On the third day of November in the first year of Chu, Jinling's imperial examination had already completed all seven subjects at the rate of two subjects per day.

At Jinling University, Bai Tu once again made a generous speech, delivered a touching and tear-jerking speech, and held a large-scale banquet in Jinling on the same day-no matter whether you pass the exam or not, you have to have a banquet......

On the one hand, it is to encourage and affirm everyone's positivity, and on the other hand, it is also to comfort in advance, after all, according to the plan of the Ministry of Rites, there will be no more than 20 people in the first class and no more than 150 people in the second class.

Of course, this is not absolute, after all, each ministry will review it separately, and if there are really many talents, it doesn't matter if the limit is exceeded.

In addition, most of the remaining eighty and a half candidates can be admitted to the top three, and as for the rest, most of them should have fallen on the "basic score" of the Ministry of Rites and the Criminal Department.

This is also what Bai Tu specially instructed the Ministry of Rites and the Criminal Department to do in order to promote the "Law of Chu" and the morality of the State of Chu - it can't be too simple, so as not to make people think that the basic score is just a simple screening, at least according to 30% elimination!

When the list is released, each of the six departments and one college releases its top three, and the three will not be ranked in the future, only the list of first, second, and third grades, as well as the results of each candidate's subjects.

The results are "A" as the top grade, "B" as the second class, "C" as the middle, and "D" as the loser......

Because the two subjects of the Ministry of Rites and the Criminal Department have basic scores, any one of them is "Ding", and only the Ministry of Rites and the Criminal Department are "C", and the others are all "Ding", and they will also be off the list.

At least outside the Ministry of Rites and the Criminal Department, only "C" has the opportunity to enter the third class, "B" must enter the third class, and "B" can enter the second class, as for the first class...... Generally, it is a scholar with outstanding performance and several "A".

can basically become the top three of the six departments and one hospital, and will definitely be able to enter the first class, but the other first-class places must be considered comprehensively, not simply compared to the number of "first".

For example, if the civil science is "A", the household department is "B", and the military department is "D", it is definitely better than the civil science is "A", the military department is "B", and the household department is "D......

Because the former is good at governing localities and organizing construction projects, and is still relatively sensitive to accounts, it doesn't matter if he doesn't have a military strategy, whether he is sitting in the local government or serving in the court, while the latter ...... Those who are good at governing localities, organizing construction projects, and also know some military strategies, but are sluggish in terms of accounts, then this defect is somewhat obvious.

More obvious is the criminal department, the minimum basic score is "C", but only "C", no matter how good other subjects are, they will not be able to get a first, at least "B" can be, logical reasoning can not be done, but at least there must be a legal concept and common sense, otherwise they dare not be entrusted with important tasks......

Of course, none of this is absolute.

Because it is the first imperial examination, the difference between "A" and "A" is also very big, there is no scope of the examination at all, pure ability test, it is almost impossible to have a "full score", it is really necessary to count on a 100-point system, and 70 points can get "A"!

If you really have a talent in a certain area and are more "A" than "A", you can also make an exception to appoint, focus on training, and observe the after-effects, after all, people can make progress, but ...... If you are not good enough, please make silent progress and retake the exam again.

Naturally, Bai Tu will not do it himself, but when the six ministries and one academy will each calculate all the scores, they will be summarized and Bai Tu will hold a meeting to decide the specific candidate of the first class.

Therefore, nominally, the king of Chu appointed the first class, and the first official on the list will also have a banquet in the palace of the king of Chu after the list is released - that is the home of the king of Chu, who does not deal with official affairs, and even sends posts to private affairs, which can theoretically be refused, that is, to appease them in the name of a person, or to win them over.

It doesn't mean much to Bai Tu, but it can be regarded as one of the "privileges" that Bai Tu left to the future King of Chu.

With Bai Tu's prestige and the fact that he is also a strong promoter of the imperial examination, without this procedure, no one will think that their admission to the first grade has nothing to do with Bai Tu, let alone fake the famous weapon to others.

However, in the future, if the other Chu kings can't get along, at least keep this show, and they can be regarded as able to maintain a transcendent status.

During the seven days, the streets and alleys of Jinling were full of speculation and gossip about the top three ministries.

And Bai Tu not only did not stop it, but tried his best to publicize it, and even secretly added fuel to the fire - it is better to care about the imperial examination than to care about the gossip of the King of Chu and Mrs. Xiahou!

As for the final result, will there be a lot of thunder and a small raindrop, which will reduce the momentum of the "imperial examination" under the contrast?

Bai Tu was not very worried about this, because it was the first imperial examination, and only Bai Tu knew about it, and there were "celebrities" such as Fa Zheng and Fei Yi who participated, and even Zhuge Jin, Meng Jian, and Shi Tao...... These young scholars, who had theoretically been recruited, also took the initiative to participate in support of the policies of the Chu State or for the purpose of gilding the first imperial examination.

Therefore, the gold content of this first imperial examination can be imagined, and in ten or twenty years, time will give the best proof.

Even some grass-roots officials in various ministries who had great ambitions and were not allowed to display their duties also hoped to re-participate in the imperial examination, hoping to shine in one fell swoop and obtain a higher starting point.

In the end, Bai Tu had to stipulate that there is no age limit for non-governmental participation in the imperial examination, but officials who have already been out of office must be under the age of 30 to re-participate in the imperial examination, and those over 30 years old should work honestly!

In fact, most of the scholars who participated in the imperial examination this time were in their twenties and thirties, or even younger, especially some of them were "dazzling", and they were concentrated in this age group.

Some of the older people are really famous, many of them have been recruited, and others are also a little resistant to using this kind of "competition" to seek officials, and there is a feeling of being in a hurry, even if they are really anxious in their hearts, they must take care of some "celebrity baggage" after all.

After all, this is the first imperial examination, and everyone is not used to it......

In contrast, young people, or young people, have a lot less to worry about.

However, not everyone is interested, for example, Xu Shu is dedicated to the Ministry of Industry, and Pang Tongyi is doing tactical expansion for the new ordnance, and his starting point is not lower than the first class in the imperial examination, so he did not join in the excitement.

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Before the imperial examination, the envoys of other parties were also at Liu Ye's place and were able to taste the plate armor of the Chu State, but Liu Ye refused everyone's request to take one back for inspection on the grounds that these plate armors were gifts to General Xiahou, let alone take the initiative to share Ma Jun's judgment with them.

However, after the imperial examination, other envoys also negotiated with the Ministry of Rites, hoping to add a "plate armor" item to the trading category.

In the end, the Ministry of Rites also "shyly" hinted: This is the most advanced equipment and the strongest military equipment on land in our Chu State, do you want to buy it? Gotta add money......