Ming Dynasty: At the beginning of the game, Lao Zhu resigned and retired.

In the "public examination" of the Ming Dynasty, although Mr. Hu borrowed many rules from the public examination in his previous life, there were still differences after all.

First of all, if nothing else, the quality of students in this era is far from the crowded appearance of later generations.

These days, in some remote counties, it is really impossible to produce a Jinshi for decades!

Even if you are a scholar or a scholar, if you are full of pits and valleys, you may accumulate less than one hundred in decades.

In other words, the total number of scholars in the entire Ming Dynasty may be less than 100,000.

In later generations, when a nationwide public examination was held, the number of applicants was more than ten times greater than here.

The more people apply, the more competition there will be, and at the same time, there will be more choices for recruiting units.

But now?

Thousands of people apply for the exam, and then hundreds of people pass the exam in one round, which is basically a level of one out of ten.

But even so, it still frightened all the students.

But in fact, most of these people will be admitted if the interview is not too crotch-inducing.

After all, there are a lot of positions released this time. According to Mr. Hu's arrangement, the number of finalists will only be increased by 50%.

In other words, two out of three people will pass the exam.

But... who would be happy to be the one who fails the exam?

Therefore, those who deserve to fight will naturally have to fight.

No, the candidates who are thinking carefully, whether it is their own thinking or the advice of their relatives and friends, the Ministry of Rites and others will kill them anyway.

In fact, Mr. Hu's name has long been famous among the candidates.

By chance, the scene where the Minister of Rites became bald happened.

Good guys, three people are applying for the Ministry of Etiquette?

Even if they were all hired, it wouldn't be enough!

What to do?

Just when the Ministry of Rites had a headache, Zhu Yuanzhang was looking through the transcribed examination papers in the palace.

He didn't just look at a certain yamen, he asked Song Li to randomly select it.

They were available in every yamen office, and there were even test papers for failed candidates, so he asked Song Li to get them.

Song Li was also considerate and very clever in helping Zhu Yuanzhang bring back the answer.

After Zhu Yuanzhang looked through the two test papers, he looked at the answers at hand, which were the grading standards, and couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction.

"Wei Yong's method is really good!"

"Look, the rules were set out in advance, and they were clearly placed there one after another!"

"If you do something right, you will get a few more points. If you do something wrong, you will lose a few points. In the end, you will judge the hero based on the score. Well, good!"

Song Li listened to Zhu Yuanzhang's sigh without any expression on his face, but in his heart he couldn't help but admire the power of Mr. Hu.

Not everyone can make Zhu Yuanzhang say a few words from time to time and then sigh.

But what about Mr. Hu, how many times has this happened?

The more Zhu Yuanzhang saw this "standard answer", the happier he felt.

In previous years, he had often worried about fraud cases during the imperial examination.

Not to mention those who missed the questions, just judging the papers involves too many troubles.

So what if the name is obscured?

If you are familiar with the habits of choosing words, sentences, and writing, you can tell who is who at a glance.

The most important thing is that the examiner, especially the chief examiner, makes the final decision.

There are no specific standards, it’s just “I’m thinking” from beginning to end!

The key is that you can’t say he’s wrong yet!

What kind of fraud, what kind of cover-up for students or disciples, this is called discerning by the examiner.

The key is that even if you find out the connection between them, the examiner can still explain clearly with the test paper.

After all, anyone who can reach the stage of imperial examination is more or less capable.

You can't say clearly that this article is worse than whose article it is. They are all different, as if the public is right and the mother-in-law is right.

This situation had annoyed Zhu Yuanzhang in the past.

But now it’s better!

Weiyong’s method is so good!

Set the standards in advance so that right and wrong are clear at a glance.

Zhu Yuanzhang himself tried to pick up the answer sheets of two candidates from different yamen and try to judge them according to the grading standards.

It turns out that as a "novice" like me, after comparing the scores, the scores I got were almost exactly the same as the original scores?

The difference is basically a slight difference in the writing style and handwriting.

But this result made Zhu Yuanzhang very satisfied.

A novice like him who has never read the papers can come to the same conclusion as a veteran, which proves that manpower can be temporarily allocated to mark the papers when the time comes.

With just such a method, it was a little more successful. How could this not make Zhu Yuanzhang happy?

After taking another look at the marking standards and candidate test papers in his hand, Zhu Yuanzhang asked with unfinished meaning.

"Song Li, how is the situation that Weiyong was responsible for done now?"

Song Li was very concerned about Mr. Hu's affairs.

It's okay if he doesn't care. Zhu Yuanzhang would think about Mr. Hu from time to time, and then he would ask him again and again if he couldn't answer.

But if the old man can't answer, he will be in trouble!

Therefore, even though he was always in the palace and serving Zhu Yuanzhang on weekdays, his news channels were always paying attention to Mr. Hu.

Just because at times like this, he could answer immediately.

"Back to your lord, today is the day set by Mr. Hu for the interview. Logically speaking, he should be at the interview site right now!"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded understandingly upon hearing this.

Today is the interview!

Zhu Yuanzhang was actually a little curious about this interview, but also a little dissatisfied.

He was a little confused as to why this interview was going on.

Doesn't this give people an opportunity to cheat?

After all, the two parties have already met, and in all likelihood, they still need to announce their names. So if they meet someone they know, how much face should they give?

This made Zhu Yuanzhang a little unhappy!

He thought for a while, then flipped through the memorial on the imperial case, and thought about it for a while.

"In this case, you first arrange for someone to run quickly and find out where Weiyong is attending the interview today!"

"Let's go out and take a look later!"

"Let's take a look first. Weiyong has done so well in the written examination to our satisfaction, what will the interview be like!"

"It just so happens that we haven't seen this thing before. No, it's time to go and see it!"

Upon hearing this, Song Li quickly arranged for the young eunuch to run out of the palace.

Not long after, the young eunuch hurried over to report and found out the whereabouts of Mr. Hu.

Today, Mr. Hu is in charge of the Ministry of Rites!

Upon hearing the news, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't hesitate at all. He didn't even change his clothes, and walked outside wearing the Gun dragon robe he was wearing.

Obviously, Zhu Yuanzhang was really curious about that interview!