On the sixth day of the second month of the 37th year of Jiajing, this is the date of the Enke examination.

It was a memorable day for the Cantonese Juzi, who lived in the Teochew Chau Association, as they took an exam related to their fate. Cheng rule, glorify the ancestors, enter the dynasty as an official, and do his best; If you fail, you still have to study in the Four Books and Five Classics, read at night, and take the cold window as your companion.

Last night, as soon as it was dark, they went back to their rooms to sleep, and agreed to get up together to go to the exam.

Lin Haoran lived in the same room with Ning Jiang and Yang Futian, and Yang Futian returned to the room and enthusiastically suggested that they play horse hangings together, but Ning Jiang stopped him and kicked him to bed.

After falling asleep, Lin Haoran reviewed some classic articles in his mind, especially those of later generations. In the past, it would let him fall asleep slowly.

It's just that this time he didn't, but the more he slept, the more energetic he became, and finally he opened his eyes and looked energetic, so he quickly closed them again. But there was a snoring sound in his ears, showing the momentum of overwhelming the mountains and the sea, and the power of breaking gold and cracking stones.

Damn fatty!

Lin Haoran cursed secretly in his heart, but he didn't expect this dead fat man to have this one.

Not long after, he also found that Ning Jiang on the opposite side was not asleep at all, suddenly jumped up from the bed, ran over and kicked Yang Futian, the snoring stopped, but it didn't take long for it to sound again.

Lin Haoran let out a long sigh, and also followed Ning Jiang's example, ran over and kicked it, and the snoring really stopped, but it didn't take long for the snoring to be loud again.

After repeated this number of times, both of them were so tired that they climbed into bed and gave up this behavior of treating the symptoms but not the root cause.

Fortunately, although the snoring continued, he still fell asleep in a daze. I just thought that after only a short sleep, there was a knock on the door next door, and it didn't take long for someone to knock on their door to inform them that the time had come.

"Yang Futian, your sister!" Ning Jiang got up from the bed, and the first thing he did was to blame Yang Fatzi.

"Which sister? You agreed, be my brother-in-law? Yang Futian sat on the bed and stretched his waist, and suddenly asked happily.

"I'm bah, Lao Tzu is a good man in love, who wants to marry your pig sister!" Ning Jiang took another sip, stopped arguing with him, and got out of bed to prepare to wash.

Lin Haoran got up on the other bed, although he didn't scold Yang Futian, his eyes were full of resentment. This is really a scourge, and it hurts people a lot.

When the three of them finished washing up and came to the lobby, breakfast had already been set up on the table, with steamed buns from the north and preserved eggs and lean porridge from Guangdong, which seemed very rich.

Some of them didn't arrive, others did, and they were sitting there eating breakfast, but several of them were yawning, apparently not sleeping well.

Seeing the three of them appear, everyone also greeted each other, but Ning Jiang said with a big grin: "Don't be polite, everyone, I listened to the pig cry all night last night, and I didn't sleep well at all, I'm too angry!" ”

As soon as these words came out, they caused most people to pour bitter water, who slept and grinded their teeth, who frequently got up at night, and who cried in the middle of the night. It's just that although it's an accusation, it doesn't really mind.

The rest of the lifters came one after another, and some were as energetic as Yang Futian, but these were a few, and most of them were with a pair of panda eyes. In the face of an exam related to fate, nervousness is the main theme, especially when everyone is taking the exam for the first time.

Towards the end of the meal, Shopkeeper Chen walked in from outside the door and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, the carriage has arrived, everyone has brought the examination and belongings, and you can leave for the Gongyuan." ”

Knowing that the carriage had arrived, they hurriedly stuffed their things into their mouths, swallowed them in a hurry, and hurriedly checked their things.

The motorcade has stopped in front of the door, and the lantern of "Suncheon Gongwon" is hung prominently in the dark laneway. It's just that Lin Haoran quickly noticed that there were not enough carriages here, so he asked the shopkeeper what was going on.

Shopkeeper Chen said with a bitter face: "I went to the carriage shop to book the carriage according to your instructions." It was only the consul who told me that the Canton Association said that some of you had moved to them, so the carriage company divided some carriages and arrived at the Canton Association. ”

"It's shameless, isn't it?"

"We should have burned it that day!"

"What kind of heart are they at, they actually have such a black hand, do they want us to not be able to participate in the exam?"

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The lifters who learned the situation were also grinding their teeth, and they were really angry, which was related to the big exam and their fate!

Lin Haoran met everyone's gaze, gritted his teeth and said, "Now the exam is important, and he will settle accounts with them again in the future!" We have all come from Guangzhou City tirelessly, and this road is nothing, so everyone is wronged, three or four people squeeze a carriage! ”

"That's right! Let's squeeze! Everyone nodded, especially thinking about the hardships along the way, which was really nothing.

With this in mind, everyone loaded the things onto the wagon and squeezed them into the wagon. Maybe they all have such a breath, but everyone is suddenly not nervous.

Shuncheon Gongyuan is located in the southeast direction of Chongwen Gate, and at this time, all the people who came to participate in the examination went there.

According to the statistics of the Ministry of Rites, the number of participants in the Enke examination was slightly smaller than in previous years, only 4,500. From the perspective of the role of probability, the success rate of this Jinshi examination is undoubtedly higher than that of the township examination.

It's just that none of these 4,500 people who are not full of poetry and books have come here after many temperings. Those who especially dare to choose to go to Beijing to take the exam are all people who are somewhat sure.

It is precisely because of this that the competition faced is actually greater, and even Lin Haoran, Xie Yuanlang, does not dare to say that he has a stable grasp.

When it was still a short distance from the Gongyuan, the carriage could not move and blocked the people or cars in front of it.

Everyone helped each other, moved all the luggage on the carriage one by one, counted it correctly, and then asked the porters who came up to help carry Dongben to the gate of the Gongyuan.

These porters wore specific clothes, and they were all civilian servants recruited by the government to serve the examination, so naturally they were not paid. However, these porters are very active, because they have always been very generous, and they can all receive some rewards.

A group of thirty-nine people lined up at the gate of the Gongyuan Academy, and saw a familiar scene again, but the faces of the candidates were obviously different. Here are not only candidates from the 13 provinces of Erjing, but you can even see candidates from Goryeo, Annam, Champong and other feudal states.

Of course, although the Ming Dynasty allows candidates from these feudal states to take the exam and admit them without any quota, they can only be cannon fodder in the face of this group of Ming candidates who have been baptized by blood and sweat.