[Comprehensive Wear] A good brother's life

The tenth day of April is the day of the government examination.

On the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, Lin Huaiyu woke up at Yinshi on time.At this time, at three o'clock in the morning, the sky was not yet bright, but the Lin Mansion was as bright as day.

Although it is already April, the morning is still cold.When Lin Huaiyu walked out of the room, a chill hit him, making him shiver.

Lin Huaiyu was not in a hurry to go to the dining hall to have breakfast, but first played a set of punches in his yard to exercise his body.Half an hour later, his body was sweating profusely, and he was completely awake.After cleaning up, he went to the dining hall to have breakfast.

Lin Ruhai and Xiao Daiyu were already waiting for him in the dining room, "Father, you don't have to get up so early to accompany me to have breakfast, and you don't have to send me to the prefectural examination institute."

"Brother, today is the day for your government exam. My father and I must accompany you to have breakfast, and we will definitely send you to the exam." Xiao Daiyu's tone was very serious, "Brother, hurry up and sit down and have breakfast."

Lin Haiyu sat down beside her sister, "I'm not a child."

Xiao Daiyu personally served her brother a bowl of japonica rice and lean meat porridge, and peeled two boiled eggs for Lin Huaiyu.

"Brother eat."

"Thank you, sister." Lin Huaiyu touched her sister's face, then picked up the bowl and chopsticks and started eating.

Lin Ru had breakfast by the sea, and told Lin Huaiyu about some things about the government examination.Although he said it before, he still worried about telling him again.

Lin Huaiyu didn't dislike Lin Ruhai's long-winded words, on the contrary, he listened very seriously.

After breakfast, Nanny Zhang brought Lin Huaiyu a cape made of red fox fur.

"Master, it's very cold in the morning, you'd better wear a cloak." Although it's already April, it's still very cold in the morning and evening, especially in the morning.

Lin Ruhai took the cloak from Nanny Zhang and put it on Lin Huaiyu herself.

"Be careful of catching a cold."

The red cloak made Lin Huaiyu's skin fairer and her eyebrows more delicate.

Nanny Zhang exclaimed in her heart, there is probably no one in this world who is more suitable for red than the young master.

Lin Huaiyu lowered her head and rubbed the fur on the side of the cloak and hat with her face, it was very soft and comfortable.

"It's much warmer, let's go."

The examination room of the government examination is not very far from the Lin family, and it takes three quarters of an hour to go there by carriage.When they arrived at the government examination institute, many candidates were already waiting in the square at the gate.

After Lin Huaiyu talked to Lin Ruhai and the others, he jumped off the carriage and went to line up.

Wearing a red cloak, he looked particularly "outstanding" in the dimly lit square. In addition to his good looks, he immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Before, when taking the county exam, someone was in the same exam room as him, instantly recognized him, and introduced him to others as the head of the county exam, causing a commotion.

Regarding the various gazes cast on him, Lin Huaiyu was very calm, and lined up calmly, waiting for the gate of the examination room to open.

"Do you know that the chief case of our county examination this year is said to be only 13 years old, the youngest case chief in our Yangzhou history?"

"13 years old, is it true or not?"

"Really, he's really only 13 years old."

"This... is too powerful."

"I heard that there are a lot of people taking the county exam this year, and there are many re-exams. He took the county exam for the first time at a young age and got the first place in the exam. It's really amazing."

"You don't know, the chief of the case is very talented in Yangzhou City, he is good at writing articles and poems, and he can also draw."

"Yes, yes, his paintings are very famous."

"Then isn't he a genius?"

"Many people say he is a genius, but he doesn't admit it himself."

"It's fine if you pass the examination at a young age, why do you still look so good-looking?"

"Mr. Lin is still a famous handsome man in our Yangzhou city."

Lin Huaiyu vaguely heard someone talking about him, but he didn't care.He found that more and more people gathered in the square.After a quick scan, he found that there were more people taking the government test than the county test before.

During the county examination, candidates from all eight counties in Yangzhou participated, and the total number of candidates was several thousand.After being screened by the county examination, half of them could not participate in the government examination.I thought that there were not many people taking the government test, but I didn't want to have more people than the county test.It seems that many people retake the government exam.

There are limits to the number of people admitted to the county examination, government examination, and hospital examination every year, and they are not randomly admitted.Moreover, the number of admissions in each state capital is also limited.For example, in Yangzhou this year, the total number of people admitted in the county examination, government examination, and hospital examination is [-].The number of admissions for the three exams in Gusu is [-].

The reason why Gusu has more admissions than Yangzhou is mainly because Gusu is larger than Yangzhou, and there are more counties under it than Yangzhou.

It was just an analogy, and it does not mean that the number of people admitted to the three exams in Yangzhou this year is really 800.Last year, only [-] people were accepted for the three exams in Yangzhou.I heard that last year, the total number of candidates for the three exams in Yangzhou was two to three thousand, but only a quarter of them were admitted. The competition was very fierce.

However, due to the small number of people admitted last year, it seems that the number of people admitted will be expanded this year. It is not yet clear how many people will be added.However, judging from the general number of people who were passed in the county examination, this time I am afraid that the number of people admitted in the government examination and hospital examination will increase.

Many candidates came one after another, and the entrance of the government examination institute suddenly became very lively.Some people were reminiscing and chatting, some were endorsing books, some were praying to God and worshiping Buddha, and some were walking back and forth nervously.

The government test is different from the county test.Previously, there were several examination venues for the county examination, but there was only one examination venue for the prefectural examination, and that was the Yangzhou Prefectural Examination Institute.

The Yangzhou Prefecture Examination Institute is very large, and it is said that it can accommodate seven to eight thousand people at its peak.These 8000 people participated in the government examination was a matter of the previous dynasty, which was in its prime at that time.It has not been 8000 years since the founding of the Daqing Dynasty, and it has not yet ushered in a prosperous age, so there are not as many students taking the imperial examinations as in the previous dynasty.

Lin Huaiyu met no acquaintances.Friends who play well with him, those who are older than him have taken the imperial examination in the first two years.No one of his age took part in this year's imperial examination except him.Friends of his age felt that it was too early to take the imperial examination this year, and decided to take it again in two years.

He soon saw the gray-haired old man in the crowd.Before, when I took the county exam, I didn't meet old people and middle-aged people. I didn't expect to meet them when I took the county exam, and there were quite a few of them.

There are many people who have studied books for decades and failed to pass the exam, and they will continue to take the exam until they pass the exam.

Although Xiucai is the lowest honor in all imperial examinations, being a scholar in the examination is very important to ordinary people's families.

If you pass the examination as a scholar, you don't need to kneel down and salute when you meet the magistrate, and the magistrate cannot torture him.If you pass the examination as a scholar, you can also exempt yourself and your family from corvee labor, and some will also exempt the rent of several acres of land.Not only that, scholars can also receive rice from the government, sometimes fish, oil and salt, and even money.The most important thing is to be a scholar in the exam, and the social status will also be improved, which is higher than that of ordinary people.

A small scholar will have such a good status and treatment. Students will naturally have to work hard to pass the exam, so even if they are old, they still have to take the exam until they pass the exam.

Lin Huaiyu admires these people who have been taking the imperial examinations.To be honest, taking the imperial examinations all the time is not something ordinary people can do, after all, the pressure is great.

At the beginning of Mao, the gate of the government examination institute opened, and candidates entered the compound in an orderly manner.

After entering the compound, I found that it was very spacious and the environment was very good, much better than the previous county examination room.Of course, the number of yamen servants and guards is also more than the county test.

Candidates lined up one by one, quietly and orderly waiting to be checked.

The rules of the government test are much stricter than those of the county test. For example, you can't bring anything into the test room of the government test, not even pens, ink, paper and inkstones, which will be distributed uniformly in the test room.When taking the county test before, candidates not only brought pens, ink, paper and inkstones, but also brought various things into the examination room.Lin Huaiyu also brought a charcoal fire, a stove, and quilts into the examination room.However, in the government examination, these things are not allowed to be brought into the examination room, even food is not allowed.

Just like the county exam, the government exam is a whole day. If you are not allowed to bring food, you don't have to worry about what the candidates eat for lunch.At noon, two large steamed buns will be uniformly distributed in the examination room to make lunch for the candidates.As for the candidates, it doesn't matter if they are full or not.

Candidates were checked one by one by taking off their clothes and shoes and socks.Fortunately, it is now April, and the weather has warmed up a lot, not as cold as it was during the Kao County Examination.

The examinee in front of Lin Huaiyu was checked very roughly by two yamen servants, his clothes were checked over and over again, and he was also pulled back and forth.The clothes that were originally patched with various patches were pulled so roughly, of course they would be torn.

Candidates were dissatisfied when they saw this situation, but they did not dare to say anything.

The reason why the clothes are carefully checked is to prevent someone from sewing interlayers in the clothes and hiding cheat sheets in the interlayers.For example, sewing interlayers and hiding cheat sheets in clothes is the most common means of cheating, and it is also the focus of inspections.

The examinee in front of Lin Huaiyu mainly had a lot of patches on his clothes. The officials were worried that there might be a cheat sheet hidden in the patches on his clothes, so they took some time to check.After checking again and again and confirming that there were no problems, the officials let him pass.

When it was Lin Huaiyu's turn, the two yamen servants were startled by his appearance.Later, when they saw him wearing a fox fur cloak, they guessed that his family background was not simple.

Lin Huaiyu handed the document symbolizing his identity to the yamen servant on the right, and then began to undress and hand it over to the yamen servant on the left for inspection.

The yamen servant on the right saw that Lin Huaiyu was Lin Ruhai's son, and immediately cast a look at the yamen servant on the left.The yamen servant on the left understood instantly, and he was much gentler when checking Lin Huaiyu's clothes, not as rough as he was with the candidate wearing patched clothes before.

"Hello Mr. Lin." The yamen servant on the right had a flattering smile on his face, bowed his body slightly, and shouted at Lin Huaiyu in a very polite tone.

Seeing the flattering attitude of the yamen on the right, Lin Huaiyu was not surprised at all. He nodded calmly to the yamen on the right, and then quietly waited for the yamen on the left to check.

Every piece of clothing on Lin Huaiyu is not cheap, whether it is the fabric or the embroidery on the clothes, they are all excellent.When the yamen servant on the left checked his clothes, he was not only very gentle, but also cautious, for fear that he would accidentally damage Lin Huaiyu's clothes.

The yamen servants checked Lin Huaiyu's clothes very quickly and let him pass in a short while.

Lin Huaiyu took his identity document, that is, the admission ticket, and went to the examination room where he was.

His examination room is in the first examination room.The examination room is arranged according to the results of the previous county examination, which means that the candidates in the first examination room are all the best in the county examination.

The seat Lin Huaiyu found was actually the first one.It is a small room like the county examination, with a long table and a chair inside.On the long table are two brushes, an inkstone, an ink, and a small basin of clear water.

His seat is good, but it is relatively close to the gate.The door is open now, and the wind blows in from time to time. Fortunately, he is dressed warmly and is not afraid of the cold.When the exam officially starts, the gate will be closed, and there will be no wind at that time.

Lin Huaiyu found that he was the first to enter the examination room, and the candidates who had been checked before him were not in this examination room, but in other examination rooms.

Not long after, people came in one after another.Soon, all the candidates in the first examination room arrived.

After a while, the big bell of the government examination institute rang.After three beeps, the government examination officially began.

Lin Huaiyu was a little surprised when he found out that the chief examiner in their examination room was the magistrate, but soon he didn't care.

The magistrate first talked about some rules of the exam, then gave some words of encouragement, and finally asked the government servants and guards to distribute the test papers.

Lin Huaiyu was the first to get the test paper, first wrote his name on the test paper, and then began to carefully check the test paper for any errors, omissions or ambiguities. After making sure that there were no problems, he began to look at the test questions.

The content of the government examination is mainly the Four Books and Five Classics.The contents of all imperial examinations are the Four Books and Five Classics.

The content of the first part of the first test is the content in the Four Books and Five Classics, which is actually the content in the Four Books and Five Classics.For example, if the topic is "Learn the New by Reviewing the Past", the examinee must silently write down the entire content of Xue Er Pian, explain it, and finally write the post-reading impression of this content.

The content of the second part is the scriptures and theory.

There is no policy theory when taking the county test, but the policy theory is tested in the government test. From this point, it can be seen that the difficulty of the government test is more difficult than the county test.

The dictation content in the first part of the test was too easy for Lin Huaiyu.He has memorized every content of the Four Books and Five Classics by heart, but of course he has not reached the level of memorizing them backwards.

It is also easy for him to get the scriptures and policy theory in the second part of the test.He is very good at writing articles on classics and policy theory, better than writing poetry.Ye Wenfu and Song Xiuwen were full of praise for his articles on classics and theory.

Lin Huaiyu answered the questions backwards, first writing the topics of the scriptures and policy theory.Of course, before answering the questions, make a draft on the manuscript paper.

The entire examination room was very quiet, so quiet that even a needle could be heard when it fell on the ground.This terrible silence made the candidates who were already very nervous become uneasy.

The chief examiner, Mr. Zhifu, began to patrol around, stopping in front of a certain candidate from time to time to see how the candidate answered the questions.

When the timid and nervous examinee saw the magistrate in front of him, he panicked and even trembled.Once you tremble, the pen in your hand will be unstable, and the ink from the nib will drip on the test paper, staining the surface of the paper.

It is not a small matter to stain the paper, and the examiner who corrects the test paper will deduct points.Paper scores are not only available in modern examinations, they have existed as early as in ancient imperial examinations.

Seeing that he had frightened the examinee, the magistrate immediately turned and left, and went to the next examinee.He found that the candidates in this class were relatively timid, and they would be frightened and nervous when they saw him.

He continued to walk forward and walked in front of the eight case chiefs in this year's county examination.

Lin Huaiyu didn't know that the first eight positions in the first examination room were the heads of the eight counties.He noticed that the prefect walked in front of him and stopped, but he didn't care.

The magistrate stood in front of Lin Huaiyu, staring at his manuscript paper.Seeing that he was writing a policy theory, I was a little surprised in my heart.Generally speaking, candidates would first silently write the content of the Four Books and Five Classics, and finally write the policy theory. Unexpectedly, Lin Huaiyu wrote the policy theory first.

The reason why Lin Huaiyu wrote policy theory first was because she felt that her brain was sober in the morning.In the afternoon, people tend to get sleepy, and it is easier to write the contents of the Four Books and Five Classics.

The magistrate saw that Lin Huaiyu didn't panic in the face of him, and answered his questions very seriously and calmly, which surprised him very much.Just now, when he patrolled all the way, the examinees would be nervous and frightened when they saw him, and they were so frightened that they didn't know how to answer the questions, but Lin Huaiyu didn't.

Lin Huaiyu directly ignored the magistrate standing in front of him, and wrote his strategy on the manuscript paper eloquently.

The magistrate read the policy theory written by Lin Huaiyu, and soon his expression changed, and he became serious.The more he watched, the more frightened he became, and the more curious he became, as a result, he forgot to leave for a while, and stayed in front of Lin Huaiyu all the time.

If it were someone else, the magistrate had been standing in front of him all the time, and he might have been scared to death long ago, guessing in his heart whether he didn't answer well.However, Lin Huaiyu's expression did not change at all, he still ignored the existence of the magistrate, and continued to write his policy with a steady state of mind.

Only then did the magistrate realize that he had been standing in front of Lin Huaiyu for a long time, so he hurriedly left and went to the next candidate.

The examinee was writing the content silently, and when he saw the magistrate standing in front of him, he panicked and almost made a typo.

The magistrate looked at it for a while, then left, and continued to move forward to the next candidate.

Among the candidates in the entire examination room, only Lin Huaiyu was writing the strategy theory, and everyone else was answering the first part of the examination questions.After making a round of inspection, the magistrate felt that it was not interesting, so he returned to Lin Huaiyu and continued to watch Lin Huaiyu's writing.

Lin Huaiyu finished writing his theory and was writing the contents of the draft paper to the test paper.

The magistrate has read Lin Huaiyu's entire policy this time.After reading it, the way he looked at Lin Huaiyu changed, and he exclaimed in his heart, as expected of Master Lin's son, this strategy is so beautifully written.

After Lin Huaiyu finished copying the policy theory, he began to answer the scriptures and meanings.

The title of Jingyi's examination question is "Mencius", and the title is the familiar "Heaven sent a great responsibility to the people of Sri Lanka".

This question seems easy to answer, but it is not easy to answer it well and ingeniously.The most important thing is that this question was tested ten years ago.It is not an easy task to answer better than ten years ago.

Regarding the meaning of this question, Lin Huaiyu did not know how many times he wrote it.Just before the government examination, he also wrote a classic article on this question.

Lin Huaiyu took it easy and wrote it quickly.

The magistrate saw that he was writing like a fly, and he answered the classics and righteousness questions in a short while, and he answered very well, which shocked him again.

After answering the contents of the scriptures and policies, before noon, Lin Huaiyu began to silently write the contents of the Four Books and Five Classics.

This part of the content is too simple for Lin Huaiyu, and he can write it all without using his brain.By the time the steamed buns were distributed at noon, he had already answered all the questions.

After eating two steamed buns, Lin Huaiyu lay down on the table and took a nap.

In the afternoon, all the examinees were busy writing scriptures and theory, and Lin Huaiyu was the only one sleeping on the table, looking very out of place.

The magistrate continued his inspection in the afternoon, looking at the content of the candidates' answers to the scriptures and theories one by one.After looking around, I found that Lin Huaiyu was the best writer of Jingyi and Celun.The scriptures and policy theory written by the case chiefs of the other seven counties are also good, but they are not as good as those of Lin Huaiyu.

In the afternoon, Lin Huaiyu woke up several times in the middle of the journey. After all, it was uncomfortable to sleep on the table, and she would often be woken up by numbness.After waking up, change the position and continue to sleep.

Every time the magistrate passed by Lin Huaiyu, seeing that he was sleeping soundly, he would walk lightly.

When other candidates saw Lin Huaiyu's appearance, some disdained, some envied, and some laughed.

After sleeping for a whole afternoon, Lin Huaiyu didn't wake up until the bell of the government examination institute rang again.

After the yamen servants finished collecting the test papers, he would lead the way out of the test room.Due to sleeping on her stomach for too long, half of Lin Huaiyu's body was numb from sleep, and she limped out of the examination room.

Lin Butler and Liu Jinu were waiting at the door, seeing their young master limping out, they immediately became nervous and worried.

"Master, what's wrong with you?"

Seeing the worried eyes of Lin Butler and the others, Lin Huaiyu smiled at them reassuringly: "It's okay, but the legs and feet are a little numb."

"Master, why are your legs numb?"

"Sleeping well." Lin Huaiyu said while moving her still paralyzed body, "Sleeping on the table is really uncomfortable."

Lin Steward and Liu Jinu: "..." They were worried for nothing.

With the help of Lin Butler and Liu Jinu, Lin Huaiyu climbed into the carriage with great difficulty.

Lin Ruhai saw his son's abnormality at a glance, and asked with concern: "Brother Huai, what's wrong with you, what's wrong?"

"Father, I'm fine, but I've been lying on the table for a long time, half of my body is numb."

"Brother, you are sleeping again."

"Slept all afternoon."

Xiao Daiyu teased, "Brother, are you taking the imperial examination, or are you going to sleep?"

Lin Huaiyu smiled and said, "I take the imperial examination in the morning and sleep in the afternoon." After speaking, he complained with some dissatisfaction, "I don't understand why the imperial examination cannot be handed in in advance?"

"Brother, where are you numb, let me rub it for you?"

"The arm is numb, and the leg is also numb." Lin Huaiyu stretched out his left arm in front of his sister, "Rub my hands first."

"Okay." Xiao Daiyu obediently massaged her brother's arm vigorously.

"I slept all afternoon, it seems that the exam questions are very simple."

"It's quite simple." Lin Huaiyu told Lin Ruhai about all the exam questions.

After hearing this, Lin Ruhai said, "This year's government examination is easier than last year's. It seems that this year's government examination will increase the number of people admitted."

"It should be, otherwise such a simple question wouldn't come up."

For Lin Huaiyu, the questions of this year's government examination are very simple, but for others, it is not as simple as he said.