Chapter 173 The head of the case
waited until he left the examination hall square, and Su Ze said to Lin and Chen: "I was shortlisted." Lin Qingcai
showed an envious expression, and Chen Chaoyuan also congratulated Su Ze and said: "I am lucky enough to be the vice president. List."
Lin Qingcai became even more depressed now, but Chen Chaoyuan was not too excited.
The secondary list is a supplementary list, and the next two exams must also be taken.
But entering the sub-table means being behind in the group score, and qualifying from the group depends on the performance of the previous teams.
Moreover, Chen Chaoyuan's ranking on the secondary list is not high, so the probability of being replaced is low.
Therefore, facing Lin Qingcai's congratulations, Chen Chaoyuan also felt a little discouraged. This was not the first time he had been on the sub-list, and he knew very well that the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.
However, he made it to the deputy list anyway. After Su Ze congratulated Chen Chaoyuan, Chen Chaoyuan said:
"The second county test is at Mao's tomorrow. Brother Rulin, go back and recharge your batteries."
Mao's was five o'clock in the morning, Su Ze asked doubtfully "Why so early?"
Chen Chaoyuan sighed and said, "It's not that the scholars who failed will cause trouble. The second test is also called the morning test, and it can be completed before noon."
Su Ze was also speechless. This shows that the Ming Dynasty How is the government's credit?
Although the competition in the imperial examination was fierce, the scholars were not convinced by the results in the examination.
More importantly, there was indeed serious fraud in the imperial examinations, and the scholars in the county did not trust the government.
In fact, not to mention the county examination, even the general examination has been involved in fraud cases, such as the famous North and South Ranking Case in the early Ming Dynasty.
There are different opinions on the Nanbei Bang case. There are also often printed pamphlets of "Secrets of the Nanbei Bang" for sale in Yu's bookstore. This kind of street stall literature is very popular, but it may be banned by the government, so the bookstore only sells it in the evening. Sell.
The North-South Ranking Case happened in the Hongwu Year. At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang used Chen Sansheng as the examiner. In the final examination, all the Jinshi candidates were from the south.
This aroused strong opposition from northern scholars. Zhu Yuanzhang personally tried the case and overturned the results of the Southern List. All the Jinshi appointed were northerners.
The chief examiner, fellow examiners, invigilators, and accompanying examiners who participated in the case were all convicted, and the minister who wrote the report was also convicted. This imperial examination fraud case in the early Ming Dynasty seemed to have been handled well, but in fact it still remained. Had great sequelae.
The economic and cultural development between the north and the south was unbalanced. After the North-South Ranking Case, the imperial court acquiesced in the admission ratio of scholars from the north and the south.
Later, the conflict between the north and the south created a gap in the hearts of the elites of the empire.
The outcome of the examination fraud case is also full of doubts. The first time the Northern officials were not selected, it was indeed fraud. However, Zhu Yuanzhang personally judged and rejected the Southern scholars. In fact, he suspected that the Southern scholars were too powerful in the court, so he promoted the Northern scholars. The balancing act of a scholar.
In other words, the original corruption issue was finally resolved as a political issue.
This result, although it balanced the situation of the court at that time, also intensified ordinary scholars' doubts about the fairness and seriousness of the imperial examination.
The results of the examinations in which the emperor personally judged the papers were such a joke. How could the subsequent imperial examinations be fair?
In the following dynasties, cases of imperial examination fraud occurred more frequently, which aggravated the dissatisfaction of ordinary scholars. The court's credibility had been lost, and no matter what it did, it was wrong.
After that, the examiner's behavior of supporting his fellow villagers and uniting the party with the villagers became more and more serious. This was the bane of the early Ming Dynasty.
The county examination had no credibility. The second examination had to be entered before dawn, and Su Ze was convinced.
Returning to the editorial office, Su Ze began to recharge his batteries.
Although the registration system of anonymous names and number plates was used, interested people have already found out the results of the first exam.
The clerks who registered the examination books were human beings, and the county government itself was like a sieve. There was no need to inquire deliberately for the news to spread.
Even in the exam hall known as the Locked Hall, Baizhi County also knew that the top one in the Class A Six was Su Ze.
Baizhi County was also very surprised when he heard it was Su Ze.
He originally thought that Su Ze couldn't answer the question and handed it in early, but he didn't expect that he answered so well.
When I think of Su Ze's ingenious problem-solving in the county school that day, it seems that this kid is really in a hurry.
Picking up the test paper again and looking at the content, Baizhi County felt even more appreciative. He copied Su Ze's test paper and planned to send it to several colleagues in the same year for a closer look.
In the back house of the magistrate's yamen, the magistrate also found out that Su Ze was number one.
Generally speaking, the first place in the first county examination will undoubtedly be the first place in the county examination.
The person who ranks first in the county examination is also called the first person in the case. In the prefecture examination, the person who ranks first in the county examination can usually pass the exam.
This can be regarded as an unspoken rule in official circles. You ranked first in the county pilot test but failed in the government examination. Doesn't that mean there was something wrong in the county examination?
Doesn’t this mean that the magistrate said that the magistrate did not do a good job?
Magistrate Fang nodded slightly, but unfortunately he had to wait until the end of the exam to see Su Ze's paper.
If you can pass the examination as a scholar, you will be considered barely qualified.
You can take your time to take the examination. Anyway, I am in good health, so I am not in a hurry.
"Send this news to the lady's room, don't be too serious."
The personal book boy immediately understood.
That night, Magistrate Fang's dinner included a few more meat dishes that he liked, and a sweet soup after the meal.
And Peng An brought a big food box full to the place where Su Ze was staying temporarily.
While eating the food in the food box, Su Ze saw the sachet again.
Miss Fang's cooking skills are at least level 10. Why is the female embroidery worker's level so low?
Thinking about the other party's calligraphy and poetry skills, it seems that he is not compatible with the female worker?
In the early morning of the next day, Lin Qingcai accompanied the two of them to the examination hall. This time, the inspection by the guard sentry was not so strict. According to the last number plate, Su Ze sat in the A-6 examination booth.
It was still dark at this time, and the scribes began to distribute candles.
The content of the second exam is Zhaohao's Theory of Expression and Judgment, which is actually four kinds of official document writing.
The requirements for the county examination are very low. As long as the format is correct, there are no requirements on content. The main thing is the format of the official documents.
Because it was still dark, and this exam was not about the Five Classics, the content of the exam was the same for everyone, so the clerk in the ceremonial room of the county government read out the exam content.
The content is also very simple. This time the test is about "Hao" and "Pan".
Hao, also Tonggao.
The topic of this county examination is "Jie Zhi Jiu Hao".
The content is very simple, it is a court decree calling on the people to cherish food and use less food to make wine.
This article is considered a sub-question. The reason is very simple. There is a sample essay.
There is an article "Jiu Hao" in "Shang Shu, Zhou Shu", written by the famous Zhou Gongdan, and it is also a must-memorize book for all scholars.
From this point of view, Baizhi County was a little lethargic in the second exam. It was enough to write according to Zhou Gong's ideas and apply the current Hao's format.
Su Ze smiled, this "Jiu Hao" is also very interesting.
"Jiu Hao" is China's first alcohol prohibition. In addition, a classic political assassination in history was also completed through "Jiu Hao".
The powerful minister Yuwen Hu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty was the powerful minister of the Northern Zhou Dynasty Emperor Yuwen Yong in the early stage of his succession to the throne.
In order to kill Yuwenhu, Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Yuwenyong, told Yuwenhu that the Queen Mother was addicted to alcohol recently, and asked Yuwenhu to enter the palace to read "Jiuhao" to persuade the Queen Mother. Yu Wenhu didn't know about the assassination plan and happily entered the palace. Before he could finish reading, Yuwen Yong hit him from behind with a jade wat, causing Yuwen Hu to fall to the ground. The guards came forward and killed Yuwenhu, and a generation of powerful officials perished in the palace.
What you think is a power play, "Nirvana in Fire" uses the world as a chessboard, people's hearts as chess pieces, and a dragnet closing in on you step by step.
In fact, he was tricked into the palace and killed.
In fact, the former is only seen in novelists, while the latter is the norm in political struggles.
Kang Mazi also used this plan to eliminate Obai, which shows the practicality of this plan.
Of course, this is also because Ao Bai doesn't study. After Yu Wenhu, powerful ministers rarely go to the harem alone, just like modern black bosses who wear helmets when fishing.
Su Ze quickly finished writing "Jie Zhi Jiu Hao" and then sentenced it.
Judgment means judgment.
However, this question does not test how to judge a case, but how to write a judgment.
This format was also what Su Ze had received training in, and the facts of the case were very clear. Su Ze quickly finished writing it, then corrected the typos and copied it onto the examination paper.
During this period, Baizhi County also walked around in front of Su Ze's examination booth. He was very satisfied when he saw that Su Ze's handwriting was neat and his Hao and Juan were very standard.
Before nine o'clock, basically everyone had finished the exam and went home quickly after leaving the examination hall.
The correction for the second game was also very fast, and the red list was posted again the next day. This time the A-6 was still in the middle of the word "middle", and the top ten rankings did not change much.
However, what was unexpected was that several people in the outer circle of the group case were dismissed. I don't know if they had the wrong format or there was a problem with the exam paper. Chen Chaoyuan was actually added to the main list.
Chen Chaoyuan was overjoyed. After the third exam, he would be in the final position. He still had a chance!
Peng An sent the food box again, and soon it was time for the last exam.
The last test is the policy discussion.
However, the palace examinations in the Ming Dynasty did not focus on policy discussions before, so the questions were very simple, which was considered a formality.
It’s still about the format of the test paper and taboos. If there is no problem, the ranking will basically be determined.
Sometimes the county magistrate who sets the questions will also come up with some questions to ask young scholars for their opinions.
However, according to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, the practical test was not allowed.
The reason is very simple. What level of official is your magistrate? Are you qualified to ask for advice?
Asking for advice is something that only my old Zhu family can do. You have to ask for advice as a county magistrate. How can you do it in the future? Is it possible to be a regent?
Therefore, in the Ming Dynasty, except for the policy discussions on palace examinations, other policy discussions could not discuss actual matters.
However, for this kind of thing, there are policies from above and countermeasures from below.
If we don’t talk about facts, let’s talk about history.
The title of Baizhi County is "On the Strategy of Japanese Rebellion in Song and Yuan Dynasties".
Well, now that we can’t write about Anti-Japanese War, we can write about the Song and Yuan Dynasties.
Su Ze picked up his pen and wrote down a set of strategies for pacifying the Japanese.
Basically, it is about rectifying the coastal defense. As for things like opening up the maritime ban, that belongs to the ancestral law and cannot be written.
It is a key political article in itself, and naturally there is no talk of implementability.
For example, in the thirty-fourth year of Jiajing, this year Zhao Wenhua published "Tiao Chen Hai Fang Shu".
The article is naturally well written, but what is the content?
One defense, two offenses, three caress, three strategies can be used together to win.
This is called correct bullshit.
In the late Ming Dynasty, those ministers often resorted to Ping Liao policy, which basically followed the same routine. Anyway, it was just chariot talk.
It depends on who has good literary talent and whose articles are well-written and can impress the emperor.
The "Pinging Japanese Policy" written by Su Ze is also such correct nonsense.
When Baizhi County inspected the examination room, he also stopped for a while outside Su Ze's examination booth.
The content of "Ping Japanese Policy" written by Su Ze is also average, but the literary talent is good. It also quoted the experience of pacifying Japanese in the Yuan Dynasty, which has made Baizhi County very satisfied.
In the late Southern Song Dynasty, Japanese pirates were already infesting the southeastern sea. In the Yuan Dynasty, Japanese pirates became more and more serious. In the early Ming Dynasty, Japanese pirates were very rampant. When Zhu Yuanzhang executed ministers, the most common crime was "treason with Japanese".
In the early Ming Dynasty, the practice of communicating with Japanese was similar to the "private possession of armor" in the Han Dynasty. Anyway, if you are guilty, you are guilty.
After the three exams, Su Ze felt completely tired. The county exam was the least physically demanding among the imperial examinations. It seemed that he would not be able to pass the imperial examination because of his poor health.
There were only about fifty papers in the main list and sub-list. Baizhi County spent half a day reading them and took out a red pen to check Su Ze's paper.
I clicked on the top of the case and decided on the order of the top twenty.
The officials in the ceremonial room opened it to verify their names, and then began to check whether the copied papers were the same as the original papers.
Baizhi County also personally checked. This step was because he was afraid that the wrong examination number would be copied, and he was even more afraid that subordinate officials would interfere with it and register the examination number as someone else's.
After confirming that it is correct, the concierge will bring the previously registered "Examination Registration Book" to confirm the examination number and the candidate's name.
Naturally, it is necessary to check the handwriting to prevent the situation of taking the exam on behalf of others. After everything is finished, the clerk in the ceremonial room will copy it onto red paper.
Chen Chaoyuan was very lucky. Su Ze had often discussed the Japanese affairs with him before. He wrote good strategies and was on the list of 50 people who passed the county examination.
Even if fifty people, including Su Ze, have passed the county examination, their names and information will be counted, registered in the "Nanping County Examination Book", and sent to the government office.
In the county examination, except for the gold content at the top of the case, the other rankings do not have much significance. However, it is a happy event to pass the county examination. The clerks and assistants in the ceremonial room are eager to try, and the next step is to announce the good news.
In addition to the red list, each candidate who passed the county examination also has a separate list, which is regarded as a graduation certificate for passing the county examination.
There is a red strip on the list at the head of the case, that is, a strip of red paper cut into a long strip and pasted in the center of the list. This is called the red list, and it is the most valuable list.
Everyone in the ceremony room looked at the red seal post. Su Ze was a celebrity in the county. He had a lot of property and was generous with his money. If he was the head of the case today, he would definitely be rewarded with a red seal.
Lifang Dianshi also knew what his subordinates were thinking. Reporting good news in the county examination was also one of Lifang's income. However, this was not the provincial examination or the release of Jinshi results. There were many scholars in the county who could not afford rewards.
The lifang Dianshi simply took out a bamboo stick, and all his clerks began to draw lots. A lucky clerk got Su Ze's post, and he happily rushed out to report the good news.
Posts were posted on the red list, firecrackers were set off in Nanping County, and Su Ze saw "Su Ze, Changning Guard Post Military Household" in the middle of the red list.
[Winning the County Examination, Imperial Examination Skill +1000, Level 6, 2205/3000]
Su Ze was still thinking about why the experience did not increase by answering the imperial examination questions. It turned out that it increased when the results were released.
Relaxed.
Su Ze originally didn't care about the position of the head of the case, but it seems that the head of the case can gain more experience?
As for the head of the government trial case, there will be a fight.
(End of chapter)