Jia Yujing of Red Mansion

Chapter 96 The Provincial Examination is approaching (please read it, fellows)
During the re-examination the next day, Jia Qiong got Sun Tixue's promise not to take part.

During the review of the college examination papers, teachers from all prefectures and counties were involved, and everyone put out a few of the best papers for Master Ti Xue to rank them in the end.

This time, three papers were recognized as the best. In addition to Jia Qiong's, there was also one from a student named He Yun from Shangyuan County. He was a student from Yingtian Academy and was only 21 years old.

The other one is from a student from Lai'an County named Huang Xuan. This is an old boy over thirty years old. The article is written very skillfully.

The Jiangning County Magistrate strongly recommended Jia Qiong as the leader of the case. He said: "Although the first article written by He and Huang can compete with Jia Qiong, the following questions are still inferior.

Moreover, Jia Qiong's willow-style regular script is one of the best, and this single calligraphy alone can win a scholar. "

Several other edicts also mostly agreed with this view, and only the edicts of Shangyuan County and Lai'an County recommended the other two.

Sun Tixue read the three papers for a long time and said, "I like He Yun's article better. Let's take him as the head of the case."

The Jiangning County magistrate argued: "Sir, Jia Qiongcai is famous all over the world, and he has been the head of two cases before.

Why don't you fulfill his name as Xiao Sanyuan? This is also a blessing for our province's culture and education! "

Sun Tixue said righteously: "Because of this, I will not take him.

It may not be a good thing to have smooth sailing when he becomes famous at a young age. It would be better for him to suffer some setbacks.

That's it, He Yun is first, Jia Qiong is second, and Huang Xuan is third. "

The results were released the next day. This time Jia Qiong learned his lesson and stayed at home waiting for someone to announce the good news.

Knowing that Jia Qiong got No. 2, everyone in the family was very happy. After all, it was not easy to pass the exam. Didn't you see so many white-haired old boys below the list?

Jia Qiong felt a little disappointed, but since he won, he didn't worry about it anymore. Anyway, he didn't expect to get the sixth yuan from the beginning.

At the teacher-appreciation banquet, Jia Qiong behaved as usual, without any bad emotions because the case was left aside.

Last month, Jia Qiong married Wang Yuyan, and his residence became known throughout the city. This time, he was selected as a scholar, and more people came to congratulate him.

Many ordinary people also came to congratulate me, gave me fruits, chickens and ducks, said a few auspicious words and left.

At the end of the day, the yard is filled with fruits, vegetables, chickens, ducks and fish.

There is no way to deal with so many dishes. You can't sell or throw away a gift from someone else.

The Jia family had no choice but to open a running banquet to finish all the dishes.

The provincial examination is in August, and this test is also the most difficult for Jia Qiong.

Not only because of the stumbling block of the Fujian Party, but also because of the provincial examinations in Jiangnan provinces, where there are many talented people and the competition is very fierce.

Even if Jia Qiong's article is well done, it may not be guaranteed to pass the test.

The rural examination is different from the previous examinations. The first three examinations are called children's examinations, and the main examination begins at the beginning of the rural examination.

Compared with the previous life, the former is equivalent to taking the college entrance examination, while the latter is equivalent to taking the civil service examination, which are completely different in nature.

The rural examination has a huge amount of questions, and candidates need to take the exam three times in a row, each lasting three days and two nights.

You can imagine how it feels to spend three days in a small examination shed with an area of ​​less than three square meters under the gorgeous autumn weather in August.

Moreover, Jinling Province has the largest number of people taking the provincial examination in the past years, with nearly 7000 people taking the examination together.

Because those who participated in the Jinling Township Examination included not only scholars from across the province, but also more than 3000 students from the Nanjing Imperial College.

These prison students are mainly composed of two parts, one is the children of high-ranking officials and powerful people, and the other is the donated prison students bought with money.

The status of supervising students is equivalent to that of scholars. They can directly participate in the provincial examination and are considered a privileged group.For example, in the original Dream of Red Mansions, both Jia Baoyu and Jia Lan directly participated in the provincial examination because they were both supervisors.

Most of these supervisors are unskilled people, but of course there are a few who have real talents and practical skills.

After all, the professors at the Imperial College are of very high grades, and whether they can learn anything depends on whether the students are willing to learn.

It is because of these supervisory students that Jinling Province has always had the highest number of rural examination candidates among all provinces.

Even in the huge Nanjing Gongyuan, there are not so many ready-made examination sheds, and some simple straw sheds have to be built temporarily.

These straw sheds are usually fine, but if it rains, there will definitely be leaks everywhere, which will seriously affect the candidates' condition.

If you are unlucky enough to draw the legendary "stinky number", it will be even more unlucky.

What does a public toilet smell like in the summer? Spending nine long days in such a stench is an experience you can understand when you think about it.

The provincial examination is anonymous, so there is no chance of being judged by the court. Even if Jia Qiong comes second in the college examination, he may be placed in a bad position.

Moreover, the provincial examination focuses on the Five Classics, and the questions on the Five Classics are used to determine admission, and the questions on the Four Books are used to determine the ranking.

The subsequent joint examinations and palace examinations focused more on policy theory and less on stereotyped writing. Especially in the palace examination, basically only one policy theory was tested.

Jia Qiong's strategy has always been better than stereotyped writing, so as long as he passes the provincial examination, he will be confident to compete for the top spot.

He Zhongdao, the chief examiner of the rural examination, arrived in Jinling in mid-July.

After arriving, he immediately began to select candidates for the marking officer.

In addition to the left deputy censor of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate who was the deputy examiner, the governor of Jinling Province was the invigilator.

The other 25 marking officers were all personally selected by the examiner He Zhongdao.

The invigilator is specifically responsible for discipline in the examination room and is a position that is only available for provincial examinations.

The invigilator is usually the chief executive of a province. Although he cannot participate in marking examinations, he has great power.

The officials who inspect and supervise inside and outside the examination room, such as inspectors, gatekeepers, examiners, record-keeping officials, etc. are all under the jurisdiction of the invigilator.

Therefore, the rural examination is divided into inner and outer curtains. The examiner has the final say on matters inside the curtain, and the invigilator has the final say on matters outside the curtain.

Most of the reviewers are senior teachers from various prefectures and counties. Although most of them are from Juren background, they have sharp eyes and can naturally tell whether the article is good or bad.

The head of the grading officials of each sutra room, also known as Fang Guan, was a member of the Hanlin or Censor who was a Jinshi and specialized in this sutra.

This person is responsible for re-evaluating the articles recommended by the other four marking officers and selecting the best works to recommend to the deputy examiner.

The deputy examiner will then screen the articles recommended by the Five Classics Room, and finally recommend them to the chief examiner, who will rank them.

One link after another, layer upon layer of screening, if you are not selected in every link, you will not get it.

Of course, the chief examiner and deputy examiner also have the right to pick up the papers and make re-selections from the eliminated papers.

But few people would do this because doing so would offend their colleagues.

Therefore, the position of the marking officer is also very critical. They determine to a large extent whether a candidate can pass the exam.

Therefore, He Zhongdao was very careful in selecting people, especially the grading officers in the Spring and Autumn Period, who all used "his own people."

(End of this chapter)