The second year of junior high school, the fifth day of April. The door of a certain square in Chang'an was opened before ringing the bell www.biquge.info officially announcing the opening of the workshop. Then, several public carriages rolled out. Oh, not a few, but one after the other.

There were twenty people sitting in a car, and the carriage, which could only be stuffed with fifteen people, was full, and everyone in the car did not dislike the car being too crowded, they were all silent, and there was silence, only the sound of rapid breathing, the sound of rubbing hands, the sound of feet staring at the floor, and a few old gods were there, leaning on the carriage, closing their eyes and recuperating.

This is a carriage carrying scholars to the examination room. Looking behind these streamed vehicles, you can see that many people are dressed as scholars, each carrying something in their hands, and there are constantly several servants dressed up, holding simple iron megaphones, walking back and forth, shouting, 'Don't be in a hurry if you don't catch it, the carriage will come back soon, and you can walk to the examination room on your own.' There's still plenty of time. ’

While the servants were shouting, there were people maintaining order, and even though there was no iron bar, they kept repeating those words.

The door is especially opened early, for the candidates. Almost half of the candidates are concentrated in this lane. This year, the number of candidates has more than doubled. In the past, about 1,000 people took the exam for one subject, but more than 2,400 people came to the undergraduate program.

The number of candidates for the exam is almost two and a half times higher. And that's not all, don't forget, as long as you're not too poor, usually everyone brings a book. So, the number is not simply the 1,400 people.

In addition, there are many more from afar to see the lively ?? In some big cities such as Yangzhou, there are many people in Chang'an or big cities such as Yangzhou, and as a result, Chang'an is full of inns of all sizes. There are more people of this kind than scholars, and according to the incomplete statistics of those who hold brocade clothes, the number of people is probably twice as many as that of scholars, 5,000 people.

As for these people, what can they see, according to Jinyi's inquiry, they are all wealthy families, and they have specially sent Jingshi to inquire about the situation. After all, the influence of this imperial examination is too great, and there is a little money in the family, who doesn't want to let the children be named on the gold list and get ahead.

Well? That's it, you say, and there aren't that many people. Of course, don't forget, they're all quite wealthy families. And will be sent to listen to the news, will it be a family member who has crossed over and behaved specially?

It must be something that is judgmental. Can such a person not have a man who serves before and after the saddle? In short, that's it, this imperial examination has almost attracted the attention of people all over the world, and even the envoys sent by the Japanese State to Tang are paying attention.

Then, there were too many people, and the inn was packed. Li Chen simply chose a lifang and gathered all those scholars here to let them live in the houses temporarily. Then, Li Chen specially sent a public carriage and let them take a ride to the test site.

Originally, there was only a part, about a few hundred scholars, and it was necessary to arrange it like this, but when he heard that there were so many scholars gathered here, and the house money was not too expensive, Li Chen asked the Wannian County Decree to come forward, and the government sent people to let the people live away from home for a few days temporarily, and then subsidize them with the money collected by the scholars. The service is not so good, but the price is too cheap.

As a result, many scholars simply quit the room and squeezed here. The house price is still secondary, mainly because there are many people, which is convenient for communication and discussion.

Li Deyu had to take advantage of the fact that most of the doors of the Lifang were not opened before dawn, and arranged a large number of carriages to take the first step and send people to today's examination room.

Go to the right, and go back to the left to get a train of carriages, which attracts a lot of people who get up early and wait for the door to open. Can't get out, it doesn't prevent them from lying on the wall and looking out. This scenery will probably be the topic of the people of Chang'an for a long time.

It's here, it's here. The driver shouted, and parked the car. Jiang Shizi jumped out of the carriage first, followed by Tao Shizi, and then jumped off more than a dozen candidates one after another.

'Why is it here, this year's change.' Tao Shizi, looking at the scenery in front of him, muttered to himself. This is Wubenfang, not far from the Imperial City, just outside the Anshan Gate. To the left is Suzaku Street, and to the right is an intersection, which is Higashi.

'Maybe there are too many people this year, so let's change it. Jiang Shizi was not surprised, originally the imperial examination was in the imperial city of Shangshu provincial examination, so it is also called the provincial examination. It's just that there are so many people this year, and he estimated that Shangshu Province probably wouldn't be able to fit it, and sure enough, it was moved outside.

The candidates who arrived at the door were the first to line up in order at the door. Several poor people, maintaining order at the door, not without brains to turn the candidate asked, is the carriage sent to the wrong place, forced a poor person kept shouting, did not run to the wrong place, this year it was held in Guozijian. He shouted and lamented, how could there be such a scale when he ran to the wrong place? The candidates who asked probably didn't have a good brain, so don't think about getting in.

This is the Guozijian, which occupies the left half of the entire Wubenfang. Jiang and Tao followed the crowd into Guozijian, and as soon as they got started, they were checked, and everyone had to take out their own registration cards. This registration card is written with the place of origin, the guarantor, which subject to be examined, and the most important thing is that there are fingerprints.

According to Li Chen's prediction, it was originally a depiction of elements like a photo of a later generation, but the sketch is really not too slow to draw than a photo. Originally, it was not impossible to have more people, but now in Datang, there are not many people who really know how to sketch.

If you want to train, you don't have time to work. Originally, it was planned for the next subject, but it was only implemented during the examination.

However, when Li Chen was practicing calligraphy one day, his hands were stained with ink, and he suddenly had an idea. Why sketch, fingerprints can be. Everyone is born with a different mark. It's a complete substitute for sketching, and it's much faster than sketching.

Originally, Li Deyu originally had a lot of opinions about this, and everyone had different fingerprints, and he had never heard of this statement at all. Later, after the experiment, Li Chen asked the eunuchs, palace maids, and all the officials of the Beijing division to bring their wives and daughters and servants to experiment. Among tens of thousands of people, it is impossible to find two identical fingerprints. Li Deyu only agreed to implement it.

Before entering, there were still people shouting, there were still a few searches inside, and before that, the fraud tools were thrown out by themselves, and they would not be recorded, but if you were searched, then you would be sorry.

After checking the registration card, Jiang and Tao stepped into the Guozijian, and the first thing that caught their eyes was a main hall. The layout of Guozijian is no different from other houses in the Tang Dynasty, the only difference is that the first room of this entrance was originally the place where the main hall of a family was turned into a temple dedicated to Kongde.

'Don't go in yet, what are you waiting for?' After coming in, Tao Shizi looked left and right, and found that all the people were blocked here, but fortunately this place was wide enough, otherwise it would be crowded. Now, it has become the most densely populated place in the Tang Dynasty, which is not only dense, but also noisy. But there is still order.

If you don't want to, you can't do it, there are hundreds of soldiers wearing snow bright armor around, guarding the examination room, these talents, they are afraid that the soldiers will be unreasonable, so they can only get together with three or five friends to discuss, discuss the possible scope of the question, and discuss why they are not allowed to enter.

'You're waiting for someone, aren't you?' Regarding Tao Shizi's question, Jiang Shizi said, "After all, when we came out, there were still many people in the village who hadn't caught the car." If you don't let in, you won't let in, anyway, it's not one or two who are blocked here, Jiang Tao and the two of them also began to discuss and discuss.

After another quarter of an hour, at this time, the bell rang, and the door of Chang'an was wide open, but only the Wubenfang was closed, and at this time, an official dressed as a man, walked up the steps in front of the Confucian Temple, and shouted, 'Be quiet. He shouted, and the poor men and soldiers who kept order followed suit, and soon the scene fell silent.

'The time for the exam has arrived, and those who do not enter the workshop now will lose their qualifications for this year's examination. The official took the tin tin bar and shouted loudly, because it was quiet, so his tin tin bar could be heard by everyone in the re-audience.

And the more than 2,000 people in the audience did not react, and continued to be silent, because everyone here came in, and no one lost their qualifications, so there was no reaction.

Wait a minute, the first sacrifice hole, Li Xiangdai the Son of Heaven presided over the sacrifice hole, after the sacrifice of the hole is completed, the imperial examination will begin. Once again, it is not too late to discard any cheating tools, and once they are copied out, they will not be allowed to take the exam for life. ’

Sacrificial hole?? Jiang Tao and the two glanced at each other, this was fresh, they had never done this before. The two of them looked at the young official in anticipation, ready to listen to his announcement of how to sacrifice Kong. For the fraud, neither of them brought it, and they didn't care about it.

However, they don't care, so they naturally have a heart to win people. Outside the examination room, people who came to watch were scratching their ears and cheeks, but they didn't expect to go in so early, they had to wait until the door of the inner fang opened, but the door of the fang was opened, and the door of the fang was closed instead, and they could only vaguely listen to the movement inside outside.

In addition to the outside, there were also some scholars inside, whose faces were cloudy, and finally, a scholar took out a few rolls of paper from the things he brought for a long time, and threw them at his feet. The soldier in charge of maintaining order saw it, and he didn't see it. There are also some scholars, who have been uncertain for a while, and have made up their minds to stay still.

Now, announce the ritual process. The official shouted for a long time, saw some scholars throw something, and then did not move, and finally announced once, caught the fraud and punished severely, and began to announce the process of sacrificing holes.

The process of sacrificing holes is very simple, after all, there is no time to delay more, if it is a little more complicated, don't take the test today. The time for the scientific examination has been shortened, and it used to take a few days to take the exam, so it was nothing to delay a little time, but today it is only one day.

When the officials announced the start of the sacrifice to Confucius, first of all, Li Deyu, who was the main examiner, appeared on the stage, led a group of officials of the Ministry of Rites to gather in front of the Confucian Temple, and then several suburban temple Wen Wulang appeared, and then danced a dance, and finally all the scholars saluted the statue of Confucius, completed, and began the exam.

First of all, it is a body search, 60 pieces of curtains, covering 60 pieces of space, and a special body search. The scholar walked inside in order, and everything in his clothes was untied and inspected, and he searched it thoroughly. Sixty places, that's how fast. Otherwise, the 2,400 candidates, after the examination, there is no need to take the test, everyone goes home to wash and sleep.

In the face of this situation, some scholars immediately protested, insulting Sven, and the protest was not small. Li Deyu had already prepared, and he couldn't see it outside. It's not insulting. and announced that if you have an opinion, you can go out by yourself from the small door of the Guozijian next to it.

In this way, there are still people who protest and refuse to be tested. Li Deyu didn't care, let the soldiers put those protests aside, and began to check.

Thorough inspection, not only of people, but also of things that are brought. The candidate walked to the front of the tent, handed it to the other group to check, and he went inside. After checking, the things were returned to him. Then, there is another one, and after the inspection, there is another one.

The people who inspected each other were different, there were people from Chang'an and Wannian County, the second was the military soldiers to inspect, and the third was that the officials of the Ministry of Rites cooperated with the military soldiers and the bad marshal, and jointly drew Jane. The third course is not for everyone to check, in order to speed up the crossing, the main thing is to pick.

These three people have to be combined, the officials of the Ministry of Rites are to exert pressure from the psychological aspect, and the bad handsome people are selected with rich experience. The soldier is the negative check, and the use of strong momentum.

Jiang and Tao, one after the other, successfully passed the inspection, and when they met, Tao Shizi said with a wry smile, "These soldiers are so rude, the cakes I bought were all messed up." ''Each other, so do I.'' ’

The two chatted a few words, and then hurriedly sat down, at this time, there was an angry shout from the door, 'Come, record his name, drive him out, and he will not be allowed to take the exam for the rest of his life.' ’

'Don't, I was wrong, let me go, if I don't pass the exam again, my mother will die. ''Get out.'' ’

A gentleman, probably caught cheating, begged loudly for mercy, but the young official of the Ministry of Rites was unmoved, and directly recorded his name and asked the soldier to blast him out. He is not a special case, from time to time there are unbelievers and evil gains, and things are searched and found.

This year's search and inspection intensity is really not a joke, once it was copied out, several soldiers immediately stepped forward, grabbed the person, walked to the gate of the Guozijian, and then threw the person out. Just left, and took care of your face and let you go through the small door. Now it's just thrown out of the gate.

was thrown out, some of them were crying, some were scolding, and some were trying to rush in. But they were all blocked, and the sergeant who guarded the door was not polite to these cheaters at all, and pushed them away.

None of these people noticed that there was a small man near the doorway, his eyes shining, and his hands were desperately writing something. This guy is a reporter, and although he doesn't have a camera, he has faithfully recorded the scene. Now this group of people has lost all their face.

Jiang Tao and the two glanced at each other, and after being glad that they had no intention of cheating, they hurriedly found a place to sit down and prepare for the exam.

The examination room is Guozijian's classroom, one classroom after another, which is full of candidates, and the seat spacing is quite large, which can basically ensure that it is absolutely inconvenient for you to pass on the cheat sheet.

In each classroom, there are several invigilators. One in the front and one in the front, and there are inspectors walking around outside the window. Before the exam began, a tense and solemn atmosphere was permeating.

Finally, the gong sounds, which indicates that the exam has begun. (To be continued.) )