In the eleventh year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty, the sixth day of February.

This day is an ordinary day for Chinese history, but it was also on this day that Zhu Hao, who was determined to change the times, stepped into the imperial examination room for the first time.

The candidates who were waiting for admission early in the morning had already lined up outside the Gong Academy.

Yuan Rulin and Zhu Hao came together.

The sky has just dawned, the Gongyuan has not opened, and the candidates have gathered.

"Except for the temple fair, I haven't seen so many people together, I guess there are more people than when I rush to the market, right?" Zhu Hao was in a relaxed mood, looked around, and said in a child's tone.

For Zhu Hao, this is just an experience in his life, he didn't aspire to say that he would definitely be the champion or something, after all, he was guarding the Xingwang Mansion...... You can climb to a high position by training Zhu Houxi, so why do you have to take the imperial examination?

And with his insight and talent, it is equivalent to a postdoctoral fellow taking the primary school entrance examination, although there are many factors outside the examination room, but in terms of writing essays, there is still an advantage, right?

Yuan Rulin looked very nervous, he didn't know the bottom of his heart when he participated in the county exam for the first time, and more importantly, the family had high hopes for him......

How do you raise your head and be a man after that?

"That's a lot of people."

Yuan Rulin followed with a comment.

Zhu Hao stood on tiptoe and looked ahead, and then looked behind him, the line was about two streets, and the personnel ranged from twelve or thirteen to thirty or forty years old, to say that they had not passed the county examination at the age of fifty or sixty...... Not much.

After all, the county examination is only the primary test in the children's examination, generally speaking, as long as the writing is okay, through the scriptures, righteousness, and reasoning, and can write the style of the eight-strand text, it can be passed.

However, you can pass the test a few times.

But if you go to the hospital examination, let alone fifty or sixty years old, seventy or eighty years old to participate, because after passing the college examination, you will become a student and officially enter the ranks of the "scholars", which is called meritorious fame, and for many scholars, it is a lifelong pursuit.

Perhaps because of the low threshold for participating in the county examination, many people feel that they can pass the examination, so that there are many people who participate in the county examination, and the level is uneven.

"Guan Guan Ju Dove ...... on River Island"

A young man in his twenties in the team next to him actually recited the "Book of Songs" aloud there.

Zhu Hao reminded with a smile: "Dude, why are you carrying that thing in the four books and texts today?" After the four books are written, and the main scene is over, there is no need to worry about the follow-up. ”

The young man glared at Zhu Hao with a look of disdain: "A naughty boy, I'm afraid that he doesn't even memorize the Five Classics, so he dares to come to the county exam?" It's ridiculous...... My Fair Lady Gentleman ......"

Zhu Hao turned his head sideways, unable to bear to look directly.

Isn't this guy a nerd? Or maybe it's a nymphomaniac? Do you really think there is Yan Ruyu in the book? Or did the family promise to marry a beautiful wife as long as they passed the county exam?

Look at what you're reading!

"Boom Boom ......"

There was a gong beating in front, but it was someone from the county government who came out to help maintain order, and the Gongyuan was officially opened, and all candidates entered in turn with the serial number of the examination room they got when they registered.

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Doorway.

It was supposed to be a place for routine searches, but because there were so many candidates, no one really checked them carefully.

But when they see the kind of young men who look nervous and have luxurious clothes, they know that they are afraid of making a fool of themselves in front of others, so they will deliberately make things difficult, because these people usually carry broken silver on their bodies, and they can only obediently send rewards at that time in order to pass the customs smoothly.

There are also those who refuse to give out the silver, and the yacha casually rummages, especially the self-contained examination basket, which contains water, straw paper, pen and ink, etc., will be the focus of attention.

The rest of the people, etc., basically do not bother.

Yuan Rulin and Zhu Hao were about to enter the hall in front of the "Ding" examination room, and the two of them looked at Yuan Rulin and Zhu Hao, who were dressed in gorgeous clothes, with a narrow look on their faces, but they were not embarrassed.

"Let's go inside!"

The yacha's tone was not good, but he didn't get started.

Zhu Hao and Yuan Rulin were about to enter, but they heard the scolding voice of the nerd who recited the "Book of Songs" next to them: "...... Give me a try! Believe it or not, I beat you up? ”

Participating in the imperial examination is like coming to fight, and some of the candidates around him shake their heads and some sneer.

There were only two errands in that column, but when they heard the noise, they immediately rushed over to the two of them, and worked together to put the nerd to the ground, and one of them took out all the body for him.

"Whoa, whoa...... How can this be justified, presumptuous......"

The nerd's neck was pressed to the ground, and he turned his head sideways and screamed.

The people around me know that this is called killing chickens and setting an example for monkeys, and picking an unknown person to punish them well, which can not only make some oil and water, but also warn those who are not right-minded, so that they cannot enter the examination room to make trouble.

It's none of their business, Yuan Rulin and Zhu Hao have passed the access control search, and they have no intention of staying to see the excitement.

The two entered the examination booth in order.

The examination shed is in a row, a row of thirty examination houses, two rows opposite, a total of sixty, called a Jiazi.

In other words, there are a total of 60 candidates in the T-shaped examination shed.

According to Zhu Hao's estimate, there should be eight or nine hundred candidates entering the venue that day, and according to the past experience of this county, about 40 people will be taken at a time, which is almost 1 out of 20.

It seems that the probability of admission is not high, but many of them are here to fill up the number, not to mention writing articles, it is difficult for him to memorize the four books, and the possibility of really having the ability to compete for these forty places is only three or four hundred.

Of course, the level of candidates in each session is uneven, which class has a higher teaching quality, there will be a situation of classmates taking the same exam, for example, which private school disciples from famous teachers take the county exam together, and they have no problem passing...... For those with a relatively average level, there will be a huge challenge.

The advantage of a famous teacher, in addition to the basic Four Books and Five Classics and the Church of the Scriptures, will also teach students how to write the orthodox eight-strand essay, sometimes the article is good or bad, only in terms of the neatness of the article, for those candidates who have not received systematic education to form a crushing trend.

This is the difference between a professional background and a wild road.

In this case, with the deepening of the imperial examination, the gap between the government examination and the hospital examination will gradually become smaller, and eventually become a competition for talent and learning.

And when it came to the township test......

Sometimes it's not even a good idea.

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Sitting down, Zhu Hao put together the left and right door panels.

The low wooden board was used as a stool, and the high wooden board was used as a table, Zhu Hao sat on it and tried it, and it was quite reliable.

There is no practice of giving candles for the exam before the township exam, that is to say, the exam will end on the same day, and the paper will be automatically collected before nightfall.

If there is a lot of content in the test, it will be divided into sessions.

For example, the county examination is divided into two main sessions: the main field and the re-examination, as long as the four books of the main field are passed, the county examination will be passed, and the follow-up re-examination will be tested to the five scriptures and policy theories, which is of little significance.

There is a little advantage to participating in the county examination in Anlu, which is the examination room for the future government examination and the hospital examination, and the scientific examination and annual examination after the examination are also carried out here, and the examination shed is extremely neatly repaired.

If you take the county test in a county under your jurisdiction, such as Jingshan County, Anlu Prefecture, the conditions will be much more difficult than here.

Many of the test booths are built temporarily, and when it rains, they leak, and it is difficult to do well in the exam.

This is also the reason why the county examination, the prefectural examination and other exams are scheduled to be held at the beginning of spring every year, when there are fewer rainy days, the cold is a little colder, but basically will not be affected by sudden weather changes.

If it does rain on the day, the test date can be postponed.

The county test examiner was originally a local magistrate or a state governor, but because Kuang Yangming, the governor of Anlu, was about to step down, he might want to make a little political capital before leaving, and because Jing Zhongkuan, the magistrate of Changshou County, had just stepped down, resulting in a vacancy in the county, and the county test and the government test were taken together, so the county questions were also given by Kuang Zhizhou.

But Kuang Yangming does not participate in the invigilation, the invigilation will be completed by the local Xuezheng, teaching, discipline, etc., Xuezheng is the deputy examination but the main invigilator, as for the marking work is completed by the old Confucian students invited by the surrounding prefectures and counties, three people give comments, basically each person chooses about 60 examination papers, and generally an examination paper must have two old Confucian students' excellent comments to enter the final competition.

Finally, the examiner selects the excellent examination papers to be "shortlisted", and the names of the candidates are listed in the long case to determine the admission ranking.

The examination paper is vague, but it is not transcribed, that is, it is evaluated with the original paper.

Only when you go to the hospital will you add a transcript of the name, and many times the hospital test will even save this link, and it will be so formal when you go to the township test.

The system of the imperial court is one thing, the local financial and material resources are limited, and most of them are simple, and no one can find faults.

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Exams are about to begin.

There are many candidates, and the imperial examination in the middle of the Ming Dynasty is much simpler than later.

However, before the examination, the discipline of the county's Confucian Education and Teaching Office will check the candidates' affidavits and mutual ties in front of the examination booth, which is equivalent to checking the admission ticket to determine whether the candidates themselves come to participate, in case there is a substitute examination.

After this inspection, the curls are immediately issued.

Changshou County has always been the capital of the state, and the examination papers used are ...... That is, the paper on which the article is written, and the material is excellent.

Two four-book texts, with two volumes, one side of the paper is glued together, and the edge of the first page is left with the candidate's name, three generations of resumes, knots, and inter-knots.

In addition to the position in the sealing line, only the vertical grid line is drawn outside, not divided into fine squares, a total of twelve columns, the orthodox four books are generally between three or four hundred words, each column needs to write about three crosses, the paper is larger, there is no need to write a small block of the fly's head, the word is slightly larger can also be accommodated, but it must be italics.

For the convenience of grading, an article does not turn the page.

The examination paper is thick, and the paper used for ordinary painting is basically pressed together with three layers of rice paper, while the examination paper used in the county examination paper is pressed with more than four layers of rice paper, which is to prevent the ink from penetrating the back of the paper when writing the paper.

Scratch paper is not given, you need to bring your own.

After the roll was issued, Zhu Hao listed his names and began to wait for the question.

The questions will not be printed on the exam paper, but will be listed in the exam room with a test card, and the test room will be patrolled with a wooden card, and each test room will have a question card.

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I wish the Dragon Boat Festival a safe and healthy, auspicious and happy forever!

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