"The first session of the Imperial Examination Spring Examination has begun! Candidates from all provinces are invited to come in and take the exam, and those who are idle should stay away!"
"Once you enter the Gongyuan, you are not allowed to make any noise, leave your seat without permission, look around, or contradict the examiner. You are not allowed to leave the Gongyuan even half a step before handing in your papers!"
As soon as the gate of Gongyuan opened, all the scholars rushed in.
Xue Hong read the list and found that the total number of reference persons was 2,421.
Most of them are candidates from previous years, and 379 of them are candidates from various places this year.
What is the concept? With a population of more than 100 million in the country, only three or four hundred people can pass the Juren examination every three years. Calculated, the rarity of the Juren is almost the same as that of a PhD candidate in a major university.
Many of the candidates had a look of determination on their faces, as if the title of Jinshi was within easy reach. Xue Hong secretly took note of these candidates.
As soon as the students arrived at the Tribute Academy, they immediately looked for the corresponding seats according to the seat numbers assigned in advance.
Since Zheng serves as the chief examiner, Xue Hong and Lin Ruhai serve as deputy examiners, and there are also many officials from the Ministry of Etiquette who are responsible for traveling to invigilate the exams.
When the time comes, the gate of Gongyuan is closed.
From this moment on, unless someone uses a red cannon to bombard the Gongyuan, even if the palace is on fire, it has nothing to do with the people in the Gongyuan.
After the examination papers were handed out, many candidates in the Gongyuan changed their expressions. Why is this so different from what they promised!!
Mr. Huang Jin, the Minister of Etiquette who accompanied the exam, had a satisfied smile on his wrinkled face.
Xue Hong understood instantly: This was definitely because Emperor Longqing and Huang Jin had temporarily replaced the test questions.
The people whose expressions changed greatly now were almost all those who had been so confident just now.
The three of them, Xue Hong and Xue Hong, were sitting on the chairs. The three of them were the chief examiner and the deputy examiner. There was no need to wander around with eyes and infrared rays to catch cheating and violations. That was a matter of inspection inspection.
The main responsibility of the three people is to judge the behavior of the candidates after the cheating candidates are sent over during the inspection.
Sure enough, not long after the exam started, a fat Juren in his forties was caught cheating by the circuit examiner and sent over.
Generally speaking, if the circumstances are as minor as this, you will be disqualified from the current or even next imperial examination, or in more serious cases, you will be exiled from the army or even beheaded!
Less than an hour after the exam started, more than a dozen candidates had already been kicked out of Gongyuan for cheating.
Xue Hong stood up and paced back and forth in the examination room. Looking around, he saw that most of the candidates were writing furiously. There were also many candidates who were scratching their heads, looking downcast, and even looking around secretly, trying to see something.
But as long as anyone is willing to cheat, almost everyone will be caught. Although there were no cameras in ancient times, the strictness of the general examination was even more stringent than the college entrance examination.
Xue Hong even saw an old man in his fifties spurting out a mouthful of blood while taking the test, and then he was carried out of the Gongyuan.
In fact, it is understandable that as long as you pass the tribute examination, even if you are a commoner, you will definitely be able to get an official position. Even if you are a seventh or eighth grade official, he is like a local emperor in the local area.
Passing the exam means more than just honoring one's ancestors, so it is understandable that many candidates risked their lives.
Xue Hong even saw an old man who was nearly seventy years old. The hand holding the pen was shaking like an aunt in the cafeteria, but he still insisted on taking the imperial examination. What a perseverance!
After Xue Hong turned around, he found that those who were full of confidence before now had almost no words written on the papers. There was anger and regret on their faces.
After Xue Hong made a rough circle, he quickly returned to his seat.
Xue Hong saluted Yu Zheng and Lin Ruhai one after another and then sat back down.
The day passed quickly. When the time came, the candidates handed in their papers one after another, and the gate of Gongyuan also opened.
Just after all the candidates left, Xue Hong and the others sorted out their names, sealed the papers, and left the Gongyuan one after another.
As soon as Xue Hong stepped out of the tribute courtyard, he was stopped by a fat white man with several servants.
This fat little white guy came up and knelt down to Xue Hong and kowtowed: "I've met my uncle!!"
Xue Hong was stunned for a moment, then stretched out his hand to stop the little fat man who was about to kowtow and asked: "Wait a minute, who are you? Why do you call me uncle?"
Little Fatty Bai grinned: "Hehehe, my teacher said that as long as you are an invigilator, you are inseparably from our Donglin Academy, so the students call you uncle."
Xue Hong pretended to understand, nodded, and then asked: "Oh! Oh? By the way, nephew, today's test questions are not easy! I saw many students from Donglin Academy looking embarrassed.
, either angry or annoyed, why are you so happy? Could it be that you are confident?"
Little Fatty Bai blinked his little eyes and looked around, then quietly said to Xue Hong: "Uncle, you don't know! Those brothers you see are all doing evil things.
I don’t know where I bought the test questions from, and I prepared them in advance, but from the looks of them, I guess they didn’t hit the mark on the test questions!”
Xue Hong: "Oh? Since you didn't buy the test questions in advance, my nephew, then you have some real talent!"
Little Fatty Bai scratched his head in embarrassment: "Hey hey hey, I bought it too, but I can't understand it at all, and I can't remember the answer even if I asked someone to do it."
Xue Hong: "(??⊿??)?? Could it be that you relied on the connections of some important person in the court..."
Fatty Xiaobai glared and said, "My mother said, you can't rely on connections to go through the back door!"
Xue Hong frowned and asked, "Then how did you pass the exam?"
Fatty Little White: "I paid my way upright and got into the exam!! It's different from them cheating and relying on connections."
Xue Hong suppressed his smile, covered his face with one hand, tried his best to suppress the corner of his mouth and replied: "Yes. It is indeed different. There are not many down-to-earth young people like you nowadays."
Little white fat man: "No!!"
Xue Hong: "Well, my uncle is optimistic about you, so go ahead!"
Little Fatty Bai waved happily: "See you later, Uncle Master!!"
Xue Hong was almost hurt internally from holding back her laughter.
"I spent my money openly!"
How did he have the nerve to say this without any burden? This is a talent!!
However, it does show from the side that the power of the Donglin Party is indeed shocking!!
Little White Fatty’s teacher actually dared to tell him that as long as he was an examiner, he was most likely from Donglin’s lineage. How arrogant was this!
Emperor Longqing could tolerate the presence of the behemoth Donglin Party in the court for so long without showing any thoughts. This kind of mentality is far beyond ordinary people! He is even a little anti-human.