Gongyuan.

More than 10,000 scholars have various postures in the Gongyuan, each with their own appearance.

I don’t know how many people gradually sweat on their heads, so it’s hard to write.

These questions are completely different from what they have learned and practiced in the past.

少了大量的传统内容,增加了更多的‘六艺’以及‘新法’内容,经义被大幅度压缩,侧重于‘务实’.

For young scholars who study hard and turn a blind eye to the outside world, even if the "New Law" movement is vigorous, they still cannot form a relatively complete answer literally.

In particular, we must also think about the thoughts of these ministers in the dynasty, especially the examiner, which has really increased the difficulty.

On this first day, I was tested in "Poetry, Songs and Songs", which really stumped many people.

Li Qingchen and Shen Kuo walked back and forth in the examination room from time to time, observing these scholars. Bi Jian, Zhao Shen and others were writing in the first row, with their expressions still, looking calm and confident.

Li Qingchen and Shen Kuo paid special attention to these two people. Seeing that they were calm, Li Qingchen nodded with Shen Kuo and continued to patrol.

Not long after I left, I saw a test house, as if no one was present.

Shen Kuo walked forward in confusion, his eyes passed the door of the sackhouse and saw a ten-year-old boy sitting on a chair and writing quickly.

Shen Kuo was stunned for a moment, turned around and looked at Li Qingchen, and whispered: "Does there be such a young prodigy in Jinke? Why didn't I hear it?"

Li Qingchen glanced at Zhao Ji, who was concentrating, pulled Li Qingchen a few steps, and whispered: "Your Highness Eleventh, you are locked up here by the official."

Shen Kuo also heard of Zhao Ji, especially when he threw tens of thousands of copper coins on the street and humiliated merchants, which really made the officials and the court shameless.

Shen Kuo remembered that Zhao Ji had been demoted to a commoner, so he shook his head secretly without saying much.

"What kind of question is this? I won't take it anymore!"

Suddenly, someone in a test chamber roared, overturned the table, and started kicking the door of the test chamber, and was about to rush out.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites around and the imperial guards quickly dispatched to control the man.

The young man was controlled by the imperial guards, covered his mouth and blocked his body.

The examination halls were alarmed, and many people stretched out their heads to look out.

"Is your future important to lively? Keep taking the exam!"

A doctor from the Ministry of Personnel made a big stride and shouted in a deep voice.

The people were filled with awesome hearts, and they shrank their heads back, suppressing their curiosity and continuing to write.

Li Qingchen and Shen Kuo rushed over, looking at the candidates whose eyes were red, their chests were violently ups and downs, and they were still angry, both of them had bad expressions.

Every year, various things happen: some people don’t go to the tribute school and drug the competitors of the same subject to murder; some people just went to the tribute school and suddenly turned around and shouted, "We are from Penglai, and we sing and laughed at Confucius." Some people suddenly went crazy in the examination room and set fire to burn the tribute school; some people suddenly fell ill and fell into a coma, some were crazy, some were stupid, some were incontinent, and some were vomiting...

Of course, there are also people like this in front of you who pirated the test papers and vented their dissatisfaction.

He did this, whether he was sober or impulsive, and had cut off his career.

Li Qingchen looked at him and waved his hand.

The imperial guards immediately forced him to take him out of the tribute court.

Subsequently, an official from the Ministry of Rites obtained the test-taking list and named the person with a ×. Note: If you get an epileptic in the test-taking, you will be disqualified.

After calming down this incident, Shen Kuo shook his head as Li Qingchen continued to inspect and said, "Now empty talk is prevalent, and there are few pragmatic people. These questions from Xianggong Zhang may lead to many problems."

The literary and political affairs of the Song Dynasty are now prosperous, and Sima Guang and others value the meaning of the classics and neglect practices. Therefore, the imperial examination questions are as always, focusing on the meaning of the classics, and empty talk is the best. Now Zhang Dun has greatly compressed the meaning of the classics. How could those scholars who study the classics of saints and are good at analyzing the meaning of the classics and those behind them accept it?

Li Qingchen's face was plain and said, "What's the benefit of their reading to be prosperous and wealthy, and what's the benefit of the country and the people?"

Shen Kuo himself is a 'scientist' and pays attention to practice the most. After taking a few steps, he suddenly said: "You have to be careful when marking the papers."

Li Qingchen looked slightly cold and nodded slightly.

This imperial examination is destined to have many problems. If they have problems in the marking of papers and are caught, the court will be really passive.

The tribute courtyard was quiet again, but it was uneasy outside.

The candidate who was thrown out was resentful and yelled at the gate of the tribute court: "The ancestral system does not exist, and the treacherous slander is rampant. Alas, I am sad in the Song Dynasty..."

门外等候的家长们吃惊的看着他,纷纷躲的远远的.

Anyone with some experience knows that being thrown out of the tribute school is equivalent to being dismissed from fame and fortune, and it is difficult to get into the exam. Such people cannot get close to them!

But this made some families even more anxious and uneasy, staring at the gate of the Gongyuan, wishing they could rush in.

Other servants even held the hourglass in their hands and calculated the time little by little.

Everyone inside and outside the Gongyuan was anxious and everyone had expectations.

Time passed little by little, and finally the exam was over, and the sound of gongs and drums that sounded over each Kaoshe Road.

The candidates had a wide range of expressions and were coming out in a sleek manner.

The people at the gate of the Gongyuan quickly came forward and began to care about how they were doing in the exam.

Some are calm and composed, which naturally makes parents happy and encourage them; some are expressionless, which makes their families worried, but they dare not say much; some are depressed, which is harsh and scolded by parents; some are thrown away and leave directly.

Bi Jian, who had long been famous for his literary reputation and was highly valued and expected, left with a smile surrounded by his family.

Zhao Shen seemed even more casual. He had no family waiting for him, and he didn't go back. Instead, he laughed and went straight to the restaurant to drink.

At the gate of the Gongyuan, there are really all kinds of things on earth, and scenes are all staged.

In one of the examination rooms, Zhao Ji held a large bowl of rice and ate it. He muttered to himself: "Whoever gave the examination papers is all messy... But I seem to have read some in the official study..."

Zhao Ji blinked, his eyes flashing brightly, and his face was full of cunning.

Li Qingchen, Shen Kuo and others collected the test papers, ordered the rolling curtain officer to act according to the regulations, while preparing for the third day of the exam.

There are three tests in total, each time, one day after the end, the palace examination will be released in early March, and the results will be released after the palace examination.

Li Qingchen and Shen Kuo, two chief examiners, packed up the test papers and sent them to the Hanlin Academy, where they were first read by Hanlin Academicians.

Tens of thousands of test papers must be cross-reviewed, because it is relatively fair to miss the name.

The Hanlin Academy has stepped up the review of the papers, and Li Qingchen and Shen Kuo stay here, they need to make a judgment on some special test papers and make a "final review".

The next day later, the tribute court opened again.

Compared with the first time, there are many fewer candidates who have come here, and some of them have decisively abandoned the exam.

Li Qingchen was not surprised and presided over the exam in order.

This is the second time, the candidates who came here with a thorny bullet still had numb scalp.

The first test was poetry, songs and essays, and the theme was more inclined to "reform" than that, the "simplified meaning" of this second test was actually related to "new method"!

Poetry, songs and essays can still rely on the "new Dharma". What should I do if this "simplified meaning" is?

I don’t know how many people scratched their ears and faces, and cursed the person who set the test questions in their hearts, but they had no choice but to do it.

This exam really gave many people a wake-up call, and naturally, it was more of a confusion.

Poetry, songs and essays do not account for a large proportion in the examination. The most important ones are the "Sutra" and "Sutra". If the level of "Sutra" is broken, there is no need to take the "Sutra" below.

After most of the day, more candidates came out were depressed than the previous time. Too many people cursed, cried, and even hit the wall and jumped into the river.

Li Qingchen and Shen Kuo looked at these scenes and could only shake their heads, with no other way.

When it comes to the third time, that is, the last time, "Statement" is also the "Statement". This time, many people seem to have realized something, and they write quite calmly, obviously ready.

Li Qingchen stopped outside Bijiankao House. Seeing that he was steady and focused, he nodded secretly and continued to move forward.

Shen Kuo and Li Qingchen walked around and came under the eaves.

Shen Kuo handed him a cup of tea and said with a smile: "This time, it seems that many people are not stumped."

Li Qingchen took the tea and said, "After all, there were the first two bases. This time the palace examination will not exceed fifty."

Shen Kuo understood, took a sip of tea and said, "Goodie Su, did Mr. Zhang go to the Hanlin Academy yesterday?"

Li Qingchen nodded, held the teacup and said, "This time, the opinions of the two husbands are almost the same, and they will not be admitted so many times."

Shen Kuo looked at the exam house that had been empty, and estimated that there were at least 8,000 people. If only a few hundred people were admitted, something might really happen.

"We still need to notify Kaifeng Prefecture, the Ministry of Justice, and the Censorate to make some preparations." Shen Kuo said thoughtfully.

If the scholars start to make trouble, it is a big deal. If the people behind them follow each other, it will be difficult for the court to sit upright - after all, these people are related to too many people in the court and the country, and there are not many real and helpless poor families.

Li Qingchen nodded, then smiled and said, "There are indeed some people who are good at reading the papers in the past two days. I guess the few I like, Bi Jian and Zhao Shen, are all inside."

Selecting materials should be the happiest thing.

Shen Kuo also smiled and said, "Some humanities may be a little worse, but other aspects are good. After the palace examination, I plan to recruit them into the Imperial Academy."

李清臣看了他一眼,道:“你未必能如愿,他们的志向可能不在那些上面.”

‘Studying is to be an official’ is the ultimate long-cherished wish of scholars since the imperial examination. If Shen Kuo wants to bring them into the Imperial Academy and not go to the official career, few people will probably agree.

Shen Kuo sighed lightly and said helplessly: "Try it."

Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, besides the "scholars", who would like to conduct in-depth research?

For more than half a day, the gongs at the end of the exam sounded one after another. The civil servants of the Ministry of Personnel began to collect the papers, and the candidates left the examination hall one after another.

This was the last one, some people breathed a sigh of relief, while others were overjoyed, but more were frowning.
To be continued...