Although the same type of essay has been done in both eight-strand essays, the form must be carefully walked, because the scratch paper must also be turned in for archiving.

Therefore, Xu Jin first wrote the two eight-strand essays on scratch paper, then revised them on scratch paper, and finally carefully copied them onto the answer sheet.

After completing the two eight-strand essays in the morning, after using the lunch provided by the examination room at noon, and resting for half an hour, Xu Jin began to do the rest of the strategy questions.

The topic of the policy discussion is: On the advantages and disadvantages of the military system of the Imperial Guard.

Xu Jin also thought that Xu Kui was fishing at first, but after thinking about it, the topic should be decided at least half a month ago, after all, with the current printing technology, nearly 2,000 test papers need to be printed, and it is not possible to leave enough time.

Xu Jin organized the language slightly, and then answered the question on the scratch paper, first stating the advantages of the Wei system and the huge positive role it played in the beginning of the founding of the dynasty, and then changing the conversation, telling about the various problems encountered by the current Wei system, and finally throwing out the solution to the problem.

Of course, Xu Jin will not be stupid enough to directly throw out the hereditary system of military officers who replace the guard with the "recruitment system", you must know that the chief examiner Xu Kui is an old-fashioned school, this radical view must be disliked by him.

Xu Jin kept in mind Fei Hong's reminder and did not be unconventional, so this policy question was answered in a decent manner, not seeking merit, but seeking no fault, plus with the previous two eight-strand essays as the foundation, Xu Jin estimated that this first game was a must.

Yuan Cheng, the head of Nanchang Mansion who was sitting behind Xu Jin, didn't think like this, his goal was to be the head of the court test, so naturally he had to strive to be perfect and foolproof!

Yuan's answer to the question was similar to that of Xu Jin, first discussing the advantages of the system of guards, then putting forward the serious problems encountered by the current system of guards, and finally throwing out the need for drastic reforms to replace the existing hereditary system of military personnel with a conscription system......

Yuan's case was quoted in a variety of words, and the wording was extremely gorgeous, criticizing the hereditary obsolescence and decay of the military lineage, and proposing that it was necessary to push through the old and bring forth the new in order to save the Ming army, which was declining in combat effectiveness.

Yuan Cheng finished writing in one go, carefully checked and revised it again, and then copied it proudly on the answer sheet.

It is said that Yuan Cheng's opinion was not so radical, but he saw that the great master Xu Kui gave Xu Jin "special preferential treatment", so he thought that Xu Kui had a special appreciation for Xu Jin, and it happened that the "conscription system" thrown out by Xu Jin at the banquet that day had already spread among the candidates, and Yuan Cheng had also heard about it, so he planned to ask for a trick and applied Xu Jin's "conscription system" viewpoint.

The two exams of the college examination are taken for one day, and they will not be taken overnight, and the papers will be collected before dark at the latest. Xu Jin finished answering the paper at about four o'clock in the afternoon, and at this time, people began to hand in the papers, so Xu Jin also pulled the rope bell and asked to hand in the papers.

Soon, two messengers from the sealing office came over, and after checking that the test papers were correct, they sealed the examination papers along the sealing line on the spot (i.e., pasted the name), stamped the seat number, and then took away all the scratch paper and sent it to the sealing office.

It is worth mentioning here that after the examination papers are sent to the sealing office for sorting, they will be sent to the transcription office, and a new copy of the examination papers will be copied by a special person, just to prevent the marks on the examination papers, or the marking personnel from cheating according to handwriting.

After the examination paper is copied, it must be carefully proofread by the proofreading office to confirm that the transcription is correct, and then it will be sent to the marking office, and the personnel responsible for marking the paper will be preliminarily screened and scored, and the screened examination paper will be reviewed by the same examiner, and a batch of eliminated will be handed over to the examiner, and the examiner will decide the ranking. Therefore, the process is quite cumbersome and strict, and the current college entrance examination is simply trivial compared to it.

Xu Jin handed in the papers, and Yuan Cheng in the back also handed in the papers, and the two came to the exit together and waited for the cards to leave the examination room.

"How did Brother Xu do in the exam? I'm afraid the head of the case is in the bag, right? Yuan Cheng took the initiative to talk.

Xu Jin smiled and said modestly: "We are full of talents in Jiangxi, how can the head of the hospital test case be easy to pick, it would be good to be able to pass the hospital test!" ”

Yuan Cheng said with a smile: "Brother Xu is too modest, and it is more than enough to pick up the head of the case with Brother Xu's talent." ”

Xu Jin's eyes were spicy, and he naturally saw the color hidden under Yuan Cheng's eyes, and said with a smile: "It seems that Brother Yuan did well in the exam, and you are the one who is the head of the case!" ”

Yuan Cheng smiled and said: "The test is acceptable, but the head of the case is unknown!" ”

At this moment, Fei Maoxian walked over unwillingly, frowning slightly, as if the situation was a little bad.

Xu Jin couldn't help but secretly wonder, the title of the two eight-strand essays Fei Shi bet on it, Fei Maoxian should have done it too, why did he still have this expression?

"Minxian, didn't you go well in the exam?" Xu Jin couldn't help but ask in a low voice.

Fei Maoxian shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Ziqian, I did well in the exam, but this time, I ...... I'm afraid I'm going to fall off the list again. ”

Xu Jinqi said: "Why is this? ”

Fei Maoxian said with annoyance: "I may have been too nervous when handing in the paper, and I didn't notice that the paperweight pressed the corner of the exam paper, and as a result, I used too much force and tore the exam paper a little." ”

Xu Jin couldn't help but be speechless, Fei Maoxian is usually very steady, but he is always negligent during the exam, and encounters all kinds of problems, and the last time he took the exam was because he accidentally dripped a drop of oil on the test paper during dinner, and the exam paper was invalidated.

Fei Maoxian clenched his fists in frustration and said, "Alas, I'm really careless! ”

Xu Jin asked, "Where is the location of the tear?" Is it off the line? ”

Fei Maoxian nodded and said, "Oh, it's indeed a corner outside the sealing line!" ”

Xu Jin hurriedly comforted: "Then there should be no problem, you won't be able to see it when you seal it!" ”

Fei Maoxian suddenly regained some hope when he heard this, and said worriedly: "I hope that I don't want to come to this examination room for the third time!" ”

Xu Jin was deeply sympathetic, but he couldn't help it!

Xu Jin and Fei Maoxian released their cards and went out of the examination room, and found that Fei Maozhong was already waiting outside, and he should have done well in the test based on his expression.

It is said that Fei Maozhong already has a talent in his body, and he is just participating in the scientific examination this time, which is equivalent to the pre-examination selection of the township examination, as long as the grand master nods and passes, he can participate in the township examination (examination of people) held in the province next year.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that the top 10 in this hospital examination can go directly to next year's township examination, and there is no need to be selected separately.

After the first round of the hospital examination, the second session will be held four days later, that is, on August 16, and only those who pass the first session are eligible to participate.

It is said that after the first examination of the college examination, the marking work began non-stop, and the personnel responsible for marking the papers are all college chiefs or senior teachers who are drawn from various prefectures, all of whom are experienced and knowledgeable old guys.

On 13 August, 600 examination papers preliminarily screened by the examiners were sent to the case of fellow examiner Liu Zhong. Liu Zhong's task is to select more than 300 of the 600 examination papers that have passed the first session, and after the preliminary ranking, they will be transferred to the examiner Xu Kui for the final ranking.

Liu Zhong was drinking tea while leisurely browsing the test papers, originally 600 test papers to read in one day, the workload is very large, but these 600 test papers have been ranked by the marking personnel, and the rankings will not change much, under normal circumstances, the deputy examiner will only make slight adjustments.

Therefore, Liu Zhong quickly read more than a dozen copies, and if he liked it, he wrote the word "take" with a red pen on the front of the volume, and threw aside those that did not agree.

Soon, an exam paper with the seat number "Bingsanlu" appeared in front of Liu Zhong. Liu Zhong scanned the exam papers, with a sneer on his face, and said to himself: "Recruitment system...... Hehe, this son is quite radical, even if this exam paper is sent directly to Lord Xu, I am afraid that it will be deposed! ”

"Xu Jin, Xu Jin, even if you are talented, who let you offend Ning Wangfu!" Liu Zhong casually threw this exam paper aside and picked up the next exam paper.

The seat number of this exam paper is "Bingsanwu", Liu Zhong read it all over, nodded with satisfaction: "The two articles are both selected works, and although the topics are commonplace, they are also decent. ”

Liu Zhong picked up the pen and wrote the word "take" on the test paper, and then ranked the test paper in the third place.

At about 5 o'clock in the afternoon, Liu Zhong finished reading the 600 examination papers, selected the first 300 or so of them and sent them to the desk of the chief examiner Xu Kui, who will re-rank the more than 300 examination papers and announce the results of the first examination on 15 August.