Zheng Fugui, Ma, Sun and Zheng Kaihua and others sent Zheng Xunrui outside the Tribute Academy, and everyone got up at two o'clock, after all, there were a large number of candidates participating in the township examination.

The search must be endured, no one can leave this, the people of later generations look at this kind of search, think it is an insult to the reader, but Zheng Xunrui believes that if you do not take this way of searching, once you enter the Gongyuan, do the questions in the examination room, what kind of entrainment can be used in a grand manner, which is unfair to those candidates who are preparing to take the exam, after all, the township test has eight days, such a long time, as the exam in later generations is not valid.

At three o'clock, Zheng Xunrui entered the Tribute Academy, and after receiving the examination house number from the outer curtain officer, he followed everyone to move slowly to the front, more than 2,000 people took the exam, and each person had an examination house, which was very troublesome to organize.

Looking at the examination house in front of him, Zheng Xunrui was a little speechless, in fact, in his previous life, he had visited the Gongyuan in Nanjing, and expressed his incomprehension of the narrow examination house, in such a small bird cage, a person eats, drinks and sleeps in it for eight days, isn't this going to drive people crazy, how can candidates who are not in good health bear it.

No wonder there were candidates who couldn't bear to pass out in a coma.

It's a pity that he has to spend eight days in such a cage.

The start time of the exam is the ninth day of August, today is still the eighth day of August, a whole day, candidates do not have much to do, but the inner curtain officer and the curtain officer need to be busy, the identity of more than 2,000 candidates need to be further when, but also to remind the candidates one by one to pay attention to some things, after all, the candidates have entered the examination room, what needs to be notified during the examination, that is all need to beat the gong and drum, to have an effect, the candidates can hear.

After simply cleaning up and putting everything away, Zheng Xunrui sat down cross-legged and simply slept on the table.

If you want to sleep well, it's impossible, and in such a small place, it's not possible to stretch it out completely.

A whole day passed, during which the curtain officer came three times, the first time was to verify the identity again, the second time was to tell the precautions for the exam, and the third time was to inform the specific time of the exam.

Zheng Xunrui was a little speechless, this little sesame big thing, does it take a day in the Gongyuan The time of the exam was postponed by an hour, and everything was done.

On the ninth day of the eighth month of the third year of Chongzhen, with the sound of the gong, the candidates began to do the questions.

The first exam is the Bagu Wen, and it is also the most important, the Bagu Wen has strict requirements, and the exam will condense the lifelong learning into this Bagu Wen, which has been recognized by the examiner and the examiner, and you can be admitted.

The time for marking the township examination is only ten days, according to the situation of Nanzhili, more than 2,000 candidates, more than 7,000 papers, the examiners do not have the time and energy to read clearly one by one, their focus is to look at the first eight strands of the text, and directly decide who to admit, as for the test papers of the next two sessions and the test strategy, few people look carefully.

Zheng Xunrui got the question, his heart actually fluttered and jumped, this is a passage familiar to all readers: Zi said, threesome, there must be my teacher, choose the good ones and follow them, and change the bad ones......

The professor of Confucianism was really powerful, and he basically guessed the scope of the township test.

Others are still thinking hard, Mr. Dong Qichang's topic is really powerful, so anyone can play it, but I don't know how many expositions there are throughout the ages, if there is no slightly novel point of view, how can it attract the attention of the examiner, and the article will not be discarded to the side at that time.

Zheng Xunrui has already started writing.

“…… Yao Shunyu soup, Shi Chen just remembered, to Wen Wang Lixue, acting in "Zhou Yi". Zhou Kong Daixing, the Six Classics Bing, the teacher is prepared. Since the Qin and Han dynasties, Mencius has been called together with Zhuang and Xun. To the Tang Dynasty, the Korean style is unique. And the sages of the Song Dynasty, thinking that they could be among the Nishan times, admired his book with the "Analects". Those who are the latter are not easy to do. Ziea is in the clouds after the three saints.

Zuo's scriptures, more about the two-week ceremony, and it is called a strange introduction, the rhetoric is rotten, and the quality is floating......

Zhuge Gong should be in the troubled world, and those who are subdued by Confucianism will calmly go to the middle......

Since Zhu Zibiao Zhang, Zhou Zi, Er Chengzi, and Zhang Zi, thought that it was connected to the biography of Confucius and Mencius......

The articles of the Western Han Dynasty, such as Ziyun, are similar to the majesty, the strength of this heaven and earth, the beauty of yang and rigidity, and the righteousness of this heaven and earth. Liu Xiang and Kuang Heng's Yuanyi, the gentle air of this heaven and earth, the beauty of yin and softness, and the benevolence of this heaven and earth......

The way of the ancestors, the so-called self-cultivation and governance of others, longitude and latitude, how to return, is also called a ceremony......

The hardships of the world's affairs, the so-called but dare not speak, the selfishness of greed, not doing the basics but talking in vain, and learning from the ......

Therefore, the son said: If you are a threesome, you must have my teacher, choose those who are good and follow them, and change those who are not good......"

In the second trial and the third trial, Zheng Xunrui played more freely, but he also knew very well that the latter two articles were not very useful, the key was the first eight-strand article, which was also the article he had exhausted his efforts to prepare, which of course benefited from the teachings of the Confucian professor and Yang Tingshu's reminder.

Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15.

Nanjing has long been caught in the atmosphere of the festival, and eating moon cakes is a tradition on this day.

Two hundred meters away from the Gongyuan, a large group of people are waiting here, these are the family members of the candidates near Nanjing, carrying baskets in their hands, containing moon cakes, of course, there are not many people who can enjoy this kind of treatment, after all, most of the candidates are from other prefectures and counties in Nanzhili, and it is impossible for their families to send moon cakes.

At the time of Shen, the examination has come to an end, according to the requirements of the township examination, it is dark at the time of the Xu, and the paper must be handed in at that time, and the process of the Nanzhili Township Examination is over.

The gate of the Gongyuan was opened, and everyone outside widened their eyes, who came out so early, after so many years of township testing, no one had left the Gongyuan so early, after all, there were still two hours to go.

It was Zheng Xunrui who came out, his face was pale, and he was a little shaky when he walked.

The birdcage is really not a place for people, the first two days were better, but then the urine and urine were in the examination room, and it was poured out at a fixed time twice a day, because it was a long time, and the examination room stinked in, and there was sleeping, the place was too small, and the sleeping could not stretch at all, so I could only curl up and barely sleep.

It's not a day or two, it's eight days.

If you don't have the patience, you won't be able to bear it at all.

Zheng Xunrui thought of those white-haired candidates, maybe they had to take the township exam too many times, and they had already adapted to it, anyway, it was only once every three years, and no matter how difficult it was, they had to persevere.

Zheng Xunrui had already thought about it, and he really couldn't help it.

But in the birdcage, he can't act rashly, the curtain officer is patrolling all the time, and he can't wait to get a knife in his eyes, which candidate has an incorrect posture, they will all be reprimanded.

It's no wonder that after studying in high school, they don't want to remember at all.

Zheng Xunrui simply admired himself, he stayed up in such a place for eight days, if this is in the future life, I am afraid that the conditions in the prison cell will be better than here.

"The young master is out......" The first one to run forward was the lotus leaf.

Lotus Ye was holding a basket in his hand, his face was flushed, Zheng Kaihua, Zheng Jinhong, Hong Xintao and others followed behind Lotus Ye and greeted him, Zheng Fugui, Ma and Sun stood still and did not move.

Zheng Jinhong helped Zheng Xunrui.

When Lotus Ye saw the young master's appearance, tears instantly appeared in her eyes.

"Young master, eat moon cakes quickly......"

"Lotus leaves, don't worry, I don't want to eat the delicacies of the mountains and seas now, let me walk outside, alas, I almost suffocated ......"

Countless eyes looked at Zheng Xunrui, he didn't feel it at all, walked in front of Zheng Fugui and the others, and after saluting with his fists, he began to walk towards the front, he was really active.

No one asked how the township test was going, and it didn't do much to ask at this time.

Everyone followed behind Zheng Xunrui and slowly walked forward.

When he got on the horse, Zheng Xunrui's spirit was basically restored, and he had been walking outside for nearly half an hour.

"Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, I'm going home for the holiday, don't think about anything else......"

Six horses headed in the direction of the town of Guri, followed by a carriage.

At the time, Zheng Xunrui returned home.

Yang He and the others were waiting outside the house.

An altar has been set up in the courtyard, and during the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15, it is necessary to worship the ancestors and let the ancestors eat moon cakes.

Everyone is waiting for Zheng Xunrui.

Raising the incense that had been lit in his hand, Zheng Xunrui's expression became stern.

"The ancestors are above, Zheng Xunrui, a son of the Zheng family in Xingyang, begged the ancestors to bless him and was able to realize some of his wishes......"

The reunion of the Mid-Autumn Festival is a big family, because there are more things at home, some people have been added, the mansion covering an area of 100 acres, there are already more than 80 men, women and children, there are ten tables in the courtyard, and a full moon is hanging high in the sky.

The wine and food came up quickly, the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet was not just about eating moon cakes, today was the time for the end of the township test, and everyone in the Zheng family did not eat, waiting for Zheng Xunrui's return.

Zheng Xunrui felt relaxed, maybe the Gongyuan was closed for too long, at this time it felt very refreshing, no matter what the results of the township test were, it didn't matter for the time being, this feeling reminded him of the college entrance examination in his previous life, and it was the same, the moment the exam ended, the whole person was liberated.

This night, Zheng Xunrui slept very deeply, in a trance, he had a dream, when the list was released, he was unexpectedly defeated, Zheng Xunrui, who woke up in a hurry, couldn't help but smile bitterly, it seems that he has been completely integrated into the Chongzhen years, he was very calm before, and he has never dreamed, including the county test and the government test.