back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 50 Gold List Title
The three-day spring is a torment for the candidates and for Lu Chengqi.But this is another form that has to be taken. There must be rules for the country to select scholars, and this rule is to pass a series of imperial examinations.

It is also difficult to mark the examination papers of nearly ten thousand people.In ancient times, the efficiency of handling affairs was not so high. Lu Chengqi appointed nearly a hundred examiners to participate in the examination papers together, and the formal method of the final result based on the opinions of the three people, although it brought fairness, it also brought difficulty in examination papers and hindered the release time. .In addition, Lu Chengqi asked someone to copy all the papers, and mobilized nearly two hundred officials from the Ministry of Rites, wasting a lot of time.

Although Feng Chengping is greedy and lustful, he is still very talented in academics. He found a strange article among thousands of papers on Jinshi's policies, and he was astonished.

More than ten days later, after a night battle with sky lanterns and the hard work of nearly a hundred people marking the papers, they finally picked out nearly two hundred papers and sent them to Lu Chengqi for the provincial exam.If it is in the Ming Dynasty in the official history, the first place in the provincial examination should be called Huiyuan.The Dashun Dynasty corresponds to the Song Dynasty in history, and the names used are mostly in line with the naming method of the Song Dynasty.

What was placed at the front was Su Shi's "On Punishment, Reward and Loyalty". Lu Chengqi, who had read this article, recognized it at a glance.After he read all the papers calmly, he didn't change the top three that the Ministry of Rites released in advance. After all, Lu Chengqi was not very proficient in ancient Chinese, so don't mess with things you don't understand.But what he cared about was whether Su Shi was number one. He tried to ask Feng Chengping who came to deliver the test papers: "Which article does Feng Qing think should be number one?"

Feng Chengping was taken aback for a moment, he was afraid that this was Lu Chengqi testing whether he had accepted the money.Conscience of heaven and earth, although he, Feng Chengping, is greedy and lustful, how dare he collect money and cheat on matters related to his own life?He said cautiously: "Your Majesty, I believe that the article by Su Shi, the son of Meizhou, should be the first. This article is fresh and free, with thorough reasoning, rigorous structure, concise and easy-to-understand diction, and it has changed the past. In all fairness, it should be number one. But in the case of Yao and Gao Tao in the text, I don’t know where it came from, and I think it’s Su Ju’s great talent, which I can’t compare to.”

Lu Chengqi smiled, but did not speak.He had read this anecdote and knew that the case of Yao and Gaotao mentioned by Su Shi in the article was fabricated to deceive the examiner.In fact, the real source is "Book of Rites·Wen Wangshizi", which is an example of Zhou Gong, and Su Shi mistakenly recorded it as Yao's matter when he was about to take the exam.

Lu Chengqi didn't care too much, citing classics is really boring, if there are examples for everything, where does the innovation come from?The informal Lu Chengqi immediately said: "Since all the ministers are the first in this article, I can't change it randomly. Let's publish the list according to the judgement of the ministers!" After finishing speaking, he stamped the jade seal of the state and asked people to go out and publish the list. .

And 20 days have passed since the opening of the Chunwei exam.The scholars who participated in the Chunwei waited a little impatiently. In the past, the Chunwei had published their rankings in less than ten days, but unexpectedly, there was still no news about this subject after such a long time.In addition, the Ministry of Rituals is heavily guarded, and there are often inspectors and forbidden troops patrolling, and ordinary people are not allowed to approach, which adds to the mysterious atmosphere of this spring.

Su Shi, who was drinking and relaxing in the Yingke Building at the moment, was chatting with friends in the academy, and no one wanted to mention this spring.After all, Chunwei has created many firsts this time, such as the first time to adopt the system of aliasing, the first time to use a third person to transcribe, the first time three examiners to jointly mark the papers, and still need to be reviewed by the main examiner... More importantly Yes, arithmetic also entered the imperial examination.What's inside is really confusing.

"Zizhan, I heard that you recently wrote a new song, can you sing it to cheer up the wine?" A scholar who looked like a child said with a smile while holding a wine glass.

Su Shi also drank a lot at the moment, feeling a little drunk, and when he was about to recite poems and reciting words, the golden gong knocked eighteen times in a row on the street, Su Shi was interrupted by this, and was stunned for a while.The tablemate exclaimed: "The list is released! Zizhan, go and read the list, stop reciting poems!"

Only then did Su Shi understand what had happened, and while drunk, he said: "Go together, go together!" After getting up and paying the bill, he was waiting to move on, but a man rushed in and asked immediately, "Who is Su Shi and Su Shi?" master?"

Su Shi was a little drunk, and said: "I am, this little brother, what's the matter?"

The man said loudly: "Congratulations to Mr. Su Shi for the high school provincial exam. Soon there will be officials from the Ministry of Rites. The villain took the path and came to report the news."

Su Shi couldn't turn the corner for a while, and after a while he said in a nasty voice: "I won Shengyuan?"

All the guests in the welcoming building said congratulations when they came to raise their children together: "Congratulations, once the carp crosses the Dragon Gate!"

"Zizhan, we knew that you are a literary giant in this world, as expected!"

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Su Shi was overjoyed by this sudden surprise, and gave the happy money to the little brother who came to report the news, and the officials from the Ministry of Rites filed in with the imperial decree, and the reception building was silent for a while.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites declared: "Restrictions: No matter the title of the gold list, no matter how high or low the ranking is, three days later, at Maoshi, enter the palace Jiying Hall to participate in the palace examination. Those who fail to do so will be disqualified. Please go to the yamen of the Ministry of Rites and receive it from the arrangement officer."

The officials of the Ministry of Rites left immediately after announcing the imperial edict, and went to announce the edict elsewhere.The owner of the Yingke Building was also clever, and immediately announced: "Xing Yuanlang's January consumption in our store is free!" Everyone congratulated again, and Su Shi's drunkenness had long been awakened by the excitement, and he clasped his hands and replied: "My son! Looking forward to today, I will have more support from you!" Immediately, a lot of happy money was sent out, and those who saw it would have a share.

It is said that the poor are rich in culture and martial arts, but it is not the case.If the family is not rich, it is really difficult to conceive a precious son unless you are a genius.Therefore, the average scholar's family background is very wealthy and there is no shortage of money.If not, I can't afford the money to invite Mr. Meng Xue to study in a private school.Poor culture and rich military are talking about modern things, that is, in the official history from the end of the Qing Dynasty to the period of the Republic of China.

Among the candidates from Pingshan Academy who came together, some were in high school, and some were not.That night, both those who were in the middle and those who were not were happy together all night.At that time, there were still two days before the palace examination, and there was still time to make preparations. After all, the palace examination was only one day away, so it was no better than a provincial examination.

Su Shi was really "talking about teenagers crazy". After a night of drunkenness, he only started to review again the next day under the urging of the book boy.After all, the provincial examination only determines that you have a high chance of being an official, but the palace examination determines whether you are the number one scholar, the second place, the best candidate, or the bottom few.During the first emperor's period, there was a precedent for being the first in the provincial examination and being dethroned in the palace examination. Even Su Shi, who is so educated and well-educated, cannot take it lightly.

The palace examination is a question set by the emperor, and it mainly examines current affairs and policy theory. As long as you answer a little better, you will not be able to escape from the Jinshi Jia Division.However, you can't miss Jingzhou carelessly, otherwise you will fall to the bottom of Jinshi Yi Ke, and your face will not look good. After all, Su Shi is a province!Su Shi feels the pressure of being the first...

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