Zhou Zheng was busy preparing for the imperial examination, and those who were going to take the exam were naturally busier.

I don't know if it's because of the recent momentum of the resumption of the society, but the resumption of the society has shown unprecedented optimism.

The 'Four Talents' feasted in the capital, and all kinds of gatherings continued, as if high school was about to win!

The night before the exam.

Hou Fangyu and Mao Bijiang sat in a restaurant drinking, both of them are talented people in Jiangnan, and Meiji is beside them, and they have to take the exam tomorrow, so they are naturally very excited, and they are full of poetry and wine.

Halfway through the night, Mao Bijiang suddenly looked at Hou Fangyu and said, "Brother Hou, I know that your family has an old relationship with that Ruan Dacheng, please help me find Xiaowan." ”

The Hou family is a noble family, Hou Fangyu's father Hou Sui once served as the right attendant of the military department, has a deep relationship with the Donglin Party, and has a long reputation in the south of the Yangtze River.

Hou Fangyu's expression moved, and he said, "I went to ask, and the Ruan family said that they were given to a dignitary, and they didn't know who it was. ”

Mao Bijiang looked worried and resentful, and said: "The court is full of such villains, robbing the people's daughters, what else can they do!" ”

Mao Bijiang was entangled with Dong Xiaowan, and his family did not agree to him marrying a prostitute. The same is true for Hou Fangyu and Li Xiangjun, who are making trouble at home.

The two of them had the same illness, and Hou Fangyu sighed lightly: "The people who can send Ruan Shilang are none other than those people, after the imperial examination, I asked someone to ask from house to house." ”

Although Mao Bijiang was worried about Dong Xiaowan in his heart, he was more concerned about his career, and immediately asked: "I heard that Zhou Yanru and Qian Qianyi have an ambiguous attitude towards my resumption of society, and the change of law is the work of recruiting Xibo, will it be ......?"

Hou Fangyu and Mao Bijiang are both leaders of the Restoration Society, and while they are confident in their talents, they are also worried that the imperial court will cheat, so they deliberately do not admit them.

Hou Fangyu also had some hidden worries in his heart, after all, during this time, their relationship with the imperial court was extremely stiff, and there was once a voice that the imperial court wanted to ban the restoration society.

Hou Fangyu's expression was calm, and he said with a smile: "There is no need to worry about this, if the imperial court deliberately does not admit us, it will lose the hearts of the world's corporals, besides, the examination papers will be made public, if someone cheats, there will be no good results." ”

Mao Bijiang nodded lightly, and when he thought of Dong Xiaowan again, he couldn't help but take a sip of wine.

In the south of the city, in a small courtyard not far from Zhou Ji, Dong Xiaowan sat in front of the stairs, quietly watching the moonlight.

A servant girl beside him said softly: "Girl, tomorrow, Mao Gongzi should try, right?" ”

Dong Xiaowan wrapped her clothes and said softly: "I just hope that Mao Gongzi will not be distracted by me." ”

At this moment, the gate opened, and a guard who had been guarding came in and said indifferently, "From tomorrow, you can go out." Where you go, whether you come back or not, it's all your business. Remember, no matter what, don't mention the word Zhengxibo, otherwise, you, and your impostor, will not be able to bear it. ”

Dong Xiaowan was stunned, and was about to ask, but the guard waved and walked straight away with someone.

The maid was stunned and said, "Girl, what does this mean?" ”

Dong Xiaowan also frowned, she is a famous prostitute in Jiangnan, famous and good-looking, so Zheng Xibo really let her go?

Whether it's true or not, the person who guards it is really gone.

Early the next morning, there was a queue of people at the gate of the Gongyuan, all of whom were going to take exams, dragging their families with their mouths, carrying I don't know how many things.

How many people earnestly instructed and admonished, and the scene was mixed.

Zhou Zheng, Li Juesi, and Sun Chuanting stood not far from the door, watching these people be inspected one by one and let them in.

"The students have seen the expedition."

"The students have seen the expedition."

"The students have seen the expedition."

Everyone saw Zhou Zheng hurriedly saluted, whether they were willing or not, Zhou Zheng was the main exam this time, if they were the first, they would be considered Zhou Zheng's protégés, even if they didn't intersect in the future, it was indispensable to meet a 'teacher'.

Mao Bijiang, Hou Fangyu, Fang Yizhi, Chen Zhenhui and others came together, and the 'Erzhang' and others outside the door laughed and said something.

Li Juesi looked at them, frowned, and snorted coldly: "This hasn't been tested yet, it's so flamboyant, it shows the character!" ”

Zhou Zheng didn't know how true Li Juesi's words were, so he said with a smile: "Young people just want to be public, and look at their answers." ”

Li Juesi nodded coldly, as if he was really angry.

Sun Chuanting smiled and said: "There are a few candidates in this year's session, there were more than 40,000 in the Jiajing period, and 15,000 in the 20th year of Wanli, but now there are only six or seven thousand. ”

Li Juesi frowned, and sighed: "It's all caused by the Northwest Rebellion, if it is a peaceful year, 40,000 people, it is still less." ”

Zhou Zheng said: "There is one aspect, but it is not fundamental, the fundamental is the disparity in wealth." ”

In fact, the problem is a bit big, and even a 'normal' dynastic change can be attributed to this reason.

Li Juesi looked thoughtful, but he shook his head secretly and did not speak.

Not long after, a Lang Zhong came to report: "Zheng Xibo, two adults, the time is up." ”

Zhou Zheng nodded and said, "Tear open the seal, distribute the test papers, cross patrol the examination rooms, and collect the papers as soon as the hour comes." ”

Li Juesi, Sun Chuanting hurriedly raised his hand and said, "Yes." ”

After the two finished speaking, they left in a hurry.

The test paper needs to be opened by both of them to make sure that it is correct before it can be distributed.

The test papers were slowly sent out, and all the candidates were gearing up and ready to show off their skills.

This is the Enke of the first year of Anhe, and it is the first imperial examination of the new dynasty, if you can win the first place in one fell swoop, the future future is limitless!

Mao Bijiang, Hou Fangyu and other four talents got the exam papers, all of them smiled and wrote confidently and calmly.

Zhou Zheng sat under the eaves of the main house, slowly drinking tea and reading books.

Occasionally, he would go out for a walk, and when he didn't find anything, he would continue to come back for tea and reading.

Two hours is a long time.

After a while, there was a lot of noise in the tribute courtyard one after another.

From time to time, Lang Zhong and Wai Lang come to report.

"Recruit Siber, someone cheats, and catch."

"The conquest of Sib, passed from one person to another, has been discovered."

"Recruit Siber, someone is sick."

"Recruiting Siber, someone tried to set it on fire."

"Expedition to the ...... of Sib"

For these, Zhou Zheng was not surprised at all, just waved his hand, indicating that he already knew.

Li Juesi and Sun Chuanting will not, with fierce expressions, wandering around the various examination rooms and strengthening the monitoring of the examination rooms.

Some people are apprehensive, but those who have taken the risk of resuming the society are calm, calm, and swaying.

Two hours later, after collecting the papers, these scholars left the examination room one after another.

"Brother Li, what do you think of the test questions?"

"Hey, I think it's easier than in previous years, Chongzhen's ten-year test paper is simply terrible, and I don't want to think about ......it."

"Today is just Moyi, the scriptures are naturally easy, and tomorrow is a question!"

"I think it's easy to ask, it's just that......"

A group of people talked about it endlessly. Some are happy, some are depressed.

The so-called Moyi can be understood as memorization, giving you a sentence, writing context, or some annotations, etc., only it is not unpopular, remote, and basically no problem.

The scriptures can be understood as fill-in-the-blank questions, giving you a few sentences and writing a sentence or words in the middle.

And policy questioning, also known as current affairs policy, is to test some current things and ask your thoughts.

Policy questioning, which accounts for the largest proportion in the imperial examination, is also the most concerned by the examiner.

On the third day, the test is poetry, songs, and essays, and the overall talent of the test is equivalent to the composition of later generations.

Taking the liberty, Hou Fangyu and the others were all smiling, not mentioning the exam just now, but discussing where to drink.

Zhou Zheng, Li Juesi, and Sun Chuanting sealed the test papers and went to the Hanlin Academy together.

Before and after the exam, you can't be sloppy at all.