Luoyang.

North of the city, Jidefang inside the upper east gate.

Jinzouyuan of Hebei Road is set up in this yard. This yard is located in the north of the city, just east of the Shangmen gate, adjacent to the Cao Canal in the south, with a close location and convenient transportation.

Early in the morning.

Liu Cong, the head of the Jinzou Academy of Hebei Road, invited the Hebei Guild Hall, Fanyang Guild Hall and Zhu Inn in the Hebei Road this year to invite the juren who participated in the imperial examinations at the Jinzou Academy.

As the office in Beijing of Hebei Road, the Hebei Jinzouyuan also belongs to the government office. They provide funds from the local government. The task in Beijing is to take charge of the transfer of imperial edicts and official documents of various departments of the court on various routes, and submit memorials and send documents to relevant departments of the court.

In addition, when local officials from various departments entered Beijing and the court, they also stayed in the Zuoyuan. They were usually responsible for contacting and connecting with the central departments of the court and inquiring about some trends in the court.

This year is the first imperial examination. During the year of the competition, all the dynasties attached great importance to this imperial examination. As the representative of Hebei Road in Beijing, Hebei Road Jinzouyuan has certainly received a greeting from local officials in Hebei to invite them to entertain the students in their hometown on their behalf.

"Master Liu, Ma Jieyuan has arrived."

When Liu Cong heard that Ma Zhou had arrived, he hurriedly went out to greet him personally. Although he was the head of the eighth rank, Ma Zhou was still a juren, but Ma Zhou is now a popular top scholar. Many prime ministers and ministers wanted to recruit him as their son-in-law. After all, this person has long been appreciated and valued by the emperor. He originally wanted to be appointed as the official of the censor, but this person insisted on participating in the imperial examination in person. It is rumored that Ma Zhou was the top scholar who was appointed by the inner court.

Liu Cong naturally had to take such scholars from his hometown seriously.

Entering outside the gate of the courtyard.

Leaded by Ma Zhou, the ninety juren who participated in the examination on Hebei Road have arrived outside the door.

"Oh, Qilin talents from my hometown, please invite me quickly and let me represent our fellow Hebei Road to bless you."

There was a relief amount in this test, with a total relief amount of 2,300 people, which was more than the original one. However, not every relief amount was the same. The six capitals, including Luoyang, Chang'an, Fanyang, etc., were separated from the various paths, Luoyang's relief amount was 12, and the other five capitals were 100. For example, the four roads in Hebei, Henan, Hedong, Hedong, and Jiannan, each of which had relief amount of 90 yuan, while the number of each road was 80 yuan. In addition, the number of roads in Liaoxi, Liaodong, Andong, Longyou and other roads also decreased, and the number of roads in Longyou was 70 yuan, while the number of roads in Yunnan was only 20 yuan.

This kind of limit for deduction is actually related to the population at this time, and the Central Plains has a large population and a large number of scholars. There are millions of people in more than 20 counties in Luoyang Prefecture, among which the proportion of scholars is the largest. For example, in the distant frontier, there are fewer people and fewer scholars.

When he entered the Zuyuan, Director Liu first gave the students a plate of dishes.

"This is the flying locusts and the top scholar is the top scholar."

Liu Cong smiled and pointed at the plate of roasted grasshoppers, then picked up a glass of wine, "I wish you all the best high school exams and success from now on!"

He also toasted Ma Zhou in a special manner, "Everyone said that Brother Corbin will be the top scholar in high school today, please!"

The fried golden grasshoppers were placed in a bunch of skewers and smiled. This was indeed a good start. In fact, there are all kinds of grasshoppers and locusts everywhere on Luoyang Street. What is fried and fried? The scholars like to eat the most is the flying locusts.

Good sign.

Especially when it is so connected, it is always rising.

For the candidates of Hebei Road, they have a very advantage in this imperial examination. There are a total of 2,800 candidates, and there are 90 out of Hebei Road. Because Fan Yang Prefecture is Beijing, there are 100 out of the loan. In this way, it turns out that there are actually 190 out of the lottery for Hebei Road.

Compared with the Yunnan-based candidates with only twenty qualifications for the examination, candidates in Hebei-based candidates have a higher chance of becoming a Jinshi. However, in comparison, every candidate who can get a quota is only found in the mountains of corpses and blood in this road, and they are indeed outstanding.

After eating the locusts and drinking the top scholar, Director Liu personally brought the gong and drum team that had been prepared long ago, and sent the 90 candidates from this road to the examination room of the Gongyuan.

He prepared a big horse for each pick, and each person wore a big red flower on his chest, and there were people entering the Zouyuan in front to help him open the way.

This team was eye-catching on the long street, allowing the Hebei students to pass the parade treatment of post-Jinsheng in advance.

This year's imperial examination will be held on the ninth, twelfth, and thirteenth day of the second lunar month, so it is also called the spring examination.

The examination was chaired by the Ministry of Rites. At first, the Ministry of Personnel was trying to preside over it, but later the emperor handed over the task to the Ministry of Rites.

After obtaining the qualification to preside over the examination, it is said that the Ministry of Rites was very happy, and even mobilized the Ministry of Rites to give everyone a bonus to celebrate.

The emperor appointed the chief and deputy examiners of the examination, including four examiners, nine deputy examiners, four examiners were Fang Xuanling, the right assistant minister of the Secretariat, Du Ruhui, the left servant of the Secretariat, Wei Zheng, and Wen Yanbo, the Grand Secretary of the Hanyuan Palace.

The nine deputy examiners were all third-rank or above purple robe ministers.

The four examiners are all prime ministers, which shows how the emperor attaches importance to this exam.

Two thousand,300 students who obtained the quota were awarded to participate in the Ministry of Rites Examination in Beijing. More than 20 students from the Imperial College were to compete for 230 Jinshi.

One ten.

Although the admission rate is higher than the scholar's thirty and the scholar's thirty, the admission rate is undoubtedly higher. Perhaps the 2,300 people who came to Luoyang Gong Academy are not outstanding candidates. Even the eighty scholars who obtained the quota from the Imperial College were fighting from more than 10,000 classmates.

The Imperial College has more than 12,000 students, because most of them are children of noble officials, the competition for the eighty quota relief is also very fierce.

The exam is divided into three sessions, one session on three days, and all candidates are in the same tribute examination room.

Before entering, you must search your body and do not bring anything in. Even the clothes on your body are not allowed to be brought in. The Ministry of Rites will also send clothes, quilts, paper, pen, ink, ink, and even candles.

Each candidate has a single room in the Gongyuan. During the exam, he eats and lives in this semi-closed small room and is not allowed to leave. He eats, drinks, defecation, and sleeps all in it.

Outside the Gongyuan, the imperial guards were blocked early, and no one was allowed to approach.

Even the food delivered to the candidates is the responsibility of the imperial guards who are closed in the tribute courtyard.

After the exam is submitted, the test paper is handed over to a special copywriter to copy the paper and then paste the name. Finally, the paper sent to the marking officials will not disclose any information about the candidates.

The examiners had no idea whose paper was read, all the names were blocked, and even all the fonts were the same.

Moreover, all test papers must be cross-reviewed, and finally they must be handed over to the four examiners and presidents to review each paper together.

This is the most likely possibility of avoiding cheating. It will never happen again, as in the imperial examinations during the Sui Dynasty. Examiners use the candidate's life experience and reputation as the main basis for admission of scholars. Therefore, there is no need for scholars in the imperial examinations this year to visit those noble officials or famous scholars as before, and submit their poems and essays to seek fame.

After the imperial examination, the ranking of Jinshi is uncertain, and only 230 Jinshi are admitted.

As for ranking, it must be selected by the emperor in the last palace examination.

After several days of intense exams, the candidates came out, but the tribute school was still closed.

Thirty fellow examiners, nine deputy chief officers, four chief examiners, and many officials responsible for copying and pasting names were still blocked in the tribute court.

After three consecutive days of discussion, the thirteen main and deputy examiners finally selected the final 230 Jinshi papers.

"Let's just expose the names in this order and present them to the emperor."

Although the ranking of Jinshi does not determine the ranking after the imperial examination, it is about the formal ranking. Before the palace examination, the first place will be set after the examination is reviewed, which is called Huiyuan, and the rest are called Gongshi.

"Please ask the secretary, the eunuch, the hall supervisor, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, and the censor to come and open the seal together!"

Five purple-robed ministers entered the tribute court. They were responsible for supervising and witnessing the opening of the test papers with their own eyes, and at the same time, they retrieved the original papers for verification.

"Look at who Huiyuan is!"

"It must be Ma Zhou!"

The five ministers did not participate in the review of the papers, but they all estimated that the Huiyuan this time was most likely Ma Zhou.

When the name of the test paper, which was determined to be Huiyuan, was revealed, the name on it was revealed.

"Wow!"

"really!"

"It's really Ma Zhou and Ma Binwang!"

"This guy is amazing. He has won five yuan in a row. I'm afraid he will win another top scorer in the Golden Palace. This is winning six yuan in a row!"

"Six Yuan High School, this son will be the prime minister in the future and will have a bright future."

Even Fang Xuanling couldn't help but sigh to Du Ruhui. As a Jinshi in the Sui Dynasty, Fang and Du also came out of the imperial examination, but the imperial examination was completely different from this imperial examination.

If they follow the current procedures and rules, they don’t know whether they can still be able to pass the high school Jinshi after removing their reputation.

Like Ma Zhou, a guy who can earn five yuan all the way is so amazing.

"No wonder this son refused to give him the eighth grade. He was indeed capable."

Secretary Wang Gui and others compared Ma Zhou's original volume again and found that Ma Zhou's characters were actually better. There were no typos in the whole volume, and it was also very clean and tidy.

"Put these 230 original volumes to the saint!" said Zhang Yichen, the censor.

The test papers were sealed again, stamped with the seals of thirteen examiners and five supervisors, and then the imperial guards were escorted into the palace by the imperial guards and presented to the saints.

After seeing this box of test papers, Luo Cheng went to read the memorial without waiting, but asked directly, "Who is Huiyuan?"

"Hebei scholar Ma Zhou and Ma Binwang, thirteen examiners unanimously determined that his test paper was the first in the imperial examination, and no one objected!"

When he heard that Ma Zhou really got Huiyuan, Luo Cheng laughed.
Chapter completed!