Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 729 Exam
Sun Shirui walked back and forth on the street outside the university with two servants.

Each of the two servants he brought carried a cloth bag, which contained Sun Shirui's study materials and his own books.

Sun Shirui stopped at the entrance of an alley, and a wooden sign standing at the entrance of the alley attracted his attention.

The four characters "Examination School" are written on the wooden sign.

Sun Shirui looked at these big characters and quickly realized that this should be where his father said.

Sun Shirui led his servants into the alley, and just after walking a few steps, Sun Shirui saw a house with a huge signboard.

There are two staff members at the entrance of the house. They sit behind the desk at the entrance, and in front of them are the students who come to attend their school.

The queue of these students was very long. Obviously, the temptation of this "examination school" is not small.

Sun Shirui walked to the back of the line and lined up with two servants.

After a long time, it finally came to Sun Shirui's place.

After registration, Sun Shirui walked into the yard with his servants.

There are many schools like this "examination school" on this street, and the university will not take care of this phenomenon.

The registration fee is not low, almost one silver dollar.

Education is not cheap at any time.

Sun Chuanting was born as a gentry and had quite a family background. A silver dollar was nothing to Sun Chuanting.

In fact, from ancient times to the present, it is difficult for a poor family to produce a noble son.Later generations of high-priced cram schools have widened the distance between urban and rural students, and now, the cost of this one silver dollar has widened the distance between candidates.

However, in Xuanzhen today, this situation is not common.

In fact, Zhao Wen tried his best to avoid this phenomenon.

Sun Shirui walked into the gate and came to the yard.

The yard is huge and filled with students.Because of the large number of people, these candidates can only be arranged in the courtyard.

These students sat in the yard, and the tables in the yard were very low and very small. In order to accommodate more students, this was the only way to do it.

At the forefront of the crowd stood a few students wearing university uniforms.

Behind them is a wooden shelf with a black wooden board, which is a simple blackboard.

There is a table in front of the blackboard, on which there are several boxes of chalk, and next to the chalk, there is a book of this year's question strategy and the real questions of previous years.

These students are all university students. It is not the first time for these people to do this kind of thing, and they are also familiar with this kind of thing.

The remedial classes of the later generations are divided into classes and batches of teaching, but now these things have just started, so it is impossible to be as standardized as the later generations. Basically, they explain the key and difficult points of the exam on the spot.

Sun Shirui found a place, asked his servants to put down his books, and stood there.

Because Sun Shirui came in late, there was no desk for him, so he could only stand there with a book and a pencil.

The college student in front hadn't started his lecture yet. He was introducing some content about the exam. Sun Shirui and the students sitting in the yard listened quietly.

"Students, it is possible that after a while, you will be able to meet us on the university campus.

The establishment of the colleges and departments of the university must have been clear to you before, so I won't repeat it anymore.

This exam school is run by us for the convenience of you candidates.Of course, some students may not hear all of our content due to the time of arrival.

Don't worry about these things, we will compile the content we explained into a booklet and distribute it to you.There is no charge for these booklets and they are provided free of charge to you students.

Moreover, if you candidates encounter any problems, as long as you come to us, we will explain them in detail.

There will always be people here during the period leading up to the exam.So, you can rest assured that we..."

A young man in his early 20s wearing a university uniform said with a smile on his face.

Sun Shirui stood there quietly without any dissatisfaction.

After about two quarters of an hour, the young man in a university uniform picked up the question that was placed on the table.

"Everyone, my name is Lin Bingzhong. Now please open the question to the mathematics part. Mathematics is the difficult part of the exam, so..."

Lin Bingzhong held the topic in his left hand and chalk in his right, and began to speak.

The content explained by Lin Bingzhong is basically difficult. With the deepening of the explanation, the blackboard is gradually filled.

Sun Shirui stood there, quickly wrote down the contents on the blackboard with a chalk.

Except for the voice of Lin Bingzhong explaining, there was almost no sound in the whole yard.All the candidates listened carefully to Lin Bingzhong's explanation.

After about an hour, Lin Bingzhong stopped. He put down the books and chalk in his hands, coughed twice, and said, "Everyone, this is the end of today's explanation. It's getting dark now. Let's continue the explanation tomorrow, yes." Yes, the brochure I just mentioned will be sent to you tomorrow, please don't be too anxious." Lin Bingzhong said.

Sun Shirui lost interest, and he really wanted Lin Bingzhong to continue talking, but now the sun has gradually moved to the west, and it is not suitable for explaining.

Sun Shirui can only lament that he came too late.

Sun Shirui packed up his things, took the two servants who followed, and headed towards his home.

When he got home, Sun Shirui didn't even bother to eat, so he rushed into the study and started to tidy up today's lecture.

Sun Chuanting didn't bother him, and asked the kitchen to leave a meal for Sun Shirui.

Sun Shirui was busy until the middle of the night, and he didn't feel a little hungry until he was done with everything.

……

Time passed quickly, and finally arrived two days before the exam.

The university and the vicinity of the university suddenly became busy and began to prepare for the exam.

No matter when, Chinese people always value education the most.

The students in the university began to set up examination rooms, and the Xuanzhen Inspection Department also began to recruit staff to the university.

Various shops outside the university are also making final preparations for the exam.

At this time, the lineage of the King of Joseon finally arrived at Xuanzhen.

Zhao Wen received the Joseon King Li Ji in Zhongji Hall.

In the main hall of Zhongji Hall, Zhao Wen sat on the throne and looked at Li Zhen who was standing in the main hall.

Li Jing was wearing the clothes worn by ordinary people with flat hair. He was middle-aged, with a loose bun and wrinkles on his face.

Next to Li Zhen are Li Zhen's sons.

The King of Joseon was the title of Daming before, but now the King of Joseon has surrendered to Zhao Wen, so it is impossible to wear the clothes that Ming gave them.

"I have seen Your Majesty!" Li Zhen saluted respectfully, then knelt down.

Li Zhen's sons also hurriedly knelt down and saluted Zhao Wen.

Li Zhen didn't dare to look directly at Zhao Wen who was sitting on the throne. Since leaving North Korea, what Li Zhen had seen along the way was beyond his imagination.

Wood-burning cars that don't need to be pulled by horses and oxen, and huge treasure ships are like hills lying across the sea.

A small building up to eight or nine stories high was built with cement, a height that Li Jing had never seen before.

And the steel train that didn't know how long it was, especially the train and the lights on the train, shocked Li Zhen to the extreme.

Li Jing never imagined that there would be such a long car in this world, and it would be able to pull so many people and run so fast.

Li Jing couldn't have imagined that there would be lights in this world that could be lit without candles, and they were still so bright.

All of this made Li Zhen understand in his heart that the current Xuanzhen and the current Zhao Wen are simply not something he can contend with.

Now Li Jing finally realized how correct his original decision was.Li Jing knelt quietly on the ground of Zhongji Hall, waiting for Zhao Wen's fate.

Along the way, Li Jing has seen too many things that he has never seen before, and these things kept hitting his heart like huge waves.

Zhao Wen looked at Li Zhen who was kneeling on the ground, and carefully sized him up.Li Jing is actually quite famous in history, but how should I say it?This person is a person whose heart is higher than the sky and whose life is thinner than paper.

"Let's get down!" Zhao Wen said, looking at Li Zhen and Li Zhen's sons who were kneeling on the ground.

"Don't dare, I don't dare!" Li Zhen shook his head, not daring to get up.

"If you don't dare, I won't deal with you. If I tell you to get up, get up!" Zhao Wen said again.

Seeing this, Li Jing couldn't help but refuse, and took advantage of the situation to stand up.

"Give a seat!"

Just as Li Zhen stood up, Zhao Wen looked at Chen Donglai who was standing next to him.

A moment later, a handful of Xiudun was placed behind Li Zhen.

Li Zhen thanked him and sat down respectfully.

Li Jing glanced at Zhao Wen, then quickly looked away.

Li Zhen never imagined that Zhao Wen was so young.Such a young man is now the most powerful man in this land.

"I have asked someone to choose a place in Xuan Town for Aiqing to build a palace for Aiqing. It won't be long before Aiqing can live in it." Zhao Wen said.

Li Zhen hurriedly said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your love!"

To be honest, in fact, Li Jing didn't want this kind of palace at all, but now the situation is stronger than others, so he can only accept it.

"Aiqing has to believe in me. North Korea is in my hands and will become a very rich place. At that time, if Aiqing wants to go back and have a look, go back and have a look." Zhao Wen said disapprovingly.

Li Jing thought that Zhao Wen's words were testing him, so he hurriedly explained: "Don't dare, dare not, North Korea has been the territory of the Celestial Kingdom since ancient times. I have stolen artifacts for many years, and now I am returning to the Celestial Kingdom. Dare to go back again?"

In fact, Li Zhen was too worried. With the current Li Zhen, Zhao Wen didn't need to test him at all, because the current Li Zhen didn't know Zhao Wen's temptation.

"I'm so relieved that you think so. How about it, Aiqing is staying at the post house in Xuanzhen recently." Zhao Wen said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

……

Two days later, the exam came as scheduled.

Today's Xuan Town is much quieter. Almost no one in Xuan Town made any huge movements. Even those building houses stopped.

Pedestrians on the street, when they passed by the university, their voices were even much quieter.

Sun Shirui stood at the gate of the university, holding a cloth bag in his hand.

Sun Chuanting stood behind Sun Shirui, looked at the university in front of him, and said, "After entering, don't be too nervous and relax. The examination is not an imperial examination. Jinshi takes the examination once every three years, while the university examination is once a year. It doesn’t matter if you don’t make it, just come for another year.”

Sun Chuanting kept reassuring Sun Shirui.

Sun Shirui kept breathing heavily, it was impossible for Sun Shirui not to be nervous in this kind of scene.

"The review is almost the same these few days. If there are no accidents, you should be able to enter the university. However, it is not certain whether you can enter the Academy of Political Science or not." Sun Shirui said.

"It doesn't matter what college you are in, as long as you can get in. The College of Political Science is equivalent to the Jinshi in the past and belongs to the tiger class. But other colleges are not bad. It is best to be admitted to the College of Political Science, and it doesn't matter if you don't." Sun Chuanting pretended to be relaxed road.

In fact, in Sun Chuanting's eyes, it is of course the best to be admitted to the School of Political Science, but it doesn't matter if you don't pass the exam, as long as you can get in.

Staff members walked out of the university, and the university's gate was opened.

Candidates began to line up in front of the gate, holding examination admission tickets and identification cards.

After half an hour, the candidates entered the gate.

The number of candidates this time is relatively large, almost tens of thousands.In addition to the main entrance, other school gates are also responsible for the entry and exit of candidates.

Sun Shirui sat in the examination room and put his examination tools on the foot of the table.

When the bell for the start of the test rang, the invigilator distributed the test papers.

The first test is Chinese, and the content of Chinese is very complicated, involving the Four Books and Five Classics and various classics of sages from ancient times to the present.

The exam time is also the longest, almost two hours.

During these two hours, candidates cannot eat or go to the toilet.

For candidates, it is a very big test.

However, it is relatively simple compared with the traditional imperial examination, which takes three days.

For Sun Shirui, language is not easy to say, but it is relatively simple.

Sun Shirui kept writing on the test paper, his writing brush was very fast.

When the bell for closing papers rang, the candidates walked out of the examination room under the leadership of the invigilator.

When everything was done, Sun Shirui walked out of the school and came to the place agreed with Sun Chuanting.

Sun Chuanting has been waiting for a long time at the agreed place.

"Father!" Sun Shirui saluted Sun Chuanting respectfully.

Sun Chuanting helped Sun Shirui up and said, "How is today?"

"Father, today's exam is about Chinese, that is, the Four Books and Five Classics. I dare not say that I am very proficient in these things, but they are not bad. Today's class should be stable." Sun Shirui said confidently.

"It's good if it's stable, it's good if it's stable!"

(End of this chapter)