On the ninth day of August, after the first day of exams, the students were much calmer, lined up to enter in an orderly manner, and there was no noise.

At the end of the day, Fan Chao, the captain of the imperial guard, escorted the exam questions to arrive on time, and it was indeed a strategy, and there was no poetry that some people expected.

As the melodious bell rang, the solemn examination continued.

However, problems soon arose, and at first one or two candidates had stomach problems, raised their hands according to the regulations, and then went to the toilet under the watchful eye of the soldiers.

In the large examination room with thousands of people, it is normal for a few people to have stomach troubles.

But soon several deputy examiners discovered the anomaly, and there were more and more people with diarrhea, so much so that there was a long queue in front of the toilet.

Some people even couldn't wait to wet their pants, making the yard stinky everywhere.

There was already a medical officer on standby in the examination room, and Taixue was originally a school doctor, so he immediately began to diagnose and treat.

The highest-ranking official present was Yin Song, a secretary of the provincial university, who immediately decided to let a group of imperial doctors from the Tai Hospital come over for rescue.

This situation is so special that it cannot even be ruled out that someone deliberately poisoned and undermined the imperial imperial examination system.

After all, the demise of the filial piety and honesty system is definitely not a good thing for some families, and there are many people who have grievances behind their backs.

It's just that in the past two years, Liu Zhi has been tough, has mastered military power, and has the pervasive Long Linwei, plus this matter is also polarized in the family class, and some families raise their hands in favor.

Because a consensus could not be reached, the opposition to the imperial examination was not obvious on the surface.

Secretly, it's been choppy.

Liu Zhi attaches great importance to this imperial examination, how can the whole country have been busy for so long, how can it fall short.

All the previous difficulties have come over, and everything went smoothly on the first day of the exam, which also made many people relax their vigilance.

But I never expected that something went wrong on the last day, and it was not a small problem.

Yin Song's face sank like water, and he immediately asked people to report back to the emperor quickly, this matter cannot be hidden, the sooner he informs His Majesty, the better.

If the situation gets out of control, no one will be able to explain at that time, and they will not be able to bear such a big responsibility.

Soon, the doctors of the Tai Hospital, except for a few who were on duty in the palace, basically all rushed over to support.

After consultation, it was found that these people were not poisoned, but that there was a problem with the food and they were spoiled.

And the people who have stomach troubles basically live in more than a dozen big inns around Taixue, and those who live a little farther away, or live in their own homes, have nothing to do.

After taking the medicine, most of the people stabilized their condition, and Liu Zhi immediately ordered that the exam be postponed for two hours to give them a little time to recover.

It is really a candidate who is seriously ill and unable to persevere, and the emperor promised that he will take a unified make-up examination on a certain day, and will not let them run in vain this year, and their wishes will be disappointed.

As early as when the situation began to deteriorate, Long Linwei had already intervened in the investigation.

And with the fastest speed, Ji Jingo took control of all the inns involved, and began to pursue the truth along the source of the food.

The servants who were standing at the gate of Taixue and waiting to pick up their own Langjun were the first to notice that something was wrong, and then the surrounding citizens knew that something was wrong.

A group of heavily armed and murderous Zhijin Wuti rode into the inn and quickly rushed to the nearby vegetable market.

There was a lot of talking, and although they didn't understand what was going on, they knew that the situation was serious.

"Look at Butcher Hu has been arrested, and Second Brother Zhang, who sells chickens and ducks, it seems that the vegetable seller has caught seven or eight."

"yes, it's so strange, almost all the vegetable sellers in this neighborhood have been arrested."

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The exam was still going on, and even though there was no one to continue running to the latrine, the doctors were all nervously on standby, not daring to relax a little.

The soldiers in charge of the guards were all in good spirits, for fear that something would go wrong, where would they, the shrimp soldiers and crabs, bear such a big responsibility.

Fortunately, the next time was very smooth, and at noon, Liu Zhi also specially ordered to boil some thicker millet porridge for those sick people to nourish their stomachs.

The test lasted until after dark, and it wasn't until after midnight that the candidates began to line up to walk out of the exam room.

Except for those whose families were in Beijing or who were picked up by their families, the rest of the people were rearranged by the imperial court for unified management, and soldiers were also sent to protect their safety.

Because of this accident, Liu Zhi ordered that the neatness of this year's exam papers will no longer be counted in the score.

This time, all the marking officers have been trained in advance, and this year's rules are much more complicated than last year's.

It is no longer limited to the simple upper, middle and lower grades, but a detailed scoring system has been implemented, with a full score of 100, a total of four subjects, and a total of 50 points for the first three basic subjects.

The final policy also accounts for 50 points, and the basic disciplines have unified standard answers, so it is very easy to mark the papers, as long as you score the answers sent down above.

It's easy to understand, and there's nothing wrong with it.

The difficulty is in the following policy, everyone has a different opinion on the same thing, which view and practice is the best?

It's hard to explain at all, and there are some different ways of saying it, and it's hard to tell the difference.

Therefore, we can only cross-mark the papers like last year, and the general articles have two teachers with different styles to mark the papers.

In case of controversy, a grading teacher will be added, and then the average of the three will be taken, which is the final score of the strategy.

Of course, the spot check system still exists, and there are three deputy examiners, according to a certain proportion, irregular random spot check review.

Those who make major mistakes will be held accountable, and in serious cases, they will not only lose their official positions, but also go to jail.

Regarding the make-up examination, Liu Zhi also quickly decided, in order not to delay the release of the results on August 15, the date was set on August 11.

Not many people came to take the make-up exam, because they were afraid that the questions in the follow-up make-up exam would be more difficult, so most of them insisted on taking the exam with illness.

Of the more than 3,000 people, about 1,120 people have food poisoning symptoms, but some of them have mild symptoms and are no problem to run to the toilet once or twice.

There are also some people who recover quickly after taking medicine, so in the end, there are only fifty or sixty people who are too sick to take the exam.

In order to show fairness, the difficulty of the questions is comparable to that of the official examination.

As for one of the problems that happen to be biased, it can only fall into the category of luck.

When it comes to exams, in addition to a solid foundation and a sharp mind, sometimes luck is also important.

For example, if you have studied hard for several years, and when you open the paper when you take the exam, it is so coincidental that it is all blind spots in your knowledge.

In the same way, some people suddenly found that they happened to be familiar with these topics, and it was simply too lucky.

In order to mark the papers as soon as possible, Taixue and several major official schools, as well as most of the teachers of Yucai School, were transferred over to help.

Finally, before August 15, all the papers were completed, and the volume was not opened, and it was sent to the palace overnight, and His Majesty personally presided over the bachelors of the Hanlin Academy, removing the wax seals, and counting the rankings.

Ninety-five points or more are classified as first-class, eighty-eighty to ninety-five points are classified as second-class, and above sixty-five points are classified as third-class, and below are classified as extra-grade, and belong to those who are unsuccessful.

In the Zhongde Hall, the lights were bright all night, and before dawn, with the efforts of everyone, the task was finally successfully completed.

Zhang Rang held three golden silk sheets and immediately sent them to the study for Liu Zhi to inspect.

Even if there was an accident, the number of people in Class A was still good, with a total of 64 people, 573 people in Class B, and 981 people in Class C.

A total of 1,618 students were admitted, just over half, and the rest were all out of the list.

This more than 1,600 fresh blood, injected into the Han court, can effectively alleviate the talent vacancy.

Just when many people were stunned, His Majesty suddenly issued an edict, all those who have fallen off the list, but think that they are excellent in poetry.

You can take the special examination on the afternoon of August 15 by looking at pictures to compose poems, composing poems according to the topic, and improvising a poem.

Thirty outstanding students are selected from among them, and they can be specially supplemented as Jinshi, and in addition, families who have made special contributions to the imperial court can recommend an unsuccessful immediate family candidate.

Born by His Majesty with Jinshi, the quota is ten.

This is equivalent to a kind of compensation for the families of various families, and it is similar to the previous system of filial piety and honesty.

It's just that the number of places is much smaller, and it can be regarded as calming their anger and allowing them to achieve psychological balance.

It is a more common practice in later generations, after all, it is a feudal society, and it is no good for you to force the scholar class too tightly.

Liu Zhi still understands the truth of being too late.

Especially after this food poisoning incident, he deeply realized that the resentment of some families against the imperial examination system was much deeper than he imagined.

Whether it's transitioning or appeasing, he can't be too absolute.

In addition to recruiting talents for the imperial court, the other biggest purpose of his reform of the imperial examination system was to balance the power of the court.

These current compromises also revolve around this purpose, so there is no contradiction between the two sides, and it is not a regression of the effectiveness of the reform.

Moreover, the legal system is not static, and there are many problems that can never be expected just behind closed doors.

Only in the process of implementation can we gradually discover the problems and promptly check and fill in the gaps, which is the most perfect process for the improvement of the law.

These two supplementary methods immediately received enthusiastic responses from all walks of life, and the emperor released the wind before, and it was possible that he would add poetry to the imperial examination.

Therefore, in the entire Han literary circle, a fanatical poetry trend has been set off, some people are born with outstanding poetry, but they don't know how to make articles, and their talent is so, which is also something that can't be helped.

As a result, after working hard for several years, I suddenly found that I was useless in the exam, and the frustration was simply beyond words.

even had some resentment towards the imperial court, feeling that he had been deceived.

Now that you can supplement the exam, one by one you was surprised, and the sorrow turned into joy, and the poetry meeting that afternoon was very competitive.

Who doesn't want to fight again?

Otherwise, it will take another three years before you can wait for the next opportunity, the key is that if you are not good at making articles, I am afraid that there will not be many surprises in the result after three years.

Therefore, everyone is full of energy, and they want to make a good sentence that shocks the world and cry ghosts and gods, and obtain the qualification for the list.

There are also some people who don't have any poetry talents, just to join in the fun or want to try their luck, and they also come to sign up.

When I looked at the list in the newspaper, there were seven or eight hundred, and it seemed that there were a lot of unconscious people.

The poetry party, which was originally planned to be held at the West Garden Wine Shop, was temporarily changed to a lawn outside the wine shop.

casually made a circle of colored silk to surround it, even if it was an examination room.

The people of Beijing heard the wind and moved, and they came to see the excitement, and the three floors outside the examination room were three floors inside and three floors outside, and the water could not be passed.

The liquor store was also crowded, and everyone stood in front of the railing and window, stretching their necks to watch the excitement.

There are too many people who sign up, and in order to eliminate those who come to mix, there is a link at the door, and only those who come up can enter the examination room.

The above is very simple, it is written by Liu Zhi, "pine leaves, bamboo leaves, leaves and leaves".

It's not simple to say simple, this is a superimposed couplet, casually to the natural everyone will, but it is not easy to be right and right.

So this level stumped many people, and a bunch of candidates stood at the gate of the park scratching their ears and cheeks, and their scalps were almost cut off.

There are not a few people who pass the test easily, and after a stick of incense, those who fail to match it are directly locked outside.

Just in the first level, hundreds of people were brushed off, and only more than 180 people officially entered the exam in the end.

The test topic is a landscape painting, a proposition poem titled Mid-Autumn Festival, and then improvise another poem with no restriction on the subject.

The form of poetry, driven by Liu Zhi in the past few years, has appeared five and seven uniques, five laws and seven laws, of course, Yuefu poems are not prohibited.

The time is one hour, and if it cannot be completed by the expiration date, it will be regarded as automatic waiver.

Those who have completed all three poems will be graded on the spot according to the order in which they are completed, and more than a dozen famous poets from Beijing will jointly serve as examiners.

The scoring is very simple, it is directly divided into upper, middle and lower grades, and the poems that are identified as inferior are thrown aside and discarded.

Poems that are classified as medium and high grade are posted directly in the corresponding area, and when all the poems are completed, they are re-ranked.

The atmosphere in the examination room was very lively, and some people were born with natural poetry and agility, and they quickly handed in the papers.

Of course, there are also people who like to carve and polish the characters slowly, so the field is polarized, and some people have leisurely sat aside to play.

Other people are still digging their minds out there, struggling to find out.

In fact, it is only the first two that need to be used in the brain, the improvisational poem, which in itself gives them a chance.

You don't need to think about it on the fly, you just need to write the poem that you think you are most proud of.

Soon the room was plastered with poems, and many people were shaking their heads and chanting, pointing and commenting.

Since ancient times, there is no first, and there is no second.

For poetry, it is even more difficult to judge, you think the artistic conception is good, I may scoff at it.

That's why public grading will be adopted, and if most people think it's good, then there will be no problem.

Vice versa.

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