Chapter 556: An Attempt at Imperial Examination Reform

Before the guy could shout, his shoulder was firmly held down by a hand, and he didn't break free a few times, just like an iron claw. Turning around, a strong man who was smiling worse than crying stuffed a handful of silver yuan into his hand. Subconsciously, the guy said, "Uncle, don't do it so much." The answer was a back, and there was a sentence: "I have rewarded you a lot." ”

Zhu Cihong was very happy shopping, he went into every store, took what he saw, and then Han Shan followed up to pay. Zhou Wang, the dead eunuch, was too annoying, in fact, he knew that he had to pay, but he didn't remind the prince. Make it clear that you want to take advantage of this side. Han Shan was not excited, anyway, he didn't need to pay for the money, Ruan Dacheng came early in the morning to send the money, a stack of bills of exchange, and five hundred silver yuan, whatever he wanted, he didn't have to return it, and he was responsible for making up for it.

Later, Zhou Wang also hired a wheelbarrow to follow, and bought all the way, buy, buy, buy! When it was not early, Zhu Cihong reluctantly left, and the day was really happy. In Jingshi, I was bound by so many rules, and no one cared after I came out, and it was strange not to have fun. At the end of the day, this is also a fifteen or sixteen-year-old.

On the way back, Zhu Cihong talked to Han Shan all the way, saying what he bought for the emperor, what he bought for the queen, and all kinds of small gifts, which he brought to his younger brothers and sisters, and he looked completely unsatisfied. Han Shan was happy with him, smirking all the way.

Delayed for a day, the next day boarded the boat on the road to Nanjing, this time there was no seasickness test, all the way to look at the mountains and rivers in the south of the Yangtze River, Zhu Cihong actually did not get tired of it at all, plus a good at patting Ruan Dacheng accompanied, this road is very easy.

When the ship arrived at the Xiaguan Wharf in Nanjing, two more days passed. On the dock before dark, Zhu Cihong saw his sister standing on the dock and beckoning. Sister and brother want to meet, I didn't feel how close I was before, but I met on the dock, and I was unexpectedly cordial.

"Why didn't you see my brother-in-law?" Zhu Cihong naturally wanted to ask, after all, it was the prince who came. Zhu Yujiao is still very interested in this younger brother. After asking questions along the way with concern, he told Zhu Cihong: "Your brother-in-law has been busy with two major events recently, one is the autumn boudoir, that is, the exam will start in the next few days." One is the election of the Consultative Council, isn't this a year coming? ”

Only then did Zhu Cihong put away his excited expression, and asked very seriously about the details of these two things, Zhu Yujiao didn't know, so she said: "When your brother-in-law comes back in the evening, you ask him." "For this prince brother. mentioned that Chen Xie called her brother-in-law, and she was very satisfied.

Stay in the Governor's Palace, take a shower first, and wait for Chen Xie to come back for dinner. After entering the bathroom, Zhu Cihong was stunned again. Whether it's in the Imperial Palace, or in the Prince's Palace, when it comes to living facilities, there is no comparison here. Huge bathroom inside. The floor is covered with brown tiles, and the walls are covered with white tiles. There are also screens made of glass paintings. The palace maid was waiting inside, and someone reminded her to beware of slipping and falling when she walked, so she didn't talk about it. The key is which bath is so powerful that it can swim in it.

When taking a bath, rub your back and massage. It's all women who don't know where to find them. When the little brother didn't listen to the greeting and looked up, the women inside also gave a stroke, and finally gave a pedicure, and when the waiting comfortably came out, the feet were soft.

When Chen Xie came back. Zhu Cihong was still in the bathroom, and went directly to the study to see the restraints that Zhu Cihong brought him. Zhu Youzhen is not a generous emperor, and the gifts that the prince brought are still some antique calligraphy and paintings that don't cost money. But this time, there are a lot of good things. There are works of Song Huizong and Zhao Ziang in the distance, and there are representative works of a famous master in the Ming Dynasty in the near future. In terms of porcelain, he got a complete set of daily utensils directly from the official kiln and sent it to Chen Xie.

When he was looking carefully, Zhu Yujiao came in to say hello, Chen Xie came out to see Zhu Cihong standing in the courtyard, and smiled at him: "It's been hard all the way, let's go eat first, if you have anything to say, talk slowly at the dinner table." "This is Chen Xie, if you talk when you eat somewhere else, you will be scolded. When Zhu Cihong arrived here, his biggest feeling was that he had it.

The husband and wife were accompanied, and there was no one else, just a table of side dishes, and the three of them sat opposite each other. This scene is not to be thought about in Jingshi.

"It's not a Jingshi here, there are not so many rules, it's all family, and there are not so many flowers." Chen Xie took matters into his own hands and poured him a glass of sweet wine. Zhu Yujiao was serving him vegetables on the side, and Zhu Cihong felt warm all over his body in this scene.

"Brother-in-law, I want to go to the scene of the autumn boudoir to see, I have heard gentlemen say before, how to work so hard. I want to see it for myself. Zhu Cihong felt comfortable and spoke very casually. Chen Xie smiled when he heard this: "Then you still don't want to go, this time the rules of the autumn boudoir are different from before." ”

Zhu Cihong was taken aback when he heard this: "Why, are the procedures of the township test different?" Chen Xie nodded and said, "The previous examination method was too frustrating. It's really inhumane, what kind of hardship is the hardship, only then can you become a superior person. Before passing through the dragon gate, all kinds of humiliating inspections, all kinds of inhuman treatment during the exam, I really don't know what to do. These people are the preparatory talents of state officials, and it is not by making difficulties that you can see whether they have talent or not. The key depends on their test results, as well as their actual hands-on ability. ”

When Zhu Cihong heard this, he immediately said excitedly: "Then I want to take a look." Chen Xie smiled and said, "Okay, I'll take you there." I also have a copy of the new exam rules here that you can check out in the evening. ”

Speaking of this year's Jiangnan Township trial reform, Chen Xie made a lot of changes, and there were many objections, but all of them were ineffective. Chen Xie didn't listen at all, he loved to oppose and oppose, what should I do. Let's not talk about the content of the exam, I used to be the master of the eight shares, but this time the eight shares still have to be written, and the set of words on behalf of the saints should not be removed for the time being. The extra content is agriculture and arithmetic.

There is also a change in the rules of the exam, the place of the Gongyuan is too dilapidated, Chen Xie arranged to retake it at the beginning of the year, and introduced a new exam rules, the first day of the test of Baguwen, the second day of the morning of agriculture, the afternoon of arithmetic. After the exam is over, you don't have to live in Gongyuan, you can go back to rest and come back early the next morning. And this inspection is not as strict as before. Candidates don't need to bring the test basket in, just take the pen, ink, paper and inkstone into it, and everything inside is ready.

Zhu Cihong came at the right time, and after a day of rest, the township test began. I followed Chen Xie to the Gongyuan early in the morning, just in time for the scene of the talents entering the examination room. There were no long queues, and there were dozens of entrances to the Gongyuan. According to the requirements, the cheongsam was held in the hand and placed aside for people to check, and the talents with pen and ink in their hands felt fresh. I think this inspection is an inspection for people. In the previous inspection, it was a trivial matter to treat people as livestock at all, and it was a trivial matter to take off your clothes. After inspecting the cheongsam, check the pen and ink, and release it directly if there is no problem.

After entering the examination room, I found that it was completely different from before, it was a big house with bright windows and clean windows, and rows of seats were neatly arranged. Follow the number plate in your hand, find the test room and seat, sit down, and wait for the test to start.

Chen Xie personally acted as an invigilator, and took Zhu Cihong, who made a cameo, and the two came in one after the other. Sit down on a wooden platform and supervise the candidates from a high position. The exam questions are distributed by special personnel, and they are all printed questions, which come out of the printing house before the exam. On the table there was prepared manuscript paper, as well as teacups, tea leaves, and a kettle on the floor.

Only one eight-strand essay is tested one day, and it doesn't take three or four o'clock in the morning to get up, and the spirit of these candidates is not bad. I got the test question in the envelope and opened it to see that the question was "Why complain". In other words, the purpose of asking such a question is what Chen Xie meant, just to see if these scholars are stupid when they read. At the examiner who was in charge of correcting the papers, Chen Xie said hello in advance, and anyone who said anything to repay grievances with virtue was all counted as a drop in the paper and snapped it directly.

Zhu Cihong is very conscientious, he used to test him as a gentleman, but today he can test others, not to mention how excited he is. Sit in the back row, and when the candidates start writing, you can walk around with your hands behind your back, look at this, look at that. When I met a candidate who was not convinced, when I looked back, I tried to make myself glared back fiercely, and the scared candidate quickly lowered his head, that taste, sour, don't mention it. It doesn't have to be the woman in the bathroom who wiped his back to serve him poorly.

After the test one day, eat in the examination room at noon, candidates do not need to bring their own meals, and the examination room provides meat buns, two per person. At noon, you can also lie on the desk to take a break, and when you go to the toilet, only one person is allowed to go out at a time.

Gu Jikun is also one of the candidates, and compared to other candidates, he seems very relaxed. During his career in Ming Pao, he learned a lot of things. is no longer the showman who went to the street as soon as his brain was hot, and he has learned to see the world from multiple perspectives. He was very well prepared for this exam. Needless to say, I have done it countless times. In arithmetic and agriculture, he got the textbook as soon as possible, and prepared it a few days earlier than others.

I entered the examination room at 8 o'clock in the morning, got the question, prepared a little, and then I could make a draft, the requirement was 800 words, and I tried to be concise and concise, and I just needed to express the meaning clearly. Bagu has an established routine, it is not difficult to say, it is not difficult to say, and it is difficult to climb to the sky. There is no such thing as a measure. Many times, success or failure is determined by the tastes of the examiner.

During the exam, I went to the toilet twice, handed in the paper at 4 p.m., went back to rest, and started the exam at 8 o'clock the next day. It can be said that under the new examination system, the whole person feels very relaxed, unlike before, which is not a ghost or a ghost.

After the two-day exam, the tight strings have relaxed a lot, and the next thing is to look at the release of the list.

After the exam, it was natural to change the papers, Chen Xie took the curious baby Zhu Cihong into the place where the papers were corrected, and let him see how to change the papers and how to score. (To be continued......)