The Great Chu Empire lasted for three years after Chengshun and the tenth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty.

On March 9th, the Chu State Council released the test results. Naturally, some people were happy and some were worried.

As the second general examination of the Great Chu Empire, it was also the first time that more than 2,000 candidates participated in the examination at the same time. The competition was still very high.

Even though the Chu Empire had a shortage of officials and wanted to win over more scholars, it had a larger number of candidates, but it was impossible to admit everyone.

In this subject, the Chu Empire admitted a total of more than 400 people, with an overall admission ratio of six to one.

Among them, the Jinshi Department has the largest number of students admitted, with more than 280 people.

Secondly, there are 120 people admitted to the Legal Department.

Because there are relatively few scholars applying for the Gewu Department, the number of people admitted is not large, only 60.

However, from the perspective of enrollment ratio, the above three subjects are actually inversely proportional.

The admission rate for Jinshi subjects is the lowest and the competition is the most difficult.

Legal Affairs Department comes second.

The competition for the Gewu subject was the smallest, with only 120 people applying, and 60 people were admitted, with an overall admission ratio of two to one.

The scholars admitted above took part in the palace examination collectively three days later.

Just like the palace examinations in traditional dynasties, as long as you don't perform too poorly in the palace examinations, you will generally not be defeated. The more important thing is to rank last.

The ranking in the imperial examination is very important, because it directly affects whether one is a Jinshi or a Jinshi, or whether one is born with the same Jinshi, which directly affects subsequent job arrangements.

According to the news previously reported, the top scorers in each subject will be awarded grades from the sixth grade, and others will also be awarded the seventh grade.

This set of things still imitates the traditional imperial examination system.

Although Luo Zhixue has reformed the imperial examination system and is preparing to carry out more vigorous reforms, he will not undergo a major operation at the beginning, but will take his time.

For example, in his heart, he doesn’t actually want talents from the Jinshi Department, but wants professional talents from the Gewu Department, the Legal Affairs Bureau, etc., but there are not so many people to choose for him.

Scholars these days all read the Four Books and Five Classics. If you want to select truly useful talents from these people, you still need time to gradually promote Gewu Ke, rather than being able to select a large number of Gewu Ke talents in one step.<

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Even the talents admitted to Gewu Keli this time are not very good in terms of science level, and are not even as good as those students at the Royal Institute of Technology.

After all, these people were actually traditional scholars in the past. At most, they were interested in arithmetic and the like, but their serious study of the classics only happened in the past six months or even a few months.

The level of many people is really not that good, but the reason why we still admit them, and even plan to reuse them, is to send a very obvious signal to the outside world: the country attaches great importance to the study of things, so you scholars should not ponder the Four Books and Five Classics all day long.

It’s time to focus on the Gewu Science.

The imperial examination was also quite satisfactory. Luo Zhixue personally served as the examiner, and he did not come up with any too weird questions. Even the questions for the three majors were of the same nature, mainly policy theory and historical theory.

After all, this is a palace examination, and the test is no longer about basic skills, but more about vision and ideas. In addition, it is inevitable to take a look at appearance.

The number one pick must not be chosen by an ugly guy. Not to mention a handsome man, you have to choose someone who is pleasing to the eye.

Therefore, there is a huge difference between the palace examination, the national examination and the provincial examination.

After all, the Provincial Examination and the General Examination test students’ basic skills, such as the eight-legged essay that is highly valued in the Jinshi Department. This stuff actually requires the logical thinking ability of the candidates. Without some logical thinking ability, you can’t even pass the questions...<

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Because the questions are all cross-section questions, ordinary people will be confused after reading them!

The essay based on interception questions is to understand the sentences composed of a few words randomly selected by the examiner, and it must be meaningful, and it must also match the words of the saints, etc.

To put it bluntly, even if the examiner points to a piece of dog shit, the candidate must describe the shit as the shit of a saint, and the logic must be clear and meaningful.

When people read your article, even if they know in their hearts that it is the shit of a dog, they still have to hold their noses and say: You are right, this is the shit of a saint!

This kind of perverted cross-section question will be used as a Chinese language question in later generations. Most of the candidates will be stunned when they read it. They can't even solve the question, let alone say something meaningful. It's serious.

This is a nonsense article.

Not to mention the legal affairs subject and the forensic science subject. The examination questions for these two subjects are actually similar to those for the Jinshi subject. They also have the substance of writing articles, but they are still cut-and-dried questions.

It’s just that there are law-related and science-related questions that occupy a large proportion in the back, and the score ratio is more important, and the questions are simpler than those in Jinshi subjects.

At the same time, in fact, there are also relevant legal questions and questions on the subject of research in Jinshi, but the questions are relatively simple and the score weighting is relatively low.

Generally speaking, although the imperial examination held by the Great Chu Empire was divided into three subjects, the three subjects had to test topics such as classics, contemporary literature, law, and mathematics at the same time. It was just that the proportion of questions in each subject was different.

As a new scholar in Gewu Science, Sun Qinian breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the title.

He thought that the questions in their Gewu subject would be all kinds of science questions that would drive people crazy and make them want to remove their hair. Unexpectedly, they would be serious article topics, and many of them would be based on facts.
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There are five strategic essay questions, and candidates can choose any one to answer.

There are five historical essay questions, and candidates can choose any one to answer.

For example, the first policy theory has a rather ambitious topic, discussing taxation issues. The title is: 'If the country uses enough money without increasing taxes, the harm will be greater than adding taxes'

The second topic of the policy discussion is closely related to what is happening: "There is a new loom in Han Dynasty, which can produce cloth many times as fine as homespun cloth. People say, 'The new loom cuts off the road of farmers and cannot be left behind.'"

, discuss the pros and cons in detail, and try out two strategies.

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The third way of policy discussion: Zhou Li talks about agricultural affairs in the most detail, and various scholars have the knowledge of farming. In recent times, when the Imperial Academy studies agriculture, it mostly uses personnel to change the climate. The key points are land, capital, and labor, and those who can make good use of these three

It means practical knowledge. Nowadays, the academic system has been revised and classified as a junior college, hoping to preserve the legacy of essential skills and try out strategies for teaching farmers.

There is also historical theory. The title of the first historical theory is: "Xia, Shaokang was forty years old, and he traveled to Zhongxing with a one-tenth-one journey"

The second historical theory: ‘Zhuge Liang did not intend to promote Shang Dynasty but used his skills, while Wang Anshi used the actual intention of promoting Shang Dynasty but concealed his name and theory’

These questions are actually very large and cover a very broad scope. If you have to answer them all, you will have to be knowledgeable about the past and present, and you will also have to have a very in-depth understanding of some things that scholars usually do not pay attention to, such as

Industry, economy, etc.

The background of the second topic of the policy discussion is the contradiction and conflict between modern industry and traditional handicraft industry.

The second question of the historical essay asks candidates to evaluate the rule of law and the rule of virtue.

Sun Qinian scanned the questions briefly. He was not sure about the other questions in the policy discussion because he didn't know enough about many things. Since he didn't understand, he couldn't write blindly, and it was easy to go in the wrong direction.

In the end, he chose the topic of looms, because his hometown is Suzhou, and there are quite a lot of weavers in Suzhou. Even wealthy gentry purchased a large number of looms and hired weavers to weave cloth. He could imagine what would happen if

If this new type of loom appears in Suzhou, I am afraid that countless weavers who are still using traditional looms will fall into a dilemma in life.

As for historical theory, I chose the big topic of evaluating the rule of law and the rule of virtue. This kind of topic is relatively broad and it is easy to say something meaningful. Even if you can't get a high score, there is still no big problem in keeping it safe.

At the end of the day, Sun Qinian wrote two articles and handed them in.

As for the release time for the imperial examination, it will be tomorrow.

In fact, starting from the afternoon of that day, a team of examiners composed of a group of senior officials had already started grading papers. However, it was a pity that Mr. Zhang Zijin, the examiner of the Gewu Department, was also a member of the examiner team and was qualified to participate in the evaluation.

However, after the previous examination, when he reported on the examination work in front of the imperial court, he fainted on the spot.

Later, I went to see the imperial doctor and took various medicines to reduce the fever. Although the person had woken up, he still had to rest in bed.

As for the subsequent examination of the Gewu subject, let others take care of it first.

When Zhang Zijin heard this, he became anxious... He struggled with a high fever of at least 39.5 degrees on the spot, shouting that I could still continue to work...

Damn it, I finally managed to find an examiner to serve as an examiner. I only did the first half, and the most important second half has not yet been done. From now on, will the students who he admits to the Gewu Department think of themselves?

Become a seat master?

But Luo Zhixue is not willing to let his ministers tire themselves to death... What would happen if this were spread?

So Luo Zhixue personally made a decree to let Zhang Zijin have a good rest. When he heard that Zhang Zijin had not had a rest for more than a year, he added that he must rest for at least half a month and not be allowed to come back to work within half a month.

Only then did Zhang Zijin cry and be sent home...

According to unknown gossip, on the way home, Zhang Zijin muttered from time to time: My students, my connections...

Zhang Zijin felt that he had worked so hard for several months, but it was all in vain, and he still made a wedding dress for others in vain, so he felt as aggrieved as he wanted.

Therefore, the grading work in the palace examination has nothing to do with Zhang Zijin. He was replaced by the deputy director of the Education Department of the Ministry of Ethnic Education.

When grading, because the candidates' answers are very subjective articles and are not questions with standard answers, each examiner may feel that they will give different scores after reading them.

In order to be as fair as possible, each examination paper will be scored separately by ten examiners, and then the highest score will be removed, and then the lowest score will be removed. The remaining eight scores will be averaged to form the final score of the examination paper.

The sum of the scores for policy theory and historical theory is the final score for this imperial examination.

Then, except for the top 20 students with total scores in each subject, the rest are ranked according to their scores, and they are the top three.

As for the top twenty in each subject, three people from the top ten are selected as the first-class students, namely the number one scholar, the second-best student, and the third-highest student. The remaining seven people plus the eleventh to twentieth are selected as the second-class students.

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The next day, when the results of the palace examination were released, Sun Qinian, who was already considered a new scholar, arrived early with several friends who had also won the exam, waiting for the results to be released.

When officials from the Ministry of Ethnic Education took the big red list and started posting it, the crowd suddenly started to commotion, and from time to time someone shouted: "Second Class A, haha, top 23 in the Jinshi Department."

"I am the top thirty-sixth, parents, have you seen it? I passed the exam, I passed the exam..."

After Sun Qinian squeezed into the crowd, he immediately found his name on the red list!

His name is ranked third among Gewu Ke on the big red list!

Exploring flowers in Gewu Ke, Sun Qinian!

Even if you have already passed the entrance examination, you know that your performance in the palace examination is only used to distinguish your ranking. As long as you are not unlucky, you will not fail.

But the moment he saw his name on the red list, Sun Qinian's tears still flowed down and he couldn't stop it!
Chapter completed!