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Chapter 180 Provincial Examination
In the world of ordinary people, the provincial test is already superior.

But for Cheng Jinzhou, it was just a formality.Just by looking at the calm expressions of the children from the aristocratic families, one can know how outrageous the test questions are.

If it is a provincial examination, most of the noble families would like to test their children. They are not allowed to cheat casually, and it is also convenient for them to select promising children.But when it came time for the provincial examination, they all came to help. The reason was that they were too enthusiastic about being an official.Especially those ordinary families who have difficulty getting questions in the examination hall. Many times they just set their goal to be successful. In the last exam, they naturally try their best to achieve success.

There are dozens of examination centers across the country, and the central government has nowhere to monitor them, let alone the gentlemen who are deeply entrenched in the local area. Furthermore, if local wealthy nobles are not allowed to obtain the title of examiner, how can other examiners feel at ease? .

Cheng Jinzhou swaggered to the examination room, and before he could find a place, Lu Anping waved and shouted, "Brother Jinzhou, come here."

The students standing with him are all students from the Hongwen Hall, and they are also the closest to the gate of the Li Yuan.Cheng Jinzhou looked at the long queue, put on a smile and walked over.

Although the Provincial Examination was not as crowded as the Township Examination, people lined up along Damen Long Street, and the number of guards had increased, so following the crowd was not a good idea.

Shen Cong was looking at the sky boredly, but he became excited when he saw Cheng Jinzhou, and laughed before Lu Anping: "You've come, I thought you gave up."

Cheng Jinzhou's faltering answer, Weng Xilian would come to study ink for him every day and chat with him, so how could he have time to go out.

Lu Anping smiled like a female rabbit eating roses, and said kindly: "After the provincial examination is over, our classmates in the Hongwen Hall are going to have two more gatherings, and the third prince is also going to attend. May I inform you when the time comes?"

He was worried that Cheng Jinzhou would refuse, so he pulled the third prince out.

Cheng Jinzhou thought for a while, then said with a smile: "Then I will trouble Brother Lu."

The students of Hongwen Hall are not so much from aristocratic families as they are from wealthy families.Building a good relationship with them is the best choice.But for Lu Anping, because Zhao Quan was in the middle, his opinion of him was no better than that of Hou Wenwu.

Weng Xilian was waiting far away in the carriage under the shade of a tree, and Liu Qingshuang's car was more than a hundred meters away from her.It's not that the noble ladies of Daxia cannot show their faces in public, but when there are many people, they must always pay attention to some restraint.

The two would occasionally lift the curtain to look at the surrounding landscape figures.Interestingly, the two never lifted the curtain at the same time.

The long queue of candidates moved slowly under the guard of soldiers on both wings.Some of them are young and young, talking and laughing; some are in their prime, hesitating and looking forward;

The attitude of the soldiers in the Ministry of Rites is also much better. After all, those present are all famous scholars.

Shen Cong chatted with Cheng Jinzhou about recent school anecdotes and anecdotes among nobles.Lu Anping couldn't get in the conversation by the side, so he went to the back after a while, and continued chatting with his comrades.

The noble son has always been proud, so it is even more difficult for him to be careful all the time.

The team moved very slowly, and finally they moved forward, and soon saw the shadow wall inside the gate of the ceremony courtyard.Shen Cong pointed to the person sitting under the screen wall and said, "Brother Jinzhou, that one is also an astrologer."

Cheng Jinzhou raised his eyes and saw that he was indeed a first-class star warlock with a yellow badge. He was also a first-class star warlock. He was probably sent from the royal star warlock's official residence. He was lazily driving the star array, trying to find out possible fluctuations in the star array. .

After all, Shen Cong was a young man, so he compared in a low voice: "You or him, whose status is higher?"

"He's a first-level, one-star warlock." Cheng Jinzhou is now a first-level, two-star warlock, and even though he is not affiliated with each other, he is more than one level higher than the other.

Shen Cong recognized the smell immediately and laughed.

Several people quickly walked under the screen wall.Standing in front, Shen Cong moved a little slower, but was politely pulled over by the soldiers, who began to grope from top to bottom without saying a word - literati have always said that the ritual courtyard is the most elegant and sweeping place, referring to It's the body search process.If necessary, there will be bearded uncles in the back room to perform rectal examinations on suspects.

Cheng Jinzhou always looked at the dishes, looked at the rude men in front of the gate, took out his star warlock badge from his pocket, and pinned it on his body.

The official of the Ministry of Rites who guards the gate is only a 16th-level official, which is equivalent to a division-level cadre in later generations. Although he has never seen Cheng Jinzhou before, he can instantly judge his identity by looking at his badge movements and referring to his reference age. Jumping off the chair, he grabbed the soldiers who were about to attack.

"I'm here." The official walked up to Cheng Jinzhou without losing his identity, casually patted his chest and legs twice, and then waved: "Let's pass."

Cheng Jinzhou smiled slightly and left.

At the back, Lu Anping was stunned when he was grabbed by the waiting soldiers and rubbed him up and down.

In an era without family planning, noble sons must have their own status in order to enjoy the corresponding rights - Feng Yin's title, position, or fame are all proof of self-worth
Gentlemen who are vying for fame are still in the process of proving themselves.

Cheng Jinzhou simply crossed the gate and passed the screen wall. Instead, the astromancer stood up, nodded, and did not use any astrology to check.Seeing this, Shen Cong, who was still being rubbed, was envious to death. With its inspection method, no cheating strips could be brought in.

Lu Anping was even more amazed. The astrologer who guards the gate has never bought anyone's account, and has the right to directly deny it. He can drive any student who seems to be cheating from the examination room. He has always been the most hated and feared person by the candidates. , but did not expect to salute Cheng Jinzhou.

He couldn't help thinking: No wonder everyone said that reading is worse than counting.Astromancers don't ask for help in everything, so they only show a little smile to high-end astromancers.

Cheng Jinzhou, who was throwing his hands away, felt nothing at all.He is the only two-star warlock to participate in the imperial examination.However, with normal astromancer abilities, he deliberately hid two things. Astromancers of the same level did not have special means, so they might not be able to find anything.

A student from the Hongwen Hall was almost pulled into the small room at the back, his face was pale with fright, seeing Cheng Jinzhou's relaxed look, he muttered unhappily: "What are you being so arrogant about?

"Xungui son, you have to rely on yourself." The voice of the baby's voice responded to Ma Zai's anger.

Lu Anping looked over curiously and saw that it was a boy younger than Cheng Jinzhou. Perhaps it would be more correct to say he was a child.

Even in Xia Jing, where there are many child prodigies, it is very rare to see children around 10 years old in the provincial examination hall. He couldn't help asking: "Whose family are you from?"

"Nanling Zhao family, my name is Zhao Yeyu." There was no servant beside him in the examination room. Among a group of adults, he did not have any stage fright. He looked up at Lu Anping and said, "If you are on the list, you will be." My classmate."

Several people froze for a moment, then laughed.

Zhao Yeyu still looked like an angry young lady, shaking his head and saying: "My husband thinks it's taboo..."

"Everyone sit in their seats." An examiner in robes quickly drove away the gathered candidates. The more educated people are, the more troublesome they are. The examiners are also experienced.

Fortunately, everyone is the son of aristocrats, wearing gold and silk, silk and satin, and has not been tagged with the word "disorderly conduct", otherwise this alone is enough to ruin the future.

The more you follow the rules, the more you will have no way out; the more you have no way out, the more you will follow the rules-the strict hierarchy will fundamentally cut down the ability of the people at the bottom.

Cheng Jinzhou sat in the small cubicle that only accommodated one person, took out the pens, inkstones in order, poured water and grinded the ink, and couldn't help thinking in his mind that Weng Xilian was shaking her waist when she was grinding the ink.

He didn't rub the ring until it was time to distribute the papers, and showed the books he could choose without calling a new customer service.

Another benefit of Star Alliance level 4 is reflected. Now he can engrave the desired book in the ring.If the Covenant library was interested, he could even sell it to them.

The more than [-] pages of cheating materials were all sorted out by Cheng Jinzhou based on the leaked exam questions, and now a pair of exam papers were written.

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Cheng Yun'an began his first experience as an official in his life, and Cheng Yunxiang also upheld his elder brother's responsibilities and began to select positions for Cheng Jinzhou within the staff department.

Daxia has a total of 27 ranks of officials, nine grades of empty posts.After the provincial examination, there is usually no official award, but if it is operated, it is usually a 24-level title, a vacant position at the ninth rank or the eighth rank.As for Xie Yuan, the No. 1 in each province, he can get an official rank of around 22, and he has just been able to be a second official in a low-level county, that is, Zhu Bo, County Captain, and so on.

Of course, usually, when the servants of the Shen family are released, they can be the master of a county. Those gentlemen who are expected to be admitted to Jinshi are not willing to condescend to be officials.Therefore, what Cheng Yunxiang had to do was to move the position of a lower county for Cheng Jinzhou, and in the best case, the nearby prefectures and counties would soon have the position of a higher county.

In the past few days, Cheng Jinzhou pretended to be reviewing, and his cheap second uncle brought dozens of officials to fiddle with the materials of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Households every day.There are more than 600 counties in Daxia, and it is not easy to comprehensively consider the mineral land.

On the other hand, Hou Wenwu still did not give up collecting information from warehouses in various places, Warlock Jiang Huangxing was silently conducting his own research, Warlock Liu Kuangxing actively contacted the gentlemen of Zhengshitang, and Warlock An Fengxing kept in contact with the Star Warlock Association. Meanwhile, Father Li Zhong was working hard to prepare for the "God's Blessed One" ceremony, and tried to prepare for failure.

The storm in the capital has been turbulent from beginning to end and has never stopped.

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(End of this chapter)