The February 2nd promotion examination of the King's capital of Wu was divided into two categories: civil and military. Cultural test has the answer, the theory, the calculation, the answer by the Tai Fu questions, the theory is Wang Jie, the calculation is Zheng Yuming. Martial arts test in addition to martial arts test, but also have to test the answer and calculate, but the answer and calculate the test questions to be simpler.
Answers are based on the candidate's understanding of the books he/she has studied, while essays are based on the candidate's opinion on current affairs and issues of the day, as well as providing his/her own opinion. Ming is a natural science.
February 2 exam day was set in haste, in the era of inconvenient transportation, more than a month's time, and can not let the king's court is thirsty for talent news spread all over the country, some people even if you get the news, because of the travel difficulties, but also can not make it to the city of Kham to participate in the examination. In ancient times, traveling far away from home was not an easy task.
Because the examination period was set in haste, the promotion examination did not have a pre-test, to February 2 this day, as long as in the evening of February 1 before five o'clock arrived at the royal capital examination registration office to register candidates, directly into the examination room to participate in the examination. The examination center was located in the original Prince's residence, now the North Academy. There were more than three hundred candidates who registered at the royal capital on February 1st.
Among them, there were only thirty-seven non-noble candidates, and more than fifty candidates outside of the Wu nationality, who came from Wei, Tang, Chu, Chen, Xu, Yan, Qi, and Lu. The largest number were from Wei, more than twenty in total, and most of them were sons of Wei nobles who had been exiled to Wu.
The largest number of candidates, over sixty, came from Dacheng, Southport, and the Valley. Of these, sixteen were commoners and eleven Valley slave juveniles, making up the vast majority of the total number of non-noble examiners.
Of the twenty-one disciples that Wang Jie had brought with him, nine had enrolled for the examination. They were taken in by Wang Jie as he traveled through the vassal states. Candidates from the vassal states of Xu, Yan, Qi, and Lu, which are far away from Wu, are thus available, and these nine candidates, if they did not follow their teacher's travels to Wu and stayed in Dacheng with him, would not have been able to get the news in their own countries to come in time to refer to it.
On the day of the examination, Wu Wangsheng was personally present to preside over the opening ceremony. Although King Sheng Wu claimed to be personally present to preside over the ceremony, in fact, he only needed to sit on the colorful platform that was built and smile at the candidates taking the exam. The ceremony congratulations were handled by Zheng Yuming, Chu Chaohui and Tai Fu. The opening ceremony was not long, only half an hour to end. After the ceremony, three hundred and fifty-three candidates holding the number plate, entered the examination room to take their seats, the guards responsible for the security and discipline of the examination room quickly cleared the field, in addition to the invigilator, no one is allowed to enter the interior, prohibit the public in the examination room around the loud noise.
The first day of the examination of the right answer and clear calculation, the second day of the civil and military candidates are separated, the civil candidates or in the North College examination of the policy, the same day can be completed. Martial arts candidates will go to the barracks school field test shooting, sword, gun, stick and horsemanship, test time to be longer, need three days to complete the test.
Candidates will be able to see the results at the wall of the Royal Palace three days after the examination. The examination list will post the top 50 of each of the civil and military candidates' results, with the top 10 being hired at the discretion of the Royal Court, and the bottom 40 being allowed to enter the South and North Colleges for further study, with free room and board for the students, and those in difficulty can apply for a monthly subsidy of 2 gold for living expenses.
February 8th this day, is the examination out of the list day, Zheng Yuming woke up in a daze, only to see the bedroom in the light is not clear, but outside the window is vaguely people sound clamor.
"What are you doing up so early?" Chu Chao Hui realized that there was emptiness in his arms, and with his eyes closed, his long arm fished out and brought Zheng Yuming, who had just carefully left his control, back into his arms.
"It shouldn't be too early, people outside already have the sound of walking." Zheng Yuming sleeps in the inner bed, can't get the mechanical watch on the bedside table to see the time, look at the sky outside the window, and can't figure out what time it is, the overcast winter mornings are dimly lit.
The mechanical watch on the nightstand is still the same one that was originally transported to the valley and worn on the wrist, Jung Yoo Ming is not used to the old timepieces, after the Ulsan army took control of the royal capital, the skilled craftsmen were collected and emptied, and one-third of the craftsmen's entire families were sent to the valley to be assigned to various factories to be used. An old mechanical watch found in the villa was given to the skilled craftsmen to dismantle and study. Jung Yoo Ming hoped that these clever craftsmen could copycat a mechanical watch so that the original timepieces could be eliminated.
"Really, let me check the time." Chu Chao Hui pulled out the hand that caressed Zheng Yuming's smooth back, picked up the mechanical watch and brought it to his eyes to look at it. "It's only more than five o'clock, it's still early, today is the day of issuing the list, the clamor outside, it should be the sound of discussion from those candidates gathered by the palace wall."
After Chu Chao Hui finished speaking, he threw the mechanical watch next to the pillow, rolled over and pressed onto Zheng Yuming, stroking both hands down his waistline. "It's still early, we have just enough time to do it again."
"Is it really only after five? Don't you make me wake up late again!" Jung Yuming didn't believe it and struggled out of the comforter with one hand to get his watch to make sure.
"Of course it's true, lying to you penalizes me for sleeping in the outer room." Chu Chao Hui dragged Zheng Yuming's hand back to the nest to hold it down. Joking, the watch which can give Zheng Yuming to see, that the second hand on the watch and then turn three times to six o'clock, every day for their own fixed at six o'clock and a quarter to get up Zheng Yuming, if you see the time, certainly will not be willing to come back to make out again.
In the past after making out, Chu Chao Hui are used to holding Zheng Yuming and then coexist for a while, today just after the battle, Chu Chao Hui did not rely on the lover, but diligently get up first for Zheng Yuming to clean up, but also considerate to help Zheng Yuming to put on the underwear, will go out of the coat to the bedside chairs and stools.
"You're not cold?" Zheng Yuming opened his tired eyes and stared at the naked Chu Chao Hui who was running around the bedroom busily and suspiciously.
Chu Chao Hui bared his teeth and smiled, "It doesn't matter if I'm late."
The rankings of the martial arts examination have been finalized, Chu Chao Hui to nine o'clock as long as to go to the court, in the king's list on the big seal on it. But there is still a dispute over the ranking of the essay in the literature examination, which needs to be decided by the court, so Zheng Yuming must rush to the court and the minister to decide at about eight o'clock.
The King's List of the Kingdom of Wu is released, and for livelihood, the King's Seal of Wu and Zheng Yuming's Prime Minister's Seal must be stamped at the same time in order to be effective, and for military, the King's Seal of Wu and the Great General's Seal of Chu Chaohui must be stamped at the same time in order to be enforced.
"What is it that doesn't matter if you're late?"
Zheng Yuming guessed what, panicked and picked up his watch to aim at it, and after aiming at the time, he raised his head and yelled at Chu Chaohui, "Chu Chaohui, you're sleeping in your great general's mansion for me tonight!"
After yelling and still not relieved, jumped off the bed and lifted his feet to Chu Chao Hui's legs and kicked twice before giving up.
Chu Chao Hui's great general's residence, which is also known as the military prime minister's residence, is the place where he handles military affairs, and Chu Chao Hui presses that as an office, and has not slept there for a single night in a single day.
Chu Chao Hui shakes his leg, Zheng Yuming's two kicks up, it seems to have no effect on him at all. "You can't penalize me, I really didn't reach six o'clock when I looked at my watch, it's only five fifty-seven."
Zheng Yuming didn't have time to talk to Chu Zhaohui, and panicked to put on his coat. He would have liked to get to the royal court council before seven o'clock, with a few ministers to meet, to determine the first place in the literature test, but now the clothes are not yet dressed, the time is already almost seven o'clock, obviously can not catch up.
"Hey! I look at my watch it's five fifty-seven, it's not six o'clock, how can I be penalized." Chu Chao Hui, while putting clothes on his body, idly advised, "I think it's best not to top Si Zhong to the first place."
Jung Yuming's hand on his shoes paused, "Why?"
Chu Chao Hui brought out Wei Qing, Zeng You and Zhou Cheng, like three new stars rising in the court of the King of Wu, especially Wei Qing, young and valiant and resourceful, the deceased Western Marquis had praised Wei Qing.
West Marquis in the Ulsan trailhead, it is because of Wei Qing's reception to get out of danger, Wei Qing can be said to have saved the king's driving credit. There was a proposal in the royal court to make Wei Qing a count, which was rejected by Chu Chao Hui on the grounds that he was too young.
Huo Sizhong Huo Sihua siblings, Fan Jin was brought out by Zheng Yuming himself, this exam, Huo Sizhong and Fan Jin both participated. Both of them ranked in the top five for their counter-answers and explicit calculations, with Huo Sizhong being second and Fanjin third. Two of the curricular theory is also in the top five, because the curricular theory is very controversial, the ranking failed to arrange the order, today's court, curricular theory rankings set after the two compartments are synthesized, the king's list of the top five rankings also came out.
Zheng Yuming's eyes were hot for the achievements of the people brought by Chu Chao Hui, and in his heart, he was unfair for Huo Sizhong and Fan Jin who had dedicated themselves behind the scenes, and he wanted to fight for the two of them to be ranked one or two in the King's Ranking List, so that the two of them could have a chance to make a name for themselves.
Zheng Yuming wanted to go to the Royal Court early today, is to try to get the Tai Fu and Wang Jie's support for Fan Jin and Huo Sizhong, so that the two of them can take the first or second place in the strategy theory, so that if the calculation of the overall results, Huo Sizhong and Fan Jin top of the list of the first two rankings can not run away.
"Wen test king list top ten is to the counties when the county governor county, throat mouth Qucheng there is not the most important counties, SiZhong as long as can be ranked in the top three can be." Chu Chaohui side to the body sets the shorts side said reason.
"Si Zhong's livelihood strategy was originally the most outstanding." Zheng Yuming was a bit unfair.
"That's what we think." Chu Chao Hui raised his eyebrows at Zheng Yuming.
Zheng Yuming listened to a bit of discouragement, the people involved in the assessment of the paper, Wang Jie is the most open, but he is also only appreciative of Huo Sizhong s livelihood curricula, and believes that to become real, it is more unrealistic.
"Alas, can only compromise?" Even the Ulsan nobles, who were profiting from the economic model of Nambu, could not understand Jung Yu-myung's economic proposition of developing both agriculture and industry at the same time.
"Can't say compromise, can only say let each achieve their own purpose." Chu Chao Hui puts on his topcoat and walks to Zheng Yu Ming's side, surrounding his shoulders to comfort him, "Those nobles think that the East Sea coast is the most important money bank of Wu, but in our hearts, we understand that Qucheng, Throat Mouth, and Zhou Cheng's Tang border place, Ulsan, the East Sea coast are all equally important."
The shores of the East Sea were Wu's original most important moneybags, and had always been considered Wu's most important opponent. Except for a few nobles in Ulsan, the eyes of all other nobles were fixed there.
The first place in the king's list of this literary examination was considered by them to be the most likely to go to be the county governor of the East Sea coast.
In fact, Zheng Yuming did not want to let Huo Sizhong go to the coast of the East China Sea, he wanted to send Huo Sizhong to the northwest of the Qucheng, the mouth of the throat, where there are Wei Qing and Zeng You, Huo Sizhong to the administrative most forceful support there.
The salt farms on the East Sea coast would later be established as the Salt Industry General Corporation, which would be directly under the management of the Prime Minister's Office, so the county sheriffs of the East Sea coast weren't as powerful as the royal court's hundred officials and nobles imagined them to be.
Chu Zhaohui think, since the royal court many ministers think that the east coast of the county governor of the heaviest weight, then let them as they wish, so also more can show Zheng Yuming's impartiality, so that the promotion of the examination to become a fair and objective Qing Yun road.
Zheng Yuming silent for a moment to figure out the joints, back to embrace Chu Chao Hui, buried his face in Chu Chao Hui's naked chest rubbed: "It's me who is radical, Si Zhong's top five of the curricula has been sure, this court is to be rated the last, Si Zhong's total ranking is also three, four, enough for him to go to the Northwest region." He still should Xu Xu gradually come in to change the world.
"Now is not in a hurry to go to court?" Chu Chaohui's chest was rubbed by Zheng Yuming and started to move again, "You simply do the same as me, until after eight o'clock to rush to a stamp, so we can still squeeze out half an hour to make out again."
As soon as Zheng Yuming heard this, he immediately raised his head and pushed his hands hard against Chu Chao Hui, then without looking back, he turned around and opened the door of the room and walked straight towards the washroom.
Chu Chao Hui was unprepared and was pushed backward two steps by Zheng Yuming before stopping, looking at Zheng Yuming's limping walking posture and laughing.
Wu's first official promotion literary examination, the first place is Wu's twenty-five-year-old son of the world's families Han Shi, his answer and the Ming Dynasty is the first, the curricula by the court as the first, Han Shi curricula put forward the idea of ruling the country according to the law. With the absolute advantage of two firsts, he topped the king's list, and was also undisputedly appointed as the county governor of the East Sea coast.
Second place went to Fan Zin, who, instead of going to the local level as a magistrate, served as vice president and general administrator of North College.
The third was a disciple of Wang Jie, who was to be sent to Zhou Cheng as the civil official of the land under Zhou Cheng's military jurisdiction, with the line government located at the Little Bay and the administrative land designated as Southeast County.
It was Hoschung who came in fourth, assigned to Quocheng and Throat Pass, where it was merged into what was known as Northwest County.
There were a total of four people from the Ulsan region who made it into the top ten of the literature and martial arts exams, besides Fan Jin and Huo Si Zhong, there were also two other people from the noble families of Dacheng who placed in the top ten of the martial arts exams.
The civilian slave candidates from the South Port and the Valley, there were not many who made it into the top ten, but there were many who made it into the top fifty, a total of nineteen people, who were free to choose to further their education at the South and North Academies, which was the purpose of Zheng Yuming letting them sit for the exams. Three years later for the national promotion exam, these people would be strong contenders for the top ten of the king list.