Tang Dynasty good doctor

Chapter 565 Going to Mount Li

There is always a comparison in everything. When Li Shimin first saw Di Renjie's paper, he felt that it was average, and it was quite sensational. What is not good to write, he wrote about a girl who does laundry, and said that this girl worked hard and could not earn a dollar Money for a new dress!

Li Shimin is still in a good temper today, if he is not in a good mood today, he is likely to be furious, pointing to Di Renjie's paper and saying that he slandered the court.The imperial court has done so many things and expended so much effort. Could it be that only a girl doing laundry has an extra bowl of broth on the table?
But after reading the first paper, and then looking down, the first two papers are not bad, they are praises.Who doesn't like to hear good words, and Li Shimin is no exception. After reading the flattering words, he is naturally overjoyed and praises them.

Looking further down, it turns out that they are all flattering words, the same, and there is no new idea!No matter how strong the emperor's butt is, it will still be swollen after being slapped so hard!His butt was swollen from being photographed, it would be amazing if the emperor was in a good mood!
After reading the rest of the paper, and revisiting the first test paper, Li Shimin felt that the first test paper was the most reliable, at least it said the real problem. It is an exaggeration to worry about the country and the people, but it really considers the common people. Then there is only one copy!

Li Shimin read it again from the beginning. After reading it, he tapped his fingers on the table and read it a second time. He hummed, raised his head, and asked, "Has the price in Chang'an fluctuated recently? But it has increased a lot?"

Chu Suiliang hurriedly said: "If you go back to the emperor, isn't it the Chinese New Year, the spare money in everyone's hands..." He repeated Wang Ping'an's comforting words just now.

Li Shimin nodded lightly, pointed to Di Renjie's paper, and said, "I have read all these test papers, and only this one...is bright!" At this point, he suddenly smiled, and said: "No wonder you use bright eyes To describe it with this word, it is really eye-catching, this scholar named Di Renjie really has something to make!"

Putting Di Renjie's paper back, Li Shimin stood up, walked out of the main hall, and said: "The class is held today, but some scholars did not obey the rules, and did anyone cheat?"

Chu Suiliang was accompanying the emperor. He looked back at Wang Ping'an, and then said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, no one cheated in this exam, but the three of you, the minister, found two things that can be improved... ..." He talked about the construction of the test booth and the non-recitation of the test questions in the correct tone.

After hearing this, Li Shimin was very surprised and said: "There is such a thing, why haven't I heard you talk about it before?"

Chu Suiliang grunted, this is turning over old accounts, he is not easy to answer, because he was not the chief examiner in the previous courses, and he didn't want to open up old accounts of his colleagues.Before he knew it, Chu Suiliang had a habit, which was similar to Li Zhi's. Whenever he had a problem, he would think of Wang Ping'an, look back at Wang Ping'an, and wink at him.

Wang Ping'an thought to himself: "Don't come to me for good things, but think of me for bad things!" He said: "Your Majesty, it is really not easy for the examiner to find these two things. They can only be brought up by the examinees themselves. They can't mention it."

After sorting out his thoughts, he said again: "When it comes to plagiarism and cheating, no matter whether it is right or wrong, it is impossible for scholars to tell, but it is impossible for the person who was copied to tell. I know this. As for the accent, if you don’t understand the correct pronunciation, you can only count the candidates themselves as unlucky, and if they tell you that they don’t understand the test questions, it will be even more unlucky. No one can send their own children to teach him when they go home to open a school to accept students, who would worship such a teacher!"

Li Shimin looked back at him, and said with a smile: "You are right. But you are also an examiner. Why do you know this when others don't?"

Wang Pingan said: "If you go back to the emperor, I was originally a candidate for this subject, but because of the wrong love of the emperor, I became the deputy chief examiner!"

Li Shimin smiled and said: "It seems that I have chosen the right person for you to be the deputy chief examiner. It is not difficult to solve plagiarism and cheating in the Jinshi department, but for other subjects, you can take Mingjing as an example and talk about how to do it." Can it prevent plagiarism and cheating? Even if an examination shed is built, if candidates bring in paper books, they cannot be searched.”

The Tang Dynasty still respected scholars very much, at least it was the case during Li Shimin's rule, and they would not search scholars all over their bodies.

Wang Ping'an thought: "It will be left in later generations, let alone search. Scholars have to take off their clothes when they enter the examination room, and they have to check even their buttocks. If you, the emperor, can't do this kind of thing, you just have to take off your clothes." You can't do it like any other emperor!"

He said: "It's not impossible to solve this problem. You just need to join the interview. After the candidates of the Mingjing Department have finished answering the papers, those who have achieved good results can ask the officials to conduct a face-to-face question and answer with them, and select the outstanding ones."

Li Shimin said softly: "Interview?" He turned to look at Chu Suiliang and the Minister of Rites.

The eyes of the two people were shining, they nodded together, and said: "The old minister thinks that this method is feasible."

Candidates for the Mingjing subject have to take a written test first, and then an oral test. At this time, it is not called an interview, but an oral test.The so-called posting first, then oral examination, after asking ten principles, answering three times and strategies.This is the rule of the Ming Jing Ke examination in the Tang Dynasty. Wang Pingan did not come up with it himself, but he put it forward before others.

Li Shimin thought for a while, and said: "That's right, this method is good, as long as a scholar has a face-to-face test, whether it is worthwhile or not, you will know right away."

Chu Suiliang said: "It's too late for this class. The exam has already started, so I can't change the exam rules temporarily. When I leave the class, I will add the interview rules."

"Okay, for the specific matters, let the Ministry of Rites draw up an order and send it to Shangshu Province for execution." Li Shimin said.

After turning around several examination rooms, Li Shimin got up and drove back to the palace.As soon as the emperor left, Chu Suiliang took Wang Ping'an back to the main hall, and said with a smile, "No illness, you are not in vain as the deputy chief examiner. Maybe you will be the chief examiner next time."

Wang Ping'an hurriedly said: "How can the next official..."

Chu Suiliang smiled and said: "Don't be modest, what's so modest about this kind of thing."

After sorting out the papers, the three of them affixed the official seal on the seal together, and received it in the Ministry of Rites, and the three of them went home separately.

Wang Pingan went back to the Inspiration Temple, saw Di Renjie who was waiting for him, smiled and told what happened today.Di Renjie was so happy that he almost danced, and being praised by the emperor in public, he was one step closer to the position of champion.

The scientific examination in the Tang Dynasty was relatively loose and not as strict as later generations. Candidates did not have to live and eat in the Yushifu. How are you doing.Basically, after the three exams, the examinees have a general result in their minds. Whether they can pass this subject or not is more or less certain.

The three-day exam passed in a flash.After the exam, many scholars who did not do well in the exam packed their bags and went back to their hometowns.Chang'an is big, living is not easy, and prices are the highest in the country. If you know that you failed the exam, there is no need to waste money here. It is better to go home early to farm and study, so that you can take the exam again.

After the big exam, the emperor will drive to the Lishan Palace, which is called presiding over the approval of papers. More than half of the important officials in the court will accompany him to go, and Wang Ping'an is at ease.

Wang Pingan was afraid that Xuzhou's parents would come when he was going to Lishan, so he specially asked Di Renjie to wait in Lingling Temple, and asked Hamidi to find him a mansion.

In the end, he went to see Li Zhi again, implying that Li Zhi should take it easy, not to mention that there are no tigers in the mountains, and monkeys are called kings. He played too much and caused troubles.Li Zhi didn't understand, he didn't know, but it was true that Li Zhi was very happy that he could leave Beijing.

Li Shimin drove away from Chang'an with [-] imperial guards. Li Zhi led the civil and military guards and sent them all the way out of the city.The Lishan Palace is not far from Chang'an, and the fast horse gallops back and forth on the same day, but the emperor's holy car travels naturally slower.I set off on the same day, rested when it was dark, and set off again the next day. The distance was tens of miles and I walked for two days.

The Lishan Palace at this time is naturally not as huge as it was in Tang Minghuang's time, but the scale is not too small.The Tangquan Palace built by Li Shimin was built on the basis of the former Sui Palace. It is grand, but not very luxurious, which has something to do with Li Shimin's personality.

After entering the palace, Li Shimin went to the Xingchen Soup. The Xingchen Soup was his imperial hot spring, and below it was the Prince Soup. The hot spring discharged from the Xingchen Soup flowed into the Prince Soup. In this way, the relationship between the emperor and the prince could be corrected. The metaphor of Prince Chang Mu's father's grace is in it.

As soon as Li Shimin entered the palace, he took a rest and went to the Xingchen Tang to soak in the hot spring.The Xingchen Soup was very big, and it was boring for him to soak it alone. The imperial decree was passed down, and all the important officials followed to take a bath with the emperor.

No matter how you look at it, Wang Ping'an is considered an important minister, and he is qualified to go to Xingchen Soup to rub the emperor's back and so on, but he can't go because he is the examiner and he has to approve the papers!

In a large hall specially set aside by the emperor, Wang Ping'an and the minister of rites sat at the table, looking at each other and sighing in unison.

Wang Pingan said: "Master Chu is also the chief examiner, and he is the chief examiner, why didn't he come to approve the papers, but also ran to the hot spring?"

The servant of the Ministry of Rites was also quite upset. He was quite old, much older than the emperor, and he traveled all the way from Chang'an to Lishan. painfully.

The servant of the Ministry of Rites said: "Your Majesty can't leave Mr. Chu for a day, so he naturally wants to accompany him. Besides, it is estimated that the Majesty wants to inspect you and me to see if we approve the papers independently and whether the approval is fair."

Wang Pingan laughed a few times, and thought: "Since the chief examiner is not in front of me, then I, the deputy chief examiner, have the final say." He waved to the serving officials: "Take out the examination paper that the emperor praised, I'm going to approve that first."

The examiner Wailang naturally knew which paper he was talking about, and immediately picked out Di Renjie's paper and sent it to Wang Ping'an's desk.The papers of the three exams have been bound together, and only one comment is required.

Wang Pingan asked: "How did this comment come about? Is there a format? How to rate it?"

The servant of the Ministry of Rites replied: "There is no rating, as long as you put them in order, you will know the ranking. You can write whatever you want in the comments. There is no standard format."

Wang Pingan hummed, without even looking at the test paper, he picked up a pen and wrote three large characters, "Good good!"
(End of this chapter)