After this set of procedures is completed, from beginning to end, except for the emperor, no one knows what the exam questions are?

After all, this examination is related to the future of the candidates, as long as they win the tribute, they can directly get an official position as a magistrate. The politics of the Ming Dynasty were divided into four levels: the central and provincial political envoys, the government, and the county.

Among them, the county level directly faces the ordinary people and is the spokesperson of the imperial court, which is extremely important. Therefore, the appointment and dismissal power of the county magistrate is directly in the hands of the central government, unlike in later generations, where the local government can decide on its own.

From beginning to end, the questions on the exam are strictly monitored and will only be known when they are delivered to the examiner, after the president and vice president have opened the seal.

"Let's go!" Jiajing waved his sleeves, but there was a hint of excitement on his face.

There was no reason for such excitement, and he didn't know how it would appear.

At the sound of an order, the officials retreated with the examination questions in their hands, and under the escort of the army, they were mighty and silent, but they were silently sent from the cold streets in the middle of the night to the examination room of the Gongyuan.

Jiajing's 40-year examination has officially begun.

After searching his body and receiving the test number, Wu Jie came out of the signing room and looked at the number plate in his hand by moonlight, which was the thirteenth yellow character.

This number looks a little unlucky!

Wu Jie was inexplicably a little uneasy, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

stood outside all day, waited until midnight to enter the examination room, plus last night, he had been suffering for a day and a night, and his eyes were boiled into pandas.

I had been staring in the square several times before, but that kind of sleep was really not of good quality.

Wu Jie just wanted to find the test house as soon as possible at the moment, received the question paper, and had a good night's sleep.

As for the answer, I'll talk about it tomorrow.

Wu Jie was the last group to enter the examination room, and the examination hall was already full of people, and the lights everywhere dyed the sky of the Gongyuan Courtyard pink. Wu Jie has not seen such a situation for a long time, and in a trance, it is like being in a modern city.

Light pollution is mighty.

The location of the examination room where the yellow sign of Wu Festival is located is somewhat remote, in the northwest corner of the examination room. It was not easy to find it in the middle of the night, and when he was hesitating, a bookstore came over enthusiastically and said, "Wu Shizhen, are you unable to find a place?" ”

Wu Jie was a little embarrassed: "It's not easy to find." ”

"This place is out of the way, I'll lead you there." The clerk looked at the sign in his hand, and then found a servant to join him and lead Wu Jie inside.

Other candidates saw that Wu Jie had such treatment, and they didn't think there was anything wrong, now Wu Jie is a grandmaster in Shilin, and even the bookstore in the examination room is yearning for it!

On the way, passing by the lobby where the examiner was, Wu Jie saw a black coffin in the open space in front of the hall, covered with brocade, which made people tremble and suddenly became suspicious.

It was about to see Wu Jie's look of surprise that the secretary explained that Vice President Zhao Wenhua was very ill, and the imperial court gave him a coffin as usual in case of safety.

Wu Jie smiled, and Zhao Wenhua's complexion looked rather gloomy. His stomach was so big that he sweated profusely as soon as he spoke, and it seemed that he was very sick, and he didn't know what kind of illness he had. Seeing that his belly was like that, there were rumors in the government and the opposition that he had schistosomiasis. However, it doesn't seem right, this situation looks like liver ascites no matter how you look at it.

Whatever, the birdman is so annoying, and he doesn't bother to think about whether he is dead or alive.

It's just that this court is too unlucky to send coffins to officials.

The next words of the secretary office eliminated the doubts in Wu Jie's heart, it turned out that sending coffins to officials is not a curse to death, but on the contrary, it is a rare honor, the so-called gentleman died in office, from which it can also be seen that Confucianism has an open-minded attitude towards life and death. Of course, there is a saying among the people, sending a coffin is equivalent to sending an official, which is very auspicious! …,

Soon, Wu Jie came to No. 13 Huangzi Kaoshe. This place is located just to the right hand of the lobby. There are not many examination sheds in this area, and a large part of the area is occupied by the gangs.

That's right, this place is strictly the examiners' living quarters. In addition to a room, there is also an ash pit where candidates are drowning. Of course, examiners, firemen, officials, printers, etc. will also come here.

The weather began to heat up, and there was a strange smell in the night wind, including the sour smell of food**, and the pungent gas of human feces that made people unable to open their eyes.

Tens of thousands of candidates want to eat and drink, there are twenty or thirty firemen in the room, the lights are not extinguished all night, people come and go, although they dare not speak loudly, but it still has a great impact on the candidates.

Seeing this situation, Wu Jie was very helpless, this exam was really not smooth!

Find the number room, hang the number plate at the door, and the clerk and the official lock Wu Jie inside.

It is worthy of being an examination room, and the setting inside is much more comfortable than the hospital examination or even the township examination room. The inside is paved with green bricks and cleaned. It's also a lot more spacious, so at least you can stretch your body out when you're sleeping.

The tables and chairs in the room are painted and look shiny.

When the two left, Wu Jie was about to lie down and sleep for a while. But I heard someone slap the number plate hanging at the door with his hand, shouting: "It stinks, it stinks to death, how did you do it?" ”

It turns out that this number plate is also called writing wrench, and if the candidate needs to call the official to come over under special circumstances, he will pick up the paddle with his hand and pat it.

It doesn't matter if the candidate's call alarms the other candidates.

Suddenly, more than a dozen hands came out and slapped vigorously on the writing board, and at the same time shouted: "It's so smelly, I can't answer the question!" ”

The movement was so great that in a moment, a group of soldiers ran over, took whips, and scolded, one by one, before scolding to eat.

Being troubled by this group of people, Wu Jie was completely sleepy, so he sat up and walked to the door to watch the excitement.

At this look, he found that a face appeared behind the fence at the entrance of the examination house opposite, and it was Wu Lun.

Ha, it's really interesting now, it's really a narrow road, I can't imagine that we are not only in the same test area, but also do the right door.

Wu Jie felt very interesting in his heart, and thought that this Wu Lun's books on weekdays were not too good, and according to his real level, he was afraid that he would not even be able to pass the township test. But he took the test all the way, and let out big words to win the top three. There is no reason for such self-confidence, Wu Jie suspects that this birdman must have been connected through King Jing's relationship, and this time he must observe carefully.

God has arranged it well, let me sit across from you. As long as you kid dare to say goodbye, don't blame me for being ruthless.

Of course, if you take the exam honestly and get to the top with real skills, I have nothing to say.

Thinking of this, Wu Jie smiled at Wu Lun and nodded.

Wu Lun was stunned for a moment, and then his face was full of disgust, snorted, and retreated.

He also shouted in his heart: bad luck, he actually sat opposite this bastard thing.

After a long day of rectification, the yellow test area, also known as the T-shaped test shed, finally quieted down.

Two more candidates entered the venue one after another to see the time, and it is estimated that all the candidates have entered the venue, and then it is time to wait for the question paper to be delivered to the gate of Guangong Academy.

After waiting for a while, I heard a faint commotion at the gate of the Gongyuan, probably because the exam questions were delivered.

Then, there was a shouting sound in the wind, small but very clear.

"The inspector is in place!"

"Kneel! Rise! ”

"The requisitionist is in place!"

"Kneel! Rise! ”

"The sealing officer is in place!"

"Kneel! Rise! ”

"The transcription officer is in place!"

"Kneel! Rise! ”

"The right reader is in place!"

"Kneel! Rise! It turned out to be the voice of the outer curtain official reporting to the examiner, and the ceremonial roll call.

Wu Jie heard the sound of all the candidates standing up, according to the procedure, at this moment, the Gongyuan was completely closed and the exam officially began.

The sound of horses' hooves sounded, and in the attic, Gao Gong and Wan Wenming walked to the window at the same time, and it was difficult to look at the tributary courtyard.

Then he saw a group of men and horses marching majestically with lanterns and torches, and then jumped off their horses and handed over a brocade box.

It was President Xu Jie and Vice President Zhao Wenhua who took over the box.

Wan Wenming's heart tightened and couldn't help but shout: "The exam questions are here・・・・・・ ・・・・・・ are coming...... Kindness...... Phase, shall we kill the past? ”

"Kill what?" Gao Gong snorted: "This prime minister is impartial in handling the case, just and brightly, you can go straight to the past, and you don't go to kill people and set fires?" It's still a little early・・・・・・"

"Yes, yes, wait until ・・・・・・ when will you do it?" Thinking of the consequences of impacting the examination room, Wan Wenming couldn't help but stutter.

"We'll have to wait an hour."

"And why?" Wan Ming was puzzled.

Gao Gong: "You haven't participated in the imperial examination, so you don't know the procedures and related details. After the question sheet is sent, the candidates will not be in a hurry to write the questions. I've been hungry all day, and I'm not in good spirits. You need to eat first, and when you are full of wine and food, you will figure out the topic and make a draft. At that time, you and I will go in and seal the examination room, so that the cheating candidates can be caught. It's too early to go, won't you pounce on it? ”

Wan Wenming suddenly realized: "Enxiang is right, then wait." ”

Gao Gong: "Let people bring wine and food, you and I can save some strength." ”

While eating, I observed the situation in the examination room.

After a while, I saw Xu Jie's arrow dropped, and a few soldiers covered the gate, and with a "click", the tribute courtyard was locked, and deer firewood was placed in front of the door. With another wave of his hand, he ran past the four soldiers and occupied the four outer walls of the tribute courtyard.

Wan Wenming saw that the examination room was so heavily guarded, and his heart suddenly tightened, thinking about how to attack and occupy those points when the next killing passed.

Then another gong sounded: "It's time to eat, it's time to eat!" ”

Gao Gong raised his chopsticks to pick up a bean, and his right hand was unusually stable.

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