This scientific examination is not only a battle for the candidates, but also a battle for Han You.
Han You did not accompany the emperor and his ministers too much, but went on inspection tour with others.
Now that the big shots in the court have gathered at the villa, Han You must ensure that nothing goes wrong.
The emperor was taken by Lu Baichuan to the small courtyard that had made him bleed and sweat. More than thirty guards protected the small courtyard like a bastard's cover.
Beimen Yuyong took his ministers to other small courtyards. There was really no place to stay, so he stayed at the internal inn of Four Seasons Villa.
After the emperor and his ministers were settled, Han You started to get ready again. Including the ministers and the candidates, if anyone wanted to add extra food in the evening, they could order it and it would be delivered to them within half an hour and they could order whatever they wanted.
Despite the high price, at least the villa uses fresh vegetables and real ingredients.
Han You still had some conscience and did not use pre-prepared dishes, let alone kicking out any candidate who did not order pre-prepared dishes.
After hearing the news, Boss Zhou in the small courtyard raised the corners of his mouth slightly. No matter how small a mosquito is, it's still flesh. It can scratch whatever it can.
Not to mention, there are quite a few people ordering meals.
The children of the well-dressed family had just eaten a big pot of food, including two vegetarian dishes, one meat dish and two naan pancakes, which were hard to swallow.
Han You also asked the candidates if they needed to upgrade the exam room, which roughly meant softer quilts, stronger door panels, and three hours of artificially lit mugwort to repel mosquitoes. Of course, it was paid.
The corners of Boss Zhou's mouth curved up even more. He liked Han You's cleverness and his ability to sell broken wooden boards for money.
The ministers wanted to curse, but they didn't know what to curse.
Call Han You greedy for money. This guy has kept Four Seasons Villa out of business for so long. This place is probably the most expensive place in the country. He has lost money by being out of business for so long. He must have made thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars.
Let’s just say that Han You is not greedy for money. This guy makes money from everything. He has obviously contributed to the villa and set off so many sky lanterns. He has a lot of expenses. He has to earn money for food and bed. For this Money, how good it is to exchange for reputation.
Those who can participate in the scientific examination are not short of money. There are only a handful of students from poor families, very few.
As a result, in the middle of the night, Han You took out the roster and compared it. After confirming who had not ordered meals and "upgraded" the exam room, he asked Zhu Shang to deliver hot meals to more than thirty people.
Han You sincerely hopes and sincerely hopes that these few students from poor families can obtain a good ranking and serve as officials in the court in the future without forgetting their original aspirations.
In order to take the scientific examination, these students from poor families may have sold their land or all their valuable possessions, traveled long distances and gone through all kinds of hardships to come to Beijing, just for the results in three days.
Han You is an optimistic person, but even so, he can't help but worry.
The world is fucked up enough. If these students from poor families who risked everything have achieved good results, but in the end they have to suffer the most unfair treatment, then for Han You, there is really no need for scientific examinations.
Compared to Han You, who was an optimistic person, Pei Qi, who was in charge of patrolling in the middle of the night, didn't take it seriously. Hearing that Han You took special care of the poor students, there was no disturbance in his heart.
According to Teacher Pei's idea, he feels that the poorer the people, the more greedy they will be after becoming officials, and they are even more hateful than many people from aristocratic families who are officials.
Pei Qi led people to inspect the villa, while Boss Zhou called several ministers to the small courtyard, but did not call Han You, because he knew that Captain Han would have to continue working early tomorrow morning.
In the small courtyard, the monarch and his ministers faced each other in silence for a long time.
Boss Zhou didn’t know what to say. He had too much to say and didn’t know where to start. Thousands of words all turned into a single voice.
The same is true for the six ministerial books.
Under the current situation, Han You's various measures not only caught the candidates off guard, but also caught the monarchs and ministers off guard.
On the surface, everyone looks like they want to conduct an open, fair, and impartial scientific examination, and prevent any malpractice for personal gain. They will fight against anyone who dares to bend the law, abuse the law, or pay bribes for personal gain.
But having said that, are the monarchs and ministers really ready to accept a fair, just and open consequence?
The answer is no, no one is ready.
In the first year of the new king's accession to the throne, the first imperial examination was held, which was of great significance and set a benchmark for future scientific examinations.
Logically speaking, if Han You did this, the imperial examination would be fair and just.
The question is, of the more than 800 candidates left, how many will "survive" in the end?
Nowadays, many candidates who bought fake questions have no idea that they have been tricked, let alone that their names will be obscured, and the papers they have answered will be transcribed and reviewed again.
In other words, these candidates had no idea that they had been eliminated from the competition when they entered Four Seasons Villa, without exception.
I have good knowledge, I bought the questions, but I just worked hard on the false questions. When the time comes to see the paper, my mentality is shattered. How much can I show my strength?
Not to mention those who are not good at knowledge, they just expect false questions. When they see the real questions, their mentality will collapse.
Han You just explained all the details of the scientific examination. The problem is that the candidates don't know. It is conceivable that after midnight tomorrow, there will be mourning in every examination room.
There are more than 1,000 candidates from all disciplines in Beijing. Even if one or two out of ten candidates are abolished, it would be a huge scandal. The problem is that more than 300 candidates have been abolished now. Those 300-odd candidates have been put on hold. We are on the way to the villa. Even if we arrive at the villa one after another, will we have the energy to take the exam tomorrow?
Han You's move was not to shame the emperor, but to slap the faces of scholars all over the world.
Candidates represent the elite among scholars.
Han You seemed to want to reveal to the world the most unbearable, vulnerable, and least wanted side of these so-called elites.
"Qian Aiqing."
Boss Zhou's voice was a little hoarse, and the body sitting on the stone bench seemed to weigh a thousand pounds: "This imperial examination lasts for three days. How many candidates does Qian Aiqing think of these various examinations?"
Qian Ji looked thoughtful, but he was laughing wildly in his heart.
You are still on the list, your second uncle, just waiting to be embarrassed, hahahaha.
Qian Ji can't wait to be with Han You now. He has been around for so many years and has brought so many aristocratic families to disgrace. Putting it all together, Han You has not embarrassed the aristocratic families as much as Han You this time, not to mention how happy it is.
The other one was Lao Qian, who had not been stabbed. He was prepared to be deprived of his official position, but unexpectedly a big old man Huang Kaka came out and hacked Wushuang, and the Ministry of Rites didn't do anything.
"Master Qian." Wenwu reminded: "Your Majesty, I will ask you again, how many people will be on the list?"
"this…"
Qian Ji continued to immerse himself in thinking, feeling secretly happy.
The so-called "ranking" means passing the imperial examination.
Following the previous dynasty's imperial examination system, one hundred and fifty but less than two hundred people should be admitted.
In other words, among the more than 800 people, there are only 200 people who can participate in the palace examination.
Regardless of whether their results in the palace examination are good or bad, up to two hundred people can become officials, depending on whether they go to various provinces or stay in the capital.
This is what Boss Zhou is worried about now.
There must be a lot of people taking part in the palace examination. The problem is that there is a ratio.
Just like in the previous dynasty, there were 1,560 people participating in the palace examination, and at least 800 or 900 people had to accompany them.
It's like there are a hundred people in a class, and ten children who score 100 points on the exam are selected to receive small red flowers.
As a result, ten children got little red flowers. The problem is that they did not get 100 points in the exam, but because they completed the exam, which was only 50 or 60 points. The other 90 children all had the same test scores. number of digits.
If this happens, the so-called palace examination is a joke. The final result is not to select the most powerful elites among the candidates, but to select the trash who are not so useless from a group of trash.
Once this happens, the court will be talked about for the rest of its life.
An emperor and five ministers all looked at Lao Qian. Lao Qian still had a frown on his face and had to hold back his smile. In the end, he probably couldn't hold it back and the corners of his mouth turned up.
Sun Shouting frowned and asked, "Master Qian, why are you laughing?"
"Did I laugh?"
"Laughed."
"Wry smile." Old Qian was as happy as a sunflower: "Wry smile, wry smile. Your Majesty is worried that for some reason, this year's candidates always look like they are not up for the exam. Does Your Majesty know the clothes they just changed? , how many of them have made secret notes and inscriptions?"
"How many?"
"Captain Han said there are nearly two hundred people."
The sound of gasps came one after another. I don't know whether they were real gasps or just fake.
From this we can also see why it was so easy for Zhou Laoba to rebel. Even if he did not show up, the previous Dakang Dynasty was about to end. Such a big thing as the imperial examination was like child's play. Fraud was common. If you want to be an official, you can find connections. Just spend money.
If it was in the previous dynasty, that would be fine. In the new dynasty, these so-called aristocratic families thought they could take the exams as they wanted, just like the previous dynasties. It’s no wonder that Han You killed so many candidates before he finished chopping them with his three-axe. .
"That's all."
Boss Zhou shook his head: "Everyone, please go and have a rest. Let's see what happens tomorrow."
Lao Ba is also very tired. Whatever he says now is in vain, let’s just see what happens tomorrow.
