After spending ten years in cold weather with no one asking, he became famous all over the world in one fell swoop.

If you pass the imperial examination in one fell swoop, you will be proud of your horse's hoofs, and if you see all the flowers in Chang'an in one day, your carp will transform into a big shining golden dragon...

At present, all subjects have been abolished in the Song Dynasty, leaving only the Jinshi subject. Scholars with a Jinshi background will be highly valued when they enter the official career. As long as there is nothing special, their official career will be extremely smooth, even if it goes according to plan.

promotion, and will eventually reach a high position.

To become a prime minister or a deputy prime minister, to be one person below ten thousand people, to be a person that attracts the attention of the whole world, and to be a highly respected official, you basically have to be a Jinshi.

The subjects of Jinshi are usually generals and generals, and they are all Tongxian.

Certain official positions, such as a certain bachelor's degree, cannot be held by non-Jinshi people. However, high-ranking officials and nobility cannot be held without a certain bachelor's degree.

With such a huge temptation, scholars all over the world flocked to it and tried every means possible to have a Jinshi background. This was especially true for many people from humble backgrounds, who regarded it as the only way to change their destiny.

Even many people who have entered the officialdom through other channels and already have a certain official position still want to enter the imperial examination, and this is a dream.

High-ranking officials, beautiful wives and concubines, and dukes for generations are what almost every scholar desires. Of course, there are some people who participate in the imperial examination for other lofty ideals, but most of them are duplicitous.

Of course, if you fail the imperial examination, that's a different matter. It will be a wasteful life, and you will not know anyone for a day. The hair on your temples will be all black, and it will gradually become the same color as the common people...

Most scholars are powerless. If they fail in the imperial examination, or even fail again and again, and fail in repeated tests, their source of livelihood will basically be cut off. Especially the scholars from poor families will live a life of no security and wandering.

In a foreign country, it was thrown on the roadside and no one cared about it.

The contrast is so great that many candidates for the exam are thinking about this and have many worries.

It was the fourth day of the Guizhou Interpretation Examination. Many students were too worried and the weather was either hot or humid or rainy. As a result, seventy or eighty students had fainted in the examination room during the fourth session.

Unconscious.

The clerks in the examination room were also extremely busy, constantly carrying the fainted students out of the examination room and seeking treatment from doctors.

Most of the students who fainted had to give up on their way to the imperial examination.

Li Sanjian was "battle-hardened" and had a strong psychological quality. He was not affected by these situations. He took a few bites of the glutinous rice cakes made by his mother Fu Erniang, drank a few sips of water, and continued to answer questions.

After taking the exam for several days, eating and sleeping in the examination room, Li Sanjian was certainly exhausted, but eating the sweet glutinous rice cakes made by Fu Erniang and thinking about his mother's expectations for him, he felt less tired.

Mother hands line, wandering clothing.

Although Fu Erniang never said anything that Li Sanjian must pass the exam, Li Sanjian understood in his heart his mother's expectations for him, hoping that he could be named on the gold medal list, and that he could comfort his father Li Qing's spirit in heaven.

Fu Erniang rushed to Lingshan County, Qinzhou to take care of Li Sanjian's life. Apart from the fact that she couldn't worry about Li Sanjian, the only thing left was that she had great expectations for Li Sanjian.

However, it is too early to mention the title on the gold list at present. The road ahead will be more bumpy and the competition will become increasingly fierce.

Li Sanjian squeezed the brush hard and tried to return his thoughts to the test questions.

Today is the last day of the interpretation test and the last introduction test.

The content of the book is about three current affairs policies, one of which was actually misunderstood by Li Sanjian.

This current affairs policy is about the affairs of Qiongzhou City's Ship Division, which is not much different from what Li Sanjian guessed. It is about the matter of Guangnan West Road and the affairs of Boyi.

The so-called Shipping Department is the yamen set up by the imperial court to control foreign goods and maritime affairs, and to consult with people from far away. During the Kaiyuan period of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, Guangzhou Prefecture had a Shipping Department, which was usually held by eunuchs.

The predecessor of Shibo Company.

In the fourth year of Kaibao's reign in the Song Dynasty, the Department of Shipping was established in Guangzhou. The Municipal Shipping Department consisted of the Municipal Shipping Affairs, the Shipping Market, the Shipping Storehouse and other yamen. Later, with the development of overseas trade, cities were successively established in Hangzhou, Mingzhou, Quanzhou and Mizhou.

Ship Division.

In the third year of Yuanfeng of the Song Dynasty, the imperial court promulgated the "Guangzhou Municipal Shipping Regulations", and the imperial court ordered Chen Qian, the transshipment envoy of Guangnan West Road, to observe the arrest and investigate whether Qiongzhou would establish a municipal shipping department. In the fifth year of Yuanfeng, Guangxi Cao minister Wu Qian also wrote a letter, stating that Qiong Ming

The Taiwan Shipbuilding Industry Corporation was irrational, but the matter was later rejected by the court.

This matter must have been a trivial matter to people at the time, and few people knew about it.

Guizhou judge Hu Wenhai, who is now the chief examiner of Guizhou's trial, once participated in this court meeting. Hu Wenhai was in favor of setting up a court in Qiongzhou. At this time, Hu Wenhai suddenly used this matter to make a proposition.

It should be said that it was a bit unexpected for the students to express their opinions, so the students felt a little difficult.

But for Li Sanjian, it couldn't be easier. The first reason is that Li Sanjian has already guessed the topic. The second reason is that Li Sanjian doesn't understand the necessity and importance of opening coastal ports. The third reason is that Li Sanjian

He is a native of Qiongtai.

"It is important to set up a division in Qiongzhou, not only in Qiongzhou, but also in Qiongtai and other ports as soon as possible..."

After Li Sanjian thought about it for a long time, he wrote down his opinion.

Li Sanjian then wrote the following reasons: Qiongtai is located in a tropical area, and the products produced are extracted by Shibosi, and important items purchased, such as famous incense, betel nut, green feather, yellow wax, hematoxylin, beji, etc.

A wide variety of items, especially famous incense, such as agarwood, Penglai incense, raw incense, cloves, etc.

"Most Hainanese fragrances have a clear and gentle aroma, such as lotus, plum blossom, goose pear, honey spleen, etc., while Hainanese fragrances are often fishy and strong. Those that are not very fishy have short meanings and are woody, and the tail smoke will be burnt.

This shows that the fragrance of Hainan is far inferior to that of Hainan..." Li Sanjian continued to write.

After Li Sanjian regained his memory, he still knew a little bit about the products produced in Qiongtai. Li Sanjian not only understood the products produced in Qiongtai, but also knew that there were many wastelands in Qiongtai and the people in Qiongtai simply did not grow enough food to eat.

The people of Taiwan used real pearls and famous incense to trade with merchants from various places. The merchants from various places, including some Tibetan merchants and Hu merchants, traded with the people of Qiongtai in the form of wine, rice, silk and porcelain.

From this point of view, the trade activities in Qiongtai were quite frequent. In this case, why did the imperial court give up such financial resources?

Li Sanjian then stated that the imperial court's establishment of a headquarters in Qiongtai would not only promote local trade, but also increase and reduce taxes for the imperial court. Why not do this?

Li Sanjian also had some selfish motives for writing this, that is, after more merchants come and go, prices will not be monopolized by a very small number of people like before. Li Sanjian believes that selling the pearls picked by his family to the court may be better than selling them to those profiteers.

Much more, so that you can increase your family's income.

Li Sanjian's second biggest reason is that Qiongtai is located at a strategic transportation hub and has many good ports. It is a necessary place for merchant ships to pass through and a resting place, such as Shenying Port, Shilan Port, Fengtai Port, etc.

Jiagang, Boao Port, etc. In this case, Qiongtai is a place with prosperous maritime trade, so it is natural to set up a company to manage it.

"The world only knows how to fight for supremacy by land, but does not know the wonders of the four seas. The world only knows the power of the cavalry, but does not know the ferocity of the navy. Is it not feasible to control the land with the sea?"

Li Sanjian not only agreed with the establishment of a municipal shipping department in Qiongtai, but also suggested opening up the coastal ports of the Song Dynasty and establishing a powerful naval force. This would not only bring huge wealth to the court, but also control the land from the sea and compete with the north.

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You must know that China mainland has a coastline of tens of thousands of miles. Such a long coastline is impossible without a strong navy.

Li Sanjian also wrote about the importance of the ocean.

Whoever controls the ocean controls the world. Whoever controls the world controls wealth. Whoever controls the ocean controls maritime transportation. Whoever controls maritime transportation controls world trade.

Whoever controls world trade controls world wealth, and thus controls the world itself.

Li Sanjian didn't know the names of the states on the other side of the sea, so he could only vaguely replace them with the names of the states on the other side of the sea.

Li Sanjian wrote about the importance of expanding trade with overseas Tibetan countries, so that not only could they gain huge wealth, but they could also obtain some technologies that the Song Dynasty did not possess, and even obtain some key military technologies.

After Li Sanjian finished answering this current affairs policy, it was almost the time for the final submission of papers. Several subordinate officials had already come over to collect the papers forcibly, and were ready to anonymize and transcribe the papers.

The so-called name affixing, also known as sealing, is to affix the candidate's name, place of origin and other information on the paper to prevent the examiner from using this information for personal gain and malpractice.

However, some people still used the special marks made by the candidates on the papers to practice favoritism. Therefore, on the basis of anonymity, the Song Dynasty imperial examination added a transcription system. Transcription means that after the papers are collected, a special person will write a copy of the examination paper. The examiner will make a copy of the examination paper based on the

Copy evaluation, etc.

However, if the transcriber colludes internally and externally, it is another matter to engage in malpractice for personal gain.

In this way, it is a good thing for people like Li Sanjian who have "three noes". At least Li Sanjian's plain font can temporarily cover it up...

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"Brother Hanren is so talented, I admire you so much." After Li Sanjian and Zeng Gongming walked out of the examination room side by side, Zeng Gongming bowed respectfully and thanked him, regardless of the rain of sweat on his face.

The general direction of the examiner's question was really misunderstood by Li Sanjian, which made Zeng Gongming admire Li Sanjian very much.

The two discussed this for two days and two nights, and basically both of them felt that they had answered the question well.

It's just that Zeng Gongming's answer was not as clear and thorough as Li Sanjian's.

"What did Dong Lin say?" Li Sanjian smiled tiredly and said, "It's just a fluke."

"Haha, brother John Ren is joking." Zeng Gongming said with a happy smile: "Brother John Ren's luck is worth ten years of studying for others."

"You...boy, that's not how flattering works." Li Sanjian smiled and punched Zeng Gongming.

"Hehe" Zeng Gongming said with a smile: "Brother John Ren, I have prepared a banquet. You and I will not come home until we get drunk today."

"Hey, I'm too tired. Let's talk about it another day." Li Sanjian declined.

Li Sanjian just wants to have a good sleep at the moment.
Chapter completed!