[Red House] Ban'er's Road to Imperial Examination

In fact, despite the fact that the questions this time are so difficult, and the conservatives plan to use this as an opportunity to attack Xia Zizhou and take the opportunity to suppress the reformists, but in fact, the proportion of mathematics in this imperial examination field has suddenly increased. What effect does it have on the test results.

The reason is very simple. The current imperial examinations have implemented a scoring system, just like Wang Yue's modern examinations.

There are three exams in the township examination, and each exam is [-] points. In the third exam, excluding the stereotyped essays and the official document writing, which is somewhat unfair but accounts for a relatively low score, the calculation questions accounted for [-]%. very.

Except for candidates like Wang Yue who are very superior in mathematics, many candidates are at the same level as students in school. Their average score for these [-]-point questions is [-] points.

That is to say, they can basically answer the first few basic questions. As for the later difficulties, they are difficult, but everyone can't, so it doesn't matter.

Since, except for a very few candidates, everyone can only get about 15 points, so whether it is difficult to calculate or not, it will not affect them at all.

As for those who can’t even get the most basic 15 points, after the court put forward the idea of ​​emphasizing mathematics several times, they didn’t even read the rare works on mathematics such as Jiuzhangshu, which shows that they really don’t work hard. Even if it is eliminated, it should be.

Of course, this is common sense, and there are always unreasonable things happening.

There are always some candidates with a bad mentality who find that there are so many math problems in the examination room that they have no way to solve. Let alone answering the questions, they have no idea at all when they see these questions.

When encountering this kind of problem, they don't think that other people may not know these topics, but just feel that they are finished and the exam is over.

During the three days of the exam, they basically spent their minds wandering. Their spirits were hit so badly that their mentality collapsed. The stereotyped essays that should have been within their ability were written full of nonsense and illogical. so as to get a low score.

After leaving the examination room, I don't know how many people were lucky that this arithmetic problem was in the last exam, otherwise, the first two exams would have been a complete failure.

And when their mentality breaks down, not to mention the messy stereotyped essays that they usually come at hand, even the basic arithmetic points that can be easily won, I am afraid that they will not get much. As for official document writing, I am afraid it will be difficult.

In this way, if you have a good mentality in this exam, you can get at least [-] to [-] points, while those with a bad mentality may only get [-] to [-] points, or even single digits.

Thousands of candidates participated in the provincial examination, but only 100 were admitted. Although the imperial court stipulated that in addition to the main list, a sub-list could be set up. For every five candidates admitted in the main list, one person could be admitted in the sub-list.

And those who are on the main list can participate in the general examination next spring, while those on the sub-list can enter the Imperial College to study.

However, even if the imperial court has such a loose policy, there are only 120 people who can make it to the list. Compared with the thousands of people, it can be said to be one in ten. Compared with the modern college entrance examination, thousands of troops have passed The single-plank bridge is no exception.

In the college entrance examination, one point difference may be the difference between a first-tier university and a second-tier university, and the difference between a key university and an ordinary university. In the rural examination, one point may also be the difference between being on the list and not being listed.

Candidates who were expected to be on the list waited until the results came out to find that they had failed in the exam, while those who were usually at the same level as themselves were able to pass the exam. How could they not be angry?

They were originally in a bad state of mind, and when they encountered this kind of problem, they even shifted their responsibility to the exam questions, thinking that it was because the exam questions were too difficult that they failed miserably.

As soon as they heard that there were people joining forces and wanting to unite with the candidates to protest, in order to force the imperial court to revise the test questions and retake the test, these people rushed in anger and went directly to the pirate ship regardless of the consequences.

On the other hand, there are some candidates who are well aware of their own level, knowing that their talents are limited in this life, and they have almost no hope of passing the rural examination.

However, the rural examination is a watershed for scholars. I have only heard of poor scholars, but never heard of people who are poor. It can be seen that the difference between the fame and fame is one level and one level.

Not to mention that after becoming a Juren, you can have a hundred acres of tax-free land under your name. Whether it is the remaining land or someone else, if the whole family invests, it will be a lot of income.

Moreover, every year in the county examination, government examination, college examination and township examination, all candidates who take part in the examination must have Juren as a guarantor, which is another large income.

As long as these two things are enough for the family to have enough food and clothing.

The biggest difference is that Juren can be an official.

Of course, it is reasonable to say that scholars can actually enter the officialdom, but they are just low-level officials. If they manage well and find a lucrative position, they can also make a lot of money. However, in terms of social status, they are relatively inferior. Words are indeed very different.

As for raising someone to enter the officialdom, if you are willing to spend money and have connections, you may be lucky and get a county magistrate. Being an official is very different.

Scholars are at most respected by ordinary people, and the government may look at them differently, but they will not be too different from ordinary people.

But juren is different, let’s not say that juren does not need to kneel when he meets an official, but if a juren commits a crime, the government, even with definite evidence, cannot directly punish him, but needs to notify the local superintendent. Only when Juren's reputation is exempted can he be punished.

Juren is a great amulet for scholars born in poor families. It is the only way to rise from the commoner class to the rank of gentry.

For every student, it may be their dream to become a Jinshi, but after really experiencing the imperial examination for a long time, they will find that the Jinshi is too far away from them, and the Juren is closer to them.

However, there are always some people who are self-aware, and may have fantasies at the beginning, but after three years, the courage of those young and frivolous will always be worn away. At this time, they have to admit the facts and start planning for themselves.

But most of these people are very rational. When they hear about the serial candidates going to protest against the Communist Party, they would rather spend their lives as low-level officials with no future, than listen to nonsense and fight for their own future.

Most of these people have reached their thirties, but they are not as easy to deceive as young people. What are you kidding, the court is so aggressive?

Leaving aside the fact that there was no fraud or bribery involved in this provincial examination, the questions are difficult, but the imperial court reiterated the importance of mathematics over and over again. In the past two years, in finance, civil affairs and other official positions related to mathematics, the mastery of mathematics and Whether it is an important criterion for promotion, even if some people are dissatisfied with the difficulty of the examiner's questions, the examiner's actions are all in compliance with the imperial government's decree. From this point of view, the examiner's behavior is not wrong. If the candidates protest, their behavior It doesn't make sense in itself.

In this case, the imperial court has no reason to yield at all.

What's more, the current imperial court is not the previous court. The lessons learned from the previous court should make the emperor and all the officials in the court adopt a firm attitude and never give in.

If the court's attitude is tough, it will definitely be to track down the collaborators. Who knows if powerless people like them will be pushed out as scapegoats?

If there is a little carelessness, let alone the future is hopeless, even the little life may not be saved.

Those with a little bit of brains, after a little thought, must immediately choose to stay behind closed doors, and absolutely don't want to be involved in this turmoil.

If there are people with brains, there are naturally people who have illusions and always feel that they can take advantage of it.

In addition to those impulsive characters who believe everything after a few words of encouragement, there are at least one or two hundred people of these types. Such a group of people gathered on the street must be eye-catching.

But in the capital, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, let alone hundreds of people, only dozens of people gathered together, which would definitely attract the attention of the patrolling yamen in charge of public security in the capital immediately.

This is the capital city, if a brick is thrown down at random, five out of ten are relatives of the emperor, four are high-ranking officials and wealthy businessmen, and only the last one is a commoner. Which nobleman, the people who patrol the yamen are afraid that they can't afford to walk around.

So in the capital, even if you can see people who don't have long eyes and make trouble, it won't last long before being stopped.

But today, these hundreds of people gathered together, gathered so blatantly on the street, and saw their aura as if they were coming from bad people, but the patrol yamen, which has always come very timely, has not arrived, which makes people feel I was taken aback.

As soon as these people appeared on the street, they immediately attracted the attention of the people in the capital. They showed their usual characteristics of joining in the fun, and immediately gathered around these hundreds of people, pointing fingers, hoping to watch a big commotion. Time to give yourself something to talk about.

But soon, the common people in the capital love to talk about the characteristics of politics, and their acumen honed by witnessing all kinds of big and small events in the capital and the ups and downs of the officials' families in the court told them that this matter is not easy.

This matter is not something they can watch.

So soon, people who joined the fun on the street found an excuse to go home, and those who were stupid and couldn't see it were all pulled back by their relatives and friends. Hundreds of people felt a little desolate in an instant.

And these gathered scholars don't care about the opinions of those ignorant common people, they have a kind of momentum that everyone will do what they want, and many scholars even have a feeling of dedicating themselves to morality and justice, and for a while It actually made them completely throw away the little fear left in their hearts.

The whole team was lonely and silent. They walked quickly and went straight to the place where the Luming Banquet was held today.

The Luming Banquet is usually held on the second day after the list is released. In addition to the current examiners and candidates who are on the list, the candidates from the previous session will also be invited to participate.

Except for those who couldn’t make the trip because of facts, the previous juren basically all came, plus this year’s new juren and examiners, as well as the maids and servants who came to serve, all scattered and added up. Anyway, there are two to three hundred people, so the place where the Luming Banquet is held must be large enough.

After choosing and choosing, they finally settled in a well-known private garden. The owner of this garden is a wealthy businessman. Hearing that the place for the Luming Banquet has not been decided yet, he immediately donated his place. He also provided food and drinks for the Luming Banquet at his own expense, and even the maids and chefs who served in the garden were provided by him. Naturally, this kind of hospitality cannot be refused.

Early in the morning, the garden was busy getting ready. Just after lunch, the guests arrived one after another. At half past time, the examiners also arrived.

However, the Luming Banquet did not start immediately, everyone first went to the garden to play, drink a little wine and write poems, but it was also an elegant thing.

As Xie Yuan, Wang Yue was supposed to be very popular, but he only felt that his poems had no aura, and he also knew that many people wanted to take this opportunity to become famous, so they didn't want to stay and compete with others. I took a chance and slipped away with Jun Bowen and Zhou Runxin.

However, Wang Yue noticed that the atmosphere today was quite strange, and there were several people who were not present at the Luming Banquet for no reason. Without these few people, it was as if their absence did not exist at all.

Of course, Wang Yue wasn't the only one who noticed something was wrong, but everyone was a smart person, and they saw that something was wrong on the field today, but they didn't say a word.

As for the wine that was supposed to be drunk, everyone held the wine glass in their hands this time, and casually touched their lips without drinking it at all, and no one objected to this move.

Wang Yue secretly observed it from the side, and was speechless. She was also surprised by everyone's acting skills. They pretended so much that if they entered the show business circle in modern times, they would all be called old-timers.

"What do you think is going on today? Could it be related to that incident?" The three of them found a secluded place, and Jun Bowen couldn't help but yelled first.

"Shut up, be careful that walls have ears."

Jun Bowen curled his lips impatiently, but he didn't say anything else. Wang Yue saw a pavilion over there, and said to the two of them, "Let's sit there and open the windows when the time comes. , but not afraid of people listening."

The two felt that it was reasonable, so they went to the pavilion to sit down together, opened the window, and Jun Bowen asked mysteriously: "Have you heard any news these days?"

Zhou Runxin subconsciously glanced at the outside of the pavilion. Seeing no one, he said in relief, "I've heard it, but I wish I hadn't heard of this kind of thing. How dare I inquire about it? That's why I know something. Probably, but I don’t know exactly how.”

Wang Yue recounted the matter of Bai Yuan looking for him that day, both Jun Bowen and Zhou Runxin agreed with his choice: "Don't meddle in this kind of thing lightly, if we don't have that ability, don't take it lightly, otherwise how can we Those who die don't know!"

"This kind of thing can be seen at a glance as a dispute between political factions in the court. Not to mention that we have not stepped into the court, it is unwise to choose a faction first, not to mention that getting involved in this kind of thing will be torn apart. Not only is it difficult for me To survive, but also to involve the family, if you are not sure, it is better not to take it."

"Naturally," Wang Yue took their worries seriously: "You guys know me, and I don't have any backing, and I'm afraid we won't get along with Jia Wang's family soon, so I don't have the guts to meddle in such a thing. "

"It's right not to meddle. I think most people today choose to sit on the sidelines. Besides, that person Bai Yuan has never seen a rabbit or a hawk. He is profitable. Naturally, he is actively working on this matter, but for you But it may not be beneficial, maybe he will be sold by him if he is careless, dealing with this kind of person is tantamount to seeking skin from a tiger, it is better not to get involved easily."

"No, but I don't think Mrs. Xia is stupid. I'm afraid I've seen something wrong a long time ago, but now he still looks confident. He may have prepared for it long ago. I'm afraid those people will never return."

Thinking of those people who were all candidates, some of them might still know each other, and they had talked to them before, but now they have to watch them step into the fire pit. My brain, I didn't think carefully about the hardships and dangers, and I hated those people who fanned the flames. For their own selfishness, they didn't care about the future and fate of those people, and only thought about themselves.

And I can't help but be terrified by the methods of those big bosses, it is impossible to say that small people like them will be reduced to the level of pawns one day, being played and applauded by others, step by step towards dangerous roads without knowing it.

The three of them were sighing to themselves, when they saw a little girl who didn't keep her head running over in a hurry, when they saw him, the three of them quickly turned around, went around to the pavilion, and said, "Three masters, Master Xia asked all candidates to go to the hall?"

"Oh? But the banquet has started?"

Zhou Runxin asked, and looked up at the sky, but he was surprised to see that it was still early.

When the little girl heard their question, she was a little flustered. Although her heart tightened, she hurriedly asked, "What? Could something have happened?"

The little girl didn't get the order not to allow them to speak out, but seeing the three of them asking urgently, she paused and told the whole truth: "It is said that there is trouble ahead, and many young masters who are studying have gathered together. , blocked at the gate of the garden, refused to leave, said that he had to ask some examiner to go out to change the questions and retake the exam, it was noisy, and he didn't know what was going on, so the person in charge asked Master Xia how to deal with it, and Master Xia said that everyone should be invited first. Let’s talk about it in the past, so the slaves were sent to invite the masters to go over.”

After hearing this, the three of them looked at each other, and they all had the feeling that it was true. At this moment, the three of them wanted to go and see the fun, but they were afraid of getting into trouble, so they didn't want to go, so they hesitated for a while.

Seeing that they would not leave, the little girl urged them again, and the three of them knew that this matter could not be escaped, and if the examiner saw them, the three of them did not come, and the anger was directed at them for no reason, it was not for nothing to cause trouble .

So after thinking for a while, the three of them followed the little girl to the hall.

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