has been busy for a long time in the past year, scientific examination, record subjects, record the legacy, busy official business makes Liu Dongsheng seem to not know what day and night, even with the assistance of the scribe, but he is still the master, just like there is no time in the mountains, "I don't know if there is a Han, regardless of Wei and Jin".

Jia Cong was rumored to be seen in the backyard pavilion of the Tongzhi Hall this time, and he was also a scholar and politician. He sat upright, neatly dressed, just diagonally signed, and when he listened to Liu Dongsheng's words, his small black and white eyes looked at him. Jia Cong saw that the young inspector Yushi and Zhili Xuezheng had changed into a tuxedo, and his diet was also health-preservation, with fine noodles, fine mustard, and glutinous millet.

Liu Dongsheng chewed: "Did Qin Langzhong teach you the Five Classics?" Your book is the Book of Songs, right? I haven't seen you write scriptures. ”

The first test of the township test is the question of four books and poems, the second test is the question of the Five Classics, and the third test is the history of the scriptures or current affairs. Mainly the first game is the first, and the last two games are referred to as appropriate.

"I've practiced dozens of scriptures." Jia Cong replied.

"How can dozens of articles be enough, no matter what, you are still in the age, and it is too early for the township to try to solve the yuan and the five classics to win again in the coming year, so you will take training as the key. The township examination site is extraordinary, and the mistake of being unclean this time cannot be made again. When Liu Dongsheng chewed, his cheeks twisted: "The provincial and township examinations are the main examination propositions, and the chief examiners are mostly sent by the Hanlin Academy, the Zhan Shi Mansion, and the Metropolitan Inspection Academy, but the Shuntian Mansion is different." ”

"The Shuntianfu Township Examination is the emperor's proposition, the government Yin Jian Lin, the first and second grade officials are the main examiners, and the deputy chief examiner, and more than a dozen house officials are also elected by the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Rites."

Liu Dongsheng rubbed his temples and said tiredly: "Shuntian Mansion, Tianjin Mansion, Hejian Mansion, Zhengding Mansion, Baoding Mansion, Zhending Mansion, Daimyo Mansion, Shunde Mansion, Guangping Mansion...... There are tens of thousands of talents in the prefectures and counties of the whole province, and what I am waiting for my inspection is that in many prefectures and counties, I only hold scientific examinations, record subjects, record relics, and send them to township examinations, and many places have not held annual examinations. The three-year term expires before making a plan. Di Bao sent out, and the chief examiner of the Shuntian Mansion Guiyouke Township Examination was Yu Chenglong, the governor of Zhili and the servant of the Ministry of Officials. ”

There are more than eight to ten housing officials in each province, and the imperial court selects housing officials to assist in the main examination and deputy chief examination. Housing officials never choose officials registered in the province, and strictly prevent hometown relations and bribery, and the provincial township test, housing officials are selected in a place where the household registration is located 300 miles outside the border of the province.

The township examination is a provincial-level examination, and all students, supervisors, and tribute students from all prefectures and counties in the entire Zhili Province participate. The examination is a national examination, and people from more than 10 provinces across the country participate.

The Chongwenmen Gongyuan in Beijing is not only a test site in Shuntianfu Township, but also a national test site.

"The students got it." Jia Cong asked, "Why is Teacher Shen missing?" ”

"The official examination has been held for many days, Shen Hao and Fan Lin have been recommended by Jackie Chan, Fan Lin has been promoted to Tongzhi, Shen Hao has been promoted to Futai, and Shen Hao has been transferred to Suzhou, Jiangsu, and I should send you a letter every few days." After Liu Dongsheng finished eating, he didn't want to talk about the entanglement of officialdom, and said with a smile: "Shen Hao is a blessing, I'd rather be a Suzhou and Hangzhou dog than an outsider...... I haven't been back to my hometown of Puzhou for many years, but he is from Songjiang. In the future, you will give me a copy of the Four Books and the Five Scriptures that you have done. ”

Jia Cong agreed to leave, Liu Dongsheng thought for a while, and stopped: "I heard that you have made another kind of wooden cattle, Cong'er, don't forget what I said to you at the beginning, governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh, too much." When you enter my door, you will be a clear stream, and you will take your family and country and the people as your business. Fortunately, what you have done is also gratifying for the teacher. Jingli Luo Langzhong is afraid that he will not give up, and it is not uncommon to cheat and frame him in township tests, so you must be careful and prepared. ”

The slightly frowning brows were relieved, and there seemed to be a hot flow all over his body, and Jia Cong pursed his upper and lower lips: "Yes." ”

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The three township examinations lasted for nine days, on the ninth, twelfth and fifteenth days of August, and each one was entered one day in advance and the next day.

On the eighth day of August in the tenth year of Yongle, the sky was not yet bright, Jia Cong carried a lantern, got off the car and entered the Chongwen Gate, to the gate of the Gongyuan, but saw the three gates of the Jingshi Gongyuan, which was so high that people looked up, the plaque at the main gate was "Open the Astronomical Movement", the west was "Ming Jing Zhishi", and the east was "seeking talents for the country".

The Gongyuan is located in the southeast corner of the Chongwen Gate of the Jingshi, about the location, all the provinces in the world are the same, and the Gongyuan is built in the southeast of the provincial capital.

The Gongyuan of the Jingshi is five and three entrances.

Before entering, Sun Fu touched the master's clothes back and forth, as if to test whether Jia Cong's bones were clear, Long Aotian stared at the copper bell with big eyes: "I said Xiaofuzi, this is not a fireworks restaurant, the noble body of the master, do you touch it like this?" Miss Qingwen of the Chengri family and you still say that I am stupid, my brain is lacking strings and tendons, I look at ......"

"Cut!" Sun Fu interrupted him: "On the other hand, the field has already been dismantled: all the costumes are dismantled, and those who wear double-layer cotton jackets and felt blankets must also be disassembled." The bottom of the inkstone and the brush shaft are all hollowed out, in order to be easy to view, no cheating is allowed, and the food is cut. Is this a joke? In case something happens, Yongle Ye will be angry and drag him to the Xuanwumen vegetable market, no matter how famous you are, it will be a click......"

"The children here are all made by Miss Qingwen, tell her to open it, it's hard for her not to complain this time, but it's going to be bitter for Master Cong, I heard that squatting is like squatting in prison......"

Sun Fu pursed his lips disdainfully, in front of Long Aotian, he has always had a sense of superiority that people in the city look at the countrymen, Long Aotian blinked and said enviously: "I don't know what is going on, if you want to say that Miss Qingwen is so skillful, this cotton jacket is so dense with needlework...... Tsk......"

"Don't argue, give me the candlestick and the charcoal stove." Jia Cong stopped the two of them, shook his head and laughed, these two family members.

The two handed it over, and Sun Fu, as a milk brother, was more careful and thoughtful, like a big brother: "Master Cong, our copper hand furnace is much better than other people's braziers, and when I came back from the scientific expedition, Grandma Xiaorong ...... Miss Qin sent it, I'm afraid that you will squat in the cold house, this package of food was brought by Grandma Zhen, hurry up and take the name, go quickly......"

"Hmm." Jia Cong carried the test basket and candlestick in his left hand, and held the hand stove in his right hand, the coolness of the early autumn morning, he didn't feel how cold it was, and he lined up in the first line of Shuntian Mansion, but this time the queue was arranged according to the government, not by county, he also saw a lot of students from other prefectures and counties in Zhili, Tianjin Mansion, Hejian Mansion, Daimyo Mansion and so on.

The officers and soldiers who guarded the gate and maintained order at the gate of the Gongyuan sent the officials of the Shuntian Mansion, the soldiers and horses of the five cities of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the people from the three yamen of the five battalions.

The provincial township test is to use the governor as the supervisor, and the Shuntian Mansion is to use the government Yin Dong Anguo, and the governor Yu Chenglong concurrently serves as the servant of the Ministry of Officials, and is elected as the chief examiner.

The lights on both sides of the courtyard were dim, and there was a rooster crowing in the distance, and Jia Cong, Wang Yinglin, Zhang Maocai, Kuang Liuhe, and others who had made an appointment lined up one by one to pass the search, and this search was extremely strict, and the chief examiner, deputy chief examiner, and room officer sat and watched, but the officers and soldiers cut the food, using knives, and not touching them.

More than 10,000 candidates, Swen swept the floor, without dignity through the strict search, under the leadership of the house official, into the inner dragon gate, to the second entrance of the Gongyuan turned a few turns, and saw more than a zhang of thorns surrounding the number house, the number house is built of bricks and stones, there are more than 10,000 rooms, row by row distributed on the east and west sides of the second entrance, higher than the number house is the Mingyuan Building, the observation tower, on which are distributed the cold-faced officers and soldiers who are staring at the candidates.

Many candidates shivered, Jia Cong entered the house according to the number, and the officers and soldiers came to close the door, this is a veteran: "If the little minister wants to be respectful, call me." ”

Jia Cong said in his heart: "The township test house, sure enough, is it a prison, squatting for three days at a time?" It's really tormenting. ”

At the same time, inside the inner curtain door of the third entrance of the Gongyuan, Qian Xihong, who is currently patrolling the city of Xicheng, has already accepted a bribe sent by Wang Xifeng. Elected by the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Rites as one of the examination officials of Guiyou Township, Jia Cong's examination papers, he has the right to take the lead in questioning.