At this time, Mo Sang saw that the invigilator's bookcase was already snoring. Obviously, this boring errand of invigilating the imperial examination did not arouse their interest in the slightest.

Because the Praetorian Guards helped to invigilate the exam, they were also hiding in hiding. After all, these Praetorian Guards were selected with great loyalty to the imperial family, and this was the time for the imperial family to select talents, so how could they not be loyal to their duties? At this time, these Praetorian Guards stared at the candidates they were invigilating without squinting, and the slightest change in them would cause the Praetorian Guards to warn. And in front of this kind of murderous Praetorian Guard, those timid candidates naturally didn't dare to make any small moves.

And for those invigilators who have been in the officialdom for a long time, they don't care at all. Anyway, in the end, those fifty people will be selected to enter the main hall for the palace examination, as long as these fifty people are not too bad, as for who can enter the fifty people, they have no interest. Naturally, they didn't bother to bother.

Mossan looked at the freshness, but did not comment much. Before I knew it, two hours had passed, and the hourglass had completely dripped clean.

The invigilator yawned and stretched, picked up the copper hammer on the table and struck it the gong. When the gong sounded, all the candidates got up and walked out of the exam cubicle and walked out of the exam room from the inside to the outside in order, while there were four invigilators in the back to the front who were collecting the exam papers in pairs.

All test papers are sealed after the candidate's information is collected, which also effectively prevents cheating outside the examination room. The Praetorian Guards also walked out of the examination room in a procession after the exam, and their next task was to escort the exam papers to the Hanlin Academy.

The Hanlin Academy is the place where the imperial court repairs books, and the highest official of the Hanlin Academy is a university scholar, and the official residence is a product. Basically, in the imperial court, scholars were held part-time by Taifu, so this Hanlin Academy was also the holy place that all scholars in the world wanted to enter the most.

The papers of the second session of the examination will be reviewed by the most prestigious person of the Hanlin Academy, and then 100 people will be selected to submit to the scholars for review, and finally 50 of the 100 scholars will be selected to determine who will advance to the third court examination.

Mo Sang walked at the front of the queue and walked out of the tribute courtyard along the route he had come. Along the way, because Mo Sang entered the examination room as the first in the first examination, as soon as he left the gate of the Tribute Academy, a group of people surrounded Mo Sang and handed over their respective banquet invitations.

Mo Sang looked at these courteous housekeepers of various faction families, and he could only smile bitterly and shake his head in his heart. He knew the purpose of these people, it was nothing more than that he felt that Mo Sang had great potential, and he was the first in the first test, so the probability of winning the top prize was naturally very high.

You must know that in the imperial examination, the first examination is the most difficult and has the highest gold content. Although the elimination rate of the second game is very high, it is much less difficult than the article. If you can get the first place in the preliminary examination, then basically even if you don't win the first prize in this imperial examination, you must at least be a jinshi, and most of the previous examples are like this.

At this time, these housekeepers who blocked the door were in a hurry to invite Mo Sang just to win over a potential stock, and fortunately they could find a backer in the future. Most of these housekeepers are some big merchants in the capital, and the status of these merchants is naturally not high compared to those of the Dashi clan, and they are even a little cold.

Because the imperial court not only valued literature over military force, but also emphasized agriculture over commerce. When he was planning the dynasty, an emperor once said: If there is more households in the market, there will be one less person in the field.

The imperial court has always suppressed these merchants who made profits by speculation, believing that they were only squeezing the sweat of the peasants, but could not bring substantial benefits to the state.

In order to make more profits and do better business, these merchants have to spend a lot of money every year to bribe those who are officials, hoping to get their protection.

By the time the second round of the list is announced, those who can still stay on the list will naturally already be Jinshi, and these big merchants will be unable to stammer.

After all, the high level of scholars does not allow them to associate with those lowly merchants, so these big merchants will rush to come over in advance at this time to make some capable scholars, or to fund money or provide convenience in order to get a good impression. When some of them get the Jinshi and get the official, they will naturally not be too thin, and these merchants who have been kind to them will not be too thin.

These merchants can indeed provide a lot of help to these newly promoted jinshi, such as spending money to get a good official position, or sponsoring them to have a better examination environment. Take what they need from each other, so usually some people with good potential or tribute but not a strong family background will take the initiative to associate with these people, after all, officials also need to live, and they also need to spend money to buy a house and buy a servant to raise a concubine.

But they themselves don't make money, and if they want to get a higher official position, they can only spend a lot of money to move up. Therefore, they are also very willing to get the funding of these powerful merchants, save themselves a lot of troubles, and can also get a lot of ready-made benefits. As long as they are in office, they will repay them by not embarrassing those merchants who have been kind to them.

Mo Sang does not want to be involved in the interests of these people, Mo San's family background is quite solid and he is not willing to be too big an official. At this time, he just wanted to get the champion and go home quickly, and then marry Qi Ling'er in a beautiful manner.

Thinking of Qi Ling'er, a warmth came from Mo Sang's heart, that beautiful face, fragrant breath as if it was in front of him. Thinking of this, Mo Sang couldn't help but hold the jade pendant in his arms in his hand, feeling the warm breath transmitted by the jade pendant.

Mo Sang politely declined the merchants who had sent out the invitations, and followed Fu Bo, who was waiting at the door, all the way back to the inn. Along the way, Mo Zanan was in a good mood because the content of the exam was very simple, and he was very satisfied with the essays he wrote.

Now that the second round of exams has passed, the pressure in Mo Sang's heart has suddenly been reduced a lot. According to his judgment, it is not a problem to enter the top fifty, then the next step is the temple test.

Recently, it may be because of the reason for reading through the Mantra of Pure Heart that Mo Shan is very emotionally stable, and he is no longer so easily impatient and anxious. It seems that everything has its solution, and Moissan's belief that the difficulties he encounters can be solved after all.

After the second round of examinations, it will take about three days to unveil the list, and after the announcement of the list, the quota of fifty jinshi who will enter the palace examination will be determined. Mo Sang didn't know what to do in these three days, at this time he had let go of all the baggage in his heart, and I have to say that the monk's heart mantra definitely played a very important role.

Mo Sang returned to the inn and prepared to take out the Pure Heart Mantra and continue to recite it. Because he saw the results, at this time, Mo Sang did not feel bored and bored when he recited the Pure Heart Mantra, as if he would have a different understanding every time he recited it. Combined with the recent changes, Moissans has always had fun.