Chapter 511: Scientific Expedition

As the small court of King Fu announced the details of Enke, the scholars gathered in Jiazhou broke out into a huge controversy after a short period of silence, some shook their heads, and some secretly rejoiced; In restaurants, inns, and temples, there are people everywhere who are holding the recruitment list and discussing it, and they are secretly wondering which subject they should apply for. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Although it is an ancient system, it has always been based on the Jinshi department, and the main assessment is also poetry and songs, and the scriptures and righteousness of the saints, but now it is all subjects, which is really putting the cart before the horse." In the restaurant, someone looked at the recruitment list and shook his head and said, the expression on his face was quite unwilling.

"Even so, the examination requirements of the Ministry of Rites and other yamen are still focused on the scriptures and righteousness of the saints, poetry and book etiquette, if Brother Tai disdains anything else, he might as well just take the examination of the Ministry of Rites." Someone next to him responded, but there were other ideas in his heart, this time he came to Jiazhou to read, or focus on poetry, books and scriptures There are more people, presumably it is extremely difficult to apply for the Ministry of Rites, fortunately, I have a little dabbling in arithmetic, maybe I can go to the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Industry or the examination room of the Taiwei Mansion in addition to taking the Ministry of Rites exam.

"If you only take the exam of the Ministry of Rites this time, it will not be easy for you to go to high school." Another reader interjected, and he said mysteriously, "I heard that there is a handicap in the gambling house in the south of the city, and the admission of the imperial examination department is the most difficult, I am afraid that it is because of the number of applicants, on the other hand, the household department, the Ministry of Industry and other subjects are much lower, if you have other strengths, you may wish to apply for a few more subjects to try." ”

"In addition to the Ministry of Rites, I also plan to take the exams for calligraphy and painting." The first scholar to speak stood up and arched his hand, "Xu Yuanze of Langzhou has seen your brothers. ”

"In Shaozhou Liu Buyun, I have seen Brother Xu, and I have heard for a long time that Brother Xu is both unique in calligraphy and painting, and he is skilled in economics and righteousness, so he must be able to go to high school today." It seems that this Xu Yuanze is still a celebrity, and after he reported his name, a group of people immediately gathered around to report their names to each other, and these people gathered around Xu Yuanze one after another, with some envy in their eyes.

"Although I have a little bit of self-conceit in calligraphy and painting, I still feel a little apprehensive when I read the examination instructions of calligraphy and painting, and I don't know what style of calligraphy and painting this secretary wants." Xu Yuanze frowned and said, whether it is calligraphy or painting, there are many schools, in case the requirements of his own director and the General Administration Department are different, then even if he takes the exam, it will be in vain, "I don't know if Brother Liu plans to take the exam?" ”

"I've been fond of arithmetic since I was a child, so I'm going to take the arithmetic exam in addition to the Jinshi department." Liu Buyun felt a little proud in his heart, the number of people admitted to the arithmetic department is the largest, but the number of applicants is not much, he has a great chance to come, and after the examination, he will go to the real power yamen of the Ministry of Household and Taiwei Mansion, and the future seems to be more than those who are from the Jinshi department.

Sure enough, after he finished speaking, a voice of envy suddenly sounded above the restaurant, and everyone left Xu Yuanze and gathered around him.

Then everyone reported the subjects they were good at and the exams they planned to take, Xu Yuanze suddenly found that those who were familiar with miscellaneous studies such as Gezhi, construction, and law had become popular among them, and his talent, who had to be promoted at a young age, gradually became unpopular, and his heart was inevitably a little sour.

Half a month later, the scientific examination officially began, the first to be held is naturally the Jinshi Department with the largest number of references, most of the scholars in Jiazhou City have participated in this exam, this exam canceled the poems, and the strategy theory is the focus, although they have long known the news, but when they get the question, they are still quite emotional.

The most important thing in the strategy is to have something to say, and he doesn't attach much importance to the format of the language, Xu Yuanze shook his head again, it seems that the literary talent that he has always been proud of does not show much advantage in this, but fortunately, his father was also an official in the court back then, and he also told him some key points in dealing with political affairs on weekdays, because he was not speechless, and after thinking for a while, he began to answer the questionnaire on the scratch paper.

The time of this scientific examination was much shorter than that of the examination, and after two hours, someone in the examination room got up to hand in the papers, and when the examination time of the four hours ended, Xu Yuanze also got up and handed in the papers he had copied. This is also a change made as a last resort, this time the imperial examination of mathematics has been held one after another, if each exam is taken for several days in one breath like before, those who have signed up for several exams will not be able to bear it no matter what.

Outside the examination room, many scholars gathered together to discuss the topics of the undergraduate exam, but Xu Yuanze covered his ears and refused to listen to a word, he had to take the exam of calligraphy and painting next, if he heard any bad news that affected the next exam, it would be worth the loss.

The next day, the exam of arithmetic began again, and the number of people taking the exam this time was much smaller than that of Jinshi, Liu Buyun walked into the examination room with confidence, and after the test paper was sent, he quickly browsed it, and then showed a confident smile, these questions are still difficult for him, it seems that this subject is expected to be high school! After sweeping around the surrounding candidates who were frowning and at a loss, Liu Buyun began to calculate on the scratch paper.

In the next few days, calligraphy, painting, Ming law and other subjects ended accordingly, and finally it was the turn of the examination of Gezhi and Construction, a team of carriages drove out of the workshop outside the city, and many of the Mo family children who were favored by Gu Jiangzi had serious faces, sitting in the carriage without saying a word, but their hearts were full of agitation, their Mo family finally had the opportunity to enter the court on a large scale, this time they must be careful to answer the questionnaire, and they must not miss the opportunity because of sloppiness.

When they arrived at the examination room, the other scholars who took the exam turned their eyes to it, why had these people never seen it in a gathering in the city before? And there is a vague inexplicable temperament on his body, which is very different from those of them in the Confucian sect, and he doesn't know where he came from.

The scientific examination lasted for nearly a month, and very few people only took one exam, most of them applied for more than one subject, and one more chance is always good for them, whether they understand this subject or not, as long as they get in, they may have a chance.

Seven days after the end of the last exam, the results of this imperial examination were also announced, the first one announced was the results of the Jinshi examination, Xu Yuanze and Liu Buyun were not on the list, but fortunately, they were on the list of admission to arithmetic and calligraphy after that, and they finally did not run in vain. (To be continued.) )