enke in Xiangyang. The mind is also unusual, which makes Li Rupei have a taste of arrogance, and if he doesn't pay attention to it, he will encounter huge pressure from public opinion, but fortunately, Li Rupei, as the king of fortune and the great stage of Southern Dao, has an extraordinary prestige and influence in the Tang Dynasty.

As the chief examiners Cui Anqian and Liu Yunzhang who presided over Enke, they must pay attention to all aspects, Li Rupei trusts them, and they can't live up to Li Rupei's trust.

Enke is divided into Ming Jing and Jinshi, most of the people who take the Ming Jing examination are young people, and most of the people who take the Jinshi examination are middle-aged. There are even quite a few old people with gray beards.

Cui Anqian and Liu Yunzhang issued a strict ban on the examiner, that is, before the exam, no one is allowed to visit the examiner and examiner for any reason, if such a situation occurs, the candidate's qualification will be cancelled, and the examiner or examiner will also be punished.

This ban has sparked a lot of discussion.

After all, it is a tradition that scholars meet their teachers, and there are also some candidates. Because I was able to meet my teacher, I had greater self-confidence and I was able to do better in the exam.

It has been a long-standing rule to prohibit contact between examiners, examiners and candidates. It's a pity that it hasn't been implemented for a long time.

This time, because the preparation time was very short, there was no chance of contact between the examiner and the candidate. Therefore, the ban issued by Cui Anqian and Liu Yunzhang was implemented to the letter.

The most surprising thing for many candidates is that even the candidates from the Cui family took the exam. There is no special treatment, and like many candidates, living in the inn and honestly reviewing their homework, as for the so-called poetry club, because the time is too short, it is difficult to organize at all.

The difference between the Ming Jing Branch and the Jinshi Branch is very obvious, although the imperial court recognizes the Ming Jing Branch and the Jin Shi Branch, both have the qualifications to be officials after the examination, but the difference between the two is huge, generally speaking, after the Ming Jing Science examination, most of them are small officials, it is difficult to become a big official, not to mention that they can be in and out of the phase, there is only one exception in the Tang Dynasty, that is, Di Renjie in the Wu Zhou period.

The Ming Jing Department is like today's correspondence examination, and the Jinshi Department is a genuine academic background, and the scholars would rather take the Jinshi Examination many times, and generally do not want to take the Ming Jing Examination.

In addition, the examination of the Ming Jing and the Jinshi subject, candidates can only take one kind, after the admission of the Ming Jing subject, they are not allowed to participate in the examination of the Jinshi subject for the rest of their lives, of course, they are admitted to the Jinshi subject, and no one will have the nerve to participate in the examination of the Ming Jing subject.

Li Rupei is a little dissatisfied with such imperial examination rules, it should be said that the knowledge of Jinshi is indeed more powerful than that of Ming Jingke, but the imperial examination of Datang for so many years, when it is really in the Jinshi examination, most of the people are still admitted through poetry and songs, and there are not many Jinshi who can really put forward the experience of governing the country, which is also because scholars do not have the opportunity to contact many people's livelihood matters.

It should be explained that the economics department is the foundation, and the Jinshi department is a further improvement, and there should be no huge difference between the two.

It's a pity that Li Rupei's understanding is unlikely to be accepted in this era.

On May 30, the examinations for the Ming Jing and Jinshi courses officially began.

Li Rupei has some regrets that he was not able to take the martial arts exam at the same time when he was in Enke, probably because the time was too tight, and at the same time, the prestige of the Iron Blood Army was also unusual in Datang.

The examinations of the Ming Jing Department and the Jinshi Department are all three days, and the candidates are not able to leave the examination hall during these three days, and all the food, clothing, housing and transportation are directly borne by the government.

Three days of closed candidates, Li Rupei did not enter the examination room, although he said that he wanted to see the situation, but he still held back, Enke has its own rules, not everyone can enter the examination hall to see, that will affect the attention of the candidates, and may also produce a lot of leaks, so that the candidates have the opportunity to cheat.

The rules are set, Li Rupei will take the lead in implementing them, and in Xiangyang, no one else dares to violate the things that he Li Rupei took the lead in implementing.

Marking is the most important part of Enke, this Enke, all the poems and songs, all have been re-copied, the candidate's original test paper is directly sealed, once a candidate's test paper is checked, it will be called out of the test paper at the time of the exam, you must know that whether it is the Ming Jing or the Jinshi department, the candidate's words must be written very well, otherwise the examiner's impression of the candidate will be reduced a lot.

It took half a month to mark the papers.

Li Rupei has quite strict requirements for marking the papers.

Although it is said that the candidate's true ability cannot be seen from the one-time Enke, but in the current situation, it is only possible to select talents from Enke, and there is no other way.

Because it is Enke, because it is Enke in Xiangyang, there is no palace examination this time, and there is no division such as champions, role models and tanhua, although this is a pity for candidates.

Li Rupei also weighed it carefully, if the admitted Jinshi were allowed to go to the capital to participate in the palace examination, and the champions, lists, and tanhua were hand-picked, I am afraid that some Jinshi would have to stay in the capital, after all, in the minds of scholars, the most noble thing in the Tang Dynasty is the muddy emperor in the capital.

The main purpose of Xiangyang's Enke is to really select talents and make up for the lack of talents in the southern province, and the rest of the aspects do not need so much pomp.

The list will be released on June 20.

The list was issued outside the Daxingtai Mansion on Nanfang Road.

On the day of the list, Li Rupei, under the escort of several personal soldiers, came to the outside of Daxingtai Mansion to observe the surrounding situation, he wanted to see what kind of performance those high school jinshi candidates would have, in his heart, things like Fan Jinzhongju are not impossible, once Enke can go to high school, it means a complete change in identity.

The first list to be released is the list of the Ming Jing examination, this list has not attracted much attention, after all, some arrogant and capable readers, generally participate in the Jinshi examination, unless it is a last resort, in order to be able to seek a future, otherwise will not participate in the Ming Jing examination.

After the release of the Ming Jingke exam list, the crowd began to be restless, and the next thing is the release of the Jinshi list, you must know that those who can be on the list are serious Jinshi, and the next day they will participate in the parade organized by the Southern Dao Daxing Taifu, riding a high-headed horse, and accepting everyone's observation.

The release of Jinshike's list is slower, and there is a person on each list.

The crowd continued to erupt in cheers and celebrations, and after seeing the list, some of them burst into tears, some laughed, and some forcibly held back their joy and greeted the people around them.

There are a total of 12 Jinshi admitted to the Jinshi Department and a total of 68 people who have been admitted to the Ming Jing Examination.

That's exactly eighty.

The scale of this admission is already very good.

On the evening of the release of the list, Li Rupei received news from the personnel sent to various inns and restaurants to investigate.

The results of the Enke examination have convinced many candidates, because most of the admitted Jinshi have shown unusual knowledge and have been recognized by many candidates, and what is even more convincing is that the Cui family only has one candidate for high school Jinshi, and the children of the Cui family of this high school jinshi have an unusual reputation, and it is expected to be admitted to the Jinshi.

As for the list of explaining the classics, almost no one talks about it, and everyone doesn't pay much attention to it anyway.

Li Rupei felt relieved, but also had some regrets, it should be said that many readers who participated in the Jinshi examination, among them were really capable readers, but it was a pity that these readers looked down on the examination of the Ming Jing and participated in the Jinshi examination one by one, so they delayed too much time.

It is very good to be able to recruit 80 people through one Enko. (To be continued......)