The chief examiner of the township examination is four people, of which the governor of each province is the first chief examiner, responsible for the final decision, and the other three are the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Rites.

Before leaving, Fan Jingwen and Xu Eryi convened all the selected officials and put forward strict requirements, the first is not allowed to eat, whether it is a banquet arranged by candidates or local officials, they are not allowed to participate, the second is not allowed to have too much contact with the provincial school administration, and it is not allowed to contact with the candidates and the personnel related to the candidates, and the third is to independently put forward their opinions, where inappropriate measures are found, You must dare to speak out, and if necessary, you can directly report it to the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Lu Shanji, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, and Zhou Yanru, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, also convened the chief examiner and put forward strict requirements, this is the first time that the imperial court has held the imperial examination, and it is absolutely impossible to be negligent in recruiting officials for the imperial court.

On the fifth day of September in the second year of the Great Jin Dynasty, the township test in various places began, and the township test was still three days.

This time, because of the relaxation of restrictions, there are a lot of candidates participating in the township examination, and the matters related to marking have also been adjusted accordingly, the number of people who have marked the papers has increased, and the time has also been extended, from the original ten days to 20 days, mainly increasing the review procedures, and at the same time finally determining the admitted people, four examiners need to discuss together, of course, the final decision is in the governors of the provinces.

At first glance, such an arrangement gave the governor great power, but in fact, it was an arrangement made by the emperor and the imperial court after careful consideration, and the governor controlled the situation in his own province. They also have a certain understanding of the heroes of this province, and they are required to come to check the township examination of this province, and they will definitely be fully prepared, at least to ensure that the heroes of this province can be admitted. If the province fails to pass a few tributes after the examination, the governor will be embarrassed, and it will not be good to spread the reputation of the governor, so if such a burden is overwhelmed by the governor, the governor must think clearly.

There are pros and cons to everything, and you can only choose from the most advantageous perspective.

The imperial court was not completely laissez-faire. Set up an inspection team, Fan Jingwen is fully responsible for the supervision of matters, Xu Eryi, Lu Shanji, Zhou Yanru and others, are all members of the inspection team, during the township test, the inspection team formed a lot of teams, went to various places to supervise, to see if there will be any abnormal situation.

The results of the township test were very good. The main thing is that the candidates are very satisfied.

In fact, candidates are very interested in their own abilities, including the abilities of others. There are some basic understandings, who has high knowledge, who has strong ability, they basically know the Tao, the results of this township examination, those candidates with strong ability and high knowledge. Basically all of them were admitted, which fully shows that the township examination is very fair.

What the candidates don't know is that the governors of the provinces are the governors of Yingtianfu and Shuntianfu. It has also taken an extraordinary approach, and many people have been drawn from various institutions to participate in the work of marking the papers, and there is a special team around the governor, who is responsible for reviewing the test papers in the circle, and finally when the chief examiner determines the admission personnel, the governor must be able to tell the wisdom of the test papers, for what to admit, and the remaining three examiners must also express their opinions, all of which have been recorded and have been prepared for inspection. It's going to take a lot of effort.

Because the governors of all places know that the people admitted by the province represent the level of the province, and also represent whether the governor is doing his best, if these candidates enter the capital, in the process of the examination, they fall too much, and the face will not look good.

The imperial court was also very satisfied with the results of the township examination, and Zhu Xianxuan even suggested that the imperial court could sum up the experience from this, and the future township examination should be carried out in accordance with this method, so as to ensure to the greatest extent that the imperial court could admit real handsome people and enter the imperial court to do things.

The more difficult ones are the examinations of Shandong, Fujian, Yingtianfu and Shuntianfu, because in the examination rooms of these places, there are many candidates from vassal states, Japan and the Western Regions, for the admission of these candidates, the imperial court has different considerations, in the future, these candidates will mainly enter the business management, and directly face the foreign businessmen, their knowledge level, and the candidates in the north and south still have a certain difference, and the basic skills can not be compared, so these people's marking is separate, and the admission standards are also different. Of course, this is the first imperial examination of the imperial court, and there can be different standards, but the next imperial examination, this situation does not exist.

At the end of September, the township examination was all over, and the list of admissions came out, and people from all over the country continued to report good news, but the candidates who were promoted in the examination did not have time to celebrate, they got ready one after another, got up and rushed to the capital, and participated in the examination more than a month later.

Since the beginning of October, the capital has become extremely lively, nearly two thousand people rushed to the capital, large and small inns are full, these candidates in accordance with the old rules, enter the capital to adapt to the atmosphere of the examination, but what they did not expect is that after the dissolution of the Guozijian of the Ming Dynasty, it has become a place for special training of tributes and jinshi, that is to say, after the examination and the palace examination, all have to enter here, for a two-month training, and then to the court or the local office, even if it is the champion, Bangyan and Tanhua also need to be trained.

What the candidates didn't expect was that Guozijian actually opened a special classroom to conduct special training for candidates who participated in the examination, and in addition, there are some places in the capital that also specialize in tutoring candidates to prepare for the examination.

This is advocated by Su Tiancheng, he has participated in the imperial examination, after knowing that the candidates enter the capital, they often like to make friends with each other, the restaurant business around the capital is surprisingly good, a lot of time is wasted in this kind of chat, in fact, this kind of atmosphere is very bad, it is completely okay to make friends with each other, but there is not much need to eat and drink, after all, it is still a scholar, and has not officially entered the imperial court, if you develop the habit of eating and drinking, it will definitely not be good, In addition, the economic conditions between the candidates are not the same, and some candidates have bad conditions at home, and often spend a lot of silver in order to slap a swollen face and become fat, which eventually increases the burden on the family.

Therefore, it is necessary to train candidates before the examination to change the atmosphere before the examination.

The move had a huge effect.

For a while, candidates from all over the country didn't even have time to get acquainted with each other, and after coming to the capital, the first thing that came to mind was to participate in the training, and to be proud to be able to enter the school where the former Guozijian was located.

Those candidates who were originally going to enter the capital later, after getting such news, it was impossible to continue to stay at home or take time to travel, and immediately rushed to the capital to participate in the training.

For a time, the style of study in the capital was prosperous.

Zhu Xianxuan, Yang Sichang, Fan Jingwen and others, admired the five-body throw, they really couldn't imagine that the emperor could have so many whimsical ideas for Lu, and they could often turn stones into gold.

The examination is directly responsible for the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of Rites is the main body.

There are a lot of examiners in the examination, Yang Sichang, who is in charge of the Ministry of Rites among the prime ministers, has become the first chief examiner, Xu Eryi, Lu Shanji, and Zhou Yanru are all chief examiners, among which Zhou Yanru is the second chief examiner, and the left and right waiters of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Rites are also the chief examiners.

On the fifth day of the first month of November, the examination will be held in the Gongyuan in the capital.

After the repair, the area of the Gongyuan has more than doubled, the original bird cage has undergone large-scale changes, the area has more than doubled, the height is about the same as that of an ordinary house, divided into three floors, in each room, there is a special table, and there is a wooden bed for resting next to it, all the paper, ink, pen and inkstone are ready, and the meal is arranged by the government, that is to say, the candidates only need to go in, and they are not allowed to carry anything.

The conditions of the examination rooms in various provinces are definitely not as good as those in the capital, so after the candidates enter the examination room, they are very emotional.

The examination is also a three-day period.

The system of inspections has been thoroughly implemented, and during the three days of the examination, there are people patrolling throughout the day, and during the examination, no one is allowed to enter the examination room, except for the chief examiner and the personnel in charge of the inspection, including the prime minister of the court. Of course Su Tiancheng won't look at it, if he shows his majesty at this time, it will be too petty.

The admission ratio of the examination is very large, nearly 2,000 people who take the examination, four-fifths will be admitted, and one-fifth will be eliminated, and the one-fifth of the eliminated people can stay in the capital to participate in a six-month training, and then participate in the make-up examination held in June of the following year.

At the end of October, the results of the examination came out.

After the end of the examination, there are basically no candidates to leave the capital, the tributes who have been examined, they are about to participate in the palace examination, there is not much time to prepare, at this time, there is no time for training, the tributes in the examination can relax, make friends, play and eat and drink all over the capital, there is no person in the examination, but also to be prepared, participate in the training courses held by the government, and prepare for the make-up examination. (To be continued......)