The eldest son of the red mansion

Then Sun Yan, the foreman of the Military Aircraft Department, should be next, but after all, he is Qin Keqing's father, the person left behind by Prince Yizhong, and I have not been completely assured of their side's service until now, so how can I let him be the chief examiner? position to expand their power?

Then there is Meng Ming, Minister of Military Aircraft and the head of the Hanlin Academy, but this person has disobeyed Jia Ke a few times recently, if it wasn't because of his age and the fact that he had done something to him before, he would have been dealt with a long time ago. , where can I entrust him with such a heavy burden now?

In the end, after much deliberation, Jia Ke felt that it would be more reassuring to let her own person be the examiner.

So every two days, news came out from the Prime Minister's Office that this time the examiner was Zhang Chaoxin, Minister of the Ministry of Industry.

It should be said that the person Jia Ke is most assured of is Fan Kang, but this Zhang Chaoxin is very capable of coming. During this period of time, he kept running to the Rongguo Mansion and won the favor of Jia Zheng. Jia Zheng mentioned this matter several times in front of Jia Ke. Well, it seems to Jia Ke that Zhang Chaoxin is one of his own. Since Jia Zheng recommended him, let him be the chief examiner.

And this time, Jia Ke already has a candidate for the deputy chief examiner of the examination, and that is his Kaimeng teacher Li Wenbin. Although this Mr. Li has won the Jinshi, but because he is too upright, he doesn't get along well with his colleagues. Now He is still a small official of the sixth grade in the Ministry of Rites.

When Jia Ke first came back, he wanted to promote this teacher many times, but he refused verbally.

But after Jia Ke imprisoned the emperor, the teacher did not refuse Jia Ke's promotion again. This time, Jia Ke appointed him as the deputy examiner of the examination, and he readily agreed.

And Jia Ke had often talked with this Mr. Li because of this matter, but Mr. Li said the following words to him.

"When you just became the foreman of the military aircraft, if you promoted me, people in the world would say that you hired a private person, and that I was flattered without virtue. Besides, at that time, you were so powerful and had such an unpleasant fight with the emperor. If you don't, you will be reprimanded."

"But it's different now. The world's major events have been decided. I'm going out to work for you now. That's going to the Ming Lord to make the world safe."

When Jia Ke heard what he said, his teeth felt sore. Others thought that Mr. Li was a square person, but after being with Mr. Li for a while, Jia Ke knew that Mr. Li was square on the outside and smooth on the inside. He is loyal to the king and the country, that is nonsense.

I'm afraid it was because his situation was not good a while ago, he couldn't judge who would win and who would lose, so he didn't dare to place a bet. Contributing to oneself can be regarded as taking a shortcut.

After this matter was announced, Zhang Chaoxin's mansion was surrounded by people from all walks of life.

All kinds of gifts came out one after another, which annoyed Zhang Chaoxin, so he thanked the guests behind closed doors.

It's not that Zhang Chaoxin doesn't want to accept the gift, but this is his first time as the chief examiner, and Jia Ke has just been in power and is watching closely, so he doesn't dare to be negligent in this matter.

So this time, Zhang Chaoxin can be regarded as the cleanest examiner in the past, and he didn't even charge a penny.

As for Li Wenbin, no one came to give gifts, because these candidates have already inquired clearly. This Li Wenbin is a gentleman of morality. You may still pass the exam if you don’t give him a gift. fall.

For some reason, this incident spread to the outside world, which made many scholars happy. Many people praised Zhang Chaoxin's character and Li Wenbin's integrity, and they all thought that this time he could show his strengths.By the way, it also improved Jia Ke's reputation among scholars. Anyway, he was able to choose two such officials as the chief examiner, which shows that he still prefers those poor scholars.

Five or six days before the test, Zhang Chaoxin and Li Wenbin had to visit Jia Ke.

It turned out that the emperor made the questions for every test, but this year the emperor had been imprisoned in the palace by Jia Ke, so there was no one who made the questions, so Zhang Chaoxin could only come to Jia Ke.

After meeting Jia Ke in the study, Zhang Chaoxin told Jia Ke the ins and outs, which stumped Jia Ke.

And Li Wenbin stood aside and looked at Jia Ke and just wanted to laugh. If others don’t know Jia Ke, because he has read some books anyway, it’s okay to ask a topic, but Li Wenbin knows that this Jia Ke used to read books. It's okay, but I don't know why it's getting worse and worse later.

When Jia Ke looked up and saw the smile on Li Wenbin's face, he knew what he meant.

"Mr. Li, you are my teacher, so please come up with a question for me." Jia Ke was throwing the blame.

Li Wenbin was taken aback for a moment when he heard this, and then quickly refused: "How can there be such a reason? With you, the prime minister, and Mr. Zhang, the chief examiner, how can there be any reason for me to write the question?"

After hearing this, Zhang Chaoxin stroked his beard and felt that he had to do his part. After all, he was also a Jinshi, so his qualifications were much stronger than Li Wenbin's.

Chapter 555

Jia Ke was really not good at seeing these things, so his teacher Li Wenbin declined, so he turned his attention to Zhang Chaoxin, which meant that Zhang Chaoxin was asked to write a question.

Zhang Chaoxin saw what Jia Ke meant, and then lowered his head in thought.

"My lord, do you have pen and ink?"

After hearing this, Jia Ke told Li Deshan next to him, "Prepare a pen, ink, paper and inkstone for Mr. Zhang."

After Li Deshan got the order, he immediately left the hall, and after a while, two young eunuchs came in carrying a small paper with pens, ink, paper and inkstones on it.

Zhang Chaoxin pleaded guilty to Jia Ke, and then came after the small table case.

Then I started thinking and writing on it, and after a while, I drew up this year's exam questions.

Zhang Chaoxin blew on the paper in front of him to make the ink dry faster, then stood up, came to Jia Ke, and handed the prepared test questions to Jia Ke with both hands.

Jia Ke took it over and watched it carefully. He was also very curious, wanting to see what the ancient imperial examinations were about. Although Jia Ke has been in the world of the Red Chamber for many years, he has never entered the examination room. So I'm really curious about what they test.

After Jia Ke read it carefully, she found it terrifying. Compared with the modern college entrance examination, this examination question is ten times more difficult and not worth it.

It turned out that the general examination was divided into three sessions: the first session examined the three principles of the "Four Books" and the four principles of the "Five Classics"; There are five strategies.Examination questions and answer themes mainly come from the "Four Books" and "Five Classics".The writing of the test paper is strictly stereotyped, and there must be no breakthroughs in the content of the answers and the format of the writing.

Jia Ke now feels that her scalp is tingling. Fortunately, when she traveled to the Red Chamber, she decided to seek promotion through military merit. If she had taken the imperial examination like Jia Zhu, she would still be a penniless bastard.

After reading the exam questions, Jia Ke said to Zhang Chaoxin who was standing below: "Is it too difficult?"

After hearing Jia Ke's words, Zhang Chaoxin laughed, "My lord, don't worry, this question is already easy. My lord doesn't know that the most difficult part of the imperial examination is not the Xiangsihe examination, but the Tongsheng examination."

"How do you say that?" Jia Ke was also a little curious after hearing this. According to Jia Ke's understanding, it should be the easiest to be a scholar, and the most difficult to be a Jinshi. How did you come to him? of.

"My lord, the county magistrate only decides the examination for scholar, so the county magistrate's likes and dislikes are very important. In addition, there are a large number of people who take the examination for scholar, and each county has a quota every year, so the competition is more intense than the examination for Jinshi. too much."

"Furthermore, there are three examinations for talents, which are the county examination, the government examination, and the courtyard examination. If there is any mistake in any of these three examinations, it will be rejected. Those who can still be selected after these three examinations are all human beings. The best of the best, so people have the saying of Jin Xiucai and Yin Juren."

After hearing this, Jia Ke understood a little bit. The ancients said that everything is inferior, and only those who study well can send their children to study if they have a little money. There are too few, which is why the competition for being a scholar is so fierce.

Jia Ke also nodded after hearing this. At this time, he understood that it is difficult to test for a scholar. Now he can't help but think of that Zeng Guofan. This Zeng Guofan can be regarded as talented, but he actually took the test for a scholar more than a dozen times. I just passed the exam.When it came to the exams for Juren and Jinshi, it was smooth sailing, which shows that the competition for the scholar exam is fierce.

"Let's do the exam questions like this. Don't reveal them when you go back. Send someone to pick them up from me on the day of the exam."

After Zhang Chaoxin and Li Wenbin finished listening, they clasped their hands together and said, "Understood."

Besides, the writing style in the capital is at its peak now, because candidates from all over the country come to the capital to prepare for the exam, so thousands of candidates make the capital noisy.

And if these juren are older and have some experience, those who are young and successful will start to speak freely.

During this time, Jia Ke kept receiving news from the two spies. It was these people who talked about government affairs in the restaurant, and criticized Jia Ke for being a living Cao Cao.

Jia Ke now understands Cao Cao's feelings back then. He was under the surveillance of these people, and he used a magnifying glass to take a closer look to see if he missed anything.

Jia Ke is still young and narrow-minded, so he ordered Wei Kun to memorize the names of these people. When the time comes, he will personally read the test papers of these people, but if he makes a little mistake, he will be demoted immediately.

Jia Ke wants them to remember who is the master in today's world?

And many candidates are still kept in the dark. They only know how to talk about it, but they don't know that their names have been recorded in Jia Ke's small notebook. This time the test may be more or less auspicious.

In the current capital, besides the mansions of Zhang Chaoxin and others, the most lively place is Jia Zheng's place in Rongguo Mansion.

Because everyone knows that Zhang Chaoxing's path is now blocked by Zhang Chaoxin himself, and Li Wenbin is a gentleman of morality, so Jia Zheng is the only one who can take the road.

As long as he got Jia Zheng's favor, if he said a few nice words in front of the prime minister, I'm afraid this subject would be asked.

And Jia Zheng also liked the feeling of being surrounded by the princes very much, so these days, he had a small banquet for three days and a big banquet for five days, chatting with these scholars was very enjoyable.