Chapter 2613

The hottest topic on the streets of Hangzhou at the moment is the just-concluded provincial examination. This is the first imperial examination held after Haihan officially took over the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions. The public is paying great attention to it. Fortunately, everything has gone well so far.

No major problems occurred during the exam.

Tao Hongfang and others were not immune to this, not to mention that among them there was Bai Letong, an invigilator who participated in the examination process, so the topic of discussion soon returned to the provincial examination.

"Le Tong, you have been proctoring exams in Gongyuan for so many days, have you personally caught a few cheating candidates?" Tao Hongfang asked curiously.

Bai Letong responded expressionlessly: "Some people have already predetermined the number of successful candidates before the exam. How much difference does it make if they are caught cheating during the exam?"

Bai Letong's words were obviously still full of dissatisfaction with the local government, and he believed that there were unfair parts in this provincial examination. However, he immediately added: "I caught a few people, but I don't know how to deal with it in the future."

If I ask about it, the lightest punishment would be to be revoked from my academic title and banned from participating in the imperial examination in the future."

Bai Letong doesn't care about the fate of these people in the future. In his opinion, since they want to profit through evil ways and are unlucky enough to be caught doing it, they should of course bear the corresponding punishment.

Ha Jianyi asked: "After the provincial examination is over, when will the results be released? Do you have to wait until the results are released before you can leave Hangzhou?"

Bai Letong said: "There are not many candidates taking the provincial examination this year, and the results are expected to be released before the end of the month. However, if it takes too long and affects our travel arrangements, I can leave Hangzhou without waiting for the results."

The so-called "release of results" means that the examiner determines the number of admissions after marking the papers, and then announces the admission list. In order to take into account as much as possible the schedule of students from all over the country who go to Hangzhou to take the exam, the time arrangement of this provincial examination basically follows the old system, including the time of release of results.

Same thing.

Candidates from other places with a generous budget can live in Hangzhou for another half month and then return to their hometown after the results are released.

Tao Hongfang asked again: "Then why not suggest that the township examination office increase the number of review officials, so that the review can be completed faster and the results can be released as soon as possible."

Bai Letong said: "This is no wonder at the Township Examination Office. Officials who are qualified and capable of marking test papers basically stay in Gongyuan to participate in the follow-up work. Although the number of candidates is not too many, in order to ensure the results, the Township Examination Office has arranged cross-over arrangements.

Marking the papers will take a lot of time. And before the final list is released, it will take a day or two to unpack the papers, check the roll numbers and lists, have a dedicated person copy the list, and submit it to the district management committee for review and seal.

Only then will the list be announced to the outside world.”

Tao Hongfang smiled and said: "In this way, the provincial examination is actually not as unfair as you think. It is at least partially fair."

Bai Letong said: "Actually, Uncle Shi also made it very clear that day. The number of places for special admissions is limited and will not affect the regular admissions. But every time I think about it, I still feel unhappy."

Tao Hongfang said: "So, the number of places admitted to the provincial examination this year should be much more than that of the previous Ming Dynasty?"

Bai Letong nodded and said: "If we look at the number of candidates taking the provincial examination, the admission rate will be almost three to four times that of the pre-Ming Dynasty. Uncle Shi has not yet determined the final number of admission places, and it may be higher than expected in the early stage.

More."

For Haihan, who has been in a state of rapid development, the employment gap in the bureaucratic system is one of the long-standing shortcomings. Haihan's own cultural and educational capabilities are far from being able to cultivate enough bureaucratic candidates, so selecting talents from Ming Dynasty has become

As a shortcut to fill the gap in employment, scholars with a cultural background are naturally the best candidates.

In the past, Haihan mainly attracted talents from the Ming Dynasty by luring them for profit, and then arranged for the targets to immigrate to Haihan to settle. Now that Haihan has taken over the Ming ruling area, he also inherited the talent selection system of the previous dynasty and carried out large-scale selection.

Naturally, the opportunities for talents must be fully utilized, recruiting as many available talents as possible, and then training these people to become qualified reserve bureaucrats.

Even those candidates who are not admitted will probably enter Haihan's talent database and become candidates. These people have a certain cultural foundation and have expectations for the development prospects of the new dynasty, and they can all be utilized.

Even if they are not suitable for entering the bureaucracy directly, these people can be arranged to engage in cultural and educational jobs. Schools at all levels and various business organizations can provide them with a large number of employment opportunities.

However, for Tao Hongfang and others, they probably will not use these personnel selected through the provincial examination for the time being. The people running errands around them are almost all the generation who grew up in the environment of Sanya, and their way of thinking is

They are also more consistent with their cultural concepts. Their sense of identity with the country Haihan goes far beyond ethnicity and bloodline. There is no doubt that they are much more reliable than the personnel selected from the former Ming ruling areas.

For those who are admitted through the provincial examination, the most important employment location in the future will probably be in Donghai Region, and they are expected to enjoy the development dividends brought by the relocation of the capital in the future.

"In short, the provincial examination is over, and my mission in Hangzhou has been completed. Now it's time to relax and have fun!" Bai Letong raised his glass and said, "With this glass of wine, I wish everyone can complete the mission as soon as possible like me.

, get relief soon!”

However, does the end of the rural examination really mean relief? That's not necessarily the case.

The next day, as soon as Bai Letong woke up from the hangover from the previous night, someone came to report that several groups of people had come to visit him. At this time, they were all waiting outside. Those who came early had been waiting for almost two hours.

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Bai Letong was quite surprised when he heard this. He kept a low profile during his stay in Hangzhou. Few people knew his identity and where he lived, and even fewer people came to visit him.

"Does the visitor have a name card?" Bai Letong asked.

After reading the name cards handed over by his subordinates, Bai Letong was even more confused. These names were all unfamiliar, and he had no impression of having interacted with them before. After questioning again, he found out that the people who came to visit him seemed to be scholars.

At this time, Bai Letong had vaguely guessed that the purpose of these people's visit might be related to the just-concluded provincial examination. He immediately packed up and asked his men to invite the visitors in one by one to meet them.

Bai Letong's hunch turned out to be true. After meeting the visitor, he bowed deeply and addressed himself as "Sir Bai." After the ceremony, he didn't say much and immediately handed over a gift list.

Bai Letong glanced at the gift list. The content was not ambiguous. They were all valuable handicrafts.

Although Bai Letong is young, he has been in the officialdom for several years, and he still knows his way through it. This kind of behavior is obviously not showing courtesy for nothing, but coming to the door to burn incense.
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