Soon, news came from the palace that the imperial examination was held in advance, and the time set was the end of the month.

As soon as this news came out, the whole country was shocked, in the past, the Chu Emperor did not supervise the imperial examination, and he did not even pay much attention to it, but suddenly why is this year so grand? This abnormal attitude makes everyone secretly speculate whether this move is related to the crown prince.

The death of the crown prince, before his death, was brilliant and stunning to the Manchu Dynasty, but God was jealous of the talent, so it is really regrettable that he died in his early years, so many people speculated that Emperor Chu's move was for the prince.

However, no matter what the reason, the imperial court attached great importance to this, which made the literati of Chu State highly motivated and entered Beijing to take the exam.

The momentum of this imperial examination is huge and the scope is wide. All the talented people of Chu State will not refuse to come, as long as they go to Kyoto at the end of the month and participate in the township test.

All localities and prefectures and even counties attach great importance to this, and as long as they are literati, the local government will send them to Beijing for free! After all, if they really produce a champion, they will naturally benefit greatly.

In Kyoto, the flow of people is full, the streets are bustling, and the bustling is very lively, and most of them are talented people, all of whom have signed up in Kyoto, and their ages are up to fifty or sixty years old, down to thirteen or fourteen years old!

Chu Mo, naturally, also reported his name, under the pseudonym Mo Chu, and his goal was to obtain the champion.

Time passed little by little, until the end of the month, the imperial imperial examination finally officially kicked off, and the students were ready to move, surrounding the streets of Kyoto.

Now, it is a time of peace, and nearly 30,000 candidates from all over the Chu State have gathered in Kyoto to participate in the scientific examination, if it was in the previous war period, I am afraid that the number is less than one percent!

The imperial court also ordered to send 5,000 Imperial Forest Army and 10,000 Forbidden Army to maintain order in the huge Kyoto, but even so, the street scene was chaotic.

"It's a mess today!"

"Hey, hey, look over there, I'm afraid that the kid hasn't grown his hair, so he dares to come to participate in the imperial examination. ”

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“......”

Many people looked at a conspicuous red sedan chair when they heard the sound, their faces were stunned, for Zhongyong, they were like thunder, they didn't expect to see him in Kyoto.

In the crowd, Chu Mo, who was wearing a plain suit and was inconspicuous, was puzzled: "So small, even if he wins the champion, what will it be? Could it be that Emperor Chu will give him an official and a half-job?"

As soon as these words came out, the surrounding talents moved their eyes to Chu Mo's body, with a strange expression on their faces, Chu Mo touched his nose when he saw this, and he was really a little embarrassed to be looked at like this.

"Brother Tai, don't be envious and jealous, people are the sons of Shuntian, the darlings of God, what about you, a cloth cloth, if you are one of the people, your ancestral grave will be smoking. ”

Behind him, a strange-looking, monkey-faced, bucktooth-wearing, white-robed man patted Chu Mo's shoulder and shook his head.

The corners of Chu Mo's mouth twitched, but he didn't say much, the first round of the test, just the elimination system, the winner is some people of literature and ink, the second round of the test, is the period to display their talents and show their powers, as for the third round, it is the palace test, use all your strength, and decide the top three!

Of course, before this, many people were still very famous, such as the prodigy Zhongyong in front of him, which discouraged many people, so when Chu Mo talked about him behind his back, many people came to refute him, of course, Chu Mo didn't care.

This township test was divided into three days, once a day, a total of three times, the questions were different for the three times, and 30,000 people were divided into three rounds for the examination. Chu Mo is the first round, that is, the morning of the first day.

The gate of the palace has already been opened, inside and outside the door, the Imperial Forest Army is densely packed, separating the palace from a road, which is convenient for candidates to enter, and in front of the examination room, there are twenty gates, and outside each gate, there are hundreds of Royal Forest Army.

Because, before entering the examination room, it is necessary to conduct a detailed examination of each person to ensure that their candidates do not cheat. And there are more than 20 checkpoints at this gate, although there are more than 10,000 people in the first round, but it is not very crowded, and soon 10,000 candidates will enter together!

Chu Mo also walked along the crowd towards the examination room, and after a while, Chu Mo passed the inspection and walked into the examination room.

The examination room is also divided into different areas, mainly for the convenience of management, every 100 candidates for a small area, each area has 50 Royal Guards, plus two invigilators are responsible, mainly to prevent someone from cheating, or buy the invigilator, if found, directly kicked out of the examination room.

Seeing this, Chu Mo smiled slightly, it seems that this time Emperor Chu attaches great importance to this exam and has made a lot of money.

The rules of the township examination room are to sit down casually, which is also for convenience.

When the number of people is unified, the examiner orders the issuance of the questions, during which no one is allowed to speak, and if there is a speaker, they will be kicked out of the field by the surrounding Royal Guards.

Chu Mo found a place at random, and when the examination room was quiet, the chief examiner took the Chu Emperor gold medal, and then walked to the commander of the Imperial Forest Army with the invigilator, handed the gold medal to the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, and after confirming that it was correct, he handed the gold box sealed with a seal behind him to the chief examiner.

The examiner took the gold box, opened it, and held a piece of rice paper in his hand, and then handed the content of the rice paper to the invigilator to view, the whole process, can not speak, when the invigilator read the proposition on the rice paper, then slowly walked towards the area he was responsible for, and told the candidate the proposition.

However, there are only two words in this proposition: "Zi said!"

Chu Mo smiled, it was obvious that this was a traditional township examination question, and most candidates would use Confucianism to interpret their own opinions in order to prove that they were erudite in literature and knowledge, so as to be promoted.

Of course, Chu Mo didn't think so, how could the answers of 30,000 people, such the same opinion, stand out? Chu Mo rolled his eyes, and then picked up his pen and wrote.

"Sigh the phoenix, hurt Lin and complain about the poor!"

Chu ink pen dragon snake, the momentum of its words, majestic atmosphere, into the wood three points, its words are more profound, the way of the world, Confucianism is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, but this kind of thinking, can not save the country!

In one go, Chu Mo did not hesitate, wrote his name and number on the back of the word, and then got up to leave.

When Chu Mo got up, everyone was dumbfounded, how long has it been since the proposition was made, and someone handed in the papers? Everyone secretly guessed in their hearts that if this person was either a fool, he was a prodigy!