In the capital at the beginning of February, the north wind is no longer strong, but it is a hidden needle. When you pass through your cheeks, you will feel pain like a knife cutting through dry skin.

Lin Haoran stood in front of the house number, his expression depressed.

But I can't figure it out, he was born so handsome, but he wants to be a neighbor with a mouse. Although there is no logic in this statement, it represents his bad state of mind at the moment.

In the pit inside, several piles of black rat droppings are being sprinkled. There are some that have been dried like stones, and there are also wet feces that can still emit a smell, all of which prove that this is a habitat for rats.

Slowly raising his head, the tile roof is very tight, but there is no trace of a mouse. It's just that there is a huge gap between the beams and trees, and there is no guarantee that Comrade Mouse will come back in the evening to sleep and have dinner.

It is worth mentioning that this will test is slightly different from the township test.

After each township test, you can hand in the papers and leave the Gongyuan, and come back the next morning to take the next exam; After each session, you are not allowed to leave the Tribute Academy, and you need to complete all three examinations before you can leave.

That's why he had to stay here for nine days and eight nights, and he couldn't leave until February 14.

Lin Haoran sighed deeply, put the things down, and cleaned them carefully. Now he can only comfort himself, which is a good result compared to the legendary Stinky Horn and the Snake's Nest.

Since the Enke Township Trial was held here in September last year, the house was much cleaner than that of the Guangzhou Gongyuan, so it was not too difficult to clean.

Although there was no hole in the roof above his head and it only snowed at this time, he hung a prepared tarpaulin on it to protect against rats, especially female rats in heat, even if it did not rain.

Unlike the Guangzhou Gongyuan, there is no longer a wooden plank on the top and bottom of the house, but a kang and a movable wooden board that can be used as a dining table and a desk.

After removing the planks, he spread a quilt on the kang. I have to admire the test shop, this mattress is the right size on the kang, and the quilt is the cover, so you don't have to care about the size.

Since he belonged to the group that entered relatively early, after cleaning the house number, there was no movement on the side of Mingyuan Building, and it is estimated that there are still a large group of candidates outside who are still queuing up to search.

Lin Haoran lit the coals and began to make breakfast.

The fresh meat, shrimp and lamb kidneys brought in are cleaned, then skewered with bamboo skewers and grilled in a charcoal basin. In addition, he simply cooked half a pot of vegetable broth.

From the time to the present, it is impossible to say how hungry you are, but having regular eating habits will undoubtedly make people more handsome. And in these nine days, he plans to change to a two-meal system in the morning and evening, which should be to lose weight.

Since he was close to the outside of the examination alley on the eleventh, the candidates who came in generally passed by here, smelling the fragrant barbecue, and their eyes were full of resentment.

Lin Haoran ate the roasted lamb kidney, tasted this fragrant food, and looked at the candidates passing by from time to time.

Since the Ministry of Rites will try its best to disperse the candidates from the same province, the people who pass in front of him are really from all over the world, and even he saw the people of Annam who are not far from Guangdong.

It is worth mentioning that due to the restlessness of the Annan Kingdom, Yu Jiajing was demoted from a vassal state to a dependent territory in the eighteenth year of Jiajing.

It's just that it is too poor, and there are no mineral resources, and the grain handed over is not as good as that of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, so the imperial court does not pay much attention to this territory.

After eating, he yawned, and had not slept well last night, when sleepiness suddenly hit.

The kang didn't have a little temperature, but I didn't know if it was a decoration, or if it would be a fire until the real exam started. Lin Haoran spread out the quilt, and then cowered on the kang to prepare to sleep for a while.

The wind outside suddenly became stronger, and there was a whirring sound, and he was curled up in the covers. Although the place is indeed a little smaller, it makes him feel at ease.

After noon, the sound of drums came from Mingyuan Tower, and the 37th year of Jiajing's Enke examination officially began. Soon the clerk began to hand out test papers and scratch papers, which were contained in sealed envelopes.

Lin Haoran slept very lightly and woke up at the sound of drums. first went to Xiaojie, and then came back to prepare for the exam, but I was always worried about the exam questions, afraid that the questions selected by Emperor Jiajing would be too tricky.

The first session of the examination is the same as the township examination, with three questions in four books and four questions in the Five Classics, a total of seven questions.

Lin Haoran sharpened the inkstone with pine ink, took the thick envelope from the hand of the little officer, exhaled a deep breath, and pulled out the four-book question test paper from the envelope, which also opened the impact from lifting people to entering the non-commissioned officer.

Although there are 18 co-examiners in the examination, the time for marking the papers is undoubtedly sufficient. It's just that judging from the arrangement of the exam, the examination is still dominated by the Four Books and the Five Classics, and the first question is undoubtedly the most important, and even related to the success or failure of the entire examination.

So when the test paper was slowly unfolding, Lin Haoran couldn't help but stare nervously at the test paper, staring at the first four-book question, and constantly prayed in his heart not to be too secluded.

"The son is Yan Yuan said, use it to do it, give it up and hide it, but I have a husband with you!"

This is the first question, and at this level of the exam, it is impossible to have truncated questions, let alone make a circle like the college exam, all of which are intercepted from the four books.

This sentence is from the Analects of Confucius, which Confucius said to his student Yan Yuan. It means: "When the state uses you, you will use your talents according to your own ideas to carry out your own ideas; When the country doesn't use you, you put away your ideas and ideas. It seems that only you and I have this cultivation and style that can do this naturally and frankly. ”

The topic of this test was selected by Emperor Jiajing from many topics, and now he chose this question entitled the first question of the Four Books, which undoubtedly revealed some of his inner thoughts.

Obviously, if this was really a choice made by his heart, it undoubtedly exposed Emperor Jiajing's irritable heart. He was tired of the chatter of some officials, hated the so-called ways of governing the country, and hated that his monastic career was always interrupted.

Now I choose this question, on the one hand, I hope that the new non-commissioned officer will "do my duty", and on the other hand, I also hope that the current court officials will "do my duty", in other words, "don't bother me".

Of course, this is a guess by Lin Haoran, Emperor Jiajing's inner world is definitely much more complex than ordinary people.

However, Lin Haoran's heart was happy, the stone hanging in his heart finally fell, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Thanks to God's favor, he not only has the corresponding article in his mind, but also the champion of the Qing Dynasty, and has been modified by him several times, which can be regarded as a successful guess.

Luck is actually part of strength, and opportunity only favors those who are prepared, and the handsome man is undoubtedly that person.