Thinking of this section, Wei Bao suddenly felt cold in his heart.

This can't help but make Wei Bao feel panicked, if there is no 'teammates' to support, under the eyes of everyone, so many people who have made heavy bets in Liaoxi and Liaodong hope that they will fall off the list, but they are all staring inside and outside the examination room, do they still have a chance?

Wang Tiqian can't be without arrangements, right? Don't? Do you really want to make everyone who is referenced this time a showman?

It's unlikely, right?

Wei Bao thought about it, but he really couldn't understand it, and tried his best to keep himself calm.

But I still can't help but regret a little, I may have done too much to sit in the bank!

Not only did it increase the difficulty of the exam, Wei Bao also thought of the consequences, he really won so much silver, I am afraid that it will not take long for this matter to spread throughout the Ming Dynasty, can Wang Tiqian not know when the time comes?

After Wang Tiqian found out, he would definitely think that he had only spent 2,000 taels of silver, and he had won more than 300,000 taels of silver.

It's too high-profile! Originally, it would have been enough to make a little money.

Wei Bo shook his head.

After the body search is completed, this is the official admission.

Looking at the location, Wei Bao almost didn't faint.

This time, Wei Bao's seat happened to be in the row closest to the invigilator seat, right under the noses of a bunch of people, and the mobile phone was not used!

The lineup of this invigilation is very luxurious, almost the entire Yongping Mansion officials came, and there are many 'temporary inspection' officials like Wu Xiang.

Behind the long row of tables, there were more than 50 chairs, and everyone had a cup of tea in front of them, which was almost like watching a play.

The number of candidates who came for reference this time was the largest in the past, with more than 70 people, but the number of invigilators was almost the same as the number of candidates, not including some on-site officials.

Two people monitor one person for exams.

Originally, there were hundreds of people with children's qualifications in Liaoxi and Liaodong, almost 200 people, but many people knew that they couldn't get into the exam, so they didn't come to the exam, and the proportion of missing the exam was very large.

After Wei Bao finished grinding, he soaked the brush in ink and waited for the examiner to come up with the question.

At this time, Wei Bao didn't worry about the content of the exam, even if he couldn't use his mobile phone, he didn't worry.

Because the funniest thing about the imperial examination is that in addition to the county examination and the government examination, which have to test a lot of basic knowledge, there are basically eight strands of literature in the back.

In fact, the eight-strand essay is more difficult to write, but you can recite the model essay, in fact, compared to completing the test paper, the difficulty is reduced.

It's just that the easier it is to complete it, and 100% of people can do it, the harder it is to come up with a grade.

Otherwise, those who have passed the Xiucai exam, which one is not a person with solid basic knowledge? Why are there still many people who can't be lifted in their lifetime?

Not to mention Zhongju people, Zhongjinshi, that is, many people who have passed the children's assessment, and there are many people who can't show off their talents in their lives.

This is the biggest drawback of the imperial examination.

In Wei Bao's view, when the scientific examination reaches the step of Xiucai, it can be stopped, which is equivalent to learning the language to the end, and then going to school, it is meaningless, but it will push many people into the tip of the horns, push them into a dead end, and completely change into reading ghosts and pedantic nerds.

There are people who are lucky enough to get out of the encirclement and become an officer, and most of them have abnormal personalities.

It is strange that people have not been weird to survive in this meaningless state of survival for a long time, and the hit rate depends entirely on faith.

The college examination was more rigorous, and the masters invited from all over the country gave various types of exam questions on the spot.

There are four books and five classics in total, and nine classifications!

A number of questions for each category.

Then, through on-site selection, each type of exam question is drawn, and then four questions are selected through the selection method.

This basically eliminates the possibility of leaking exam questions!

Film and television dramas often love to leak exam questions in advance, but in fact, in the Ming Dynasty, you knew in advance that the exam questions were of little significance, and you had to buy more than a dozen masters from all over the world, how difficult was this? And each master has several questions, and you have to memorize them all to make sense, which is forty or fifty questions.

Because four of these forty or fifty questions are extracted, it is almost impossible to complete the cheating work in the early stage.

Therefore, Wei Bao never spent his mind on getting the exam questions in advance, and every step he did was based on confidentiality as the first criterion!

Only himself, Wang Qiuya, the person who sent the letter, Li Chengnei, and Wang Tiqian's cronies, Wang Tiqian's cronies, and a few other people know that the possibility of leakage is very low, so Wei Bao dares to make such a big fanfare, dare to sit in the village, and is not afraid of the matter being exposed.

After a while, the selection of examination questions was completed, and the official held a sign and walked around the field to show the students.

Wei Bao first used scratch paper to write down the questions of the four questions, and then began to answer the questions.

In Wei Bao's opinion, the few example essays he memorized in advance were slightly different from the exam questions this time, but the difference was not big, and after studying for more than a month, he was no longer a novice who had no ability to write, and he could add a sentence or two to it.

Wei Bao first wrote a few sentences by himself according to the meaning of the topic and used it to point out the topic.

Then, according to the memory, transcribe the examples that you have memorized, and start answering the questions on the scratch paper attentively.

The attention of forty or fifty invigilators is basically on Wei Bao.

"I see that Wei Bao answered the questions quickly, not like Sanfu said that his knowledge is shallow?" Wu Xiang asked Wu Xuexia quietly. Wu Xiang saw Wu Sanfu, who was sitting in the back row answering questions, and he had been writing and stopping, as if he was trying his best to think, while Wei Bao was like a god in writing and flying like a fly, but he seemed to be more confident.

"Wei Bao has an excellent memory, probably reciting Fan Wen!" Wu Xuexia replied: "The second brother said that Wei Bao's talent is insufficient, probably because Wei Bao only got very poor in the judgment questions of the government examination. ”

Wu Xiang nodded thoughtfully, and asked the head of the Ministry of Rites, who was the chief of the general presiding officer of the college examination this time: "Lord Xiong, do you see that in this college examination, can anyone pass the examination?" ”

Although the head of the Ministry of Rites is just a six-rank official, much lower than Wu Xiang, he is the biggest in this matter, so Wu Xiang is very polite.

Lord Xiong looked at Wu Xiang, "Lord Wu, it depends on the specific papers of the exam, if the candidates are able to learn, it is normal to pass all of them, if not, they will not pass all of them, and there is no way to do it." ”

Paralysized, followed Lao Tzu in front of the official?

Wu Xiang listened to Lord Xiong's answer, and was secretly angry, but he was also relieved a lot, it seems that this time the scientific examination must be the same as in previous years, and the examination area in Liaodong and Liaodong in Liaoxi will not be a showman.

This made Wu Xiang feel a lot more comfortable, as if the 50,000 taels of silver he bet on had become 55,000 taels of silver.

"Dad, how much money did you bet on Wei Bao not to be able to pass the Xiucai exam?" Wu Xuexia couldn't help but ask when she saw Wu Xiang's happy expression. She knew that her father had placed a bet because many people knew about it, but they didn't know the exact amount. Wu Xiang still didn't know about Wu Sangui's bet with Wei Bao.

When Wu Xiang heard this, he secretly slapped his face with a smile, and told his daughter softly: "Fifty thousand taels of silver!" What do you think? ”

Wu Xuexia was taken aback, 50,000 taels of silver? So much? "What are you doing with all this? Do you really plan to make a fortune from gambling? ”

"Child's words." Wu Xiang was in a very good mood, if Wu Xuexia was so big and small in the past, she would definitely be reprimanded, but today she didn't, "Win 5,000 taels of silver back, it can be regarded as a tenth of the dowry for you." When I Wu Xiang marries my daughter, I must prepare at least a dowry of 50,000 taels of silver! ”

When several Wu Xiang's friends and officials next to him heard this, they all softly praised Wu Xiang's wealth and generosity, and Wu Xiang was so unhappy.

This is the exam room, and everyone needs to speak softly.

Wu Sangui saw that his father was in a very good mood, so he said: "Dad, I also bet 10,000 taels of silver, betting that Wei Bao will not be a talent!" ”

Wu Xiang looked at Wu Sangui in surprise, "You hid so much silver?" Where did it come from? "I immediately thought about whether Wu Sangui had stolen his mother's private money.

Wu Sangui was glared at by his father, and hurriedly explained: "I don't have silver, but a bet with Wei Bao, if I lose, give him 10,000 taels of silver, if he loses, give me 10,000 taels of silver, one-on-one betting, it's different from yours." ”

Wu Xiang looked at Wu Xuexia to confirm whether what Wu Sangui said was true?

Wu Xuexia nodded, confirming that Wu Sangui was not lying.

Wu Xiang smiled slightly and said approvingly: "Sangui did a good job this time!" With only 10,000 taels of silver, and without taking out the capital in advance, you can earn twice as much silver as your father's 50,000 taels of silver, which is good, not bad. ”

Wu Sangui listened to his father praise himself, so he was so unhappy that he laughed with joy.

It only took Wei Bao about an hour to complete all four articles on scratch paper, and he casually looked at the invigilators above, and saw that most of them were staring at him, which was a little uncomfortable.

Wei Bao read the article he wrote, felt that it was okay, and thought hard about the "Book of Zeng Guofan's Family" that he had read before.

A few sentences plagiarized in the government examination were also added to the back of the article.

Scholars should first have ambition, second, knowledge, and third. If you have ambitions, you will not be willing to be indecent. If you have knowledge, you will know that there is no end to knowledge, and you dare not be self-sufficient; Such as the river Bo's view of the sea, such as the well frog's peeping into the sky, there is no knowledge. If there is constancy, there is nothing that cannot be done. All three are indispensable.

Don't do things that have long been profitable, and don't go to the place where people are fighting; Don't abandon people's beauty with small evils, don't forget people's kindness with small grudges; It is said that the shortcomings of people are the shortcomings of protecting themselves, and the longs of boasting are the strengths of jealousy; Profit can be shared but not alone, and the few can be few; The mediocre people of ancient and modern times in the world are all defeated by a lazy word, and the talented people of ancient and modern times in the world are defeated by a proud word; Where great things are accomplished, knowledge is the mainstay, talent is supplemented, people seek to live in half, and providence lives in half.

I searched my stomach and came up with two sentences.

And if you can work hard and be self-reliant, then you can study in the family school, that is, in the wilderness, in a lively field, you can also study, and you can study with a salary. If you can't work hard and be self-reliant, then the home school is not suitable for studying, that is, the pure hometown and the realm of the gods can't study. Why choose the place, why choose the time, but ask yourself if the determination is true.

I pride myself on my talents, and I am proud in my heart, and when I say it, I laugh at people. When others are at fault, they will inevitably be cynical. Embarrassing on the face.

If you have always been disrespectful to someone, as soon as you speak, you often have to laugh and be excited.

If you discuss experimental theories, before anyone says, your heart is full of disdain, and when you hear it, you also pick on the defects, and you don't think about it comprehensively, and when you hear it halfway, your impatience is already revealed, and the disdainful smile on your face appears from time to time.

In the long run, others no longer want to discuss it with me. No one talked to me, and progress was slow.

It is difficult to make great progress if you meet friends with text, help you with friends, and make great progress without discussion.

In this way, the endings of the four articles have been embellished by Wei Bao.

has a beginning written by himself, an end written by himself, and the pork belly of Liao Fuzi's examples, Wei Bao's four articles are finished!

Wei Bao read the whole article once, and thought it was quite smooth, so he quickly began to copy the original manuscript.

Wei Bao's handwriting was passable, and he wrote a lot during this time, especially practicing calligraphy every day, copying everyone's calligraphy, and made a little progress.

It took two more incense sticks to complete the article, looking at the neat volume, neat Xiaokai, and blowing the ink with satisfaction, and it was done!

After a careful check from beginning to end, Wei Bao found that the others were still working hard to write, and no one had submitted the papers early, so they had the intention to pretend to be stronger!

Wei Bao originally didn't like to submit the papers too early, and he usually waited for someone to start handing in the papers, and he especially wanted to bring out this limelight today.

After checking that the numbers are correct, Wei Bao handed in the papers.

"Handed in so early?"

"It's not serious!"

"Isn't he still gambling a lot? Is it confident? ”

The focus of the audience instantly condensed on Wei Bao, and I saw that after Wei Bao packed up the four treasures of the study, he was included in an extremely beautiful golden silk nanmu brocade box, sandwiched under his armpit, holding the exam paper in one hand, and got up in a chic manner.

Wei Bao's seat to the invigilator's seat is only two steps, so Wei Bao can get to the front of the case in two steps, and asked with a smile: "Which adult will it be handed over?" ”

The chief examiner, Lord Xiong, said expressionlessly: "Take it." ”

Wei Bao nodded and bowed, and presented the scroll to this dry, thin, fifty-year-old, bearded adult, this person looks a little strange, said like a civil official, this shape, especially the unkempt temperament, is a bit like a military general, say like a military general, this body, a small wind can blow down, and he can only be a civil official.

Most of the forty or fifty officials on the stage have made bets, and even the prefect Zu Guangyao and Zu Guangyao's career Zu Chuncai have also made heavy bets!

Zu Chuncai said that it was a pity that Wei Bao didn't know that the sky was high and the earth was thick, so he did this village, but Zu Chuncai secretly let people go to the Tiandi business and place a heavy bet of 1,000 taels of silver!

Although his career is very oily and his family background is good, he usually has a lot of expenses, 1,000 taels of silver, which is only one-third of Zu Chun's belongings.

Zu Guangyao is silent, but his appetite is huge, and he bets 20,000 taels of silver at one time! Among the officials, he is second only to Wu Xiang, but Zu Guangyao is a bet that his wife's younger brother makes, and he is not very high-profile.

What everyone was most concerned about was how Wei Bao was doing, and they couldn't help but gather around to see.

The chief examiner, Lord Xiong, only glanced at it, but in about ten seconds, he rolled up the paper and said to everyone: "Ladies and gentlemen, why do you care so much about a candidate's examination paper? ”

Everyone hurriedly shook their hands together, and they all said no.

For such a while, everyone hasn't seen anything, only that Wei Bao has answered fully, and Wei Bao's handwriting seems to be very good.

Can Wei Bao pass the show?

Although everyone is sure that no one will be able to pass Xiucai this time, let alone Wei Bao.

The reason why everyone is so sure is because they know that Wu Xiang has made a heavy bet, and seeing that even Wu Xiang's identity can't talk to this 'iron mask' exam, and they know that there is definitely no possibility of fraud this time.

"Lord Wu, nothing will go wrong, right?" A group of officials ran to Wu Xiang's side uneasily, pulled him to the corner, and asked softly.

Wu Xiang said: "You all came to ask me what to do?" I wonder if something could go wrong? But I sent someone to inquire, and there is nothing special, it should be similar to previous years. ”

Everyone was a little relieved when they heard Wu Xiang say this, and they all knew that Wu Xiang had placed a heavy bet of 50,000 taels of silver, and people must have one heart, and it would be too much to ask.

"Rest assured, just wait for the cashier! In two hours, when the candidates have called for the papers, they will be able to complete the correction in the middle of the afternoon, and the results will be known by then. An official said happily, he ordered 500 taels of silver, and he had already thought about it, waiting for the 600 taels of silver to return to the furnace, what kind of happy situation would it be.

"Yes, yes, I also sent someone to Shuntianfu to ask, this court test is no different from usual, the court has not issued any documents, rest assured." An official chimed in.

"You don't have to be so nervous, I've already said hello to our school's students, let them all keep an eye on it, there will never be any fraud." Zu Guangyao smiled slightly.

Someone immediately brought the school from the house over.

Tixue said: "Don't worry, this Lord Xiong is a well-known tendon, extremely rigid in his work, with a clean breeze on his sleeves, and does not communicate with many people." Otherwise, where is there a jinshi who has been an official for more than 20 years, and he is still just a small head of the Ministry of Rites? ”

Although in this examination room, he is the head of the Ministry of Rites, but this person from Yongping Mansion is actually equal to the head of the Ministry of Rites in terms of official position, so he doesn't look down on Lord Xiong very much.

When everyone heard this, they were even more relieved, although nine out of ten people in the officialdom were people who could be opportunistic and good at drilling, but there were also upright people.

"I'm not wrong, am I? I've inquired clearly, what can I do? Zu Guangyao smiled: "When did you hear that there was fraud in our Daming scientific examination?" ”

A group of people immediately praised Zu Guangyao for acting impartially and with high ability, and smiled at Zu Guangyao's happy eyebrows.

The more everyone talked, the happier they became, and instantly talked about the matter of the scientific expedition, and talked about where to go to play at the meeting, many officials came from Shanhaiguan, and the officials here in Yongping Mansion have not met for a few days, and most of the people in the officialdom know each other, even if they are not friends, when they meet, they are even closer than the best friends who wear a pair of pants.

With Wei Bao handing over the papers, there were originally forty or fifty people sitting at the invigilation table, but only a few people from the Ministry of Rites were seated, and a few people from Yongping Mansion were sitting.

Wei Bao called the paper, walked out of the examination room, took a deep breath, and suddenly felt a lot more relaxed, although the result is not yet known, but the exam is finally over, if you don't succeed, it really depends on the creation!

Fan Datou, Wang Qiuya, Liao Fuzi and others saw Wei Bao come out and hurriedly surrounded him.

There are as many as 77 people in today's exam, and there are more than 50 students who have studied in Liao Fuzi's Shanhai Academy alone, or who have studied before! Therefore, Liao Fuzi was even more nervous than the students in the examination room.

"Wei Gongzi, don't check it a few more times? Came out so early? Liao Fuzi said. Although he knew that no one passed the college examination every year, Liao Fuzi was still very nervous, and he hoped that someone in his academy would be admitted to Xiucai, in that case, his academy would be even more famous, and even comparable to some big academies in Beizhili, otherwise, his reputation would never be out of Liaoxi.

"I've checked it several times." Wei Bao smiled slightly: "Check it a few more times, it's still like that, my level can't find any place to modify." ”

Liao Fuzi snorted, "Just hand in the papers, take a good rest." "Anyway, I don't think Wei Bao can pass the test, and Liao Fuzi also secretly bet 800 taels of silver, and took out half of the silver that he and his wife have saved for many years. It's just out of the habit of a master, after the candidates finish the exam, they will always say some nonsense such as how not to check it a few times.

"I'm a little hungry, Master, would you like to go to the teahouse opposite for a cup of tea and some snacks?" Wei Bao asked.

"No, you guys go, I'm still here to watch and feel at ease." Liao Fuzi said with a smile: "In this examination room, more than half of the people have studied in our Shanhai Academy. ”

Wei Bao nodded: "I remember to tell everyone, don't leave at night, after the list is opened, let's nominate a person who has won the show and do the things of the classmates." ”

"Don't worry, I've already told a lot of people." Liao Fuzi agreed, but did not say the subtext in his heart, Xiucai is so good? Do you still want Xiucai to take the lead in organizing a fellow student meeting? You still have to think about it first, if you fall off the list in the next time, where will you get so much silver and lose so much silver, right?

If you can't compensate those officials for the silver, you just wait to die, Liao Fuzi thought of this and sighed to Wei Bao.

Wei Bao could probably guess what Liao Fuzi was thinking, seeing Liao Fuzi sighing, not only was he not angry, but his heart was a little warm, no matter whether Liao Fuzi loved money or not, he always had the kindness of a master, at least a little bit of concern for students, which was almost the same for a master.

Anyway, most of the teachers Wei Bao has seen since he was a child only regard being a teacher as a job, rarely pay true feelings, and rarely treat students as children.