The time finally came to the evening, the last scholar who handed in the paper also left the examination room, there was already a cheer outside the examination room, the scholar cheered for the completion of the imperial examination, because there is no standard for the test score, it is completely based on the examiner's preference to score, so basically every candidate feels that he has done well in the exam, the first two subjects can get high scores, the last one also expresses the ambition in the chest, confidence breeds in the hearts of each candidate, and the next ten days are the moment for them to wait and enjoy. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Although there are also many brothels in Qinglou in Zhongdu, but the officials in Zhongdu are stricter, officials can marry concubines, but they are not allowed to appear in Qinglou, and they are not allowed to raise other house women.

Last year, two scholars were exposed as prostitutes in Qinglou, and the last scholar was only given a low position as the chief secretary of the small county, and the other scholar was expelled from the list and banned from employment for life.

It is this strict regulation that makes no one dare to set foot in the Qinglou, not even to drink flower wine, in case he is in the gold list of high school, but in the end it is ruined on the subsection, wouldn't it be worth the loss.

But there is no restriction on drinking parties, so the business of large and small restaurants in Zhongdu is extremely hot, and they are full from morning to night, so that many inns also temporarily start the business of wine shops, provide home-cooked wine and food in the inn, let the scholars go back to the inn to eat and drink, the scholars are drunk, and the inn guys are also responsible for helping them back to the room.

An imperial examination made the wine shops and inns in Zhongdu make a lot of money, but Qinglou was disappointed, but after the imperial examination was released, the business of Qinglou would suddenly turn around to make up for their previous losses.

In the temporary wine and food area of the Shunxing Inn, more than 20 scholars gathered here to drink, Chu Suiliang and Lu Han sat in the corner drinking and chatting, Chu Suiliang looked a little depressed, although he thought about it all night last night, so that he was very glad that he was prepared in the examination room, but now looking back and thinking about it, he feels that his vision of the world is too narrow.

He sighed, "Now is the time for the world to compete for hegemony, opening up the territory and unifying the world is the mainstream royal road, I actually wrote trivial things in a small county, what a mistake!" It's still Brother Lu wise. ”

Lu Han still wrote about his best Pinghu Ce, including the strategy of the Turks and the Western Regions, he put forward the idea of supporting the Tiele tribes and jointly dealing with the Turks.

Lu Han said with a smile: "One of the things I have experienced the most is the attitude of His Royal Highness King Qi towards prisoners of war, unless the crime is extremely heinous, he generally tries not to kill, this is to save labor for the future recovery of people's livelihood and economy, it can be seen that His Royal Highness King Qi attaches great importance to the recovery of the local economy, you and I write is actually two sides of the same thing, I don't think you have to worry at all, as long as you have something to say, you should be able to make the list with your level." ”

"I hope so!" Chu Suiliang still sighed sullenly.

"Come, drink this glass of wine first, tomorrow I will take you to visit all over Hebei, anyway, the list will be released in ten days, forget about the imperial examination for the time being, and have a good trip."

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After the end of the imperial examination, nearly 100 officials went all out to mark the papers, which was a heavy and huge project, on average, each official needed to review 700 examination papers, the first examination was the first reading, all the calligraphy was not qualified, the content of the policy was empty test papers were eliminated, nearly eighty percent of the examination papers will be eliminated in the first instance.

The second trial is the key, here will be eliminated ninety percent of the candidates, and the remaining 1,000 candidates enter the final competition, the two papers of the 1,000 candidates are sent to the chief examiner, and the ten chief examiners determine the last 100 winners of the imperial examination.

Once the 100 winners are determined, the rest of the test papers will be returned, and the officials will re-conduct the second trial, which is to determine the employment of Taixue, due to the implementation of the name system in the imperial examination, the name and place of origin are respectively pasted with notes, until the 100 winners are determined, the paste paper of the name and place of origin of all the scholars will be torn off, which is to ensure that the southern scholars have more opportunities to enter Taixue.

As soon as the day dawns, an important court meeting is carried out in the Ziwei Pavilion Council and Political Hall, Ziwei Pavilion is also called the North Pavilion, and the Tianci Pavilion of the Inner History Province is called the South Pavilion, the Ziwei Pavilion is close to Zhang Xuan's official house, it has just been completed at the beginning of the year, replacing the original Ziwei Partial Hall and becoming the power center of the Northern Sui, all major military affairs are decided here.

But the reason why Ziwei Pavilion is called the power center of the Northern Sui Dynasty is not because of the building itself, but a major power reform implemented by the Northern Sui since the beginning of this year, for the core ministers, Zhang Xuan will be crowned as the senior minister of Ziwei Pavilion in the name of the regent, and there are currently a total of five people who have obtained the title of senior minister of Ziwei Pavilion, namely Su Wei, Pei Ju, Wei Yunqi, Xiao Yu and Chen Ling.

Although there are no clear regulations, everyone understands in their hearts that the senior minister of Ziwei Pavilion is actually learning the Pingzhang of the Tang Dynasty, and the title of the Tang Dynasty can be called Xiangguo, and the same is true of the Northern Sui, after adding the senior minister of Ziwei Pavilion, it can be called Xiangguo, which can be said to be a threshold for worshipping Xiangguo.

Zhang Xuan sat at the top, and on both sides included Su Wei and Pei Ju of the left and right Xiangguo, as well as Xiao Yu, the waiter of the Inner History, Zhang Xuansu, the waiter of the Yellow Gate, Wei Yunqi, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Li Gang, the secretary of the Ministry of Affairs, and the priest of the country, Du Yan, the servant of the Ministry of Rites, Wen Yanbo, the head of the Qi Palace, Shi Fang Xuanling, and Du Ruhui, who joined the army in the office, and so on, and more than a dozen high-ranking officials gathered together to decide the final imperial examination list.

The chief examiner of this imperial examination is still the right minister Guo Su Wei, and the deputy chief examiner is Lai Hong, the waiter of the Ministry of Officials, and Wen Yanbo, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, which is also because the imperial examination is jointly held by the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Rites.

At this time, Feng Shanchang, the palace attendant, stepped forward and bowed to Zhang Xuan and said: "Your Highness, there should be fifteen people, because Chen Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites is not absent from Beijing, and the remaining fourteen people have already arrived." ”

Zhang Xuan nodded and said to Su Wei: "Let's start!" ”

Su Wei looked a little tired, he was old, but as the chief examiner, he still read the papers for three consecutive days, reviewed all the strategies of the hundred scholars, and signed his name.

Su Wei cheered up and slowly said to everyone: "There are a total of 72,600 scholars in this imperial examination, more than 11,000 more than last year, and the admission quota is still the same as last year, the top 100 are Jinshi and the first, and another 3,000 Tai students have been hired, and the recruitment of Tai students has ended, a total of 3,300 people have been admitted, of which there are 2,200 scholars south of the Huai River. ”

Zhang Xuan glanced back at Li Gang, the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and Li Gang hurriedly said: "The list is in the final review, and it can be completed before this morning." ”

At this time, Su Wei glanced at Wen Yanbo, the deputy chief examiner, and Wen Yanbo stepped forward and presented a sealed imperial examination list to Zhang Xuan, who removed the sealed wax and slowly unfolded the scroll on the table.

Su Wei continued: "The examination papers of the 100 admitted scholars have been reviewed by ten third-level examiners, which indeed represents the highest level of this imperial examination, of course, in the preliminary examination, there are many scholars who failed because of poor calligraphy, maybe their articles are good, but calligraphy is the premise, this is the consensus we reached last year, and the ranking of the top 20 has not been determined, and who can enter the top 10 in the end is today's topic." ”

According to the usual practice, the top 20 are the first list, and the last 80 are the B list, and the ranking of the second list is arranged by the examiner, and the ranking of the first list must be decided after consultation in the Ziwei Pavilion.

As for the top three, champion, Bangyan and Tanhua, it must be decided by Zhang Xuan.

Another deputy chief examiner, Lai Hong, presented the vermilion lacquered wooden plate with the test papers of the top 20 candidates to Zhang Xuan, who flipped it over and said: "Remove the scriptures and poems, we only look at the strategy!" ”

Lai Hong removed the wooden plate of the scriptures and poems, and only twenty test papers remained, Zhang Xuan smiled and said, "Let's take a look!" Let's talk about it. ”

He drew two copies from the examination paper, and divided the remaining eighteen copies among the people, and each of them took one examination paper and looked at it carefully.......

At this time, Su Wei said: "The topic of this policy is what is the world, the topic is very broad, so that the scholars can speak freely, so each scholar has a different direction to talk about, like the twenty scholars in the first list, some discuss the governance of local counties, some discuss the Western Regions, some discuss the policy of Pinghu, and also discuss the integration of the north and the south, as well as the relationship between the central government and the subject country, and also discuss the development of roads and shipping, it can be said that the strategies are wonderful, the arguments are detailed and rich, the writing is smooth, and the insights are very profound. There are many insights that even I am ashamed of. ”

"Has Su Xiangguo been in order?" Jang Hyun asked.

Su Wei said with a smile: "Last night, Lao Chen, Pei Xiangguo, Wei Shangshu and Xiao Shilang, the four of us discussed it, and arranged a rough order according to their opinions, writing and calligraphy, but we can't make up our minds about the top three, please ask Your Highness to decide!" ”

Su Wei took out a list of the first list and presented it to Zhang Xuan, Zhang Xuan looked at it, and handed the list to everyone, "Everyone has a look at this list, and if there are any objections, you can put it forward now." ”

Su Wei, Pei Ju, Wei Yunqi and Xiao Yu, these four people are all senior ministers of Ziwei Pavilion, in fact, it is the four Xiangguo who determine the ranking, if there is no obvious mistake, everyone will not easily object, and there is silence in the hall. (To be continued.) )