Zhilin Yanchao is name is to sit in the hall, and the official has a lot of affection on his face, and said with a smile: "The son is a marquis, and the insiders are also marquis." ”

Lin Yanchao smiled and said, "Fortunately, fortunately." By the way, I am familiar with Master Zhang from your government, is he here today? ”

The official was even more affectionate when he heard it, and immediately said: "It turns out that Gongzi is an acquaintance of Master Zhang, that is his own person, of course he came, I will inform the brothers who will be searched for a while, and then they will be lighter." ”

Lin Yanchao smiled and arched his hand: "Thank you for this big brother." ”

The official also grinned.

At that moment, Lin Yanchao followed the official and walked to a corner next to the examination room, but he saw that a group of people were standing there in the dark, all carrying lanterns in their hands.

When they saw someone coming, they all raised their lanterns slightly, and then someone said, "Brother Lin, you're here!" ”

"We're still here, when is Brother Dowling coming?"

"It can't be oversleeping!"

Lin Yanchao's hands were inconvenient, and he smiled in return. Many of these were the same case of Lin Yanchao's Houguan County Trial, classmates in the academy or who met him at the poetry meeting that day, and they were familiar with him. Now Lin Yanchao is also a well-known person among the candidates for this government examination.

Lin Yanchao stood among the scholars in the circle of Houguan, and the left and right were the top ten people in the county.

Everyone arched their hands, chatted a few words, and was in no mood to speak, raised their heads to look at the dragon gate, and kept silent.

Fish leaping over the dragon gate, if it passes the government test, then it is further regarded as a child. In the hierarchical imperial examination system, it can be regarded as having a famous position. And as a child, you can take the exam.

At this moment, even if it is the head of the county and county trials that have passed the government test, it is not easy. Because they also have to get a good ranking in the government examination, if they can get the first place in the government examination, no matter what the results of the college examination are, they will be guaranteed to go to school. And the top ten in the government examination can also be mentioned in the hospital examination.

Every step forward is a matter of contention!

Lin Yanchao looked at the candidates left and right. It suddenly occurred to me that in fact, the government tried to take 50 places, but there were only 40, because the heads of the ten counties had actually already set a place.

The remaining candidates, who are not the top of the county examination, have to fight for forty places. Candidates from 3,000 counties tried to kill. To compete for the quota of 40 colleges, this difficulty is even more difficult than the original national examination!

Thinking of this, Lin Yanchao said in his heart, it's difficult, what am I afraid of, I should be prepared, just give it a go!

Lin Yanchao raised his head and looked at the sky, the morning star was flashing in the mist on the horizon!

Well, that's a good sign.

Inside the court. Prefect Chen Nan picked up a freshly brewed Longjing tea and took a sip.

As a native of Shaoxing, Chen Nan of course likes to drink the most, or this Longjing tea produced in this province.

The taste of tea was sweet in his mouth, Chen Nan woke up, the government exam is open at the end of the day, and as the chief examiner, he must also be the same as the candidates, and he has to get up before the fourth watch.

At the moment, Chen Nan is still a little sleepy. So take a few sips of tea to refresh yourself and dispel sleepiness. He was going to lecture the candidates in this house for a while, and he was also afraid that at this time, if there was any loss of etiquette, he would make a joke at that time.

While there was still some time, he took the list of candidates and looked through it carefully, and he also wanted to consider it. Among the ten counties in this prefecture, Min County and Houguan County, which are in the provincial capital, have the most scholars, but they cannot all take Houguan and Min County for 50 test quotas, and there must be a balance between them.

Every county should be evenly divided by rain and dew. At the beginning of the founding of the country, the matter of the north and south lists was fiercely disturbed, which is all a lesson from the past! It is not easy to balance the counties and localities, but also to select talents from them, and also to take care of a few households with too hard backgrounds.

While Chen Nan was thinking about it, Master Zhang walked over and said, "Dong Weng, the county and county schools and teachings have come, and now the candidates are being asked to prepare for admission." ”

Chen Nan nodded and said, "It's about to be a moment in time, and the time is running out, tell the people outside to prepare to open the dragon gate and let the candidates enter." Let the search brighten up his eyes, check what should be checked, search what should be searched, and no appeasement is allowed. The official doesn't believe it, there will be so many ink scrolls of the articles in the counties and counties, and eighty percent of them are entrainment and fraud! ”

Chen Nan ordered to go down, and the scribes and officials who were next to him all took orders and left.

There are only two people left in the court, Chen Nan and Master Zhang. Chen Nan took another sip of tea, thinking that after the government test, the fifty children who were selected would worship him as their teacher. Generally speaking, one or two jinshi will be produced in the future among the 50 children in Fuzhou Prefecture, which is a valuable wealth of contacts for officials.

If this session is smashed in their own hands and no talents are selected, it will be a big loss.

Thinking of this, Chen Nan didn't dare to slack off, knocked on the table with his finger and asked, "Among the scholars, what is the public opinion?" Or a virtuous person? ”

Master Zhang smiled and said: "The people sent to inquire are all back, all the candidates praise Lord Futai, who is fair and honest on weekdays, and this time the government must be fair, as for whether it is a virtuous talent, it is not your say in Futai." ”

Chen Nan smiled and said: "Don't talk about flattery, the ancients recruited candidates, and asked whether there was filial piety and honesty and whether there were virtuous and upright people when they went to the place." This mansion is above the high hall, and I occasionally hear that there are seven heroes of Min County and five sons of Hou Guan among the scholars, do you think these people have real talents and real learning? ”

Master Zhang said seriously: "My subordinates have also inquired, it is common for scholars to praise each other, and it is common for each other to build momentum. ”

Chen Nan said: "At present, many scholars are not good at studying, they only know how to travel all day long, and they write a few crooked poems, and they think they have a reputation. The imperial court opened a department to recruit talents for the country, not to seek fame and reputation for these people. No wonder when I was in Shaoxing, I heard my family say that the world is declining now, and it is better to seek practical books and study scriptures and meanings than my generation of scholars. ”

Master Zhang said: "Dong Weng's eyes are like torches, he can dig for gold, and he can boast about it, but the article can't deceive people." ”

Chen Nan nodded approvingly and said, "This is what I like, but haven't you really heard of any talents?" ”

Master Zhang said: "There are so few, Dong Weng has heard of Chen Yiyu?" ”

Chen Nan smiled and said, "This person is not the son of the former champion duke. ”

Master Zhang said with a smile: "Exactly, before this person's house test, several poetry meetings were held in the South Park, and many government test disciples were invited. Chen Yiyu has a very high vision, and several famous candidates were indeed invited in the poetry club, such as Weng Zhengchun and Ye Xianggao. ”

Chen Nan nodded and said: "Ye Xianggao County's ink scroll, I have seen it, this person is talented, not to mention talent, even if he is a scholar, it is also expected." As for Weng Zhengchun's main mansion, I don't know, but it will not be bad if he can be tied with Chen Yiyu and Ye Xianggao. ”

Master Zhang said a few more names at the moment, Chen Nan took a pen and copied them one by one, and when he heard Lin Yanchao's three words, he said with a smile: "Why was he also invited to South Park?" ”

Master Zhang smiled and said: "Yes, but others say that he is mediocre in poetry, but he has a talent that he never forgets." ”

Chen Nan stopped his pen and said: "Half a month ago, this person also asked you to find this official, and this mansion remembers that he has a number to sit in the hall." That's it, when the time comes, the official will focus on his volume, but the words are still there, and whether to take it or not depends on how well his article is written. ”

Master Zhang smiled and said, "Dong Weng is really fair and honest. ”

Chen Nan said with a smile: "This is also a recommendation for the country, and there are also the volumes of these people you mentioned, when the time comes, the government will pay attention to it, and be sure not to leave the virtuous and virtuous." ”

Chen Nan's voice fell, and there was a banging sound over there.

Master Zhang arched his hand and said, "Dong Weng, the dragon gate is open." ”

Chen Nan nodded, picked up the tea bowl and took another sip of tea. (To be continued......)