The Road to the Imperial Examinations of Farmers in Ancient Times

April [-]th is the day when the government examination starts.

Li Wen went to bed early last night, probably because he didn't have too much burden in his heart. He slept very deeply and didn't wake up until the next day.On weekdays, it is about this time to get up and go to school, so the biological clock wakes up at this point on time.

"Knock Knock-"

Hearing the knock on the door, knowing that there was a servant Lu Zhishu had sent to wake him up, Li Wen went to open the door and said to the person outside, "Please tell Zhishu that I'm already up, and I'll wake up later." past."

Li Shanshan next door was thinking about his son's exam, but he didn't sleep well last night and woke up early this morning.Hearing his son's voice, Li Shanshan went over to help his son dress and tie his hair.

Li Wen also enjoyed the care and love from his own father, and he found that the hair tied by his father was no better than his own.After washing up, without any delay, Li Wen and his father went to the front hall in a short while.

Lu Zhishu was waiting for them here, and said to Li Wen who came, "Let's eat something before going out."

"good.,'

Breakfast was placed on the table, and they set off after a simple meal

Before going out, Lu Zhishu asked him, "Have you taken all the things for the exam?"

"It's all ready. Where's yours?" Li Wen asked.

"Mine is fine." Lu Zhishu's things were prepared for him by the steward at home, so there will be no problems

subject.

"Let's go."

"Master, watch your step."

At this moment, the sky outside was still dark, and the road was still unclear. In front of them were housekeepers and servants with lanterns to illuminate the road. On the road, many candidates gathered in the same direction.The place where they lived was not very far from the examination room, and it was only half a stick of incense on foot.

By the time they arrived outside the examination room, there were already many people queuing up.

"Master, at the front." The butler had already asked the servants to come over to take up the position, and they could stand directly when they arrived.

Go in.

Ma Dan still has this kind of operation? !He didn't even know that Li Wen found himself falling behind.No wonder he saw that Lu Zhishu was not in a hurry along the way. It turned out that the housekeeper at home had even arranged this for him.

"Li Wen, what's the matter?" Lu Zhishu asked why he looked at him like that.

"No, it's nothing." Li Wen grinned and said to Lu Zhishu sincerely, "Come on, take the test hard!"

"You too." Lu Zhishu said with a slight smile.

The candidates in front of and behind them are all older than them, and the two standing here are a bit conspicuous.Lu Zhishu's figure is thin and straight, and now he looks like a young man.Li Wen didn't turn eight years old until his birthday in May.Among the candidates who took the government examination, both of them were relatively young.

The candidates who came to take the government examination this time were all young students, most of whom were above the age. Some people failed the government examination several times after passing the county examination.For example, Li Wen knew about Li Xiulin. He heard that Li Xiulin also came to Fucheng to take the exam this time, but they didn't meet each other.

Even in the same village, Li Wen and Li Xiulin rarely met each other, and they were basically unfamiliar.

This is also because the government test is much more difficult than the county test, so many people have passed the county test, but have not passed the test on the way to the government test.This is a small government test, and so many people are stuck at this step, and it stops here.

On the road of imperial examination, the higher the level, the more difficult it is, and the calculation is ten times, a hundred times or even more.Those who can pass the exam are selected from one in a hundred, one in a thousand, and one in a thousand. Every time the person who can be selected is the most outstanding person in this group.Li Wen didn't know which step he could get in the exam. All he could do was try to pass every exam well and prepare for the next step.

"Li Wen, Zhishu, why did you come so early?" Shen Zijing came from behind, he came with Su Yuan, and he saw Li Wen and Lu Zhishu standing in the crowd at a glance.Li Wen really hit the mark, they met outside the examination room.

Li Wen was very happy to see Shen Zijing and Su Yuan. We hadn't seen each other for a few days, but now was not the time for them to reminisce, so after a few people greeted each other, Li Wen asked them to queue up quickly.

"Hurry up and line up, you should be able to enter the arena soon." Li Wen noticed the eyes of the people behind them looking at them, maybe they were afraid that Shen Zijing and Su Yuan would intervene, the eyes they were looking at them just now I'm upset.He saw that the line was already at the very end, so he asked Shen Zijing and Su Yuan to go to the back to line up.

"Don't worry, the servants at home have already taken a seat for us." Shen Zijing pointed to the front and said.

Well, it seems that he was worrying blindly!

These wealthy children are all doing this kind of operation, and they have asked the servants from the family to come over to reserve seats for them early on.When they come over, let the servants occupying the place come out and let them stand in.

There are many such things, so even if someone is dissatisfied, they dare not say anything.

If you are not convinced, you can also let the servants in the family come to occupy the seat early.

After greeting Li Wen and Lu Zhishu, Shen Zijing and Su Yuan also went to line up.

"Orbital--,"

"Stand up, stand up, stand up^"

The gate blocked by the examination room was opened, and the Yamen clerk shouted at the door, "Candidates are starting to enter the arena. The people in front line up and check one by one before they can enter."

This time the chief examiner is the magistrate Wang Zhouling. Wang Zhouling is in his forties, and he has been in office for five years.If there are a few good candidates this year, and this year's performance assessment is excellent, he still has a chance to be promoted, otherwise his official career in this life will come to an end.

Before coming here, Wang Zhouling specifically looked at the list of candidates for this year, and was very satisfied with this year's candidates.

Candidates in front began to check in the past.

The inspection of the government examination is stricter than the inspection of the county examination. The government office responsible for checking the candidates must check each candidate carefully, and only after there are no problems can they be admitted.Candidates who pass have to go to Mr. Wang to confirm whether they are themselves and whether there are impostors and other things.If this kind of thing is discovered, not only the candidates will be banned from taking the imperial examination for three years, but even the guarantors will be implicated.

Mrs. Wang, who was dressed in a government mansion, sat inside the gate, took the examinee's papers and compared them, and only after confirming that it was him could he put them in.The annual imperial examination is related to his political achievements. If something happens, he will even throw away the black hat on his head. Therefore, Mr. Wang also attaches great importance to the examination and does not dare to be sloppy at all.

"Father, I'm going in, you can go back and wait for me, you don't need to be here, I won't be able to come out until after the exam in the afternoon.

"Well, take the exam well, don't be nervous, Dad will pick you up later."

They were at the front of the line, and after waiting for about half an hour, it was their turn.Lu Zhishu stood in front, and Li Wen stood behind him, so he arrived after Lu Zhishu finished checking.

Lu Zhishu, who had been checked earlier, had already gone to Mr. Wang to confirm the candidates' information.

"Lu Zhishu?"

"It is student 0,

"Well, let's go in." Seeing Lu Zhishu's person, Wang Zhouling nodded with satisfaction, and let him in.

Li Wen followed Lu Zhishu forward and asked the clerk to check his things. The pens, inks, papers and inkstones for the exam in the basket, oh, any paper and other things are not allowed to be carried, and the rest of the exam equipment can be used. bring.

The prefectural exam is the same as the county exam, and there are five exams in total, one a day, roll call before dawn, and papers are handed in the day after the exam.

So they have to take the test for a day in it, so candidates can bring some dry food to eat.

Li Wen found that the examination this time was indeed much stricter than the previous county examination. The yamen's hands touched his body inch by inch, and his belt had to be untied.He looked at the Yacha and wanted to pull up his pants to look inside. Li Wen was so frightened that he grabbed his trousers tightly with one hand, and looked at the Yacha: Brother, what do you want to do?

The shoes on his feet were also taken off, and the clerk touched and looked at them, and even the brush he used for writing had to be pulled out and checked to see if there was anything trapped inside.

I heard that the later the exam, the stricter the inspection, Li Wen felt his scalp tingling just thinking about it.

"Pass.,'

"Thank you bro."

After such a careful examination, every examinee gave off a ghostly look.Li Wen hurriedly wrapped his belt back, put on his shoes, arranged his clothes, and took his own basket before going inside.

Very good, the dry food was broken open piece by piece for him again, saving him from having to bite open himself later.

After checking there earlier, Li Wen took his paperwork to Master Wang who was in charge of the invigilation this time to make sure.

"Ask Li?"

"It's the students."

Master Wang compared the documents in his hand with the candidates' information, glanced at the candidates in front of him, and after confirming that there was no problem, he nodded and said, "Young people are awesome, let's go in."

"Thank you, my lord." Li Wen kept his eyes down all the time, looking at the bottom of his feet, and did not look directly at the sitting chair.

The one in front is Mr. Wang.He knows that the superiors don't like others to look at him directly, which will be regarded as a kind of disrespect.

After completing the last step of inspection, Li Wen got his test card, compared it with the card in his hand, and found the dormitory where he took the test.

He and Lu Zhishu went to check one after another, but the exam halls were not connected.

With the experience of the last exam, Li Wen started to clean the dust inside the dormitory as soon as he entered the dormitory, wiped all the tables and chairs, and then put the things down one by one, sat down in his place and waited for the exam to start.

Li Wen glanced at the examinees opposite, they were all strangers.

There were quite a few people who came to take the prefectural examination this time. Qu'an Mansion is a relatively large prefectural city. Candidates from the following counties gathered in Qu'an Mansion to take the exam, so many students from other places came to take the exam.

Candidates come in one by one, and when the last candidate enters, the gate is closed.

During the subsequent exams, no matter what happens inside, the gate will not be opened until after the exam is over.