Chapter 2611

The overall situation is the most important thing. These four words basically blocked Tao Hongfang's possibility of continuing to investigate the truth of the matter. However, Tao Hongfang did not think that the situations encountered in Hangzhou would really affect Haihan's stability. For the parties involved,

, the changing direction of these things may affect their future and destiny, and they are extremely important opportunities, but for this emerging empire that is developing rapidly, they are all just trivial matters.

Tao Hongfang was not the kind of person who would dig into the wrong edges. After he thought clearly about the stakes, he made a decisive decision not to try to change things that were beyond his ability.

After putting aside these "noisy things", Tao Hongfang's life became more relaxed. In the next few days, he and Bai Letong traveled together to inspect the area around the West Lake to find a suitable place to build a mansion.

August has entered in the blink of an eye, and the first rural examination hosted by the Donghai Region is about to take place. Students from all over the country have arrived in Hangzhou one after another, making the city more and more lively. There are many scholars staying in large and small inns inside and outside the city.

Even the place where Tao Hongfang and others live is no exception.

They come in and out every morning and evening, and almost always encounter scholars with servants coming to stay. The price of accommodation in this place is really not low, but it has convenient transportation and complete supporting facilities, so there are still some scholars with better economic conditions to choose from.

Settlement here.

However, these scholars probably could not have imagined that one of the invigilators of this provincial examination actually lived in this place, and had probably met them. If this news spread, I am afraid that Bai Letong would live in that courtyard.

The threshold will soon be stepped down.

This is also due to the fact that Bai Letong is not a local official. When the Donghai Region Administrative Committee announced the list of invigilators, he had not yet been sent to Hangzhou to participate in the preparations for the provincial examination, so the outside world did not know that there were people outside Hangzhou.

Such an invigilator was temporarily appointed by the Executive Committee.

However, after Bai Letong experienced the turmoil of the previous rural examination, his enthusiasm for the imperial examination has been greatly reduced, and he even lacks interest in the job of invigilating the examination. If he had not considered that he had to explain something after returning to Sanya, he would probably

I took the initiative to quit this job.

On the sixth day of August, Bai Letong packed up his personal belongings and went to the Gongyuan in the southeast of the city to report. According to the long-standing rules, examiners must enter the examination room to report on the sixth day of the eighth month, and then conduct closed management to isolate contact with the outside world until the provincial examination.

Freedom will be restored after it is over.

However, before closing the door, the examiners will have to attend a banquet called the Horse Riding Banquet. This banquet is equivalent to a symbol of the opening of this provincial examination. After the banquet, the examiners will enter the examination room, and the officials who will mark the examination papers will

They will be placed separately from the officials who invigilated the exam, and they will not meet again until the end of the rural exam.

Bai Letong has learned all kinds of new knowledge taught by his fathers. However, this time the provincial examination still follows the old system, and the tests are on the Four Books and Five Classics, and Ce Questions and Eight Parts. He is not very good at these fields of knowledge.

Therefore, I am only responsible for invigilating the examination and will not participate in marking and marking the examination papers.

The provincial examinations during the Ming Dynasty were extremely difficult. Candidates had to take three consecutive examinations, entering on the eighth, eleventh, and fourteenth days of August. However, the actual time to answer the examination was on the second day after entering the examination room, and you had to leave the examination room.

Wait until the third day.

As for the examination room, the conditions in Gongyuan are actually very poor. Each candidate can only be allocated an extremely narrow single room. The space in the room is very narrow and crude, and the "furniture" inside is only two wooden boards, one of which is used as a table.

, put one piece underneath to use as a chair, and put two wooden boards together as a bed at night. During the exam period, I ate, drank, and slept in this room, and could not come out until the exam was over.

Whether a student from a poor family or a wealthy second generation, the examination environment they face in Gongyuan is the same. From this point of view, it reflects the fairness emphasized in the imperial examination.

As the invigilator, Bai Letong's duty is to patrol the examination room from time to time to check whether the candidates are cheating. However, he has learned the inside story of the provincial examination before, and he is not sure whether the examination can be truly and effectively selected.

We no longer have high hopes for talents, so the frequency of inspections during the invigilation process is not high, and Quan is just doing errands.

According to the old system, the first test of the rural examination is the "Four Books", the second test is the "Five Classics", and the third test is the theory of current policy, which basically takes Confucian classics as the main assessment content. However, Bai Letong believes that just learning these old times

The Confucian classics could not train Haihan to be qualified officials, which was one of the reasons why he had insisted on revising the test plan earlier.

But it is a pity that his efforts were not recognized. In order to ensure that the rural examination could proceed smoothly, Shi Diwen rejected the test question plan he proposed. Of course, it may also be to ensure that some important people who got the test questions in advance can participate in the provincial examination.

Passed successfully.

No matter what the truth is, it has greatly dampened Bai Letong's enthusiasm. Before this exam began, there were some people who were sure to be on the gold list, and some poor students who didn't know the truth might be squeezed out by these people to get the honors.

Qualifications. But sacrificing the interests of some people can achieve greater benefits for the country. This seems understandable. After all, the purpose of holding the provincial examination is to select outstanding talents who can serve the country. Who can make greater contributions to the country?

Whoever has contributed more should be more qualified to be selected.

The nine consecutive days of the provincial examination is a big test for both the candidates and the examiners. Bai Letong has never been forced to be grounded for such a long time. He can only walk around the Gongyuan to see other people every day.

While he was doing the questions, he couldn't speak freely or talk to others, which really made him feel uncomfortable.

When the provincial examination ended, those who were relieved were not only the many scholars who had been fighting fiercely in the examination room for many days, but also the invigilators who had struggled until this point.

After Bai Letong left the examination room, he didn't even bother to celebrate. He returned directly to his residence. He took the time to take a hot bath, changed into clean clothes, and then quickly started to catch up on his sleep. These days, there was almost no sleep on the hard bed in Gongyuan.

After a full sleep, he relied on drinking tea to stay awake during the day, and his energy was already very low. Bai Letong asked his entourage to stay outside the house and refused to be disturbed by all visitors. At this time, even if the sky was about to fall, he would go to bed first.

Let’s talk about comfort.

Bai Letong slept for a full day and night. If he hadn't been hungry, he might have been able to sleep for several hours. After eating, Bai Letong felt that he had recovered to seven or eight points, and then he washed and changed clothes and went to see the doctor.

Several of my companions.
Chapter completed!