Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

It was already midnight, but the inside and outside of Yilun Hall were brightly lit.

More than a thousand scholars including Huang Zongxi, Gu Yanwu, Wang Fuzhi, Zhang Huangyan, Yan Yingyuan and Xu Yingwei were still reading papers non-stop.

"This article is magnificent and should be ranked first."

"Brothers, please read this article, it is really a magnificent article!"

"Everyone, all of you, this article in the hands of my younger brother is really extraordinary. The scholar who wrote this article must have a big heart and big ambitions!"

"Brothers, I also have a good article here."

"Good article, really a rare good article!"

Hearing the non-stop compliments from all the scholars there, Chongzhen was a little confused.

what's the situation?Why are there so many good articles, could it be said that the talents of this subject are particularly outstanding?
It stands to reason that it shouldn't be. Didn't Zhu Cizhao just hold the provincial examination last year, and Zhu Cizhao also admitted more than [-] Jinshi, and several of them even entered the Imperial Academy.

These scholars failed in the local examination last year, which shows that the level of craftsmanship is average.

At this time, Chongzhen suddenly remembered Lu Zhenfei's words, is it because the topic is too simple?So all the students who participated in the Imperial College Examination wrote brilliant articles one by one?
While thinking, Ma Mingpao brought Jin Xuan over quickly.

After seeing the ceremony, Ma Mingpao straight to the point asked for instructions: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of War has just handed over [-] good horses to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. I would like to ask Your Majesty how to deal with these good horses?"

Jin Xuan then said: "My lord, these good horses must be selected first by our cavalry battalion."

Chongzhen smiled and said: "Jin Qing, the cavalry battalion will not always be under the Caojiang Admiral's Office. Are you sure you want the cavalry battalion to choose horses first?"

"I am sure." Jin Xuan said without hesitation, "Regardless of whether the cavalry battalion will be in the Caojiang Department in the future, I hope that the cavalry battalion will give priority to choosing horses. The ancients said that red powder is given to beautiful women, BMW is given to heroes, and good horses should be given to cavalry."

"I'm sure, let the cavalry battalion take priority." Chongzhen waved his hand, and asked Ma Mingpao, "Ma Qing, are these ten thousand horses sure to be good horses? Didn't Pseudo-Shun take inferior horses as good ones?"

Ma Minglu said: "Your Majesty, He Tengjiao, Governor of Huguang, has already verified that they are all good horses."

"That's good." Chongzhen nodded and said again, "If this is the case, the cavalry can be expanded. I will select 27 soldiers from the [-] recruits, and let Yi Ding train them."

While speaking, Huang Zongxi hurried over to report: "Your Majesty, all the examination papers have been read, and the ministers have selected more than [-] examination papers from among them. These more than [-] articles are all written very well."

"How much, how much did you say?" Chongzhen was surprised when he heard this.

Huang Zongxi said again: "My lord, a total of more than [-] examination papers have been selected."

"Too many, too many!" Chongzhen said, "The Guozijian only recruits 1500 people, counting the 500 students of the Naval Academy, it only needs [-] students. What do you need so many people for? Get rid of the extra exam papers." Drop out."

Huang Zongxi said: "My lord, these more than [-] examination papers are all equal, and it's not fair to dismiss anyone."

"How could it be?" Chongzhen said in disbelief, "You mean that there are more than [-] examination papers that are equally distributed?"

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Huang Zongxi said: "Yes, the level of the more than [-] examination papers is evenly matched, and it is not good to dismiss anyone."

At this time, Ma Minghao smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I heard that the test question you gave to the prince of this subject was the Analects of Confucius?"

"What's the matter?" Chongzhen's face collapsed, and he said angrily, "Lu Zhenfei laughed at me, even you want to laugh at me?"

"I don't dare." Ma Mingyu hurriedly bowed to the ground, got up again and said, "In the past, the reason why the examiners set up questions in the rural and general examinations was to eliminate more than half of the candidates by solving the questions. Only those who are quick-witted and Only scholars with rich knowledge can stand out.”

Chongzhen said: "Although this is the case, I still think it is unfair. It's just that I can't solve the problem well, so I was dismissed. It is easy to keep really talented candidates out of the door."

Ma Minglu said: "But the exam questions are too simple, just like the current situation, it's hard to make a choice."

"But this matter is not difficult." Chongzhen waved his hand violently and said, "Since there is no distinction between brothers and sisters, then no one will be dismissed, and all will be admitted! That's right, all will be taken!"

"Huh? If one is not dethroned, all will be taken?"

"All the more than [-] students are admitted?"

Huang Zongxi, Ma Mingpao and Jin Xuan looked at each other.

But after a while, the three were relieved.

This is the Holy Majesty they are familiar with, and he never acts according to the routine.

More than [-] candidates were admitted at one time, and only the current emperor can have such a big deal.

There is one thing to say, Chongzhen was really careless this time, he just wanted not to make things difficult for the candidates, and to let the candidates write the real level without distraction, but he never thought that doing so would not make the difference.

But as a traveler, the biggest advantage is knowledge.

With hundreds of years of knowledge, he was able to calmly deal with the situation at hand.

Since more than [-] examination papers cannot be distinguished, then all of them will be admitted.

Then in the Guozijian, it is easy to enter the Guozijian, and it is easy to enter the Guozijian, but it is not easy to graduate after three years, and it is even more difficult to enter the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

And the biggest benefit of enrolling so many people at one time is to focus on the future.

That is, through these more than [-] candidates, subjects such as mathematics, physics, and chemistry can be extended to every state and county in Daming in the shortest possible time.

When these more than [-] candidates have studied for three years, only a small number of outstanding students can meet the graduation standards and enter the Ministry of Internal Affairs as servants. Most of the remaining candidates will only be unable to study, but Chongzhen will arrange a way out for them , That is to let them return to the prefectures and counties of each prefecture and county to teach or teach.

In this way, Daming can make up for his shortcomings in mathematics, physics and chemistry in the shortest possible time.

In this way, the number of students with common knowledge of mathematics, physics, and chemistry in the Ming Dynasty can surpass that of the European continent in a very short period of time and become a fertile ground for natural science.

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next morning.

Before dawn, the bulletin board outside the Jixian Gate of the Imperial College was already crowded with people, all of them were candidates who got up early to wait for the results to be announced.

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Fortunately, the court had already prepared for this.

The Jingying soldiers and Caojiang soldiers were transferred early to take charge of order.

There are even cavalry patrolling back and forth on Gongyuan Street outside.

It was just dawn, and the vermilion Jixian Gate finally opened slowly.

"Come out, come out!" The scholar who had been waiting for a long time immediately became excited and rushed forward like a tide.

"Don't squeeze, don't squeeze!" The Jingying soldiers and Caojiang soldiers who maintained order hurriedly drew their shiny waist knives, and only slightly stopped the crowd of scholars rushing to take the exam.

"Look at them one by one in order."

"Don't squeeze, anyone who messes around will be dismissed immediately!"

A scholar of King Qin came out from the gate of Jixian, shouting loudly.

Hearing this, the examinees fell silent and did not dare to squeeze.

After a while, the two Qin Wang scholars came out with the list and the paste lake respectively, and walked to the bulletin board. The scholar who picked up the paste lake painted the paste lake, and then posted the list with another scholar. .

The first batch of thousands of candidates immediately swarmed up, looking for it.

"I've won! I've won!" A loud roar suddenly sounded from the crowd.

Immediately the examinee covered his face and burst into tears, father, mother, son was hit!
Immediately afterwards, there was a second cheer: "I got hit too, wow ha ha ha!"

Then came the third one, the fourth one... Some wept with joy, some laughed out loud. It seemed as if all the beings in the world were concentrated at this moment, in front of the bulletin board outside Jixian Gate.

But more candidates are still anxiously looking for their names on the list.

Some candidates read it no less than ten times, but still couldn't find their name, while the second group of candidates kept urging them to hurry up, so their mentality collapsed.

"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible!"

"How could it not have my name?"

"Impossible, I must pass this subject!"

"There is shady, I want to report, there is shady!"

Hearing this, the second group of candidates became angry.

"Shut up, what's the shady scene? This is the Holy Majesty personally invigilating the exam!"

"That's right, I didn't do well in the exam, who can be blamed? Come back later!"

Facing the verbal criticism from the second batch of candidates, the previous candidates cried loudly: "No, absolutely not, my essay is definitely first-class, I don't believe anyone else can write better than mine, it's impossible! "

At this time, a candidate said with a smile: "Don't cry, there will be a sub-ranking list!"

"Secondary list?" The candidate who was crying suddenly cheered up. Although the secondary list is not as good as the main list, it is acceptable to be on the secondary list, at least it is worse than the failure of Sun Shan.

Immediately afterwards, the second list was also posted on the bulletin board.

The examinee wiped away the tears on his face, and searched nervously again.

After a while, the examinee burst into tears again and finally found his name.

"Woooo, I'm on the secondary list, woooo, it's not easy, it's too difficult." The examinee felt inexplicably sad, and wanted to go to the old courtyard to find a girl to solve it, anyway, there was still ten taels of silver left in his bag .

At this time, a candidate shouted: "It's not the sub-list, this is also the main list!"

"What? Not the sub-list?" The candidate wiped his eyes and looked at the title of the list.

Sure enough, the title on the right side of the list clearly reads the word "Zhengqu", which is really a positive list, really a positive list!

Great happiness filled the examinee's chest in an instant, and the examinee couldn't help laughing up to the sky, haha, I knew it, hahaha, I knew that I must pass this subject, wow haha!

Then, the candidates struggled to separate from the crowd and squeezed outside.

After squeezing to the edge of the crowd, the candidates didn't stop, but continued to rush up Taiping Street. Girls and sisters from the old courtyard, the students are looking for you, wow ha ha ha!
Behind the candidates, there was another loud cheer.

"It's the list again, it's the list again, it's the top list, it's still the top list!"

"I have won the third list! A total of [-] people, God, we really met the Holy King!"

Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain