There was a light rain in the first half of the night, and by the time the fourth watch came out, the rain had stopped, the mud on the road was soft and not muddy, and the air was wafting with a fresh breath.

From the streets and alleys of the capital, there were fire dragons, and the old man who rushed to the examination carried the basket of the examination and held the lantern to the Tribute Academy.

The process of the general examination and the township examination is basically the same, the same three tests, each three days, the difference is that the township examination is in the autumn, and the examination is in the spring.

Tang Yi also got up early, dressed neatly, holding the things used for the exam, and his cousin Wang Shimao, his friend Xu Wei, and the iron fan Cao Zi marched towards the battlefield, along the way, Tang Yi had a feeling that the exam was a national exam, gathering talents from all over the world, but he couldn't afford to be nervous, and they all walked to the gate of the Gongyuan, thinking about what to eat after the exam, what gifts to buy for Wang Yueying, and whether the family could take care of their little donkey......

He shook his head vigorously and kept telling himself to concentrate on it, but he seemed to be possessed by lazy cancer, and he just couldn't get nervous.

In fact, Tang Yi is not to blame, purely technically speaking, the township test is indeed much more difficult than the local test.

First of all, in terms of the number of people, in Nanzhili and Zhejiang, which are large imperial examination provinces, the number of people participating in the township examination is about the same as that of the general examination, four or five thousand people, and even more in the township examination.

Three or four hundred people were admitted to one subject in the general examination, but only a pitiful 100 people were admitted in the township examination, which means that the admission rate was four times worse.

Secondly, once you pass the exam, you will always have the qualification to participate in the entrance examination, while the township examination is different, and you have to go through a complex qualification examination, and you are always in tension.

Another very important point is that most of the people who participate in the examination are lifters, and they already have the qualifications to be officials, even if those who can become officials are very rare. But a famous person is enough to eat and drink for a lifetime.

To sum up, the people who participated in the township test were a group of wolf cubs who worked hard for survival, for honor, for Yan Ruyu, and for the Golden House.

As for the exam, those who can participate are basically successful people, and one by one is pretended. Be personable and courteous, too. Thousands of people lined up outside the Gongyuan, there was no crowding, everyone stood in twos and threes, and from time to time there was a relaxed laughter, which was completely different from the nervous slaughter and caution of going to the battlefield in the township test.

However, there is also a person who clenches his fists tightly and has sweat on his forehead, and that is Xu Wei Xu Wenchang.

"Brother Wen, the test is easier than the township test. As long as you maintain the mentality of the township test, you will definitely be able to win the Toad Palace. Tang Yi whispered in his ear.

Xu Wei pursed his lips and nodded vigorously, and after a while, Tang Yi turned around again, and the sweat on Xu Wei's forehead was even more.

"Brother Wen, you won't be sick, will you?"

Xu Wei shook his head slightly, and said in Tang Yi's ear and spit out a word gently: "Afraid!" ”

Tang Yi almost squirted. Will this heartless guy be afraid? The sun came out of the west, and Tang Yi subconsciously looked at the sky. The east showed a hint of fish belly white, and slowly the night was coming to an end, and the dawn was coming, and now it was the darkness before the dawn. Tang Yi suddenly understood that Xu Wei was not afraid, but suffering from gains and losses.

In the past, I did not take the Zhongxiang test. There's nothing to be afraid of if you don't try it repeatedly, but if you break the jar, it's broken!

But now, he Xu Dacai is the third in Zhejiang, and there are even good people who list him as one of the five popular candidates for the champion in Jinke.

In half a year, from a down-and-out talent ridiculed by everyone. to the imperial examination star admired by everyone, the change from hell to heaven made Xu Wei, who has always been calm and breezy, unable to bear it, he has lost it for too long, and he is even more afraid of losing it when he suddenly has it......

"Brother Wen, you are not as chic as you were at the beginning."

Xu Wei rarely didn't raise the bar, and muttered and said, "You still need to say it." At this time, on the side of Zhejiang's Juzi, Zhu Dazhu and Tao Dalin saw Xu Wei and desperately beckoned him over. When our Xu Dacai saw the dense crowd, his legs seemed to be frozen, and he looked at Tang Yi with a sad face.

"Okay, or maybe I'll come back to the exam next time, right?"

Next?

Tang Yi almost sprayed, the next time is three years later, why does this guy always coax at a critical time! Tang Yi's eyes rolled, and he suddenly lowered his voice and said, "Brother Wen, if you retreat, Wang Yuanmei will get 10,000 taels of silver for nothing?" ”

"What do you mean?" Xu Wei didn't know why.

"Someone opened a gambling plate, the eldest cousin thinks that what you write is rubbish, and it is only worthy of being spread among fools and stupid women, and the dog meat buns can't be taken at the table, and the dignified talent is a grand ceremony, how can you be admitted to a clown in the literary world, so he bet 10,000 taels and bet that you won't pass the test!"

"Babble!"

Xu Wei's face turned red in an instant, like a crazy bull, and he gasped loudly, "What's so great about him Wang Shizhen, isn't he a second-class jinshi, look at me Xu Wenchang come back with a three-ding armor!" ”

Tang Yi smiled secretly in his heart, and said in his mouth: "Senior Brother Wen, a little silver is a small matter, and a big face matter, in case you are ......"

"No whatever!" Xu Wei roared angrily: "Let Wang Shizhen laugh, I might as well die." ”

After speaking, Xu Wei took Jing Ke's determination to assassinate Qin, and strode towards the side of Zhejiang.

"To deal with this guy, it still works." Tang Yi was smug when suddenly a cannon rang out, which made him tremble, followed by two more sounds, and the soldiers in charge of guarding opened the fence. All the people who took the exam raised their eyes, and the old fritters who had taken the exam several times said in a low voice: "The evil spirit of the Gongyuan is big, and you want to fire a bombardment, but don't be afraid, there will be next!" ”

Before the words fell, there were three more cannon shots, Tang Yi had already adapted, the gate of the Gongyuan was opened, and then three more sounds, and the dragon gate was opened.

At this time, the gongs and drums in the tribute courtyard were noisy, and the firecrackers were ringing out, Tang Yi didn't know why, and he thought he was going to marry, but in fact, the chief examiner took other people to invite God.

First, please invite the Great Emperor of the Three Realms to pass the Holy Emperor to the town, the second to invite Jiang Taigong to inspect, and the third to invite Emperor Wenchang to preside over the examination room, and Master Kuixing will shine...... After inviting the gods, a scribe ran out with two flags, one red and the other black, and the scribe's mouth said, "Grace ghosts enter, unjust ghosts enter." The soldier next to him hurriedly burned the paper, and a gust of wind blew, and the paper ash circled, and everyone present had a cold air on their necks.

Dare to love the Gongyuan has been used for more than 100 years, there are people who have raised the carp to jump over the dragon gate here, and there are also people who have repeatedly failed to try, and they are depressed, and the soul is reluctant to leave the Gongyuan, and every time they take the exam, they have to call out "them" and gather under the banner to save them from disturbing the candidates.

However, in Tang Yi's opinion, there was nothing going on, and they tossed it like this, but they were hairy in their hearts.

The sun is about to rise, Tang Yi and all the lifters entered the examination room, there were soldiers who carefully searched their bodies and the five products they carried, in terms of quality, compared to the township test, they sent a lot, this is not difficult to understand, the people who participated in the examination are all masters, and if they can't keep it, they will be admitted to the Jinshi, and they will be ruthless, in a word, the little soldiers not only lost their jobs, but also lost their lives.

After a symbolic search, Tang Yi entered the examination room, according to the map, and found his position, Tang Yi looked around, quite far away from the thatched house.

"If only it wasn't a stinky horn!"

Tang Yi and the township took a glance, cleaned up, took out the small stove, lit the charcoal, smoked the moisture of the house, and then he lay on the wooden board, used the leather cushion he brought as a pillow, and fell asleep. As a result, when the examiner handed out the papers, Tang Yi didn't wake up.

The examiner looked at this kid and shook his head with disdain: "It's really the world is declining, even such a straw bag can participate in the examination, and there is still a trace of dignity in the talent ceremony?" It's all to blame for the strict dictatorship of the party, and the disaster to the country and the people! ”

Until the third pole of the day, Tang Yi was slowly getting up, completely unaware that he had let Yan Ge Lao lie down.

After getting a scoop of water and washing his face, Tang Yi cheered up, took the exam paper, and then began to answer the questions.

It is still three questions and four book questions, and four questions of the Five Classics.

All the questions are complete and upright, and they will definitely not make you think crookedly. The more this kind of topic is, the more it tests the basic skills of the reader, and only by reading the four books and the five classics thoroughly can he cope with it freely.

Relatively speaking, the older the old man, the greater the advantage, to Tang Yi, a young man, in principle, can't fight others, but who made Tang Yi two people, and has the guidance of a famous teacher, solid foundation in economics, and started to make articles, full of flowers, flat and stable, not even a little problem.

In more than a day, all seven articles and eight strands were completed.

Looking at the test papers that were almost exactly the same as those printed, Tang Yi showed a faint smile.

Even without Jiajing's promise, no one would dare to let himself fall off the list just by virtue of his real ability. Since this is the case, there is no need to take Jiajing's "imperial grace" to heart......

Tang Yi suddenly thought that it was no wonder that the scholars of the Song Dynasty would die in the sea, just to follow the emperor of the Zhao family, and the ministers of the Ming Dynasty were always twisted with the emperor, and they were full of rebellious energy, I am afraid that it is just accumulated over time.

One in three days, three in nine days, Tang Yi's township test ended quickly, when the last paper was handed in, some people were confused, some people transcribed, and then sent it to the hands of Li Ben, the main examiner of the current department, the intense marking work began, and all the students were anxiously waiting for the verdict of fate.

There is never a shortage of supernatural characters in the world, such as Li Mo, the official of the Ministry of Officials, is one of them, as early as a month ago, he got a summary of Tang Yi's two face-to-face pairs from his student Lu Bing.

Li Mo looked at it carefully, and the old man was furious. Tang Yi's whimsy didn't impress him at all, Li Mo only saw a little traitor who was clever and exquisite, and ignored the ancestral family law!

Before he was twenty years old, he knew that he wanted to please this, curry favor with that, and be willing to attach himself to the Yan Party, if such a guy was allowed to enter the officialdom, it would be a shame for Shilin!

After Li Mosi thought about it, he was not a cabinet scholar, so he couldn't interfere in the examination, so he could only call Lu Bing over, and after some greetings, he went straight to the point.

"Wenming, I want to get rid of Tang Yi, do you have a way?"

Burst!

Lu Bing almost squirted a mouthful of old blood, and said with a bitter face: "Master, we are masters and apprentices, Tang Yi and His Majesty are also masters and apprentices, how dare you let Your Majesty's apprentices fall off the list as courtiers!" ”

Seeing Lu Bing's head shaking like a rattle, Li Mo clenched his fists and said angrily: "Seeing the little traitor enter the officialdom, is it unstoppable?" (To be continued.) )

PS: I'm going back to the south tomorrow, I need to take a train for a day, there are only two more today, the small one tries to save the manuscript, and tomorrow is normal and two more, if it's bad, the day after tomorrow the small one must make up, and finally ask for a monthly pass, I heard that the ticket can bless the way to a smooth wind......