On the sixth day of the fourth month, the emperor summoned the examiner.

Duan Cizong had never entered the Zichen Hall. In the past fifteen years, he had only seen the emperor from afar during the Great Court. Now he kneels under the emperor's legs. Thinking of the message the emperor Toningtao brought to him, he was filled with mixed feelings and could not shed tears.

Li Shihong, who was standing beside him, seemed much more calm. He accidentally caught Duan Cizong's eyes red. Li Shihong secretly curled his lips, one was to laugh at Duan Cizong's loss of composure, and the other was to think that Duan Cizong was deliberately pretending to be liked by the emperor.

Shi Shouzhen gave the two of them to sit down and said, "The great ceremony of talent is a major matter for the country. Don't neglect it. Wei Xiang has already told you. I have given you a few more words, first, don't follow your personal opinions. If you find that you leaked the exam questions or have committed fraud, don't be an official, and you can't even save your life. Second, you must be impartial. I know that every imperial examination, there are always people who have to go around and ask for the way. I heard that Li Qing, you are closed to thank the guests, and Duan Qing is away from the evil dogs. I like this very much. Third, you must gain talents for the country and pay attention to pragmatism. Don't take any articles that are not in the world. What I want is talents who can govern the country; fourth, don't form cliches to make private interests, and make friends, name them in front and benefit the latter. If I find them, I will also pursue them later."

The two knelt down again and said "yes".

The eunuch Liu Weiguo took out a boxwood box from the golden lacquer cabinet on the left side of the hall, and Shi Shouzhen signaled to hand it over to Li Shihong. Li Shihong took it respectfully and held it in his arms. The box had a copper lock and a seal was pasted. Liu Weiguo smiled and handed the key to Duan Cizong.

Shi Shouzhen said: "The test questions are contained in the box, which are kept by Li Shihong, and the keys are kept by Duan Cizong. I am not convinced of you, but I am afraid of ten thousand, but I am afraid of one. I will protect you if I do this. Finally, I will say that it depends on two people to pick up scholars in the country."

According to convention, the two examiners received the exam questions, and the Ministry of Rites held a banquet, and after the banquet, they were sent directly to the tribute court. In order to show their solemn respect, each time the examiner was admitted to the hospital, he would send him off with eight-carrying sedan chairs. The drums and music on both sides were so happy.

Li Shihong sat in a sedan chair, gently rubbing the smooth surface of the wooden box in his hand. It was the dream of countless officials to become the chief examiner of the imperial examination. More than 300 Jinshis came from his own disciples, and how great it would be for the future. The emperor said that he should not form a clique for personal gain. At that time, the peaches and plums would become their own paths without saying anything. I am afraid that the emperor could control it.

Some people must win this exam. Wei Xiang's grandson Wei Youcheng is the first one. This son is very talented. Even if he wins him, there is no one to talk about it. The wife came back from the Korean Marquis' mansion a few days ago and brought back a box of jewelry. The fourth son of the Korean Marquis, Jin Ke, also participated in the exam. The second son of his old friend Liu Zongyi, became his adoptive father, and he also took the exam in Jin Ke...

Li Shihong tapped the wooden box gently with his fingers, and thought all the way. When he arrived at the sedan chair in the Gongyuan, he actually had eight names. Li Shihong was a little annoyed. It seemed that his friendship was indeed a bit wider and he owed a lot of favors. It was not easy to pay it off this time.

Holding the wooden box tightly, he walked out of the sedan chair. Eighteen examiners in front of the Gongyuan, plus the gate, promoted, received papers, and sealed them. He bowed to nearly fifty or sixty officials, including reading, "See the examiner". "Disclaimer". At this moment, Li Shihong's eyes were blurred. He penetrated the dozens of people in front of him, and seemed to see hundreds of new Jinshi, nearly ten thousand scholars who took the exam, and countless people behind them.

The stars came to Mingyuan Tower like the moon. Li Shihong first put the wooden box in his hand into a golden plate, worshiped it on the incense table, burned the incense and bowed. The chief and deputy examiner sat in the first place, and other officials sat on both sides. The sound of firecrackers outside the door sounded, and the tribute courtyard locked, and the imperial examination officially kicked off.

Before April 8th, Jiang Anyi and others washed up and stood up. Zhang Yuzhu and Shitou held lanterns and went to the tribute courtyard in the southwest corner. Although it was already April, the cold was still hot in the early morning. Zhang Yuzhu was talking to her brother to pay attention to this and that, which made Jiang Anyi and Fan Shiben laugh secretly.

Both Zhang Zhicheng and his parents died, and the brother and sister depended on each other for their own lives. Before Zhang Zhicheng passed the imperial examination, the two brothers and sisters suffered a lot in the countryside. Therefore, after Zhang Zhicheng passed the imperial examination, the brother and sister sold their land and came to the capital to try it.

Zhang Zhicheng responded without getting tired. Seeing that the girl's face was red from the cold, he stretched out his hand to cover her sister's face for a while, and said with pain: "After I enter the tribute yard, you and Shi Tou should not go out at home. If you have anything to do, wait for me to come back, please be optimistic about the silver and other things, don't be stolen."

Zhang Yuzhu shyly broke away from her brother's hand, subconsciously glanced at Jiang Anyi, saw him smiling at him, and blushed, and replied, "I understand, brother, don't worry."

There were already a group of people outside the Gongyuan. From afar, the Gongyuan looked like a castle, surrounded by dense surrounding thorns. No wonder it was called "Zhicheng". At the time of Yin, the door of the Gongyuan opened and the disciples entered the Gongyuan. Jiang Anyi and others bid farewell to Zhang Yuzhu and Shi Tou, and flocked into the Gongyuan with the crowd.

Bypassing the stone yard, there are four "probation and investigation offices" on both sides of the corridor, which is the place for the search and inspection. Da Zheng Lu said, "Anyone who holds a piece of paper and only writes will be shackled before the scene for a month, and the offense will be punished. The search officers and officials informed the secrets and condone the same crimes." The most fair thing about the tribute court is here. No matter where you are from, the powerful, rich and poor, you will be undressed and be inspected by the tribute court yamen runners. The candidates who entered the examination were arranged in eight rows and walked into the quest office with their names.

Because there are too many people in the exam, it is impossible to arrange pen, ink, paper, inkstone and food in a unified manner, candidates are allowed to provide a standard test basket, "the eye is exquisite and the bottom is the same for search and inspection." There are regulations on clothes, hats and food. If there is any violation, the minor ones will be expelled from the market, and the worst ones will be punished. These standards are stipulated that people who specialize in the preparation of test-taking wear, ink, cakes, and even candles will make a fortune every three years.

Different names, Jiang Anyi and Fan Shiben and others were in different queues. Hearing his name, Jiang Anyi quickly stood up and entered the inspection office with the person who pointed the name. The two yamen runners arranged in two rows in the inspection office. The scholars were in the middle, and the two yamen runners checked the scholar's clothes, utensils, and food in groups to check the scholar's clothes, utensils, and food, and then compared them at the two gates to "recognize the official seals and knots" to prevent the gunmen from cheating.

After a lot of chaos, Jiang Anyi finally entered the Gongyuan. Entering the "Dragon Gate", the meaning of a carp jumping over the dragon gate. There is a horizontal plaque on the three gates in the middle, the middle gate is titled "The Heaven opens the Wenyun", the east gate is titled "Ming Jingshou to the Scholars", and the west gate is titled "Seeking Talents for the Country". Under the dark night, the tall dragon gate is solemn and solemn.

The shock brought by the densely packed houses is definitely not something that the Dezhou Gongyuan can give. Countless lights lit up in the houses, as bright as the stars in the sky, reflecting the southwest corner of the Yongchang imperial capital. Standing at a high place, you can see the red light of the tribute houses all over the sky, which is the "Wenchang event".

Li Shihong and others have been sitting in Mingyuan Tower since the hour of Yin. Everyone was speechless, with only the red candle occasionally making a light sound. Duan Cizong listened to the sound coming from afar, and his thoughts flew to the situation when he participated in the exam, and the ups and downs surged and bitter and spicy.

"The hour of Mao is here," the minor official said loudly. With this shout, Li Shihong stood up first and stood side by side with Duan Cizong. The other officials arranged neatly, bowed deeply at the wooden box offered in the golden plate. Li Shihong stepped forward and carried it out, showing everyone the intact seal and copper lock.

Duan Cizong opened the copper lock, opened the lid of the box, and there were three yellow secret bags inside, with date marked on it. Duan Cizong took out the one from April 9, locked the wooden box again, put it back on the golden plate, and handed it to Li Shihong.

The tips were the questions for this exam. Li Shihong read out loudly: "The title of the Four Books: The Supreme Etiquette will not allow the world to rule; Fu: The five-color fu of the sun (the rhyme of the sun is bright and the sage of the sage, the sage of the earth and virtues of the sage." After saying that, he handed it to Duan Cizong beside him, and Duan Cizong was handed over to the same examiner after reading it in turn. A minor official wrote on paper next to him and posted it on a wooden sign, and the minor official held it to the quotation house to put the questions.

The sound of lamentation came one after another. Most people did not expect that the current academic examination would actually give up poetry and do fu. Those poems that had been drafted in advance had to be discarded. The number eight of the earth character, Shine Wei Youcheng smiled at the corner of his mouth when he saw the title. Although he had not written the five colors of the day, if he wanted to talk about fu, who else could he do it?

In the third place of Suzi, Zhang Zhicheng wrote down the test questions expressionlessly. For him, twenty years of hard study are waiting for today to burst out. What kind of questions can hardly hold the articles in his belly. Zhang Zi No. 5 sat in the teacher's book. After seeing the question, he sighed softly, changing the poem to fu, but An Yi's specialty could not be displayed; Cheng Zi No. 6, Jiang Anyi was stunned when he saw the test questions. He actually wrote fu, and the hero was useless.

Jiang Anyi was a little panicked. His poems, songs, and verses were a must-have style of writing. He was famous for his poetry, and he rarely involved other styles. As Mr. Fan and Mr. Yu said, his accumulation was still too little. Jiang Anyi smiled bitterly, and it seemed that he would be about to return in this meeting.

Of course, Jiang Anyi began to search in the memories of demons again. Compared with the vast poetry, there was not much song and verse. Soon, Jiang Anyi's face showed ecstasy color. God's will pity me, and there was a essay titled "The Five Colors of the Sun". Fortunately, he still used "The Sun Beautiful Nine Flowers, the Holy Fu, the Earth Destiny" as the rhyme. If the name was not too small, Jiang Anyi would have knelt down and thanked all the gods.

The first test was completed, and the papers were posted, the papers were sealed, the papers were received, and the transcription officials were signed. The reading officials were in place one by one. Compared with the provincial examination, the imperial examinations were not only sealed, but also transcription, which was much stricter. The surveillance officer and the promotion officer monitored the entire process, and there was no disadvantage on the surface. As for the subtleties, only they knew it.

On the 12th, the second exam began and the questions were issued. The internal supervisor exam asked the principal to go to the class to divide the papers, Li Shihong drew the house sign, Duan Cizong drew the book to the test, and before the case was distributed to the examiner, the review work had already begun. Those who were satisfied with the tester were selected and recommended to the examiner. Although there were three tests, the first one was the key.

After a short talk, three trials were over, Jiang Anyi and others returned to the hotel and waited for the announcement of the list on May 10th.
Chapter completed!