On the fifth day of September in the second year of Chongzhen, the time when the Shaanxi Provincial Hospital Examination began. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

At the end of the day, the gate of the Tribute Courtyard opened, and nearly 1,000 children waiting outside lined up to enter the Tribute Courtyard in turn.

The temperature in the early morning is very low, even if you wear a thick cotton jacket, you will not feel very hot, and it is impossible for candidates to wear thick cotton clothes in the late autumn season, and they generally wear thin cotton clothes.

After entering the Gongyuan, there are a total of ten examination rooms, and the examination guide in the hands of the candidates marks the examination room and the examination shed, but this time when entering the examination room, the candidates need to take off their clothes, only a big pants are left, and there is a special person to check the clothes to see if there is an entrainment inside.

Wu Fanhui was in the middle of the team, slowly following towards the inside of the Tribute Courtyard.

This time he can be regarded as seeing the world, Yin arrived outside the Gongyuan at two o'clock, and saw countless lanterns, the soft light emitted by the lanterns, so that the surroundings are no longer dark, Wu Fanhui saw the candidates, the older ones abound, and even the hair and beard are all gray Tongsheng, also came to participate in the academy examination, on the contrary, there are not many young people, and there are even fewer teenagers like him.

Wu Fanhui finally understood, why Mizhi County has not had a child in the examination for many years, this is probably because of the control of the five families, always let many teenagers pass the county examination and the government examination, these teenagers are still very immature compared with other children, and it is normal to not be able to pass the hospital examination.

In his heart, Wu Fanhui muttered, he is so old, what kind of college exam do he take, it is better to go home and farm well, or find other livelihoods, at such an old age, even if he passes the college exam, is it difficult to continue to participate in the township exam, isn't this a lifetime of taking the exam.

Everything is inferior, only reading is high.

This sentence came to mind again, this time the impression left on Wu Fanhui is unforgettable, the status of the scholar is always in the first place, and the gap with the back of the agriculture and industry is huge, once you become a scholar, that is a person, for such a status, you will not regret it for a lifetime.

An idea popped up in Wu Fanhui's mind, if he can make decisions in the future, he will definitely stipulate the age of the examination, if he is forty or fifty years old, he will not take any prefectural or college examinations, and if he is sixty years old, he will not think about taking any township examinations.

In the process of entering the Gongyuan, he did not see many children in Mizhi County, after all, there were too many people.

Li Jiacui walked out of the inn for the first time, and his younger brother Li Jingfei carried a lantern and followed Wu Fanhui to the Gongyuan, and of course Ma Jigang and Sun Kailin also followed.

All the gold and silver on Wu Fanhui's body were placed here by Ma Jigang, all in one bag.

Ma Jigang didn't open the bag, but he was very careful to tie the bag firmly around his waist, unless he lost his life, it was impossible to lose the bag, Wu Fanhui's trust moved him, and he took it for granted. That is, from the moment they held the bag, Ma Jigang and Sun Kailin were together all the time, and they had to protect the bag.

Seeing Wu Fanhui enter the Tribute Courtyard with everyone, Ma Jigang, Sun Kailin, Li Jiacui and; Li Jingfei and the others did not leave immediately, and it was not until the door of the Gongyuan was closed that they turned back and got into the carriage and headed in the direction of the inn.

Wu Fanhui shivered from the cold, all the clothes on his body were taken off, and only a big pants remained, which was a bit of a taste of selling frozen meat, thinking about the treatment he had to encounter during the township test, he shuddered.

Fortunately, the time for the inspection was very fast, and after putting on his clothes, Wu Fanhui entered the first examination room.

Entering the entrance of the examination room, there is a clerk, the candidate will hand the test guide to the clerk, will receive a wooden card, the wooden card is marked with the number of the examination shed, and the exit of the corridor also stands a clerk, he will tell the candidate where the examination shed is.

The number of the examination room is learned, the first examination room to the third examination room, basically the children of this year, the fourth examination room to the tenth examination room, are the children of previous years, generally speaking, the candidates from the first examination room to the third examination room are younger, this is not absolute, there are older candidates who have passed the government examination.

As for the proportion of talents in the examination, it is difficult to say, the first examination room is the most optimistic, because here are the top children in each province, and the first of this year's government examination cases are all in the first examination room.

The clerk at the exit of Yongdao is a middle-aged man, he picked up Wu Fanhui's examination citation, the number on it is eight, which makes the clerk very surprised, after all, Wu Fanhui is still a teenager, and he looks a little too young, and all the top ten numbers are the head of the government test, is it possible that this teenager is the head of the government test.

The clerk repeatedly read the test several times, and after confirming it, he picked up the wooden card from his side and handed it to Wu Fanhui.

Wu Fanhui didn't want to mumble, so he walked out of the corridor according to the wooden sign, and walked towards the examination shed according to the position designated by the officials.

The tribute courtyard in Xi'an Mansion is much stronger than the tribute courtyard in Yan'an Mansion City, to be exact, it is no longer on the same level.

First of all, the examination shed is larger, and secondly, the walls on all sides of the examination shed are snow-white, and the ground is also flat again, there are two wooden boards in the examination shed, the upper wooden board is used to make test papers, and the lower wooden board is used to sit, so that there is no need to sit on the ground.

There are five rows in the examination shed, twenty in each row, after the candidates enter the examination shed, the invigilator will immediately lock the examination shed, there are some gaps below the examination shed and in the upper room, which is convenient for the invigilator to inspect, when the paper is collected, the time to eat, and when the night rests, the door will be opened, and the paper is collected, or the door will be closed again after the meal and quilt are handed in.

The invigilation of the college examination is very strict, the examiner will continue to patrol, once someone is found cheating, he will be caught immediately, and at the same time report to the examiner, the student who cheats will be severely punished, not only will all the fame be deprived, and may even be assigned.

Entering the examination room, as the door was closed, Wu Fanhui scolded a few words fiercely, his body still felt cold, and he had not completely recovered, thinking about those older candidates, I don't know how they survived, maybe they have adapted.

The exam will still start at midnight, there is still half an hour to go, the door is closed, nothing can be seen, Wu Fanhui simply closed his eyes and began to take a nap, it doesn't matter if it's colder, the temperature will slowly rise after dawn.

As the gong sounded, Wu Fanhui opened his eyes.

At this moment, the closed doors are being opened one by one.

The examiner begins to read out the rules of the house examination, which also takes about a quarter of an hour.

The next thing is to speak, it is the examiner Xuedao Lord himself to speak, of course, it is impossible for Xuedao to go to the ten examination rooms to speak, the so-called Xuedao Adult's lecture, but the examiner reads it on his behalf, Xuedao is in the wing of the Gongyuan at the moment, I am afraid that it is a comfortable fire, after the exam begins, Xuedao will still inspect, and the ten examination rooms are to arrive.

There are a total of three eight-strand essays in the hospital examination, the same as the township examination, the most important thing is the article of the third field, if it is well written, it does not matter if the first and second sessions are the same, which is different from the township examination, the most important thing in the township examination is the first article.

The three eight-strand texts are respectively extracted from the Four Books and the Five Classics, which is the same in all imperial examinations.

For about a quarter of an hour, the other candidates would not pay attention to the lectures of Master Xuedao, but Wu Fanhui was concentrating and listening carefully to every sentence written by Master Xuedao, and from these words, he might be able to understand what kind of mind Master Xuedao had.

The purpose of this is to keep the questions confidential, to ensure that the questions will never leak out, and to ensure the fairness of the college examination, the benefits of this are needless to say, but when you meet someone like Wu Fanhui, you may be able to find some clues from it.

Hundreds of years later, the exam, especially the college entrance examination, any exam, it is impossible for a person to come up with the question, but now the situation is different, after coming to Xi'an Fucheng, Wu Fanhui once deliberately looked for the articles written by the master of the Tao, but unfortunately he did not achieve the goal, not that the master of the Taoist did not write any articles, but Wu Fanhui's qualifications are not enough, and he can't see these articles at all, he is a high-ranking official, and Wu Fanhui is just a small child.

Details determine success or failure, Wu Fanhui believes in this at any time, this college examination is a real struggle, he not only needs to make a good article, but also to ensure that the article can attract the attention of the examiner, after all, the final decision is in the hands of the examiner, only by getting the favor of the examiner, can you pass the government examination and get the fame of Xiucai.

Xuedao adults' precepts, many of the words are official articles, and they are said to be stable, but they have no practical significance, which makes Wu Fanhui almost disappointed, you must know that the people who participated in the college examination are all children, not people in the officialdom, what is the effect of saying these official words, who can listen to them.

The clue appeared at the end of the lecture, and the master of the study raised hopes for all the candidates.

When the words "Jishi Anbang", "Liberating the People and Helping the Poor" appeared one after another, Wu Fanhui's face showed a smile, maybe no one would pay attention to these words, because they are too slogan-oriented, and they are applicable everywhere, but he has realized something from them, that is, this scholar of Taoism, deep in his heart and body and mind, retains his scholarly vitality, he is afraid that all the children who participate in the candidates will also have a pious heart, learn Confucian culture in the West, even if they have gained fame, they must also maintain their duty to be honest and studious.

This kind of character, analyzed after a few hundred years, is a manifestation of self-appreciation, unwilling to go along with the dirt, in the officialdom a little can't eat, can't get used to some imagination, the best is to do learning, in the face of such people, what you need to do is to show your own knowledge, in the article to show the combination of Jishi Anbang and modesty and simplicity, so that you can gain favor, you must not be able to make the article full of flowers, blindly show, that is counterproductive.