The next day, Baoyu cried and had tears in his eyes and was sent to the Imperial College to study.
There was a whole cartload of luggage going with him, and the momentum was vastly different from when Jia Huan went to the Imperial College.
After Jia Baoyu went to the Imperial College, the whole Jia Mansion finally calmed down.
And Jia Huan also began to think about articles on the palace examination strategy.
The policy questions in the palace examination must be related to reform.
Of course, this is not to ask candidates taking the exam to propose reform strategies. The main purpose is to discuss whether changes should be made.
There are too many articles to write about this question.
After thinking for a long time, Jia Huan finalized the article he wanted to write bit by bit.
Time passed day by day, and soon it was the day of the palace examination.
The imperial examination is planned by the cabinet and then submitted to the emperor for selection. Only those who are selected in the general examination can participate. The purpose is to distinguish those who have passed the general examination and select officials.
In fact, the main purpose of the palace examination was to compete between the emperor and the officials and bachelors of the Ministry of Rites and cabinet for the qualifications to be a seated teacher, so as to avoid clique disputes in the court.
In the provincial examination, all candidates who pass the examination must worship the examiner as their tutor. And this kind of teacher-student relationship will form a huge network of relationships.
Over time, party strife will form in the court.
The emergence of the imperial examination allowed all students who took the intermediate examination to be admitted by the emperor, and these candidates naturally became the disciples of the emperor.
Their tutor is the emperor, not the ministers of the court. From now on, they only need to be loyal to the emperor and will not form cliques.
This is also the reason why Master Zhu and Master Cheng stayed behind closed doors.
On the day of the palace examination, the candidates came in at dawn and went through etiquette such as roll call, dispersing papers, praises and salutes, etc., and then the questions were issued.
The policy-making topic was set by the emperor himself. The title was a current affairs policy. The title was five to six hundred words long and asked about one or two things.
There are certain formats and character limits for writing at the beginning, end, and in the middle. It is particularly emphasized that writing must be in the correct style, which is the so-called "courtyard style" and "guange style". The characters must be square, smooth, black, and large. From a certain perspective, calligraphy is often more important than articles.
Jia Huan and other students have long been taught court etiquette. Of course Jia Huan has learned this a long time ago. Well, at the Luming Banquet, he asked the princess to pour wine, and the next day he was called and scolded by Emperor Chongkang. He had learned this at that time.
After entering the palace, more than three hundred candidates stared intently and did not dare to look more. Follow the officials of the Ministry of Rites and enter the Baohe Hall.
Tables, chairs and benches have been prepared here for a long time. Each person has a table, and the student's examination number is written on the table.
After entering Baohe Hall, candidates can find their location according to their exam number.
Probably because Jia Huan was from Huiyuan, his seat was at the first table on the left.
Not long after, a program passed by and began to hand out questions.
Opening the paper, Jia Huan found that there was only one question in this exam: On: If there is no way to govern the world, the country will not need to follow the ancients.
This sentence is selected from the Pre-Qin Dynasty's "Book of Shang Jun and Geng Fa", which means that one cannot only use one method to govern the country, but must analyze the specific situation in detail.
The Book of Shang Jun was written by Shang Yang (there is some doubt), and Shang Yang was the pioneer of the reform.
The purpose of the emperor's policy was very clear.
I want these more than 300 students to discuss whether what Shang Yang said makes sense? Is it time for me, Daxia, to change?
It is highly oriented and basically wants candidates to discuss the necessity and urgency of change.
Of course, you can also do the opposite. It is said that the current system in Daxia is perfect and does not need to be changed. It's just that once you don't win the king's favor, you will definitely not be able to get a good ranking.
After Jia Huan read the question, he felt relieved. As expected, the master had guessed it, and the article he had prepared in advance was completely usable.
Jia Huan first wrote a line on the draft paper: There is no fear of destiny, no law of ancestors, and no sympathy for human words.
This sentence comes from Wang Anshi, the reformist leader of the Northern Song Dynasty. It means that there is no need to be afraid of changes in celestial phenomena, one does not necessarily follow the rules of one's ancestors, and one does not need to worry about people's opinions.
In this era, the Song Dynasty lost one of its most talented women, Li Qingzhao. Even the prince Wang Anshi never appeared, so Jia Huan can safely learn from it.
With the arguments in place, the following arguments and arguments are naturally a matter of course. Of course, in fact, Jia Huan had already prepared this in advance.
In this article, Jia Huan took his time and wrote it naturally with flowers blooming and whips penetrating into it.
The palace examination only lasts for one day, with exams taking place in the morning and papers submitted in the evening. If you want to drink tea or use the toilet, you can raise your hand and ask the little eunuch in the palace to lead the way.
There is also a meal at noon. The food in the palace tastes quite good.
In the evening, all candidates handed in their papers and were led out of the palace.
And their examination papers are collected and deposited by officials such as Juan, Zhangjuan, and Mifeng.
On the second day, eight important ministers selected by the imperial court began to revise the rolls.
Each of these eight people has a table, and they take turns to read, and each adds five marks: "○", "△", "\", "1", and "×". The one with the most "○" is the best.
Then, from all the volumes, the ten with the largest number were selected and submitted to the emperor, who designated the first, second, and third place in the imperial batch as the number one, second, and third overall winner.
The first three people are called "Jinshi Jidi", also known as "Sandingjia". A number of people in the second class, accounting for one-third of the admitted students, are said to be "from Jinshi", and the first person in the second class is called Chuanlu.
There are several top three students, accounting for two-thirds of the admitted students. Finally, the official will fill in the form and publish it.
Theoretically, the top ten picks will be submitted by these eight reviewers for the No. 2 pick and No. 3 overall pick.
Among these eight examiners, two were Zhu Dashi and Cheng Dashi, as well as two people from the Ministry of Rites. One of them was Fan Zhongyu, the chief examiner of the provincial examination, and the other was Qian Xing.
These four people are all old men from two dynasties.
The other four were young officials, all promoted by Emperor Chongkang.
Bachelor Cheng had more than thirty papers in hand.
Bachelor Cheng picked it up and corrected it one by one. For any test paper that strongly supported the change, Bachelor Cheng would get a /.
If you strongly support change, give a 1. Those who support change to a certain extent will be given a △.
If you do not support change or are opposed to change, give a ○.
After quickly correcting another test paper, Bachelor Cheng picked up another test paper and found that the first sentence of this paper was: There is no fear of destiny, no law of ancestors, and no sympathy for human words.
After reading this sentence, there was no need to read the following. Bachelor Cheng directly gave it an ×.
This guy is arrogant! If the candidate cannot be dismissed from the palace examination, this person must fail.
The final result of the paper correction is that the candidates with more circles will be ranked higher.
But theoretically speaking, as long as there is a cross, it is basically impossible to enter the top ten.
After all, one examiner gave him a cross. When the other examiners saw it, they would give him some face, but they would not give him a circle.
(End of chapter)
