Daming: I have a showdown, my father-in-law is the emperor

Chapter 146 The Exam Begins

But now.

Liu Zhixian was very disturbed.

He was worried that Eunuch Su would find out about accepting bribes, and it would not end well.

"Is Master Liu very nervous? Could it be that there is something to hide from the family?"

Eunuch Su said indifferently, he had been staring at Liu Zhixian for a while, and Liu Zhixian seemed a little dishonest.

Liu Zhixian's thoughts were interrupted suddenly, his expression obviously flustered, and he stammered and replied:

"My father-in-law misunderstood. The officer is just thinking about when the yamen servants who went to the villages for assessment will come back."

"Hmph! I hope!"

Eunuch Su snorted coldly, obviously not believing Liu Zhixian's excuse.

But he didn't want to be troublesome, he just wanted to complete the supervision task in Sanjiang County quickly so that he could rush to the next county.

There is a village under Sanjiang County, Changfeng Village.

Changfeng Village was very lively today. All the people in the village gathered on the grain drying field in front of the village.

A yamen servant looked at the old village chief of Changfeng village indifferently, and asked:

"Are all the children in the village under the age of 15 here?"

The old village chief nodded and bowed and replied:

"Master Huiguan, all the children in the village under the age of 15 have arrived. There are 13 males and ten females. They are all here."

The yamen servant glanced at the 23 children standing aside, and nodded slightly.

When the yamen servant was about to say something.

A feminine voice came from the side, saying impatiently:
"Okay, let's start the assessment quickly. There are still several villages waiting for us to go to the assessment. How can there be so much time wasted. Eunuch Su is still waiting at the county government office!"

The person who spoke was a young eunuch brought by Eunuch Su, who specially followed these yamen servants to various villages under the county to supervise and assess the situation.

Hearing the little eunuch's dissatisfied tone, the yamen servant hurriedly apologized and said with a smile:

"Elder-in-law, let's start now."

Then he turned his head and looked at the 23 children beside him with nervous expressions, and said majesticly:

"Okay, I've already said what needs to be said before. Whether you can leap into the dragon's gate and soar into the sky depends on your own ability."

Speaking of this, not only the children who participated in the assessment were extremely nervous.

Even the parents who were chattering around became quiet, and everyone held their breath, waiting for the yamen servant to start the assessment.

These villagers know all too well what this assessment means.

If it passes, it would be no exaggeration to say that the family will be honored.

The yamen servant took out a booklet from his pocket, which recorded the ten intelligence test questions for this preliminary test.

The yamen servant flipped through one of the pages, glanced at the title, and read it aloud.

"The eldest uncle went to the second uncle's house to find the third uncle and said that the fourth uncle was deceived by the fifth uncle to go to the sixth uncle's house to steal the seventh uncle and put it in the eighth uncle's cabinet. Who stole it?"

After speaking, he looked at the confused children and asked again.

"Does anyone know the answer?"

Not to mention the confused faces of these children, even the parents around them were at a loss.

They can't even hear the questions in a daze, let alone know the answers.

After half an hour.

Seeing that no one knew the answer, the yamen servant shook his head lightly. He had expected this result a long time ago, so it was not surprising.

If he didn't know the answer in advance, he wouldn't know this question, let alone these mountain children.

In order to hurry up, the yamen servant hurriedly read out the second question in public.

The result was exactly as he expected.

Still no one knows the answer.

then.

The third question...

The fourth question...

Until the tenth question was finished, none of the children could answer it.

The yamen servant was not disappointed.

At this time, the little eunuch urged:
"Okay, go to the next village quickly, don't waste any more time."

Eunuch Su sent out several eunuchs, divided into several teams, and went to the villages below Sanjiang County to supervise and assess. This little eunuch from Changfeng Village was just one of them.

He wanted to complete the task before the other eunuchs, so that he could be the first to go back and report the situation to Eunuch Su.

After hearing the results announced by the yamen officials, everyone in Changfeng Village looked disappointed.

The yamen servant ignored them and went to the next village with a few people.

Assessment scenes like this are being staged in turn in many villages in Daming at this time.

……

In the south of the capital, Qingyang Academy.

The entrance of the academy was crowded with ordinary people from the capital city. These ordinary people were sending their own children to take part in the assessment.

Crowds of common people surrounded the entrance of Qingyang Academy so that nothing could get through.

The noisy sound nearly shattered Chen Fan's eardrums.

"There are so many people here, and these parents love to join in the fun."

Chen Fan looked at Li Yizhi, Minister of Rites next to him, and said with emotion.

Li Yizhi nodded with a smile and agreed:
"For these ordinary people, this enrollment is no less than taking the imperial examination, so these parents attach so much importance to it."

Chen Fan knew that today was the day of the admissions assessment in the capital, so after disguised as a rich man, he brought Qiao Zhidong and others, and Li Yizhi came over to check the situation.

Chen Fan looked at the rows of assessment students standing at the entrance of the academy and nodded with satisfaction.

"Looking at the situation, there are thousands of people participating in the assessment, right?"

Li Yizhi stroked his beard and said with a smile:
"As far as I know, there are a total of 650 people, and this is the number after excluding some people."

Li Yizhi heard the report from the people below, saying that some ordinary people also signed up for young children who couldn't walk at home, just to join in the fun.

Isn't this nonsense?A waste of the court's manpower and material resources, as well as time.

In a fit of anger, Li Yi re-screened all the applicants, and eliminated all those young children who obviously did not meet the requirements.

Even so, nearly 1 people participated in the assessment.

Li Yizhi had to lament that the National Master's policies were so attractive to these ordinary people that no one could match them.

Eight thousand 650 seven people?

Chen Fan muttered to himself: "I don't know which ten children can pass the preliminary test?"

Compared to the maximum quota of three students at the county level, Chen Fan's quota for the state and prefecture level is five.

As for a large palace like Jingcheng, Chen Fan considered the number of people, so he gave Jingcheng ten places.

In addition to the ten places in the capital, there are also ten places in the other fourteen prefectures.

Nanjing, and the capital of the thirteen provinces.

Two capitals and thirteen provinces are the most basic territorial planning of Ming Dynasty.

Sudden.

The surrounding noisy voices became louder, pulling Chen Fan back from his thoughts.

"The assessment has begun."

Li Yizhi reminded him next to him.

Chen Fan looked up at the gate of Qingyang Academy.

really.

These children participating in the assessment, under the leadership of the officials, walked into the academy in groups.

"Good luck to you all!"

Chen Fan looked at the children rushing to the examination room in the distance, and whispered a blessing.

(End of this chapter)