When the military department finalized the relevant matters, they were waiting for the envoys from Baekje and Silla to arrive. According to their speed, it was estimated that it would take about four or five days to reach Chang'an.
Li Ke stopped paying attention to this matter after finalizing the relevant policies. He was paying attention to Datang's first national examination.
Although it is not a college entrance examination, it does select the first batch of university researchers for the entire Datang from a certain perspective.
This time the exam adopted a special format, and the overall exam was divided into three days.
There is one exam each in the morning and one in the afternoon, and the time for each exam is different from the later generations, which only lasted one or two hours, but four hours.
Similarly, Li Ke also made reference to the imperial examinations in the Ming and Qing dynasties in later generations for all examination rooms. There were separate examination rooms. Each examinee was in a separate single room just like a prison cell. Only drinking water was provided within four hours. .
In addition, if they need to go to the toilet, they will be led directly by Datang's local military soldiers. Yes, the soldiers responsible for invigilating the exam will be directly responsible by the local garrison.
Because after Li Ke thought about it again and again, he felt that the probability of soldiers being corrupted by outsiders was definitely lower than that of members of the local security forces.
Of course, Li Ke is talking about the future. For now, this problem does not exist.
Now he is more about forming a system.
Of course, this system will not last for many years. After all, with the increase in the population of Datang and the increase in candidates from various places, such a system will no longer be needed.
But it is still needed for now.
The reason why it was formulated in this way and so much time was given was because the test paper Li Ke issued this time had a large number of questions.
The exam subjects were only six subjects: Chinese, mathematics, physics, chemistry, geography, and politics, and the results were just three days old.
But the content in the test paper is not only large in quantity, these test questions actually also include some test questions used to test what the candidates have learned and what they are good at.
Li Ke's idea is very simple. It is impossible to expect them all to learn now. It is impossible to complete the systematic learning like the later generations. There are special methods in special times.
Therefore, when Li Ke sets out the questions, not only are there a large number of questions, but the focus of the questions is also different. There will be instructions at the beginning of the test paper telling them that the questions cannot theoretically be completed within four hours. .
You can choose what you are good at doing, and the scoring emphasis of each test paper is also different.
And many topics in politics and Chinese are related to local management, governance concepts, etc.
Similarly, in the Chinese test paper, some questions require them to use concise articles similar to classical Chinese to answer briefly.
But there are also some questions that require them to use vernacular and other methods to explain short answers.
However, Li Ke did not explain the short answer method directly, but hid it in the questions to see if any candidates could reflect this.
Although Li Ke has always asked everyone to answer in vernacular, he did not abandon classical Chinese, and some cultural inheritance can be passed down.
Although there is a shortage of talents now, there will be no shortage of talents in the future. If they are willing to learn these things, let them learn.
These are the inheritance symbols of civilization and culture.
There is no specific statistics on the candidates who participated in the exam this time, Li Ke, because the specific data has not been completely transmitted back, but there are exam centers in almost all intermediate schools in Datang.
Theoretically, all candidates who have reached middle school must participate. Of course, it is estimated that there will be temporary registrations by then, because even if the school is established, it is not like there will be a student status or a degree for future generations.
Many people will definitely not go to school, and these people will definitely take the exam. Li Ke allows them to temporarily register in a nearby middle school.
Therefore, the specific number of candidates cannot be passed back to Chang'an City until after the exam is over.
June 11th was the first day of mid-June, and the first new exam that attracted the attention of the entire Datang Dynasty officially began.
Candidates from all over the country lined up neatly and entered the examination room. Each of them had his own unique number and admission ticket.
After entering the examination room with these things, soldiers naturally took them to their examination location.
Outside the examination room, there are also countless parents who come to send their children to take the examination. Most of these people come from good family backgrounds. I dare not say aristocratic families, but at least their income is considered to be the middle class of the Tang Dynasty. class.
There are also candidates from the lower class who come to take the exam, but these parents do not have time to see them off, so some candidates come together.
But overall, the number of candidates from the lower class must account for a small proportion.
Li Ke personally went to the outside of one of the several test centers set up in Chang'an City to take a look. It was almost not much different from the college entrance examination in later generations. Although the candidates went in, there were always parents or people at home outside. The long guard is waiting there.
The heavily armed soldiers standing guard at the door blocked everyone's attempts to get closer.
This time the exam did not meet the requirements that Li Ke wanted, but Li Ke believed that this must be a good start. Of course, many people would not have thought that the original purpose of this exam was for Li Xin.
Li Daozong's biological daughter, Li Ke wanted to see what kind of results she could get in the exam. To be honest, Li Ke had already experienced the joy of future generations of teachers who gave questions.
Gee, think about these candidates seeing their own problems collapse. This feeling is not so good, although the real academic god doesn't care about this.
The news about the war between Goguryeo and Silla Baekje has actually been passed on, but to most people, or to most of the wealthy families who can know the news.
Like Li Ke, they didn't care about the news at all. In their opinion, this exam was the most important.
During the three-day exam, Li Ke didn't go anywhere, and he didn't even deal with some government affairs. Instead, he was waiting for the report from Chang'an City.
On the third day, when all the examination papers were collected, someone immediately sealed all the examination papers and then transported them away.
The elite troops of the Tang Dynasty were responsible for the sealing and transportation of the examination papers.
Li Ke randomly selected them as a special task assigned to them. The test papers in each region were graded by locally selected teachers at fixed places.
The final answers will be announced directly to the public, and it is impossible to gather them together. This is different from the historical imperial examinations. The gap between the number of historical imperial examinations and this is too big.
