On the day of the imperial examination, there was a sea of people.

Scholars from ten miles and eight towns have come to the county seat.

Some people are dressed in tatters, and some people are dressed in fine clothes.

In addition to the students of the seowon, there were also students from other private schools in the countryside.

This world is very strange, the monopoly of reading is stronger, a complete monopoly industry, the private school in the village, the teaching show is generally from the village, and there is a blood relationship with several surrounding villages, or relatives, so he will only teach students from a few nearby villages, as for the farther areas, even if you give money, you will not accept it.

So it's not like you want to go to a private school, and the geographical restrictions are very serious.

At the beginning, the reason why Zhaojia Village did not send Zhao Xuanqi to a private school was because several villages near Zhaojia Village were poor and remote, and there were no people who showed off their talents and made a name for themselves, so naturally there was no place to send them to private schools.

If you can't go to a private school, then you can only enter Stony Brook College in the county, and only the academy will accept students from all over the world, as long as you pay money, you can attend, there are no geographical restrictions.

The fees charged by the college are very expensive, and they are not at all affordable for ordinary families, and even some landlords cannot afford the cost of studying.

On the other hand, the fees of private schools are relatively low, dozens of times cheaper, and even dozens of catties of grain can be entered.

Expensive, naturally there are expensive benefits, you can go to the library to study when you enter the academy, these precious books can be read for free, and even the teacher is many times more powerful, specially for the preparation of scientific examinations, and you will have the background of the academy when you enter the academy.

And in cheap private schools, Mr. Teaching is generally a child, and there are few talents and fame, and there will not be so many books for you to read, only two or three enlightenment books, which will generally only teach you text enlightenment, and it is difficult to take scientific examinations.

If you want to conduct a scientific examination, you generally have to enter the academy in the future.

Therefore, it is a good choice for Zhao Xuanqi to enter the academy directly.

The county examination center is located in a market, and many temporary examination booths are set up, and the location is facing south, and many officials patrol the vicinity.

There is also a barricade around the examination shed to prevent some frenzied candidates from colliding with the examination room, and the south of the examination shed is also provided with the gate of the Yuan, which is the east and west gate respectively, and there is a circle of wooden fences around it, which is called the Dragon Gate, which means "the carp jumps over the Dragon Gate." ”

The backyard of Longmen is a wide courtyard, where candidates stand densely, waiting to call their names.

In front of the examination booth is a portal, where several small officials stand, holding wooden sticks and carrying long knives around their waists, called "sozi", which are used to check whether the candidates have entrainment.

There are many ways to cheat in this day and age.

Method 1: Huaizang, that is, with a cheat sheet, the imperial examination for several days, because you can bring food, candles, tableware, etc. to enter, so there is a "four books" and "five classics" stuffed in steamed buns, sewn in the middle layer of clothes and stuffed in candles and other more "extensive" cheating methods.

For example, the inside of the candle is hollowed out from the bottom to the top along the lead, stuffed into the paper strip, and then sealed the bottom with wax oil, and then brought into the examination room.

Method 2: Abbreviation, there is no miniature in ancient times, but it is also difficult to defeat the master, take the "Four Books Dictionary" as an example, the whole book is about eight or nine centimeters long, about 5 centimeters wide, the book condenses the essence of the "Four Books", the upper and lower two volumes total more than 110,000 words.

The characters in the book are in the pavilion style, and the writing is made of a special "rat hair" made of mouse whiskers, and those with bad eyes and poor strength really can't do this job.

Method 3: Silver salt blackened, this method can be regarded as ancient high-tech, with this trick are chemical masters, the clothes are densely packed with salt water to write words, mixed into the examination room, light a candle with a fire, the text will be revealed.

In addition, there are various methods such as flying pigeons, bribery, and substitute exams.

Wen Tingyun in the Tang Dynasty was a substitute examiner, he couldn't pass the exam himself, so he could only help others take the exam, and all the substitutes passed, and the most awesome one was to help eight people complete the substitute exam at the same time.

"It's our turn."

Chen Buchang and the others kept rubbing their hands, trying to relieve the tension in their hearts.

"Don't be afraid, our homework is very solid, this time the test is very simple, no accidents can pass."

Zhao Xuanqi comforted them.

As soon as the words came out, the other people instantly calmed down.

Zhao Xuanqi is right, there is nothing to worry about, these days several of them have been asking Zhao Xuanqi about the key points of the assessment, as well as all kinds of difficult questions, Zhao Xuanqi told them the way to answer the questions, helping them improve a lot, and it is definitely not a problem to test a child.

Now, Zhao Xuanqi stood in front of the door, and he really experienced the benefits of the academy school.

In the scientific examination place, because the examination time of the "test children" is relatively long, so you need to bring your own food, etc., and the small officials stand at the door to check the bodies of each scholar to prevent someone from bringing the cheat sheet in.

The inspection is very careful, even the food must be checked, the steamed buns must be broken to see if there is a note inside, the clothes must be stripped naked, even the interlayer of the clothes must be collected clearly, even the scholars who want to take scientific examinations, the pants must be ripped open, and the inside and outside must be searched to prevent someone from hiding cheat sheets in the valley road.

This kind of inspection is more rigorous than the college entrance examination in the previous life, and it is too late to pass it, and I can't wait to break your whole body, pick out the bones and slag, and distinguish the fat and lean flesh clearly, basically no one can bring a cheat sheet in.

For scholars, it is really insulting to strip naked and be checked.

But when it was Zhao Xuanqi and the other students of Stony Brook Academy, the inspection of the little official was obviously much easier, and he was light-hearted, only slightly checked the food, and after a cursory inspection, he let everyone go.

At first, the people in the back thought that the little official was tired, after all, after inspecting so many people, his body was weak, and the inspection was no longer so careful, which was really right.

It's just that when it was their turn, the actions of the little official became violent again, and the whole person was clearly inspected inside and out, and the inspection became strict again.

The scholars in the rear shouted dissatisfiedly: "Why do they just check it casually? When it's our turn, we can't wait to even peel off our skins and check them, it's not fair! ”

The little official sneered: "You don't look at your identity, you are all students of private schools in the poor countryside, those scholars just now are all from Stony Brook Academy, do you know the academy?" The people in it are all Wenqu stars, can you compare? You don't pee and see what you look like. ”

The others' faces turned red, and they wanted to defend themselves, but they couldn't find a way to defend themselves.

The academy is equivalent to a prestigious university, and you can enter the company directly after graduation, without an interview, and your parents are either officials or wealthy families, and their backgrounds are not ordinary.

These private schools are equivalent to vocational colleges, and the gap is not half a star.

There is a big difference in their identities and family conditions......

In this exam, it is impossible for these Confucian scholars to oppose the little officials, so they can only be secretly angry, and swear that after they have fame in the future, they must make these little officials look good.