Good and evil are only in a thought, and Fan Wuyi's mentality after leaving is completely different from the mentality when he first met Fan Jin and wanted to make friends.

Sometimes people are like this, it's very strange, no one knows what color the human heart is.

After Fan Jin met Fan Wuyi, he didn't hang out, but went back to the inn to rest.

"What went wrong?"

Fan Jin didn't understand, how could this Fan Wuyi identify himself at a glance in the crowd?

Talent, every reader will have, even if it is an ordinary student who has not yet been admitted to the children's degree, as long as he reads carefully and understands the meaning, the body will naturally give birth to talent, but it is just a matter of how much.

But Fan Jin is different, after the empowerment of talent, he is already a saint.

Fan Wuyi came to find him, although he didn't directly ask if he had a literary position, but he obviously saw something.

"Weird!"

Fan Jin shook his head, simply didn't think about that, and began to close his eyes and recuperate, thinking about the subjects of the next five exams.

The subjects of the first session are 5 articles of the four books and 5 of the five scriptures, and the second session is the examination of 5 articles of the five scriptures, which must not be omitted or altered, and must be the original sentences written by the saints.

The third test is a five-word and six-rhyme test poem and a legal endowment, and the fourth and fifth consecutive exams are connected to connect the previous subjects, and the four books are asked for a holy word, the five scriptures are asked for a holy word, the five words and six rhymes are tested for a poem, and the law is a one.

As for the subjects of the April government examination, the test is also the Four Books and Five Classics and the like, but to a large extent, other subjects have been added.

In the first session of the government examination, there are 10 articles of the four books and five scriptures, and the second examination of essays mainly includes some essays and tables, mainly to test the candidates' calligraphy and writing ability.

The third test mainly examines the candidates' understanding and views on law, current affairs, and official governance.

It is also this step that makes countless ordinary students return home, and until they are old, they may not be able to get a children's degree.

The examination theory requires a certain amount of knowledge, and combined with the actual situation, which is something that a student from an ordinary family cannot touch at all.

But the children of the family are different, they will consult the local officials or those who have retired before the exam, under the guidance of their parents.

It's okay if it doesn't matter, you can raise money with a group of people to visit, after all, after the county test, the officials in the county basically recognize these students, spend money and pay filial piety, and the big people in the county are also willing to mention one or two.

Both the interpersonal relationship and the monetary expenses are huge, and they are not accessible to ordinary poor children at all.

Fan Jin has a deep understanding of this, what the poor people at the bottom rely on is very simple, farming and doing work.

Farming and doing work can only maintain food, clothing, shelter and transportation, save some money for his son to marry a wife, basically the children of the poor have never gone to school, and they can't read two big characters.

The first is that it costs money to go to school, the second is to have talent for reading, and the poor need money or not.

Fan Jin is lucky, and his parents hope that Fan Jin can gain fame and win glory for the Fan family.

So when he was a child, Fan Jin was educated and learned to read.

But literacy is not good, reading still needs books, what if there are no books?

Buying books is very expensive, that is, only copying books.

Copy all the books that can be borrowed within a radius of dozens of miles, or go and ask someone to borrow books to copy.

Compared to the cost of books, it is cheaper to copy books by yourself.

Fan Jin is very confident in the county test, and as for the policy of the government test, Fan Jin also has a unique opinion, and he is not very worried.

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When Fan Wuji returned home, his father Fan Mingliang saw Fan Wuyi running back in a hurry, and asked with a frown; 'What's the matter, you're home so soon?' Why don't you chat with the students in the same room and exchange feelings? ’

Fan Wuji saw his father walking in the yard, and hurriedly ran over and asked, "Dad, do you know Fan Jin?" ”

When Fan Mingliang heard this, he looked at Fan Wuyi and asked, "Fan Jin?" ”

Fan Wuyi nodded and said, "Well, Fan Jin from Gaoyao Township." ”

Fan Mingliang pondered for a moment and said: "Gaoyao Township, I seem to remember, does Fan Mingyuan have a son named Fan coming in?" ”

"Wait, how did you know Fan Jin, no blame, is it possible?"

Fan Mingliang looked at his son, and Fan Wuyi nodded: "As my father thought, then Fan Jin is Fan Mingyuan's son." ”

"I remember you said when I was a child, we had a distant relative in Gaoyao Township, and today I met him when I was praying at the temple."

Fan Mingliang touched his beard and said: "I didn't expect that Fan Mingyuan's son would be able to participate in the county exam, I wanted to let him do work in my courtyard because of the love of the same clan, but I didn't want to, I had to live in a corner and go to the high township to beg for a living." ”

"Hmph, I finally died in the high old mountain, what a stupid poor man!"

Fan Mingliang was a high school talent when he was young, and he can be said to be a relatively famous student in Guangling County.

For Fan Mingyuan, who is from the same clan, he also had a friendship when he was a child, but later the social status of the two was too big, and after Fan Jin's father refused Fan Mingming's invitation, the two families had no contact.

Fan Wuyi continued: "Dad, I think that Fan Jin is weird. ”

"What's that weird method?"

Fan Mingliang looked at his son and asked.

Fan Wuji informed his father of Fan Jin's vision in the temple, Fan Mingliang frowned when he heard this, and after a while, he looked at Fan Wuji and asked, "Is that incense candle really as you said?" ”

"It's true, not only did I see it at the time, but many people in the city found out."

Fan Wuyi said affirmatively.

"The incense is one inch higher, this is the reaction of the children's cultural worship, how can this be!"

"Could it be that this Fan Jin is a saint?"

However, as soon as this statement came out, Fan Mingliang himself overturned his statement.

"It can't be a pre-saint, otherwise—"

Fan Mingliang didn't continue, but he had other thoughts in his heart.

"You go back to study first, study well, and don't make mistakes in tomorrow's exam."

"The child understands."

After Fan Wuyi returned to his room to study, Fan Mingliang stood in the courtyard for a cup of tea, not knowing what he was thinking.

In the early morning of the third day of February, Fan Jin woke up from his sleep, and after moving his muscles and bones to make himself more awake, he washed and ate, and then followed the army of students to the examination room.

The examination room is the Bungain, and like the modern exam, it is necessary to check the things on the students to prevent cheating, this place is called the Dragon Gate, which is usually set up in the left and right wings in front of the Bungain Temple, and there is a large arch in the middle, which is the Dragon Gate.

Students need to verify their identity at the entrance of the Faculty of Arts, that is, to check the authenticity of the float.

Then go to the Dragon Gate, enter the wings on both sides, go through the "Souzi" search, and then come to the Dragon Gate to wait for orders, and then under the leadership of the three chief examiners, the ceremony of worshiping the saint begins.

When the ceremony of worshiping the saint is completed, the examination paper is collected by name and entered the examination room of the Bungaku, and then the prefectural exam begins, a set of procedures can be described as extremely complicated, and even in order to prevent people from cheating in the pen, ink, paper, inkstone and food they bring, the Bungaku's own pen, ink, paper, inkstone and food.

As for why you need to prepare food, of course, it is because the time of the exam is a whole day, and you can only leave after handing in the papers, and all the behaviors during the period, such as eating and drinking are on the table where the test papers are written, and going to the toilet is led by a special person to lead the supervisor into the special toilet to solve the problem.

In the Guangling Academy, a middle-aged man wearing a black gauze hat, a scarlet collar shirt, a small group of flowers printed on it, and a flower rhino belt was the father of the white-robed and jade-faced man yesterday, the big man who was sent to Dongguang Mansion from Yingtianfu.

Zhang Guang'an of Guangling County wore his seventh-grade official uniform, and the two of them were dressed in similar shapes, but the difference in color and belt of the official uniform was worlds apart.

Zhang Guangan wore a cyan regimental collar shirt, printed with small miscellaneous flowers, and tied a silver belt, standing respectfully behind this person.

Behind Zhang Guang'an are Gao Hanguang, the county leader of Guangling County, and Bo Wang Xiaohai, the two of whom are the eighth and ninth grades, respectively, and they are both wearing green regimental collar shirts and Zawu horn belts.

The sound of gongs and drums came from the street, which was the blessing sent by the people of Guangling County to the students spontaneously getting up early, Zhang Guangan looked at the scarlet-robed official in front of him and said: "Lord Yang, the students are coming, you see?" ”

"I will hold the sacrificial ceremony, and the rest will be done according to the normal procedure."

"Yes, sir."

After Zhang Guang'an received the order, he took the county Cheng Gao Hanguang and the main Bo Wang Xiaohai to the gate of the Academy of Literature, and the county Cheng Gao Hanguang and the chief bookkeeper Wang Xiaohai sat on the tables placed on both sides respectively to personally inspect the students' floats.

Originally, this work was done by the people below, but Lord Yang came from Yingtianfu, in front of this official who was the second grade, where did the county Cheng Gao Hanguang and the chief bookkeeper Wang Xiaohai dare to be lazy, they must always do a good job of façade work, this is not Zhang Guangan personally stood at the door to guard the door and maintain order.

Outside the Academy of Literature, the guards were the officials and catchers of Guangling County.

As if in a public court, the officials stood in two rows facing each other.

The patrols are on standby, and once the exams begin, they patrol the vicinity of the Faculty of Arts to prevent accidents from affecting the students' judgment.

In the sound of gongs and drums, Fan Jin followed the veterans to the front of the Guangling Academy, and there were many people with carriages at home, and they sent the students in the carriages.

Several students got off the carriage, and one of them was Fan Wuyi.

After Fan Wuji got out of the car, he locked on to Fan Jin in the crowd, and Fan Jin also noticed Fan Wuji's gaze.

Ignoring the other party's eyes, Fan Jin turned his head to look at the gate of the Academy, where Zhang Guangan, the county magistrate who had a relationship, was staring at him and smiling at this time.

"Fan Jin, Fan Jin, whether you can jump into the dragon gate depends on the county test this time!"

Thinking about Fan Jin's talent in his heart, he thought that Zhang Guangan, who came to Guangling County, already had the answer.

"Silence!"

Zhang Guang'an opened it, like a spring thunder, making the entire Guangling County quiet.

"Except for the students who are taking the exam, the rest of the people are not allowed to be 100 meters away from the Academy!"

"The whole team of students, ready to enter the Academy!"

"Mighty—Mighty!"

The officials outside the academy held a killing rod and knocked on the ground, shaking off irrelevant people and so on.

The students were arranged neatly in order, and a total of 36 people came to the Academy of Literature in a square formation, looking at Zhang Guang'an in front of the door and the county Cheng Gao Hanguang and the main Bo Wang Xiaohai on the desks on both sides, they didn't understand how it could be that these three examiners were here to greet them, and they really couldn't believe it.

But surprise is surprise, there should be etiquette is still indispensable, under the leadership of a student at the head, no one bowed, everyone bent down and saluted: "I and other students, I have seen three chief examiners." ”

Today, Zhang Guangan and the three are not parents officials, but examiners.

The reason why there is no kneeling is because the imperial examination is favored and concerned by the saints.

The half-saints, sub-saints, and even the saint consciousness of the shattered void in the underworld, their divine souls would look at the imperial examination room of the entire Nine Spirit Continent when the examination began.

Today, the students of the imperial examination only worship the saints in the Academy of Literature, and do not worship anything else, even if the emperor comes, they do not need to worship.

"Start roll call, come forward for physical examination, and all candidates will be listed in order!"

Zhang Guangan nodded to the many students and spoke again.

Immediately, the county Cheng Gao Hanguang and the chief bookkeeper Wang Xiaohai began to start roll call according to the list of county exams, and when the name was read by Fan Jin, Fan Jin's eyes flashed with a glimmer of light: "Finally, wait for this moment!" ”

From this moment on, Fan Jin's imperial examination career officially began!

The county test is just the first step!