The imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty was extremely cruel, the imperial examination once every three years, the scholars of the entire empire participated, and finally those who could go to the end to become Jinshi, even if they counted the same Jinshi, there were only 400 people, this terrible admission rate was really desperate.

Someone once counted that during the Ming and Qing dynasties, it took at least 30 years on average for a child to start reading until he finally became a jinshi.

Except for those who are gifted, most of them are over 30 years old when they are promoted to the middle age and are beginning to enter middle age.

Because of this, when Lin Nuo, who looked extremely young, walked on the street, he immediately attracted a lot of attention.

Even if Xiu'er, a woman with a light veil covering her face, was beside him, there were still some silk handkerchiefs floating through the air from time to time, spilling around Lin Nuo.

Lin Nuo looked up, only to see that in the attics on both sides of the street, from time to time, young girls to be married poked their heads out, and after a timid, shy glance, they withdrew their gaze, and the bold ones kept waving directly at Lin Nuo, trying to get his attention.

This kind of scene happens every year during the imperial examination, and the people of the capital have long been accustomed to it, after all, which girl does not have a spring? Who doesn't want to find a talented and beautiful person with a bright future? In this regard, Lin Nuo only smiled slightly, but did not make any reaction, and together with Xiu'er, he walked calmly towards the tribute courtyard where the examination was located.

In the same process as the previous township test, candidates are divided according to the province and enter the Gongyuan in turn, and the first thing to do is to search extremely strictly.

After some inspection, Lin Nuo was guided into the dragon gate of the Gongyuan, and together with the candidates from various provinces who had been disrupted, he began to look for the number house where he was.

Fortunately, he entered Beijing earlier and registered early, so the assigned number room is a good location, spacious and bright without damage, and there is no need to worry about the wind and rain wetting the exam papers.

In a good mood, Lin Nuo first cleaned the house, and when the house was cleaned up, it was already noon, and it was time for lunch.

For other candidates, it is simple to eat some steamed buns with hot water to make do, and he doesn't dare to waste time, but Lin Nuo is different, he hasn't even read the exam papers, but first stir-fried the dishes on the stove in the number house, and as soon as a few fragrant side dishes came out of the pot, even the soldiers who were invigilating in the aisle were attracted to it.

The invigilator soldier first looked carefully in the Lin Nuo dormitory for a while, and then walked away speechlessly, he had invigilated the exam many times in his life, but like this kind of strange candidate who was like going out on an outing, humming quietly while stir-frying, he was really the first time he had seen it!

Mei Zizi ate three large cakes with side dishes, Lin Nuo stretched comfortably, and then lazily opened the exam paper.

In fact, there is not much difference between the general examination and the township examination, and the content of the first session is still three questions and four book questions, and four questions of the five scriptures.

However, in contrast, in the township examination, the most important thing in the examination is the three questions and four book questions, because these three questions are written by the emperor himself, so the examiner will also focus on this aspect.

Basically, if you don't get into the tribute, you will all look at these three questions, these three questions are answered well, and as long as you don't hand in the blank paper for the later questions, basically a tribute can't run.

But if these three questions are not answered well, even if the answers in the next few exams are good, it is useless, throughout the entire Ming Dynasty imperial examination, I have never heard of anyone relying on the tributes in the latter two exams.

Compared with other candidates, Lin Nuo has the advantage of being well-read and memorable, so in this examination, he did not show off his personality too much according to the advice of the examiner surnamed Li at the beginning, but quoted the scriptures and classics steadily, and answered the three articles and four books questions very rigorously.

This approach may not be too brilliant, but it is extremely safe, because there is no fault in any way, and it is difficult for whoever is the examiner to mark the paper to put this kind of examination paper into the falling paper.

This time, the content of Lin Nuo's answers was more rigorous than in the Nosato test, and every allusion was quoted after careful consideration, and by the time the seven articles were written, it was already noon on the second day.

The general examination is different from the township examination, the three examinations of the township examination are taken separately, and after each examination, candidates can leave and go home to rest, and then continue to the next examination when the time is up.

However, the general examination is not possible, and candidates must complete three examinations in a row, and only after the names on the test papers are completely collected can they end the examination and leave the venue with other candidates.

After a few days of exams, most of the candidates looked sick and pale, and some of them were frostbitten and frostbitten because of insufficient preparation of warm clothes.

Lin Nuo was physically strong and fine, and he even had time to cultivate his internal strength, and when he walked out, it was not early, and there were not many people in front of the gate of the Gongyuan.

"Brother Lin, you're coming out!"

As soon as he walked out of the Tribute Courtyard, Xu Wei, who was a little plumper than before, couldn't wait to come over, "I've been waiting here for more than half an hour, and I thought you had an accident inside!"

"Brother Xu is too worried, I just accidentally overslept. ”

Lin Nuo looked at Xu Wei, this guy's eyes were as black as panda eyes, it seemed that he hadn't slept well during the exam in the past few days, and patted him on the shoulder and said: "Brother Xu must be extremely tired, let's go back and rest early, the list will be released tomorrow, don't be rude in front of people!"

Xu Wei nodded, forced to endure sleep, and after the two said goodbye to each other, they boarded the carriage with the support of the scholar and rushed towards the residence.

Seeing the other party leave, Lin Nuo stood in place and pondered for a moment before turning around, on the opposite street, Xiu'er, who was dressed as a woman with a light veil, had been waiting there for a long time.

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The day of the examination is very fast, and the ranking will be determined the next day after the examination is completed.

Early the next morning, the list will be posted in the Ministry of Rites, and countless teams will be sent to report the good news to the nouveau riche living in all corners of the capital.

Lin Nuo did not go to the Ministry of Rites to see the list, but stayed in the room, playing chess with Xu Wei.

Lin Nuo really didn't care, he could be sure that as long as the examiners who scored the papers did not cheat for personal gain, he would never fall off the list.

It was Xu Wei, although he seemed calm on his face, but in fact, he was extremely concerned about this matter in his heart, and the hand holding the chess pieces would always tremble slightly inadvertently, which showed that his heart was already nervous to the extreme.

"Knock knock!"

The sound of gongs and drums sounded from outside the inn, and after a while, Xu Wei, who was still holding on, suddenly couldn't hold on, and directly put down the chess pieces and got up.

"Brother Lin, there must be a fellow villager who has been selected, let's go and take a look!"