The county examination is a very important part of the county government's work. The county master personally serves as the examiner. When entering the examination room, the county master also personally calls the roll.
It was still dark before dawn, and the county magistrate had already arrived at the main hall of the examination room.
Soon, following the calls of teachers, this year's county examination candidates said goodbye to their families one by one and stood in the main hall according to the positions arranged by the county government ceremony room.
After standing up, the county gentleman began to call the names.
The county magistrate calls the name, and then the candidates should arrive.
Immediately afterwards, Wang Jiaoyu, who was standing by, took out the roster and loudly sang "The guarantee for a certain person in the village". At this time, the scholar who was standing aside as a guarantee would respond and said, "The guarantee for the certain person in the group is guaranteed."
This process is called chanting.
Jiangdu is a major scientific examination county, so there are naturally a lot of people taking the exam. There are two to three hundred people present at this time. By the time the bailout process is over, it is already bright.
Shen Yi was already a little sleepy because he got up too early. He stood in the crowd and yawned from time to time. When the sun went down, the official at the door of the examination room called his name.
"Shen Yi of Ganquan Academy."
Shen Yi shook his head and became sober. He quickly came forward with his exam blueprint, and the officials from the county government office inspected his exam blueprint, his "admittance ticket", and his identity.
After confirming that it was Shen Yi himself, the man put Shen Yi in. Then two more people stopped Shen Yi and carefully touched Shen Yi's body from top to bottom. They even took off Shen Yi's coat to confirm that there was nothing on him. After carrying the "cheat sheet", I let him in.
Although Shen Yi was a little uncomfortable with this "body search" part, he still frowned and endured it.
Because he knows that this is already pretty good.
When he was recuperating in the mountains in his previous life, he read a lot of miscellaneous books and knew that in some eras, during scientific examinations, in order to prevent cheating, candidates were even required to "take a naked examination".
But now Dachen's scientific examination only requires people to search the body, which is already very humane.
After going through the "Souzi" search, Shen Yicai finally entered the examination room in Jiangdu County. He successfully found his position according to the examination papers issued by the county government.
There are a few words written in the place.
The seventh day of the month.
This is Shen Yi's "examination number", and it is also the code name that he must remember. When the "case" is announced after the county examination, the group case will be announced. What is written on the group case is not the candidate's name, but this " Candidate number".
Shen Yi looked around at the surrounding environment, and then sat down obediently. Because he didn't sleep well last night, he was a little sleepy now, but he didn't feel sleepy.
Because...this is the county exam!
Although it is only the first county examination, and although it is only the first step in the imperial examination, this is the only way to reach the peak of life in this era, and it is also the first step for Shen Yi to reach great heights in this life!
Some students with poor psychological quality may even faint due to excessive nervousness in such situations. Even Shen Yi, who has been a calm person for two generations, is not big enough to sleep on such occasions.
Not long after Shen Yi sat down, officials from the county government office began to hand out examination questions.
The difficulty of the first round of the county examination is very low. Generally, you can pass as long as you can read the text smoothly. Therefore, the test questions distributed are not difficult. They are all excerpted sentences from the scriptures. You only need to fill in the blanks.
After getting the test questions, Shen Yi only glanced at them and breathed a sigh of relief.
I’ve seen it all, and I know it by heart.
All that remains is a matter of transcription.
Shen did not answer the question in a hurry, but took out a piece of pastry prepared by his sister-in-law from the basket and took a big bite.
Only when you have a full stomach can you have the energy to answer questions.
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Just when Shen Yi and other students entered the examination room to take the exam, in the main hall outside the examination room, the county official Zhang Jian was sitting face to face with a little old man.
With a smile on his face, Zhang County Zun said: "I heard that in previous years when I invited my uncle to be an examiner for the provincial examination, my uncle didn't go. This year, my uncle from Jiangdu's county examination actually came. It's really not easy."
Lu Anshi sat opposite Zhang Xianzun, smiled at Zhang Xianzun, and said: "When I have nothing to do, I just go out and walk around. Since the Ganquan Seventh Son, in the scientific examination in recent years, each academy has only one or two I am a Jinshi, and I am a little bit in decline. I just happened to come over this time to take a look at these young people in Jiangdu."
Zhang Xianzun smiled slightly and did not answer. Instead, he bent down and poured a cup of tea for Mr. Lu, and said with a smile: "Uncle Master, have you considered what I told you last time?"
When Shen Yi and others came to the county government that day to report, County Honorable Zhang excitedly went to the academy, where he talked secretly with Mr. Lu for more than an hour before leaving. No one outside knew what the two people said.
Hearing these words, Mr. Lu frowned slightly, and then said: "Yi An told me last time that Mr. Yang petitioned for his old age, but these days old friends in the capital sent me letters saying that Mr. Yang is still assisting the government. Never left the capital."
"Retiring to old age does not necessarily mean leaving Beijing."
Zhang Xianzun poured himself a cup of tea and said with a smile: "Since Old Man Yang has submitted a letter to complain about his old age, it means that he no longer clings to the power in his hands. It also means that His Majesty is in charge of the government and there is no longer any obstacle."
Having said this, Zhang Jian paused, looked up at Lu Anshi, and whispered: "In the summer court, your Majesty scolded Old Man Yang in front of all the officials. Uncle Master should know about this. His Majesty's The attitude is already very clear!”
"Your Majesty does not want to be angered by the Northerners. As long as your Majesty takes charge, Da Chen will lose his decadence and won't keep playing the tortoise like Mr. Yang did in the past!"
Zhang Jian looked at Lu Anshi and said in a low voice: "Uncle, as long as you are willing to do something, our master can at least guarantee you a job as a doctor in the Sixth Division. In two years, all the people on Old Man Yang's side will come down, and the court will A large number of positions will be vacated. When the time comes, Uncle Master, you will be in charge of the six departments, and it is not impossible for you to even become the prime minister!"
The court is now divided into two factions.
In other words, there are two obvious factions.
One is the Turtle faction represented by Prime Minister Yang Jingzong. This faction's policy strategy is to shrink back and try to avoid enmity with the Northern Barbarians, so as to maintain the existing political power of Dachen.
The other faction cannot be said to be hawks, it can only be said to be relatively hawks.
Because even this relatively hard-line faction rarely has the idea of raising troops for the Northern Expedition. What everyone thinks is that they cannot continue to be bullied by Northern Qi and must find an opportunity to have a chance with Northern Qi, so as to maintain the "equality of status" between the Southern and Northern Dynasties.
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Obviously, the Ganquan Academy faction is a relative hawk.
Lu Anshi raised his head and looked at Zhang Jian in front of him, and sighed slightly: "Didn't the late Emperor have this attitude back then? I'm afraid that His Majesty is just a young man with a young spirit. Once he suffers some setbacks, he will be unable to recover. At that time, the people on Yang Xiang's side will still be
When we get up again, the court will return to what it is today."
"Moreover…"
Lu Anshi lowered his eyebrows and said: "I no longer care about officialdom. I just want to teach and educate people in my hometown with peace of mind, and try my best to cultivate some talents for the court and Da Chen."
He looked at Zhang Jian and sighed.
"If Da Chen wants to become strong, the first thing he must do is to work together as one, rather than rely on His Majesty's will to rise and fall."
"If the court is like this now, and you sing and I come on stage, there will be no long-term backbone, let alone prosperity, let alone the Northern Expedition, I'm afraid..."
"I'm afraid it's still unknown whether we can keep half of our country in the future."