Before dawn the next day, Li Hongyu got up from the bed and yawned and washed up.

After this series of children's tests, he didn't have any impression of anything else, just remembered that there were stars and the moon in the sky when he went out, just like when he was a child, he got up too early for the fifth watch of the New Year.

Compared with the county examination and the prefectural examination, there are many special rules for the college examination, after all, the examiners who propose the examination and the examiners who mark the papers are from other places.

According to the regulations, when the student officer goes to the prefecture or Zhili Prefecture to take the college examination, the prefect or the governor of the prefecture or the same prefecture will serve as the promoter, prepare the examination room and provide supplies, such as meals, oil candles, stationery, etc.

The prefectures were also required to give the examiners and other examiners a number of taels of silver, known as the "Shed Rules", which in later words were allowances.

It is worth mentioning that there is also a special type of candidates participating in the college examination - Tong Sheng.

The so-called students refer to the children who have not been admitted to the Xiucai but have good grades, and they are selected to serve as the personnel of the ritual music and dance in the Confucian Temple.

Once he obtains the qualification of a child, he does not have to take the county examination and the prefectural examination the next time he takes the child examination, but only participates in the hospital examination, so he is called "half a talent".

The child who takes the examination must also appoint another student as a guarantor in the county to which he belongs, and the child who is insured must give two pieces of silver to this student, which is called sending a number of respects.

As with the county and government examinations, there are still five candidates who are required to jointly protect each other, and if one of them violates the regulations, all five of them must sit together, and those who protect them will be punished for their crimes, and the consequences will be very serious.

When Li Hongyu and others arrived at the school, the front of the hospital was already full of candidates, and they were discussing the upcoming exam in groups, and the atmosphere was a little tense and depressing.

After all, the candidates referred to today finally passed the county examination and the government examination, so no one wants to give up halfway, they all want to gain fame and glorify their ancestors.

Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin talked softly together, and after these days of getting along, the relationship between the two was much closer, and Li Hongyu would not stay alone in a daze.

"It's in!" As soon as the hour came, with a few gongs, the door of the school opened, and an errand officer with a gong in his hand strode out of it, shouting as he banged the gong.

The examination booth in the school was built during the government examination, which is quite familiar to the candidates who have experienced the government examination, but it is a pity that things are not human.

It is worth mentioning that those who have not participated in the prefectural or county examinations or the prefectural examinations for some reason can take the college examination after the make-up examination, and those who have not passed the examination do not have this preferential treatment.

Although the location of the government examination and the hospital examination are the same, the rules of the hospital examination can be much stricter than the government examination, in order to prevent entrainment, strict search and inspection must be carried out when entering the venue, and even the hair and clothing must be unchecked, even shoes and socks, stationery must also be checked, and no one is allowed to enter the examination room with a piece of paper.

The important way to determine the identity of the candidates in the children's test is to sing the insurance by the students who subscribe to the insurance, but the number of students who subscribe to the insurance is different, and the name of each person in the roll call book is detailed with the place of origin, age, appearance, and three generations of resumes.

Different from before, the roll call book of the government examination is stamped by the subscriber and the student, or it must be signed by himself, which is stricter than the county test and the government test, so as to prevent fraudulent examinations and substitutions.

After singing and protecting the students, Li Hongyu came to his seat and looked at the exam papers intently.

In those state capitals with poor conditions, if the number of candidates is large, the question sheet is not issued, but the question is glued to the wooden card, and the messenger is sent to walk back and forth on the road with the question card, so that the candidates can look at the question by themselves, and those candidates with visual impairment can stand up in place, and ask the instructor on the spot to recite the question aloud two or three times.

With the sound of several crisp cloud boards in the examination shed, the scene suddenly fell silent, which means that all the candidates have entered, the exam has officially begun, and a group of soldiers rushed up to block the gate and instrument door of the examination shed.

If the atmosphere of the examination room of the county examination and the government examination is quite relaxed, then the atmosphere of the hospital examination is a little dignified, and the soldiers on the scene walk back and forth to monitor the candidates who answer the questions.

As with the prefectural and prefectural exams, each exam must be handed in at dark on the same day, and there will be no waiting for the expiration date.

Knock, knock, knock.

At that time, three drums sounded from the second door of the examination room, and after hearing this sound, some candidates immediately got up to drink tea and go to the toilet, while Li Hongyu still answered the questions at the desk.

"Transcription!" When the time came, three drums sounded outside the gate, and the inspector in the hall struck the cloud board three times, shouting to remind the candidates to answer the questions.

At this time, Li Hongyu had already finished answering and was waiting to leave the examination room, anyway, the answer sheet had been completed, and there was no point in staying here again.

The hospital examination is divided into two sessions like the government examination, the first is the main examination, and the second is the second examination.

It's just that because the college examination is to select students, the difference from the government examination is that the two exams of the college examination are eliminated, and only candidates who pass the main field can take the re-examination.

The admission quota for each college examination in Xiangyang Prefecture is 50, which means that only the top 50 in the re-examination can obtain fame, and the competition is extremely fierce.

Finally, Shen Shi went to the back gate to beat the drum again, and hit the cloud board in the hall, at this time, the examination shed will open the door for the first time to release the first batch of candidates who handed in the papers, which is called the first card.

Li Hongyu did not hesitate, got up and handed in the papers, Zhao Xin, Wang Kuiju and others also handed in the papers, if you can't finish the questions at this time, then it will be more difficult to get a good score in the exam.

With the first release, there will be two more cards and three cards at regular intervals until the end of the day.

As for why it is called "putting cards", it is because when the candidates hand in the papers, they will take down the floating sign with their names written on the paper to indicate their test number, and the receiving officer will be issued a card for each roll, and a card will be received when he appears, and a person will be released.

On the third day after the end of the main venue, the list was posted on the notice wall outside the gate of the school, and the test numbers of the top 300 candidates were announced in six large circles.

The candidates were suddenly sad and happy, and those on the list were naturally overjoyed, while those who fell off the list were all depressed and even cried.

Judging from the rankings announced on the list, Li Hongyu won the first place, Zhao Xin won the second place, Yang Renxiao won the third place, Wang Kuiju ranked fourth, Lu Kun ranked fifth, and Li Hongyi ranked sixth.

Judging from the rankings of the top six, the results are basically the same as those of the government examination, but the rankings of Yang Renxiao and Wang Kuiju have been reversed, and the strength of the two is really equal.

After all, there is a great change in the ranking after waiting for seven places compared with the government examination, after all, there are great accidental factors in the examination, and the change of ranking is a very normal phenomenon.

This means that the strength of Li Hongyu and the other six people is really higher than the rest of the candidates, so that those candidates cannot shake their top six rankings, which is very rare, and it also shows the absolute strength of the six.

Since the top three in the college examination can be directly qualified to participate in the township examination without taking the scientific examination, the college examination not only has to compete for the first place, but also the top three, after all, no one wants to take the test again.

The re-examination of the college examination was held on the second day of the announcement of the main list, because it was related to the fame of Xiucai, so the atmosphere at the scene was more solemn than before, and 300 candidates sat silently in the examination booth of the University to answer the questions.

"Brother Li, how did you do in the exam?" Like when he was in the main field, Li Hongyu was in the first batch to hand in the papers, and after walking out of the examination shed, Zhao Xin caught up from behind and asked with a smile.

"Resign to fate." Li Hongyu thought about it, and solemnly stretched out his hand and pointed to the sky, now what he can do has been done, and the rest depends on his luck.

"Let's get together in the Spring Breeze Pavilion in the evening, you can come too." With a snort, Zhao Xin was amused by Li Hongyu's move, and then said with a smile.

In the evening, Li Hongyi was in the Chunfeng Pavilion and invited the candidates from Jiangkou County to go for recreation, of course, the people who could get the invitation were either the children of the powerful or the people who were able to participate in the government examination this time.

"Good!" Li Hongyu thought about it when he heard this, and then nodded to Zhao Xin, Zhao Xin sent an invitation, so he naturally had no reason to refuse, and he didn't want to be excluded from the mainstream circle by everyone, and he wanted to gradually change his image in front of people.

"The number of places admitted is too small, if the emperor sends a decree this year, more people will be able to gain fame."

Seeing that Li Hongyu agreed, Zhao Xin couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, glanced at the candidates around him who were walking out of the school with serious expressions, and couldn't help but sigh and said, I don't know how many people have spent their lives for the word fame.

"Hmm!" Li Hongyu bowed slightly when he heard this, unless he encountered the emperor's visit, enthronement or longevity, etc., it would be difficult to increase the number of places admitted, which doomed many people to fall off the list and start again in the next year.

When "Zhao Gongzi" Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin walked out of the gate of the academy, Qin Yue, who was waiting outside the door anxiously, hurriedly led Rou'er and Xiaolan to greet them, and smiled and blessed Zhao Xin.

"Brother Li, I won't bother you and the second miss in the future, don't forget about the evening." Zhao Xin smiled when she saw this, said hello to Li Hongyu and walked away, she is not the kind of person who has no eyes, Zhao Xin is obviously here for Li Hongyu.

"Third son, hot water has been prepared at home, go back to bathing and changing." After Zhao Xin left, Qin Yue looked at Li Hongyu with a smile, given that Li Hongyu was relatively wooden, she could only become active in her dealings with Li Hongyu.

"Hmm!" Li Hongyu nodded, perhaps because he had calculated Qin Yue, which made him always feel like a thief when he was with Qin Yue, and he felt inexplicably empty in his heart.

"Cousin, how did you do on the exam?" At this time, Li Hongyi came out of the school with a smile and a smile, and Qin Yue greeted him with a smile when he saw this.

"It feels good, but it's definitely not as good as Hongyu."

Li Hongyu laughed when he heard this, glanced at Li Hongyu and said, because the strength of the opponent is too strong, he now has no intention of winning the top and the top three, which makes his mood very relaxed, after all, it is quite certain to take the Xiucai fame with his strength.

"Brother Li, who is this fairy-like young lady, I won't introduce it to you." Seeing the delicate and charming Qin Yue, the eyes of several candidates who were talking and laughing with Li Hongyi suddenly lit up, and one of them said to Li Hongyi with a smile.

"This is my cousin Qin Yue." How could Li Hongyi not know the mind of the person who spoke, obviously wanting to befriend Qin Yue, so he replied with a smile, "She is already engaged, and the famous flower has a master, so don't worry about it." ”

"Who is so blessed?" Hearing this, a look of disappointment suddenly flashed on the faces of several candidates on the side, and one of them couldn't help but ask.

"Far away, close at hand." Li Hongyi smiled and stretched out his hand to point at Li Hongyu, Li Hongyu successively took the county test and the government test head, and his attitude towards Li Hongyu has changed unconsciously.

Especially after Li Hongyu unexpectedly donated 10,000 taels of silver, he couldn't help but feel quite ashamed in his heart, and he also admired Li Hongyu very much, if he didn't have this kind of courage.

"Brother Li is so blessed, the examination room is proud, in my opinion, Brother Li will definitely be able to pass the little three yuan of our Xiangyang Mansion this time." Hearing this, the candidates immediately showed a look of surprise, and immediately stepped forward to congratulate Li Hongyu.

"Little Sanyuan?" At this moment, a somewhat harsh voice came out from the school, "It's a little too early, the results of the college test haven't come out yet, and it is not yet known who will kill the deer!" ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but raise their eyes, only to see Yang Renxiao being surrounded by several candidates and walking out of the school, and the one who spoke was a round-faced candidate who followed Yang Renxiao, who seemed to be Yang Renxiao's follower.

Yang Renxiao looked at Li Hongyu coldly, he didn't expect Li Hongyu to be able to take the Zhongfu test under the condition of being hit by the 30th board, and he felt quite disappointed in his heart, if it wasn't for Li Hongyu's matter that attracted the attention of the prefect Liu Wenxu, then he would continue to calculate Li Hongyu.

Suddenly, Yang Renxiao was stunned for a moment, and looked at Qin Yue standing between Li Hongyu and the others with some surprise, he didn't expect to meet Qin Yue here.

Qin Yue also saw Yang Renxiao, her eyes suddenly flashed with a complicated look, and she bit her lip and looked away, although Yang Renxiao was the ideal husband in her heart, but since she was already Li Hongyu's fiancée, she naturally had to forget Yang Renxiao.

Li Hongyu keenly noticed the scene in front of him, and a trace of jealousy suddenly appeared in his heart, no matter how he said that Qin Yue was his fiancée, Yang Renxiao looked at Qin Yue directly like this, which seemed to be a little too rude.

But soon, Yang Renxiao came back to his senses, glanced at Qin Yue who was looking elsewhere, and then walked away, he naturally knew that Qin Yue was very embarrassed now.

"What a beautiful woman accompanies you, but it's just a broken shoe that someone else has used, and it's still a baby!" When passing by Li Hongyu and the others, the round-faced candidate who spoke earlier suddenly remembered something, and couldn't help but glance at Qin Yue, and then said in a loud voice.

Hearing the word "broken shoes", Qin Yue's face turned pale in an instant, and it was obvious that the round-faced candidate was mocking her for being insulted by Li Hongyi and losing her perfect body.

The voice of the round-faced examinee was very loud, and the examinees who came out with Li Hongyi naturally heard it, and couldn't help but look at each other, they were not from Jiangkou County, so they didn't understand the meaning of the round-faced examinee's words, but everyone could hear that it was aimed at Qin Yue, could there be something hidden in this?