In the morning, crowds gathered in many places in Xiyang City. A news released by the General Administration Office just announced that it attracted countless people to watch, and more and more people gathered at the various places.

Most people are illiterate and cannot understand what is said in the announcement. Some officials are chanting the content loudly, while others listen silently.

At the beginning of next year, the Shandong East Road General Administration Office will hold an examination in Xiyang, Huangzhou to select talents. The examination date is February 15th, and the examination will be held for three consecutive days, with 55 people being selected.

Those who take the exam are not limited to their hometowns and their status is innocent. They cannot participate in a low-level family. If there is any concealment, they will be severely punished once they are found.

The examination content is divided into three subjects: Ming Jing, Jinshi, and arithmetic.

The Ming Jing subject is divided into the meaning of the Post Sutra and the meaning of the Ink. The test questions of the Post Sutra are to extract a sentence from the scriptures and cover a few words. The candidates need to fill in the missing words; the meaning of the Ink is to answer some questions and answers about the scriptures.

In the Jinshi class, candidates are required to create poems and fu on specific topics.

Arithmetic subject, purely taking arithmetic, and answering various calculation questions.

Each candidate must apply for at least one of the subjects, including Mingjing and Jinshi subjects, and 15 people will be admitted to the arithmetic subjects.

If there are candidates who take three subjects, their scores meet the requirements in the three subjects, and they are selected by the generalists in the three subjects. If they are not within 55 people, they will be directly transferred to Chang'an to listen to them.

The announcement also defines the approximate scope of the examinations of each subject, as well as many details and matters for taking the examination. From today onwards, the Huangzhou General Administration, the Jingzhou General Administration, and the Anzhou General Administration will announce the news in a few days.

Even the Hongzhou General Administration and the Hongzhou General Administration will publish the announcement of this news. At the same time, the prefectures and counties will also announce the examination details and application methods. Everyone is welcome to go to the local official office to inquire.

The rumors came true, and the news spread around at an extremely fast speed, and the focus of public opinion in Xiyang City was all concentrated on this exam selection.

You can become an official by passing the exam. If it were in the past, no one believed this. However, now it has come true. After the emperor sent an envoy to Huangzhou to hold an examination and select talents, the Shannan Road General Administration will also hold an examination and select talents.

It is hard to say whether this opportunity will be next time, so after the news was implemented, many people were extremely excited and wanted to sign up for the exam and try their best to change their own and their family's destiny.

However, the application details are clearly written, not everyone can participate in the examination and selection, so as not to avoid talented and unsophisticated people being just a waste of the manpower and material resources of the government.

Starting from February 1st and as of February 13th, candidates who have registered must take the "Basic Test" in Huangzhou Prefecture School. The state learning will give the test papers with medium difficulty. The candidates will know the results within half an hour after the exam.

Candidates must pass this "baseline test" before they are eligible to take the real exam.

If you want to take the basic test, you have to pay a deposit. If you pass the basic test, then all the deposits will be refunded. If you fail, the deposit will not be refunded.

The deposit is two-staff or equivalent grain and cloth. Many candidates may be short of money and cannot afford it. That doesn't matter. Under the witness of the government, they can sign a "work contract" with several workshops in Huangzhou, and the workshop will advance the deposit first.

If the candidate passes the survey test, the deposit will be returned to the workshop. If the candidate fails the survey test, he or she will have to go to the workshop to repay the deposit through a certain period of "working".

There was a lot of discussion about this exam, and some people quickly found business opportunities, that is, renting houses.

The last exam selection made many landlords make a fortune. In this larger exam, it is conceivable that more outsiders will flock to Xiyang, inns and residences, so they naturally have to rent a house or share a rent with others.

Some people arrived in Xiyang a few days before the exam, but some people would live in Xiyang more than a month in advance. In the previous exam, there were children from wealthy families. This time, there would be more children from wealthy families, and the rented ones would be in the yard.

Those who live in Xiyang in advance and then take the exam will have time to go to the state school to listen to lectures and go to the library to read books all night. This is a rare opportunity and may not be available again in the future.

Even if the big guys are busy on weekdays, they won’t save that much money at critical moments.

The landlords saw business opportunities, and people from other industries also saw business opportunities. The casinos were ready to better receive visitors from all over the world.

Tea shops, wine shops and restaurants everywhere are also ready to seize this extremely rare opportunity to expand their sales. Street vendors selling cooked cakes and snacks are also excited and want to buy more rice, noodles, eggs and other ingredients, and make a good profit at that time.

This great news also led to the various farms and shops that made and sold ham, meat floss, sausages and other meat products.

All escort businesses were also very excited. According to the experience of the last exam, many candidates from other places went to the escort business to handle "passenger transportation" because they could not guarantee the safety of long-distance journeys. There will be more people in need this time.

At that time, you will get a 60% discount. You will also bring guests (students) to Xiyang along the way. The "passenger transportation" ability of an escort team can be much higher than before. Even with the residences and inns along the way, the business of the inns will be better.

The happiest thing is the bookstore, all kinds of classics, arithmetic classics, various test questions, and the last test questions. They have already prepared a lot in advance. Today, the government announced the announcement, and the books were sold out in an instant, and orders came one after another.

This is just the beginning, and it is conceivable that many people will buy related books, so for bookstores and paper workshops, this is a huge business opportunity.

At the same time, some people were very happy that a large number of people from other places gathered in Xiyang, and there must be many fat sheep. Then they used their means to cheat and cheat, and they could open a year without opening and eating for a year.

The same news has caused different thoughts to everyone, and unconsciously the undercurrents are surging in the city. However, for most people, even if they cannot participate in the exam in February next year, they can benefit from it.

Candidates can earn a lot more when they get the exam by renting houses, setting up stalls on the street, selling poultry and livestock, even selling vegetables and running errands.

There were crowds of people talking everywhere on the streets and alleys. Sima Zhang Dingfa, Sima of the Prince of Xiyang, rode on his horse and slowly headed towards the north gate. Looking at the situation on the left and right streets, he couldn't help but sigh.

He was ordered to escort the princess and prince back to Xiyang. Now that he has finished his rest, he has to take his guards to Bozhou and obey orders in front of the Xiyang tent. I don’t know how long it will take to return.

Xiyang City is changing very quickly, Zhang Dingfa was wondering, what will Xiyang City become when he comes back?

After leaving the north gate, the main force of the guard team stationed at the Wangfu Lakeside Manor had already arrived at the official road to wait. Seeing Zhang Dingfa and his subordinates arrived, everyone rode their horses and followed and marched northward.
Chapter completed!