I'm taking the imperial examinations in Liaozhai

Before the exam, of course, you need to register.Candidates have to take their own roll paper and draft paper to the county office to fill in a series of information and pay the registration fee.

When Ji Zihe received the above documents, he asked the book office to post and announce the deadline for the exam.Basically at the end of the first month, most candidates have already signed up.

Ji Zihe roughly calculated the number of people, blowing his beard and staring angrily.He knew that the style of study in Ning'an County was not strong, and it was too bad.Ning'an County's territory is not small, and its population is also large. It has not held an imperial examination for several years, and the accumulated candidates are only three to four hundred people.

I think back when Ji Zihe took the county exam in Zhaoyuan County, there were nearly 2000 students in just one county.Looking at Ning'an County again, this is just a county test. It is also a county, and the gap is too big.

Ji Zihe was so angry that he wanted to scold people, so he sneaked out the officials in charge of culture and education in the county government, and criticized them by name.The imperial court trusted you, so it entrusted you with the important task of educating the people and rectifying the style of study. How could you not do it well?

The officials in charge of culture and education are also very wronged, not because they are not serious, but because people in Ning'an County don't like studying from their ancestors, and they really can't get over it.

The big boss Ji Zihe shook his head, it was your fault if he didn't listen.If things are not done well, they are not done well. Could it be that you stop doing things just because you encounter some difficulties?Even if there are difficulties, overcome them without making excuses.

But Ji Zihe didn't really punish them. The exam is coming soon, just beat and beat. After the county exam is over, he will spend more time on culture and education in the future, so that the number of candidates in the next county exam can also exceed a thousand.

Because of the small number of people, Ji Zihe took one of the five papers he had prepared.Forget it, let's take four exams. With such a small number of people, four exams are enough to screen people.

On the eighth day of February, before dawn, Chu Yuhua had already boarded the carriage to the examination room.

Yang Yangwang looked more nervous than the candidate Chu Yuhua, his hands were shaking like he was having a convulsion, he took out a bun from the oiled paper bag and handed it to Chu Yuhua.

"Hua'er, don't be nervous, take the exam well. Even if you don't do well in the exam, uncle won't blame you. There is still a chance next time. Don't be nervous."

Chu Yuhua hurriedly took the buns from his old father, avoiding the tragedy of the buns falling, and said to himself, "Don't worry, uncle. I'm not nervous at all. The county exams are just a few exams, trust me, I will definitely get a good grade in the exam."

"Hua'er, if you're nervous, be nervous. Don't hold it in your heart. Uncle doesn't blame you. Uncle couldn't sleep the night before. He was only thinking about your exam. How could you not be nervous?"

Chu Yuhua: "..."

However, he is really not nervous at all!

Suddenly, the carriage shook strongly and stopped.

"What's going on?" Yang Yangwang lifted the curtain of the car and shouted at the driver.

"My lord, their car cut the lane and insisted on squeezing us, and hit our car," said the driver.

"Which one is not good-looking, what's the crowd? There are candidates in my car, which delayed my nephew's exam. I must sue you to the yamen." Yang Yangwang shifted his firepower and roared at the carriage next to him. .

The car curtain was raised, and an acquaintance got out of the car.

"Hmph, who am I supposed to be? It turns out to be shopkeeper Feng. The road is so wide, so why can't someone leave and bump into my car? What do you mean!"

Shopkeeper Feng smiled at Yang Yangwang, clasped his fists and said, "So it's Brother Yang, I'm really sorry. I was in a hurry to send my nephew to the examination room, and accidentally disturbed your car. After the county test, I I will definitely take my nephew to visit in person to apologize. We have important matters to attend to today, so we can’t afford to be delayed on the road, so let’s go on the road together first.”

Yang Yangwang put on a smirk, "No, I can't afford the apology from your nephew who is the chief of the case. The road is so wide, and I'm really sorry that my pony carriage blocked your way. Do you have It's important, please first, please first, how can I block your way. When your nephew's county test results are released, I will come to apologize personally with gifts."

Chu

Yuhua sat in the carriage without showing her head, and she couldn't help muttering in her heart when she heard this.Before the county examination started, he began to say that his nephew was the head of the case.If it is heard by someone with a heart, wouldn't it be thinking that the candidate bribed the examiner, otherwise how would he know his ranking in advance.

If it is publicized and known by the magistrate, it will definitely be a disaster.Fraud in the imperial examination is definitely the key target of the imperial court. This is tantamount to cheating in the county magistrate, and he must be caught and severely punished.

Feng Yunlin, who was sitting in another carriage, frowned, also felt that this was very inappropriate.

Because there is a curfew in Ning'an County at night, and the examination room is in the city, candidates need to live in the city.It happened that Feng Yunlin's uncle lived in the city, so Feng Yunlin lived in his uncle's house.His uncle has three daughters but no son, and has always wanted him to marry him, and he is very enthusiastic about him. Today's exam was also proposed by his uncle himself to send for the exam.But he didn't expect that his uncle had so much confidence in him.

Listening to Yang Yangwang's strange words, Shopkeeper Feng was also furious, "Shopkeeper Yang, I have apologized, but you still refuse to let me go, what on earth do you want to do!"

Feng Yunlin sighed, opened the curtain of the car and walked out, bowed to Yang Yangwang and saluted respectfully, "What happened today is our fault, please forgive me, Mr. Yang, after the county test is over, Xiaosheng will come to the door in person Visit. As for the case you mentioned, Xiaosheng is really terrified. The county test has not yet been taken, although Master Yang thinks highly of Xiaosheng, but Xiaosheng really can't bear it, please don't mention it again, Master Yang."

Yang Yangwang looked at Feng Yunlin coldly, "You are Shopkeeper Feng's nephew, you really are a good-looking talent, what a pity..."

"Uncle, it's getting late, we still have to go to the examination room, don't delay." Chu Yuhua interrupted Yang Yangwang's cynicism, and reminded him.

"If it wasn't for my nephew's sake, I would definitely not give up today." Yang Yangwang snorted coldly, "The road is open to the sky, each side should go. Don't lose your eyes, and bump into someone else. Then they won't be like us." so easy to talk."

"Master Yang said yes, you should invite first." Feng Yunlin knew that time was precious, so he took the initiative to give in.

Yang Yangwang didn't make things difficult for him, they were all in a hurry, and no one could afford to delay.

The candidates all came early and gathered outside the examination room.Taking advantage of this time, Ji Zihe and his colleagues hurriedly ate the breakfast bought by the yamen servants from outside, cheered up, and waited for the time to approach.

"The Dragon Gate is open."

Someone suddenly yelled, everyone hurriedly looked, the dragon gate was opened, and several yamen servants came out from the gate and stood on both sides.

Candidates hurriedly lined up and waited for the roll call.When the yamen servant read his name, he walked over with the test basket and stood in front of the yamen servant.After the yamen servants have checked the information registered by the candidates when they signed up, and confirmed that their identities and appearances are correct, they will let the candidates enter the dragon gate.

After entering Longmen, candidates will face Souzi's inspection.

Even though it was February, the searchers still asked the candidates to take off all their clothes, leaving only their underpants.If there is anything wrong with the cotton-padded clothes of the candidates, they should also be cut to see.

The scouts should check the whole body of the candidates to prevent them from being copied.Their faces were expressionless, and they all looked as if they had a heart of stone.This is also something that can't be helped, if you don't check carefully, in case of fraud, these scouts will also suffer together.Not only is the errand gone, but he might have to go to jail, who would like it.

After all, it was the first imperial examination, and it was also the first time for some people to enter the examination room. Although they had heard from their seniors, they still resented such insulting things.Of course, there are also those who are lucky enough to face such a rigorous search, and their faces turn pale with fright when they are found out of the cheat sheet.

After checking his identity, Ji Zihe met the candidates in the central hall.After the instruction read out the rules of the examination room, Ji Zihe said a few more words of encouragement, and then asked them to take their papers and enter the examination room.

After all the candidates had entered the arena and took their seats, the yamen servants walked back and forth in the examination room with boards and exam questions for the candidates to transcribe.

There are four county exams, one day for each exam, and they are not taken together.every test

The exams are separated by a few days, and the results will be announced during the period.Only those who have passed the first test can go to the second test.

The first game is the main game, and it is also the most important game.In many places, county officials try to save trouble. If they pass the first exam, they will relax a lot in the next few exams. Basically, the candidates will be selected in the first exam.Of course, there are not many such irresponsible magistrates.If you don't perform well in the first game, you can only consider yourself unlucky.This shows how important it is.

There were not many questions in the first exam. Ji Zihe followed the usual practice and came up with two four-book questions and a Wing Chun poem with five characters and six rhymes.

The topic is not too difficult, you must hand in the paper on the same day, no candles will be given out, even if you want to write, you can't write when it gets dark.

Once the dragon gate falls, the examination room personnel are not allowed to enter and exit at will.Ji Zihe thought that there was nothing serious about the county government, so he just stayed in the examination room for a day and invigilated the examination himself.

The sun was slanting high, and only two hours after the exam started, some candidates had handed in their papers.Because he was the first to hand in the paper, Ji Zihe took a special look at it, but was very disappointed.

He thought that the one who handed in the paper first should have the capital of arrogance, but he didn't expect that he was just a arrogant madman.It was too early to hand in the paper, but the article was mediocre, and the writing was also very ingenious, and there was nothing outstanding about it.

Seeing that someone had already handed in the papers, the hearts of the people in the examination room visibly fluttered.The first one to eat crabs appeared, will the second and third be far behind?

Ji Zihe wanted to persuade them to polish the article again, don't be impatient, it's still early.But now that he is an examiner, how could he point them out in the examination room, so he had to keep his words in his stomach.

To Ji Zihe's relief, not all candidates were so impetuous, and some candidates were very calm.Most of these candidates are in their 40s and [-]s, and there are only two young faces, who seem to be less than [-] years old.Ji Zihe looked familiar, it was Feng Yunlin who helped him catch the flower picker.As for the other, Ji Zihe couldn't recognize him, but judging by the material of his clothes, he was not an ordinary person.Ji Zihe originally wanted to praise him for his good family style, but when he passed the man's test house, he smelled alcohol.Alcohol is not allowed in the examination room. Souzi will definitely not make such a mistake. He must have been infected before entering the examination room. Could it be that this person is an alcoholic?