I can't die

The imperial examinations, generally from the lowest to the highest, are divided into Tongsheng Examination, Township Examination, General Examination, and Palace Examination.Both the children's birth examination and the rural examination are held by the localities, and scholars and candidates are selected, while the general examination and palace examination must come to the capital to participate.After passing the general examination, you will be a Gongshi. You will have to participate in the palace examination administered by the emperor himself. If you pass the examination, you will be called a Jinshi. The second class is a Jinshi, and the third class is a fellow Jinshi, all of whom are disciples of the Son of Heaven.

The Ming and Qing dynasties will take an examination held in the capital every three years. Because it is held in spring, it is also called Chunwei.The examination is also divided into three sessions, held on the ninth, [-]th and [-]th day of February respectively.Since the general examination is a higher-level examination, the number of examiners is double that of the rural examination.Officials such as chief examiner, peer examiner and promotion officer are all held by higher-ranking officials.The examiner is called the president, also known as the master or the master.And every spring when the imperial examination is held, the capital is always the busiest.

The imperial examination has always been presided over by the Ministry of Rites.This is Zai Chun's first talent selection since he ascended the throne, so he attaches great importance to it. He specially selected the emperor Jiao Youying as the examiner, and Shen Guifang, the servant of the Ministry of Rites, and Prince Chun Yizhen as the co-chair.For this reason, Zai Chun also specially added the title of Jiao Youying's Taifu, ranking in the first rank, to aggravate his status.The three behind them represent the major powers of the imperial court, and their official positions are not low in the imperial court. No one would dare to make a move under the influence of so many forces in the empress's military aircraft.

Whenever Zai Chun thinks of those time-traveling novels, when it comes to imperial examinations, there will always be some fraudulent incidents, so he has to be cautious. In addition to the three major examiners, he even called Liu Xiang, who was going to welcome his relatives in March, to be the supervisor. Errands, I am afraid that someone will make small moves.If someone dares to do this, he really doesn't mind bringing out the butcher's knife, and killing those who dare to break ground on Tai Sui's head.

In addition to special subjects in the imperial examination, the content of the Jinshi scientific examination is mainly Confucian classics.Zai Chun learned a lot of Confucian classics because of the rules of his ancestors, but after all, he came to the throne early and had to deal with government affairs, so he didn't spend much time on it, and he didn't care much about the meaning of the classics.But for this year's policy discussion, Zaichun, despite all the opinions, came up with a topic in person, and the topic was about Ryukyu.

Many examinees were dumbfounded when they saw this theory. Most of the candidates kept their eyes on the outside world and only read the books of sages. A line of notes is briefly added below, explaining the current situation in Ryukyu, so as to avoid most of the exams being smeared.

Even with Jiao Youying's annotations, many people still didn't get the point right, or couldn't fathom the holy meaning.Just like when you write something, if the central idea is not what the examiner wants to see, the score will definitely not be too high; like this policy theory, many people can answer that Japan is not polite, and the Qing Dynasty should be condemned. If you think about sending troops to help, it should be in line with Zaichun's intentions, and it can barely be higher; if you can think about how to send troops, and the pros and cons of sending troops at this time, then it is even more rare. Naturally, you can answer this level Yes, the ranking will definitely make people's eyes shine.

Jiao Youying, the chief examiner under his command, knows Zai Chun's temperament well, so in this test, intentionally or unintentionally, the weight of policy theory is increased a lot. , so I didn’t say anything about it. As for you, Prince Chun Yizhen?Can the Manchu School be compared with these great Confucians?I won't say much.

Therefore, when Zai Chun saw the results of the test, he roughly flipped through the answer sheets, and found that they were all the main ones, and he was even more happy in his heart.

"Who did Huiyuan order?"

"Zhao Liewen (with tampering)." Jiao Youying replied.

Isn't it Zhang Zhidong?Zai Chun felt curious: "Here's his article and have a look at it." At that moment, Jiao Youying called the people from the Ministry of Rites to pick it up.

After a while, when the papers arrived, Zai Chun didn't read other scriptures, but just took his theory and read them.But I saw Zhao Liewen wrote in his policy theory: Today's Qing Dynasty is no longer the Ming and Song Dynasties.The chaos of foreigners is all in sight, and the battle of other countries is not a confrontation between two armies. The form is complicated, no less than the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period.My Qing Dynasty should take the lessons of ancient history and learn from today's actions, so that there will be no recovery.

"It's interesting." Zaichun looked at it, and really admired it from the bottom of his heart. He was able to jump out of the Qing Dynasty and look at the problem from the perspective of the world. This vision is far beyond everyone's. Even what Zhang Zhidong said in his policy theory, In terms of structure, it is not as good as this person.Zaichun looked further down, but saw that Zhao Liewen used "Zonghengshu" in detail to describe how to link up with Britain and France, with the help of external forces, to benefit the Qing Dynasty. Even Zaichun, who had already had a general idea, felt that My eyes lit up.

But after hearing Jiao Youying's expression on Zai Chun's face, he said: "Although my follower of the Qing Dynasty admired Confucianism and followed ritual and music education, this person is well versed in the ways of political strategists, which is really rare in this world, and his talent is no less than that of Su Qin and Zhang Yi. Vertical and horizontal are what the imperial court needs right now. So I made an exception and appointed him as the head of the case."

This policy theory can be described as a slanted sword. If it is an ordinary and pedantic examiner who does not understand Zai Chun's thoughts, he will definitely not like it. He will even say that he is heretic, and he may not even have a chance to be listed.Jiao Youying was able to appoint him to be the club member, which shows that he has made great efforts.

"Teacher's move is very good. I also think that this person can be cultivated. If he becomes a famous teacher again, he may not be inferior to Li Shaoquan (Li Hongzhang). So follow the opportunity and ask Lin Ruzhou to write about the current affairs of the imperial examination, and tell him by the way, The opium business can begin."

Now that the world's literati are all in the capital, there is no better opportunity to publicize and expand the influence of the "Beijing News". Similarly, it should be good to start public opinion for the smoking ban policy at this time.The Lin family has been running the newspaper for so long, isn't it just waiting for such a day?

Jiao Youying nodded when he heard the words: "This way, the candidates can better understand the direction of the court. I think they can do better in policy theory when the palace examination is held. I wonder if the emperor's palace examination questions have been thought up?"

In the imperial examination, the emperor would write the questions himself, and in special circumstances, the Ministry of Rites would give them the questions.

"Isn't there something ready-made? Ask them to write "Anti-Smoking Policy". There is also this question, so there is no need to add reminders. If you are an official, you can't be a good official if you can't hear the wind and rain."

If a person who will be an official in the future doesn't even care about the direction of the court, his literary talent will be so brilliant that he may not be able to be reused.

"So, I understand."

The author has something to say: Tomorrow Wednesday will take a rest as usual