After the examination results were released, the situation of the imperial examination became much clearer. The candidates who came to Beijing to take the exam were each making their own plans for the future.
Those who have won the official list will naturally prepare in advance for the upcoming palace examination, review well, and work hard to fight for this ultimate battle. This opportunity only comes once in a lifetime, so you must seize it well.
The palace examination cannot be retaken!
As for those who failed, most of them chose to go home, but there were also some who chose to stay in the capital and prepare in advance to try again in the next subject. Of course, during this period they will also find some livelihood, such as sitting in a restaurant.
There are relatively many options for the deputy list of tributes. Since they are all different, I will not list them one by one.
Tan Junyan also made a decision. He planned to return home to continue studying hard and wait for the next subject before making a comeback.
According to his plan, he planned to beg all the way back home.
However, Qi Yu couldn't bear to see it, so he heartily lent him ten taels of silver as a means of transportation on the road.
Borrowing money in this way requires some courage.
It was almost foreseeable that the probability of returning the money was very small, but Qi Yu still did it.
In fact, Tan Junyan also knew very well in his heart that the two of them just met by chance and were neither relatives nor friends. Now that they are willing to help each other, they are already considered to be very bodhisattva.
Qi Yu: Bodhisattva is about to be unable to protect himself...
Tan Junyan was moved and swore to the sky: Don't worry, Shaocheng, the money will definitely be repaid!
All right!
Although Qi Yu said yes, he really didn't take it seriously in his heart.
We are thousands of miles apart from each other. If he really doesn't come back, why don't you go to Guangdong Mansion to find him?
The main reason why I chose to help him was because I felt that he was a good person and worthy of helping me.
For Qi Yu, this move was the victory of emotion over reason and was not a true bodhisattva's heart.
No matter what, there is no harm in doing good!
Don’t you always say that a house that accumulates good deeds will always be happy?
This time, just think of it as accumulating virtue for your descendants.
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After Tan Junyan left, Qi Yu picked up a book again and continued to stay up late and study hard.
Yes, I am currently a official tribute scholar and am eligible to participate in the palace examination.
According to the news announced by the Ministry of Rites, the palace examination is scheduled for March 28th. If you calculate it, there is still more than half a month left.
Someone may want to ask.
Why are the palace examination and the general examination so close together?
Well, there is another reason why the court arranged it this way.
You can imagine that if the distance between the two is too long, the tributes will have to travel back and forth continuously, traveling long distances, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the disadvantages are very obvious.
However, if the two are put together, candidates will avoid the fatigue of traveling and can better devote their energy to studying and taking exams. The benefits are obvious.
After such a trade-off, the imperial court naturally chose the beneficial side, so the two exams were next to each other.
This is a very humane decision.
Let’s continue talking about this imperial examination.
As the final test on the imperial examination road, this exam is naturally very different from the previous exams.
Details are as follows.
The first is that the examiner has changed.
The examiners for examinations such as the general examination and below are all officials. However, the imperial examination is different. The examiner is personally appointed by the emperor.
In addition to the different examiners, the examination venue has also changed.
The examination room for the palace examination is not within Gongyuan, and there is no examination booth or number.
Where is it? ——Royal Palace.
The way the questions are asked in the palace examination is also very different from before, and has its own fixed rules.
The process is like this. The examination questions are drawn up by the cabinet, and then the emperor selects one from them as the final question in the palace examination. In terms of subject matter, it is limited to policy theory and nothing else.
Yes, the imperial examination only tests policy theory!
What's more, there is no president in the palace examination. All examination papers are marked by the chief minister, second minister, and bachelors of the cabinet. Judging is based on a 'voting system', so no one person can judge the overall score.
Let’s elaborate.
If they encounter a good paper, someone in the cabinet will draw a circle with a red pen; if it is an average paper, they will draw a triangle; if it is a poor paper, they will directly put a cross. At the end, the cabinet members will respectfully present the ten papers with the most red circles in front of the holy case, and the emperor will hand-pick their rankings.
Yes, the emperor holds exclusive rights when it comes to the top ten rankings.
It is worth mentioning that the admission rate for the imperial examination is almost 100%.
Why is this so?
The logic is very intuitive. Anyone who can get to this point has already proven themselves, and there is really no need to be eliminated again. Unless your answers are really bad, the cabinet judges will never dismiss the candidate.
As long as you take the imperial examination, you are basically guaranteed to be a Jinshi.
However, Jinshi and Jinshi are also different, and they are divided into high and low levels.
It is divided into three levels: upper, middle and lower, as follows.
There are three people in the first class, namely: the first is the top scholar, the second is the second, and the third is the top three. These top three are called the Three Tripods. Finally, the emperor bestows the title of "Jinshi and No. 1". .
There are several people in the second class. The first place, that is, the fourth place in the overall list, is called Chuanlu. The other places have no special titles. This is the second level. These people will receive the imperial title of "Jinshi origin".
The third-class ones are the ones left, and they will get the honor of being "born with the same Jinshi" granted by the emperor.
Someone may have asked, is there any difference between being born as a Jinshi and being born as a Jinshi?
some.
To use a more vivid metaphor, this is like wife and little wife. Although there is only one more word, the status has completely changed.
Because Jinshi are all awarded by the emperor, they are also called disciples of the emperor!
Qi Yu's requirements are not too high, and anyone with the same background as a Jinshi can accept it.
I was born in a poor family, and it is already very good to have reached this point. How could I be picky?
Isn't the purpose of the imperial examination just to become an official?
As long as you become a Jinshi, it is certain that you will become an official. However, officials vary in size.
Qi Yu felt no pressure to prepare for this exam.
The admission ratio is there, what else do you have to worry about?
Of course, you still have to do your best to avoid leaving any regrets.
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On this day, someone from the Ministry of Rites suddenly called.
What's going on?
They said they were going to have pre-exam training!
Ahem, don't misunderstand, the training here is not about focusing on exams, but about etiquette.
We are about to meet the emperor. How can we do this if we don’t understand the etiquette?
Disobedience before the emperor is a trivial matter, but if it scares the emperor, the consequences will be serious!
Therefore, you must learn!
So, what do you learn?
The people from the Etiquette Department said that these are all etiquettes used in the process, such as: roll call, distributing papers, paying homage, saluting, issuing questions, etc., which are not too complicated.
Isn't this... complicated?
All right.
Instead of taking an exam, this is clearly a pilgrimage!
It's not difficult to learn. Qi Yu only studied it for one day and memorized it all.
