Like last time, this time the imperial examination still starts with the Jinshi subject, and the candidates who participate in this subject are also the most, because although the admission rate of other subjects is higher, whether it is law, arithmetic, or Gezhi, it is not possible to learn it in such a short time, even if many people have moved the mind to change to other subjects, it is still far from enough to reach the level of being able to pass the imperial examination, so they can only come to the Jinshi subject first to try their luck. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Even the examination of Jinshi has made great changes, no longer focusing on current literature and poetry, but putting policy theory in the most important position, and most of the exam questions given are practical problems that need to be solved urgently, and if you want to do a good job in this test paper, you must have a more thorough understanding of today's situation and people's livelihood.

This change also forced those who read books to come out of their studies, or go to the government to check the recent official documents, or find old officials to give advice, or read history books to try to learn from history, or make appointments with friends to talk, no matter what method is adopted, these people are no longer those who are familiar with the scriptures but do not understand the world.

The more they learned about the world, the more these people doubted that they could govern the world simply according to the scriptures, and even some people of insight gave up the scientific research that was close in front of them and rethought the reform and way out of Confucianism.

The management of the scientific examination in Jiazhou is much stricter than when Li Gui was in power, and half of the examiners who supervised this examination are introductory disciples, and the other half are officials of other subjects, they have long complained about these Confucian people, so they have stared at every candidate with wide eyes, as long as anyone dares to cheat, they will be caught immediately, so they are not willing to miss this good opportunity to attack their opponents, of course, they do not dare to slander others out of nothing.

"This article is really well done, the words are elegant and simple, the words are neat and neat, and the whole article reads very smoothly, which makes people feel hearty, and it is really a rare good article!" In the examiner's study, someone shook his head and savored a candidate's article, which immediately attracted the attention of many people.

"Hehe, Jin Yu is ruined on the outside, although the article is full of flowers, but it is nothing, digression, the question is how to solve the problem of the northern prisoners, but this person only cares about empty talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality, and does not implement a word, like this kind of volume should be degraded." The examiner who passed the law exam and entered the court last time heard this, and after looking at it a few times, he said disdainfully, those Confucian scholars were willing to take a break, and the two sides quarreled in two groups.

"Quiet, this is an important place for the country to preside over the ceremony, how dare you be so noisy!" Qi Huizhi, who was inspecting the various examination rooms, hurried over, and everyone finally quieted down.

"My lord, Xia Guan found an excellent article, this person is really talented." The examiner who found this article hurriedly handed over the paper, and now although the scientific examination in Jiazhou is a parallel subject, people still call the first place in the Jinshi branch the champion out of habit, but the champion in the future will no longer have the lofty status of the past.

"Da Zongbo (another name for the Book of Rites), this scientific expedition is to govern the world, but not a literati and a minister, this article has not been implemented, and it should be sentenced to the lowest level." Argue with the man who won't give an inch.

"Okay, this article really doesn't meet the admission standards, so it's down." After Qi Huizhi read this answer sheet, he said quietly and handed it back to the examiner, "Since the imperial court has given the criteria for admission, you only need to act in accordance with the law, and you must not miss national affairs because of your own preferences." ”

As soon as this remark came out, everyone immediately showed your different reactions, those Confucian people shook their heads and sighed, the examiners of all subjects were happy, and Di Yan, who received the papers again, seemed to be unconvinced, "Since the examiner said so, the lower officials have to exercise it according to the law, but the lower officials will definitely make suggestions to the court in the future, so as not to lose their talents." ”

After the Jinshi exam, the matter of Qi Hui's dethronement gradually spread, and the Confucian people scolded him for being bloody, but the rest of the candidates said that they had met a good exam.

After a three-day break, the second arithmetic exam started again, although the number of people participating in the exam this time was much more than the last time, but it was still less than one-tenth of the Jinshi subject, and at least half of the people who had not studied arithmetic and planned to come in to try their luck, but there were also a few people who had not studied arithmetic much, but they looked confident.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the time has come, shall we open the test papers?" Under the watchful eyes of all the examiners, Qi Huizhi took out the sealed test paper with a seal, carefully opened it, revealing the test paper inside, and then someone handed out the test paper to each candidate one by one after verifying that it was correct.

After receiving the test papers, the examiners either worked hard to write, or frowned, or looked left and right without knowing what they were waiting for, and the examiners were scattered everywhere, monitoring the candidates in each examination room.

An examiner took the opportunity to inspect the examination room to a remote wall, and saw that no one around quickly threw a paper ball, and a few squeaks of rats sounded outside the wall, and he heard the rear before leaving; About a quarter of an hour later, he was back here, and this time it was himself who squeaked.

After hearing the signal, a small package suddenly flew over the wall, the inspector opened it and checked it, nodded with satisfaction, stuffed the contents of the package into several hidden positions on his body, threw the package back outside the wall, and then Shi Shiran returned to the examination room with these things.

Entering the next examination room, he slowly walked to a candidate who had been waiting for a long time, and secretly threw the things in the palm of his hand into his room.

It wasn't until he finished sending the last copy that he breathed a sigh of relief, but before he could leave, a big hand pressed on his shoulder, "Master Jiang, what did you just lose?" ”

The smile on the candidate's face froze suddenly, and he scrambled to put something in his mouth, but unfortunately it was too late, and a soldier immediately rushed forward and pressed him.

Similar noises were heard in several other exam rooms at about the same time, presumably where cheaters were also being apprehended; This is over, and the stolen goods are obtained, and I can't escape the charge of cheating in the imperial examination, and the inspector fainted directly in front of him, and he never thought that the original foolproof plan went wrong. (To be continued.) )