Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 437 Palace Exam
On October [-], the first year of Xingshun in the Han Dynasty and the first year of Chu, the imperial examination of Chu State was held in Jinling.

For this purpose, the Ministry of Rites specially requisitioned the Jinling University under construction "outside the city" and first arranged the already built part as an examination room...

After all, this is the first imperial examination. Although the really famous big guys still take the imperial examination route. Most of the participants are young people with little reputation, but those who dare to come also have some foundation and ambition. Besides... because they don’t understand, they don’t There is no cheat sheet, so no cheating was found.

Of course, although Bai Tu has made the Ministry of Rites remember to be careful, it is far from the procedures like body searches like during the imperial examinations in the Song, Ming and Qing Dynasties.

In the Ministry of Rites... no, in the eyes of almost everyone at this time, people are not so shameless, let alone "humiliating" these educated scholars because of such a small possibility.

More prevention of cheating is to prevent taking exams for others!
Baitu did not specifically object to this either.

This is indeed the truth - before you are really caught cheating, you have to search yourself in the first imperial examination?Putting it on Bai Tu, I also feel that it is humiliating myself!

There’s no need to worry. Just wait until you catch the first one with the cheat sheet, then focus on publicity and criticism, and then gradually become more strict.

When the time comes, the students will scold them, and they will also scold those shameless...

Before going to the examination room, a team of thousands of candidates first listened to the Chu King's sensational speech and encouragement at the general stage, then went to the "Humin Temple" to pay homage to the heroes and martyrs, and then went to Jinling University.

Because the "county" level will be gradually abolished, naturally the name of "county school" will also be changed to the county level. Baitu will directly call it "university" - and the prose of "Xiao Dai Li Ji" is now subordinate to "Li Ji" The name "University" is not derived from this, but Bai Tu is talking about "big" learning.

It was already afternoon when I entered Jinling University. The examination room arranged by the Etiquette Department consisted of small seats separated by screens. After passing the exam, the candidates could move around, eat, and arrange their own sleep in Jinling University for three days. Students are not allowed to leave Jinling University without permission during the examination period.

Looking at the Ministry of Rites of the State of Chu, organizing the "rush" of thousands of people into Jinling University, the envoys watching the ceremony were either silent, or took a breath, and contributed to climate warming...

Thousands of "literati" who have passed preliminary screening, how much mobilizing power is this?

If the master wants to imitate, not to mention other obstacles, this prestige alone is far less than - the appeal is undoubtedly one of the direct manifestations of prestige.

And some people have begun to pay attention to the Chu State's rural schools and county schools...

In the future, I'm afraid it won't just be a difference in appeal. Within ten years, there will be a fundamental gap in base numbers!

"Are you all going to Jinling University with me? If you go in, you will not be able to come out until three days later." Baitu asked the envoys from all sides emphatically.

In fact, it has no practical significance.

The white picture is just to set an example and weaken the dissatisfaction that may arise among the candidates - entry and exit are prohibited during the imperial examination, and I am no exception!

Of course, if there is an emergency, then two say...

After all, today's "candidates" are not as "worthless" as the scholars during the imperial examinations in the Ming and Qing Dynasties!
Firstly, it is true that there are much fewer "literati" now than in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Secondly, they have not been domesticated by the imperial examination. They did not study hard for ten years in a cold window and wait to serve the emperor's family. Most of them are from noble families.

The top priority of Bai Tu and the Ministry of Etiquette was not the issue of cheating, but the worry that someone would stop the exam due to swearing.

So in general, the standard of food, clothing, housing and transportation is still very high, and Baitu will also live and eat with the candidates on the surface!

It would be unimaginable to give candidates the kind of examination environment they had during the Ming and Qing Dynasties at this time...

It is estimated that more than half of them will have to stop taking the exam that day. After returning home, they will have to scold Kong Rong, Guan Ning, and Hua Xin everywhere. Although Guan Ning and Hua Xin are not in Jinling at all, who told you that you are from the Ministry of Rites?
What?Scolding Baitu?
You should not dare to, at most you should hide at home and scold, otherwise the people using Shennong Essence and Bai Gongli will spontaneously destroy the results of the Ministry of Punishment's legal education - as we all know, throwing excrement in front of someone's door is also illegal!

Bai Tu personally abides by the rules, which is undoubtedly the best authoritative bonus for these rules...

This is the first palace examination, so I don’t have to accompany him every time in the future.

As for the others... Bai Tu is no exception, and Jian Yong, Liu Ye and others naturally dare not make exceptions, and they really want to go in and have a look!
One after another, they entered together with Baitu "firmly wishing".

Of course, they did not go to the examination room to answer questions, but came in to visit. There was nothing to keep secret in this regard, and it could not be kept secret. It was better to be more generous. Bai Tu even acted like he was actively promoting it.

In this way, if the princes of other parties also "examination" or have any similar actions, those who finally pass this will also give some thanks to Chu State, and they will make a profit!

Looking at the relatively orderly examination process, this is undoubtedly to promote the soft power of Chu State. Details such as aliasing and Cheng Ji's transcription have also been secretly memorized by Jian Yong, Liu Ye and other caring people.

Finally, it was Jian Yongxian who couldn't help but asked: "Your Highness, King of Chu, I wonder if you can let a foreign minister take a look at the examination papers of your country's imperial examination?"

"Of course you can, but you can't spread the word before the exam is over." Bai Tu wasn't worried about anyone looking for them to cheat.

This roll of paper is indeed difficult to produce, and it is even more difficult to produce after the imperial examination rules were clarified in later generations!
After all, this first imperial examination is open to all literati students, and their knowledge is certainly influenced by the mainstream, mainly Confucianism, but since most of them are from noble families, it is possible that some of them may have some other aspects of family education, some from poor families. Maybe there is an orphan copy of the Pre-Qin Dynasty hidden there...

Not to mention focusing on the key points, there are not even teaching materials!
However, there are also ways to do this. This time there are seven subjects in the imperial examination - the six departments and the Privy Council each wrote their own test papers.

Mainly multiple-choice questions and open-ended questions. Because there are no designated official textbooks, there is no filling in the blanks - rural students directly study Bai Tu's elementary school textbooks, but they can't also take the Three Character Classic in the palace exam, right?
Each department simply sets the questions separately, and there is no difference in weight between the six departments and the Privy Council test papers, and the final score is not compared with the total score...

Among them, the basic part of the test paper of the Ministry of Rites is focused on values, and the extended part is the interpretation of various scriptures and meanings of various schools; the basic part of the test paper of the Ministry of Punishment is based on the selection of "Chu Code", and the extended part is on weird case convictions and simulated cases. logical reasoning...

There is a minimum score limit for the basic part!

The other four ministries and the Privy Council do not have a basic part, and there is no lower limit. It does not matter if you submit a blank paper in a certain subject. The Ministry of Civil Affairs simulates projects, the Ministry of Accounts simulates accounts, and the Ministry of Personnel simulates acceptance projects and simulates checking accounts. The Privy Council naturally tests military strategy, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs simulates accounting. Ministry... Well, not many people in the Ministry of Industry can understand it.

As long as the basic parts of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Punishment reach the minimum score limit, the other parts will be graded separately. If one part is chosen, it will be regarded as a passing exam.

The test papers should also be composed of multiple-choice and subjective questions as much as possible. Although there is no officially designated scripture meaning, you can quote whatever works you have read to show off your erudition...

Bai Tu has also read these test papers. If he is also a candidate this time and cannot use a mobile hard drive... Bai Tu estimates that with his experience of watching more than 1000 episodes of Conan, he still has a chance to be admitted to the Ministry of Justice!
(End of this chapter)