After September 15th, many well-dressed figures suddenly appeared on the streets of Hangzhou. The triennial imperial examination of the Zhou Dynasty, the autumn examination in late September every year was about to begin. Many candidates from Liangzhe Road also began to come to the city.
People gathered in Hangzhou City. These well-dressed figures were students from the states and counties of Liangzhe Road who came to Hangzhou City to take part in this life-changing exam.
These students came with high hopes and ambitions, and within a few days they filled the streets and alleys, suddenly becoming a scene on the streets of Hangzhou. The Hangzhou government office had already issued a notice that starting from the 10th day of September, the entire city would
Special regulations stipulate that everyone at the top and bottom must provide convenience and convenience for these students who come from all over the country to take the autumn examination. The imperial examination is not only a major event for the Zhou Dynasty court, but also a major event for every candidate who takes the imperial examination.
Publicly and privately, these students taking the exam must receive the best care during the autumn exams.
The inns in the city were nearly full within a few days, and the number of candidates for the imperial examination on Liangzhe Road this time exceeded previous ones. Liangzhe Road was already very large, and the whole road belonged to fourteen major cities, including Hangzhou, Suzhou, Changzhou, and Huzhou.
Among them, the population of Suzhou, Changzhou, and Huzhou exceeds 500,000, not to mention a large city like Hangzhou with a population of one million. Fourteen state cities govern more than 40 counties, with a population of more than 800
It’s huge. In addition, the area south of the Yangtze River along Liangzhe Road was originally a place where literary styles flourished, and the number of scholars was even greater. According to a notice issued by the Hangzhou government office, the number of students taking the autumn exam this year reached a record high of 38,000
The remaining people.
Although this number does not seem to be much in proportion to the population. But don’t forget that studying is the most expensive and time-consuming thing. Many families simply cannot afford a scholar. Only the wealthy families in Jiangnan
Only on the two Zhejiang roads in the country can there be enough money to support a scholar.
Another point is that the academic success rate these days is too low. The imperial court only accepts more than 300 people in each subject. There are hundreds of thousands of candidates in the whole country. In the end, only more than 300 people can jump over the dragon's gate every three years.
The elimination rate is enough to deter many people. There are only a few lucky ones among a thousand people. What a cruel path it is. And many people end up accomplishing nothing and end up in poverty without being able to become a civil servant. These are bloody lessons.
It is in the area south of the Yangtze River on Liangzhe Road that people have such high enthusiasm.
The Qiuwei exam is actually the most difficult of the two-level exams in this dynasty. Taking Liangzhe Road as an example, more than 38,000 candidates took the Qiuwei exam this year, but there were only 432 places for passing Gongsheng students.
It can be said that nearly 90% of the candidates will fail, which shows how cruel the road to the imperial examination is.
But no matter what, before the big exam, no one knows who among the more than 38,000 people will be the lucky ones in the future. Among them, there may be someone who will become a prime minister. There is a saying: Don’t bully young people into poverty.
, at this time, it is wise to give candidates respect and convenience. Not only the government, but also the people think so.
There are more than 38,000 candidates, plus the bookboys, servants, attendants and family members who come with them, the number will double or triple. Therefore, the inns in Hangzhou are overcrowded. People can be seen everywhere in the streets, alleys, rivers and piers.
Candidates wearing long gowns and square scarves, waving folding fans and taking square steps. Behind them were the bookboys and attendants carrying book boxes and bamboo baskets.
The arrival of these students has become the most hotly discussed topic in Hangzhou. Not only the inns and restaurants have benefited, but the number of visitors to brothels in Hangzhou has also doubled. The students are already chic and elegant, and most of them have some ideas in their minds.
There is a coquettishness that ordinary people don't have. And the girls in brothels would rather gamble their luck at this time, hoping to catch up with a talented and learned man. If he goes to high school in the future, maybe he can escape from the world of mortals and find a good future. Therefore,
Some women are even willing to serve as prostitutes without asking for money, and some even gamble their own money to spend money on the students who fancy them.
At the same time, some smart people also took advantage of this good opportunity to start making money. Soon, several sets of different versions of test questions were circulating on the street. Each sneaky tout claimed that the test questions in their hands were from
I got it from a certain channel and it is definitely this year’s exam question. In this case, the candidates would naturally rather believe that they have it and cannot miss it if they pass by, so they buy these questions at a high price without knowing whether they are true or false. Some people can even get it in one day.
I spent a huge sum of more than a hundred taels of silver to buy seven or eight different sets of questions and studied them in advance. Although I knew in my heart that this was not reliable, I felt uneasy if I didn't buy it. Everyone has a kind of luck.
Psychology, what if? What if a certain set of questions is true? Those criminals took advantage of this "just in case" mentality and made a lot of money.
Naturally, the government severely cracked down on this kind of behavior, so almost every day you could see officials shouting and chasing after these criminals selling questions on the street, which became a scene on the streets during this period.
In short, at this time, anything can happen. Whatever you think of or can't think of, may be true.
Such a large-scale autumn examination this year has also made all the government officials in Hangzhou very busy. Public security maintenance in the city is not a big problem. The biggest problem is that there are too many candidates, which has led to a large number of Gongyuan Halls.
Question. The Qiuwei Examination is a large-scale examination that is held simultaneously for three days. The court fixed the time for it to be held during the three days from September 22nd to 24th. Since the examination questions are the same set of questions,
, so it can only be done at the same time, otherwise there is a risk of leaking the test questions.
The Liangzhe Road Gongyuan located in the north of Hangzhou was originally quite large, with more than 13,000 dormitories. It was known as the largest Gongyuan in Jiangnan. It was designed to cope with the huge number of candidates for the previous imperial examinations in Liangzhe Road. But this year the number reached
So many, it is far more than twice the number of dormitories. According to the principle of one person per dormitory, there is a huge difference. In the past, there were not enough dormitories, but because the number of excess candidates was not large,
You can temporarily build some dormitories in the inner field of Gongyuan, which can be considered to be able to cope with it. But this year it will definitely not be possible. Even if the entire Gongyuan, which covers an area of several miles, is filled with dormitories, it will not help.
Under this situation, Yan Zhengshen issued an order as early as a month ago. The entire Gongyuan Street was requisitioned by the government. After September entered, all the shops and residences on Gongyuan Street were requisitioned and emptied by the government. At the same time, simple
The materials were partitioned and built into dormitories to meet the needs of this year's imperial examination. In other words, this year, the five-mile-long Gongyuan Street will become a huge examination room. The entire street will be tightly blocked and become a restricted area.
Mo Kan is just building a simple dormitory. Each dormitory looks like this, but the amount of work is staggering. The dormitory must meet several functions. The first is privacy. There is no possibility of cheating in contact with the candidates. The second is
The second is to be able to accommodate people, because the candidates will eat, drink and sleep inside during these three days, so it cannot be made too simple. In addition, it must be windproof, rainproof, fireproof and coldproof, and it must be convenient for invigilators and inspections, etc. Although the sparrow is small,
It has all the internal organs, and it is by no means as simple as just throwing it on with a straw mat.
It can be said that after entering the period of the Autumn Imperial Examination, the whole city, the government and the people are all busy around this matter. In order to ensure that this important event related to the selection of talents for the Zhou Dynasty and the continuation of the country goes smoothly.
Going up and down can be said to be a busy process without touching the ground.
Beginning on September 20th, Hangzhou government offices began to issue floating tickets. The so-called floating tickets are actually similar to admission tickets on earth. They are used to prove the identity of the candidates and simply indicate the physical characteristics and appearance of the candidates to prove it.
It is the examinee himself. Some descriptive words such as fair face without beard, dark skinny face with moles, big eyes and wide mouth, horse face and yellow teeth will be written on the ticket to help the invigilator identify the examinee's true identity. In fact, it is also to prevent
A type of cheating on the exam.
The scene of distributing floating tickets was really spectacular. The entire government square was crowded with people, all of whom were candidates for reference. Some of these people talked loudly and looked down upon everything, some had frowning faces and worried hearts. Some called friends and called brothers, and some
He is taciturn and his eyes are dull. In short, at this time, the appearance of all living beings can be said to be all kinds of strange and very interesting. All kinds of expressions in the world are included in them.
Lin Jue also came to the Fuya Square early in the morning and queued up to collect the floating tickets. Because he was a candidate from Hangzhou City, he was ranked first in the queue. Even so, he waited in line until the afternoon. For this reason, Lu Wu cooked fish soup and hot sugar.
The cakes were brought to Lin Jue and Xiaohu to eat. Seeing such a beautiful little maid serving Lin Jue beside him made a bunch of students around them roll their eyes. Seeing that Lin Jue was so handsome and his clothes were so luxurious, they couldn't help but feel resentful.
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"It's really unreasonable that my family is so well off, and I have such a beautiful little maid waiting for me, but I still compete with people like myself for the place to take the exam. God bless this guy, he has lost his reputation, and we can't have all the bad things happen to him alone.
"Many students are thinking viciously in their hearts.
It was late in the afternoon when the floating ticket was in hand. Lin Jue took the thin piece of paper and looked at it carefully. He saw a row of words written on the top: D-shaped number 138. Lin Jue knew that this was the number.
The number, the number 138, was the dormitory where he was about to take the exam. Looking back, Lin Jue couldn't help laughing, which made Lu Wu and Lin Hu rush to ask what happened.
"My face is white and beardless, with thick eyebrows and thin lips, big eyes and a square mouth, and a mole on the side of my ear." Lin Jue read with a smile. "This is what they described about my appearance. Is this how I was born?"
Lin Hu rolled his eyes and said: "Uncle is much more beautiful than what is written above. Why should I add something like chic, suave and outstanding temperament? I don't know what these people think."
Lin Jue laughed and said, "That's right, these guys must be jealous of my handsomeness, so they deliberately vilified me."
Lu Wu covered her mouth and giggled beside her. The three masters and servants came out of the government office square and walked slowly along the bustling street. They were laughing and chatting while walking, which was quite comfortable. After walking two streets, suddenly
Lin Jue stood in front of a shop in a daze, looking across the street.
Lin Hu and Lu Wu followed his gaze in surprise, and saw a man wearing a bamboo hat and ragged clothes standing across the street. The bamboo hat was held low and his face could not be seen clearly. The man's face was turned sideways.
, seems to be looking this way out of the corner of his eye.
