Under the shady Wenchang locust tree, all the candidates walked leisurely across the stone road, bent down to pay homage to the roots of Lord Wenchanghuai: "Wenchang Huai bless!" Bless my township to test high school, you don't have to solve the yuan, a five-classic kui is enough! ”

"It's enough for Xiaosheng to have a Yakui, and you don't need to have a five-way classic."

The first place in the township test is Xie Yuan, the second place is Yayuan, the third, fourth and fifth are the five meridian kui, the sixth place is the Yakui, and the rest are called Wenkui.

As a confused traverser, Jia Cong is not exempt from vulgarity, nor is he completely superstitious, looking at the vicissitudes of Wenchang Huaishuo, the wind blows and the branches and leaves are fluttering, and the trunk needs several people to surround him, so he also made a move, Wang Yinglin, Kuang Liuhe, and Wei Wuzhi are all serious, only Zhang Maocai recited a prayer article endlessly, and saw the prison officer, the promotion officer, and the outer curtain official come to inspect, so he hurriedly entered the house.

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On August 12, the five Five Classics questions in the second session of the township examination were released, and each person revised the scriptures differently, so the Five Classics questions actually have five questions each, a total of 25 questions, and candidates only need to look at the five questions of the first classic.

Among the poems and scriptures that Jia Cong practiced, three of them are truncated questions, such as "East Gate, there are women", etc., which are not two truncated questions, and they are published in their entirety, such as "The Chapter of "Shuo Mouse".

"Now I am familiar with the regulations of the township test, even if I don't win, this kind of personal experience, feeling, and tempering of the eight strands of literature will always be gained."

As soon as the lake pen dipped in the black ink of Sheyan, Jia Cong'an quietly pondered and pondered, and the pavilion-style characters of the five scriptures slowly spit out from the end of the pen as time passed.

In the eyes of the surveillance veteran, the passage of time is unusually slow, and he can't wait to get off work quickly, but for Jia Cong, one of the candidates, an hour slipped away without feeling in the pondering and writing, until he saw the direction and length of the shadow of the tree outside the window, he didn't know that a long time had passed.

"Poor master, I want to pay tribute." Jia Cong put down his pen.

"Okay, come with me." The veteran lazily opened the door and took him to the direction of the latrine, Jia Cong did not know where the latrine was, and the Gaine Township Test needed to be monitored throughout the whole process.

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Supervisors, external curtain officers, and promotion officers are all responsible for maintaining order in the examination room and taking care of the important affairs of the examination room.

In the public hall, there were several outer curtain officials, and Dong Anguo, the supervisor of the prison, instructed the other military attaches of the capital, garrison, thousands of households, and hundreds of households one by one, and their hands naturally hung down on their knees: "The most important thing in the Suo Gong exam is fire prevention!" Especially in autumn, the weather is dry and dry, and thorns and wooden fences are the easiest to walk through water. ”

"I Dashun Jingshi Gongyuan, built in the Yongle period. During the period of Tianshun Ming Yingzong, the Gongyuan caught fire, killing and injuring more than 90 people. Zhang Juzheng, a later university scholar, suggested that it be transformed into a masonry structure, so that it is safe and sound today. ”

"However, fire prevention is still your top priority. Kitchens, firecrackers, flints, etc., etc., you must visit carefully, who is derelict in his duties, the only one who is the official is asking! ”

"Yes!" A group of military attachés roared, and several outer curtain officials jumped and frowned. Then the military attachés got up on one knee with a military salute and stepped back to go out, this kind of scene can greatly increase the majesty of Dong Anguo, the lord of the palace.

"You examiners also need to take precautions, prevent microscopic problems, this transcription, reading, sloppiness." Dong Anguo respectfully hugged his fist towards the north, and suddenly smiled and said: "The scientific examination is a national talent ceremony, and we will try our best to eliminate mistakes to live up to the emperor's grace!" ”

"Dong Fuyin is right, I will go to get the first ink scroll first, but if there is a violation, I will not tolerate it." The outer curtain officials said goodbye in an official tone.

The outer curtain is the storage place of the ink roll, and the township test is not the candidate's handwriting, which must be transcribed and read.

Outside the curtain, a certain transcription room, Li scribe perennial in the Xicheng Imperial History Yamen office calligraphy, transcription handwriting is beautiful, once he hands, hundreds of candidates calligraphy are exactly the same.

After finding and transcribing Jia Cong's ink scroll, Li Shuzhi touched the paste at the name of the ink scroll, he didn't know if this one was Jia Cong's, and took out a pavilion manuscript issued by Shanhai Books from his sleeve, and compared it slightly, he was sure that this scroll must be Jia Cong's, and it was also the one ordered by Master Qian.

Looking back and forth, left and right, a room of transcription, reading staff, quietly busy with work, Li Shushu hesitated for a while, and the tip of the pen gently wrote the number: two two one.

A pair of readers came to check, the first ink scroll of the township test, according to the government, Li Shuzhi "coincidentally" assigned to the transcription of Wanping County, Shuntian Prefecture, that pair of readers is the second level of the ink scroll review, he first looked at Jia Cong's ink scroll word by word, and then looked at the Zhu scroll transcribed by Li Shu, word for word, but with more numbers.

The pair of readers chatted: "We are really out of the feet of the Son of Heaven, I don't know much about the eight shares, but the handwriting of the ink scroll is much better than you and me." ”

Scribe Li wiped the sweat from his forehead, fortunately, he didn't know the clue for reading, and said with relief: "That is, after all, people are talents, you and I can just write a few words." ”

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On August 13, the second stage of the township examination appeared, on August 14, the third game entered, on August 15, the proposition came out, and the third test was three current affairs and political policy theories.

At the same time, the first transcription and reading of the first ink scroll of the outer curtain was completed, and under the inspection of Dong Anguo's troops, the outer curtain official entered Feihongqiao and transferred the inner curtain official, and the whole process was handed over.

In the inner curtain lobby, the chief examiner Yu Jackie Chan and the deputy examiner Xu Youzhen sat side by side, and the fourteen same examiners were the room officials, and the lower ones sat on the left and right.

Yu Chenglong is happy and relieved about this task, with the attitude of repaying the emperor's trust, he will definitely preside over it, and it is self-evident that a large number of protégés will be accepted for the township examination.

Gyeonggi Province supervised the imperial history, Zhili Xuezheng Liu Dongsheng had a disagreement with him, and Jia Cong, known as the "first prodigy of Dashun", was Liu Dongsheng's protégé, but he did not plan to deal with it above and dealt with it impartially.

"According to the government's assignment, you are equivalent to the examiner after the examination is completed, and then recommend it to us for the main examiner and deputy examiner, and then determine the ranking." Yu Chengchan glanced at it and said: "The comments must be written on the paper, otherwise the candidates will make trouble at that time, who will be responsible?" The prefectures and counties for which each person is responsible should also be recorded, so that they can be checked when the time comes. ”

"Lord Examiner, the one who has set the Shuntian Mansion with a humble position." Qian Xihong responded.

"The ...... who came to Tianjin Mansion from a humble position"

"Humble yourself to the Daimyo's Mansion......"

"Hmm." Yu Chenglong nodded: "Let's take their places." ”

Qian Xihong went to the examination paper room of Shuntianfu in the inner curtain, and sure enough, he saw the red paper numbered "Two Two One", and read it in one breath, Qian Xihong said: "This power is really old and natural, and it is excellent in the county government, and you are still far away ......from the township test."

"Young is young, and young people need setbacks...... Well? Buddha time? Zhenguan? In the end, I found your fault. Qian Xihong smiled tremblingly, lifted the Zhu pen and commented: "Buddhism and Confucianism are not divided, and they will be tested again in three years." What is the appearance of Zhenguan? Taizong woohoo! ”

Crash!

Qian Xihong threw Jia Cong's red scroll into the paper basket in order to drop the paper, and the scribe would match the name of the unsuccessful red scroll and ink roll after the township examination and return it to the candidate.

The first session is the most critical, Jia Cong's first article was dismissed, and he couldn't be recommended to the main exam, let alone determine the ranking, and the last two games are just for reference.