Chapter 40 Yang Dalang High School

Let's not talk about how the fish celebrate the New Year. After Yang Dalang received the letter and the bag of silver layer after layer, he was very moved and more concerned about his relatives far away in Xiaoqi Village. Yang Silang wrote his own thoughts in the letter. After reading it, Yang Dalang was more strict with himself and read hard at night. Even on the night of New Year's Eve, he did not relax at all. He wanted to pass the provincial examination in one fell swoop to live up to his family's wishes.

At the end of the year, Yang Dalang went to Beijing with several classmates and soon arrived in Tokyo in early spring. After the placement, go to check the announcement posted by the Ministry of Ceremonies and go to the Gongyuan (examination room) to participate in the provincial examination held by the Ministry of Ceremonies on the day specified in the announcement.

As early as after arriving in Tokyo and learning about the start of the exam, Yang Dalang has entrusted someone to send a letter home and inform his family that he is safe. At present, he has arrived in Tokyo to prepare for the provincial examination.

After reading Yang Dalang's letter, Yuer was happy for him. At the same time, she was very confident in Yang Dalang and believed that he would eventually pass the provincial examination and finally be able to participate in the palace examination. After all, over the past ten years, Yang Dalang's diligence and hard-working fish have been seen at a glance, and God will never treat hard-working people.

On the contrary, Liu, a loving mother, was worried and confused. After receiving Yang Dalang's letter, she completely lost her usual calm. She couldn't help worrying about whether Yang Dalang would suffer from power, powerlessness and money when he went to a big capital city like Tokyo. He was even worried that Yang Dalang didn't have too much money. In the end, even if he passed the provincial test, It may be squeezed down by those who are rich and powerful.

The fish is not very worried about this, and also told Liu the provincial examination rules he had inquired about early in the morning: "Mother, don't worry, some people may pass this state test by favoritism, but this provincial test can't be passed by those who are related!"

"I heard from the old scholar in the village that this provincial test relies on real skills. Even if those dung be related to the tribute institute and the provincial trial, these relationships will not work!"

Liu asked with a happy face, "Really? Sister, tell your mother carefully. Don't let your mother worry about your eldest brother's daily.

When Yuer heard this, he hurriedly said all the imperial examination system he knew: "Mother, the old scholar in our village said that the examiner of this provincial examination was personally appointed by the official (emperor). The provincial examination paper should first paste the name, transcribe it, then seal it with a seal, and then send it to the examiner for review..."

"That is to say, which examinee answered which test paper, and the examiner doesn't know anything about it, so he can only honestly review it according to the content of the test paper," Yuer paused and continued to say after seeing Liu's understanding his meaning: "And for the results of the first evaluation should also be sealed, and then proceed for the second time. Review, and finally determine the official results of the test paper based on several reviews.

After learning about the imperial examination system of the Northern Song Dynasty, Yuer greatly admired the people who came up with this system. At least two times of misjudgment and misapprogation have been eliminated to the greatest extent. After the candidates learned the results, they also had less trouble of checking the test scores. After all, this score is It was repeatedly reviewed by different examiners.

After listening to Yuer's introduction, Liu thought carefully for a while and put forward a new problem: "What if the candidates who participated in the provincial examination this time are as real as your eldest brother, what should they do?"

Yu'er smiled and comforted Liu: "Mom, you can rest assured that I have asked the old scholar about this matter. The old scholar said that due to the increasing number of people participating in the provincial examination of the Ministry of Ceremonies, after Song Taizong, the number of provincial examinations of the Ministry of Ceremonies has also expanded accordingly, at least 400 at a time..."

"As long as the eldest brother has real talent and practical learning, he will definitely account for one of these 400 people," Yuer saw that Liu was still worried, so she changed to act coquettishly to her, "Mother, how can you always grow other people's ambition to destroy your prestige? Big brother is no worse than others. We should have confidence in him! Mom, weren't you worried that your eldest brother would not even pass the state test? At present, hasn't the eldest brother successfully passed the state test and gone to Tokyo to participate in the provincial test?

When Yuer said this, Liu immediately regained confidence in Yang Dalang and nodded heavily and said, "Sister, you're right. Our family's Dalang is a real person! I will definitely pass the provincial examination smoothly and then take the palace examination!"

It turned out that Yuer did not blindly believe in Yang Dalang. Soon after, Yang Dalang brought good news from Tokyo, saying that he had studied hard for many years and passed the provincial examination smoothly, and would soon participate in the palace examination hosted by the officials himself.

After receiving the news, the fish family was very happy and the whole yard was also happy. Liu saw that Yang Dalang had passed the provincial examination as smoothly as the fish said, and he was more confident in him. He immediately pulled the fish to ask her to inquire about the rules related to the palace examination.

After Yuer knew that Yang Dalang passed the provincial examination, Liu would be anxious to know that it was not easy to pass the palace examination, so Yuer had already figured out the rules related to the palace examination. As soon as Liu asked her, she explained it in detail...

It is said that the imperial examination system of the Northern Song Dynasty has made great breakthroughs and development compared with previous dynasties! Before crossing, Yuer saw some comments from later generations on the imperial examination system in the Northern Song Dynasty. She knew that Zhao Kuangyin boasted that the palace examination was to avoid cheating on the dance power of bureaucrats and nobles. In fact, there are deeper reasons...

This reason is that the special relationship between "teacher" and "disthus" formed between examiners and candidates since the Tang Dynasty can be avoided. It is also in order to avoid this special relationship that the "temple examination" has been added to the imperial examination system of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Moreover, the official personally presided over the palace examination, so that the admitted candidates can only be grateful to the officials, which is naturally very beneficial to strengthen the monarchy.

In addition, in the early Song Dynasty, one-third to two-third of the candidates who participated in the palace examination failed. Some people were deposed in the palace examination after passing many provincial examinations, which inevitably led to resentment and dissatisfaction, which was very unfavorable to the rulers.

It is said that at that time, there were often six or seven thousand people who stayed in Kaifeng, Beijing. When the country could not hold the scientific examination normally, they may delay for more than ten years and find a way out. Sometimes it will lead to trouble for candidates, and some poor scholars are unable to return to their hometowns, and even throw themselves to death.

In order to maintain the order of feudal rule, Song Renzong decided in the second year of Jiayou (1057). Since then, all the imperial examinations have been admitted, and the admission quota can be as many as 500 or 600.

And for those who have failed many times in the provincial examination, the court stipulates that a separate roster will be reported to the officials, allowing them to accompany the candidates to participate in the palace examination, which is called the "attached examination". At that time, people also called these people "special names". This actually provides more opportunities for candidates who have failed the imperial examination, and sometimes the court allows even more "special names" to participate in the imperial examination than formal candidates.

These policies are enough to prove the intention of the Northern Song court to select good talents, and since the court has increased its efforts to select good talents, the chances of people with real talent and learning like Yang Dalang to be selected have greatly increased.

Yuer is also familiar with the imperial examination system of the Northern Song Dynasty. She knows that the imperial examination system of the Northern Song Dynasty has made a lot of progress, development and improvement compared with the Tang Dynasty before, and also knows that such a perfect imperial examination system has greatly increased the opportunities for candidates with real talent and practical knowledge...

It is also because of these reasons that Yang Dalang, who has always believed that the diligent Yang Dalang will finally get what he wants and get a position through the palace test!

The Jinshi admitted to this temple examination are divided into three levels, that is, the third grade of Jinshi and the first, the origin of Jinshi, and the same Jinshi origin. At the same time, the official will give a banquet in Qionglin Garden, which is called Qionglin banquet, also known as Wenxi banquet.

And Yang Dalang finally lived up to expectations. He not only ranked very high in the first place and the examination, but also won the approval of the officials on the spot. As soon as Yang Dalang learned about himself and his life, he rushed back to his hometown to report the good news!

As soon as Yang Dalang arrived home, Liu pulled her promising "official son" and kept looking around, and said repeatedly, "Our family finally has a son who is a senior official. After I returned for a hundred years, I finally have the face to meet the ancestors of our Yang family! Dalang, I'm very gratified that you are so promising.

Yang Dalang High School and Yang Dazhu are naturally full of joy, but Yang Dazhu has always been not good at expressing, so he only patted Yang Dalang on the back and repeated a sentence slightly excitedly: "Kid, good job! Dad didn't let you read for nothing!"

The undisguised joy and pride of his parents made Yang Dalang feel that more than ten years of hard study in the cold window are worth it! However, Yang Dalang saw that Liu kept saying that he was a "big official" and said with some embarrassment, "Mother, I'm not an official at present. I have to wait for the court to be granted the official position uniformly before I can be an official."

Liu Shi said happily, "Anyway, you are an official sooner or later. What's the difference between calling early and late?"

Liu's words made everyone laugh happily together, and Yuer felt that she was very lucky to travel to the Northern Song Dynasty, because in the Tang Dynasty, the entrance examination only had a background and only obtained the qualification to be an official. If she wanted to get an official position, she had to pass the examination of the Ministry of Officials.

This practice did not change until the Song Dynasty - in the Northern Song Dynasty, after passing the provincial examination and palace examination, the imperial court immediately granted official positions, and those who were in the front could quickly obtain senior officials.

Although these changes and developments in the imperial examination system of the Song Dynasty showed that the feudal rulers were trying their best to attract small and medium-sized landlords and lower intellectuals to consolidate their regime. However, leaving aside these overall situation, the changes in the imperial examination system have greatly benefited Yang Dalang, a poor student who is eager to change the fate of his family by relying on officialdom.

However, Yang Dalang just doesn't have to worry about not being an official at present. Whether it will be good or bad in the future depends on their respective points and connections.