As soon as Wu Lun's words landed, the guards roared: "Lord is not a servant!"

frightened the other three and said: "When you are old, don't make trouble, and don't look at this occasion?" Elder Xu Ge is about to come over, and when the time comes, I will be shocked by the honor guard, you and I are both small people, and we were beaten with sticks, and we died in vain."

No matter how noisy the scholars are, the officials will not go too far, and they will open up the matter. As for the four guards who have no merit in their bodies, they will not show mercy when they move.

The guards didn't speak.

The other three hurriedly brought the table and stool, looked at it, and found that Wu Jie's table was just leaning against the window, and the position was very good, so they went over.

Fortunately, Wu Jie and the others only cared about the excitement outside and didn't care.

Wu Lun hesitated slightly, and finally stood up in a sneering manner, standing beside Wu Jie.

From beginning to end, Wu Jie didn't look at him, and he thought that this person was invisible.

The sound of gongs and shouts got closer and closer, and in the distance, I saw a long procession, in front of which were two rows of officials holding signs such as "Silence" and "Avoidance", which was regarded as Xu Jie's honor guard.

However, there are a few sides of this brand that are still a little interesting, such as: "Jiajing Second Year Tanhua and the First", "Wenyuan Pavilion University Scholar".

The front sign talks about Xu Jie's background, and the latter side says his identity.

"Ouch, it turns out that Xu Ge is always exploring flowers!" Lin Juren, who was standing on the table, was shocked, and his face was admired: "Sure enough, he is a model for the corporal in the world!" ”

Other people also whispered at the same time, the Jiajing Dynasty has been forty years, and a total of more than a dozen Jinshi examinations have been held. In daily life, it is common to see Jinshi and Jinshi, but it is extremely difficult to see a Jinshi

Because only the top three in the first class, that is, the champion, the list eye and the tanhua as the saying goes, can be regarded as serious jinshi. Others do not add a "same" before the title of Jinshi, that is, the word "give".

In the past 40 years of Jiajing, all the Jinshi together have only been about 40 people. And such a character was all ordered to Hanlin, and then experienced more than ten years of training at the central and local levels, and finally entered the cabinet as a minister, how can ordinary people see it.

Lin Juren's body trembled for a while, and he couldn't help but whisper to everyone next to him: "Is this the Great Grandmaster Liang Ma Kua Street?" ”

"No, it's not a township test." An old man in the field explained with a smile that Liangmakwa Street was a ceremony for central officials to preside over the local township examination, so that the local scholars and people could appreciate the emperor's grace. The Jinshi Department is held in Beijing, once every three years, and the common people and candidates have long been familiar with the cabinet and the adults of the Hanlin Academy.

Seeing that Lin Juren was still a complete layman to Jinshike, the man was a little proud, pointed to the long queue and said, according to the system of the imperial court. The examiner needs to be stationed in the Gongyuan two days before the exam, and then stay for half a month, and no one is allowed to step out of the examination room until the results are released.

At the front is the president's guard of honor and the sedan chair, followed by the two vice presidents, and then the eighteen-room examiner.

After the same examiner, the examiner grinds the examiner.

These people are either cabinet ministers, or scholars of the Hanlin Academy, and they are all high-grade officials, and they all have to be relied on.

When these adults are finished, it should be said that the officials of the seal, the transcription, and these officials are of low grade and are not qualified to use the honor guard, and it is estimated that there are more than 100 people.

Examiners have to bring their own luggage when they enter the venue, and there are a lot of blankets and a lot of things.

Lin Juren stuck out his tongue and muttered, "So many people, together, more than one hundred or two hundred people, how long is this line?" ”

The old man nodded: "Yes, the Wheel Talent Ceremony, the Wheel Talent Ceremony, as long as you get to the Jinshi Branch, you can be regarded as having some feelings." When there are many people, it is grand. In addition to officials, there were dozens of engraving craftsmen and printers. ..., Lin Juren: "What are these lowly craftsmen doing in the examination room?" ”

"Print the scroll. The exam room is a serious place. The papers on which the candidates do the questions are all with dark red pigeon checks, which need to be printed at the time of the exam. ”

Lin Juren was puzzled: "Can't you buy it outside, it's really a delay to print and use it." ”

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone shook their heads and smiled.

Lin Jucai knew that he was careless and said stupid things, and said: "You can't buy it outside, otherwise, if a candidate buys off the examiner and the outside seller at the same time, he will leave joints on the paper in advance...... Cheating in the exam room, there is nothing unexpected, only impossible. In this world, there are many shameless villains who covet glory and wealth! ”

After speaking, he glanced at Wu Lun intentionally or unintentionally.

Wu Lun was furious: "What do you see me doing? ”

"I just said, there are a lot of shameless villains, Brother Wu Lun wants to take a seat, what can I do?" Lin Juren was wronged.

Wu Lun couldn't reply, so he had to lower his head and bite out flowers on his cheeks.

Lin Juren and the others continued to chat.

"Exam papers are all stereotyped and then printed the night before the exam. Immediately after the topic is down, it is necessary to drink the topic on the topic paper in the shortest possible time, which is limited to two hours, and it is a felony to exceed it. After all, the imperial examination room is only three times in nine days, and no matter what special circumstances are encountered, the papers must be handed in. In the tribute courtyard, after doing the work in hand, all the craftsmen had to be locked in a room, with iron locks on the door, and guards outside the door, and even urine and urine could only be solved in the house. ”

Lin Juren sighed: "These craftsmen have really suffered a great crime!" ”

"No matter how great the sin is, they will come. After all, it is a craftsman, and the court can send workers. Of course, the rewards of the imperial court are also very rich, and I heard that one person can get five taels of silver, which is enough for a poor family to eat for two years. Many craftsmen still have to ask for favors before they can be sent into the examination room! ”

The Ming Dynasty implemented a strict household registration system, and ordinary people were also divided into 369 classes due to different occupations, and the most advanced were scholars with meritorious fame, which showed that officials did not kneel, and were exempted from all taxes and servitude; Next are the peasant households and military households.

Then there were the merchants, whose status was lower than that of the peasants, and even if they had more money, they could not wear silk clothes.

Below the merchant are lowly households, such as artisans, servants, and prostitutes, and these people have no political status at all.

Wu Jie only knows a rough idea of the rules of Jinshike, and today's audience also listens to it with relish.

As he was talking, Xu Jie's sedan chair came over.

It is a sedan chair with a silver top and a soap-colored cover carried by four people.

In ancient times, sedan chairs could not sit around, and they were all customized. Officials with more than three grades can go out of Beijing and sit in an eight-person sedan chair, and a four-person sedan chair in Beijing. Below the third grade, two people in a sedan chair.

As for the emperor, concubines, and princes, they are not called sedan chairs, but chariots.

As soon as Xu Ge's sedan chair came over, everyone who was talking closed their mouths at the same time and looked fixedly

At this time, the curtain of the sedan chair opened, and a white head stretched out from it, glanced at Wu Jie and them, and then smiled slightly.

Some of the scholars knew this old man, so they exclaimed in a low voice: "It's Elder Xu Ge, President Xu!" ”