The emperor is naturally difficult for ordinary people to see, and even the appearance of the eunuch Wang Zhen is difficult for ordinary people to know, so in the end, Zhao Yan can't determine the identities of Zhu Zhen and Wang Zhen.

Zhuang Zhouxiao is obsessed with butterflies, Zhao Yan feels that he may be the butterfly, but his tonnage is not enough, even if the wings are diligent, it is difficult to change the rut traces of history.

After coming to this world, Zhao Yan originally just wanted to be an official in the imperial examination and be constrained by others, if possible, then marry three or five more beautiful concubines and earn enough silver for the rest of his life, he did not have the idea and pressure that the heavens would descend on the Si people, but as time went by, Zhao Yan's thoughts gradually integrated into this era, and he occasionally popped up some thoughts that went against the original intention, such as relying on his historical knowledge that was hundreds of years ahead of the world, so that the Ming Dynasty could avoid the upcoming change of Tumubao.

"Sigh empty and sorrowful, time leaks between fingers. Heartbroken and powerless to change the past, I want Optimus Prime to lose weight and tremble. Talking about comforting the young body, how can it be stormy. A pot of sadness returns in the middle of the night, and after waking up with a bitter smile. Zhao Yan hummed a few times to relieve the depression in his heart, and then lay on the bed and fell asleep soundly, he drank a few glasses with Zhang Wenyuan tonight, but he was a little overwhelmed.

There was nothing to say all night, early the next morning, Zhao Yan was called up by Wang Lin to have breakfast, there was a table of people in the lobby who had already eaten, and they were drinking tea and chatting at the moment, Zhao Yan overheard them talking about an incident that happened last night, saying that there was someone making trouble in Yanle Hutong last night, nearly 100 Jinyi Wei and Dongchang's fans made a fuss in Yanle Hutong, and even the little grandfather of Dingguo Mansion was arrested in Jinyiwei Prison, and an unnamed official said that he saw Emperor Zhu Qizhen and Sili eunuch Wang Zhen there.

Zhao Yan's heart moved when he heard this, he was ninety percent sure at the moment, yesterday Zhu Zhen and Wang Zhen were Emperor Zhu Qizhen and the eunuch Wang Zhen, because after the two of them went out of the inn, they seemed to be going in the direction of Yanle Hutong.

It's just that even if the identities of the two are confirmed, what he said yesterday doesn't seem to be liked by Wang Zhen, he is already lucky that he didn't let himself be convicted for his words, as for how much Emperor Zhu Qizhen can listen to his words, Zhao Yan really has no bottom in his heart.

The time for the township test is getting closer and closer, Wang Lin is a little tired of wandering around the city of Beijing for a few days, and the following days have been staying in the small courtyard of the inn to boil his muscles and bones, practicing his fists and feet, Li Er and Zhang Shun will have some martial arts, and the three of them have nothing to learn from each other, but they are also happy.

The township examination is mostly held in August, so it is also called the autumn examination, the autumn examination, the specific examination time is the ninth day, the twelfth and the fifteenth day of the first three days, but you need to enter the venue one day in advance, and postpone the day to appear. The appearance day is divided into three batches, one batch before the afternoon, one in the afternoon and one in the evening, and the receiver will receive a sign for each roll, and the signature will match, and the candidates need to sign out when they appear.

The examination booth in the examination room, also known as the 'No. room', is one by one, as an examination room and dormitory for candidates to answer the papers, eat and stay in the Gongyuan. The room is very narrow, there are only two wooden planks on the upper and lower boards, the upper plank is used as a table for writing the answer sheet, and the lower board is used as a chair.

In the examination shed, a charcoal fire and a candle are also prepared for the candidates, the charcoal fire can be used for heating and cooking, because the candidates are isolated from the outside world during the exam, and the problem of eating has to be solved by themselves, and the invigilator only cares about cheating in the exam, as for the other actions of the candidates in the number room, the invigilator does not ask.

The invigilation in the Gongyuan is very strict, and when the candidates enter the Gongyuan, they must carry out a strict body search to prevent the candidates from hiding 'entrainment' on their bodies, and when the candidates enter the examination shed, they must lock the door, and the rules are extremely strict.

Today's township examination is selected by the imperial court to send capable ministers to the provinces to serve as the chief and deputy chief examiners, and the chief and deputy chief examiners of the Beizhili Township Examination are Chen Wen, the editor of the Hanlin Academy, and Wang Jian, the superintendent of the imperial history.

Chen Wen and Wang Jian are both from the first year of orthodoxy, Chen Wen is the leader, entered the Hanlin Academy for the seven products of the editor, Wang Jian is the first in the second grade, and entered the Imperial Court for the seven products to supervise the imperial history, the two of them have worked hard for more than ten years, and now they finally wait for the opportunity, as long as they preside over the township test, the two will definitely be able to go to the next level, so although they are only presiding over the Beizhili Township Examination, the two of them entered the Tribute Academy early two days before the township examination, and will burn incense and bathe with several fellow examiners, and then wait for the township examination to begin.

On the afternoon of the eighth day of the eighth month of August, Zhao Yan and Zhang Wenyuan got up from the inn and rushed to the gate of the Gongyuan with the crowd.

After a long wait and an unusually strict search, Zhao Yan and Zhang Wenyuan finally entered the Tribute Courtyard as they wished.

When passing by the Mingyuan Building of the Gongyuan, there is an ancient acacia tree next to it, its momentum is like a sleeping dragon, according to legend, this is the place where Wenguang shoots bullfighting, and the candidate's literary luck is related, so it is called 'Wenchang Huai', the candidates have to worship, in order to climb the dragon gate, Zhao Yan does not want to behave too differently, and respectfully worships this ancient acacia.

The room assigned to Zhao Yan was Room No. 6 of T-shaped Lane, and it was not in the same place as Zhang Wenyuan, and it was strictly forbidden for the candidates in the Gongyuan to speak to each other, so Zhao Yan and Zhang Wenyuan arched their hands to each other, and then turned around and walked towards T-shaped Lane.

There are two sergeants standing at the entrance of each alley, and they will assist the invigilator to maintain order in the examination room during the exam, Zhao Yan wanted to hand them the number plate in his hand, but one of the sergeants waved his hand and motioned Zhao Yan to go in and find his own room.

When entering the examination room, each candidate was given two signs, one representing the location of the room, and the other being a Gong card. People have three urgency, if you want to go to the toilet during the exam, you can push the Gong card outward, that is, to Gong meaning, then there will be a sergeant to lead the candidate to the thatched house to solve the problem.

Zhao Yan found Room No. 6 in T-shaped Lane, put down the luggage on his back, and secretly congratulated himself in his heart that his location was not too close to the thatched house, if he was assigned to Room No. 1 and Room No. 2 at the head of the alley, he smelled the smell of the thatched house during the exam, and I was afraid that he would not be able to write any articles.

When the sky was about to get dark, all the candidates had finished entering, and the total number of candidates was only about 2,000.

Candidates must wear dismantling and sewing clothes, single-layer shoes and socks, leather clothes must not have faces, felt blankets must not have lining, it is forbidden to carry wooden cabinets and boxes, double-layer benches, cotton bedding, inkstones are not allowed to be too thick, the pen tube must be hollowed, the wax table must be hollow through the bottom, and the cakes and dumplings must be cut.

Zhao Yan and Zhang Wenyuan were lucky to have Wang Lin to open the way for them, so they were able to rank at the top of the line, so they entered the field relatively early. After that, during the waiting time, Zhao Yan first sorted out the things in an orderly manner, and then covered the felt blanket and took a nap for a while, and when the entrance was completed, more than half an hour passed, and the sky was already dark and gloomy.

Zhao Yan rubbed his eyes a little worriedly, then pushed out the Gong card, and was led by the sergeant to the thatched hut for a small relief, and after coming back, he ate something more, and then covered the felt blanket and continued to sleep.

The first eight of the township examination entered the venue, the ninth year of the first year officially began the exam, the test was a day, and the paper was handed in at night, if the paper could not be handed in before dark, each candidate had three candles, and the paper must be handed in after all were lit, and he left the examination room in the first half of the tenth day of the junior high school, so it was said that one test was three days.

Zhao Yan fell asleep in a daze, felt a little cold in the middle of the night, got up and lit the carbon basin again, and then slept comfortably until the sky was light, but he was woken up by the invigilator and sergeant who came to give out the test questions.

When the test questions were finally sent down, Zhao Yan was in good spirits, got up and restored the two planks to the shape of a table and a stool, and then began to study the ink, and after a while, the invigilator, accompanied by a sergeant, put the test questions on Zhao Yan's desk.

The difference between the township test and the county test, the government test, and the hospital test is that it is more formal, so the content of the test is strictly in accordance with the regulations of the seventeenth year of Hongwu, and the first one is to test four books and three ways, each with more than 200 words; There are four scriptures, each with more than 300 words.

Because the number of people participating in the exam is not small, and the content of the exam is relatively complex, the four meanings of the first session are an important criterion for judging admission, which is the same whether it is in the county examination or the general examination.

Before the Jingtai year, the combination of the imperial court was generally "The Mean", "The Analects", "Mencius", or "The University", "The Analects", "Mencius", just these two combinations. And the examination since the Jingtai year, the township test since the Hongzhi year, every year must be from the Analects and Mencius questions, the remaining question is more mediocre, less choice of the university, the reason is that the university is the least number of words in the four books, only more than 5,000 words, to the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, in the south of the Yangtze River, Guangzhou appeared some rumors, if the township test to the university questions, then the Gongyuan will be on fire, which makes the frequency of the university more reduced.

The combination of test questions in this township exam is Zhongyong, Analects, and Mencius, but the northern part is not as strong as the southern style, so the examiner did not come up with a truncated question, which is a good start for Zhao Yan.

The title of the first four books is from the "The Mean", the title is "The Way of a Gentleman, if you go far, you will be self-defeating, and if you climb high, you will be inferior", which means that you must start from a low place when you ascend to the height, and you must start from a near place when you travel far away; The title of the second Tao and the four books is from the Analects, and the title is "If you learn without thinking, you will be reckless", which means that if you only learn without thinking about it, the whole person will be at a loss; The title of the third and four books is from Mencius, and the title is "Heaven is not as good as the place, Geographical advantages are not as important as people', which means that the season and climate conducive to combat are not as important as the terrain conducive to combat, and the terrain conducive to combat is less important than the desire of the people and unity from top to bottom.

The first question and the third question, Zhao Yan already knew it after reading it, the first question can be elaborated from lofty ambition and down-to-earth, and the third question can be extended to get more help and less help for the unjust, but the second question Zhao Yan has no clue for the time being, so he can only look at the four scriptures first.