Shang Xiucai was very pleased to hear this, helped Gu Jin'an, and said, "As a teacher, I believe in you, and I will definitely live up to my years of hard study." ”

The Jiang family was very concerned about Gu Jin'an's participation in the county examination, and also came to send the exam.

Jiang Dahu couldn't stand it when he saw Shang Xiucai and Gu Jinan thanking him like this, and said, "Don't thank you, hurry up and take out the letter of guarantee or something, and then say goodbye to my father, so that I can go to the dragon gate to line up." ”

The examination room of the county examination is called the ceremonial room, and the gate of the ceremonial room is called the dragon gate, which means that the examinee's carp jumps over the dragon gate.

After Gu Jinan and the others heard this, they hurriedly took out the guarantee book, and several people bowed deeply to their parents who came to send the exam, and thanked their parents for their nurturing and cultivation.

Gu Dashan, Qi Panzi, Gu Dafu and Gu Damu brothers were very excited, and they let them get up one by one.

Gu Dafu also cried, his parents, daughter-in-law and daughter died, leaving Gu Dexing with a son, who dreamed that he would be promising. Now that I see that Gu Dexing can also go to the scientific examination, I can't cry.

Gu Dexing's eyes also reddened, and said, "Daddy, don't cry, my son will definitely take the test well." ”

Chen followed Gu Jinli, Luo Huiniang, and several women who sent the exam to sit in the mule cart, saw Gu Dafu crying, and hurriedly said: "Big brother, what are you crying, what a festive thing, you are still crying, it's unlucky!" ”

What if I leave Master Wenquxing crying? Brother Xing won't be able to pass the exam.

Gu Dagui also persuaded his eldest brother: "Big brother, don't cry, be happy, let Brother Xing'er take the exam with peace of mind." ”

Gu Dafu put away his tears at this time.

Qin Sanlang saw them from a distance, but because he wanted to avoid suspicion, he didn't come over, and only sent Zhang Xiaoqi over to say to them: "Brother An, it's time to open the dragon gate, you have to hurry over and line up." ”

After saying that, he didn't stay long, but left immediately.

Gu Jin'an listened, and made a gesture to Gu Jinli in the mule cart. Although Xiaoyu is his younger sister, he can afford his gift, if there is no Xiaoyu, he will not have the opportunity to study, and it is estimated that he will not even die.

Gu Jinli smiled at him and urged, "Big brother, go in quickly, let's wait for you to come out and go back together." ”

The county examination is three consecutive examinations, each one day, open the dragon gate to enter the venue, and go out after dark, so you don't have to spend the night in the examination booth.

Gu Jinan nodded with a smile and followed Shang Xiucai to line up.

There were many students who came to participate in the county examination, there were hundreds of them, and Gu Jinan waited in line for more than half an hour before it was their turn to enter.

Before entering the venue, it is necessary to hand over the letter of guarantee to the clerk of the county government to check, and after describing the face and seeing the show of the baoju, the number plate can be issued and enter the dragon gate.

Shang Xiucai was familiar with the people in the county government, and the scribe knew him and Gu Jin'an, so after the inspection, he was quickly released.

Gu Jin'an and the others took their respective number plates and followed the county soldiers of the division to a room.

There was a county official in the house, and when he saw the candidates coming in, he shouted: "Take off your clothes and distribute them!" ”

In order to prevent candidates from cheating with paper, all candidates have to strip and distribute for inspection, some students who don't know this item are confused, but Gu Jinan knows it.

Shang Xiucai specially told them that they should not be afraid, and they should not be shy, let the county soldiers check it, grit their teeth and pass.

Gu Jin'an and the others were mentally prepared, and quickly took off the clothes on their bodies and untied their hair.

Under the supervision of the officials, the county soldiers inspected the candidates, and after checking the candidates' clothes, there was no problem, and then said to the officials: "Yes." ”

The clerk took the candidate's number plate, wrote a word on it, and after the candidate got dressed, he pointed to the examination baskets in the room and said: "A pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, where are all the places, one person takes one, and follows the county soldiers into the examination shed." ”

In the previous dynasties, the wealthy family controlled the official position of the imperial court, and the favorite was the recommendation system, which was very exclusive of the imperial examination system, and it was specified that there were many rules to prevent cheating, and candidates were not allowed to bring pen, ink, paper, inkstone and water without permission, which was one of the rules.

Da Chu followed these rules. However, these pen, ink, paper, inkstone and water all have to be paid, so the real poor family, you have no money to participate in the scientific expedition.

Gu Jin'an and the others came to Kaolan and checked Kaolan before picking it up...... Shang Xiucai told them that some candidates were manipulated in their exams, carried notes, were convicted of cheating, and were crossed out by officers and soldiers during the exam.

Therefore, when they are asked to take things, they must first check them to make sure that no one has touched the blue, brush, and inkstone before they can take them away.

After Gu Jinan checked them one by one, he picked up Kaolan and left with the county soldiers.

The six officials in charge of the inspection saw it and nodded with relief, this Gu Jia'an brother is very clever, and he also knows what the inspection official has issued.

They looked at the other candidates present, and when they saw that some of them refused to take off their clothes, they said angrily: "If you want to enter the exam, take it off quickly, and you won't wait for it." ”

With so many people taking the county exam, they don't have time to wait for these candidates to grind.

The candidates all wanted to jump out of the dragon gate, and after being shy, they also hurriedly took off their clothes, spread their hair, and were examined.

Gu Jinan and the others followed the county soldiers to the outside of the examination booth, and entered their respective rooms according to the number of words on the number plate.

Their luck was good, they didn't get the stinky number, but the number room was too small, but half a foot square, and there was a sense of oppression when people sat in it, which was very uncomfortable.

Gu Jinan was locked up by Mr. Ouyang in his self-made room for a few days, and now he has no discomfort in the number room, sitting on a stool, waiting for the hair paper exam.

Half an hour later, the big drum in the ceremonial room sounded, and after a burst of passionate drums, the county magistrate led a group of officials into the examination booth and handed out the examination papers to the candidates.

There were so many people that it took half an hour just to get the hair rolls.

After the paper was sent, Zheng Xianling stood in the aisle of the examination shed and said to the candidates: "Cheating is strictly prohibited in the scientific examination, and the offender will be disqualified from the scientific examination forever, and I hope that all students will cherish it." ”

After that, he left, leaving Fang Xiancheng to tell the candidates about the rules of the scientific examination.

"Collect the paper before dark, if you go to the toilet, you need to register, and you need two county soldiers to accompany you, and each candidate can only go to the toilet twice."

So, eat less and drink less.

And the food given by the county government is also very simple, it is two cakes and a bowl of water, and the cakes are still hard, and they can't be chewed.

Gu Jinan has suffered a lot, and he doesn't care about it, what he cares about is the test questions.

The county exam is actually very simple, but it is to test the proficiency of the four books and five classics, plus poetry and songs.

And the most difficult thing is the policy theory, and the policy theory of the first county test is to talk about agriculture.

This question is very in line with the temper of Zheng County, Zheng County's order cares about agricultural affairs, and hopes that candidates can be pragmatic, so he comes up with a question about agriculture.

Gu Jinan has written a lot of policy theories on agricultural affairs, and this test question is simply handy for him, he quickly solved the question and wrote the next article about agriculture in a casual manner.

Qi Kangming and Gu Dexing followed Gu Jin'an, and also wrote a lot of strategies on agricultural affairs.

Gu Qingliang and Gu Qingtian's knowledge is not very good, this time Gu Dalin wanted them to take the exam, and he didn't expect them to be admitted. The two of them did not rush to write a strategy, but started with the four books in a decent manner.