Fenghou

Chapter 631
At noon, in Tianranju Restaurant, Chao Qing and the others were still sitting in front of the window on the second floor drinking. Today was Su Ce's treat. All three of them liked the sake of Tianranju, and they had become regular customers of the restaurant.

"This time, there are only three exams in name, but in fact there are four exams!"

Holding the wine glass, Chao Qing said triumphantly: "You have to believe in my wisdom. Poems and prose each account for [-]%, countermeasures account for [-]%, and calligraphy accounts for [-]%. In the exam reminder, it is particularly emphasized that you should use block letters or Xingkai to answer questions, which reveals that You have to score points for calligraphy, otherwise it will be clearly stipulated that only block letters are allowed."

Su Ce curled his lips in disdain, "Is this also called a discovery? Which imperial examination in the Song Dynasty didn't look at calligraphy? Calligraphy is a basic skill, okay?"

Chao Qing rushed to rescue the soldiers, "The old man wants to support me?"

"I can't help it, you're short-mouthed! If I don't say anything, you will fight one to one."

Chao Qing glared at him, "You have no guts, you didn't see your short-sightedness when you ate mine yesterday, okay! Seriously, if we all pass the exam, will you stay as officials?"

This is a choice that all scholars have to face. If they are admitted, are they willing to stay or continue to take the imperial examination in Lin'an next year.

"I will definitely stay!"

Chong Huan laughed and said, "We can't fight Xixia in other places!"

"You don't count, you are inheriting the ancestral business, what about you, Xiao Su?"

Su Ce pondered for a while and said, "My father wants me to stay, saying that there is a better future in Sichuan and Shaanxi. Basically, I will stay, but if Jingzhao Taixue admits me, I will not stay."

Chao Qing didn't wait for them to ask, and took the initiative to grab the topic, "I will definitely stay, you would be a fool if you don't stay."

"What do you mean?"

"Our group is all lacking officials. If we pass the Lin'an exam, I don't know how many years we will have to sit on the bench, and we don't know how much money we will have to spend to have a chance."

Su Ce asked, "You said that all of them are real officials, but do you have evidence?"

Chao Qing said in a low voice: "Before I came, I specifically inquired about the detailed rules for the negotiation between the imperial court and Chen Xuanfu, and I found that there is a rule that above the county magistrate is directly appointed by the court's official department, and below the county magistrate is recommended by the Xuanfu envoy's office, and the official department appoints you." , that is, the three official positions of county magistrate, county lieutenant, and chief secretary are recommended by the Xuanfu envoy's mansion. There are hundreds of counties in Bashu, and Xuanfu envoys will definitely replace them with their own people step by step. This is our opportunity."

"Are we also our own?" Su Ce asked with a smile.

Chao Qing glanced at Zhong Huan and said with a smile: "Someone will definitely count, but the two of us don't necessarily, it's just that the matter is not handled this way, the officials from Shaanxi Road and Xihe Road must be transferred to Bashu, and the vacant seats will be taken by us. to fill in."

"What about the magistrates and lieutenants of Bashu?" Su Ce asked again.

Zhong Huan said coldly: "Few of the officials in Bashu have clean asses. It's not easy to get rid of them?"

Speaking of this, Zhong Huan suddenly froze. He saw the two people coming out of the room yesterday again, still hooking their shoulders.

"Why are they again?" Chao Qing turned around and saw the two of them.

"It's the one who calls himself Chen Qing's brother-in-law."

Su Ce also smiled and said, "That thin and tall man should be his friend!"

"Sit down for a while, I'll come when I go."

Zhong Huan got up and followed him quietly. Zhong Huan has practiced martial arts since he was a child. Compared with ordinary scholars, he has the ability to judge people by appearance. Martial arts practitioners believe that the good and evil of the heart can be shown through appearance. This thin and tall man With dark eyes, sharp nose and thin lips, he looks like a man with evil intentions. It may not be a good thing for him to mix up with Chen Qing's brother-in-law.

Chong Huan stopped in front of the gate and did not follow him out. He had practiced watching incense and head fire at night, and also practiced listening to the wind to distinguish arrows. His eyesight and eyesight were different from ordinary people. I can hear you clearly.

"Don't forget, at noon tomorrow, outside the south city gate."

"Brother Li, don't worry! Be sure to arrive on time."

Zhong Huan watched the two walk away from a distance, shook his head, and went upstairs again.

"How's it going, did you find anything unusual?" Chong Huan returned to his seat, and both Chao Qing and Su Ce asked jokingly.

"It's nothing, I was thinking too much, I heard that I can go to the examination room in the afternoon, do you want to go and have a look?"

Su Ce shook his head, "Is there anything interesting in the examination room, and I don't want to cheat, so hide a note or something."

"I heard that this is a tent-style examination room. It's the first time I've experienced it, so let's go and have a look! So as not to get caught in the dark."

Chao Qing hesitated and said, "I'm going to visit a relative in the afternoon, so go and see!"

Zhong Huan and Su Ce looked at each other, and they said in unison, "Do you have relatives in Jingzhao?"

"It's my aunt's daughter, she should be my cousin. We haven't seen each other for ten years. Now that we're here, let's go take a look."

"That's fine, you go! Xiao Su and I went to see the examination room, and we will draw a picture for you when we come back."

This year's imperial examination room is located outside Beicheng, which is the army's Beidaying. Since the expansion of the Baqiao barracks, the Beidaying has been closed and is going to be changed to a new barracks later.

General imperial examinations have examination institutes, and Jingzhao City is no exception, but the examination institutes only have [-] numbered rooms at most, and this time there are [-] people, even if it is expanded, it is too late, so we can only use Beidaying to arrange this time take an exam.

In the afternoon, Chen Qing also came to inspect the examination room. The examination room was very large, surrounded by fences, and the inside was divided into various areas by fences.

"We are divided into ten districts, with [-] examinees in each district, more than [-] big tents, an average of [-] people per big tent, one invigilator and two auxiliary soldiers per big tent."

The department ordered Zhao Fusheng to take Chen Qing into the first area, and Chen Qing walked into a large tent, which was very spacious, and thirty sets of tables and chairs were arranged neatly inside.

Chen Qingxiao asked: "How to prevent cheating?"

Zhao Fusheng smiled slightly and said: "Cheating only happened during the Mojing test, but this time we don't need to cheat in the three subjects of the test, and there is no point in entraining notes and the like.

However, although there is no cheating, there may be cheating, such as substitute exams, so we have established a reporting system. Once the admitted scholars are reported by others, we will conduct a review. The main thing is to silently read the poems during the exam. Then check the handwriting, and if you find something wrong, you will have to take the test again. If you are really sure that you are cheating for the test, the consequences will be serious, and you will be disqualified and banned from the test for life. "

"Is the exam two days?" Chen Qing asked again.

"Yes! Poetry and fu on the first day, countermeasures on the second day, three hours each, should be enough time."

At this time, many candidates came to visit the examination room one after another. At present, they can only know which area, which tent, and which specific seat they don't know for the time being, and they haven't posted a label yet. "

"Old man, I'm the seventh examination room, I'll go there first, see you at the door later."

"By the way, you can take a look at his examination room for Chao Qing. He is also the seventh examination room."

"I see."

Chen Qing happened to overheard the conversation between two scholars, among them the scholar of the surname caught Chen Qing's attention, and Chen Qing could tell at a glance, the posture he walked out, the calluses on his eyes and fingers, this man had practiced riding for at least ten years She, actually has a surname, which is a relatively rare surname. Could it be that he is a child of the Zhong family?
Chen Qing whispered some instructions to a soldier, who nodded and immediately followed.

Not long after, the soldiers came back and said: "The humble officer saw his exam voucher, his name is Zhong Huan, candidate No. [-] in the fifth district."

Chen Qing asked Zhang Xuan again: "Pay attention to this candidate, I want to know his family background."

Zhang Xuan nodded, "I understand."

(End of this chapter)