On the first day of April in the twenty-seventh year of Zhenyuan, the sky was high and the clouds were clear, and the spring breeze was blowing.
The light breeze also carried the fragrance of flowers. By the time the spring plowing was almost completed, students from all over the country had all arrived in the capital to participate in this year's spring festival.
It starts on the third day of April and lasts for two days.
A lot of exam content has been streamlined and some knowledge has been added.
After all, we are selecting talents for the country, so we must be omniscient and omnipotent.
On the fifth day of April, the bachelors were released, and one by one they began to discuss this year's spring festival.
Because of the content of the exam, how should I put it?
Unexpected.
Some bachelors even sat there paralyzed, unable to start.
Because many of the test questions were completely unrelated to the Four Books and Five Classics he had read. He did well in the township examination, county examination, and state examination.
Why did it change when we arrived in the capital?
It can only be said that this generation of students is a victim of the reform of the Daqian imperial examination.
After all, the Daqian imperial examination system must be reformed.
It was not changed before, because Daqian still wanted to fight externally and internally. Now that Daqian is at peace, all barbarians have surrendered, and the world is unified. The prestige of Daqian's court is unprecedentedly high, so it is natural that it can be reformed.
If we don’t change it now, is it possible to select some so-called talented people who study books from sages and sages to become local officials, and then do some extremely stupid things?
Time is tight and the task is heavy.
Many students didn't have enough money with them, so they went directly to the canteen set up by the imperial court outside the official residence to eat for free, which was just white rice porridge, white flour steamed buns and pickled vegetables.
There will be several meat dishes every two days.
In fact, eating like this is better than what they usually eat.
Many of them are from poor families, and the whole family really makes money just to raise a scholar.
So that we can achieve class transformation from now on.
In just ten days, all 1,800 examination papers were reviewed and ranked according to the latest prescribed scores.
On the morning of the eleventh day, the list was announced directly.
On the twelfth day, the palace examination was entered.
Early in the morning, eight hundred academicians from three generations, old, middle and young, poured into the tall and spectacular Xuandemen. Then they walked right inside the palace wall, passing the majestic Daqing Hall and Xuande Tower, and then turned west. A group of young imperial elites could not help but feel dazed.
After all, after passing the Xuande Tower, go forward and you will find the Jiying Hall. Today, after the imperial examination at the Jiying Hall, go straight out and head west, which is the Xihua Gate where the roll call is posted.
In other words, they were about to meet the crown prince of Daqian.
Some people have actually seen it, when they were asking questions about politics in the southeast, they looked at it from a distance, and the black armor on their body was so dazzling.
But today is different.
Today is the day that decides their fate.
Just as countless academicians walked through the wide path between the East and West Huamen and slowly turned into the Jiying Hall.
As everyone knows, at the same moment, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has already been standing at the Huangyi Gate of the Huangyi Palace next to the Jiying Palace for a long time with a large group of people.
It can only be said that the ministers are now accustomed to His Highness the Crown Prince's behavior.
The purpose is also to improve work efficiency.
The matters that were originally going to be discussed in the Political Hall were directly placed in the Jiying Hall.
This eliminates the need to go to the Political Hall first and then to the Jiying Hall.
Although the political hall is much spacious, it is important to follow the authority in urgent matters.
The main focus is to destroy the old system.
Seeing the bachelors walking into the hall, each with an overly young face, the veterans were also filled with emotion.
Of course, the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead. Although it is a bit sad, it is a manifestation of the infusion of new blood into the country, and it can be considered a gratifying thing.
The prince Xiao Yi was sitting on the throne, with civil and military officials on his left and right at the foot of the steps. The scholars were guided by the etiquette officer and returned to the rear after several cases.
After listening to Di Yan, the Minister of Civil Affairs, asking His Highness the Prince to write questions in public, he handed them out and emphasized that there was no need to worry about article regulations and old customs, as long as the words were meaningful, and he let people answer the questions.
The whole process went so smoothly it was scary.
Originally, the imperial examination system was an innovation of the previous dynasty, and the system of selecting scholars for the country was well inherited and further improved after the founding of the country.
When the generation of Prince Xiao Yi came, it was natural that the system would be restructured again.
What has been restructured is the content of the exam.
At the beginning of the founding of Daqian, the content of the examination was relatively simple. Taizong expanded it to include the Four Books and Five Classics, and then Gaozong divided it into several subjects.
This continues to this day.
This year is also considered the first restructuring. There are not many changes, and the magnitude of the changes is not very large.
But for some bachelors who study hard, the previous written test is already beyond their scope of understanding.
The great bachelors who can stand in this episode of the Hall of Heroes have all begun to learn new things and have relatively strong receptive abilities. They are not just old bachelors who study hard and study hard, but they also have the ability to cope with it.
The first one is a major issue of current affairs. Prince Xiao Yi directly asked about the current Daqian. After the surrender of the four barbarians, how to appease the people and how to govern this vast Daqian with a large number of people and different ethnic groups?
The second question is inevitably about strategies to control floods. The first question is naturally a big metaphysical question, allowing students to express themselves freely and find their own angles. There is only so much that can be written. As for the second question, it is directly focused and pointed to the topic - strategies to control floods.
The last question goes back to the roots of Confucianism, or the shortcomings of the feudal dynasty, and whether the laws of the ancestors can be changed.
Um.
It looks like this.
In fact, the focus can be seen directly.
For the first question, if you can talk a lot, everyone will be able to perform normally, and it will be difficult to distinguish between high and low.
As for the second question, the topic is also given. The strategy of water control has been talked about for a long time. It is impossible to explain it to the sky. The most perfect solution immediately appeared. At most, it is a bit vague. It depends on who can come up with an effective solution. This paper is helpful for today's flood control strategy.
Only the third question can be seen at a glance, which is completely in line with the temperament of the current prince of the Grand Supervisor Kingdom.
Even the civil and military officials had some surprises.
Are the ancestral laws mutable?
Han Yu couldn't help but said: "Your Highness... Your Highness is determined to innovate!"
Di Yan pondered for a moment and said: "I think that although it is unexpected, it is reasonable. Whether the ancestor's method can be changed, it is naturally changeable, because we have already changed a lot, right?"
When everyone thought about it, it was true.
The first change was that after the treacherous Prime Minister Li Linfu was eliminated, Prince Xiao Yi directly abolished the prime minister system.
Even the three provincial departments were gone, and His Highness the Crown Prince directly commanded the six departments of Jiuqing, Yushitai, and Jinyiwei, plus a secretarial department.
Hasn’t this changed?
The second change is the tax law, the two tax laws, stamp duty, household division tax, new household registration tax, etc.
To talk about this change, there have been too many changes.
Dai Guang said softly at this time: "Mr. Di Ge is right, we have actually changed a lot."
"But, I think this question actually has a deeper meaning."
"Are the ancestral laws changeable?"
"It's not just about yes and no."
"But we should look at it differently, what can be changed and what cannot be changed..."
In fact, it is dialectics.
Change is definitely going to happen.
But you can’t change everything.
Therefore, this question itself is a pit. If you don’t look at it differently, you will easily fall into the pit.
Can't get any high scores.
