"I will ponder the matter of collecting the arrears carefully for now; let's discuss the Autumn Provincial Examination first," Emperor Chongzhen said, looking at Fan Jingwen.
"Yes," Fan Jingwen replied, taking out a small booklet he carried with him. Opening it, he read, "The quota of successful candidates for this year's Autumn Provincial Examination will follow past precedent: North and South Beizhili will each have one hundred and thirty quotas, Jiangxi sixty-five, Yunnan forty, and the remaining provinces will have various increases and decreases, with the largest not exceeding one hundred people and the smallest no fewer than sixty-five."
Emperor Chongzhen nodded first, then looked up and asked, "What about the examinees from Shaanxi and Shanxi provinces?"
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