There are nearly 3,000 people in the Jinshi Keming Classics and the other subjects, and since the subjects are different, it is naturally impossible to take the exam at the same time.

The Ming Jing was the first to take the exam, and after three or three games, it was the Jinshi Department on the twenty-second day of the first month. Early in the morning of this day, Du Shiyi, who had prepared everything, came to the Suzaku Gate in the west against the wind and snow. The snow was so great that even though all the candidates had umbrellas, there was still a layer of snowflakes on their bodies, and even some from poor families who only wore thin jackets and stomped their feet gently. Fortunately, the palace gate was not too late to open, and just when Du Shiyi also felt that a pair of feet were gradually frozen, the doors of the left and right doorways of the Vermilion Bird Gate finally opened. But even so, everyone still had to inspect the documents issued by the household department before they were put into the imperial city.

Today's year is still presided over by the Ministry of Officials, so the examination venue is also in the capital of Shangshu Province. However, I saw that the largest executive agency in the three provinces was full of soldiers at this moment, and in front of the door was even more checked by those officials who were in the establishment, and the slightest disobedience would be reprimanded at every turn, and the scene was solemn. When it was Du Shiyi's turn, the pavilion chief on duty glanced at the paperwork, and was about to shout loudly as usual, but when he glanced at his name and surname, his face became delicate. After casually checking the complete range of study and examination tools for the four treasures of the study, as well as the charcoal stove dim sum clothes and so on, he muttered a few sentences softly

"Du Langjun's seat is best chosen against the wall and further in the front of the hall, the seats are all new, thicker, not as cold as the rows in front of the door, and it is more convenient to nap against the wall! It is tens of millions of miles away from the charcoal basin, not to mention that there is a spark bursting out, and the smoke is not good, not to mention a little more warmth. ”

Speaking of this, the pavilion chief paused, and then added: "It was Wang Lang of the household department who specially ordered it, and he must inform Du Langjun." Du Langjun, please come in. ”

This zuihou sentence is not small. Du Shiyi realized that the so-called Wang Yuanwai should be Cui Xiaofatzi's uncle, so she naturally admitted her feelings in her heart. After all, he is inexperienced, and Wang Wei and Zhang Jian have never taken the provincial exam, so these reminders are extremely important!

Among the Shangshu Provincial Government Bureau, the east is the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Households, and the west is the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of Crime, and the Ministry of War. Now that it is a place for the annual examination, it is naturally impossible to occupy the place where the prime minister is left and right, so it is an examination in the front hall, and each candidate is given a single seat. In a month like the Solution, sitting on the ground is not too much of a hard task, but now that it is the first month of the cold and freezing, it is simply the biggest test.

Because Du Shiyi belongs to Jingzhao Mansion, he is the first batch of people to enter the venue. Since he was reminded by others, whether they knew it or not, he still had to mention it to Wei Li, Zhang Jian and others. Sure enough, some people already knew about it, but Wei Li Zhang Jian, who was down for the first time, didn't know anything, and after thanking him, everyone found a good seat against the wall in front of them.

Shun Shunli occupied a seat against the wall in the second row in front, Du Shiyi took a closer look, and sure enough, the seat was new, the bottom was made of pampas grass, and the top was cloth, and the layers were quite thick. Ready, he put down the luggage he was carrying, found a thick felt blanket and covered it on the seat, and then sat down. However, even though he was still wearing a light coat given by Cui Wuniang in the white shirt on his body, with a thick scarf around his neck, and his sleeves were tightened early, he could still feel the cold air coming in. If he hadn't brought not only a charcoal stove for hot rice today, but also a small copper hand stove, and the charcoal had been prepared sufficiently, it would have been doubtful how these three rì would have survived.

As soon as he sat down, he only heard an exclamation behind him, and when he turned his head, he saw that there was also someone sitting in the seat with his back to a charcoal basin behind him, which was actually the same Miao Hanye who had taken the provincial test for the first time. The other party obviously also knew the trick of the seat, glanced at the new seat, took out a thick cushion and put it on top and sat down, then looked up and said: "Du Langjun, compete in the same field, it depends on who has better luck!"

"Miao Langjun is right, I just hope that everyone can return successfully."

The two looked at each other and smiled, so no one said more, but carefully prepared their luggage for the four treasures of the study.

When nearly a thousand people barely crowded into the capital of Shangshu Province, Li Nafang, the examiner of Zhigongju, was late. After the candidates all stood up and bowed, Li Na also replied, and then ordered someone to hand out the examination paper for the first session of the Sutra today. Compared with the county test, the government test can be written by the examiner at will, and even improve the passing standard, the first test of this province is much more stable. As soon as the standard for the first passage of the Ten Passages came out, there was a sigh of relief from the bottom of the head. And Du Shiyi could clearly feel that there seemed to be a few eyes on him behind him.

It seems that his talent in the scriptures is extraordinary, which really scares many people!

Knowing that this first post is the most relaxed, and it is also the least worry-free, when Du Shiyi received the volume, he saw the question of zuihou from the first question, and immediately knew it. When all the papers in the examination room were distributed, everyone began to take out the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone to prepare for the answers, and he also began to sharpen the ink.

In this huge capital hall, more than a dozen charcoal basins are symbolically placed, but the real effect is not as good as the heat collection effect of these thousands of people sitting in it. As he polished the ink, he could clearly hear that some of the first-time examiners were complaining softly about the cold, and he couldn't help but bow his head and smile slightly.

As the initiator of this popular Duanyan in the capital, he naturally will not use any popular pottery inkstone, you must know that only relying on the fact that Duanyan does not condense or freeze in winter, it is the most suitable!

After answering these ten questions lightly and skillfully, he looked up and found that Li Na, the examiner of Zhigongju, was looking at himself, so he dispelled the thought of looking left and right to observe others, and leaned against the wall to close his eyes and recuperate.

In the face of this rare situation, Li Na remembered that when Du Shiyi was in the government examination, he answered ten questions in an instant, which shows that he is well-read and has a strong memory, and it is not surprising that this first game is so easy, so he immediately retracted his gaze and slowly paced in the examination room with his hands behind his back. I don't know if it's because the wind and snow outside are too cold, or because the first scene of the Sutra is too difficult for these Xianggong Jinshi who pay more attention to poetry and articles, he looked at it, most people answered three or four questions at most and began to think hard, and Miao Hanye, who won the solution in the same state, was only able to answer five questions at the moment, but he was still sitting behind the leisurely Du Shiyi, and his face was sè how to see how he was sinking. Although he was instructed by Miao Yanhe, it was impossible to remind him in the examination room, and he could only cough as a reminder when he walked past Miao Hanye.

How others are secondary, it is true that you do a good job first!

In the middle of the sky, there were military officials outside who prepared tea, wine, vegetables, meat, hot water, etc., to sell outside, except for a small number of people who asked Xu officials to buy these things, and most of the people in the test room did not move at all. Some people nibble on cold steamed buns and continue to meditate, some people sharpen their knives and chop woodmen and start to heat meals, and some people who give up on themselves fall asleep in this cold place, and their mouths are snoring. Fortunately, people like zuihou will be woken up by the patrol of Ling Shi in a moment, but the order in the test room is acceptable. However, the most difficult thing in this cold winter is that the hands are cold and cannot write, and the ink in the inkstone will condense in just a moment, and it is necessary to repeatedly try to dissolve it with heat.

When the rì fell, when the lights in the capital hall were extremely dim, I only heard the sound of a gong from outside, and the two words of handing over the scroll resounded throughout the audience. Regardless of whether he was willing to answer or not, seeing that those officials snatched the first scroll from everyone's hands like a snatch, all kinds of life were fully displayed in the hall for a while. Even if they all broke through from the county examination and government examination level by level, it was by no means the first time to take the post scripture, but when Li Na ordered the first ten officials to judge the papers on the spot and announce the results, the results that were loudly reported were still mixed.

"East Supervisor Luo Nansheng, three out of ten, is not allowed to try the second game."

"Guozijian Tang Sheng, five out of ten, and the second test."

"Hengzhou ......"

It took almost an hour for the names to be announced, and all that was left in the capital was the light of the candles and braziers. Although the passing rate of the county government test is higher than that of the previous one, about half, there are only 500 people left. When the deposed people left the scene, the 500 people left behind -- re-examined the documents issued by the household department at the Xu officials, and it was already after night. Du Shiyi ate quite a full meal at noon, and at this time, Li Naling took his children to rest and left with the officials, he couldn't help but stretch his waist greatly, but he saw Wei Li shouting over there: "Du Jiulang, I have medicine and wine to ward off the cold here, as well as Brother Zhang and everyone, I have been tired all day, and I am tired all day, and I am tired and tired?"

Jingzhao Mansion and the other ten people had been in and out together before, staying for more than a month, and the people of other states had not heard of this matter, seeing that the ten people gathered together, each of them gathered together to bring the food they carried, but they were not happy to eat and drink, so they couldn't help but sneer: "The precedent of Taiyuan Wang Shisanlang missing the government test is still there, and you are not afraid of following his mistakes!"

"There is a god who looks up three feet, and the initiator who made Wang Shisanlang unable to take the exam in the first place has now got the retribution he deserves. If you are so suspicious because of the past, you should be alone and have no friends!"

Du Shiyi replied casually, seeing that he was dumbfounded on all sides, and no one was bored, he took a slightly warm silver wine gourd handed by Wei Li with a smile, raised his head and took a big sip. As soon as this wine entered his stomach, he felt a warmth in his internal organs, and he hit the head, and the rest of the people did not hesitate, and after each took a big sip, they all said that it was a good thing for a while. And Wei Li took the fluttering silver kettle, shook it and found that there was not much left, and Suo Xìng drank it all in one gulp, and then smiled bitterly: "In the next two days and two nights, I have to rely on your Zhou Ji to ward off the cold!"

"My frostbite ointment!"

"I've got deer breasts!"

"I have ...... here"

In the midst of the sound of one after another, everyone filled their stomachs, and for a while, they opened their bunks in their places, ready to spend this long winter night. At this moment, the distinction between rich and poor is particularly clear. Some of the linen men were only covered with patched thin quilts, some were thick felt blankets lined with sheepskin blankets, and some were wrapped in large fox furs. But no matter how thick the clothes and quilts are, the rich children who are accustomed to the good environment at home are more difficult to endure than the poor scholars, not to mention that the howling cold wind can be heard outside, and the snoring and dream talk everywhere have not stopped all night.

For Du Shiyi, who has studied in Songshan for three years and experienced those hard people in the thatched hut, this hard night finally slept well. Early in the morning, he was awakened by the gong outside, and when he got up to wash up and prepare for the second exam, he saw Miao Hanye behind him with blue circles and black eyes, showing that he hadn't slept well last night. Sure enough, when Li Na led the officials to the scene again and began to distribute the exam papers, he could clearly hear the unbearable yawn behind him.

In this provincial test, the title of the second test is not from the Confucian scriptures, but because of the proposition of the scene, as "Rui Xue Fu", with the rhyme of "straight as a silk rope", no limit to the order, and the trial is not less than three hundred and five crosses

Although there is rarely a limit on the number of words, since this time even this has been stipulated, naturally no one up and down dares to be sloppy, and after thinking about it carefully, they all began to make a draft. Despite this, by the end of the second scene in the evening, there were still people who could not finish it, and the voices of pleading and scolding were endless, which made people's ears hear and feel awe-inspiring. Sure enough, when it was time to announce who would leave and who would stay in the second scene in the morning, there were a few happy and a few sad, and there were only more than 300 people left. Among them, almost all of them are guilty of limiting rhyme!

In the case that you can't read the rhyme book in the examination room today, rote memorization of a copy of "Cut Rhyme" is the only way!

When the people who stayed behind had re-seated themselves and received the papers and drafts for the third session, Li Nafang looked around the audience and saw that everyone was staring at the five questions and pondering, and he couldn't help but have a smug smile on his face. In the past, most of the questions were economic history, politics, and current affairs. However, the history of the classics is both Du Shiyi Jīngtong, who has studied from Songshan Lu Hong for many years, and the article does not need to be said. Therefore, his five policy questions are actually half of politics and half of current affairs. Although the second scene was the most important thing in the past, this time, as long as Du Shiyi is just empty words, and the strategy is big and empty, he puts it in the last place, no one can say more!

Wang Qiu and Pei Yaoqing are both rising to prominence because of the selection of people, and he doesn't want to be infamous for voting for the favor of the powerful!