When the newspaper debate was fierce, this year's examination ended successfully.
A total of twelve women went to the Ministry of Rites to receive their examination tickets. But there were only five people who actually took the exam, and the rest went home with their admission tickets.
Under the test list, some are happy and some are sad.
There are also some guys who have obviously different concerns. They keep looking at the list of scholars, asking back and forth: "Is there a woman who won the tribute?"
Gongshi is a candidate who is admitted by the general examination, and can only be called this before the palace examination.
Since the list only includes name, place of origin and graduate school, it is impossible to tell which one is a woman, so many people are concerned about this matter.
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Qi Biaojia looked at the list several times, then turned around and said to her daughter and daughter-in-law-to-be: "It's great that you can take part in the exam. Don't be sad even if you fail."
"Father, you don't need to comfort me," Qi Deqiong forced a smile, "There are so many candidates in each province, and the mid-term exam is not easy. My daughter has already expected this. No matter what, the second brother won the gongshi, so today should be celebrated."
Although Qi Bansun passed the exam, he was dejected: "There are indeed so many talented people in the world. I thought I would be in the top list, but I didn't expect to be in the bottom list."
When this family came to Nanjing, everyone was full of confidence, but only Qi Bansun passed the exam with great difficulty.
By the way, when it comes to university, no matter it is the university graduation exam or the next exam, everyone has only one chance.
If you say that you are sick and uncomfortable, you can apply for a postponement of the exam before you get the admission ticket, but you are not allowed to change it as long as you get the admission ticket.
This may seem a little unreasonable, but it doesn't really matter.
?Because those who are eligible to receive the examination admission card can directly become an official even if they do not take the examination. Do you have a college diploma in your hand? It¡¯s just that when you become an official, you started at a lower level. If you are really capable, you can still climb up.
Like Qi Biaojia's daughter and prospective daughter-in-law, although they failed this time, as long as they are willing to be officials, they can also get a low-level official.
Universities in various provinces enroll a lot of students every year, but the graduation exam is really difficult. Officials from the Ministry of Rites personally preside over the exams. To obtain a university diploma, the difficulty is no different from that of a Jinshi exam. The passing rate of the university¡¯s graduation exam is less than 50. As the number of college students increases, this passing rate will continue to decline.
While talking, Yan Ruoqi, Yan Yuan and Tang Zhen, three friends squeezed out from the crowd.
Qi Biaojia's family immediately cupped their hands and said, "Congratulations, both of you!"
"Congratulations, congratulations!"
Yan Yuan was second in the general examination, Tang Zhen was 35th in the general examination, and Yan Ruoqi was not eligible for the imperial examination.
Liu Shuying is also watching the rankings with them, and she will graduate from high school soon. If the son is interested, he can first look at the portrait of the little girl. Not to mention sinking fish and wild geese, she is also as beautiful as a flower"
"Hey, let me tell you Liu Si, your daughter has a big mole on her face, so why is she so beautiful? Regardless of her looks, she can't study well, and she was at the bottom of the exams in girls' schools. Pu Gongzi, my daughter is a talented woman .After you get married in the future, you and your husband will sing poems and have endless things to say, so you must be very affectionate."
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Pu Jian was obviously at a loss. He was the son of a salt worker. He usually only knew how to study hard, and he went all the way to graduate from university at public expense.
Moreover, from elementary school to university, his grades are usually above average, which is not particularly eye-catching. It's just that he can perform exceptionally well in every key exam, and this time he got the third place in the general exam for no reason.
Pushed back, Pu Jian stammered: "I I accepted it with good intentions, and I am next I won't go to be an official in a local place. I I have already I have entered the Qintian Academy, and under Dr. Zai Zai Fangstudyingstudying physics"
The merchants looked at each other in blank dismay, they didn't expect to try for the third place, but stuttered. Moreover, he does not intend to be released as an official, and will stay in Qintianyuan in the future to study the physics of Nao Shizi.
This kind of person definitely has no future, and will come here in his lifetime.
For the present paper, Pu Jian is to improve the method of drying salt at this time.
In fact, due to the adoption of the government-supervised and commercial-run model, the salt-making technology has developed rapidly in recent years, and the sun-dried salt technology has become more and more mature and popular. However, Pu Jian, who has lived in the salt field since childhood, still feels that the salt workers are too hard.
The thesis has been written to the final stage, but it has not been put into practice, everything is his out of thin air idea. Due to the high cost of improvement, no saltworks owner is willing to cooperate with the experiment.
This is a revolutionary improvement. The current sun-dried salt method is called soaking brine and sun-dried salt. It is necessary to spread ash or scrape soil to make brine. This step is very laborious and the output is not very high.
theThe invention of Pujian is the "beach drying method", which does not need to be soaked with brine, which greatly reduces the manpower and material resources required for making brine. While reducing costs, it can also increase salt production. Historically, this method of salt production was not popularized in Shandong until the Xianfeng period. Moreover, it is only popularized in Shandong, and has not been extended to saltworks across the country.
After finishing the thesis and waiting for the imperial examination, Pu Jian was a little bored, so he showed the thesis to his teacher Fang Yizhi to have a look.
Fang Yizhi also knew something about salt making. After reading it carefully, he was immediately shocked: "If this method can be promoted, it will definitely benefit the country and the people. Don't wait for the palace test, I will take you to the palace to face the saint immediately! Zhao Han is right Pu Jian said: "You don't need to take the imperial examination, you are the number one scholar in this subject, and this paper is your imperial examination essay. You go to the Changlu salt field immediately, and I will order the local officials to cooperate and first verify your beach drying method. If it fails, summarize the reasons and give you five years to do it. If it succeeds, then slowly improve it and leave you as a salt maker in Changlu Salt Field! "
The emperor is the biggest, and the emperor has the final say.
Candidates who are admitted by the general examination are 100% able to become Jinshi, and the palace examination is just a ranking.
Whoever Zhao Han wants to be the champion, as long as he does not turn in a blank paper in the palace examination, he can be directly selected as the champion. That being the case, then Pu Jian does not need to take the palace examination, this paper is his palace examination article.
"Salt-making envoy" is not a serious official position, but Zhao Han's temporary invention, which can be understood as "ambassador for the improvement and promotion of salt-making technology".
In this way, some candidates may be dissatisfied, but who dares to say no?
Zhao Han did it purely on purpose, to show his emphasis on technology. With Pu Jian as an example, there will be more students in the future to study the technology that benefits the country and the people, instead of thinking about studying Confucian classics all day long.