Chapter 77: Shock before the college exam
The third day of the seventh lunar month finally arrived, and the college examination officially began.
Early in the morning of this day, the Fuxue Palace began to be on guard again, and there were even more than a dozen sergeants with knives. All the candidates came to the square in front of the door, ready to line up for admission.
Due to the season, the air was sultry, and some people even squeezed out sweat.
Lin Haoran was wearing a scarf on his head, a cyan robe, and a bamboo basket crowded into the crowd.
Thanks to his outstanding performance during the government examination, many candidates now greet him, and they call him "senior brother". Although he is not as well-known as Jiang Yuebai, he is undoubtedly a celebrity, especially the candidates in Shicheng County who are very enthusiastic about him this year.
The college examination is an examination that only children are eligible to take, so the number of people has been greatly reduced, and now there are only more than 100 people. There are naturally more children in Gaozhou Mansion than this, but after repeatedly falling off the list, some people will inevitably choose to give up.
Following the government exam, there is still a queue to check the entrance.
From a child to a talent, it seems that there is only one exam left, but this exam is hindering many students. Some people have never been able to gain the fame of Xiucai in their lives.
It's just that when I was queuing, a piece of news suddenly spread like a shocking wave, which surprised everyone, and even made everyone feel nervous before the exam.
This news is about Jiang Yuebai, everyone has always known that Jiang Yuebai went to Guangzhou Mansion last year, but they don't know what he did. It's just that now, the news has come back, and everyone is shocked.
It turned out that Jiang Yuebai did not go to Guangzhou Mansion to enjoy the mountains and rivers, but to go to the front of the account of Tan Kai, the governor of Guangdong, and participated in the war to suppress the rebellion of the Yao people.
It is said that Jiang Yuebai played an extremely key role in this war, and was appreciated by Tan Kai, the military affairs and governor of Liangguang, and Jiang Yuebai's name was also filled in on the performance sheet.
This time, Jiang Yuebai came back to take the exam, and Tan Kai, who was about to be promoted to the second rank of the right capital of the imperial history, specially sent a car to send him off, and said that he would hold a banquet for him in the capital next year, and congratulate him on the four yuan.
"Someone still wants to compete for the little three yuan, it's ridiculous!"
"Song Tixue will always talk to the governor for this little face!"
"I'm afraid you don't know, Governor Tan and Song Tixue are fellow villagers, and the two have a good relationship!"
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The voices came one after another, obviously their whispers, but they could all get into Lin Haoran's ears, all with a gloating tone.
When Lin Haoran heard this news, he immediately smiled wryly. If Jiang Ronghua knew about this, he would definitely not give him a forty percent chance of winning, even if he wouldn't give a CD.
The boy test, in fact, is still mixed with most of the officialdom friendships.
Why the county head of the case will definitely be able to pass the government test, and the head of the government will inevitably get the title of Xiucai, this is not an unspoken rule of officialdom. The prefect sells face to the prefect, and the school official sells face to the prefect.
In today's Ming Dynasty, there is not such a strong relationship between superiors and subordinates, and there are not a few cases of Qipin Yushi overthrowing court officials.
Now Tan Kai relies on Zhen Yao's military exploits, and the official is promoted to the right capital of the second grade, and he is in charge of the Imperial Procuratorate. Not to mention Song Tixue, who is a four-grade scholar, even if it is a six-book book, he will not dare to really offend him, and it is impossible to be stingy with a small court test leader.
It is exactly like this, Jiang Yuebai's little Sanyuan is undoubtedly a certainty, and there is absolutely no accident.
Since the number of people was not too large, the admission was completed quickly, and the progress went smoothly.
The seats were the same as before, with only a table and a chair, and nothing else. All the candidates are facing north, facing a high platform prepared for Song Tixue, and there is a corridor in the middle.
Lin Haoran's luck was better than last time, the table was very shiny, and the seams of the wooden planks in the middle were very tight, and he got a good table.
Everyone took their seats according to their seat numbers and waited for the exam to begin.
"After admission, close the gate, candidates must not make noise!"
After a metallic sound, a yacha shouted loudly outside, and then the sound of the door closing was heard.
The Ming Dynasty was extremely important for the imperial examinations, and it was even more extreme in preventing fraud. After this gate is closed, it will not be opened again for any reason, and this place will become a small kingdom of its own. Until the results of the examination, neither the examiner nor the candidate had any chance to contact the outside world.
It's just that the voice of the yacha outside just fell, but I don't know what happened, and the examination room suddenly coaxed, and the candidates couldn't help but turn their heads one after another, and their faces looked extremely shocked.
"Silence!"
Another yacha's voice sounded, and everyone turned to look, and saw a master of Tixue wearing a crimson official robe walking in from outside, passing on the middle of the road.
The student officer is the head of the provincial education administration, appointed by the imperial court, and his task is to inspect the provincial provinces, prefectures, and counties, inspect the quality of teaching, and select students to study and refer to the sub-supervisor.
Generally speaking, there are three major functions and powers.
First, it is responsible for the annual children's college examination and the selection of students for admission; Second, at the end of each year, the epiphytes, hyperplasia and annual examinations are conducted for the students who are in school, and the grades of the students are redetermined; Third, before the township examination every year, the students who have not obtained the qualifications of the township examination in the province will conduct a scientific examination to determine the list of those who can participate in the township examination, which is regarded as a graduation examination.
The school officer is simply the day of the provincial students, he needs his head to enter the school, and he still needs to nod his head in the rating after entering the school, and he also needs to nod whether he can participate in the next township examination.
Even if he has obtained a student, it seems that he is only one step away from participating in the imperial examination, but for some people, it is like a moat.
Li Shizhen was selected for Xiucai at the age of fourteen, but he failed to participate in three consecutive imperial examinations, and at the age of twenty-three, he still failed to obtain the qualification to participate in the township examination, and finally switched to medicine.
Now that the adults are present, even if the venue is silent, they are afraid of leaving a bad impression on this adult who controls their fate. Not to mention whether he can get a student, even if he gets a student, he still needs to continue to look at his eyes.
It's just that the incident was so surprising that in the end, when Song Tixue walked on the high platform and turned his back to everyone, someone couldn't help muttering, and passed the news to the candidates who knew each other.
"Jiang Yuebai didn't come!"
This shocking news still came, and everyone looked for Jiang Yuebai and found that he was indeed not present, which made the candidates staring wide-eyed.
For such an important exam, this product actually dropped the chain, did not show up to take the examination, and gave up the small three yuan at his fingertips, this product turned out to be a big idiot!
After making sure that Jiang Yuebai didn't come, many people couldn't help but look at Lin Haoran who was sitting quietly in front of them, this nerd has undoubtedly become the biggest beneficiary of this matter.