When the prince of Ning was molesting Fei Ge Lao's niece on the streets of Shangrao County, he clashed with Xu Jin, who came forward, and even intended to kill with a sword, and was finally expelled from the city by Governor Sun and repatriated to the fiefdom of Nanchang.

This matter is already known in the streets, so it is an indisputable fact that Prince Ning and Xu Jin have a grudge, and it is not surprising that he arrested Xu Jin before the hospital examination.

Moreover, Governor Sun actually sent his own soldiers to escort Xu Jin to participate in the hospital examination, which proved this even more.

So public opinion quickly reversed, and the candidates who were still laughing at and satirizing Xu Jin's prostitutes before the entrance examination just now, turned to criticize the despicable behavior of King Ning Shizi, and even the local candidates in Nanchang Mansion also scolded.

Although the literati are light, it is different if someone harms the interests of the readers, and the prince of Ning Wang tied up Xu Jin before the exam, which pricked the nerves of all the candidates.

What is the purpose of ten years of hard work? In order to one day be able to pass the imperial examination carp and jump over the dragon gate and change his fate, and Ning Wang Shizi so blatantly kidnapped candidates and ruined people's futures, which naturally aroused the common hatred of all scholars. What's more, Ning Wang Shizi can tie up Xu Jin this time, and if that candidate is not pleasing to the eye in the future, can he also tie him up before the exam, so that he can't take the exam?

Therefore, for a while, there were voices scolding King Ning in front of the Admiralty Academy, and some people even proposed to go to the governor's yamen to present their feelings after the examination, asking the governor to uphold justice and severely punish Ning Wang Shizi who acted recklessly.

If the prince of Ning Wang saw this situation, he would probably be so angry that he would vomit blood, and finally provoked a fight between the candidates of Nanchang Mansion and Guangxin Mansion, so that the goodwill he had gained among the local candidates instantly came to naught.

With the sound of three bangs, the noisy crowd finally quieted down, the door of the examination room slowly opened, and the entrance examination began.

The college examination is the last of the three levels of the children's examination, and it is also the most important level, passing the college examination can obtain the fame of Xiucai, become a formal "reader", even if you can't take the exam in the future, you can live a decent life in the local area, and you can also mix a mouthful of food when you open a private school, and it is not a problem to feed a family, and it is also respected.

Because of this, all the candidates attached great importance to this college examination, and with the enthusiasm of a volcano, they waited solemnly to enter the venue, praying for all the best, especially not to get a stinky number.

However, the vast majority of these candidates are destined to fall into the name of Sun Shan. In the Ming Dynasty, the quota of Xiucai admission in the state capitals was strictly substituted, generally divided according to the grain output, the grain production of more than 200,000 stone for the Shangfu, the number of Xiucai admitted to about 50 people, the grain production of 200,000 stone or less for the Zhongfu, the admission of Xiucai about 30 people, the grain production of 100,000 stone or less for the lower government, the admission of Xiucai more than 10 people.

There are a total of thirteen prefectures in Jiangxi Province, and the total number of talents admitted is about 300, and the number of candidates who participated in the college examination this time is close to 2,000, and the acceptance rate is less than 20%, so it is destined that the vast majority of candidates will dream of the examination room.

The admission procedure of the hospital examination is similar to that of the prefectural examination and the county examination, first the search is to search the body, then to sing the guarantee, and draw the number plate.

Xu Jin and the Fei brothers came late, almost to the end, and waited for nearly half an hour before it was their turn to enter.

Xu Jin followed behind Fei Maozhong and showed the examination citation, the official in charge of singing and protecting turned out to be Liu Zhong, who was the same examiner of this college examination, and he didn't need to do it himself.

Liu Zhong smiled and took Xu Jin's examination, and read aloud: "Xu Jin, a candidate from Shangrao County, is fifteen years old, four feet and eight years old, with a beautiful face and fair skin......

After the two students in charge of the guarantee nodded their heads in confirmation, Liu Zhong handed the test guide back to Xu Jin and said with a smile: "Xu Ziqian, choose the number!" ”

The number plate of the exam seat number is placed in a basket, in order to show notarization, the candidate can not pick, can only reach in and touch, touch what number plate to the corresponding seat test.

Xu Jin reached into the card basket and touched a wooden card, Liu Zhong glanced at it, only to see the three words "C36" engraved on the number plate, and said with a smile: "This position is not bad." ”

Xu Jin arched his hand at Liu Zhong, took the number plate and found the location of the seat number "C36", and found that the location was really good, with plenty of light and a long distance from the toilet.

Xu Jin was about to sit down, but a head popped up from behind the baffle next door, and it turned out to be Yuan Cheng, the head of Nanchang Mansion, and the two had fought against each other in calligraphy on the Tengwang Pavilion before.

Yuan Cheng couldn't help but be stunned when he saw Xu Jin, and then arched his hand and said, "It turned out to be the head of Xu's case, and we sat next to each other." ”

Xu Jin smiled: "It's quite a coincidence!" ”

Although the two sides have fought, it is not a deep hatred, let alone a deep hatred, not to mention that it is on the field, there is no need to make a bitter hatred.

Yuan Cheng also smiled when he saw this, and arched his hand: "Case Chief Xu, there is a reluctant invitation below!" ”

"Oh, what's the matter?" Xu Jin said quietly.

Yuan Cheng said a little embarrassed: "You are more burly in the lower body, it is inconvenient to sit here, your position is wider, can we switch it?" ”

There are nearly 2,000 seats in the examination room, and although they are lined up, the size of each seat varies depending on the location or the layout, some are narrower, while others are a little more relaxed.

It just so happened that Yuan Cheng's position was narrow, and his figure was a little obese, and it was inconvenient to toss and turn, so he was naturally extremely uncomfortable, so he proposed to Xu Jin to change seats.

Xu Jin naturally doesn't care, anyway, the conditions of the two seats are about the same, so why not do it? So he nodded briskly and said, "No choice!" ”

Yuan Cheng was overjoyed and said gratefully: "Yuan thanked Brother Xu!" ”

Xu Jin waved his hand and said, "Brother Yuan is polite, it's just a gesture!" ”

So, Xu Jin and Yuan Cheng exchanged number plates and switched positions with each other, which is not against the regulations, as long as you remember to fill in the corresponding seat number when filling in the exam paper.

Xu Jin sat down in the position of C35, and soon there were messengers holding pen and ink and other examination items, which were distributed in order of seating.

At 5:30, the sky was already dark, all the candidates had already entered the room, and the chief examiner, Xu Kui, the great master of learning, began to inspect the examination room with a group of invigilators.

Xu Kui walked to Xu Jin's position, subconsciously stopped, Xu Jin saw this and hurriedly stood up and saluted: "Student Xu Jin greets the great master!" ”

Xu Kui nodded and asked casually, "Xu Ziqian, can you rest well last night?" ”

Xu Jin nodded: "It's okay!" ”

"Hmm!" Xu Kui hummed and drove off to continue his inspection.

The nearby candidates all looked at Xu Jin enviously. Grand Master Xu Kui always had a straight face, a serious look, and he didn't stop all the way, but stopped in front of Xu Jin's seat, and asked Xu Jin if he slept well last night?

Grandmaster Xu's "special" care for Xu Jin naturally made people think about it, and Yuan Cheng, who was sitting behind Xu Jin, rolled his eyes, as if he was thinking about something.

As everyone knows, Xu Kui's "special care" for Xu Jin is because he participated in the rescue of Xu Jin last night, and he knew that Xu Jin slept very late, so he casually asked Xu Jin if he had rested, but in fact, he didn't mean anything else, and he didn't have the idea of special care.

After the examination hall inspected the examination room, the manuscript paper and examination papers were distributed one after another, and with the bang, the college examination officially began.

Xu Jin was originally a competition-type examiner, not to mention that this was the third time he had taken an ancient exam, so he was very calm, and after getting the exam paper, he first skimmed through the exam questions, and suddenly wanted to laugh out loud.

It is said that there are two examinations in the college examination, and the first one is two eight-strand essays and policy theories. In the second session, two eight-strand essays were examined, followed by the silent writing of the "Sacred Oracle Extensive Training". And the reason why Xu Jin wanted to laugh out loud was because the two eight-strand essay topics in front of him had been done, Fei Ge was so awesome that he actually bet on the topic again, there is such a father, no wonder Fei Maozhong's kid won the show at the age of fifteen.

Of course, what surprised Xu Jin the most was that the topic of the policy discussion was to discuss the pros and cons of the current system of guards in our dynasty.

It is said that after the victory of the Tengwang Pavilion Literary Association, the candidates of Guangxin Mansion also discussed this issue at the celebration banquet, and Xu Jin proposed to replace the hereditary military with a conscription system, which also caused widespread controversy.

I didn't think that there would be a similar question in the college exam, is this a coincidence, or is Grandmaster Xu deliberately fishing?