At this moment, the east is just a little white, and the streets near the county government offices are flashing and crowded. When Chang Jin and his men arrived, there were no less than two thousand people gathered here.

Those who went to the exam, accompanied the exam, and those who did small business waited for thousands of people to gather together, which was very lively.

It can be seen that most of the candidates have nervous and confused faces on their faces, and even when someone talks to their companions, their voices become incoherent.

It’s no wonder. After all, it’s the moment that determines one’s own destiny. Except for a few others, who can really relax?

Chang Jin was very calm and quietly released his spiritual sense to observe. Although he was faintly suppressed by the county government official fortune, he could still see the luck above everyone's heads. As he guessed, among these people, most of them were gray-white, and only a few had a hint of red. What surprised him was that Song Jiechuan's luck above his head was occupied by red. Such a person turned out not only to rely on Yu Yin of his father, but no wonder he could get the attention of County Magistrate Zhao.

After waiting for about a stick of incense, the vermilion gate of Tongqu County Government opened rumbling. Seeing the movement, the noise around him suddenly became quiet.

Immediately afterwards, a loud shout of opening the way came out, and several yamen runners in soap clothes were divided into two rows, holding water and fire sticks in their hands, majestic opening the way out.

Behind this group of yamen runners is Zhao Shouren wearing a black hat and an official uniform.

He stood at the door, glanced at the crowd in front, and nodded slightly.

The head of the yamen runner reacted immediately and knocked the gong in his hand.

"Dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-

As the sound of the gong sounded, the surrounding yamen runners quickly dispersed, scolding everyone to retreat, clearing out a space of several feet in a radius.

Chang Jin is indeed very outstanding!!

When Qingshan Town sacrificed the river god, a scholar named Chang Jin left a deep impression on Zhao Magistrate Zhao. It was precisely because of this that he secretly wrote the question to the other party. Afterwards, Zhao Magistrate Zhao also regretted it, for fear that the other party would be so proud that he would spread the question.

At that time, he had already had a scheming in his mind. If similar rumors were indeed leaked, Zhao Magistrate would naturally change the question.

Later, he didn't hear any news, so he felt relieved and gradually left the scholar behind.

But I just glanced at the candidates opposite me at random. Even if the lights were going off, he still recognized the other person immediately. Although these students were all wearing white shirts, Chang Jin's tall body was standing in it, which made people feel as if they stood out from the crowd, which made people not forget them.

Only such a person dares to test the poison in front of the River God Temple.

Such a character may be truly a blessing for my Confucian school. I hope I will not disappoint my county... Zhao Shouren pondered a little, and then looked back.

After his subordinates finished cleaning up, he cleared his throat and began to preach: "According to the order of our government, the county magistrate is now reading the rules of Tongqu County and County Examination! All the scholars who refer to it must listen clearly. During the exam, you must strictly abide by the county examination rules, do not make noise, do not engage in fraud, and do not whisper..."

Zhao Shouren talked a lot about it, and what he said was nothing more than the way of a saint. Then he praised the wise emperor, the mighty emperor's kindness, the discipline of the examination room, the number of examination rooms, etc.

The previous ones are nonsense, and only the exam sessions require the attention of the students.

The county examination is the primary level of the imperial examination preliminaries, so the degree of freedom is very high. The county magistrate decides the exam sessions. Generally, there are five games, four games, six games, and even more, there are seven games.

However, Zhao Shouren obviously did not want to torture the candidates too much, so he only chose four games to settle the matter, namely the main game, the first replies, the second replies, and the last replies. Generally speaking, the next three games are all formalities. As long as you pass the main test, you can obtain the qualification for the provincial examination, and there is no need to undergo the first replies or the second replies. Of course, the last replies are indispensable.

The so-called face-to-face response means that the county magistrate will give a face-to-face question to examine the admitted candidates. This is mainly to prevent some scholars who do not have real materials from cheating in the exam and trying to get away with it.

After the magistrate Zhao finished speaking, hundreds of students who had referenced were lined up under the guidance of the yamen runners and entered the county yamen.

While waiting, Chang Jin saw an old man with gray hair in the crowd. He originally thought that this person was accompanying his children and grandchildren to take the exam. When he took out the exam card, Chang Jin realized that the other party, like him, was also here to take the county exam.

In my previous life, I read "The Scholars" in "The Scholars", there was a poor scholar Fan Jin. He took the exam dozens of times since he was in his twenties. He was fifty-four years old and was still a "child" and still continued to take the exam.

Now that I saw this old man with gray hair, Chang Jin realized that the description in the book is true. Although the Taoist Dharma in this world is revealed, the examination of fame is still a channel for the majority of Confucian scholars to become successful. After all, the path of immortality is vague and difficult to pursue. Although the imperial examination is difficult, there is a way to rely on.

Students who pass the exam, wear "headscarves" and "blue shirts", and all taxes and labor service at home are exempted, so they are crazy. If they pass the exam, not only will the court grant official positions, but even their family members can enjoy the happiness.

Just like Fan Jin, after passing the imperial examination, he immediately became the "star in the sky" mentioned by his father-in-law Hu Butcher. Since then, he has land, money, and slaves.

"The world is bustling, all for profit; the world is bustling, all for profit"

The so-called study and study, after all, is nothing more than the four words "fame, fortune and wealth".

The Magistrate Zhao was waiting in front of the examination hall, and there were several clerks standing next to him.

Under the instructions of the Zhao County Magistrate, the clerk began to check the candidates' body according to the list, conduct body searches and checks to prevent entrainment. Of course, this body search is just a formality and deals with the matter, and it is impossible to compare with the provincial examination.

Only by confirming that the candidate himself is correct can you enter the examination door. The examination door has also given auspicious name, the gantry gate.

However, even though the examination was rough, the speed was not fast. It took nearly half an hour before hundreds of candidates were put into the examination room one by one.

It was considered early to go in Chang Jin, so he naturally took the opportunity to choose a seat with a good location.

Tongqu County has developed commerce and a prosperous literary style. There are about five or six hundred people in this county test. At the same time, so many people are arranged for exams, it is difficult to find suitable exams alone, let alone tables, chairs, benches and other utensils for writing.

In most poor counties, a temporary examination room is built. It is said to be an examination room, but a wooden fence is used to separate the candidates, so there is no ceiling for shade and shelter from the sun and rain.

It is conceivable that if it suddenly rains, the exam will be interrupted.

As for tables and chairs, candidates need to bring their own. However, many candidates come from remote villages, so naturally they cannot bring bulky tables and chairs into the city. So when the exam time comes, smart merchants will take out tables and chairs for rent. Some candidates can't even afford the rent, so they can only ask some shops to borrow with shamelessness.

The tables and chairs I borrowed were of various shapes, which was quite good. Some candidates who took the initiative could not borrow tables and chairs, so they could only use the chopping board of the butcher shop and the door panels.

After an exam, some candidates were covered in fishy and greasy body. Some people wrote oil poems to describe this situation: "The national exam is so grand. How many scholars are in the lobby, and they carry the oil boards as test cases. After the exam, their clothes are glossy."

When people can't help laughing after reading it, they feel a little sad and sighing in their hearts.

Compared to these, the children in Tongqu County are much happier. The county yamen has a special examination room, and there are tables, chairs and benches. Candidates only need to bring the four treasures of the study and food boxes in.

There are less than half of the students entering the examination room, and it is far from the time to announce the questions. Chang Jin was a little bored for a while and turned his head to look at the thin and black candidate sitting opposite him. He saw that he kept trembling with his hands while sorting out his pens and ink, and ink was splashed on the desk inadvertently.

This... the topic has not been announced yet. As for being so nervous... Alas!

He had no choice but to retract his gaze and look through his answer sheet.

There are eleven pages in total, the first page is the cover, with the number stamp on it, which contains the test brand, name, age, appearance characteristics, household registration, three generations of resumes, guarantors, etc. The last ten pages are the place to answer questions. Fourteen red lines are used horizontally and vertically to make a grid to facilitate the examiner to check the number of words.

After all the candidates entered the venue, it was already dawn. As the yamen guarding the gate shouted, "Closed the door, lock it!" The entrance door of the examination room closed with a bang, and the inside and outside were isolated into two worlds.

The magistrate Zhao did not waste time, so he picked up his pen and wrote this test question on a horizontal sheet of rice paper - writing a timely article and a trial poem.

Seeing the title of the article at that time, Chang Jin suddenly felt relieved. It turned out to be the title of the Four Books "Lie to Xue" "Study from the Ancients at the age of 40."

Chang Jin was familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics, so it was naturally not difficult to make up for this topic.

"I studied at the age of forty and from the ancients, and from the age of fifty, I studied at the age of fifty and from the world, and I finally fulfilled my feelings for the world."
Chapter completed!