Theoretically, the questions for the palace examination are set by the emperor, and the rankings for the palace examination are nominally determined by the emperor. Therefore, Jinshi are also called disciples of the emperor.
In the current imperial examination, there is only one topic on current policy, which asks a current question and allows candidates to analyze the problem and provide solutions.
Answer the questions in the early morning and hand in the papers at dusk.
Generally speaking, the word count of a current affairs policy is between 200 and 500 words, and most of them are 300 to 400 words. In terms of word count, the exam time is not tight, but these 300 to 400 words must be concise and accessible classical Chinese. Sometimes after candidates finish writing a draft, they still have to think of ways to refine the words and sentences, which is very exhausting.
As for the current affairs policy of this subject, the topic is very clear, coastal Japanese pirates.
The Japanese pirates along the coast were one of the two major foreign invaders that plagued Chen State, and the other foreign invader was the Qi people in the north.
Japanese invasion has been around for a long time. To be precise, before Emperor Sejong went south, the Japanese invasion in the southeast was quite serious.
In the few years after Sejong's southern crossing, the imperial court at that time was in a precarious state and had no energy to deal with the defense of the southeast. Therefore, during that period, the Japanese pirates along the southeast coast became more rampant. They not only robbed merchant ships at sea, but even dared to attack large areas Breaking into coastal villages during the day to rob and kill!
Later, as Chen Guo gained a foothold in the south, a large number of forbidden troops gathered near Jiankang. Jiankang itself was not far from the coast, so Jiankang's forbidden troops could also radiate to the coast. From that time on, until Emperor Xianzong , for more than 20 years, the Japanese pirates were frightened by the imperial army, and many of them were honest.
Until the late emperor's Northern Expedition and the defeat in the Huaihe River, the imperial army began to shrink its defense scope and fully defend Jiankang.
Jiankang is too close to the north.
Under this situation, the imperial army did not have enough protection capabilities for the southeastern coast, especially the Fujian and Guangdong areas farther away from Jiankang. In the past ten years, Japanese pirates have become rampant again and began to rob cargo ships at sea in large numbers. , there have even been cases of Japanese pirates returning to the shore to rob.
This is a very troublesome thing for Chen Guo.
Now Chen State only has half of the world, and many goods in Jiangnan require foreign trade. Some can be traded with the Qi people, and some need to be traded with Nanyang merchants. The emergence of Japanese pirates at sea has seriously affected Chen State's maritime trade routes. The impact has even affected the court's tax revenue in recent years.
Therefore, the issue of Japanese pirates attracted the attention of the imperial court, and even appeared in Jinke's current affairs policy.
Shen Yi is from Jiangdu, which is not too far from the sea. Although he has not been affected by Japanese pirates in Jiangdu these years, he has also heard many things about Japanese pirates killing people along the coast. Coupled with the influence of his past and present life, he has a strong influence on these sea pirates. Naturally, I don’t have any good impressions of Japanese pirates.
He tried hard to recall Mr. Yuan Jing's deeds, combined it with some actual situations in the world, added some understanding, and then started writing a draft.
A policy discussion only requires a few hundred words.
It is impossible to write down any specific measures in a few hundred words. You can only write down your views on the matter, as well as the general ideas and directions for handling it. Try to make the words more concise and gorgeous, and then quote some classics. An article is considered to be written. .
After all, this article is written for those who read it. The civil servants may not be able to understand the strategy of pacifying Japan. Therefore, this strategy needs to be quoted from scriptures, through quotes from saints such as the Four Books and Five Classics, and saints' articles. It's enough to scold the Japanese pirates, write down a general idea of dealing with it, and add a bit of literature.
At this time, Mr. Shen was already very experienced in writing policy essays. Under the guidance of Old Man Gu, he now had no problem setting up a cram school for scientific examinations. Therefore, after having the essay policy in his mind, he quickly started writing essays. A short composition of about 500 words appeared on Shen Yi's manuscript paper.
When writing this article, Shen Yi had some national sentiments in his heart.
After writing this article, Shen was still feeling depressed. He read his article carefully and then made up his mind.
"If there is no Mr. Yuan Jing in this world, then I will come forward and kill all these Japanese pirates..."
At this moment, the number of people Shen Yi wanted to kill suddenly expanded a lot from the four people in Jiangdu, including the entire sea pirates.
After finally calming down, Master Shen looked up at the sky.
It was only approaching noon now, and less than half of the time had passed.
Shen Yi did not dare to neglect, and refined his article as much as possible, cutting it to about 400 words. Then he transcribed it word for word on the formal examination paper, waiting to be handed in.
In fact, Shen Yi has no psychological pressure here.
Because under normal circumstances, the palace examination will not eliminate any tribute scholar. As long as he does not write the names of previous emperors or scribble on the examination paper, Shen Yi is now guaranteed to be a top three scholar.
Moreover, he has met with the big boss in advance and arranged work for himself in advance, so even if he is a top-three Jinshi, it will not affect his subsequent work allocation.
As the sun slowly set in the west, a bell rang at the entrance of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, marking the end of Hongde's seven-year palace examination.
At the same time, the imperial examination for this subject was officially over.
The official who received the examination papers came forward, collected the test papers of Shen Yi and others one by one, and handed them to the sealing officer for sealing. After sealing, they were sent for transcription, and finally were handed over to the examination officer.
There are eight examiners in total. The grades of these eight people in the court are not too low, and most of them are from Hanlin, and they have a strong say in scientific examinations.
The way they mark papers is also very interesting. These eight people will divide the papers into five grades according to their personal tendencies, upper grade, upper middle grade, middle grade, lower middle grade and lower grade. Each of these five grades is replaced by a symbol.
For example, if they feel superior, they will use a red pen to draw a circle on the test paper.
Just draw a red triangle in the middle.
And so on.
If it is inferior, a cross will be drawn.
After eight people read the two hundred tombs test papers, and then get the ten papers with the most red circles, they will be sent to the emperor and handed over to the emperor to evaluate the specific ranking of the top ten.
Under normal circumstances, the emperor himself would also follow the reference opinions given by the examiner, and would not differ too far from the ranking given by the examiner.
When the examinee in charge of the palace examination took away the test paper in front of Shen Yi, Shen Yi breathed a sigh of relief.
His journey to the imperial examination in this world, starting from this moment, would be completely over.
No matter what ranking he got in the end, whether it was first, second, or third, Shen Yi had done his best.
In another world, he could only be regarded as a lover of Chinese studies. If he were to take the exam himself, he would probably fail the county exam.
The reason why the scientific examination went smoothly was mainly because the original Shen Yi had a very good foundation. In addition, Shen Yi had studied hard for a period of time, and he was able to pass the examination by luck and reach the Hall of Supreme Harmony today.
After everyone handed in their test papers, His Majesty the Emperor returned to the Hall of Supreme Harmony to encourage everyone. Everyone knelt down and kowtowed to the Emperor to thank them, and then they filed out of the Hall of Supreme Harmony and went back to their homes.
According to the rules, the final results of the palace examination will be announced two days after the end, that is, the results will not be released until April 24th.
Shen Yi followed the crowd obediently, preparing to leave the Hall of Supreme Harmony and go home to have a drink with his third brother.
As soon as he walked out of the gate of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, a young eunuch took small steps and caught up with Shen Yi. The young eunuch lowered his head respectfully and said, "Master Shen, stay here. Eunuch Gao has something to see you for..."
