At the fifth hour, there were seven long queues at the gate of the Imperial College, with nearly 20,000 scholars and thousands of soldiers maintaining order here. More than a dozen cavalry teams patrolled the ranks of scholars to guard against any signs that might cause chaos.

There are four examination rooms for this imperial examination, among which the Taixue is the largest examination room, and the Taixue continues to be divided into seven examination rooms. Nearly 30% of the candidates take the imperial examination here. Although it is not dawn, they have begun to check and release people into the examination room to prevent the last time from being too late.

The inspection is very strict. Each candidate can only bring a pen and inkstone. Except for the examination statement that records the candidate's name, no other paper is allowed to be brought in. Last year, it was found that a candidate brought a cheating note in the pen holder. Therefore, this year, even the pen holder must be checked and the body must be searched to identify whether the appearance is consistent with the examination statement, such as square face, mole on the left eyebrow, etc.

However, even so, it is difficult to identify people who are willing to cheat, so they can only use severe punishment to restrict the cheating of scholars*. Once cheating is found, they will be prohibited from becoming an official for life. If the cheater is a child of the official family, he will even implicate his family as an official.

Chu Suiliang was at No. 341 of the B exam room, and Lu Han was at No. 1458 of the D exam room. The two separated when they lined up. The team slowly moved forward. Finally, it was Chu Suiliang's turn. An official shouted: "Next!"

Chu Suiliang hurriedly walked up and presented the exam. The official found his name in the famous paper, made a hook on it, and then looked at his appearance carefully, then asked him, "Do you know the consequences of cheating?"

"Students know!"

"Only carry pens, inkstones and exam cases are allowed. Any other thing that is searched will be suspended. If you carry notes and books, you will cheat. Now is your last chance. Check it yourself. If you have any extra things, put them here first and come back to collect them."

"There are no more students."

"Get in!"

Chu Suiliang walked in quickly. After searching, he entered the examination room. A examiner holding a lantern shouted: "Course scholars from the examination room B come with me!"

At this time, a scholar behind cried, "I didn't carry it on purpose, I forgot. Please give me a chance!"

Chu Suiliang shook his head and followed the lantern to the examination room.

The B examination room where Chu Suiliang is located is a main hall of the Taixue School, which can accommodate 3,000 people for exams at the same time. Each person has a small table, and the test form is placed in the upper left corner. Next to it is a small pot of water for grinding inkstones. The exam is a total of two days, and six hours a day is taken. The first day is the exam and the poems are posted, and the second day is a special examination strategy. The test strategy is a tradition of the Sui Dynasty.

Zhang Xuan implemented a unique percentage system for Northern Sui Dynasty, including the number of posting scriptures, the number of poems and essays accounted for 20, and the number of trial strategies accounted for 70, and the number of scores was ranked in the end.

Generally speaking, posting scriptures is a test of basic skills, which means writing scriptures verbally. Anyone who has been studying hard for ten years can basically do well. Poetry and essays are a test of literary literacy. Scholars can write poetry and essays, but their level is only high or low, but these two subjects together account for only 30% of the total score.

The key is to test the policy, which is the top priority for whether you can pass the imperial examination and also test the true talent and knowledge of the scholar. In the words of later generations, it is to write a political paper on the political life of the country.

The hall was brightly lit, just like daylight. The scholars quickly found their seats, sat down one after another, and immediately began to grind ink.

Time gradually came to Mao hour, and soldiers outside shouted: "Mu hour has arrived, locks are dropped!"

At this time, almost all the candidates were seated and waiting for the test questions to be issued. Only a sound of footsteps were heard. Nearly a hundred soldiers walked out quickly with the test cards in their hands. Each soldier had a fixed seat, so that every scholar could see the test questions on the wooden cards.

It is not difficult to post scriptures. One article was taken in "Zuo Zhuan", "Zhou Li", and "Book of Changes", and there are also contents of "Lüshi Chunqiu" and "Huainanzi".

Many scholars were secretly happy, and this was basically something they could get.

Chu Suiliang was more concerned about the title of poetry. Poetry and essays were his weakness. He spent most of his time practicing calligraphy, so he was relatively weak in writing poetry and essays.

The title on the wooden sign is very simple, and a five-character miscellaneous poem is required, which means that it is free to write the title at will. This made Chu Suiliang very happy. He once wrote a poem that was highly praised by his father and can be used today.

......

It was already dusk when Chu Suiliang came out of the examination room. He saw Lu Han from a distance, and hurriedly met him and said, "Brother Lu, how did he do the exam?"

Lu Han shook his head, Chu Suiliang was shocked, "Brother Lu didn't do well in the exam?"

"No, the question is too simple, everyone did a good job,"

Lu Han smiled bitterly, "This means that tomorrow's trial will be very difficult."

The two of them ate a little randomly on the street and quickly returned to the inn. When they returned to the room, Chu Suiliang finally couldn't help saying: "Brother Lu, I feel that the test question is probably given by His Highness King Qi. You have been following him all the time. Which direction do you think he will give?"

"Does my brother want me to take the question?"

"Brother Lu's try it!"

Lu Han thought for a while and said, "The thing that Your Highness is most concerned about is the integration of the north and the south, but many people know this. He will definitely not ask this question. I think he will be more inclined to govern the world."

"This is a big problem!"

"This topic is very big, and it is difficult to write because it is big. However, I can write it in small ways. The ancients said that a leaf can tell the autumn, and the governance of a small county is actually a microcosm of the governance of the world. His Highness of Qi cares about what is interesting, remember!"

......

The next day, the second test policy was started, and more than a hundred soldiers walked out quickly as they held the cards and said the question of today's test policy: "The Book of Rites says that the journey of the great way is, the world is the public, what is the world?'

The following are the specific requirements: the characters are limited to less than 5,000, and the calligraphy fonts are not limited, and the title can be written by yourself.

Chu Suiliang was secretly happy, but he was indeed beaten by Lu Han. Last night, he thought about it for almost a night. Chu Suiliang wrote down his own title without thinking: "A brief discussion on the case of Qiantang County's loss in five years in Daye"

This is a classic case that his uncle Chu Ming tried in the fifth year of Daye. From this case, it leads to issues such as administration, people's livelihood, morality, officialdom and economy. From the subtleties, what is the harmony of the world?

.........

The candidates were all focused on writing, and only a rustling sound of writing was heard in the examination room. Many candidates looked up from time to time and then lowered their heads to write quickly. Since the length was limited to five thousand words, this required the words of scholars' strategy theory to be very concise, which required the level of scholars' strategy theory to be very high, and at the same time, the vision and thinking of scholars were even more a major test.

Since governing the world is a problem that every scholar has considered, almost every scholar can write his own opinions, but the topic is very big, it seems easy, but it is actually difficult. Most scholars with a slightly shallow level talk about it in general and try to cover everything as much as possible. However, scholars with high-level scholars know that it is impossible to discuss it from the overall situation and need to find an entry point to discuss it in detail.

In the wide examination room, invigilators were paced back and forth, watching the subtle movements of each candidate. Today, the chief invigilator of the Imperial College was Li Baiyao. After Li Baiyao entered Beijing from Wujun, he was appointed as the Imperial College Office and was in charge of the Imperial College, which was equivalent to the deputy minister of the Ministry of Education and also served as the principal of the Taishang. This position is very suitable for his talents.

Li Baiyao was also inspecting the examination room. At this time, an official walked over quickly and whispered a few words in his ear. Li Baiyao was startled and hurriedly followed the officials outside the examination room. On the steps outside the examination room, Zhang Xuan brought Su Wei, Pei Ju and more than a dozen important officials to the examination room.

Li Baiyao hurriedly walked up to bow and bowed, "I'm going to see His Highness, King Qi!"

Zhang Xuan smiled and said, "Today is the second day and the last day of the imperial examination. Let's take a look at the situation of the candidates. It should have started now!"

"Report to Your Highness, it's already been an hour."

Su Wei, next to him, asked again, "Can we go to the examination room to take a look?"

"Of course, just"

Li Baiyao was a little hesitant. He couldn't say that there were too many people. Just after looking at everyone, Zhang Xuan understood what he meant and turned around and smiled at everyone, "Let's go and have a look! Too many people will affect the scholar's questions."

Li Baiyao was grateful to King Qi for his thoughtfulness and quickly arranged for officials to take everyone to inspect the examination halls. He and Su Wei came to the largest examination hall with Li Baiyao."

The examination room was very quiet, and all the scholars were writing quickly. No one noticed that there were two special figures in the invigilator.

The candidates were in a uniform manner, and each candidate had a place to sit. Zhang Xuan observed every candidate on both sides in the aisle. Some had written thousands of words, while some had hesitated to write. At this time, Zhang Xuan was attracted by a beautiful calligraphy and couldn't help but slow down. This was a very young candidate, who had written more than a thousand words. His calligraphy was vigorous and elegant, and he had a great style. Zhang Xuan was immediately attracted.

At this time, the man noticed someone beside him, and couldn't help but look up at Zhang Xuan, lowered his head, but the pen stopped, obviously waiting for the person next to him to walk over.

Seeing that he had affected the candidate's performance, Zhang Xuan felt a little apologized, so he slowly walked past him and glanced at the test case in the upper left corner, which read the candidate's name, "Qiantang Chu Suiliang".

Zhang Xuan was surprised. It turned out that this young man was Chu Suiliang, a famous calligrapher in history. However, Zhang Xuan did not disturb him anymore and walked directly past him.
Chapter completed!