The imperial examination has a great stake, so Zhang Yu himself was appointed chief examiner.

As the chief examiner, all the candidates in this world will be his protégés.

This relationship is still very useful for this day and age.

On the eve of the exam, Zhang Yu sent the army to inspect the surroundings again, and many other intelligence officers were also transferred to strengthen vigilance inside and out.

No accidents are allowed this time, and Zhang Yu is extremely demanding.

Tens of thousands of troops were deployed around the royal city, a large number of government personnel were also gathered and distributed around the examination room, and the militia also strengthened patrols in various villages.

In the face of heavy soldiers, most of the scholars did not have any discomfort, the imperial examination is very important, and the relevant parties attach great importance to them, and they can understand.

The sky slowly brightened, and troops escorted batches of unopened exam papers into the examination room.

Zhang Yu deliberately asked the soldiers to wear bright red cloaks, so that these soldiers guarding the test papers were full of a sense of ceremony.

The soldiers who escorted the test papers were specially selected and trained, probably like the honor guards who escorted the national flag in later generations, and this scene made the students feel a sense of pride.

This solemn ceremony also makes the students feel valued, and if they attach so much importance to it, they will be more receptive to the results.

"Candidates are requested to enter the venue, no noise, and no prohibited items."

After the soldiers escorting the exam papers arrived, the examination room began to be opened for students to enter.

After entering, they did not immediately go to their seats, but gathered first.

When I arrived at the examination room, it was surrounded by a simple fence inside, and there were soldiers standing guard outside.

"I am the examiner here, during the exam, I am not allowed to speak, I am not allowed to move, when the time comes, I am not allowed to answer questions, and if I have a question, I raise my hand to ask the examiner on the spot..."

Once inside, simply announce the discipline of the exam room and let them in.

"That's Scholar Cai, I didn't expect Scholar Cai to come to be our examiner, I will tell others in the future that I am a protégé of Scholar Cai."

"You came too late, this time the chief examiner is Lord Zhang Yuzhang, and the deputy examiner is Scholar Cai, Lord Lu Zhi, and Zheng Gong."

"Ah, that's it, I've been here a long time ago, but I've been reading since I arrived, and I haven't paid attention to the news outside."

"It's Zheng Gong."

"Lord Lu Zhi is here too."

Zhang Yu asked a few deputy examiners to inspect the following examination rooms, they are big guys, and their fame is very huge, and they can suppress some people.

A few bigwigs patrolled, and of course they were recognized by a large number of students.

"It turns out that they are one of the chief examiners, so I am relieved, when I came, I was always afraid that Jiangdong would favor Jiangdong's students."

"Cai Lao, Zheng Lao, and Lu Zhi, they are all famous Confucians in the country, and they will definitely be treated fairly."

"I'm looking forward to this exam."

"If you can be admitted, you will be famous all over the world immediately, and you will be valued by all parties when you go back."

"I, Ma Yunlu, came to take the exam in disguise as a man, and I want you to see that I can compete fairly and not lose to men."

Before the exam, the candidates are full of anticipation, many of them have been preparing for almost a year, just to make a splash here.

A year ago, Jiangdong announced the content of the exam, and it immediately set off stormy waves.

Many people criticize that because of the so-called examination, there are so few exams in the Four Books and Five Classics, and they pay attention to the solution of practical problems in the examination, and there are some strategies.

This made some people who had studied Confucianism all their lives scolded.

Because this aspect is not the part that Confucianism is good at, but the doctrines of other schools of thought are more talked about.

Zhang Yu and they opened the academy, and they never regarded Confucianism as the only doctrine, although Confucianism still occupies a relatively important position, but other schools also teach together.

And recently, Jiangdong University has slowly diluted the concept of Confucianism and replaced it with Chinese studies.

Confucianism is still the most important in Chinese studies, but many other schools of thought are also involved.

This made many Confucian scholars even more resistant.

However, after more than a year of boycotting, more than 100,000 people still came to take the exam this time.

The examinee entered the room and sat in his seat.

"Everyone, please see, this test paper is sealed, and the seal and ink are complete, please check it." After entering, the examiner takes out the test paper and walks around the examination room to show them that the test paper is sealed.

"Really, this turned out to be sealed."

"It's for fear of someone leaking secrets."

"That's a very reasonable arrangement."

At this time, the examiner said, "Please be quiet, check your pen and ink, and prepare your pen and ink." ”

"This test paper has been strictly guarded from the beginning, Jiangdong secrecy is divided into several levels, this test paper is the highest level, and those who leak secrets will be sentenced to death, those who publish test papers, and those who print test papers, have been isolated, and they are only allowed to come out after the exam."

When the examiner said this, everyone sighed, it turned out that Jiangdong was so well prepared.

At the beginning of the distribution of test papers, Confucianism was taken in the morning.

And the Chinese culture tested in Jiangdong includes the doctrines of other schools.

"Hey, this exam question is interesting, interesting."

"There are so few silent writings, just a few questions, when I was in private school, most of my husband wrote silently."

"Hey, this topic discusses the main content of Mencius's 'benevolent government'. I didn't think about it like this, but it's interesting. ”

"How to understand Mencius's 'sacrificing one's life for righteousness', can we still understand it ourselves? Didn't you teach me? How did you become your own understanding? ”

After the candidates got the test papers, it can be said that they were all kinds of beings, some were excited, and some were directly dumbfounded.

Some people who only know how to listen to Mr. and only know how to endorse are struggling to understand the topic at this time.

Some people who like to think, at this time they can write about the questions they usually think about, whether it is right or not, they can be regarded as finding a place to express themselves.

There are also some old gentlemen in their forties who came to take the exam, just to find out what kind of reputation this Jiangdong is engaged in.

After reading the exam papers, some people made a fuss, thinking that this was an insult to the sages, and many questions could only have one answer, and they actually let the candidates express their opinions when they published the test papers.

Of course, there were not many of them, and they were all pulled out of the examination room directly by the soldiers.

The first test takes an hour, and the content of the test paper is not very much, but there are many candidates who need to ponder.

Zhang Yu opened the exam, naturally in order to select his own useful talents, not to find some Confucian students who can only study to death.

The first exam was not very difficult for the students in Koto, and they usually taught like that.

But it's a bit difficult for candidates elsewhere because it's more important for them to endorse and understand literally, and then to understand the explanations of the sages, who rarely have their own opinions.

When you encounter this kind of analysis problem, you are naturally not good at it.

(End of chapter)