Dajin royal family

Chapter 577 The imperial examination begins (thanks to 289968343 for the reward)
The news that Empress Xiao in the palace gave birth to a prince came out. Some people were happy that the prince's heir was prosperous, while some secretly sighed inexplicably. All living beings are different.

Compared with this news, the first exam that will be held soon is more attractive to the people.

At the north gate of Taiyuan, the temporary examination room has been built. Two thousand Black Eagle soldiers and hundreds of Taiyuan guards have been guarding around the examination room early on. None of the officials in the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Rites can enter the examination room, so as to ensure the 'cleanness' of the examination room to the greatest extent.

In order to prevent accidents, General Longxiang Xie Yingjing personally sat in the town.

In the early morning, the scholars who came to take the exam lined up neatly under the supervision of the guards. They were searched by the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Officials, and the Black Eagle Army before they could be let in.

Chu Liangzhi got his own number plate, 'No. [-], C Field'.

His companion Xu Zongjing is 'Dingchang [-]'.

The two entered the examination room, looking for their own positions.There were crowds of people around, and all the people coming and going were scholars with number plates.

At the beginning, the soldiers were laughing and noisy, but when a black eagle soldier dragged a few soldiers out on the grounds of 'disturbing the order of the examination room', the scene fell silent in an instant.

Only at this time did the scholars realize how strict the exam was.

Chu Liangzhi found his seat and sat down. There were pens, ink and inkstone on the case table, but no paper.

There is nothing else.

The surroundings are very quiet, only the footsteps of scholars and the rustling of sleeves can be heard.Everyone dared not speak, for fear of being dragged out by the wolf-like Black Eagle Army and disqualified from the exam.

Of course, occasionally there will be a small conflict caused by a confused person who can't find his seat and sits in someone else's seat.

All of this has nothing to do with Chu Liangzhi.

He began to adjust the ink on his own, preparing for the exam.

After inspection, there were 580 seven scholars who qualified for the examination this time, and they were divided into 30 examination rooms, which were named according to the number of heavenly stems and earthly branches, that is, 'A, B, C, D.'.There are about [-] people in each examination room.

Half an hour passed, and the surroundings were completely quiet.The subordinate officials who supervised the examination came in one after another, and there were six officials who supervised the examination in each examination room.

Of the six subordinate officials, two were from the Black Eagle Army, one was from the Ministry of Rites, one was from the Ministry of Officials, one was from the Ministry of Punishment, and one was from Yushitai.

The two examiners of the Black Eagle Army were dressed in armor and had to be equipped with horizontal knives. After entering the field, all the scholars shrank their heads.The two officers, one in the front and the other in the back, scanned the scholars in the examination room with iron eyes.

The other four subordinate officials remained silent, and scattered around the scholars according to the information they had received in advance.

Not long after, the officials who distributed the examination papers entered the arena, and behind them were also followed by two Black Hawk soldiers, holding sealed boxes in their hands.

The official who distributed the examination papers cleared his throat and said, "Everyone, please take a look."

As he spoke, he asked the soldiers to look at the boxes in their arms.

"It's sealed, it hasn't been touched at all, is there anyone who wants to check?"

I asked around, but no one moved.

Chu Liangzhi was slightly surprised that the imperial examinations were so meticulous.

Seeing that no one questioned them, the officials who distributed the examination papers nodded towards the two soldiers.

The two soldiers nodded, put down the box, tore off the seal, and took out the examination papers inside.There are two boxes in total, one for examination papers and one for draft paper.

The officials who distributed the examination papers seriously warned: "For this examination, you must not violate the following regulations. First, cheating is not allowed. Second, you are not allowed to go to the toilet in the middle. Third, you are not allowed to speak. Fourth, you are not allowed to Let others watch the eighteenth of the papers, and you are not allowed to hand in the papers in advance. If you violate any of the above, you will be disqualified from the examination, and you will not be allowed to participate in the imperial examination for life.

"Yes." The scholars answered seriously.

Chu Liangzhi couldn't help becoming slightly nervous, it was too serious.

Immediately afterwards, the official who distributed the examination papers said: "Two sticks of incense during the examination time. If you need to change the draft paper, or the pen and ink in the middle of the test, you can raise your hand to indicate that it can only be changed with the consent of the three supervisory examination officials. The horn leader When the sound blows, it is the time of the exam!"

After saying that, the officials who distributed the examination papers asked the scholars again if they had any questions. After everything was arranged, everyone held their breaths and waited for the sound of the horn.

While waiting in such silence, the scholars in each examination room bowed their heads at their desks, not daring to move at all.

The subordinate officials who supervised the examination did not dare to get together to chat and laugh, because there were mad dogs from Yushitai patrolling outside the examination room, and any official who violated the rules in the examination room was immediately arrested and sent to prison.

This is waiting for the scholars, and it is also a torment for the officials who supervise the examination.

In this exam, if there is no accident, they are not allowed to speak.

Around the examination room, at four positions, the war horns were already in place, and the soldiers responsible for blowing the horns stood upright and waited for the order.

At the beginning of the hour, horns and thunder sounded both inside and outside the examination room. The sound was like the beginning of an offensive war, and it could be heard as far away as Taiyuan City.Many people watching outside the examination room were startled and looked left and right in panic. They thought there was a war!

At the same time, officials in various examination rooms quickly distributed test papers and draft paper.At the same time, the officials immediately burned incense.

Chu Liangzhi got the neatly cut examination paper and draft paper, and was about to start writing when the examiner's voice sounded in his ears.

"Everyone, immediately write down your name, the location of the examination room, and your hometown in the designated position at the beginning of the paper. If anyone doesn't write it, all consequences will be at their own risk!"

Originally, Jiang Chengxiao didn't want to add his hometown, because he was worried that the officials who reviewed the examination papers would favor his own people.But he thought about it, anyway, there is Mi Feng, which can prevent this problem, and in case of the same name, it is easy to distinguish with the place of origin.

Chu Liangzhi hurriedly wrote down his name, the location of the examination room (that is, the location on the number plate), and his hometown in the designated place.

Coupled with the location of the examination room, this is to prevent official fraud.Once a scholar in an examination room is found to be cheating, the officials in charge of supervising the examination room will also be severely punished.

After finishing, Chu Liangzhi checked it again, and then opened the following content.

Before the exam, the imperial court announced the general scope and details of the exam.

The [-]th major topic of the first session was writing poems and fus.

When it comes to specific topics, the court didn't say anything.

At this moment, Chu Liangzhi saw clearly the four small questions on the paper.Each small question is worth [-] points, and there are different requirements for the poems and poems written.

For example, the first question; try to write a poem with the title of 'filial piety', with no limit on the number of words and style of the poem.In addition, it was written later, which can be used as a fu, with a limit of [-] characters.

The test paper is actually very big, so there is no need to worry about not writing enough.

Of course, if a small number of useless scholars can't write small characters, or their handwriting is ugly, then they can't blame others.

Chu Liangzhi thought for a while, dipped his pen in the ink, and wrote "Farewell to Mother in the Ancient Way", and immediately began to consider the words and sentences.

There is no limit to the style of poetry, which means you can write five or seven characters as you like, but you need to rhyme!
This is the most basic requirement.

Chu Liangzhi is not particularly good at writing poems, but he is not weak either.In the past, when the world was stable, he traveled to the south of the Yangtze River to study and communicated with many scholars, and he gained some experience.

Soon, he finished his first poem.

Immediately afterwards, he looked at the second question.

The title of the second question; try to write a poem with the title of 'scenery', and the subsequent requirements are basically unchanged.

The topic is easy to understand, write a poem about the scenery.

The examination room was filled with the sound of papers rattling, and the examiners were staring at each scholar, and the two examiners of the Black Eagle Army even held horizontal knives in their hands.

The exam is not a joke, if there is any accident, or if the crazy dog ​​of Yushitai who patrols outside sees any omissions, they will be severely punished!
Some people are writing hard, while others are scratching their heads.

Those who write quickly feel that time passes too fast and there is not enough time, so why does a lot of incense burn when they raise their heads.

Those who scratched their heads felt that the time passed too slowly. After watching it several times, the incense did not move, as if it had been extinguished.

What makes them even more uncomfortable is that a kind of emotion called "anxiety" is stimulating them, especially hearing the voice of others answering "crash", which makes them feel even more painful.

However, because of strict regulations, they dare not move.

Soon, an official lit the second stick of incense.

When Chu Liangzhi finished writing the four poems, he happened to see that the second stick of incense was half burned, so he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, lowered his head to check it carefully, and at the same time protected the roll.Because the roll surface is neat and tidy is also a plus!

At this moment, a scumbag finally couldn't bear the pressure, knocked over the inkstone and passed out.

Then, a Black Hawk army examiner grabbed him with one hand and lifted him out.Then another official walked over to the seat of the scumbag, sealed the name of the examination paper and other information, and then solemnly put it in the box.

"Look at your exam paper!" An official reminded immediately.

All the scholars immediately returned to their senses and looked at their examination papers.

Chu Liangzhi swallowed, and checked his examination paper more seriously.

This exam is definitely not easy!
As the second stick of incense burnt out, the long note of the horn blew on time inside and outside the examination room.

"Everyone stop writing, stop writing immediately, if you don't stop writing, you will be disqualified from the exam immediately!" The examiner of the Black Eagle Army roared.

All the scholars immediately stopped writing and did not dare to move.

The examiners were divided into two teams. One team took away the draft paper, and the other team took away the test papers. The speed was very fast.

Its technique can be seen at a glance that it has been practiced in advance.

The examiners quickly sealed the test paper, carefully checked it three times, put it into the box, and affixed a seal with the test room number written on it.

Immediately, an official from Yushitai came in, followed by two Black Hawk soldiers. They checked the box to see if it was sealed properly, and then took it out.

So far, the first test is over!

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