In anticipation, this year's township test was finally held.

Zhao Han's resumption of the imperial examination is directly the township examination, and there is no need to test talents in the county examination and the provincial examination.

Moreover, the traditional and the modern go hand in hand.

Graduates of secondary schools in all provinces who have not been admitted to universities can participate in the township examination. The local government does not provide travel fees,

All imperial examination expenses are at your own expense.

Former scholars, as long as they can show their talents, they can participate in the township examination and imperial examination, and all expenses are also at their own expense. But

Must be under 30 years of age!

Those who are promoted can start from the Nine Rank Officials, but they need to observe politics (internship) for one year first.

Those who are among the best in each province can choose not to be a Jiupin official, but to go to Nanjing to take the examination in the spring of the next year. The quota of the provincial examination is not strictly based on the proportion of the population, and the quota of new-style students must be several times that of traditional scholars.

In Sichuan Province, the most populous province, there are 60 places for new-style students and 15 places for traditional scholars.

In Jiangxi, Guangdong, and Hunan provinces, the quota of traditional scholars was pressed to only 5 people.

These three provinces were the first to be won, and Xiucai has not yet become an official, which means that they are all unwilling to be small officials and endure hardships.

Even, even the rolls that come out are different.

The traditional imperial examination for scholars still follows the old routine. However, the weight of the eight-strand essay is reduced, and the score of the official document and policy discussion is increased.

And the new mathematics, physics, astronomy, geography, and Datong theory are all used as additional questions, and the additional questions are doubled when calculating the score.

The new-style imperial examination for students is actually the provincial unified examination. The best students will enter the university for further study at public expense. If there is no shortage of money at home, you can go to university at your own expense. If you don't want to go to university, then go to the township exam, and you can directly be assigned a nine-grade official position.

A small number of them can participate in the examination, and they can become an eight-rank official in the entrance examination.

The eighth and ninth grades belonged to the last rank in the Ming Dynasty, and they would be despised by serious jinshi. And here in Zhao Han, Zhongjinshi can only release eight products.

In addition, university graduates can directly take the entrance examination.

University graduates who are admitted to the Jinshi will either go to the Hanlin Academy and the Qintian Academy to conduct research, or enter the cabinet to observe the government and become a scholar.

After three years of studying, they still have to release the eight products (county Cheng). But this kind of Zhengbapin, the promotion speed is faster, because they know the emperor and the ministers, even if they are not familiar with it, they must have met each other!

This set of four different imperial examination systems is a product of the transitional period.

The folk scholars complained, it was time to open a crack in the imperial examination door for them. and other provinces to popularize new education,

As the old scholars get older, the traditional imperial examination will be completely closed.

In addition, the proportion of officials in the south is too large, and the recovery in the north is relatively late, and there are not even high school graduates to this day.

In order to balance the officialdom of the north and the south, it is also necessary to leave a way for traditional scholars. Moreover, this is the most important thing, otherwise Zhao Han would ignore the complaints of the poor literati.

There is another factor in the rush to resume the imperial examination and township examination, that is, there is a problem with the current system of selecting officials.

According to the report of the Inspector of Clean Government, there are a large number of cronyism and favoritism among middle- and low-level officials across the country. Even though Zhao Han imposed restrictions on the qualifications of the officials in the first two years, he still did not completely change the status quo.

Hebei, Tianjin.

Li Jixiu is already twenty-nine years old, and in history, he participated in the Manchu imperial examination, and was admitted to the third Jinshi in the second class in the four years of Shunzhi.

But in this time and space, he is not even a lifter. The years of war were really unbearable, and he fled with his family to Yanshan and gnawed sweet potatoes for several years. It wasn't until last year that he took his family out of the mountains and returned to Yutian County to settle his household registration.

For the emperor of the new dynasty, Li Jixiu has no resentment.

Although the land of several generations of Jizan was gone, when he returned to his hometown, the government returned his ancestral home. His family's oil mill in the town had been sold to small merchants who had moved from other places, and after he took out the vouchers, the government generously compensated some of the silver taels.

Moreover, according to the population of his family, they were also allocated land property.

Being able to do this, Li Jixiu feels that it is commendable, and this Datong New Dynasty is really convincing.

In fact, for the sake of political achievements, the magistrates want the population to be as large as possible. Therefore, there are various policies, except for land, as long as you can show the certificate, you can return it, and if you can't return it, you will compensate. In this way, we can attract people who have entered the mountain to return to their original places of origin and settle down.

In the northern provinces, where everything is in ruins, population growth is the greatest political achievement!

On the day of the township test, Li Jixiu got up in the middle of the night and came to the outside of the Gongyuan in the southeast of the city early.

There weren't many people, because the rules had changed, the emperor didn't let the candidates be tossed in the middle of the night, and all the processes of the imperial examination were delayed for three hours.

"What do you call this brother?" A traditional scholar asked.

Li Jixiu said: "The surname of the late born is Li, the name is Xiu, and the word is foolish. “

The scholar said: "The late surname is Zhang, and the name is Zhaoyong, which is really a coincidence, and it is also a fool." “

The two have the same word, this is fate, they suddenly got a lot closer, and began to preface the years of their respective talents.

Li Jixiu said: "In this Hebei Township Test, there don't seem to be a few shows to participate. “

Zhang Zhaoyong sighed: "How can you get it? When the Tartars returned to Liaodong, they took away many gentry and people, and there were few people left in Hebei. There may be a lot of talents, but the war is chaotic, how many can still come up with certificates? What's more, there is an age limit, and you are not allowed to take the exam after the age of 30. “

"That's true," Li Jixiu said through gritted teeth, "Tartar should be damned!" If it weren't for the birth of the Son of Heaven, my whole family would still be hiding in the mountains. “

Zhang Zhaoyong sighed again: "For you and my hometown test, it is actually good. In Hebei's primary schools, students have not yet graduated, and middle schools have not yet opened. There are no new-style scholars who participated in the township examination this year, and the number of scholars in the former dynasty is small, as long as they come to the exam, they will almost definitely pass! “

Li Jixiu nodded and said, "That's exactly the reason." “

Zhang Zhaoyong suddenly laughed: "The quota of the township examination in each province has been announced, and in the three provinces of Jiangxi, Hunan, and Guangdong, only five scholars from the former dynasty have been recorded. Especially in Jiangxi, there are countless talents among the people, and I am afraid that this imperial examination will be squeezed out. Moreover, the county officials also have a headache, His Majesty does not open the scientific examination (township examination qualification selection examination), and the county officials must first organize their own examinations to select.

Li Jixiu actually guessed Zhao Han's thoughts: "It's just like the north-south list, there are too many officials in the south, Your Majesty is already dissatisfied with this, and you want to suppress the south in the imperial examination." “

The two chatted until dawn, and the Gongyuan finally released the cannon horn and began to verify their identities and enter the examination room.

In the whole of Hebei Province, the number of admission places for the township examination is 30, and only 114 Xiucai participated in the examination. Not a single new student.

The examination booths have all been renovated, all of them are brick and tile structures, there is no need to nail their own tarpaulin, and there are even glass windows for light transmission.

Li Jixiu got the exam questions and was a little speechless.

There is only one traditional four-book question. There is only one question in the traditional Pentateuch. The next step is to test official documents, policy theories, criminal lawsuits, and so on.

There are also nonsense additional questions, Li Jixiu has only studied "Datong Theory" by himself, and the rest of them are astronomy, geography, mathematics,

Physics, Water Conservancy...... All blind.

The two eight-strand essays of the Four Books and Five Classics were not completed by Li Jixiu until the afternoon. There wasn't much time left, so he could only speed up and quickly answer the questions he knew.

The booklet of "Datong Collection" is not thick, Li Jixiu finished memorizing it by self-study, and he answered very easily at this time.

Then there's astronomy: try to write about the five planets.

Li Jixiu knows the twenty-eight constellations and the Big Dipper, but what the hell are the five planets?

The question that the third-grade elementary school students in the south knew stumped Li Jixiu, who had read the classics of the sages. Fortunately, Li Jixiu's scripture is "Shangshu", and he can make divergent associations.

In Chinese culture, the number five is easily associated with the five elements.

There are seven politics in the Book of Shang Shundian, and the seven politics are the sun, the moon and the five planets.

Li Jixiu wrote hard and wrote the answer: five stars, wood, fire, earth, gold and water. Mu Ri Sui Star, Fire Sun Yingchao, Earth Sun Zhen Star, Jin Ri Taibai, Water Sun Star.

Geography: The Netherlands and the Ottomans, which is closer to China and which is far away? (Full points for detailing the two countries, half points for correct answers)

Li Jixiu scratched his ears and scratched his cheeks, this question can only be guessed.

The Netherlands sounds crisp, and the Ottomans are more mouthful. So, Li Jixiu replied: The Netherlands is near, and the Ottomans are far away.

Math problems are probably similar to chickens and rabbits in the same cage, with traditional arithmetic methods, you can only get half of the points if you calculate correctly, and you must use modern mathematics to get full points.

Li Jixiu tore up the scratch paper to make calculations, and soon came up with the correct answer, but he was destined to only get half a point.

Physics questions are about mechanics.

Li Jixiu stared at the question for a long time, he didn't know the question, and the question didn't know him.

When night falls, give a candle, and the candle must be handed in.

Li Jixiu handed over the paper, a little discouraged, he found that he didn't understand a lot of knowledge, and he had never even heard of it. This sense of ignorance is even more shocking than failing in the imperial examination.

When you get home, be sure to educate yourself on the new classroom materials!

"Brother Hexiu, how did you do in the exam?" Zhang Zhaoyong asked.

Li Jixiu shook his head again and again: "You can probably guess the astronomy questions, and the geography questions are all up to Meng." The math problem gives the answer, but only half a point. As for physics, what kind of mechanics, my brain is dizzy. “

Zhang Zhaoyong smiled bitterly: "It's almost the same below." “

A few days later, the list was released outside the Tribute Courtyard

Li Jixiu checked from the back and never found his name, and then he swept to the first place.

This operation of this goods was unexpectedly admitted to Xie Yuan in Hebei Province.

Zhang Zhaoyong cried and laughed beside him: "I won, I won, tenth place, just enough to go to the exam!" “

There are 30 people admitted to the Hebei Provincial Township Examination, and they only need to observe politics for one year to become a Jiupin official. However, only the top ten,

You can give up the qualification of the nine products and go to Nanjing next year to take the examination.

Li Jixiu arched his hand and said, "Congratulations, congratulations!" “

"Rejoice, rejoice!" Zhang Zhaoyong laughed.

Li Jixiu said: "We will go to Nanjing next year. “

Zhang Zhaoyong said: "The foolish brother lives in Tianjin, although he has survived the war, he has kept a few shops, and he has some floating wealth. It's better to go to Brother Xiu, so I will live in Brother Yu's house to study, and then go south to Beijing to take the test together. ”

Li Jixiu said: "Brother Zhaoyong's kindness is appreciated in my heart. But there are still parents, wives and children at home, so they have to rush back to farm and farm, and the sweet potatoes and corn planted after the wheat harvest also have to be harvested and put into the warehouse next time. ”

Zhang Zhaoyong sighed: "Unexpectedly, Brother Xiu, he had to go to the field to farm in person. ”

Li Jixiu sighed: "It is not easy to hide in the mountains and survive. After returning to his hometown, the government divided the fields again,

It is also to compensate for the loss of the store, and it has been done to the fullest. Hebei is vast and sparsely populated, and the acres of land allocated can only be cultivated by themselves, where can they recruit tenants? It is just ten years of cold window, the four bodies are not diligent, the crops are not really well planted, and the harvest is much less than that of the farmers in the township. ”

Zhang Zhaoyong remembered that it was not easy, so he said: "I'm afraid I will also have to take the astronomy geography, mathematics and physics, and the younger brother has nothing to give.

Buy a new set of teaching materials and give them to you. “

"That's it, thank you very much!" Li Jixiu did not refuse, which was exactly what he needed.

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