Ye Sheng's feeling about the state exam is like the county exam, which is not accurate, it is the same as the modern exam. The parents, family members, servants, and people who sent them to the test were all isolated outside the examination room with a red rope.

Only candidates with admission tickets can enter inside、I forgot that in ancient times it should be called Tongsheng、This cute word。 But the reality is that they followed Ye Sheng to the exam, and they were all older people like uncles and uncles. Even if you meet Ye Sheng like this, even if you are very young, and even the old man looks like he is about 70 years old, Ye Shengxin said Uncle, you are not at home with your grandson, why did you come here to compete with us. Even if you pass the exam, you can't be an official at your age. Thinking in his heart, Ye Sheng had already followed the flow of people into the front street of the school in front of Lijing Gate.

But the number of candidates is too much, because not only those who were admitted to the county examination this year, but also those who passed the county examination in previous years but failed to take the government examination. According to the rules, in the Song Dynasty, as long as you didn't pass the exam, you had to retake the exam.

In the darkest hour before dawn, Ye Sheng finally came to the door of the examination room with the bustling exam. Everyone stood up very well and waited for the school officials to enter the venue one by one.

Because the prefectural examination is called by county, the candidates in this county will be admitted to the next county after they finish counting.

So the readers are thinking, the sky is so dark that the same village came with this crowd and was also crowded in this sea of people, not to mention that there are many students who come to the exam alone, so how to find the school officials in their own county? In fact, it is very simple, as long as you look at the lanterns, the colorful lanterns have the name of the county written on them, and you can quickly find the organization and gather it.

For example, the Mengjin student told the candidates in the county in advance that he leaned over when he saw the big word Mengjin on the big red lantern.

Those lanterns were carried with long bamboo poles, which were very conspicuous in the dark sky, Ye Sheng looked for a while, and then saw the big red lanterns in the air, so he squeezed over with the examination basket, and finally saw the familiar candidates, the first sentence was: "Who has extra shoes?" ”

Everyone saw that it was the head of the county, and both young and old saluted him together, calling him 'senior brother', which can be regarded as a small benefit for the head of the case. After hearing what Ye Sheng meant, everyone smiled and said, "Senior brother was also stepped on." Many people gossiped: "I'm too." "My hat was squeezed off." "My pen and ink are broken"

"So what did you do?"

Some say it's "bought now." "This is the first time I have taken the government exam.

Some people say "there is a spare." "It's experienced.

Ye Sheng was taken aback and said, "Is there still a merchant here?" ”

Tong Sheng, who has taken the exam for several sessions, said with a smile: "Senior brother doesn't know, there are so many people in the government examination every year, and there are not many pen and ink inkstones that are squeezed out of their shoes and hats and broken inkstones, and the examination room stipulates that 'untidy clothes are not allowed to enter'." Seeing that it was profitable, the servants bought a batch and sold it at a high price. Someone volunteered to find him to buy something, and in a short time he received a man wearing a uniform and carrying a merchant.

Then the light in the man's hand, Shen Mo saw that food, stationery, shoes and hats were all available. When I asked, a pair of cloth shoes cost five dollars of silver, and at this price, you can buy five pairs of good cloth shoes outside. But he also knew that it was the same as eating in a tourist attraction, so he had to be slaughtered obediently.

Seeing that the man was selling meat for fire, he asked the price again, two coins of silver each, Ye Sheng was already numb. He simply took out the silver from the purse given by Yang Zhi and threw it to him, took five fires and a pair of cloth shoes. As soon as he finished selling, his fellow villagers told him that he should not buy the burned, and the officials in the examination room would buy food from outside and sell it at a high price inside. Although it is expensive, it is good that it is hot.

Ye Sheng shook his head and said: "Having said that, I heard that this year's examiner is the first time to preside over the exam, and he said that the new official has taken office with three fires, who knows if this fire will burn on our heads?" ”

Everyone couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat when they heard this, and immediately snapped up the man's food.

The Luoyang Mansion Examination Room, located not far from the Lijing Gate, has a history of many years. I heard that it's still a school, but it's a middle school, and I've been there when I was traveling.

During the Tang Dynasty, Wu Zetian expanded the official school, covering an area of 100 acres, and the environment was still very good. But there are still the same problems as the county school, that is, some of the light is good, and some places are tuyeres, so everyone hopes to occupy a good position.

At this time, the examination room opened its doors, and the first prefecture began to roll call. Candidates from other counties followed the old rules and found the officers in the examination room one after another, and took out the money to ask them to help put the examination basket on the well-placed table in the examination room. Traditionally, this means that someone has already occupied the seat, and when they enter the room, they just need to find their own basket and sit down.

But this time with the exception, the officials saw that no one dared to accept the money, and they regretfully told the candidates, "My family has an order, and you must take your seat according to the identity certificate and number issued at the door, otherwise you will be disqualified from the exam." ”

Candidates from all counties entered in batches, and only received the answer sheets when the sky was bright and all of them were admitted. Ye Sheng's luck finally returned, his seat was six rows six, six six Shun, not only auspicious but also in an excellent location.

Sitting in the seat, he found that he didn't know anyone, and he couldn't help but secretly rejoice: "It's time to take the test." 'The last time I took the county exam, the invigilation was not strict, and the candidates around me whispered their answers to his exam, which was annoying, and it was said that the discipline requirements of the government exam were just as relaxed.

I only listen to the constant sound of pre-exam communication around me, which is probably it. "Brother asked me to copy it, and after that, my brother invited you to drink flower wine." Or "Boy, be smart, the old man doesn't stand you cheap in vain, and the good old man will give you a house after the exam." and so on.

Ye Sheng didn't care about this, took out the fire and ate it slowly. After a fire was finished and a few sips of water were drunk, all the candidates finally sat down.

At this time, I heard the movement and saw that the door of the examination room was slowly closing, and after it was locked, a seal was pasted. Seeing this scene, some candidates couldn't help but beat the drum in their hearts, and secretly said, 'You won't want to move the real thing, right?' , then the young master, my silver was not taken out in vain. ’

While everyone was thinking wildly, they heard a scholar shouting: "The prefect has arrived!" ”

Everyone hurriedly got up, and suddenly there was a sparse uproar. After getting up, we bowed deeply in the direction of the main hall of the township. The prefect had already walked to the front of the hall, and towards the main hall, he gave three sticks of incense to the sage of Kong, and then he turned around.

The children saluted the adults again and said, "The students pay a visit to the prefect." ”

"No courtesy, sit down." The prefect's voice is very familiar, baritone, and his voice is wide and charming.

Ye Sheng felt that this voice was very familiar, so he looked up when he sat down, and couldn't help but be surprised, only to see that the official standing in front of the main hall, wearing a gold-topped black veil, wearing a purple three-grade official robe, and accompanying the goldfish bag, turned out to be Qian Weiyan, whom he had just met.