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On the tenth day of March in the second year of Chongzhen, the day of the start of the county test in Mizhi County.

For many years, the county examination in Mizhi County has been four exams, the first exam is the main exam, the second exam is the early summer, the third exam is the repetition, and the fourth exam is the face-to-face examination, each of the four exams is one day apart, a total of seven days before and after, but not every candidate has to take all four exams.

The first exam is the most important, and the first case of the county exam appears in the first exam, and if the candidate has passed the first exam, he does not need to take the second early summer and the third re-exam, and he can wait until the seventh day to take the face-to-face exam.

Candidates who have not passed the main exam can only participate in the early summer of the second session, and they can not pass the second session in the early summer, and if they are not able to pass the third session, then bye bye and come to the county exam again next year.

All students who have passed the exam have to participate in the fourth interview, which means the interview, as the chief examiner, the county magistrate, to meet each candidate, or ask some questions, or just look at how you look, if there is any language disability, it is very likely that you will not be able to pass the interview.

The difference between the county examination in the south and the north is also very large, there are many people studying in the south, and the number of candidates who participate in the county examination may exceed 1,000, and the scale is very large, but the north is different, except for the northern Zhili, there are less than 100 candidates in many other places who participate in the county examination.

The south has always paid attention to the imperial examination, the county attaches great importance to the county examination, and the county government has also made a lot of preparations, just the tables, chairs and stools used in the examination, there are a lot of preparations, and the candidates in the north generally bring their own stools to take the examination.

Don't think that the county exam is the same as the primary school exam hundreds of years later, the candidates of the county exam cannot do the questions in the house, all of them are in the open air, the county government will temporarily build a shed in the courtyard, and the candidates will take the exam under the shed, and there is no table for the exam, the stool is even a table, and the writing of articles is carried out on the stool, and the candidate sits on the ground.

The sunny day is better, if it is raining, then you will consider yourself unlucky, and you may be covered in mud after the exam.

Mizhi County has suffered from a major drought for three consecutive years, there is very little rain, and it is difficult to see much rain in spring, which saves the trouble of the county government, and the shed does not need to be built, anyway, it is less than 100 candidates.

When the hour came, he was about to enter the county office, and Wu Fan Huiyin got up before the time.

Wu Qingchao personally carried the big stool and followed behind Wu Fanhui, who carried the four treasures of the study.

If you want to say that this pen and ink inkstone should also be prepared by the county government, but unfortunately the county government is too poor, and the candidates can only prepare it themselves.

Wu Qingchao could only be sent to the door of the county office, and Wu Fanhui still needed to carry a stool to enter the county office.

I don't know what kind of stool it is made of, it's very heavy, Wu Fanhui's face is a little red, he can't help cursing, who made this stool, why is it so heavy, it's like an iron lump.

Coming to the courtyard before the lobby, the sky is not yet bright, the courtyard is surrounded by the officials of the county government holding torches, and the priests, wardens and clerks of the ceremonial room arrange for the candidates to set up stools, and the seats have been determined a long time ago, and the candidates only need to put the stools and sit on the ground.

Although there are less than 100 candidates, it still seems to be a little lively.

There are still situations that make Wu Fanhui cry and laugh and be surprised, among the more than 90 candidates, there are actually six or seven middle-aged people, at first Wu Fanhui thought that these people were related households, helping his own children to move stools, only when these people also sat on the ground, did they know that they were candidates.

This is also too interesting, but it is the county exam, the most basic and basic exam in the Ming Dynasty, the participants should be young men, how can there be middle-aged people, if you have not taken the county exam many times, then what books do you read, and find other ways to make a living earlier.

Everything is inferior, only reading is high.

Thinking of this, Wu Fanhui couldn't help but shake his head, a sentence that killed people made many scholars forget the way to make a living, and they knew about the imperial examination all their lives, and they had to persist until their hair and beard were white, I really don't know what these people are doing.

The chaos quickly passed, all the stools were set up, and all the candidates sat on the ground.

The official exam does not begin until the hour of time, which means that all candidates have to sit on the floor and wait for nearly an hour, which is close to two hours after a few hundred years.

Wu Fanhui couldn't help cursing in his heart, isn't this a toss, although he is familiar with history and knows that the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty is the torture of the scholars, the county examination, the government examination and the hospital examination are slightly better, and the township examination is the most torturous, so that the face of the scholar will be lost.

Turning his head to look around, Wu Fanhui yawned loudly and threw himself on the stool to get a short sleep.

But he soon found out that he was wrong.

Almost all eyes were on him.

Such an important exam determines whether a person has a future in the future, and there are actually candidates who yawn and prepare to sleep.

Wu Fanhui regretted a little, he mainly felt that there was nothing to do, rather than exhausting, it was better to take a good rest, and when he would write an article, he could also concentrate, but he didn't expect this action to arouse everyone's attention and curiosity.

But this action has already been made, and if you look up at this time, I am afraid that there will be more people watching.

He simply closed his eyes and began to take a quiet nap.

It is not allowed to speak in the examination room, and many candidates dare not speak even if they want to discuss.

After all, most of the candidates were young men, and after they saw someone taking a nap, after looking at each other, some people followed Wu Fanhui's example, threw themselves on the stool and closed their eyes to rest.

In less than a quarter of an hour, except for the middle-aged people in the examination room, there were also slightly older candidates, and the rest of them were lying on their stomachs and closing their eyes for a nap.

Those middle-aged people, and the slightly older candidates, couldn't help but shake their heads when they saw all this.

Lu Weibiao, the magistrate, had already come to the examination room, but he was in the lobby, looking out through the window.

This kind of observation is very beneficial for him, the chief examiner, by observing the temperament and performance of each candidate, you can roughly judge the ability of this candidate, the county test does not need to be vague, that is, the article does not need to cover the name, but the candidates are close to 100 people, no matter how strong Lu Weibiao's ability is, it is impossible to have such a good memory, and he can remember the appearance of each candidate through each examination paper.

But this year things are a little different.

Lu Weibiao successfully finished writing the reply to the prefect Ma Maocai, and received a verbal praise from Master Ma, which was brought back by the official who went to deliver the documents, which made Lu Weibiao very happy.

After reporting the situation of the famine in Mizhi County, Lu Weibiao put forward three suggestions, that is, the three suggestions mentioned by Wu Fanhui, but when he suggested that the imperial court send troops to exterminate the rebel peasants, he specifically mentioned the strategy of suppressing and appeasing the peasants, and suggested mercilessly killing those who took the lead in rebellion and trouble.

Therefore, Lu Weibiao came to observe this time, mainly to see Wu Fanhui's performance.

In his heart, Lu Weibiao was a little surprised, the little guy he sent was not able to inquire about Wu Fanhui's specific situation, which was something that had never happened before.

When Wu Fanhui entered the courtyard in front of the lobby, that is, the examination room, his performance was very normal, he was not nervous, and his expression was very calm, which had already made Lu Weibiao slightly surprised, you must know that the candidates who took the county exam for the first time, after many people entered the examination room, their bodies were trembling, and it took a long time to calm down, even if the psychological quality was good, the face was pale, either they were unbearable to bow their heads, or their eyes were blank, and they didn't know what to think.

This Wu Fanhui seems to have nothing to do, as if he is confident, or his psychological quality is not ordinarily good.

When Wu Fanhui was lying on the stool and sleeping, Lu Weibiao's eyes were almost popping out, what happened to this kid, this is the county office, it is the examination room of the county exam, how can he still be in the mood to sleep.

Lu Weibiao almost couldn't help but go out and go to Wu Fanhui's side to ask, are you too crazy, why are you so calm, as if nothing happened.

He didn't do it in the end, but he was even more curious about Wu Fanhui in his heart.

Faintly, Lu Weibiao found that this Wu Fanhui is not an ordinary talent, there is a sentence that came out of his mind, the capable minister who governs the world, the hero of the troubled times, this Wu Fanhui, I am afraid that it is one of them.

Sleepy insects are contagious, and most of the candidates in the examination room began to take a nap, even the middle-aged people couldn't help it, although they didn't lie on the stool, they also closed their eyes and began to doze off.

Lu Weibiao was also infected, but he got up too early, because he had to take into account the question, so he got up just after the ugly time, and he really felt a little drowsy at this time.

Lu Weibiao instructed the little guy next to him to go to the back room to find him at three o'clock.

After looking at the candidates in the examination room again, and paying special attention to Wu Fanhui, Lu Weibiao went out from the back door of the lobby and went straight to the wing room, he also had to rest for a while, anyway, there was nothing to do for most of the hour.

The ceremonial room clerks and wardens who had been busy inside and out for a long time came to the examination room again, and found that most of the candidates were taking a nap, and the two were a little angry, but they didn't lose their temper, after all, they were all candidates who participated in the county exam, and there were many children of the five major families, and they lost their temper casually, offended the five families behind the candidates, and the future was not easy.

The two hurriedly walked towards the lobby, entered the lobby and did not see the magistrate, asked the little guy who was still in the lobby, and learned that the magistrate went to the back room, and the priest and the warden hurriedly went to the chamber, and they wanted to report the situation here to the magistrate.

The magistrate actually took a nap in the wing.

The priest and the warden looked at each other, what was the matter today, such a strange thing happened.