The admission procedure for the general examination is basically the same as that for the provincial examination.
First, the 18th room official conducted the preliminary selection. Based on the procedures written by the chief examiner, they signed and commented on the papers that were suitable (formal does not mean suitable!) with a green pen and recommended them to the deputy examiner.
The deputy examiner then selects a satisfactory paper and marks it with the word "中" with a green pen.
After Wuzong of the Great Wei Dynasty, basically as long as the first seven chapters of the Sutras and Meanings were in order, then the second and third chapters could be admitted as long as they were passable.
However, there is no fixed number of places for admission to the National Examination.
Taizu Shibu selected 100 people, but later actually admitted 120 people. When I arrived at Yingzong, the number of admissions began to increase year by year.
In the 34th year of the reign of Emperor Zhengzheng, 472 people were admitted in this subject, making it the most successful class since the founding of the Wei Dynasty.
However, there are too many scholars admitted, which has been criticized by scholars in recent years.
Many people thought that Qin Yan did it to invite people to buy people's hearts, so the Jinshi in the previous class was considered to be the most worthless [fake Jinshi].
At this moment, Wu Xingbang had already planned that the situation that happened in the previous subject would never happen again.
Although he is a cabinet minister, he also wants to win people's hearts.
But according to his philosophy of life, he cannot do what others do, and he must change his way to achieve better results than others.
Therefore, when the papers for the second session were transcribed and everyone felt that this subject was finalized, Wu Xingbang sat upright, waiting to review the second session.
Soon, the 18th House received the order from Master Cifu.
All the room officials carefully read through the second and third exams without slacking off. After reading the exam papers for the second and third exams, the eighteenth exam room took turns to check and search for the remaining papers. After that, the deputy chief examiners each selected one room to read the remaining papers. There were also some good ones that were left behind. There are five articles in the article. After the examination, the names of the house officials will be copied and submitted to the Ministry of Personnel, so that they can be deposed and fined!
After receiving the news, all the house officials were in mourning.
Damn it, what happened to Mr. Wu Ge?
What about the family that we promised to love each other?
You were just asking for help two days ago, but you're going to catch us in trouble these two days?
However, everyone complains.
But Wu Xingbang was a cabinet minister after all, and the orders he gave were upright and upright.
Everyone has climbed up to this position step by step from a poor primary school child studying hard, and the best person can sympathize with the hard-working scholars.
Come on, you have to endure hardship for these few days. You can't let someone who has spent ten years of hard work end up not on the list, right?
Qiu Teng was greatly surprised when he heard about Wu Xingbang's fate.
However, he soon told several deputy chief ministers: "Lao Wu Ge is a mature man who plans for the country. He seems easy-going on weekdays, but he is also serious when he does things. This is the prime minister who is round on the outside and square on the inside. I can't wait for you to be so talented!"
There have always been rumors outside that this old man will soon join the cabinet.
At this time, he himself admitted that he was not qualified to be a cabinet minister and did not have the talent to be a prime minister?
Well, several deputy examiners couldn't help but sigh: "This old man is really a magnanimous person!"
Two days later, a bunch of unlucky house officers finally finished reading all the papers for the second session. According to the bastard regulations, they had to read the second session papers for the first room.
Although everyone knew that they were responsible for the candidates, when they thought about themselves being affected, they still complained.
Wu Xingbang's method came at this time.
Isn't it a three-day small banquet or a five-day big banquet for the trial lock-up?
It was also announced that due to the increased workload, another review banquet was held for everyone.
Not only can everyone eat whatever they want, but some can even take it.
When the deputy examiner and house officer can go home after the examination hall is reopened, they can each cut a leg of mutton and take it home for the whole family to beat and sacrifice.
In these days, even the ministers do not have mutton to eat every day.
After hearing the news, a group of officials immediately became very motivated.
Once people have motivation, their efficiency will be visibly improved a lot.
Soon, all the papers for the second and third games were placed on the desks of Wu Xingbang and Qiu Teng.
At this point, the final reading that determines the fate of all candidates begins.
However, because Wu Xingbang added a process to the grading work of the second and third games.
Therefore, on the tenth day of previous years when the results were released, the gate of the Ministry of Rites was crowded with scholars who came to see the results.
Everyone didn't see the list come out until dark. Some smart people have realized that this subject's examination must be different from the past.
…
In the small courtyard.
It was already dark, and Ouyang Jun, who had a heavy face, had just come back when he saw Xu He and Xie Liangcai sitting at the dinner table, waiting for him.
"How about it? I just said it's impossible to release the results today, you have to go!" Xie Liangcai took a sip of wine and smiled.
Ouyang Jun said with a tired face: "It's really strange. Every subject releases its results on ten days, but there has been no movement in this subject until now. The candidates all started to make a fuss. In the end, it was the yamen soldiers from the Ministry of Rites who took everyone away." Drive away!"
Xu He smiled and said: "I haven't thought about the sound of cannons in the examination hall today. That means the examiners are still reading the papers. Why are you so anxious?"
Ouyang Jun picked up the chopsticks and put them down again: "No, why don't you think the entrance to the examination hall has been opened today? Is something wrong?"
Xu He said: "If my estimate is correct, the reason why the review time is so long this year must be that the second and third exams are highly valued. In the past, reading papers in the second and third exams was purely ***, but judging from the questions in the second and third exams this year , Mr. Wu Ge has worked hard, and there is absolutely no way he can be aimless!"
Xu He didn't say it was okay, but Ouyang Jun's face became more worried when he said it: "It's over, it's over, I didn't care at all in the second game."
"Don't be nervous. You don't pay attention to it. There are many other candidates who don't pay attention to the second and third games, so the final competition is still the first one!" Xie Liangcai said.
His words calmed Ouyang Jun down a little.
But he still didn't know how to taste the meal, and finally finished it hastily and went back to rest.
After he left, Xie Liangcai said: "When my father came back yesterday, he said that Changsha had fallen!"
Xu He nodded, indicating that he understood.
The fall of Changsha had been expected by him, Xu Song, Xie Kun and others.
Changsha is an important town on the Xiang River and one of the largest cities in Huguang. It not only has more than 5,000 guards stationed there, but also has the fiefdom residences of the two vassal kings, King Tan and King Ji.
Now that Changsha has fallen, the news has not spread yet, but everyone in the court who has access to the core secrets is already panicking.
This is the first time since the founding of the People's Republic of China that the city where the feudal prince's residence is located has been attacked by rebels.
It is said that Emperor Zhizheng was so furious that day that he immediately called Qin Yan, who was on duty, into the palace and cursed him.
And he must wipe out the rebels in Huguang within a month, otherwise the emperor will use Qin Yan's head to pay tribute to Taizu and Yingzong in the Ancestral Temple.
As soon as these words were spoken, Qin Yan immediately panicked.
They had already dragged Xu Song over for a day of discussion. During the day, Ding Ze went to check with Xu Peng, and the news he got was that Xu Song had not come back yet!
