There were three exams in total, one per day, a total of three days, and in these three days, Ye Xue finally understood why people said that this imperial examination was a bad practice.
Let’s not talk about whether this kind of imperial examination can really select good talents for the country; but let’s talk about the civil examination, which has tens of thousands of people crossing the single-plank bridge every three years. These candidates are already nervous enough, but because of the cruel competition, these common examinations have not seen the light of day.
The Bai Zhanji scholar who had done manual labor was not in good health. He had to spend three days in this small cubicle... In these three days, the candidates Ye Xue saw who were dragged out for medical treatment because of lack of physical strength had only passed two days.
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And even for healthy candidates... Think about it, for three whole days, they ate, drank, urinated, and slept. They ate dry food, slept on hard beds, and used a small bucket for urinating... The most terrifying thing is that this small bucket...
Leave it inside all the time... Even healthy people can't stand this kind of environment.
The three-day trial was like living in a fiery hell.
In other words, the imperial examination, provincial examination, general examination, and palace examination, not to mention, only take less than one day. The general examination is in late winter and early spring, and the provincial examination is in late summer and early autumn. The latter has a harsher environment than the former.
It is said that once every three years, the candidates who fainted and fell ill halfway through the provincial examination and were dragged out were called Qianwei Unit.
Of course, the environment of the general examination was much better than that of the provincial examination, but by the afternoon of the third day, there were countless candidates who looked like they were about to faint.
Compared to those weak candidates, Ye Xue is much better.
Ye Xue is not an ordinary weak scholar. She will try for three days. She eats less and drinks less. Compared with those smelly little cubicles, she takes spices from the sachet on Ye Xue's waist and sprinkles them everywhere.
It tastes like heaven.
Not only did Ye Xue feel like heaven, even the examiner who was patrolling the field would put down the wet handkerchief in his hand and inhale the fragrance when he got enough of the smell when he walked to Ye Xue.
And because of the difference in Ye Xue's style, Master Chen paid more and more attention to Ye Xue.
Not to mention that Mrs. Chen saw from Ye Xue's cell that Ye Xue, like Feng Jinyu, was a talented person with both civil and military skills. He only said that on the third day of the test, after a "rewind" was heard, Ye Xue walked out first.
Her place was fragrant and had no peculiar smell, but she couldn't stand the smell of the next door, next door, next door, next door, next door... they all stank.
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As soon as he left the Gongyuan, Ye Xue saw the candidates who were close to the door and who had come out early. They were leaning on the wall and breathing heavily, with faces as pale as snow.
Except for the candidates who ran out of the smelly Gongyuan one after another as if they were being chased by ghosts, the gate of Ruoda's Gongyuan was already full of carriages and sedan chairs of all sizes.
There were also boys and maids guarding the carriage and sedan. Those boys and maids put their feet up and looked towards the entrance of the Gongyuan.
There was that sharp-eyed young master who stumbled out of his house. He immediately pushed away the people, rushed forward, and carried his young master in. Whether it was family members, servants, or friends.
Yes, all the candidates who came out of the Gongyuan with a bitter yellow face and were about to faint, wiped their tears, and then quickly helped them into the carriage or sedan, shouted, and went home.
Ye Xue just came out of Gongyuan, and Luo Mei and Zhou Chao went to greet them.
Ye Xue nodded to them and told them that she was doing pretty well inside.
After saying that, Han Ming and Wei Ya also walked out of Gongyuan. When Ye Xue saw Han Ming and Wei Ya looking embarrassed, she asked them to get on the carriage together and sent them back to the rented house first before returning.