Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1932, cruel imperial examination 1
Liu Jin's mansion, in the study.

Liu Jin is reading a book. Traveling to this era, there are not many entertainment items. Apart from reading books, he just listens to music. However, Liu Jin is the chief assistant of the cabinet, and he often needs to pay attention to his own image.

Therefore, Liu Jin lives in seclusion most of the time, and prefers to stay at home and read books and newspapers.

Before time travel, Liu Jin couldn't calm down and read books. That era was an impetuous era, and it was also an era of advanced information. There were too many, too many things to spend time on, and you could read them calmly. Those who enter the book are all good people.

After time travel, because of the lack of entertainment programs, he gradually developed the habit of reading. Sometimes it takes an entire afternoon to read, and the books Liu Jin has read at home have filled the entire study room.

"Hache~"

Watching, watching, Liu Jin suddenly felt a little cold, and yawned all over.

"It's already autumn, and it's going to be winter soon, so you can just read a book and turn on an electric fan."

At this time, Xu Wan'er and Li Zhen walked in and quickly turned off the electric fan.

"Get used to it, get used to it."

Liu Jin smiled and put down the book in his hand.

"Come on, drink this bowl of ginseng soup."

Xu Wan'er brought a bowl of ginseng soup from the maid, and said: "I'm going to be a grandfather soon, and I don't pay attention to my body. Don't turn on this electric fan after autumn. I heard people say Now, many people in the hospital have caught a cold because of turning on the electric fan."

"I know, I know~"

"Thank you ma'am."

Liu Jin finished drinking the ginseng soup with a smile. The pure wild ginseng in Changbai Mountain is different. Liu Jin also drinks it every few days. Seeing that he is about to run around, but he is still as strong as a young man. Ye pulled Xu Wan'er and Li Zhen to do some happy things.

"Today is the day when the rankings are released, Mr. Xianggong, don't you want to go and see the excitement?"

Xu Wan'er was also very happy to see Liu Jin drank it all in one gulp, but he deliberately stared at the kitchen to cook the ginseng soup every few days.

"Ah, today's announcement?"

When Liu Jin heard this, he was taken aback for a moment, and then he remembered that today seems to be the day to release the rankings.

This time, the chief examiner of the imperial examination is Han Wen, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, so Liu Jin has not paid much attention to this aspect. In addition, he has been living in secluded places, and the influx of students from the capital, the lively poetry meeting and the like I didn't join in the fun either.

"I'll go take a look~"

After thinking about it, Liu Jin also changed into a student uniform, preparing to pretend to be an ordinary student to join in the fun.

The three-year imperial examination ceremony is a very lively event, especially when the rankings are released, high school Jinshi students will keep throwing money with money bags, and countless people are grabbing money at the gate of the Gongyuan, which is very lively.

Gongyuan, because today is the day when the rankings are released, the Gongyuan is already crowded with people, and there are students who come in groups of three or four, each of them is anxious and restless.

This year's imperial examination, the number of people is really too many, more than 21000 people came to take the imperial examination, setting a record for the imperial examination in the Ming Dynasty.

Because there are too many applicants to take the exam, and the original examination sheds here in the Gongyuan are not enough, so it is necessary to temporarily expand the land in the north of the Gongyuan, which barely meets the needs of the examination this time.

More than 21000 people participated in the imperial examination, but there were only less than 550 places. Calculated, this admission rate is frighteningly low, only 2.6%, which means that out of 100 students, not even 3 people can go to high school.

It can be said that this is also the lowest admission rate in the Ming Dynasty over the years.

This also means that the vast majority of students will feel dejected, and only a very small number of students can pass the dragon's gate and succeed in high school.

In addition to the students who came in small groups, there were also a large number of melon-eating people who came to watch the excitement.

The young and old in the capital knew very well that today is the day when the rankings are released, adults and children who have nothing to do will come here at the gate of the Gongyuan if they have nothing else to do, just to grab some happy money.

In the past, some people robbed more than ten taels of silver in one day.

Many children have prepared for this early on. Whether they can have pocket money to buy delicious food depends on whether they can grab the happy money later.

This poor Gongshi master scattered copper coins, and scattered them casually in a big bag, one after another, there were too many copper coins on the ground to pick them up.

When meeting rich Gongshi masters, they directly scattered silver or silver coins, hundreds of taels, thousands of taels, and even tens of thousands of taels of silver, which is really for people who come to grab happy money Very happy.

Every time the imperial examinations are held, everyone has two chances to grab the happy money. The first time is when the exams are released. Here in Gongyuan, hundreds of senior high school masters throw money. The scene is really spectacular, copper coins, broken silver , Silver dollars hit your head like rain, the feeling of money falling from the sky, but a grand event that only happens once every three years.

The second time to grab the wedding money is when the imperial list is released after the palace test. At that time, it is usually at the entrance of major hotels and inns.

Because the people who are among the gongshi are selected in the general examination, the palace examination determines the ranking of these people, who is the number one scholar, who is the first, second, and third best.

That is to say, if you take the high school exam, you will definitely appear on the imperial list. It's just the ranking. The future will be even bigger.

But regardless of the ranking, as long as you can pass the high school exam, you can basically get a fellow Jinshi background, and you can be an official smoothly by then.

Therefore, when the test results are released, these students are the most nervous time. Whether they can be in high school or not, and whether the three-year hard work will have results all depends on this day.

As for the palace examination, everyone's mentality is much better, because they don't have to worry about failing the rankings, that is, ranking first.

When Liu Jin came to the Gongyuan, there was already a sea of ​​people. A large number of students gathered together in small groups. Although they were chatting with each other, they looked at their watches from time to time, anxiously waiting for the announcement of the results.

As for the melon-eaters who grab the money, they have already chosen what they think is a good position early, and they are looking forward to the moment when the high school gentlemen throw money.

Liu Jin, who was dressed as a student, held a fan in his hand, walked over with a smile and looked extremely confident, and found a random place to observe the people around him.

Beside Liu Jin, many students were waiting anxiously.

It can be seen that each of these people is actually quite old, basically in their thirties and forties, and some even have long beards and gray hair. They are already five or six years old, but they are I still came to rush for the exam, and I didn't give up my heart to be an official.

There are only a very small number of students in their twenties, these people are considered rare, and those who can pass the exam in their twenties can be regarded as geniuses.

Most people have to endure a long, long time on the long road of imperial examinations. Like Wen Zhengming, he took the provincial examinations twelve times in his life, but failed in all of them. Once every three years, it took a whole In thirty-six years, from a young boy of seventeen or eighteen to an old man in his fifties, he failed to pass the exam. It can be said to be the best epitome of the imperial examination.

There is also Zhu Zhishan, he was relatively early in the examination. He was selected as a scholar at the age of nineteen, and he took five provincial examinations before he was selected. He was already 34 years old when he was selected.

This age is not bad for Zhongju, and it is a relatively normal age.

Then he started the long road of imperial examinations. He took part in a total of seven examinations and failed all the exams. It was not until his son could pass the high school examination that he gave up. Finally, he found a relationship and became a county magistrate, but At that time, he was already fifty-five years old.

At any rate, Zhu Zhishan passed the Juren examination, and became an official to fill the vacancy, and became a magistrate of the seventh rank. Wen Zhengming really never passed the Juren examination in his life, and was just a scholar.

When I was in my fifties, I relied on my connections as a year-old Gongsheng student to take the examination of the Ministry of Officials and was awarded a position of waiting for an edict in the Imperial Academy.

Obviously, in a place like the Imperial Academy, the emphasis is on one's background, at the very least, one must be in the top two ranks to gain some status, and it is best to enter in the top ranks.

This Wen Zhengming is not even a Juren, he got a position to wait for the edict by taking part in the examination of the Ministry of Officials by relying on his connections. Naturally, he was looked down upon by others, and he resigned and went back after working for a few years, never wanting to do it again. The officer's business.

Liu Jin looked at the students around him, all of them were quite old, many of them were of the same age as him, and there were many, many of them were much older than him.

Although Liu Jin is about to turn four soon, he still looks young, and his looks are extremely good, so when he came, he stood out from the crowd, and was quickly noticed by the people around him.

"This brother is from Liang Chaozong in Ji'an, Jiangxi Province. I don't know his name."

A student who looked only in his thirties said in salute to Liu Jin.

"Liang Chaozong?"

When Liu Jin heard it, he thought it was Liang Chaowei, but he also smiled and replied: "I have met Brother Liang, and you have seen each other."

"Brother Liu~"

More than a dozen students around Liang Chaozong also bowed their hands together to pay tribute to Liu Jin. It is so easy to make friends among scholars. Seeing that you are also scholars, you will take the initiative to come forward to have a chat, introduce each other, chat, Reciting poems and enjoying the moon, and so on, they will soon be called brothers and sisters. If there are people who know each other or are from the same hometown, then the relationship will naturally be closer.

(End of this chapter)