As the sky was gray, Zhang Mu washed and changed his clothes, and set out from Jinhua Post to the Prefecture School.

Today is the big day for the Mansion Examination. The location of the Mansion Examination is at the Confucian School of Jinhua Prefecture, which is not very far from the inn.

Zhang Mu came out of the restaurant yesterday and walked around Jinhua Mansion to look for the store, but there was nothing suitable, so in the afternoon, he simply went to Yazi's store and left it to Yazi to find it, just to spend a few more money.

When the carriage arrived at Fuxue Street, Zhang Mu saw that it was already crowded. After all, it was a government test, and the scale was one level higher than that of the county test. There were many children in Jinhua Prefecture who wanted to participate in the government test.

When Zhang Mu got out of the car, he saw Chen Ying and his group of classmates waiting outside the gate of the mansion. When he saw Zhang Mu, his people were all sarcastic. It seemed that as long as the mansion was finished, he might see Zhang Mu appear to be a fool.

Wang Hongtai, Zhang Wen and other students were all joking elsewhere, discussing the form of this year, guessing whose child could take the case.

Huang Huai had already seen Zhang Mu in the crowd and hurried over to say hello. After some greetings, Zhang Mu handed him a brocade box and said, "I have some snacks inside. I have prepared two of them for you. I will enter the dragon gate to satisfy my hunger."

Huang Huai took it and was polite. At this time, he heard the door of Taoist School open. Then, two yamen runners came out of the gate, and a trainee in soap clothes came out and shouted: "Open the dragon gate, and Tong Sheng enters the venue."

Basically, it is the same as the county examination. First, you search your body, and then go to the compound to wait for insurance.

Zhang Mu said goodbye to Yan Su, then mixed with the candidates' team with roasted blue and food boxes, entered the gantry, and stood in the courtyard.

There are many people participating in the government examination, and the yamen officers arranged for candidates to line up according to their numbers. Zhang Mu saw that there was still Tong Sheng in his thirties here, but he was probably the youngest.

Zhang Mu looked up and saw a Jinhua Mansion official wearing an official robe outside the hall door. The fourth-rank official of the prefect of Jinhua Mansion was wearing a red robe and a squid head. He stood in front of the many officials with his hands on his back.

Zhang Mu saw that he was about fifty years old, with thin figure, tall cheekbones, and very energetic. He looked like a capable person, but he saw that he had serious bags in his eyes and thought that he might not have had a good sleep last night. When Yirenfang opened, he gave something and vaguely remembered that his surname was Wang.

Behind him were several Tongzhi and Tongzong, and later he was standing with experience, governor and other officials, but Du Feng's uncle was not here today, so he was afraid that he would not dare to show up because he was guilty.

Seeing that the few of them stood together, with their red and green robes, green robes, red and green robes, Zhang Mu thought to himself that Zhu Yuanzhang's aesthetic was indeed problematic. He probably could only see a blush in the Golden Palace. As a result, when he arrived at the local area, these officials gathered together here, and thought it was the opera troupe that had been launched.

After a while, he started singing insurance, and Zhang Mu was ranked first. Wang Hongtai and Zhang Wen sang insurance for him one after another, and Zhang Mu walked to the front of the stage with a swagger.

The officials in front of the stage smiled at Zhang Mu one by one, and they almost bowed to Zhang Mu, which made Zhang Mu feel cold on his back.

After taking the test paper from the prefect Wang, the prefect Wang saw Zhang Mu's age, and said earnestly: "Take a good exam, I will see your test paper in person later."

Zhang Mu smiled shyly, took the test paper and returned to his number, put down the table, took out the teapot and dessert from the food box, and first gave some sacrifices to the Wudian Temple.

Because there are many people and the insurance coverage is long, it took about half an hour before the yamen officers started patrolling the venue with the light board.

The lamp board is the question for this exam. The first question is to manage every family; the second question is the return of the people; the third question is the ultimate.

Zhang Mu took a look and found that these three questions were not easy to write. At this moment, the examination room was silent. Zhang Mu saw Tong Sheng in the opposite sign and each face was mourning, with a heavy expression than his dead father.

By chance, Zhang Mu saw that it was Chen Ying sitting diagonally at him. However, Chen Ying seemed to have a little hesitation on her face. Seeing Zhang Mu looking at him, he hurriedly pretended to be disdainful.

While Zhang Mu was thinking, the prefect Wang and the prefect Fang Tongzhi came over.

Tongzhi is a fifth-rank official, but in fact he is the deputy mayor and secretary-general of the municipal party committee, assisting the prefect in handling official duties.

Fang Tongzhi was born as a prison student. The so-called prison student is a candidate who was recommended to study in the Imperial College and then to become an official.

During the Hongwu period, students and imperial examinations were both one of the important ways to become officials.

The prefect Wang was recommended to the officialdom because the imperial examination was abolished for more than ten years after the seventh year of Hongwu, and the imperial examination was only started in recent years.

Last night, the prefect Wang couldn't sleep all night, just for Zhang Mu.

Because if Zhang Mu was just an ordinary child, it wouldn't matter, but Zhang Mu's identity as the Jinyiwei is not true or false. If he fails the exam, wouldn't he be in trouble?

But if he lets Zhang Mu enter the hospital for examination, if he is targeted by those hateful censors and commits private fraud in the imperial examination, he will lose his head.

So we went to Fang Tongzhi to discuss it. Fang Tongzhi had no countermeasures and was in a dilemma. In the end, we just made up the problem by taking a closer look. If Zhang Mu failed the exam, the Jinyiwei did not explain anyway, and they might be able to escape the disaster.

Now both of them come to see Zhang Mu's skills tacitly. If Zhang Mu really wrote well, that would be fine. Everyone was happy. If Zhang Mu wrote nonsense, they would have to think of a countermeasure as soon as possible to avoid being passive.

Seeing that the two of them were smiling and not smiling, they looked depressed, Zhang Mu guessed a few points, and thought to himself that it was really difficult for them.

So I took the pen and wrote: "If you take the family, you will be in your own way, so a gentleman will plan to align it."

This sentence is to defeat the enemy, and this topic comes from the first chapter of "The Great Learning".

When the prefect Wang and Fang Tongzhi saw this, a hint of joy flashed through their eyes. It seemed that Zhang Mu was not a reckless man, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, Professor Wen also came over. He was just looking at Chen Ying's side. It was easy to solve the first question, but it was not easy to write later. Chen Ying was already in deep thought, so he came over to take a look at Zhang Mu.

Seeing that Zhang Mu had already solved the problem, a hint of relief appeared on his face. After all, in his eyes, it was not easy for a thirteen-year-old child to reach this point.

Immediately afterwards, the title is: "With an unvirtuous body, one will force oneself to things. Since the family will be in the first place, how can one call together?"

The three onlookers Zhang Mu couldn't help but look at each other. When Magistrate Wang and Comrade Fang saw that Teacher Wen were nodding, the smiles on both of them became stronger.

But then it was a relatively difficult speech, and the prefect Wang became nervous again. Here we have to speak for the saints, and tone is old-fashioned, which is a bit difficult.

Especially for twelve-year-old children like Zhang Mu, this is even more difficult.

However, Zhang Mu looked relaxed and thought for a while and continued to write: "Besides, the difficulty of family unity is more difficult than the difficulty of governing the country. There are two things that are said to be more difficult than the country: the country is where the authority can be controlled, and the authority can be lost with the land of grace; the country is where the ears and eyes cannot connect..."

Seeing Zhang Mu's lecture at this point, Professor Wen nodded repeatedly and said, "No, not bad. Very skilled."

Hearing Professor Wen's praise, Fang Tongzhi and Wang Zhifu could no longer hold back the joy. Look at me and I look at you, both of them feel that this happiness came too suddenly, and they feel like they are reborn. Now they put their heads back on their necks, and they feel at ease.

Unexpectedly, Professor Wen pondered: "The next one is the most difficult eight-legged essay. Mu Zhi, think about it carefully before writing."

Comrade Fang and Prefect Wang's heart had just been relieved, and they suddenly reached their throats. Prefect Fang hurriedly poured tea for Zhang Mu, while Prefect Wang grinded ink on the side and whispered: "Don't worry, write slowly. Write slowly."

Zhang Mu was surrounded by the three of them, and was really flattered for a moment. Thinking about the fact that he was in Yongkang County when he was in the exam, he was in danger of peace. He felt like he was a different life.

So he said shyly: "Three sirs, why don't you sit and watch?"

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Chapter completed!