Chapter 0093: Imperial Examination, What You Want Is Fairness!!

The night of the 14th of May.

A medium-sized, somewhat ugly-looking man was eating food sent by Zhu Biao in his small tent.

Although he was eating, he still had a book of scriptures at hand.

“Guo Chong, just with your appearance, you also want to enter high school? It’s ridiculous. ”

A richly dressed man lifted the curtain of Guo Chong’s tent.

Hearing his words, several people following him unceremoniously laughed at Guo Chong.

Hearing the ridicule of several people, Guo Chong just clenched his fists tightly and did not say a word.

“Why don’t you talk? Just like you, let’s honestly go home and farm, what kind of imperial examination, hahaha. ”

Guo Chong still didn’t say a word, and several people taunted Guo Chong a few more words, seeing that he had been silent.

Also feeling bored, the leading man screamed at Guo Chong, swaggered away with a few of his small followers.

When several people left, Guo Chong sat back in place.

It’s just that the food has not been delivered to the mouth for a long time.

The book has not turned a page for a long time.

He came from Jiangxi Province.

When Guo Chong was a younger brother, his family opened a silk village and his family was rich.

Guo Chong, who was seven years old and able to poetry, was known as a prodigy and became a fragrant food for unmarried women in the nearby Ten Miles and Eight Towns.

So, when he was fourteen years old, he made a marriage contract with the daughter of Qin Youwei, a famous local rich family.

But soon after the marriage contract was made, Guo Chong began to get things wrong.

First of all, although Guo Chong was very knowledgeable, he was rejected by the county official school because of his ugly appearance.

Is it to be an official or to rely on recommendation.

Guo Chong was rejected by the county school, and Guo Chong’s career was ruined.

Immediately afterwards, a heavenly fire descended, burning his home to the ground.

Guo Chong’s parents died soon after, and the creditors forced debts, and soon Guo Chong’s family property was not much left.

Guo Chong has been scrapped.

Of course, the Qin family will not continue to fulfill the marriage contract between the two.

Soon, the Qin family sent someone to tell Guo Chong that the marriage contract was canceled.

The people sent by the Qin family also severely humiliated Guo Chong’s appearance.

In less than two months, the Qin family made a marriage with the son of the Zhang family, who was studying in the county, and since then, the son of the Zhang family has often taken people to insult Guo Yanzhong.

Guo Chong tried to resist at first, but he was always beaten by several people.

After more times, Guo Chong learned to be silent.

Guo Chong felt that although he was a little ugly, he still had the ability to learn.

If you work hard, maybe there will be a turnaround.

Therefore, relying on the meager remaining family property, he continued to bury his head in hard reading, desperately waiting for the time to come.

Sure enough, Zhu Yuanzhang announced two years ago that he would hold an imperial examination in the third year of Hongwu, and admitted 1,200 jinshi and 800 tongjinshi.

Guo Chong studied even harder.

Guo Chong is indeed talented.

Since Zhu Yuanzhang issued a decree, the imperial examination is about to begin.

The son of the Liu family never hit Guo Chong again.

In case Guo Chong really hit, he also had to leave a way for himself.

At the same time, the son of the Zhang family would bring someone to humiliate Guo Chong’s appearance every three to five and try to make him give up the imperial examination himself.

Although Guo Chong is still often humiliated, he is much better than a few years ago. Of course, Guo Chong also knew that if he wanted to get out of this situation, he could only win. Therefore, Guo Chong turned a blind eye to the ridicule of Liu Gongzi and others, and only studied desperately.

Eating the food sent by Zhu Biao, he stayed at the accommodation arranged by Zhu Biao.

Guo Chong sincerely kowtowed in the direction of the palace. He only hoped that Zhu Biao and Zhu Yuanzhang could see his talent.

Even if it’s just a fellow jinjie.

Don’t beat him to death because of his looks.

In the third year of Hongwu, May 15, the day of the first imperial examination in Daming.

Because there are so many exams that come to see the exam.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao could only add a round of preliminary tests on the 15th.

The difficulty is probably the difficulty of Xiucai’s examination of people.

From more than 600,000 people, only the top 15,000 were selected.

This round does not need Zhu Biao, Liu Bowen and Song Lian to personally go out.

The three recommended twenty people each, for a total of sixty people.

On average, one person needs to see 10,000 examination papers.

In this round, Zhu Biao gave sixty people ten days to read the papers.

The average is a thousand servings a day, and not everyone is directly picking out twenty-five good servings out of a thousand.

Instead, take out all the good ones first and divide them into one and two grades.

When all the 600,000 copies have been read, they will start to pick the qualified 15,000 copies.

In the first six days, almost one person had to read fifteen hundred answers a day, or even more.

With such a large amount of work, they simply do not have time to understand whether the test is beautiful or ugly.

I didn’t even have time to look at the name.

It was ten busy days.

On May 25, the third year of Hongwu, 15,000 of the 600,000 candidates were finally selected to participate in the real imperial examination.

If you give up your appearance, Guo Chong’s talent can be said to be top-notch.

He was unsurprisingly selected.

And Guo Chong didn’t know that his grades could still rank in the top fifty and was sent to Zhu Biao.

Zhu Biao was in the study, looking at the fifty chapter answer sheets sent by the sixty examiners.

Flipped through it casually.

Suddenly, I saw the word ‘Guo Chong’.

Zhu Biaoba, Guo Chong’s scroll was pulled out and read carefully. It is worthy of being a person who can be evaluated as a champion in history.

The writing is really extraordinary.

Zhu Biao put Guo Chong’s answer sheet at the top and called in the person who sent him the exam paper again.

“This Guo Chong is good, focus on it.”

“Yes.”

On the afternoon of the 25th, 600,000 candidates gathered again.

Officials have already posted the list of 15,000 shortlisted people on the wall.

“Is there me, is there me, is there us?”

Guo Chong followed the list nervously.

I see, above the first list, the first name.

That’s it, Guo Chong!

Guo Chong rubbed his eyes in disbelief.

I closed my eyes and looked at the list again.

Still is.

Guo Chong!

“There I am! There I am! I was the first! I was the first! ”

Guo Chong cheerfully shouted under the list.

“Congratulations brother.”

“Congratulations Congratulations, I’m afraid Brother Tai will be on the list in a few days!”

Several people around Guo Chong, although they didn’t know Guo Chong’s words, they also came together to say a few auspicious words.

Just as he was enjoying himself, suddenly Liu Gongzi’s voice came from behind.

“With Guo Gongzi’s honor, if he becomes a Jin Shi, won’t it frighten His Majesty and the Crown Prince?”

After Liu Gongzi finished speaking, the atmosphere of the scene suddenly froze.

This top Guo Chong, Guo Gongzi.

It is indeed a bit insulting to Sven.

Hearing Liu Gongzi’s words, the people around Guo Chong were instantly less than half, and only a few people who were not used to seeing these people really admired Guo Chongcai in the square

Those who learned, stayed.

“Brother Guo is talented, so why take their words to heart.”

Guo Chong smiled bitterly and touched his face.

“My appearance, you can also see, I don’t want to be high, as long as I can be on the list, I will be content.”

Soon, Zhu Biao decreed that the meeting test be held on 27 May.

The so-called meeting test is from the 10,000 people who passed the primary election.

Two thousand people were elected.

The first 1,200 people were jinshi and qualified to participate in the temple examination. The last 800 people were fellow jinshi, and they were not eligible to participate in the temple examination.

On May 27, 100,000 people were together.

Participated in this unprecedented grand examination.

Soon, the first two thousand people who will test will come out.

Guo Chong is also among them, and is in the top 1,200.

As for that Liu Gongzi, although he was also on the list, he was the last eight hundred, and he was just a fellow scholar.

On May 30, 1,200 Jin Shi entered the Daming Imperial Palace and, under the gaze of Zhu Biao and Zhu Yuanzhang, began the palace examination.

Jin Shi is also known as the protégé of the Son of Heaven, and the last pass of this 1,200 mermaid jumping over the dragon gate is through the palace examination presided over by the emperor himself.

Moreover, it must be noted that the palace examination will not dethrone the qualification of the jinshi, but will only assign the rank to the jinshi.

However, this does not mean that the temple examination is not important.

On the contrary, the rank of the temple examination does not only affect the official position that the priests first hold.

And it greatly affects their future future.

The reason is very simple, the departments of the imperial court want people.

Do you want a top 100 jinshi? Or a thousand and hundreds?

When officials are promoted, when the performance is similar, what about promoting the high-ranking juniors?

Or promote the latter?

Promote the high-ranking jinshi, and everyone can be convinced.

To promote the junior at the bottom of the ranking, there must be a strong reason.

In historical records, by the middle and late Ming dynasties, even unwritten rules were formed.

Only the top six in the imperial examination are eligible to enter the cabinet to worship the prime minister. Only when the second class of the imperial examination is there is the qualification to become a shangshu of various ministries. The top three in the imperial examination, the ups and downs of the sea, the highest does not exceed three products.

Although there is no such unspoken rule yet.

However, you can figure out with your toes the impact of the ranking on your career.

Therefore, although the reputation of his own jinshi has been stabilized, these 1,200 jinshi still raise the spirit of one hundred and twenty points one by one.

He earnestly answered the questions marked by Zhu.

Don’t let yourself lose at the starting line!

The level of Jin Shi is the starting line of their life’s career.

By noon, twelve hundred people had answered the papers.

After the examiner put the test paper away, these 1,200 people could go home and wait for news.

In fact, in history, it was all morning exams and afternoon top three street tours.

But at most, there are 180 rolls.

They had 1,200 answers to this palace test.

No matter how fast and fast, it will be evening after the correction.

Why, do you want Champion Lang to carry a lantern around the streets at night? Isn’t this just?

So after Zhu Biao and Zhu Yuanzhang discussed, the father and son directly ordered.

1,200 people, what should I do after the temple examines the papers.

Come back the next morning to hear your rankings.

The next afternoon, wear flowers and tour the street.

When the people who arrived at the palace examination left, Zhu Biao and Song Lian and Liu Bowen began to read the papers nervously.

Of course, the three of them didn’t need to come in person.

It’s just a matter of deciding on the final rankings.

After about three hours, several university scholars have already eliminated the candidates they think are suitable.

Several people were right twice, making sure that there was no mistake. Only then did he present it and handed it to Zhu Biao’s hand.

Zhu Biao looked at the previous answer sheets.

Guo Chong is the second place, but no matter how Zhu Biao looks at it, he feels that this article of the first place is still worse than Guo Chong.

Zhu Biao sneered.

He pulled out Guo Chong’s answer sheet and handed it to Liu Bowen and Song Lian.

“Two masters, please see, this kind of talent, can’t you still be my Daming Yuanlang?”

Song Lian and Liu Bowen took Guo Chong’s article, and the two read it carefully.

“Good! Good writing! ”

Liu Bowen first praised.

“This person’s sharp language, and the true transmission of my teachings, is really a rare good seedling.”

Song Lian finished reading it and touched his beard.

“This son, although he is still a little immature, is definitely the leader among this year’s candidates.”

Zhu Biao waved his hand and called in the university scholar who sent the list.

“I ask you, this Guo Chong’s literary power is the first choice, why is he second?”

Hearing Zhu Biao’s words, and then receiving notes from Song Lian and Liu Bowen, the university scholar trembled his legs and knelt on the ground with a pop.

“Back to the prince’s words, this Guo Chong’s thesis is indeed a well-deserved first, but this person looks ugly and has lost his body.”

Zhu Biao knew this.

In historical records, Zhu Yuanzhang also felt that Guo Chong was too ugly, and I was afraid that he would lose the dignity of the Ming Empire.

Therefore, he let the young and handsome Wu Bozong be the champion, and Guo Chong, who is ugly and talented, be a leader.

The result of this is not good.

Wu Bozong is a young man with ambition and is quite arrogant.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked him to do Hanlin classics and chant poetry, and he did a very good job.

However, when Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to promote him and let him be a tai chang sibong and do some practical work, he was not happy and resolutely refused to obey the order.

Well, if you don’t do Tai Chang Si Cheng, don’t be Tai Chang Si Cheng, Zhu Yuanzhang changed him to be a Guozi Siye, that is, to be the vice principal of the highest school, is it noble enough?

As a result, Wu Bozong 4.4 was still unwilling to leave the center of the imperial court and resigned again.

Zhu Yuanzhang was furious and directly demoted Wu Bozong to the Jin County Oracle.

Later, Wu Bozong finally sobered up, the officialdom went up and down, and the official became a scholar of Wuyingdian University.

As a result, he was involved in the case of his brother’s false recommendation and reduced to a review.

Shortly thereafter, it ended in depression.

Zhu Biao thought that if Wu Bozong had obtained the list he deserved in the first place, he must not have been as proud as later.

It won’t be so uncomfortable.

Historically, Guo Chong was even worse, because of his ugly appearance, he was robbed of the title and suffered a big blow.

Just doing the official position of ‘chief of officials’ is drowned in history.

It is evaluated as ’empty talent’.

It can be said that Zhu Yuanzhang’s decision ruined two outstanding young people.

Since Zhu Biao knew this, of course he had to stop it.

I heard that the university scholar really used Guo Chong’s ‘ugly appearance’ to refuse to give him the position of champion.

Zhu Biao was not angry, but smiled and spoke.

“I don’t know when I am elected as a junior in Daming, it depends on my appearance.”

Song Lian was a little dilemma, he liked Guo Chong’s talent, but after he saw Guo Chong’s portrait, he also felt that he was really a little ugly.

Liu Bowen was on Zhu Biao’s side.

The article written by Guo Chong simply explained clearly the doctrine they studied with Zhu Biao.

He liked this young man and even had the idea of accepting him as a named disciple

As for his appearance, he really didn’t care much.

“The champion will determine this Guo Chong, if the father and the emperor blame, there is a loneliness to bear.”

Several people still wanted to stalemate, but Zhu Biao didn’t want to pay attention to them at all.

“Daming’s imperial examination, the most important thing is the word fairness, the imperial examination selects jinshi, not palace concubines, only depends on talent, regardless of beauty or ugliness.”



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