Liu Zhenghui is the vice president of the Tang Royal Academy.

He, the vice president, is actually the real one in charge, the second dean of the Tang Emperor, Li Er, but does he know how many classrooms there are in the Royal Academy? Li Yuanxing is also the dean, but does Li Yuanxing know what color the main entrance is, and what is written in the couplet in front of the Royal Academy?

No! Li Yuanxing knew about that couplet, but he didn't necessarily know that it was hanging in front of the main entrance of the Royal Academy.

Tianchi Li Yuanxing zuihou went once, or before the Luoyang flood, and those were the time of the tea party. At that time, the main entrance of the Royal Academy had not yet been repaired.

In order to show his importance to the Royal Academy, Li Yuanxing did not let Liu Zhenghui report in detail, and promised to be present in person on the day of the big exam to show his attention.

The first day of August, Men's Day.

Li Yuanxing went out before dawn, this was originally a celebratory festival, but there was no sense of celebration in Chang'an City. There were countless pedestrians on the street, countless on foot or in horse-drawn carriages, all in a hurry.

Li Yuanxing called the guards to ask.

"Your Highness, although the first day of August is Men's Day, it is the day of the big exam. It's not just the Royal Academy exam, it can be said that the whole world is taking the exam. The five-year-old doll wants to enter a good school, so she naturally goes to line up early. Although it is not an exam, there must always be a smart one. ”

Hearing what Konoe said, Li Yuanxing thought of the feeling of going to school in the future.

The guard reported in a low voice: "Guanzhong Yan's Academy, Liu's Academy." Chang'an Chunxiao Garden Mengxue, Changchun Garden Mengxue. It is the four major preschool students selected by Chang'an City, but the number of classrooms is limited. Naturally, I lined up early and accepted the interview with my husband! ”

Young-to-small! Li Yuanxing almost pronounced the word.

As a wise man once said, where there are people, there is competition, and competition will never be avoided.

Another guard also said: "Ten-year-old dolls, haode who read, naturally have to go to the famous schools in Chang'an City, with the best arithmetic in Chang'an, the Hongwenguan School of six out of ten, the famous school hall with the eight famous pens of Chang'an, and the erudite museum with Legalism, Confucianism, and famous teachers of the Zongheng family, but it is a place where dolls must compete for literature." Choose one out of ten, this is the real competition! ”

"Your Highness. In fact, the Xuandao Pavilion, the Flying Feather Pavilion, and the Fuhu Pavilion. Sun Wu Bingtang and Zhuge Zhiguan are also places where ten-year-old dolls compete, and the competitive pressure is no worse than those three museums! ”

If it's really competition, it's really hard to go to school.

Qiu Xiang also said on the side: "Qinwangzhuang Danhong Academy, Qinwangzhuang Lianggong Academy, Yaozhou Shenbing Pavilion, Bing Changying Academy, Hubu Xiaocai Shenyuan, Rites History Museum, etc., the competition among fifteen-year-old students is also extremely fierce. ”

Looking out from the window at the people of Chang'an hurrying outside. Li Yuanxing nodded slightly.

Datang is now short of talent. Where there is competition, there is progress. Let's fight.

Out of Chang'an City, go straight to Tianchi. There were endless carriages along the way, and these carriages saw from a distance that King Qin's carriage was all parked on the side of the road to give way. His Royal Highness King Qin's personal visit to the Tang Royal Academy is also a great encouragement for the students, proving the importance of the imperial court and the Qin Palace.

Liu Zhenghui greeted him in front of the main entrance.

After greeting each other, Li Yuanxing looked at the couplet in a daze.

The reason for being in a daze is not because this is a couplet copied by himself, but that the couplet is written about national and family affairs. This is not easy to write state affairs in front, in an era when a family like Datang has great power.

Sitting in the main hall, Liu Zhenghui and the main officials of the Tang Royal Academy sat on both sides.

After Liu Zhenghui nodded at an official, the official stood up: "Your Highness, this time the materials for the Tang Dynasty are based on the opinions of the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Officials, as well as the Tianying Pavilion and the Yuan. The number of places that must be recorded in each state accounts for three-tenths, which is the judgment made by the Ministry of Rites after the states reported the situation of students! ”

"Tell me more!"

Li Yuanxing still hasn't understood what this three-ten-tenths means.

"Your Highness, take the state as an example. Hebei Province, Jiangnan Province, Jiannan Province, there are many outstanding students in each state, if you only rely on the results of the material, I am afraid that Longyou, Henan Province, Hedong Road, and dozens of people who are selected do not exist. However, Shannan Province, Lingnan Road, and Dongling Province are not recorded in many states. ”

Li Yuanxing understood, this is balancing the selection of students from various states.

Liu Zhenghui said: "Datang provinces take counties as an example, one county to the state, and twenty people are selected. In the whole territory of Datang, there are 360 prefectures, and Liaodong Province has not been counted, and they are temporarily listed, because the boundaries of Liaodong Daozhou and counties, population, household registration, etc., have not yet been divided and reported to the six departments! ”

"So three hundred and sixty states, one thousand five hundred and fifty-seven counties. The number of primary candidates is more than 30,000, and each state evaluates these people, minus about 40 percent. Then select the three outstanding ones, Kui Yuan. Among them, Kuiyuan is exempt from the examination and can be admitted directly. However, at the time of the division, they have to be re-evaluated by the presidents of the six academies, and if not, they can only choose another school. For these three hundred and sixty people, all expenses were paid by the household. ”

Li Yuanxing understood that this is a special student, free of tuition, and living expenses.

"Three outstanding people, in the college exam, compete for three hundred free places, and three hundred tuition-free places!"

This proposal is really good, giving outstanding students a chance.

Although the total number of people is only 960 per year, it is a great breakthrough for ancient times.

"Your Highness, there are about 20,000 people who come to Chang'an for the exam, and the acceptance rate of the Datang Royal Academy is set at sixty percent, that is to say, in addition to the thirty percent enrollment in each state, there are also the same places, and the world is in contention. Rankings are based on scores, and selection is determined by rankings. ”

Li Yuanxing nodded: "It's not cruel, at least sixty percent can be enrolled!" ”

Li Yuanxingxin said that this is only a little lower than the undergraduate admission rate of later generations, of course, the number of universities in later generations is large, and only Chang'an has a top college in Datang.

Liu Zhenghui saw Li Yuanxing's expression and sighed softly: "Your Highness is wrong. ”

"What's wrong with this king?"

Liu Zhenghui motioned for a person next to him to get up and speak.

"Your Highness, a certain is a student of the Ministry of Rites. There is a set of data reported to His Highness! After that, the official opened the notebook: "In Chang'an County, there are 863 18-year-old students who are admitted to the examination, and 20 people are selected to enter the re-examination. In Chang'an City, according to the standards of the four counties, 80 people were selected to enter the retest, and the number of references reached 3,100. ”

Li Yuanxing was really taken aback, this is close to the probability of one in eighty, to take the exam of the Royal Academy, and then cut off a part, one percent of the selection rate.

"Your Highness, the Chang'an Order has been written four times, specially approved by the Ministry of Rites, and the counties of Jingzhao have increased as appropriate, and the average of the entire Jingzhao has not increased to three times. In addition, Hangzhou is a city, and there are more than 10,000 references in each county, and there are only 180 students from Hangzhou who have sent Chang'an. ”

"Your Highness, the Royal Academy is the best academy in Datang, so it is naturally difficult to enter. His Majesty heard that the Holy Lord had approved the establishment of private schools, and each province had built two official schools and four private schools. These students can also be diverted! ”

"It's going to be built quickly." Li Yuanxing said with emotion.

Thinking of later generations, the ratio of top colleges to total candidates reached 1,000 to 1, or even thousands to 1.

Now it seems that in a few years, the enrollment ratio of the Tang Royal Academy can also increase to the extent of one hundred to one.

"Your Highness, but Shannan Province is not so nervous, and some counties don't even have enough twenty people to take the exam, so naturally all of them came. That's why there is a rule to increase the number of states to cover 30%. ”

"Ben Wang has an opinion, the quality of students in that state who should take the exam today is high, and we can consider improving it next year. That state is too bad, just reduce some places, just don't reduce it to zero. ”

"Yes!" The officials responded in unison.

Liu Zhenghui looked at his pocket watch and saluted Li Yuanxing: "Your Highness, there is still a quarter of an hour before the time for the exam to start." ”

"Let's get started!"

Li Yuanxing didn't know what the examination methods in other states and counties in Datang were like. However, the examination method of the Tang Royal Academy is somewhat similar to the considerations of later generations. In a classroom, half of the desks and chairs are emptied, but the content of the exam is different, because the people who come here naturally have a choice in the Sixth Academy.

In addition to the first exam, "Chinese". The rest of the exams are two in one examination room, and the students sit down in a bad way.

It's time for the exam.

The four of them carried an iron box, and two guards with knives followed them. Each examination room is a box, two sword-wielding guards, one is the guard of the Qin Palace, and the other is the palace guard. The lock has two keys, one for each person. In the presence of the examiner in the examination room, the two of them used the key to open the box.

The examiner does not touch the papers, four carry the box, two are guards, and they are the escorts of the examination papers and the invigilators of the examination room.

They don't care about the candidates, they only supervise the discipline of the examination according to the rules.

At this time, the exam papers can be made public. The upper echelons of the Royal Academy were given a chance to look at the papers.

Li Yuanxing took the exam paper, and he had a headache after just looking at it. In later life, he was not afraid of exams, he didn't care about exams, and he wouldn't have a headache when he saw the papers. But in Datang, Li Yuanxing had a headache after just one look.

It's really too difficult, so difficult that Li Yuanxing may not be able to complete it within the specified time if he gives Li Yuanxing hundreds of books.

"Chinese" exam paper. Among them, Li Yuanxing only knows one of the twenty rare words, and Li Yuanxing doesn't even know where the source of that sentence is, and can only be estimated to be in the Spring and Autumn Period by his sense of language. And it's certainly not Confucian, maybe it's a Legalist, maybe it's a Zonghengist.

"This sentence is in the "Five Virtues", and it should belong to the Yin and Yang family." Some Xuezheng was commenting: "This sentence is a little simple...... Li Yuanxing didn't hear what the comment behind was, but only heard it and seemed to think that this question was too simple. Li Yuanxing was a little embarrassed to listen.

Finally, there is a sentence that Li Yuanxing can understand.

Learning and Internship ......

Next, Liu Zhenghui hit Li Yuanxing with a sentence and wanted to find a piece of cloth to wrap his face: "This sentence is good, it seems simple." But according to this sentence, the composition of 300 words is really the opinion of the benevolent, and the wisdom of the wise. Light will die and memorize books and the like, if you want to cry without tears, this question will see the real talent to learn ......" (to be continued......)