The people who came to participate in the lock hall test all had official ranks, and they were also considered people with some status outside, but when they arrived in this tribute courtyard, they were trained like the third grandson, and they were forced to strip naked and take a bath in the winter, so they naturally complained and muttered. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

But these guys just mumble quietly, and they really don't dare to protest loudly. There was a loud noise in the Gong Courtyard, and the examiner could fork them out of the examination room. Although these guys are arrogant outside, they really don't dare to blow up their hair in order to be admitted to the Jinshi in this Gongyuan.

Of course, this is mainly a Jinshi title in this era, and the attraction is too great.

Therefore, although the candidates were full of complaints, they still stripped naked and entered the bathhouse. At the entrance of the bathhouse, there was a special examiner with soldiers to distribute bamboo baskets.

Before the candidates entered the bathhouse, they took bamboo baskets one by one, put the clothes they had taken off in a basket, and pressed the exam cards on the top.

Once they were inside, the soldiers would take their baskets and boxes for clothing to the exit for inspection.

In fact, during the autumn season, the imperial court uniformly distributed clothes to the candidates. Candidates will receive a shirt after taking a shower, and then they will wear it during the exam.

However, there are too many clothes in winter, and it is impossible for the imperial court to provide clothes like autumn. Therefore, after taking a bath, the candidates of Chunfu have to wear their own.

But this does not mean that the search will be relaxed, on the contrary, because the provincial test is actually the last elimination, and the inspection is ten times stricter than that of Qiuyu.

Of course, for candidates who participate in the Spring Festival, these clothes and supplies are not free to wear and bring, which are all subject to this strict regulation.

For the clothing and supplies of the candidates, it is stipulated that the candidates should wear dismantled clothes, single-layer shoes and socks, and it is forbidden to bring wooden frames, wooden boxes, double-layer benches, thick mattresses, roll bags, wraps, etc. And the inkstone is not allowed to be too thick, and the pen tube must be hollowed. The water injection should be made of porcelain, the wax table should be hollow on a single plate, and the cake should be cut to expose the filling.

In addition, it is also required that the felt carpet has no lining, the leather coat has no face, and the entrance is only allowed to bring the bamboo examination box, and it is not allowed to bring a piece of paper.

Well, it's not very accurate to say that you are not allowed to bring a piece of paper. It should be said that it is not allowed to bring only words except "rhyme".

The Great Song Dynasty used to be the general "Guangyun", that is, "The Great Song Dynasty rebuilt the Guangyun", a total of five volumes, is a rhyme book of the official repair when the founding of the country, the whole book contains 26,194 words, a total of 191,692 words, a total of more than 26,000 words, and is also the master of the rhyme book of the past dynasties.

But such a large tome of "Guangyun" is basically who watches and who spits it, and it is still intimidating to look at it, where can I afford to be interested in learning?

Of course, this is not in line with the Song Dynasty's goal of making the imperial examination the most extensive undertaking, so during the Zhenzong period, in order to facilitate the scholars' memorization and mastery, the difficulty of taking the examination was reduced. The Ministry of Rites also promulgated a relatively abbreviated "Rhyme of the Ministry of Rites", which only received 9,590 words, which was much less than that of "Guangyun". In fact, "Rhyme" is a reduced version of "Guangyun".

Therefore, in the Great Song Dynasty, scholars now use rhyme in poetry, especially in the imperial examination, which is based on the "Ritual Rhyme". In addition to those who study the rhythm of the tome, there are many people who memorize and study the "Guangyun".

This book of "Rhyme" can be brought into the examination room. Candidates who can't read words or uncertain rhymes can look through them on their own.

Of course, this "rhyme" must not be brought by the candidates themselves, so I don't know how many tricks and feet have been done by the candidates in this rhyme book. Therefore, this "rhyme" was uniformly distributed by the Gongyuan.

Zhong Hao basically didn't know much about the main requirements of these clothes and examination tools. Fortunately, thanks to Xu Feng's mention and the Yang family's help Zhang Luo, Zhong Hao was not at a loss.

Zhong Hao followed the candidates into the bathhouse. I was ready to freeze, but as soon as I entered the bathhouse, I didn't feel too good. It is estimated that the underground of this bathhouse burned the earth dragon.

The design of the bathhouse is also very interesting, four thick bamboo pipes, across the ceiling, there is a row of fine holes in the bamboo pipes, when the candidates stand under the stripes, they hear the sound of running water, and after a while, the thin holes will spray water, it is actually a shower, and it is still warm water......

It is said that it is lukewarm, but it can only be said that it is not cold. It took dozens of stoves to boil water, and it was barely enough to supply. In fact, in previous years, there was a situation of direct cold water, and the warm water in this subject is considered to be a good candidate for the examiner, at least the warm water has not been saved.

Zhong Hao was greeted with the bamboo pipe of the shower at first, and simply wrapped in a towel and waited tremblingly.

On this day, it is not uncomfortable to take a bath under such conditions, and besides, forty people in each room only have a quarter of an hour to take a bath, and it is impossible to take a bath happily, so you can only simply rinse.

Zhong Hao pulled over and looked at a bare-bottomed candidate in front of him, shivering constantly from the cold there, and couldn't help but tighten the towel on his body. The candidate also saw Zhong Hao, and the two bare-ass men looked at each other, and they both smiled awkwardly.

Suddenly, Zhong Hao remembered something, and couldn't help but ask the candidate who was taking a shower, "Brother, is this bath okay?" Don't wash and don't let the test? ”

The examinee shivered there while taking a shower and replied, "Shhh...... Don't wash and don't let the test? Nothing like that. Hiss...... In fact, this bath is a disguise, so that we can take off our clothes and check. So as not to directly check the upper body and insult Sven! The candidate hissed and inhaled while answering Zhong Hao's question.

Zhong Hao couldn't help but nod when he heard this: "Oh, little brother understands!" Hehe, that little brother doesn't have to wash! ”

The candidate who was gritting his teeth and taking a cold bath, listened to Zhong Hao's words, and couldn't help but be stunned: Damn, yes, I didn't say that I can't wash it, why do I have to wash it, I take a bath here and freeze to death.

The candidate couldn't help but hurriedly jump to the side to find his towel to put on, and smiled bitterly at Zhong Hao.

When everyone heard Zhong Hao's words, they couldn't help but laugh, and they didn't say that they had to wash it, but in fact, they were just waiting here to check whether the clothes were entrained, why did they wash them? ! Probably because of inertial thinking, and when I saw others washing, I followed, in fact, everyone wore a towel like Zhong Hao, just wait there.

Soon those who were taking a shower stopped one after another, draped in towels.

Then one of the candidates laughed, and then ...... Then all forty people in the bathhouse burst into laughter.

The bathing candidate who was opposite Zhong Hao just now warmed up a little at this time, wrapped in a towel and talked to Zhong Hao: "In Xia Shen Kuo, the table is in storage, Xi is the master of Shuyang County, Haizhou, dare to ask the name of Brother Tai?" ”????

When Zhong Hao heard this guy introduce himself, he couldn't help but laugh, just introduce his name, and introduce himself as a county master. But then I thought about it, the people who participated in the lock hall test all had official ranks, and maybe introducing each other's official ranks was also a way to climb each other's relationship.

But this guy is also quite interesting, and at that moment Zhong Hao also introduced himself in his appearance: "Brother Shen is above, Zhong Hao is below, the word Wenxuan, Xi is the knowledge of Jingqiang Village in Linzhou!" ”

"Disrespectful and disrespectful, it turns out that Brother Zhong is still a Zhizhai!"

"Brother Cun has won the prize...... Hey, wait, you said your name is Shen Kuo? But the Shen Kuo who wrote "Dream Creek Writings"? Zhong Hao was attracted by the official title in this guy's self-introduction just now, and didn't pay attention to his name. At this time, I suddenly thought about it, and I couldn't help but be surprised, it can't be such a coincidence, right? This guy said that his name is Shen Kuo, so if this guy is really the Shen Kuo who wrote "Dream Creek Writings", it is very famous, and this guy is often mentioned in textbooks in later generations.

Shen Kuo saw Zhong Hao's face surprised, as if he had heard of his appearance, and couldn't help scratching his head and laughing: "It's really called Shen Kuo!" However, this "Dream Creek Writings" is not written below, what kind of book is this? Is it famous? Why haven't you heard of it below? However, there is a garden in the next house called Mengxi Garden. ”

"Uh......" Zhong Hao then remembered that this "Dream Creek Writings" seemed to be written by Shen Kuo in his later years. But this guy said that he has a garden called Mengxi Garden, and that is Shen Kuo. In his later years, Shen Kuo seemed to live in seclusion in Mengxi Garden, calling himself Mengxi Zhangren, and created the book "Mengxi Writings"!

At that moment, Zhong Hao smiled and said: "This book is a book that can last for a hundred years, but now, it hasn't come out yet......"

Shen Kuo listened to Zhong Hao's words, and couldn't help but be a little confused: it didn't come out, how did Zhong Hao know? Why do you still ask if you wrote it yourself?

Shen Kuo wanted to ask again, but those soldiers had already carried baskets and sent their clothes over.

It was inconvenient for the two to talk any more, so they hurriedly went to find their own clothes and put them on their bodies. It's still cold wrapped in a towel.

Other candidates also did the same thing, and they all used the fastest speed in their lives to put on their clothes!

After wearing it, I found that the good cotton jacket was removed from the thread, and the cotton boots also stuck out the tongue, which shows that the inspection was careful. The cotton monkey, which had a poor image, became a beggar, which made the candidates feel angry and couldn't help but scold.

Zhong Hao's clothes were naturally inescapable, not only the cotton clothes and cotton boots, but also the delicate satin velvet light gloves that Lin Yuchen gave them, but they were also stabbed and cut, which really made Zhong Hao feel a little distressed. No way, as long as it is double-layered, it must be checked. Fortunately, there is no mezzanine in the ear protection, waist protection, and scarf, so there is no need to cut it.

As soon as the candidates put on their clothes, there were soldiers on duty in the Gongyuan to urge them to go out and line up quickly.

Zhong Hao and Shen Kuo originally seemed to talk a few more words, but they were not free. Let's talk after the exam.

Zhong Hao is still very interested in this Shen Kuo.

Although Shen Kuo did not make much achievements in his career, he devoted his life to scientific research, and has deep attainments and outstanding achievements in many disciplines, and is known as "the most outstanding figure in the entire history of science in China". On the contrary, in the later generations, he will be more famous than those famous ministers and generals.

Of course, Zhong Hao is also full of respect for such people. Most of the intellectuals in the history of our country paid attention to that kind of literary creation and ideological research, after all, these things were more respected and recognized by people in this era.

But Zhong Hao believes that in this era, intellectuals who can devote themselves to scientific research must be able to withstand the cold eyes of others and endure loneliness, so Zhong Hao feels that such people should be respected more.

Shen Kuo heard that Zhong Hao was the owner of Jingqiang Village in Linzhou, and knew that he was not an ordinary gentleman, so he was also quite interested in him.

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Although there were several bathhouses in this Gongyuan, there were more than 5,000 candidates who took the examination in this section, and by the time everyone's belongings had been checked and the queue was completed in the front line of the Gongyuan square, it was already past noon.

Letting go of the cannon, he put out the incense case in the public court, and the chief examiner of the Huangyou Five-Year Provincial Examination, Wang Gongchen Wang, wearing a folded foot hat and a scarlet official robe, appeared in front of the candidates.

After first offering incense to the Holy Master, Master Wang stood up and covered his face with two handfuls of sunshades. The secretary knelt down and invited the Three Realms Demon Emperor Guan Shengdi to enter the field to suppress it, and invited General Zhou to enter the field to patrol the field. Letting go of the shade, the king saluted again.

The book office invited Emperor Qiqu Wenchang Kaihua Zitong to enter the main test, and invited Master Kuixing to enter the field to shine. Invite all these gods and ghosts, and Bachelor Xie will lecture the candidates, which is nothing more than to cherish the opportunity, take the exam carefully, and don't cheat by chance.

It was easy to get to the end of the examiner Wang's speech, so he opened the test questions in public, and opened the roll wrapped in yellow silk and covered with seals.

The candidates tiptoed, hoping to see the exam questions that would determine their fate, but they were so far away that they were in vain. But don't worry, because the examiners are transcribing it and posting it in the various exam rooms.

Their task now is to find their own place to take the exam.

There is a long circle of powder walls next to the square, which is used to post notices on it, and at this time there are hundreds of pieces of paper densely packed with each candidate's examination room and seat number, as well as a special examination room guide map.

Zhong Hao followed the candidates in the "River" room to find the location of his examination room on the pink wall, and quickly saw the location of the "River" examination room!

Immediately, Zhong Hao followed the "river" candidates and followed the guidance of the road signs to the examination room where he was.

The lock hall test is in the east courtyard of the Gongyuan Courtyard, and after they pass through the second gate of the Gongyuan together, turn left and go to the East Courtyard.

At the entrance of the east courtyard of the Gongyuan, there was a notice that 'no noise was prohibited', and there were many soldiers on duty in the Gongyuan everywhere. After entering, there are rows of examination rooms, and in each examination room, there are forty candidates.

This examination room is also arranged in the thousand-character order of "Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang". Zhong Hao and the others went all the way and found the "river" examination room where they were!

At the door, everyone received the examination papers with their own names, and they were carefully packed in the roll bags.

When he entered the examination room, Zhong Hao couldn't help but be happy, this tribute courtyard of the Great Song Dynasty was different from the honeycomb-like room in the tribute courtyard in the Ming and Qing dynasties, but it seemed to be the kind of examination room similar to that of later generations.

Of course, in fact, the children's examination in the Ming and Qing dynasties was also similar to this kind of examination room, and only the township examination and the meeting examination were only in the Gongyuan that had that kind of room.

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