Travel to the Water Margin

Chapter 134 The Imperial Examination in Progress

As the start of the exam approached, a large number of candidates gathered outside the exam hall. These people all passed the understanding exam and then came here to take the provincial exam. There were more than 300 people, and they all gathered in the exam hall at this time. Outside.

It became lively all of a sudden, with elegant greetings and chats everywhere, and bursts of laughter from time to time.

"Alas, I don't know if the test questions are difficult or not. I'm a bit uncertain."

"As long as you can pass, you can find a small official position, and maybe you can get promoted and make a fortune, marry into a high-ranking official's family, and reach the pinnacle of your life!"

"Seeing how promising you are, I still said that Qinghualou's flower chief is none other than me!"

"Learning is endless, I would like to go to Qinghua Building alone to explore it."

"There is no limit to the sea of ​​learning, and I am also willing to go to it."

"Bah, you guys are disgraceful! Remember to bring me one after the exam."

"..." Lin Youde turned his head to look at Zhao Jinfu, his eyes meant that I'm sure they were pretended by the mask organization.

"Ahem," Zhao Jinfu coughed, "Don't make trouble, we'll talk after the exam, we'll talk after the exam."

"Every candidate enters the examination room, please line up in an orderly manner, take out your documents for inspection, and enter the venue one after another."

On the stage of the examination room, Zhang Bangchang's blood boiled in his heart: "This scientific examination, the seedling is good."

"As soon as the imperial examinations are opened, the literati in the world will return to their hearts."

Tong Guan said excitedly, seeing the young scholars one by one, everyone was even more excited.

"That's right, to start a course to obtain a scholar, to test the school's family relationship, to know shame, to know loyalty, is the foundation of a country."

When the time came, Zhang Bangchang stood up and said loudly: "The auspicious time has come, candidates enter the arena!"

The messenger said, "Yes! Candidates enter the arena!"

"Pass candidates to enter!"

The gate opened, and more than 100 candidates who had passed the test swarmed in. When they reached the center of the venue, they all knelt down and said, "Students see the emperor!"

Zhang Bangchang nodded slightly. The provincial examination will be held for several days in a row, and candidates need to eat and live in the examination room.

"You idiot, remember, don't cheat. If you don't know how to write, just fill it in." Zhao Jinfu suddenly had a headache when he looked at Lin Youde who was acting in a secretive manner.

She was worried about Lin Youde, a bastard, if she knew this, she would not be angry and let him fend for himself.

Fraud in the imperial examination may lead to the confiscation of the family and the destruction of the family.

"calm down."

Lin Youde nodded, as if I knew it.

Instead, Zhao Jinfu watched closely, wishing to stare at him, for fear that he would do something wrong.

Lin Youde said embarrassingly, "It's not my first time taking the exam!"

I think back then, I also took the college entrance examination once!

As soon as they entered the arena, everyone was taken individually to a cubicle that didn't even have a square meter.

There is no window, just a half-foot-wide wooden table and a chair. On the table, there are pens, ink, paper and inkstones and some instructions for the examination room.

At every meal time, someone will bring water and cooking cakes for the candidates to fill their stomachs.

Behind it is a crude little latrine.

"Hiss, these literati are really suffering for being officials. Can you bear this?" Lin Youde pinched his nose and looked at the toilet, and he suddenly wanted to die.

About an hour later, the bell rang, and the imperial guards distributed the examination papers in their hands.

"Hiss." Lin Youde was shocked when he saw the exam questions.

"System! Can you do it?"

The system looked disdainful, and directly put up a wooden sign saying, "Upgrading, Do Not Disturb".

"What should we do?" Lin Youde was dumbfounded.

Following the chaos and panic at the beginning, the courtyard gradually returned to calm.

Only the guards and examiners were left to patrol.

"Be honest with me, even dare to cheat in the imperial examination."

"What a big dog!"

"At the foot of the world, the emperor's kindness is mighty, you wait for selfishness and fraud..."

Zhao Jinfu, who was in another place, was taken aback by the sound of yelling from the next door, and yelling came from a distance from time to time during the exam.

Zhao Jinfu couldn't help constricting his pupils, he could only pray that the idiot would not be overwhelmed.

Zhao Jinfu, who had the highest hope of this group, carefully reviewed the exam questions, took a deep breath, picked up the brush, dipped it in ink, pressed the rice paper and began to write.

After a few hours, she let out a long sigh of relief, put down her pen, and checked her answers carefully.

He thought to himself: "This first subject of poetry, fu, and theory is not too difficult. Most people can write it. It seems that the father is still a subject that is left behind."

As the exam began, Zhang Bangchang also came to the office of the proctor of the exam center, and the closed door opened again.

"Meet your lord."

"Ziming, is everything going well?"

Zhang Bangchang asked when he saw Zhu Ziming coming up.

"It went well, everything went very well, and some people who were insulting to gentleness were corrected."

When Zhang Bangchang heard this, he was immediately relieved.

Most of the questions in this imperial examination were written by officials, but the examiner and question maker who failed were both Zhang Bangchang.

This is the practice of all dynasties.

Afterwards, Zhu Ziming followed Zhang Bangchang to inspect the examination room. Looking at the examinees who were buried in answering the questions, he felt a burst of joy.

"Take a good exam and give me a face as a scholar of the Song Dynasty."

When the candles were lit, the imperial guards handed over an oil lamp, and handed them out one by one.

Zhao Jinfu dozed off and looked at the second test questions, which consisted of five questions.

He wrote a total of five major events in his own country or other countries, and put forward some of his own political opinions and views on governing the country. Coincidentally, there was the king change incident that happened in Koguryo two months ago.

"Father already knows that we are back." Zhao Jinfu's pupils shrank. After the exam, she had to go back to face the saint.

After thinking for a long time, I took up a pen and wrote down my thoughts.

When he finished writing, he stopped writing, and the imperial guards struck the third watch.

Finally, Zhao Jinfu checked the article for typos and incomprehensible places, then put down his pen and ink, fell asleep, and copied it again tomorrow.

Zhao Jinfu woke up after three poles in the sun. On her desk, there were cold pancakes and rice porridge.

"Hey, this biscuit is still not as good as the pizza made by that idiot."

After eating and copying again, open the third test question.

"Here comes the important point! Tsk tsk, the emperor's question is too tricky this time, how many literati are going to cry?"

This time there are ten posts on The Analects of Confucius. It’s really hard to shave off a big beard.

After thinking for a moment, I recalled what I said when I corrected the imperial examination with my father last time.

I laughed all of a sudden, hehe, this is all the content of my father's exam on me last time.

Picking up the pen to fill in the words, the characters are flying and elegant, and the pen is sharp and fierce.

This time she had to write a different style of writing, otherwise her father would find out, and she secretly participated in the scientific examination again.

Last time, her father recognized her from her handwriting.

The third day is also the last day of the provincial test.

After Zhao Jinfu finished writing the ten articles on Chunqiu and Book of Rites, he stopped writing, closed his eyes, and let out a deep breath.

"The exam is over. This time the scientific exam, the questions are two points more difficult than the last one. The questions are more about internal affairs, less about managing the army. Hey." The Zhao family has adopted a policy of promoting literature and restraining martial arts from the very beginning.

With the rise of the Kingdom of Jin, it confronted Daliao tit for tat, and fought in dire straits.

The Xixia kingdom in the west of the Song Dynasty was covetous, and often invaded our territory to burn, kill, rob, and plunder the population.

A few more Panjuns began to appear in the south.

"Hold on tightly to Lin Youde, with him here, I will be safe in the Song Dynasty, and I must recommend it to my father." Zhao Jinfu blushed as he thought of that idiot: "If necessary, I will satisfy his wife's and children's hot-headed demands." .”

"Boom" "Boom" "Boom"

With the ringing of the bell, this round of provincial examination is over!

(End of this chapter)