"Spring Trial" is also called Spring Test, nine days, the 9th, 12th, and 15th of the second lunar month, three sessions, each three days. The examination is presided over by the Ministry of Rites, so it is also called the Ministry of Rites, and the place of the examination is in the Ministry of Rites Gongyuan. The content of the three days of the examination is different, and the subjects of each examination are also different, so in the previous imperial examination, some subjects cannot be applied for at the same time, because no one can appear in the two examination rooms at the same time, but this has no impact on the final competition for the champion, because compared to the two subjects of Ming Jing and Jinshi, other subjects are inferior, and if you do not report these two subjects, you will have no chance to be the champion.

Due to the small reform of the imperial examination system this year, and the system of subjects, the rules of the examination have also changed. On the ninth day, all the exams were small subjects. On the morning of the 12th, the Ming Sutra was examined, the Jinshi was examined in the afternoon, and the palace examination was held on the 15th.

In other words, the system has changed again. If the regular department does not have the opportunity to enter the palace examination, the preparation department will not even have the opportunity to take the examination. The students felt that it was too cruel, but the system was originally Enke, and it was normal for the selection to be a little higher, and the exam was coming soon, and those who wanted to get results had no time to protest.

A few days passed in a blink of an eye, February 9, the day of Xiaoke's imperial examination. Today is really dispensable for those who aspire to compete for the top prize. Because in this year's imperial examination, the champion only looks at the two subjects of Ming Jing and Jinshi, even if these small subjects are not examined, they can be the champion in the end, and these small subjects are not helpful to the champion, but to distract their energy, so many people choose not to take the exam.

But Li Mu came to take the exam, and among the more than ten small subjects, he chose to apply for three subjects, because a student can only take the exam of three subjects on the same day, he wanted to apply for ten subjects, but the Ministry of Rites did not allow it, so he had no choice but to take a step back.

The three sub-subjects he signed up for were Ming Fa, Ming Arithmetic and Ming Characters. Ming law, and Ming arithmetic, as the name suggests, and Ming characters, is a special subject for calligraphy, who has beautiful words, who can come out on top.

Li Mu's words are 'COPY' Ouyang Xun, and today, in the way of calligraphy, only two people are recommended, Yu Shinan and Ouyang Xun, and it is recognized that these two people's words are the best, so the people who study calligraphy are basically these two major schools.

Li Mu is from the European faction, but if he writes European characters, he will definitely not be able to. His font, everyone is clear, the people who read the papers, are all officials of the Ministry of Rites, when marking the papers, it is very simple, directly pick out all the European characters to evaluate the grade, etc. Although he is a small department, if he does not come out on top, it will also have a great impact on his reputation. Similarly, this method can also be applied to the two subjects of Ming Jing and Jinshi, and they don't know when they suffer a dark loss.

In order to avoid the occurrence of this kind of problem, Li Mu mobilized all the forces and contacts that could be mobilized in the past few days, and collected a lot of 'celebrity calligraphy and paintings', including the inscriptions of Wang Xizhi's father and son, and the handwriting of many famous people in the Wei and Jin dynasties. Li Mushi exhibited simulated Dafa and had already learned the handwriting of several calligraphers, including the handwriting of Wang Xizhi's son, Wang Xianzhi. Originally, his goal was Wang Xizhi, but Wang Xizhi's calligraphy is really rare, and relatively speaking, it is more self-cherished, and there is no market, and in just a few days, he really can't get ten pieces.

Wang Xianzhi's calligraphy attainments, in the eyes of connoisseurs, are not weaker than his father at all. It's just a little bit of a genius pen like "Orchid Pavilion Preface", but his "Mid-Autumn Festival" and so on are also praised by the world.

Li Mu collected eleven pieces of Wang Xianzhi's handwriting, and finally met the conditions. This time, he participated in the Ming character department, and he responded with Wang Xianzhi's handwriting. As for the Ming Law and Ming Calculation, with his unforgettable ability and the blessing of the four algorithms, each subject was handed in in half an hour, and he was able to do it with ease, without feeling the difficulty at all.

On the 11th, the day before the Ming Jing and Jinshi exams, the test results of the small subjects were announced. Li Musan is famous on the list, there are no accidents, all of them are the first place. Since the small branch does not participate in the selection of champions, the first name of the small branch is not called the champion, but called the 'case head'. It is the only one among all the candidates who participated in the small subject, and not only this one, but all the candidates did not register for three exams, and at most two exams. After all, not everyone can hand in the paper in half an hour, how many people have spent their lives and can't reach the first in one subject, let alone three subjects, applying for two subjects is considered to be beyond their own strength, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites will scold, but no one dares to scold Li Mu.

As soon as this result came out, everyone in the Ministry of Rites suddenly felt that the clouds were covered. In order to suppress Li Mu's spirit, the difficulty of this year's small subject questions has also increased a lot, and some of the questions can't even be answered by these officials from the Ministry of Rites in person, but Li Mu took three subjects lightly, and they were all done in half an hour, if he is allowed to apply for ten subjects, I am afraid that he can really complete ten subjects in one day, what a great irony.

Many officials of the Ministry of Rites even felt lucky, fortunately they did not let Li Mu apply for the ten subjects, if that was the case, the Ministry of Rites would close the door directly, and they would know what to pay tribute to.

The next day, February 12, the main event came. In the morning, Ming Jing Branch. The students who were fortunate enough to buy the "Confucian Mansion Secret Scroll" have been reciting for many days, and they have been waiting for today. When they got the title with apprehension, they couldn't wait to kowtow to Li Mu a few times in the direction of Xiaoyao Valley, and all the titles of the posts were all in the prediction of the "Confucian Mansion Secret Scroll", and none of them were missing. This greatly increased everyone's confidence in the oral examination, and when it came to the oral examination, the ten righteousness were not among the predictions, and most of the students were already happy at this time.

If you do well in the Ming Jing exam, even if the Jinshi is destroyed, you will be qualified to open a museum and accept apprentices when you return to your hometown, at least you will not have to worry about eating and drinking in this life, and many people will come to participate in the imperial examination, not so ambitious, not to be an official, but to eat.

Moreover, the better the exam, the better the treatment, if you can do the moderation, the palace, the teaching gentleman of such a grade of the mansion, then the treatment can be on a higher level, more nourishing than the ordinary county order.

It is obviously much more difficult to make a current policy. But this thing can not be predicted, and it is no wonder that the "Confucian Mansion Secret Volume", this year's current affairs policy, is not unexpected, the test is the "Internal Affairs Office", "border city", "tax policy", are all recent events, students in Chang'an are also familiar with it, have their own opinions, whether it is right or not, there are all said, there is no one to hand in the white paper.

But what makes people angry is that Li Mu was the first to hand in the papers. If it weren't for the delay in the oral exam, he would have been able to complete it in half the time.