It was already late at night, but the inside and outside of Yilun Hall were brightly lit.

More than 1,000 scholars, including Huang Zongxi, Gu Yanwu, Wang Fuzhi, Zhang Huangyan, Yan Yingyuan, and Xu Yingwei, are still reading the papers for a moment.

"This article is magnificent, and it can be classified as first-class."

"Brothers, please look at this article, it is really a heroic article!"

"Ladies and gentlemen, this article in the hands of the junior brother swallows Heyue, it is really extraordinary, the scholar who wrote this article must be a man with big hearts and ambitions!"

"Brothers, junior brother also has a good article here."

"Good article, what a rare good article!"

Listening to the constant praise of the scholars there, Chongzhen was a little confused.

What's the situation? Why are there so many good articles, can it be said that the talent of this subject is particularly outstanding?

It stands to reason that it shouldn't be, it wasn't that the township examination was just held last year, and Zhu Cizhi also admitted more than 100 jinshi, and a few even entered the Hanlin Academy.

These talents fell to Sun Shan in last year's township examination, which shows that the level of craftsmanship is average.

At this time, Chongzhen suddenly remembered Lu Zhenfei's words, was it because the topic was too simple? So the students who participated in the Guozi Supervision Examination wrote good articles one by one?

After thinking about it, Ma Minglu walked over quickly with Jin Xuan.

After seeing the ceremony, Ma Mingluo asked straight to the point: "Shengshang, the military department has just handed over 10,000 good horses to the Internal Affairs Office, and the minister wants to ask Shengshang, how to deal with these good horses?" ”

Jin Xuan then said: "Holy Lord, these good horses must be picked by our cavalry battalion first. ”

Chongzhen smiled and said: "Jin Qing, the cavalry battalion will not always be subordinate to the Caojiang Admiralty, are you sure that the cavalry battalion will give priority to selecting war horses from them?" ”

"I'm sure." Jin Xuan said without thinking, "Regardless of whether the cavalry battalion is in the Caojiang Department in the future, the minister hopes that the cavalry battalion will give priority to the selection of war horses. ”

"If I'm right, let the cavalry battalion pick first." Chongzhen waved his hand and asked Ma Minglu again, "Ma Qing, are these 10,000 horses sure to be good horses?" Pseudo-shun didn't take inferior horses as shoddy? ”

Ma Mingluo said: "Holy Lord, He Tengjiao, the governor of Huguang, has verified that they are all good horses. ”

"That's good." Chongzhen nodded and said, "If this is the case, the cavalry can be expanded, and 10,000 people will be selected from the 270,000 recruits, and I will let Yiding train them." ”

While he was talking, Huang Zongxi hurriedly came over to report: "Holy Lord, all the examination papers have been read, and the ministers have selected more than 10,000 examination papers from Zhongliang, and these more than 10,000 articles are all very well written. ”

"How much, how much do you say?" Chongzhen was taken aback when he heard this.

Huang Zongxi said again: "Back to the saint, a total of more than 10,000 examination papers have been selected. ”

"Too much, too much!" Chongzhen said, "Guozijian only recruits 1,500 people, counting the 500 people in the Shui Shi Academy, and only needs 2,000 students, what do you want so many people to do?" Drop the extra exam papers. ”

Huang Zongxi said: "Holy Lord, these more than 10,000 examination papers are all equal, and it is unfair to dethrone anyone. ”

"How so?" Chongzhen said in disbelief, "What do you mean that more than 10,000 exam papers are not equal?" ”

Huang Zongxi said: "Yes, the level of more than 10,000 exam papers is equal, and it is not good for anyone to be dethroned." ”

At this time, Ma Mingluo smiled and said: "Holy Lord, I heard that the exam question you gave to this subject is Analects?" ”

"What's wrong?" Chongzhen's face fell, and he said angrily, "Lu Zhenfei laughs at me, even you want to laugh at me?" ”

"I don't dare." Ma Mingluo hurriedly threw himself to the ground, got up again, and said, "In the past, the reason why the examiner gave the interception question in the township examination and the general examination was to defeat more than half of the candidates by breaking the question, and only those scholars who were quick and knowledgeable could stand out. ”

Chongzhen said: "Having said that, I still think it's unfair, but I can't solve the problem well, so I was dethroned, and it is easy to block the really talented candidates from the door." ”

Ma Mingluo said: "But the exam questions are too simple, and it is difficult to choose the current situation." ”

"It's not that hard to do." Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "Since they are equal, then no one will be dismissed, and all of them will be admitted!" That's right, it's all taken! ”

"Huh? One is not dethroned, take it all? ”

"More than 10,000 students are all admitted?"

Huang Zongxi, Ma Mingluo and Jin Xuan looked at each other.

But after a few moments, the three of them were relieved.

This is the saint they are familiar with, who never acts according to the rules.

More than 10,000 candidates were admitted at one time, and only today's saints can have such a big deal.

One thing to say, Chongzhen was really careless this time, he just wanted not to make it difficult for the candidates, and to let the candidates write the real level without distraction, but he didn't think that doing so would not open the gap.

But as a traverser, the biggest advantage is insight.

With hundreds of years of knowledge, it was enough for him to deal with the situation in front of him.

Since more than 10,000 exam papers cannot be scored, they will simply be admitted.

Then it is easy to enter the Guozijian if you want to graduate smoothly after three years, and it is even more difficult to enter the internal affairs office as an errand boy.

And there's one of the biggest benefits of having an eye on the future by admitting so many people at once.

That is, through these more than 10,000 candidates, mathematics, physics, chemistry and other disciplines can be promoted to every state and county in Daming in the shortest possible time.

When these more than 10,000 candidates have completed three years of study, only a small number of outstanding students can meet the graduation standards and enter the Ministry of Internal Affairs as an errand, and most of the remaining candidates will only be able to drop out, but Chongzhen will arrange a way out for them, that is, let them return to the states and counties of various states and counties to learn as teachers or instructors.

In this way, Daming can make up for the shortcomings of mathematics, physics and chemistry in the shortest possible time.

In this way, the number of students with general knowledge of mathematics, physics and chemistry in the Ming Dynasty could surpass that of the European continent in a very short period of time and become a fertile ground for natural sciences.

……

The next morning.

Before dawn, the bulletin board outside the gate of Guozijian Jixian was already crowded, and they were all rushing to take the exam and wait for the results of the list.

Fortunately, the imperial court had been prepared for this.

The Beijing battalion soldiers and Caojiang soldiers were transferred early to take charge of the order.

There were even cavalry patrolling back and forth on the streets of Gongyuan outside.

As soon as the sky was bright, the vermilion Jixian Gate finally opened slowly.

"It's out, it's out!" The scholars who had been waiting for a long time immediately became agitated and rushed forward like a tidal wave.

"Don't squeeze, don't squeeze!" The Beijing battalion soldiers and Caojiang soldiers who maintained order hurriedly pulled out their shiny waist knives, and only then did they slightly stop the crowding of the examiners.

"Dial and look at them in order."

"Don't squeeze, whoever messes around will fall immediately!"

A Qinwang scholar walked out of the Jixian Gate and shouted loudly.

Hearing this, the candidates were suddenly silent and didn't dare to squeeze anymore.

After a while, the two Qinwang scholars came out with the list and the pulp lake respectively, walked to the bulletin board, and the scholars from the pulp lake brushed and painted the pulp lake, and then pasted the list with another scholar.

The first batch of thousands of candidates immediately flocked to the top of the list, looking for them.

"I'm in! I'm in! There was a sudden roar from the crowd.

Immediately, the candidate hid his face and cried, father, mother, son!

Immediately after that, a second cheer sounded: "I'm also hit, wahahaha!" ”

And then the third, the fourth...... Some cried with joy, some laughed loudly, and the faces of all beings in the world seemed to be condensed at this moment, in front of this bulletin board outside Jixian Gate.

But more candidates are still anxiously looking for their names on the list.

Some candidates read it more than ten times, but they still didn't find their names, and the second batch of candidates kept urging them to hurry up, so their mentality collapsed.

"No way, it's absolutely impossible!"

"How can there be no name on me?"

"Impossible, I'm going to get into this subject!"

"There is a shady scene, I want to report, there is a shady scene!"

Hearing this, the second batch of candidates in the back became angry.

"Shut up, what's shady? This is the Holy One himself proctoring the exam! ”

"That is, who can blame me for my poor test? Let's come back later! ”

In the face of the verbal criticism of the second batch of candidates, the previous candidates cried: "No, absolutely not, my article is definitely first-class, I don't believe that there is anyone whose article can be better than mine, impossible!" ”

At this time, a candidate suddenly said: "Don't cry, there is a sub-list behind!" ”

"Sub-list?" The candidates who were crying suddenly cheered up, although the sub-list was not as good as the main list, it was acceptable to be on the sub-list, at least better than Sun Shan.

Immediately afterwards, the second list was also posted on the bulletin board.

The candidate wiped away the tears on his face and searched nervously again.

After a few moments, the candidate burst into tears again and finally found his name.

"Woo, I'm on the sub-list, woo, it's not easy, it's too difficult." The examinee's heart was inexplicably sour, and he wanted to go to the old courtyard to find a girl to solve it, anyway, there were still ten taels of silver left in his bag.

At this time, a candidate shouted: "It's not a sub-list, it's also a positive list!" ”

"What? Not a sub-list? Hearing this, the candidate wiped his eyes and looked at the head of the list.

Sure enough, I saw that the word "positive take" was clearly written on the right side of the list, it was really a positive list, it was really a positive list!

The great happiness filled the candidate's chest in an instant, and the candidate couldn't help but laugh at the sky, haha, I knew, hahaha, I knew that I was bound to win this subject, wowhaha!

Then, the candidates struggled to separate the crowd and squeezed outside.

After squeezing to the edge of the crowd, the candidates did not stop, but continued to rush to Taiping Street, the girls and sisters of the old courtyard, Xiaosheng is looking for you, wahahaha!

Behind the candidates, there were sky-shattering cheers.

"It's on the list again, it's on the list again, it's on the list, it's still on the list!"

"It's all three lists! There are 6,000 people, O God, we have really met the Holy King! ”