Be a master through ancient times

On the seventh day of the lunar new year, Chu Ci got up early and took Fu Ming'an and Chang Xiao to play a set of Wu Qin Xi before going to have breakfast.

Zhang Hu made the breakfast after punching, and he has become very proficient in these years.Zhang Hu loves to eat, and the food he cooks is also delicious.Chu Ci still felt very good after eating.

After eating, Chuci assigned Fu Mingan and Chang Xiao homework for today, and then gave Zhang Hu money to buy vegetables at the market.As for himself, he walked slowly along the path from the backyard to the front yard.

In the Tixue Division, the gates of the courtyards have been opened everywhere, and the courtyard has been swept clean. Piles of weeds and fallen leaves are piled up under the trees, like small hills, which look cute.

Perhaps Chu Ci's eyes stayed there for a while, the boy in charge of cleaning was afraid that Chu Ci would think that he didn't transport these things away because of laziness, so he explained that these were waiting to be retting to add fertilizer to the tree .Chu Ci nodded with a smile, and said, "I know, 'Luohong is not a heartless thing, it turns into spring mud to protect flowers'!"

"Good poetry, Mr. Tixue is so elegant. After all, he is not the same as ordinary people like us. Even seeing such a pile of dead branches and rotten leaves, he can open his mouth to write poetry. I really admire it!"

A few men in official uniforms came from another door in the yard, and they kept making compliments.Chu Ci was calm on the surface, but he was very embarrassing in his heart. It seems that his problem of "speaking into poetry" should be corrected. It is only because he recited too much at the beginning, and blurted out whenever he encountered a suitable occasion.It doesn't matter if you recite what you already have, but it will be much more embarrassing if you recite something that has not yet appeared.Chu Ci thinks that he is not thick-skinned enough to directly take other people's intellectual property rights as his own, so he can only slowly change his habit.

"Several adults praised it absurdly. The poem that Chu chanted just now was not made by me, but I couldn't help reciting it because of an occasional feeling in my heart, which made several adults laugh." Chu Ci said.

"Master Chu, it's because of our shallow knowledge that we have never heard such a popular poem. You must have heard it when you were in the capital, sir?" An adult said enviously. He went to Beijing to rush for the exam and only stayed there for a few days. I have come to this southern Fujian province in just one month, so I have no chance to make friends with famous scholars in the capital, let alone communicate with them.

"Hehe," Chu Ci laughed awkwardly, and then changed the subject, "My lords came early."

"I'm staying not far from the Tixue Division. Seeing that the time is coming, I invite you to come to the yamen together. I don't know if Mr. Chu wants to order us to do anything." said a gentle-looking man.

Chu Ci thought for a while and said, "It's getting late, you guys go and see if the tools for unsealing are ready, and call the other adults over by the way."

"Yes!"

After sending these people away, Chu Ci went to other courtyards to look around, and found that there was no damage anywhere, and after everything was in order, he came to the main hall of the Tixue Division.

At this moment, the other adults were waiting here. When they saw Chu Ci coming, they bowed and greeted them. Chu Ci asked them to stand up. After saying hello, they took the incense handed by Xiao Si and read aloud to the box with the official seal locked. This prayer, to the effect that in the new year we must work hard and so on.

After reading the prayer and burning the incense, Chu Ci took out the key, opened the box, and asked for his official seal first, then he got a seal, and named a person's name. After all the official seals were issued, everyone Surprised to find that Master Chu was not mistaken.

Although there are only more than 20 serious officials in the Department of Education, they only got together on the day of the meeting and the seal. In such a short period of time, everyone's official position, name and appearance were matched. It seems that this lord Sure enough, it was unusual.

Chu Ci didn't care about everyone's expressions. After sending out the official seal, he directly asked everyone to move to the conference room on the side to make a layout for the new year's work.

These grown-ups were a little confused. According to the usual practice, they didn't have to work on the day of unsealing, but Chu Ci didn't know about it. In his opinion, unsealing meant starting work.

"My lords, it's already the seventh day of the first lunar month. After the fifteenth day, the Department of Education will issue a list to the county governments so that they can start preparing for the county examination registration. I wonder which adult was in charge of this work in the past?"

Wang Ming from the pen and ink room stood up and cupped his hands: "Lord Chu, all matters related to entry in the roster or posting of the list below shall be taken care of by the subordinate officials."

Chu Ci nodded and said, "Master Wang, tell me, how did you do this job in the past? How did you arrange your time?"

Since the situation of the entire Wei Dynasty is different, and the difference between the north and the south is relatively large, the time of the county test is also different, and most of them are formulated by each province according to its own situation.

For example, in Xijiang Province, where Chuci is located, registration is on January [-]th, and the first exam is on February [-]th.In Beijing, however, registration was on the first day of February, and the exam started at the end of February.

"Your Excellency, in previous years, the county examination was held on February 22th, and this year is no exception. Therefore, we will write the list according to the usual time and distribute it to each county government. In a After the start of registration on the [-]th of the month, the retake will be on the [-]nd of January, and those who pass the customs can enter the county test..."

Wang Ming reported his work eloquently, and Chu Ci was not idle. When he was reporting, he was holding a thin charcoal stick and a bound notebook to record the main points.

Looking at Chu Ci's appearance, the others suddenly remembered what Chu Ci said at the first meeting, and they felt a little uncomfortable for a while. Why didn't they bring anything?Right now, the immediate boss is taking records seriously, but they are doing nothing. The gap is too obvious.

Fortunately, Chu Ci also guessed that they were a little uncomfortable with working today, so he didn't say anything intimately, but seriously expressed his doubts.

"What do you mean by taking it back on the 22nd?"

Wang Ming just wanted to sit down after answering, when he heard Chu Ci's question, he stood up again: "Your Excellency, you don't know, the rules for selecting officials in our Southern Fujian Province are like this, due to the large number of children, the annual county examination There will be a large influx of people, so before the county examination, a group of people must be screened by the county government first, so as not to have too many people, and there are not enough places in the school hall."

After hearing Chuci's words, he was even more puzzled. The Holy One sent him to Southern Fujian Province because of his improper style of study.Since there are many children here, doesn't it mean that there are many students here?Why do you still say that the style of study is not correct?

"About how many students in a county take part in the exam each year?" Chu Ci thought about it, and added, "Let's take Guo County as an example."

Wang Ming just sat down and was about to drink a cup of tea to moisturize his throat when he heard Chu Ci's voice again. He sighed in his heart, but he stood up anyway: "My lord, Guo County is not very big. There are about one student who takes part in the exam every year." There are 60 people in one hundred and five, and among these people, there should be about 100 people left after the retake."

A one-third chance of being swiped?Chu Ci frowned, the probability is too high, how small is the school hall here?So many people were dismissed for no reason, don't those students have any objections?

Chu Ci felt a little strange, so he said: "After signing up on the [-]th, bring me the rosters from various places."

"Yes, my lord." After Wang Ming answered, seeing Chu Ci no longer asked, he immediately sat down and drank a cup of tea. For some reason, every time he talked with this Lord Chu, he felt very thirsty.

"Let's talk about Zhang Bang first, and then let's talk about the test questions of the county and government exams and the invigilators in various places."

The college examination questions are directly issued by the provincial examination department, and the government examination and county examination questions are issued by the prefectural examination department, as are the proctors.

"Lord Chu, Xiaguan Jiang Dahai is in charge of setting up the questions and selecting them. The questions for the county examination and the government examination are generally issued according to the usual practice, and the chief examiners of the county examination are the ones who patrol each other. For example, Guo County proctors Yuan County, then Yuan County invigilates Guo County, and then the local county government finds the head of the county school and other masters to take the examination. It will be assisted by the patrols of each branch. During the college examination, the adults of the provincial education department will be the main examiners, and the provincial education departments will send people to assist."

It seems that the rules are really different. Chu Ci remembers that Zhang Wenhai and his three county court exams were all placed in the same place that day, but in Southern Fujian Province, the county exams and the second exams of the government and courts are clearly separated. , the invigilator is also different from them.However, Chu Ci also heard something wrong.

After pondering for a while, he said, "The rules of the county and government examinations have been changed this year."

"Lord Chu, it seems a little inappropriate to change it hastily?" Jiang Dahai said immediately.

Chu Ci has always been very democratic. When he heard someone questioning him, he said, "Master Jiang, if you have any concerns, you might as well speak up."

"My lord, the county examination is just around the corner. If the rules are suddenly changed, it may have a great impact on the students' grades. If the number of scholars in our Zhangzhou Prefecture is ranked at the bottom, it may also have an impact on your lord." Jiang The sea acted like I was thinking of you.

Chu Ci laughed loudly and said: "Master Jiang is overthinking. The changes I said are not to change the procedures of the students' exams or other things, but to change the rules of the questioning and invigilation. Yes. The students have little impact."

Jiang Dahai said coyly: "The lower officials are too worried about what your lord said. I don't know how your lord plans to change this rule?"

His tone was a little eager, as if he wanted to know the changed rules.

Chu Ci thought, yes, once the rules are changed, their department will have more things to do than before, and he felt a little guilty, so he said: "This matter is of great importance. Although I have a charter in my mind, there is no specific one. We will talk about the implementation plan tomorrow. During this period, everyone can also think about how to change the rules for the best."

They all said together: "Yes, the subordinates will follow your lord's orders."

Chu Ci said: "There is no need to be so restrained. I see that all the adults are a little tired today, so let's go back to rest. Tomorrow, we will return to the Yamen according to the normal time."

"Thank you for your understanding, my subordinates are leaving."

Chu Ci sat on the main seat and watched the adults leave.Jiang Dahai didn't move for a long time, and he didn't go forward until the people were almost gone.

"My lord, I have the guts to ask, I don't know how my lord wants to change this rule? Is it because the subordinates have not done a good job? If you are like this, the subordinate is in a panic!"

Jiang Dahai looked past his age, his body was no longer as thin as before, and now he was a bit potbellied, his face looked fat and white, he clearly looked like a rich man, and he spoke with a sense of inexplicable joy.

"Your Majesty Jiang, don't worry too much. Naturally, I won't make it too difficult for you. You should go back and think about what needs to be changed." Naturally, Chu Ci would not reveal it in advance, he just patted this He left here with a smile on his shoulders, and he had to go to Guo County to meet those children.