On the sixth day of the first month of March, the day of the examination of the Imperial Court of the Emperor has arrived. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

When he was not in the morning, Zhong Hao was called up by Xiao Tao. Then put on a white cardigan and a black stiff-legged hat on the bun, which was the uniform dress code for the tributes who participated in the temple examination.

This set of clothes was received by Zhong Hao and Xu Feng in a bamboo shed next to the list after reading the serial number on the list under the Donghua Gate yesterday.

This bamboo tent was built by the personnel of the Ministry of Rites, in order to distribute this uniform white cardigan and black stiff-legged hood to the new Kogong scholars who were going to participate in the palace examination.

The court of the Great Song Dynasty attached great importance to this literary matter, so it naturally treated these tributes very favorably. Not only the hair shirt, but also the material of the shirt and the undershirt are also very good. Of course, this is inseparable from the abundant treasury support of the Great Song Dynasty.

When Zhong Hao was eating breakfast, he couldn't help but think carefully about some of the palace examination experiences he had learned from his classmates in Songlin Academy.

The candidates of Songlin Academy live in the Qingzhou Guild Hall, although the environment is not as clean as that of relatives and friends, but it also has the advantage that all kinds of information can be learned in a timely manner.

For example, the precautions for this palace examination, a few days before the palace examination, there were already Qingzhou officials in Tokyo, who were also some seniors in the palace examination room, to explain to the new Kegongshi who were about to participate in the palace examination in the Qingzhou Hall.

Zhong Hao listened carefully to the explanations of those classmates from Songlin Academy, and he felt that there were still many useful ones, such as how to salute in the examination room, how to knock on the curtain, what to do if you want to go to the toilet, and the words must be written carefully and so on!

Those classmates deliberately resisted Zhong Hao for the last note, "the words must be written carefully", because although the papers of the palace examination will also be sealed and copied, in the end, the official family will look at the original volume.

However, Zhong Hao felt that this should not have much impact on him.

Because even if the official family previews the original volume for the final ranking, it is probably a dozen or twenty copies of the top previews. Although Zhong Hao was lucky to get a high ranking in this provincial exam, he felt that he definitely didn't have such good luck to take such a high name again, and he would definitely not be able to get an official preview of his original paper, so Zhong Hao didn't care too much.

By the time Zhong Hao finished breakfast, Xiao Tao had already prepared his test box, and Yang Huaiyu, who came to send the test, also came.

Zhong Hao and Yang Huaiyu went to make an appointment with Xu Feng, boarded the carriage, and went to the palace gate.

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Because this palace test is in the forbidden palace, today's forbidden palace is very solemn, and countless forbidden army sergeants with distinct armor stand with halberds.

In order to prohibit the safety of the palace, the carriage and horse sending the test are not allowed to move forward at a distance from the Donghua Gate, and the candidates need to get off the car and walk to the front of the Donghua Gate. Relatives and friends who sent them to the exam could only be sent to the front of the line formed by the halberd forbidden army, and they could not go any further.

When Zhong Hao and Xu Feng got out of the car, they each carried the test box, and with Yang Huaiyu's blessing, they walked to Donghua Gate.

When I arrived at Donghua Gate, I saw that I had already met many candidates here. In front of the palace gate, there are two rows of forbidden military lamp poles, and the long two slick air dead wind lamps are held high, illuminating the front of the Donghua Gate as if it were day. It was just the beginning of March, and it was still very dark.

Not long after Zhong Hao and Xu Feng arrived, they had already arrived at the second quarter of Yinzheng, and a group of new Kegong soldiers began to line up outside the Donghua Gate under the command of officials of the Ministry of Rites, preparing to enter the palace.

This line is arranged in the seating sequence of the temple examination, and it is divided into two columns, odd and even.

Zhong Hao's position is relatively forward. Because the seat number of this temple test itself is also arranged according to the results of the provincial test.

The front of this team was Xu Wudang, the provincial leader of the provincial examination, and Wang Jingxuan, the first name of the other examination.

In order to take care of the children of the poor family, not only can the candidates who participate in the lock hall test not only not be able to be named the champion, but also the name of the provincial yuan cannot be obtained. Therefore, it is also the first place of their respective examination institutes, but the title of this provincial yuan is the first place in the main examination.

Of course, there is not much opinion on the first place in the first test, after all, the first place in the main test is fought out from more than 4,000 candidates, which is indeed much more difficult than the locked hall test.

Because Zhong Hao was the fifth place in the lock hall test, his seat was relatively before the test, so he naturally stood at the forefront of the team.

While the palace gate had not yet opened, the officials of the Ministry of Etiquette were carefully checking their identities one by one to prevent someone from taking the exam on their behalf. It is inevitable that there will be a humiliating body search, but the search of this palace test is much looser than that of the provincial test.

After all, at this point, everyone is a certain official of the court, and the court always has to give some decency.

Besides, these tributes themselves also understand that after this palace test, no matter how bad they are, they are from three families with the same jinshi, so there is really no need to take risks cheating.

If this is found out, not only will the Jinshi not have to do it, but even his reputation will be lost, after all, this is within the Forbidden Palace! If you leave a bad impression on the official family, not only will you finish the course today, but I am afraid that you will never have a chance to pass the exam in the future. Therefore, cheating in this temple test is naturally a thing that does more harm than good, and the gains outweigh the losses, but anyone who has some brains will never go back to do it.

Therefore, the search of these tributes in front of the Donghua Gate is only a rough formality, and the search of the candidates' bodies and the test boxes they carry is generally over.

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As soon as the time came, with the melodious bell from the bell tower in the forbidden palace, the Donghua Gate opened.

Under the guidance of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, the candidates were divided into two columns on the left and right according to the odd and even numbers, and slowly entered the forbidden palace. Walk along the road and enter the Chongzheng Palace.

This Chongzheng Hall is the examination room for the current Science Palace.

Before the opening of this hall examination, like the provincial examination, there is also a grand opening ceremony! And the specifications are much higher than the ceremony of the provincial test.

I saw that after the nine rings of the whip, the civil and military officials were dressed in solemn official uniforms, as usual, the court served inside and outside the Chongzheng Palace, the officials wore their uniforms to ascend to the palace, the firecrackers rang out, and the workshop played music.

Then the deacons of the temple examination carried the yellow scroll and sealed the examination questions into the hall, and the inner attendants placed the policy questions on the yellow case in the temple, and the tributes paid homage to the officials' homes.

Zhong Hao also followed the crowd to pay homage, fortunately, the Great Song Dynasty at this time had an advantage, not as many rituals as those of the later Ming and Qing dynasties, even at this moment, the officials and the new Gongshi only needed to make a deep decision.

This is a good feeling for Zhong Hao, a person like Zhong Hao who comes from later generations and doesn't like to bow down at every turn.

Zhong Hao originally wanted to look up at this official family who had left a strong mark on the history books with "benevolent government", but when he saw that the tribute students in front of him were all bowing their heads and standing solemnly, no one dared to raise their heads to salute the official family, so he didn't dare to raise his head.

Everyone else keeps their heads down, and if they look up themselves, it will be too easy to be discovered, so don't cause bad misunderstandings.

After the tributes finished the worship ceremony, the official family asked everyone to be flat, and then gently encouraged the tributes a few words, and then ordered the examiner to take the papers.

Liu Chang, the righteous official of this year's palace examination and the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, took out the test questions on the yellow case in the palace and awarded them to Huang Zhen, a straight bachelor of Jixian Academy, under the eaves of the palace, who bowed down to take it, walked to the Dan Majesty outside the hall, and placed the test questions in the yellow case here.

At this time, the hundred officials who had nothing to do with the palace examination for the time being saluted the official family again and withdrew in turn.

The examiners and deacons in charge of the examinations stood in a row according to the instructions of the celebrants. The tributes were also arranged under the command of the salute officer, and they also saluted the Huang case.

After the ceremony, a group of officials of the Ministry of Rites asked the tributes, and after the tributes received the questions, the officials of Honglu Temple led them to their respective test tables......

The palace examination of the emperor's five-year deuce department has officially begun!

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The examination room for the palace examination is on both sides of the Chongzheng Palace, and there are rows of long tables more than two feet high neatly arranged in the examination room, and behind the tables are square benches.

After Zhong Hao sat down, he couldn't help but rejoice, fortunately, it was not the kind of low table that knelt down. If he sat on his knees for a day in that kind of low table, it would be a fatal thing for him. That day, when he was in the Immortal Residence, in order to be elegant, he just knelt down for one night, and Zhong Hao felt extremely uncomfortable.

The reason why Zhong Hao felt fortunate was because he had heard from those classmates that the examination tables in the previous palace examination were a few seats made by the Tang Dynasty, and the candidates had to bend their knees and sit down, bowing their heads to the case, which was extremely uncomfortable.

Most of the people of the Great Song Dynasty are now accustomed to sitting on chairs, and then learning from the ancients, they really feel miserable. Therefore, from the beginning of the Qingli period, the official family decreed that the tables and chairs should be changed.

Each long table is pasted with the name of the examinee, and there are pens, ink, paper, inkstones and various snacks given by the emperor to eat, this ink paper is a good tribute, and it can be taken away if it is not used up, which is regarded as a reward from the official family. And these various dim sum are the craftsmanship of the imperial dining room, and it is a great grace for ordinary candidates to be able to taste them.

In addition to this, there is a pocket knife, which is not used to cut fruit, but to correct typos. The examination papers for this temple examination are made of special rice paper folded in white, which is more than twice as thick as ordinary rice paper, making it difficult to write.

If you write a wrong word, it is not allowed to be altered, you can only use a knife to gently scrape the typo and then write, otherwise it will be regarded as a "dirty volume", which used to be directly classified as the fifth class, that is, the file that will be dethroned, and now it is not dethroned, and this "dirty volume" will fall directly to the top three, which is also very miserable.

The reason why there is this rule is because although the test papers of this palace examination will also be sealed and copied, but the official family will preview the original papers in the end, and it is very inappropriate if some corrections are made.

Zhong Hao found that the things in his exam box, except for the exam cards and water cups, could not be used, but he prepared them in vain. No wonder Zhong Hao saw that when queuing in front of Donghua Gate, many candidates did not take the test box.

Of course, it's not completely in vain, and you can use it as a backup. This is also the reason why there are still ordinary candidates who bring their own test boxes. Anyway, there is no prohibition on bringing it, so be prepared!

Just like the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone in this exam box, you can use it in case the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone on this table are not enough or not suitable for use. Zhong Hao is not particular about using pen and ink by himself, but he knows that many readers are particular about the pen and ink they are used to. They probably thought that maybe the pen and ink provided in the palace were not suitable, so they brought their own pen and ink.

Another example is this dim sum food, although it is the craftsmanship of the imperial chefs in the imperial dining room, but it may not meet everyone's taste. Many of these new Kegongshi are from large families, and they are very particular about all kinds of food, so they can be considered prepared to bring some in the examination box.

However, the conditions of today's palace examination are indeed very good, pen, ink, paper, inkstone, tables, chairs, benches, and even food and snacks are all provided by the palace!

Of course, there is also a deep meaning in this. The original meaning of the palace examination was that the official family personally took the main examination, so that these new scholars could become protégés of the Son of Heaven. In this way, the connection between these candidates and the previous examiners at all levels will be severed, and the friendship between teachers and students and the grace of pulling will be transferred to the emperor.

Therefore, this series of preferential treatment naturally makes these tributes who are about to be the protégés of the Son of Heaven begin to feel the grace of the royal family and the Son of Heaven from the moment they participate in the palace examination.

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Finally sitting at the examination table of the magnificent Chongzheng Palace, the young tributes couldn't help but sigh with emotion!

Many people can't help but recall that they have been sitting in this palace of worship since they were young. At this time, their hearts were full of hope and excitement, and many of them could not recover for a long time......

Zhong Hao is also a little flustered, of course, he doesn't have so many ups and downs, gains and losses.

The reason why he was so flustered was because he really didn't expect that when he sat in the examination room of the Chongzheng Hall in this hall, his level was really ...... Anyway, he felt that his provincial test was completely shit luck.

However, it was only a short moment of wandering, and soon all the new Kegong soldiers came back to their senses one after another and began to concentrate on the exam.

The examination time for this temple examination is the whole day, before the sun sets. Those who cannot complete the paper must also submit the paper, and their results will be listed as last. Therefore, the time for this temple test is still very urgent, and everyone can't afford to have too much time to think about it!

Zhong Hao also quickly came back to his senses, no matter what his level is, since he is sitting here, he must deal with this palace exam well, try to do a good job in the exam questions, as for the result, then ...... Let it be. If you take it seriously, you won't regret it later.

At that moment, Zhong Hao took the roll bag, tore off the cover, and unfolded the roll into a tube! As soon as the test paper was unfolded, Zhong Hao smelled a strong fragrance of ink, and it smelled very good, it should be the smell of rosin ink.

But obviously now is not the time to think about this, Zhong Hao hurried to look at the exam questions on the test paper.

The topic of today's examination was drafted by the righteous officials yesterday and approved by the officials. After the examination questions were set, they were engraved and printed overnight by the Imperial Medicine Academy, which had the best secrecy measures in the palace, and was guarded by the guards of the Imperial City Division outside. Strictly prevent anyone from probing the exam questions. The printing was completed in the early morning of the test day. It will be distributed to each tribute student before the exam.

Zhong Hao looked at the test paper that there were three questions in the current science hall exam, one poem, one endowment and one strategy.

At that moment, after Zhong Hao first picked up the pen and wrote his name and place of origin on the test paper, he began to concentrate all his attention on the three questions and began to review the questions.

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