Shuntian Tribute Academy, the largest and most noble tribute courtyard in the country, is the designated place for the Ming Dynasty to hold the examination.

The examinees from the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the country gathered in the square in front of the Gongyuan, which was even more crowded than the township examination. Lin Haoran and his entourage took care of each other, and it took a lot of effort to squeeze in front of the fence and hand over the examination card to the outer door official for verification.

After checking that the test cards were correct, they entered the inside smoothly and stopped in front of the gate.

Here they had to queue up according to their place of origin, and they quickly found the sign of "Guangdong Chengxuan Political Envoy Division" and entered the team to which they belonged to line up.

With the arrival of their group, the team in Guangdong instantly grew a lot, and everyone followed the acquaintances to salute one after another, but they didn't dare to talk here.

Although it was the first time for them to take the examination, because of the concerted efforts of the 39 people, their momentum was not weak.

The sky was dark, but the square was brightly lit.

The gate of the Gongyuan is hung with the ink plaque of "Shuntian Gongyuan", there are also horizontal plaques on the three gates, the middle gate stands "Tiankai Wenyun", the east gate stands "Ming Jing takes scholars", and the west gate stands "seeking talents for the country".

After all, they all came all the way from the county test, the government test, the hospital test and the township test, and now everything has returned to the familiar process, everyone is not so nervous, and they can even joke.

After putting the things down, Lin Haoran honestly waited for the exam to begin, and was guessing when the gate of the Gongyuan would open, when someone suddenly fell beside him.

Lin Haoran turned his head and glanced at Ning Jiang in confusion, not understanding why this sullen boy wanted to yin this person, but after seeing the person who fell clearly, he wanted to go up and kick him hard.

"Who did it?"

Dai Beichen, who was knocked to the ground, got up and questioned them loudly, his fierce gaze swept over the faces of Lin Haoran and several people, and finally fell on Lin Haoran's face, obviously thinking that Lin Haoran did it.

"If you still want to take the test, just roll me to the back and line up honestly!" Lin Haoran naturally wouldn't forget the fact that this person was messing behind his back and making their carriage not count, so he glared at him coldly and admonished.

The thirty-nine people here formed a team, and when they found that it was Dai Beichen, they all glared at him viciously, with the intention of beating him in groups.

"Insulting Sven! Insulting Sven! When I get into the jinshi, I will have a good look with you! ”

Dai Beichen watched the gang of people glaring at him angrily, and he was also weak for a while, and he didn't dare to cut in line anymore, and walked back back with his things, but he didn't admit defeat in his mouth.

"I really should beat him up and let him get in and get in!" Looking at his departing figure, Yang Futian said indignantly.

"Forget it, let's take the exam, don't make any extraneous branches!" Chen Qingshu shook his head and said.

It's a little episode, everyone waits quietly, and time is slipping away by the minute.

When the time came, three cannons rang out, and the gate of the Gongyuan opened.

At the beginning of the ceremony, two teams of soldiers held red and black spirit-conjuring flags respectively and shouted in front of the gate of the Gongyuan: "Grace ghosts enter, there is grace to repay kindness; Resentful ghosts enter, and there are grievances to repay grievances".

Then, a second-class member of the imperial court, accompanied by the same examiner, stood in front of the door and spoke loudly. The main purpose is nothing more than two points, one is to thank the emperor for his grace, and the other is that the consequences of cheating are very serious.

This year's Enke examination was presided over by the Ministry of Rites, and Wu Shan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, served as the chief examiner.

The deputy examiner is the left deputy capital of the Imperial Palace, and there are also the same examiners of the eighteen rooms. Like the township test, there is also a supervisor served by Jinyiwei.

The order of admission in each province has an impact on the candidates in theory, so after the lecture, the leading officials of each province draw lots to determine the order of admission to each province and Beijing.

Normally, it should be led by the provincial school officer. It's just that August this year is the Zhengke Township Test, so this time Song Tixue from Guangdong did not come, and Deputy Chen Tixue led the team.

Vice Chan's luck was very good, and he was drawn to third place, only after Jiangxi and Nanzhili.

Shortly after dawn, an official stood in front of the gate and said loudly: "Guangdong search! ”

The originally scattered crowd lined up and walked into the gate one by one. As with the township examination, in order to ensure the fairness of the examination, a complicated and meticulous search was carried out on each person.

Soon, it was Lin Haoran's turn and the others to follow the messenger into the gate of the Gongyuan, and twelve people came to Yongdao. It is necessary to check not only the items to be carried, but also the clothing and body of the candidates.

Two inspectors carefully examined the examinee's body as if it were a dead fish, while a searchman in a five-rank official robe supervised in case anything went wrong.

These sergeants are very perverted in searching, and there is nothing wrong with searching from head to toe, but looking at Yang Futian's ** next to him being stabbed strangely, it really made Lin Haoran's chrysanthemums shrink and their cold hairs stand upright.

Lin Haoran had a determination to die, but what surprised him was that the two sergeants who were in charge of searching him, not to mention his **, didn't even touch his fingers.

Facing his inquiring eyes, a search inspector deliberately searched his hair for entrainment, and whispered in his ear: "Blood scholar, let's go to Beijing together!" ”

Lin Haoran suddenly realized, no wonder he felt that these two people were a little familiar.

Since he is an acquaintance, he naturally will not be abused, and the two of them just let him go by pretending, which really makes him feel lucky.

Did Yang Futian notice the preferential treatment he received, like a wronged little lady, his eyes were full of resentment.

After the review, everyone followed an errand officer into the room.

Although the blue brick road has been cleaned, there are still traces of snow in the cracks, and this central axis with a white grid pattern extends to the front of a high-rise building, which is the landmark building of the Gongyuan Courtyard, the Mingyuan Tower.

Following the Mingyuan Building of the Guangzhou Gongyuan Courtyard, this Mingyuan Building is more majestic and is a three-story building. The ground floor is surrounded by doors on all sides, the second floor has walls and windows, and the third floor has no doors and windows, and there are already officials on it.

Mingyuan Building is located in the middle of the corridor, not only the tallest building in the entire Tribute Courtyard, but also the buildings within a certain range outside the Tribute Courtyard, which are not allowed to exceed this building in height.

On both sides of the road, there are rows of low houses, and each row of low houses draws an independent space, which is the candidate's house.

Each row of numbers is in the order of "Thousand Character Text", so the first thing candidates have to do is to find their own test lane in this dense examination alley.

Lin Haoran came to the "Column" alley, and his seat number was "Eleven", but he didn't know what kind of treatment would await him.