The rules of the examination and the township examination are exactly the same, a total of nine days, divided into three exams, one test every three days, the examination is held in the Gongyuan in the southeast of the inner city of the capital, the time for the examination is not long, a total of five days before and after, that is, after the end of the examination, within five days, the results will come out, which is also because the same examiner of the examination, as many as 18 people, the speed of grading, naturally much faster. After passing the examination, he was called Gongsheng, or Chinese-style Jinshi.

One month after the examination, the temple examination is held.

On the night of the eighth day of the second lunar month, Su Tiancheng once again suffered and could not sleep.

Those who participated in the examination were all lifted, or they were the eunuchs of the Guozijian, and when they entered the Gongyuan, the inspection was not so strict, which may have taken into account the face of the scholars.

Candidates who take the examination also have to rush outside the Gongyuan in the middle of the night, wait for the inspection, and then enter the Gongyuan.

For each exam, you will enter the exam one day and exit the next day.

The focus of the exam is also in the first exam, the content of the first exam is the four books, that is, the eight strands, this article is done, and the impact of the next two exams is not very great.

At three o'clock, Su Tiancheng went to sleep, he had to get up at three o'clock, and he had to rush to the outside of the Gongyuan at three o'clock.

This arrangement is very torturous, that is, before seven o'clock in the evening, you have to go to bed, at one o'clock in the middle of the night, you have to get up, and at two o'clock in the middle of the night, you have to rush to the tribute courtyard and wait for the entrance.

Su Tiancheng couldn't sleep at all, lying on the bed, counting countless sheep, and couldn't sleep.

All the procedures are the same as the township test.

Su Tiancheng entered the Tribute Courtyard and found his own small cage.

The pattern of the Tribute Courtyard is almost the same, whether it is in the capital, or in the provinces, but the size is different, the Tribute Courtyard of the capital and the Tribute Courtyard of Nanjing, is the largest, Nanjing is the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and many examinations have been held before.

After Su Tiancheng entered the small cage, the first thing was still to sleep.

He knows very well that people's energy is limited, more than a day to take the exam, the whole night without sleeping, the iron body also has a time when it can't stand it, although the exam can stimulate people's nerves to the greatest extent, making people in a state of high excitement for a long time, but the excitement brought by this stimulation can not be maintained for a day.

After falling asleep for a while, the sky gradually brightened, and when the sun was just beginning to rise, the chief examiner and cabinet chief assistant Zhou Yanru began to lecture, of course, the candidates could not see Zhou Yanru.

Su Tiancheng hated, isn't this a toss.

After starting the exam, Su Tiancheng's spirit was highly concentrated, and he had no distractions and concentrated on thinking.

He has a habit, whether it is an exam or writing materials, first understand the general requirements, then think, write a draft, when writing, it is achieved overnight, this way originates from the habit of writing materials in his previous life.

This habit is very much in line with the requirements of the imperial examination.

Many candidates have begun to work hard to write, Su Tiancheng still did not move, closed his eyes, and after coming over with the examiner, he saw the paper in front of Su Tiancheng, not a word was written on it, and he couldn't help but shake his head.

Zhou Yanru cares about Su Tiancheng. After the exam starts, he's going to make a round.

Seeing that Su Tiancheng didn't start writing, closing his eyes and thinking, Zhou Yanru didn't say anything, he secretly appreciated it in his heart, it is best to write an article overnight, and start writing after thinking maturely, write and think about it, which delays time even more.

After noon, when Zhou Yanru inspected the examination room again, he found that Su Tiancheng had already begun to write, and he was concentrated, not caring about the external situation at all, and he walked next to him without noticing.

Zhou Yanru stopped for a while, and carefully looked at Su Tiancheng's handwriting, it was very neat, and the handwriting was good, of course, he couldn't read the content of the article, after all, he was the examiner, and he had to avoid suspicion.

After the first exam, most of the candidates returned to the inn or home, continued to study hard, crammed temporarily, it always worked, no one went to the restaurant, and no one thought about going out to entertainment, but Su Tiancheng was different, after returning to the inn, he slept and rested, and also went shopping.

In the second and third exams, every time he arrived at the examination room, he buried his head in sleep, seized the time to rest, and then concentrated and began to make an article.

Of course, Su Tiancheng also found something strange.

The examiner Zhou Yanru was very concerned about himself, and almost every exam stopped in front of him, looked at it, and what was even more strange was that in the second exam, Wen Tiren actually came to see it.

It's a kind of competition within the exam room.

There is a contradiction between Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren, and their respective factions must be different, in this case, Su Tiancheng must be very difficult.

Although he said that he was concentrating on the exam, seeing the two examiners stop in front of him one after another, Su Tiancheng's thoughts were no longer just about the exam.

You must find a way out before the palace test, otherwise, if you encounter the situation of dying before you get out of the school, it will be very wronged, and this is the time to test your IQ.

At two o'clock on February 15, the examination ended.

Su Tiancheng walked out of the tribute courtyard, and saw Su Ertong, Su Jun, Wang Dazhi, Luo Chang and others from afar.

Su Jun had already arranged a banquet, and he knew that his young master, every time he experienced something, he liked to go to the restaurant to eat and relax. It's a pity that Wang Furong, who was next to the young master, was not able to follow him to the capital, which made the young master's life seem a little casual and sloppy.

When he arrived at the restaurant, Su Tiancheng was still in a good mood, and after the test, he finally completed another major task.

As for the admission to the entrance examination, he was not worried at all.

I must be in high school, not to mention that the first-hand article is beautiful, let's just say that Zhou Kang, the chief examiner and the housekeeper of Zhou Yanru, the first assistant of the cabinet, came to the inn to find himself, and he has already made a hint: There will be no problem in the exam, this is the gift of Lord Zhou, you must know how to be grateful, and you must respect your teacher.

This actually means Zhou Yanru.

Where to go, Su Tiancheng must make a decisive decision.

According to the rules, after the palace examination, the first three people, that is, the champion, the list of eyes, and the flowers, are immediately awarded officials, and the champions are awarded from the six grades of the Hanlin Academy, the list of eyes and the flowers, and the example of the seven grades of the Hanlin Academy, the second class of the Jinshi, after further assessment, most of them enter the Hanlin Academy, and become the Shu Jishi without rank, as for the top three of the same Jinshi, most of them are after the assessment, and they are released as officials.

After the palace examination, it is very glorious to enter the Hanlin Academy, and there is a good saying that once you enter the Hanlin Academy, you are worth a hundred times.

Although the Hanlin Academy is only a five-grade yamen, but its political importance and particularity, by no means other departments can be compared, it can be said that the Ming Dynasty's Zaifu, scholars, as well as the six Shangshu, the Imperial History of the Imperial Palace, all came from the Hanlin. Needless to say, the dignity of the revision and editing is innumerable, and there are countless unqualified Shujishi who later became cabinet ministers. To put it mildly, when you enter the Hanlin Academy, you have the opportunity to become an auxiliary minister of the cabinet.

Therefore, the second-class jinshi would rather give up the opportunity to enter the court as an official or be released, but also try to enter the Hanlin Academy and become a Shujishi.

This situation is also easy to explain, the revision, compilation and Shu Jishi of the Hanlin Academy are members of the emperor's staff group, they can participate in the drafting of the edict, they can understand the major events that happened in the imperial court, they can be familiar with the major policies in the shortest possible time, and the biggest advantage is that they can see the emperor all the time.

According to Su Tiancheng's development path, entering the Hanlin Academy, on the surface, is the best choice.

He is familiar with history, knows the shortcomings in it, stands at the top level, and even the emperor's side, can put forward many opinions and suggestions, with the help of the emperor's strength, slowly exerted, step by step, change the course of history, unconsciously, to the peak of power.

But there is a huge crisis in it, that is, the party struggle in the court, as well as Zhu Youzhen's character.

Not to mention the game between Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren, which is about to break out, let's just say that Zhu Youzhen's anxious mentality, he can't wait to build the Great Wall in one day, and he can't eat hot tofu in a hurry.

There are also so many rumors in history, what Zhu Youzhen is talented, mean, snarky, narrow-minded, and so on.

All of this is the biggest problem.

Su Tiancheng couldn't take risks, he didn't have that much time.

Before the township test, he had the idea of going out.

Start from the grassroots level and slowly gather strength.

In today's imperial court, the room for play is very small.

On the other hand, when it comes to the grassroots level, there is an opportunity to gather real strength. Of course, even if it is released, you have to think of other ways, if it is according to the convention, the prefect, the prefecture and the county are all honestly staying in the government and drawing the ground as a prison, it is also very miserable.

Besides, there are more than 3,000 nursing homes around Su Tiancheng, and these nursing homes must have a place to settle and a source of livelihood, if he is in the capital, he will never have such an opportunity.

It's gold that always shines.

Perhaps, Su Tiancheng made such a choice, he would become an outlier, everyone sharpened his head, thinking of staying in the capital, even if he was in the sixth department, being a petty official of the eighth grade, he was not willing to go out and become the magistrate of the seventh grade, that is all for the future, go through the high-level relationship, and there are people in the court who are good officials.

The sea is wide and the fish jumps, the sky is high and the birds fly, with rich political experience, superhuman understanding, and unusual skills, can it be said that he can't make an earth-shattering performance.

Su Tiancheng has sufficient self-confidence, and the next step is to find opportunities.