Seeing that Li Boran was indeed relaxed and no longer so anxious and nervous, Wang Dazhui knew that his goal had been achieved.

This meal was not in vain, Di Renjie also specially instructed a lot of precautions about the scientific expedition at the dinner table, as a person who came over, he was naturally more familiar with the situation of the scientific expedition, and he should pay attention to what to say very carefully. These experiences are not self-conscious people, who will tell others?

They drank outside, but the house was not idle, Wang Dazhui's mother Zhang Cuihua had already prepared exam supplies for her eldest son-in-law, and the eldest sister Wang Aoyu was not idle with a big belly, checking over and over again what her husband needed to bring to the examination room, for fear that something would go wrong, and the family would be nervous after being busy.

The brushes and inkstones were bought the best, and double copies were prepared, as well as clothes, bedding, umbrellas, and dry food were also carefully selected, for fear that Li Boran would be as nervous as a war if he lacked something in the examination room.

The next day was a day off.

Early in the morning of the third day, Wang Dazhui's family sent Li Boran to the Tribute Institute to participate in the scientific expedition.

Along the way, her mother Zhang Cuihua and eldest sister Wang Aoyu repeatedly told Li Boran to talk about it until they sent people to the examination room.

In the end, in the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty, there were many scholars who came to Chang'an City to participate in the scientific examination, just like crossing the river, and they all rushed to the dragon gate.

Martial law was imposed early outside the examination room, with a post at five steps and a sentry at ten steps, and the forbidden army patrolling back and forth.

Wealthy families came in horse-drawn carriages, servants or scholars carried things to the door, and poor children who had no money could only go in with their own examination baskets and bedding luggage.

When the candidates enter the examination room, the inspection is very strict, and there are special soldiers to search the candidates' bodies and things to prevent entrainment.

Candidates have their own admission cards, with their names, ages, places of origin, and guarantors, and after checking them one by one, they will enter the corresponding examination room and seats according to the A, B, C, D and number on the admission card.

As soon as the time comes, the bell rings, the gate of the Gongyuan will be locked directly, and during the examination, any idle people are not allowed to approach or make loud noises, and the offender will be severely punished.

Li Boran was assigned to the No. A examination room, took his own things to find his seat and sat down, only to see that the people in front and behind and left and right did not know each other, and the examination room was quiet, and no one dared to speak, just looked around with his eyes.

After the examiner announces the discipline of the examination room, the official examination begins, and after the old paper is distributed, the examination questions are immediately announced, and the examination questions are written on wooden cards and are carried back and forth by the soldiers, so that everyone can see them clearly.

As mentioned earlier, there are two main types of imperial examinations in the Tang Dynasty, which are divided into Ming Jing and Jinshi. The main content of the Ming Jing scientific examination is the scriptures and current policies, and the Jinshi scientific examination also has poetry in addition to the scriptures and current affairs.

The Tang Dynasty's "Ming Jing" section tried to post the scriptures, and the ranking was determined by the proportion of the scriptures. The Ming Sutra is divided into five classics, three classics, two classics, a pedantic one, three rites, three transmissions, etc., the method of the examination, first posted, then the oral examination, after asking ten articles of righteousness, answering the three ways of the policy. "The Book of Rites" and "Spring and Autumn Zuo Biography" are called the Great Classics, "Mao Poems", "Zhou Li" and "Etiquette" are called the Middle Classics, and "Zhou Yi", "Shangshu", "Spring and Autumn Ram Biography" and "Spring and Autumn Valley Liang Biography" are called Xiaojing. Those who pass through the two classics shall pass one major scripture plus one minor scripture, or take two middle scriptures; Those who have passed the three scriptures, one major, one medium and one minor scripture; Those who have passed the Five Classics must pass both the major and minor scriptures. The subjects are chosen by the applicants. In addition, "The Book of Filial Piety" and "The Analects" are compulsory subjects, and sometimes "Laozi" and "Erya" are also tested.

The first thing to rely on is the Sutra and Moyi. The Sutra is somewhat similar to the fill-in-the-blank questions in modern exams, in which sentences from the scriptures are excerpted and some of the words are blanked and written silently by the examinee from memory. Moyi is a question and answer about the scriptures. This part is relatively easy for most people, as long as you are familiar with the content of the book, you can basically answer it.

The second test is current affairs, that is, how to deal with some current affairs, and candidates are asked to put forward their own views and suggestions. This section examines the candidate's autonomy, somewhat similar to current politics in modern exams. Candidates need to pay attention to the world's major events and put forward their own opinions and opinions. That is, the combination of theoretical knowledge and practical activities to test the candidates' understanding and application of the knowledge in the books.

As for the poetry of Jinshike, it is the candidate's creativity that examines the candidate, and the candidate needs to write the poem according to the topic, and what is needed is to play on the spot. Of course, this is also inseparable from the accumulation of knowledge by the candidates themselves.

Li Boran took the exam in the examination room, while Zhang Cuihua, Wang Aoyu and others roasted outside the venue. The exam lasted for three days, and Zhang Cuihua and Wang Aoyu were also worried for three days.

On the third day, her mother Zhang Cuihua and eldest sister Wang Aoyu came to the gate of the Gongyuan early to wait. There were many people waiting at the gate of the Gongyuan like them, and everyone was looking forward to it.

Wait for the bell to ring, the candidate has handed in the paper, and the examiner has checked and confirmed that it is correct before being released.

When I went in, I was full of fighting spirit and confidence, but when I came out, it became a different scene, and the good answer was naturally full of spirit, and the smile on my face came out, and the bad answer was depressed, scolding, and grinning.

However, this is only the beginning, and the final result will not be revealed until the emperor list comes out.

"Bai Ran, where is it!" As soon as they saw Li Boran coming out, Zhang Cuihua and Wang Aoyu beckoned.

The subordinate hurriedly went over to help carry things, and was locked in a cage for three days, the whole person was physically and mentally exhausted, but there was no sense of loss and depression on his face, and he should have done well in the exam.

"Bai Ran, how did you do in the exam?" Mother Zhang Cuihua and eldest sister Wang Aoyu asked impatiently.

"It's okay, basically all the answers, thanks to Di Renjie's counseling these days." Although he was very tired, when his mother-in-law and daughter-in-law asked, Li Boran had no choice but to answer truthfully.

Hearing Li Boran say that his answer was good, the two were relieved a lot, and hurriedly made a look of thanking God for his blessing.

"Mother, eldest sister, eldest brother-in-law, he is already very tired after taking the exam for a few days, don't you ask so much, you want to know the results and wait for the emperor list to come out, won't it be clear?" Wang Dazhui reminded.

Only then did the two stop asking, "Yes, yes, Bai Ran must be tired, let's go back and talk about it." Zhang Cuihua said with a smile.

Wang Dazhui took a look at the gate of the Gongyuan, and most of the people who came out were depressed or numb, and only a few could still laugh. It is not difficult to see that the difficulty of scientific research is still difficult for most people.

However, if you think about the story of "Fan Jinzhongju", it is not difficult to imagine the difficulty of the scientific examination.

(End of chapter)