When Ji Yi arrived at the examination room, it was just after the fourth watch, the sky was still dark and gloomy, and the weather was even more cold, which made him, a southerner from Pingjiang, very unaccustomed to it.

The door of the examination room had not yet opened, and hundreds of soldiers stood guard outside the gate of the National Prison, forbidding the students to enter. And what was blocked by these soldiers was a sea of people.

"Brother Yizhi, it seems that we came a little early, and the door of the Guozijian has not yet opened."

It was Cai You who was talking to Ji Yi, he also participated in the Guozijian Exam, and he also passed the test successfully, and he also came to participate in the Ministry of Rites exam today.

Although he is Cai Jing's son, and he has an official body early on, if he really wants to make achievements in the officialdom, he still needs a Jinshi status. However, his article is not very good, and I am not sure whether he can win it.

Mi Youren had already arrived at this time, he came with Cai You, and when he heard Cai You's words, he laughed: "There are even earlier ones over there, and I don't know how long they have been in the cold wind." He then asked, "Can you see those of the martial arts?" ”

"I didn't see it, but Wu Erlang is very popular." Cai You said, "Brother Yuanhui, you are also confident, and it seems that you must be successful in this subject." ”

Mi Youren laughed: "If you don't get in this subject, you must get in the next subject." Isn't it the same with Brother Ju'an? It's just a jinshi, how can it be difficult for you and me? ”

Ji Yi sighed, he knew what the two people around him were paying attention to. Their articles are actually very ordinary, and it's normal that they can't get hit. But they are all in line with today's official family! Especially Mi Youren and the official family have been playing together for a long time...... As long as the official family is willing to add two names to the list of jinshi, won't they have it?

And he was originally in the official family! If it weren't for the fact that there were too many eyes and then got on the ship of Zhangdun, why would he be in such a situation now?

Of course, there must still be Jinshi. But the henchmen of the official family have nothing to do, and it will be a waste of officialdom in the future!

"Yuan Hui, Brother Ju'an, ah, Brother Yi is also there."

Wu Haogu's voice came at this time, and the three of them turned their heads to look, and saw that the number one henchman of the official family was riding a high-headed horse brought from nowhere (not Chiyunqi, but another black horse, a gift from the Xiping Palace), waving at them vividly.

"Who is that man? How do you ride a horse as tall as a horse? ”

"It must be a noble general, right? Where did ordinary people come from such a big Malaysia? ”

"There are many people in Kaifeng Mansion, who are born rich and noble, but they don't learn well."

"Such a gentleman also came to take the imperial examination, how did he get it?"

"But the equestrian skills are good, the posture of dismounting is so neat, maybe you can go to the martial arts exam."

Fan Zhijin heard the sound of discussion in his ears, and he also saw Wu Haogu who was jumping off the horse, but he didn't recognize it. Because he and Wu Haogu are on the same side, and now that the light is insufficient, he is a big myopia, and he can't see people's faces clearly.

"Wu Jinshi is not a real hero," Fan Zhijin coughed a few times, his brows furrowed, "After all, Wen Jinshi who has a roll call outside the Donghua Gate is a good man." ”

"That's right." Huang Qianshan nodded and said, "In the end, the high Chinese jinshi is the hero, otherwise what can even be the ancestor of the Jiangmen?" Wasn't he relieved of his military power by Emperor Taizu? ”

"yes, so what?"

"It's just a martial artist."

People gather by like, and those who can be squeezed together with Fan Zhijin and Huang Qianshan are all Xie Yuan from other places, so they are naturally arrogant and arrogant, and they don't look down on Wu Haogu, a martial artist.

In another corner, a group of gray-haired and elderly Cuoda gathered in a circle. After Wu Zhongyi got out of the carriage, he also brought the three children and grandchildren (excluding Wu Haowen) over to greet them one by one.

"Who's that? How did you come with him? ”

"That's Wu Haogu, the deputy envoy of Dongshangmen," Wu Zhongyi said, "That's a relative of the old man's grandchildren." ”

"What's the hell? Wu Dongmen is your old relative? An old man in the Kaifeng Mansion realm, "I thought he was from Concubine Wuxian's mother's family." ”

"That Concubine Wu Xian is also a relative of my family," Wu Zhongyi laughed, "They are all descendants of King Taiyuan." ”

Concubine Wuxian is the mother of the blind Shen King Zhao Tong, and the family is the military attache of the Kaifeng Forbidden Army, and she is indeed a descendant of the King of Taiyuan - the Wu family was so awesome in the Tang Dynasty, of course there are many descendants. However, it is very far from the blood relationship of the Baibo Wu family, otherwise when Wu Cheng was unlucky two years ago, the blind King Shen would not have stopped talking.

"I heard that there is a brother in this Wudongmen who is a reading seed, and Kaifeng Mansion is the second in the exam!"

Wu Zhongyi touched his white beard and said, "Yes, he is the middle school of this science!" It's really terrifying, and we old bones can't compare. ”

"How can it not be compared?" Immediately, an old man spoke, "Now that the Queen Mother is in power, do you still want to test Wang Anshi's knowledge?" If we don't take the Wang Xue, can those future generations compare with us? ”

"Yes, yes, yes, this is a good opportunity for me to wait for high school!"

"You have to take the test!"

The morale of the old people is also rising, and they are all gearing up, waiting to create a miracle in this science competition. But if you really want to take the test for a group of gray-haired jinshi, Zhao Ji should be depressed when the palace exam comes. Everyone can be their own grandfather, what else can they do?

With a few gongs, the gate of Guozijian was finally opened. The two prison guards walked out with a group of soldiers, and the chattering crowd fell silent. I began to line up spontaneously and prepared to enter the examination room one by one.

When the red light appeared in the eastern sky, the lifters began to enter. Wu Haogu looked at his younger brother and Ji Yi, Mi Youren, and Cai You, talking and laughing and walking into the Guozijian, and suddenly had a feeling of taking the college entrance examination in the later life.

However, he was well aware that the imperial examination was not a college entrance examination – although the two were often confused in later generations, but they were of a completely different nature, and certainly not a civil service examination. Because, in later generations, the civil service examination was a "official" who did things, not an "official" who was on top. If the imperial examination can be turned into a college entrance examination or a civil service examination, then the Great Song Dynasty may be saved.

Because a talent like Wu Haowen, although he must be successful in this subject, his ability is actually insufficient, and his knowledge is also very narrow. He needs to be further educated, and then he will participate in grassroots work, gain experience, and work his way up the ladder. Instead of directly becoming a high-ranking official in later generations - even if Wu Haowen's ranking is not good, a county lieutenant will always have it. But can a person like him manage the security of a county? The answer is clearly no.

If Wu Haowen does well in the exam, it is even possible to let him take charge of a county! This is even more absurd, how can a teenager who has no experience and only knows the articles of the Five Classics manage a county with a lot of cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods? In the end, it's not a big landlord like "Song Oshiji" who controls everything?

A large number of incompetent magistrates will inevitably lead to the gradual control of the landlords in the locality! And when these officials are promoted step by step, gaining the power to run the country, and even the power to lead troops to war, the damage caused is even greater.

When Wu Haogu was thinking most deeply, his younger brother Wu Haowenzheng and thousands of people had already finished bathing and changing clothes, and gathered in the square of the Guozijian Confucian Temple to worship Confucius!

By the way, the so-called bathing and changing clothes is actually a means of preventing cheating. Under the "service" of the officials, the tribute students must take off their clothes, symbolically wipe their bodies, and then change into the clothes provided by the national eunuchs. Then thousands of people who only knew one of the six arts, under the leadership of Zhigong Ju Xu Duo, bowed to the Confucian saint who dreamed of "revenge" in his lifetime, bowed and bowed again.

If Confucius had a spirit in the sky, I am afraid that he would only have a long sigh when he saw this group of unsuccessful disciples. These so-called Confucian scholars and doctors understand some of the Confucian Tao - whether they read "Wang Xue", "Guan Xue", or "Luo Xue", they are all people who "read the Five Classics diligently in front of the window". As for the article, it is even more splendid, and it can write about the master of flowers.

But isn't it useless to know the Great Dao without the means to implement it? Not to mention the Confucian avenue, it is the truth of GCISM, and it can't be only theorists without GCIST fighters, right?

To be more specific, the Great Dao is only one of the "Six Arts" (which is not entirely accurate, but it is about the same), and the rest of the "Five Arts" are the means to implement the Great Dao. Without means, how can we achieve revenge, how can we educate the barbarians? Barbarians can't read the splendid article, and they can't understand it. At this time, it is necessary to use the military salute in the five rites (one of the six arts), and the "royal", "archery" and "number" in the six arts (count the heads, how many are eliminated, how many are edified, you have to count). As long as we educate everything that can be educated, and eliminate everything that cannot be educated, won't we achieve the ideal of the world's benevolence?

When Confucius lamented in the sky, the people who participated in the Yuanfu three-year ritual competition had already finished paying homage, and thousands of people suddenly collapsed and scattered. Under the guidance of the Guozi Supervisor, they went to the examination room where they were located.

On the wall inside the gate of Guozijian, there are notices pasted on them, indicating that the tribute students from different regions and different ways will also be guided by special personnel in which examination room to take the exam. Although the number of candidates was as high as five or six thousand, there was no confusion at all.

Because Wu Haowen participated in the Kaifeng Mansion's Liberation Examination, instead of taking advantage of the exemption qualification of Tai Student, he was also arranged to take the same exam as the Gongsheng people from the Kaifeng Prefecture. Because the number of lifters in Kaifeng Mansion is relatively large, the location of the examination is also very spacious, and it is the main hall of Guozijian - not a small number room arranged by the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty for the masters, but concentrated in the main hall for the examination. The main hall was filled with a round bench with a dilapidated desk, and a piece of paper was pasted on the corner of the desk, on which was written the name, place of origin, and year of the year. As long as you take the right seat, you won't be mistaken.