At this time, countless candidates could be seen coming and going in the major cities of Donghai Prefecture, and they were all here to participate in this imperial examination.

Some of the candidates were natives of Donghai Prefecture, and many of them came from other states.

Because Xia Ren just wants candidates from other states to really feel this imperial examination, and then pass on the benefits of this imperial examination, after all, many people have heard about it, and they may not have enough trust.

But if those who have participated in the imperial examination in their own state go back and say it in person, it is estimated that a large number of people will believe it, and then it will definitely make more trouble and make those families even more uncomfortable.

The township test in Donghai Prefecture is held in some relatively large cities, and there will be many towns and villages under these cities, while those small cities and villages have no test centers.

Therefore, these candidates must come to the nearest big city to conduct the scientific examination.

This is also for the sake of the imperial court, after all, there are too many villages in Donghai Prefecture, and if there are test centers in every place, then there will be not enough manpower at all, so let those candidates be unified to the subordinate cities for the exam, and the number of these cities is also quite a lot, so it is completely enough for these candidates to take the exam.

Because this is the first time that the imperial examination is held, anyone who wants to pass the imperial examination and become an official must participate, and if they pass the township examination, then they can continue to participate in the general examination in June, and then participate in the palace examination in November.

But if you can't pass the township test this time, then you can only wait for next year's township test, and then you will continue to pass the assessment until you pass.

"Brother Chen, do you think this imperial examination is unfair, will there still be those children of the family making trouble in it?"

A candidate who came from out of town asked a local candidate from Donghai Prefecture.

"Brother Huang, you have to worry too much about this, your majesty is wise and martial today, how can you let the family interfere in the imperial examination, and the Donghai Prefecture family has long been uprooted by Your Majesty, and now there is no family in Donghai Prefecture, and all the children of the previous family have been dismissed, and if you want to become an official, you can only go through the imperial examination. ”

After speaking, this scholar surnamed Chen continued: "And you don't know the current development status of our Donghai Prefecture today, Lord Mu Du of Donghai Prefecture, since he took office, he has been vigorously eliminating those officials who are unkind and misbehaving, and in today's Donghai Prefecture, basically no official dares to do anything that violates the laws of Great Xia." ”

After hearing this, the scholar surnamed Huang also sighed with emotion: "Alas, I just want to confirm, in fact, when I entered Donghai Prefecture and saw the life scenes of those people and the content they discussed, I knew that Donghai Prefecture is really different now, and its life is far better than our other states!

"Indeed, but I believe that sooner or later, Your Majesty will let the people of the entire Great Xia live such a happy life. ”

"Yes, as long as we uproot those families, we can all live a good life. ”

In fact, this kind of conversation is not only happening in one place, but there are also many people in other places talking about the changes in Donghai Prefecture, which is completely different from the Donghai Prefecture they have been to before, and just from the expressions of the people, you can see how good the people of Donghai Prefecture are doing now.

This also made them envious, jealous and hateful, and strengthened their idea of going back to promote Donghai Prefecture, and they must let the people over there know how happy the people of Donghai Prefecture are, and then force the family to retreat, so that the policies of the imperial court can be safely conveyed to them.

This time, those who participated in the imperial examination were not only those from poor families or ordinary scholars, but also many children of families participated.

After Du Ruhui took office, he has been constantly purging the officials of the family, for those who are capable, Du Ruhui will evaluate their performance, if they have not harmed the people, then Du Ruhui will give them a chance, let them contribute, otherwise they will be dismissed.

For those incapable family officials, Du Ruhui was ruthless and all dismissed, if you want to continue to be an official, then you can, just participate in the imperial examination, as long as you pass the imperial examination, then they can continue to be officials like the rest of the candidates.

Of course, if you do something that endangers the people, whether you have the ability or not, you will not be able to participate in the imperial examination, and you will have to accept the investigation of the imperial court, and the circumstances are serious, and your life may not be guaranteed, even if the circumstances are minor, you will have to go to prison.

This is also the reason why the people of Donghai Prefecture trust the imperial court so much, praise Xia Ren, and praise Du Ruhui, because they have indeed done a lot of good things, and the people can see the good things with their own eyes.

This township examination will last for three days, because the content of the examination is relatively large, and the ministers of the cabinet have also put a lot of effort into the examination questions in order to be able to select outstanding talents for the imperial court, and the aspects of the assessment are relatively complete.

Of course, if someone is particularly outstanding in a certain aspect, the imperial court can also consider him as a special talent and let him pass the township test.

Although all-round is more important, it is also important to be proficient in a certain aspect, so there is the option of special moves.

It took three days for these candidates to complete the township examination, during which all the food and drink were provided by the imperial court, and they were not allowed to be brought in privately.

Of course, if there is something that candidates can't eat and what they want to eat, they can pay the test center and let them prepare, but the price is a bit not cheap, after all, you have to find someone to buy it for you.

"Brother Liu, how did you do in the exam this time?

It was the scholar surnamed Huang again, who was asking the scholar surnamed Liu who was in the same examination room as him.

"It's okay, I feel that I have a lot of confidence, I can basically answer these test questions, but what the final result is, I still have to wait for the notice. ”

"Alas, Brother Liu, if you have hope, I can't do it, except for the fact that I am more proficient in criminal law, other places are very ordinary, and it is estimated that I will have to wait for next year. ”

"I can't say for sure, I heard that this imperial examination has special admissions, if you are strong in one of them, even if the rest are very ordinary, but as long as it is not very bad, you will basically be admitted. ”

"Really?"

"Really, this regulation is posted on the rules of the imperial examination. ”

"That's good, I'm still very confident in my criminal law. ”

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At this time, in Donghai Prefecture, the examination was also over, and those officials took a lot of soldiers to seal all these examination papers, and then sent them to various counties, and the people sent by the imperial court and the state government read the papers uniformly, and then sent the better ones to Donghai City to Du Ruhui for inspection.

Donghai City, the city lord's mansion.

Li Si was playing chess with Du Ruhui at this time.

Then an official hurriedly ran in and shouted: "Two adults, the township examination is over, and now the examination papers are being sealed and ready to be sent to various county towns." ”

When Li Si and Du Ruyan heard this, they put down the chess pieces in their hands and stood up together.

Du Ruhui was the first to speak: "Is there enough manpower to escort the exam papers?"

The official replied: "Sufficient, the examination papers of each city are personally escorted by the local city lord with troops, which can ensure that nothing goes wrong." ”

Du Ruhui nodded, because it was the first imperial examination, everything was being explored, and the importance was also very high, so it was necessary for the city lords from all over the country to be personally responsible for the escort, and when the imperial examination system matured in the future, there would be no need for these city lords to go out in person, there would be a whole set of processes.

At this time, Li Si spoke: "Can you find out that someone is cheating?"

The official shook his head and said: "No one was found to be cheating, because the imperial court attaches great importance to this imperial examination, so the inspection is very strict, and once there is fraud, the consequences are also very serious, so no one dares to cheat." ”

Li Si nodded, he would have to go to Jinyiwei to confirm later, just listening to one person's words, he couldn't be sure.

At this time, in the major cities of Donghai Prefecture, there were large groups of people escorting the examination papers to their own county towns, all of which were led by the city lord himself, and no one knew whether there was anyone to protect them in secret.

Du Ruhui and Li Si waited in the City Lord's Mansion for a while, and then the exam papers for Donghai City were delivered.

The two of them are also the chief examiners this time, responsible for selecting good seedlings, and then cultivating them, in fact, although there are many exam papers, but for the two of them, it is also very simple to review, after all, both of them are masters of the holy fetus.

But for the sake of fairness, and to maintain their majesty, they generally let the following marking officials read the file first, and if they encounter a good one, they will hand it over to Du Ruhui and the others, and they will review and decide.

Of course, in order to prevent anyone from missing out, after these officials have finished reading the papers, Du Ruhui and Li Si will quickly scan them to prevent these officials from making mistakes.

In fact, when Xia Ren held the imperial examination at that time, he considered that this was a high-martial world, so the examination room he asked Donghai Prefecture to establish was all idiosyncratic, just to prevent those who cultivated to be strong from cheating easily.

At this time, in the summer capital, the imperial study, Xia Ren also knew that the first imperial examination in Donghai Prefecture was over, and there was no mistake in it.

This made Xia Ren breathe a sigh of relief, as long as he succeeded the first time, then it would be easy to do in the future, and he would not cross the river by feeling the stones.

Moreover, as long as the results come down this time, and then recruit a group of children from poor families as officials, then the entire world of scholars will pay attention to this imperial examination, and believe in the authenticity of this imperial examination.

At that time, those families will be in a dilemma, if they agree, then it will be a serious blow to their families, but if they don't agree, those who read will make trouble again.

In the past, when the children of the poor family were persecuted and suppressed by the family, those people were not without trouble, but after all, the family controlled the channels for their promotion, so in the end, they had to stop it.

But now that the imperial examination is out, then they don't need to rely on the family, and the family has become a stumbling block on their way to promotion.

As long as these scholars make trouble, a poem today, a word tomorrow, and keep smearing the family, then the reputation of these families may be completely stinky.

Thinking of this, Xia Ren couldn't help laughing, believing that it won't be long before these families will be cleared by himself, and he will also fulfill the wish that the previous Xia Emperors have always wanted to fulfill.