The First Auxiliary Road from the Imperial Examination

From the Yan Dynasty to the Three Dynasties of Chu Dynasty, the content of the three nine-day examinations of the imperial examinations has been changed from time to time. Up to now, the "edict, edict, form, and general judgment" that were originally to be assessed in the second round have been deleted and reserved for the general examination.

Therefore, in the township examination that Shengyuan is taking now, the first test questions are three essays on "Four Books" and one rhyme poem in five characters and eight poems; the second exam questions are five essay questions on "Five Classics"; road.

Although it sounds like there are not many exam questions, especially since the duration of each exam is three days, in fact, if the time is not used reasonably, the three-day exam time is simply not enough.

Because the Great Chugong Academy provided candles on the last day of each exam, and the previous two days at night, they gave lights and did not give candles.

The so-called "giving lamps but not candles" means that after evening, the examination room will put lighting lanterns outside the curtain of the examination room.

It is conceivable that the light from the lantern outside the curtain may only allow the examinees to see the examination room slightly clearly. As for answering the paper overnight... don't think about it.

Only on the last day of each exam, if the candidates have not copied the answers into the main paper at dusk, the examination room will provide these candidates with three candles and allow them to complete the copying.

Of course, this is preferential treatment for candidates who have answered all the exam questions completely. If there is a candidate who has not even finished the draft, what awaits him is not only the sound of gongs and drums at the end of the exam, but also the treatment of the military officer taking him out of the exam room.

At first, Sheng Yuan couldn't figure out why there were so many rules in the examination room. They were just candles. The big deal was that the examinees could buy them themselves. As long as they didn't drive up the price, whoever could enter the examination room couldn't afford dozens of candles?

It wasn't until later that she became more knowledgeable that she realized that such seemingly absurd and inexplicable regulations in the examination room were also Xiang's better way of maintaining the fairness of the examination room.

After all, for acts such as cheating, it is really "how much imagination can be used, and how shocking it can be."

Especially in dimly lit places and when the supervision is reduced, the most likely fraud is to change the roll.

After all, no one can guarantee that every officer in the examination room will abide by the rules.

Once someone is bribed, it would be unfair to the candidates to take advantage of the dark opportunity to replace the students with drafts full of answers and let them copy on top of their own draft answer sheets.

If it is spread, not only will the scholar-lin community be in turmoil, but the whole world will be in an uproar.

The imperial examination fraud case, no matter when it is released, is a blow to the influence of the imperial court.

Therefore, as long as there are no selfish examiners, they basically wish they could do everything possible to make it impossible to commit fraudulent behavior.

After all, an imperial examination fraud case is enough to destroy the future of the examiners involved, and even innocent people will inevitably be disgraced.

Of course, as the saying goes, there are policies and there are countermeasures. For those candidates who are determined to cheat, there are always ways to come up with more exotic ideas.

It can only be said that the struggle between examiners and cheating candidates has never stopped.

"Candidates, please wait for the roll call to take the papers!" The referee ordered Sheng Yuan to put aside the answering arrangements in an instant, and waited expectantly for the test papers and drafts printed by the Ministry of Rites to be sent by the test passer.

The specifications of the examination papers are similar to those of the Tongsheng Examination. The only examination papers in hand are the name, place of origin, three generations, gender, age, and publication date written on the front of the paper.

However, the number of pages of the test paper and the draft is twelve, which is much more than the test paper of the Tongsheng Examination.

As for the examination questions, it is still the old rule. The two teams of guards hold the boards high, and under the leadership of the clerk who announces the questions, they cross each other and declare back and forth.

Using both hands and eyes, Sheng Yuan accurately recorded the exam questions one by one on the draft.

After the record was completed, she stopped caring about the outside world, and when she was thinking about arranging the order of answering questions, she suddenly heard footsteps.

As soon as she looked up, she saw a soldier with a stool sitting sideways in front of the window of her test house.

Sheng Yuan: "???"

What does this mean? !

Sheng Yuan, who had finally come to his senses, looked at the simple-looking black-faced female police officer in front of her, hurriedly looked away, and looked outside the test house, and saw a group of people sitting in front of the window of the test house opposite her and her neighbors. Bad army.

Immediately, she remembered the legendary "one-on-one invigilation" rule in the provincial examination.