Back To The Beginning Of Ming To Do Charity

The first scientific examination of the new Dynasty, the examination room is different from the previous ones. In the past, in order to prevent cheating, there was a small room for one person. Even for a few days of the test, eating and drinking were all in this small cubicle, and he had to report to the examiner before someone took him. Going to the hut, if someone's exam room is close to the hut, it goes without saying that it smells bad.

If it rains, some areas in disrepair will still leak.

Some candidates are old, and they might lose half of their lives when they leave the examination room.

In the past, there were people who died directly in the examination room.

At this time, the weather has cooled down and it is winter, but it has not snowed yet.

Lin Yuan asked someone to light a brazier in the examination room, and servants would clean it every day. The hut was not built in the examination room, and a wooden door was installed to isolate the smell.

Every noon, there are servants who bring in meals, which are all uniformly prepared food, two steamed buns, and a plate of stewed vegetables, which contain meat and vegetables.

But because of this, Song Shizhao and the others kept their secrecy even tighter.

In the past, an article was written for three days, and the candidates were not allowed to go out to prevent them from cheating and exchanging the beginning and the end.

Now there is no such worry.

Because there is only one exam a day, and only one article a day.

Although candidates are not allowed to go out at night, the examination room will provide quilts and supper, and the supper is simple, only steamed buns and fermented bean curd.

Candidates raise their hands when they are hungry, and don’t eat if they are not hungry. It depends on how you choose.

But this year I didn't take the math test, I only took the people's livelihood test, and they were all essays.

The first test is "merchant".

There are only these two words, how to answer depends on the examinee's own perspective.

Everyone sees things from different angles and answers differently. Maybe there are actually suggestions that can be implemented.

Lin Yuan even picked up some to watch.

Because it is a vaguely named file, and the font is uniformly required, unless someone is particularly familiar with it, it is absolutely impossible to resist whoever it is.

Lin Yuan turned a little bit, feeling a little disappointed.

Most of them are clichés, some praise him, and some say that businessmen pursue profit, which is not beneficial to the country and harmful to the people.

Very few are truly knowledgeable.

Lin Yuan turned to the middle, scanned a few lines, and then stopped to take a closer look.

This candidate's perspective is different from others. He saw the "economy" from the "merchant" and from the local "economy" to the national "economy".

He didn't express much, but he was very clear and organized.

First, the benefits that merchants are valued are listed.

Then there are the disadvantages.

Finally, based on these reasons, he expressed in which areas merchants should be restricted without hindering economic growth.

Lin Yuan saw what he meant.

Although it is still immature and there is no systematic theory, what he mentioned is indeed the basic national macro-control.

Lin Yuan called both Song Shizhao and Song Lian.

"Look at this one." Lin Yuan handed the test paper to Erliang, and Erliang handed it to Song Shizhao and the others.

After Song Shizhao and Song Lian circulated it, they had different expressions on their faces.

"This examinee must be from a noble family." Song Lian said firmly.

Lin Yuan asked him, "Why do you see that?"

Song Lian: "The handwriting is strong and neat, and the handwriting is like watching people. It is a school of its own. It is free and easy without losing its edge. It must be practiced handwriting since childhood."

The time for children from ordinary families to practice calligraphy is definitely not as good as that of children from aristocratic families.

After all, the teacher in a private school is very good, and it is impossible to teach him personally.

At this time, people think that the characters of human and human are integrated, and a person with a good character cannot be bad.

In the same way, there are also people born from the heart, such as Chu Lin, because he is good-looking, everyone thinks that he cannot be a bad person.

Lin Yuan sometimes felt that these people were scheming.

Sometimes I think they are naive.

At least most people are.

"Let him be a detective." Lin Yuan said.

Song Shizhao and the others certainly couldn't refuse the emperor's appointment.

And they also know that this time the scientific examination, the number one scholar will definitely not come out of the aristocratic family.

It's not even likely to be poor.

It is very likely that they were born in ordinary people or farming and studying families.

Only in this way, ordinary people will feel that fame is very close to them.

Only then will it inspire more people from non-family backgrounds to study.

Most of the people are like this, they can see the benefits, as long as there are benefits, they are willing to do it.

Lin Yuan thinks such people are very cute.

If the people are really satisfied with the status quo and have no desires or demands, then he will really have a headache.

I just don't know, will this son of a noble family who became Tanhua feel honored or humiliated?

Maybe it's hard to tell?

The second round of examination is "household registration".

Candidates' articles focus on female households.

Some people think that women’s households should not be set up, because it will breed women’s ambitions, and they will not be able to play the role of wives and mothers well, and will try to get more power and more wealth, so that men will work harder, because in the past They only had to compete with men, and now they have to compete with women.

And in the end, many of them believed that female households would cause social unrest and make people's lives more difficult.

To put it bluntly, it is fear.

They fear this system, fear this change.

And they want to maintain their power.

Lin Yuan adjusted the test paper again.

The test paper that refreshed him this time is very interesting.

This examinee believes that female households are only a small part of the household registration.

Household registration should not be based on the family, but on the person. Everyone should have a household registration, so that the country can better understand how many people and how many men and women there are in a country. Large households in each city cannot keep hidden households, and hidden households are only provided to large households. Silver does not pay taxes to the country.

At the same time, it is also proposed that people should have an identity certificate. Only with a certificate can they move, buy a house, buy land, get married and work.

This is also beneficial to taxation, and it can even put an end to the existence of hidden households.

His organization is not very clear, but Lin Yuan still understands it.

After three days of the exam, Song Shizhao and the others selected and presented this to Lin Yuan.

There are many test papers for each proposition, from which Lin Yuan has to select a hundred candidates to enter the palace test.

The blurred name has been cut, and Lin Yuan can see the candidate's name.

Because many candidates have the same name and surname, the location will be added before the name. In addition to the city name, there is also the street name.

There are also people who are afraid that the street will also hit, and write their own rankings at home.

It has been a month since Lin Yuan was elected.

Because he had to look at each one by himself, and Song Shizhao and the others selected those with real talents and real learning.

The number of people was about the same as Lin Yuan imagined.

Han Ling lives in an inn, and the inn is full of examinees, gathered here from all over the world. Since the exam, the inn has been very lively. They are talking about His Majesty's exam questions every day, expressing their own experience, and some people are arguing about it Big fight.

There are also those who sing when they are drunk, and the innkeeper is not angry, and looks at them with a smile every day.

Although there is not much money, but doing business in the capital, few people are short of money. What's the point of earning this quick money?

Now the boss only wants to be famous, as long as one of these candidates can get a Jinshi, the business of his inn will never be bad in the future.

Everyone wants to be happy.

If more people win, that's even better!

When the waiter came to announce the person, all the candidates looked at the waiter expectantly, as if the waiter was not a person, but a golden bun.

The waiter sang: "Han Ling, a student from Yizhou on Daning Road, Liaoyang, is on the second floor, can you be here?"

Han Ling's eyes widened.

All the fellow countrymen around him looked at him.

Han Ling's hands and feet were limp, and his face was flushed. He shouted, "Here! The student is here!"

Then he stumbled up to the servant and made a bow.

The servant smiled and said, "Your Majesty has summoned you to enter the palace in three days. You can wait at the gate of the palace, and someone will lead you in."

Han Ling's legs softened, he knelt on the ground, and shouted, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

The servant didn't even look at him, and was about to take him away, when a student behind him shouted, "My lord! Did you miss someone?"

The waiter smiled and shook his head: "No, only Mr. Han was selected in this inn, and everyone can wait for the announcement."

As long as you enter the palace examination, you must be from a first-class family when you come out.

Although first-class, second-class and third-class are all Jinshi, the gap between Jinshi and Jinshi is huge.

Especially the top three, with Jinshi, the status is the lowest.

Many people even would rather not win, and fight after three years, rather than being a Jinshi.

Among the Jinshi, there are really a small number of extremely capable ministers.

One is very lucky, and the ancestors blessed it.

Han Ling was still lying on the ground, and his fellow villagers helped him up. Han Ling's cheeks were flushed, but his eyes were bright.

The fellow villagers sighed: "See you later, I will call you an adult."

Only then did Han Ling realize that he was a little carried away, and hurriedly said, "No matter what happens in the future, we are all brothers."

Although the fellow villagers are sad, they still have spirit. After all, although they can't become a first-class Jinshi, there is still hope for the second-class.

As for the top three...

They are also a little dazed.

It's a blessing to be admitted, and it doesn't matter how high you are.

Haven't you seen that there are still many scholars with gray hair?I failed to pass the exam all my life.

Those who can pick the top three must be the sons of high-ranking families.

These people can't be picky.

Han Ling came out of an inn, and Han Ling immediately became a rare figure, and students who had never dealt with him before came to ask him for advice.

Ask him how he answers the test questions.

Han Ling spoke briefly.

The man started beating his chest and stamping his feet: "I regret it! I regret it!"

After Han Ling asked carefully, he realized that this person was off topic.

In addition to this person, there are other students who come to ask for advice.

Either they always praised His Majesty, or they felt that they should not give preferential treatment to businessmen.

The owner of the inn and You Rongyan paid the students out of their own pockets to drink wine for three days at the inn, and Han Ling's expenses were refunded by the owner.

Han Ling refused again and again, but the boss said, "My lord, I don't know. There is one of you in my store. Why worry about having no money, the customers will come like a cloud! You don't have to worry about it, you and I have our own benefits, and we don't owe each other anything."

Han Ling had no choice but to take the money back and give the money to the boss when he made up his mind to check out.

He didn't know what rank he would get, but since he entered the palace examination, he had to show all he had learned, so as not to pay the hard work of these years.

The students in the capital were drunk for three days, and the smell of wine was everywhere on the road.

There are also painters who have included this scene in their paintings, which have been handed down for thousands of years.