Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 318 Who dares to make trouble
Just after the New Year's Eve, the general examination and palace examination are about to begin, and students from all over the country flock in droves, and the capital city is suddenly full of people who are shaking their heads and thinking about words.

This time, the Ministry of Etiquette did not stipulate the quotas for each province.

That is to say, any Juren, as long as they want to participate in the examination, they can try it.

Therefore, this time, there were so many Juren who came to participate in the examination, there were tens of thousands of them, and it was an unprecedented event.

This is actually an innovation.

You must know that the previous examinations strictly limited the number of candidates. The number of applicants who can participate in the examinations in each province is only about a hundred people, and the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty add up to less than [-] places.

And there are at least a thousand candidates who are on the list in each township examination.

That is to say, the previous Juren were not able to participate just by wanting to participate in the general examination, and they had to fight for a place every time.

As for why this is so, it is probably because the previous imperial courts had limited capacity to bear it.

The manpower and material resources consumed by the examination are not ordinary. In the past, less than 2000 people could be busy with the etiquette department, and there were often mistakes. If it is like this time, it will directly cost tens of thousands. I don’t know how many mistakes will happen. .

Of course, with the current strength of Ming Dynasty, these are not problems at all.

The current Ming court wants money and money and people, not to mention that tens of thousands of people come to participate in the test, even if all the people in the world come to participate in the test, nothing will go wrong.

However, in the past, the candidates did not flock to the capital to participate in the examination without quota restrictions.

Because rushing for the exam was too time-consuming before, you must know that the distance from Nanzhili to Beizhili is more than [-] miles. In the past, when the transportation was basically based on walking, it was considered good to be able to walk [-] miles a month.

That is to say, it takes more than two months for Juren from Nanzhili to go to the capital to participate in the examination, and it takes nearly five months to go back and forth. There are many people who go to the capital to catch up with the exam.

Therefore, juren who are not from relatively wealthy families will not fight for places to participate in the examination every time.

After all, they also have to eat, and they also have to support their families, and it takes half a year or even a year to go to the capital to catch an exam, which is unbearable even if there are many candidates.

Just like the two brothers Song Yingxing and Song Yingsheng, they have never traveled to the capital to take part in the examinations in history, and they have not been able to obtain the title of Jinshi.

If they wanted to compete for places, they would definitely have no problem, because Song Yingxing was third in the provincial examination and Song Yingsheng was sixth in the provincial examination.

However, they participated in a total of four examinations during the nearly 43 years after the high school in the 17rd year of Wanli until the fall of the Ming Dynasty in the 40th year of Chongzhen.

There is no way, rushing to the capital to participate in the examination is too much time-consuming, and they can't afford to delay it!
This time is different again, because there is a ship now!
In order to demonstrate the strength of the Ming Dynasty and let the people who participated in the examination see the advanced technology of the Ming Dynasty, Taichang specially sent hundreds of Spike warships to the river systems along the Yangtze River, the Yellow River and the Canal to pick up the candidates from various provinces.

As long as those who want to participate in the test can gather at the wharves of the state capitals along the river, they can reach the capital in eight or nine days at most on the Spike warship, and they basically lie down and do not need to walk at all.

Naturally, there were too many Juren who came to participate in the examination.

Of course, these candidates are not able to participate in the trial when they arrive in the capital, and they have to register when they come, otherwise the Ministry of Rites will not know how many sets of things to prepare for the trial.

The registration time is set from the third day after the annual festival to three days before the start of the examination.

This nearly half a month should be enough for the Ju people who came to participate in the examination. After all, they just need to register. It is very simple and does not take much time at all.

However, on the third day after the New Year's Eve, when all the candidates were about to go to the yamen of the Ministry of Rites to sign up, they were so shocked that their eyes dropped.

Because Jin Yiwei put up notices all over the capital early this morning, informing those who came to rush for the exam that the rules of the general exam and palace exam have been changed!
Moreover, from then on, the rules of the township examination have also been changed.

Also, if they want to take part in the test in the future, they can't study at home alone, they have to go to the colleges set up by the Ministry of Rites in various places to study, and they have to study for at least three years, otherwise they will not be eligible to participate in the test!

Of course, this is not a big deal, just study, they have to study at home, and they have to go to the academy of the Ministry of Rites to study with food and accommodation, and it’s nothing to study for three years.

The problem is that the rules of the township examination, general examination and palace examination have also been changed too far.

In the future, there will still be liberal arts and sciences, and the sciences will have to specialize in strange tricks, arithmetic, agronomy, business principles and other useless things!
Well, this is barely, probably, probably acceptable.

After all, if you don't want to study science, you just don't need to study it. There is no mandatory requirement in the notice that everyone must take science. It is also possible to choose liberal arts.

The most outrageous thing is that the future Jinshi list is also divided into Wenbang and Libang, and there is basically no difference between Wenbang and Libang. The number of people admitted is basically the same, and the degree of achievement is the same.

This is outrageous!
You know, there are probably not a few hundred people all over the world who are learning strange skills, arithmetic, agronomy, business principles, etc. at the moment.

Doesn't this mean that as long as you learn magic tricks, arithmetic, agronomy, and business principles, you will definitely get a title on the gold list!

This is too unfair!
Doesn't this force everyone to study science?

Because most of the juren are studying liberal arts at the moment, if you want to be named in the list, you have to compete with tens of thousands of juren for hundreds of Jinshi places in each session.

If you study science, you may not need to argue if it is very useful, because there are probably less than a few hundred people studying science.

It's too much to do this!

After seeing the notice, the people who saw the notice almost had a flash of anger on their faces.

A thought almost flashed through their minds.

That is, do you want to make a fuss!
However, all Juren did not make trouble after reading the notice.

Because they are not stupid!
The test hasn't even started yet, what are they making a fuss about?
If I can get a title on the apricot list and rank high in the essay list, wouldn't it be nothing to do and cause trouble for myself?

Making trouble at this time is of no benefit to them at all!
If you want to make trouble, you have to talk about it after the test is over.

If you don't make the list by then, think about making trouble!

If it's on the list, what a fart!

It's okay to find a draw!
At this time, some people have even begun to consider whether they should choose to study science if they fail the exam this time.

What a great opportunity!

It is very possible that after only three years of science studies, they will be able to get a title on the gold list.

If they don't learn, they may not even think about being named on the gold list in this life.

It has to be said that the allure of the gold list title is still quite large.

Regardless of whether it is the Wenbang or Libang, it is the gold list!
As long as you get on the gold list and become a Jinshi, it's the same!
Why do you have to compete with tens of thousands of people for the list of hundreds of places when you can easily get on the list?

Of course, those who can think this way are more flexible in their brains.

Those rotten scholars who are stupid enough to read books will not think so.

At this moment, they were all furious, and they gritted their teeth secretly.

Hmph, it's better to let me be on the apricot list, or else!

Or what do they think?
Those who took the lead in making troubles in the previous session were all classified as eunuchs and all were kicked out.

Does anyone else dare to take the lead in making trouble this year?

Wait and see.

(End of this chapter)