In the imperial history, Shangguan Tong and Zuo Qingkui, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Liu Hanlin, the concubine, sat around the fire, and there were invigilators for the exam, and the three of them were to enjoy the blessings of nature. On such a cold day, sitting around the stove is enjoyable.

"There are a few dark horses this year, the major academies have sent talents, and the private masters have their own, which can be described as a dragon and tiger fight." Shangguan Qi rubbed his hands that were hot by the charcoal fire and said to the two beside him.

"What Lord Shangguan said is reasonable, they are powerful, but they have given us a problem, if they are equal, we will have a hard time judging." Zuo Qingkui pulled her lips and said with a smile. "What do you think about that?"

Liu Hanlin said that he was also born as a champion, and he was very knowledgeable, because of his identity, it was not important to serve in the DPRK and China, and his technical content was low, but it did not reflect his excellence as a champion.

"It depends on the situation, Han Lin believes that all the adults have a discerning eye and a comparison of words, so they can naturally distinguish a high level."

"Let's wait and see, three days will be soon."

This time, the chief examiner of the tribute examination is not a person who can bribe, so no one can pass the test through bribery, and the rules of judging are not out of line when everyone talks about them casually, but they all have optimistic people in their hearts.

For example, Zuo Qingkui, who is the chief planner of this provincial examination, naturally knows the background of every candidate. Especially Yunji, which he is particularly optimistic about.

Yun and Ben missed the last provincial test, and this time, he will definitely give a surprise.

The exam is not emotional, Zuo Qingkui is optimistic about Yunji, but he can't say it, which will lead to the frustration of the fairness of the exam.

Inside the room, there was a good show of "eating watermelon around the fire", and outside there were a group of candidates shivering in the examination booth. Although the warm sun is shining, the examination shed is damp after all, like a hole. Yun Ji was wearing a uniform exam costume on the outside, and he was wrapped in a fluffy undershirt prepared for him by Jiang Shi on the inside, and he also had woolen socks on his feet. If it weren't for his height, he would probably be ridiculed like a ball.

At this time, Yun He is leisurely writing Fu, this Fu has a rhyme requirement, and the overall requirement is to go flat and rhyme with winter rhyme, which is estimated to be because of the weather. Overall, it's simple.

At the end of the afternoon, Yun Ji put down his pen. There is a disadvantage in writing with a brush, and he has to wait for the ink to dry after writing a sheet, and he roughly estimates that if he does not have to wait for the ink to dry, he will have to put the pen down at least half an hour in advance.

After all, it was a provincial exam, and if he couldn't pass the exam, he had to go back to his hometown and retake the state exam three years later, so Yun Ji tried to restrain his joy and began to check it carefully. He was already very careful when writing the exam papers, so he checked them several times and found no mistakes. It's a good start, and the remaining two days can't be as easy as the first day.

The priorities are still clear. The so-called arrow shoots the first bird, and before anyone rings the bell, Yun Ji does not intend to hand in the paper. However, there are rules in the examination room, and you are free to go to the toilet or something. Many candidates are afraid that going to the toilet will affect the exam, so they dare not act. Yun Ji has also been holding back for a day, and now that he has finished writing, the urge to urinate has also come.

There are special people who follow him when he goes to the toilet, one follows him, and the other guards the examination shed.

This is also the reason why the big guys don't dare to go to the toilet, after all, there are people staring at everything, and the more they star, the more nervous they become. Who would dare to cause more trouble at this juncture?

Fortunately, Yun Ji and finished today's topic, so he didn't need to be in a hurry. Under the eyes of the invigilator, he went to the toilet generously, and the two did not communicate during the whole process.

Yun Ji is also at ease.

He's not as shy as he used to be. After getting acquainted in an environment, the thickness of the skin will only grow. This person, add a little more cheekiness to your self-confidence, and the whole person can become a different look.

Back in the examination booth, Yun Ji received all the exam papers aside, and took out food from the examination basket by himself. His mother prepared a series of dry foods such as insulated water bladders, pies, steamed buns, and even dried fruits...... I have to say that his aunt has put a lot of thought into food. His Kaolan was no different from the others, and the examination institute had made it clear that he was not allowed to bring charcoal, so he could only satisfy his hunger with bread and warm water these days.

Why lukewarm water?

The reason is that every candidate has a chance to get water every morning, and the water is naturally boiling hot.

I don't know how to be a fool in the examination hall, who wants to drink cold water on this cold day? For the sake of the safety of the candidates' stomachs, and for the smooth progress of the exam, the examination center distributes boiling water every morning. As for the food, it must have come its own.

When Yun and Slow Methodical ate the food, many candidates here couldn't sit still. According to what he saw, the age span of the candidates for this provincial examination was quite large, with old people in their sixties and seventies on the top and young men as old as him below. In fact, lifting people is also very popular in the local area, he really doesn't understand why those seventy or eighty people want to take the tribute test again? What if you get in? The imperial court will not use such an old person at all, in other words, there is no future if he is admitted.

The higher the imperial examination goes, the more it is to select talents at the central level, like those who come out of the palace examination, most of them will stay in Beijing, and only a small number of them will be released to work, and many of them will go out on their own.

However, many people just want to stay in Beijing all their lives, let alone foreign appointments. They can't wait to put their wealth and life on the pillars of this imperial city, how can they accept foreign appointments?

Leaving a foreign office is equivalent to throwing it away, and if you want to go back, unless the emperor remembers, he will work outside until he dies all his life.

Yun Ji shook his head, leaving behind the superfluous thoughts in his head. If he was lucky enough to go to a place in his life, his aunt would definitely follow him all the way to buy a property. Thinking about it, Yun Ji felt that his aunt was the most serious aunt in history.

After eating, Yun Ji flattened the exam papers, and rang the bell of his examination booth. The invigilator took his exam papers, and there was still some time before it got dark, Yun Ji took out the leather cloak prepared in advance from the exam basket and draped it on his body, which was the quilt for the next two nights. Tie the rope, Yun Ji lay down on the table and rested, unable to communicate with anyone the whole time.

The night was quiet, and Li Qing stood in the dark and scanned the entire examination courtyard. She didn't come to see Yunji, but to witness the style of ancient scientific research. In order to prevent cheating, the examination institute is heavily guarded, but they are only guarded on the ground, and it is still a blind spot for the roof.

Thanks to the architecture of this examination institute, there are ups and downs between the tiled houses, which naturally form many hidden places. Hide in the shadows and see the big picture.