The Age of Awakening: From the Young Runtu

Chapter 105 August
Moved to August.

The rural examination officially started, and I went to the provincial capital Hangzhou to take the examination.

This time it's the exam.

Juzi will be much better than a scholar.

The exam is divided into three sessions, each session lasts three days, and you need to enter the exam room one day in advance for all three sessions.

The exam is enough for nine days.

The provincial examinations are presided over by imperial courts and cabinet scholars who are appointed by the imperial court to go to various places to preside over them. The governors and yamen of various places have to transfer officials to be responsible for specific matters. Among them, those who work in the examination room are called Neilian officials. Lifting and tuning, internal supervision test, adduction palm, etc.Those who work outside the examination room are called outer curtain officials, who are mainly responsible for managing the affairs of the examination room, such as supervision, external promotion, external supervision, external collection, acceptance of papers, sealing, transcription, and reading.

The chief and deputy chief examiners sent by the imperial court, as well as the officials transferred from the local area, began to enter the room. First, a horse-riding banquet was held, and both inner and outer curtain officials would attend the banquet.After the banquet, the inner curtain officials entered the assigned place in the examination room, and the supervisor closed the door. After that, the inner curtain officials did not go out again, and the inner and outer curtain officials did not communicate with each other. They could only talk at the inner curtain door.

Room No. [-] was used as an examination room and dormitory for candidates to answer papers, eat, and stay in the tribute courtyard. The conditions were very simple.

The invigilation in the Tribute Court is very strict. When candidates enter the Tribute Court, they must conduct a strict body search to prevent candidates from being entrapped.It is not too different from the previous exams, but it will be more stringent.

When candidates enter the examination room, they must lock the door.Candidates eat, drink, and sleep in the numbered room during the exam, and are not allowed to come out until the exam is over.One stay is three days.

The content of the examination is nothing more than four books and five classics, policy questions, poetry and classics, and stereotyped essays.

In the first round, you need to write hundreds of words for each of the three questions and four books, and you also need to write a few hundred words for the four scripture questions.These are not difficult for Runtu.But it is not easy to think about getting a good ranking.

The second round is the Five Classics test.There are also imperial edicts, judgments, forms, and edicts, which also write hundreds of words.

The third session is an examination of current affairs policy, combining the theory of Confucian classics to express comments or opinions on current affairs and government affairs at that time.Confucian classics are the core content.

Runtu pulled himself together.

As soon as I saw the title of the paper, I entered the space.

There is a hundred times of time in it, enough to prepare slowly.

Every candidate is taken seriously.

After passing the exam, you can almost reach the sky in one step.

If you haven't passed the exam, you have to wait another three years.

Some people will even take risks to cheat.Once a scholar is found cheating, it will be a disaster. Not only will he be dismissed, but he may even be exiled to the army.

They all want to get good grades.

There is an article written by Fan Jinzhong in the Scholars.Fan Jin was originally a poor scholar, and was ridiculed by his neighbors and his father-in-law Hu Tuhu.In order to obtain fame, he did not hesitate to let his wife and mother go hungry. Finally, with Fan Jin's efforts, he passed the Juren examination, which made everyone look at him with admiration, but because he did not believe this exciting news.Fan Jin became insane and went crazy.Its importance is evident.

Before the provincial examination, Runtu also participated in a scientific examination and obtained the qualification of the provincial examination.

The rural examination is also called Dabi and Qiuwei.The acceptance rate of the exam is around three to four percent.

Runtu's idea is that he doesn't care about the ranking, as long as he can pass.

After the exam on the third day of the first round, Runtu left the exam room.

Go directly to the best restaurant in Shaoxing and set up a house to eat and rest.

Started the second round.

Back to Room No. [-], the conditions in the No. [-] room are very simple, usually there are only two boards up and down, the upper board is used as a table, and the lower board is used as a chair. When you want to sleep, you put the two boards together to make a bed.

In room No. [-], a pot of charcoal fire and a candle will be prepared for candidates. The charcoal fire can be used for heating or cooking.

It is autumn at this time, and it will be a little bit cold at night.

As for cooking, Runtu handles everything in his own space.

There are a lot of books in the space.

But even with so many books, the open-book exam will not be of great help to the exam.

Articles cannot copy the contents of the book.

It is also a test of perseverance and physical strength to stay in a small room for three days.

But basically you can take the pain.

The current transportation is inconvenient, and many scholars are mostly poor.

If you go to Beijing to catch the exam, you have to go to the capital.

Maybe it will take a month.

Traveling to Beijing is a huge expense.

The wind, the sun, and the long journey require physical strength.

Even so, everyone flocked to it.

Compared with a scholar, Juren is almost a step up to the sky.

The best treatment is the right to tax exemption, that is, the land under Juren’s name can be exempted from the imperial grain and national tax. In this way, some people or squires will take the initiative to put the land under Juren’s name, thereby obtaining the right to tax exemption, so Juren can become a landlord in one leap.Basically, the people and gentry in the vicinity are willing to give the land over, and all kinds of exorbitant taxes are imposed.The tax on the grain grown may have to pay more than half of it.

Another thing is to be able to be an official. If you are lucky, you can still release a seventh-rank county magistrate. Even if you are almost lucky, you can only be a second official such as a county magistrate, master book, etc., the status and status are already very different. After all, it is equal to became the ruling class.

I finished the exam in a few days.

Runtu is only eight points sure.

The point is that the acceptance rate is too low.

Only three or four percent.

It's my first exam again.

Those who came out of the examination room also saw many gray-haired or older middle-aged people.

The exam is held every three years, and it is estimated that there are people who have taken the exam seven or eight times.

These are all experiences, and compared with the first test, there will be some advantages.

Runtu hoped in his heart that he could pass, otherwise he would have to wait another three years for the next visit.It won't be long before the court will be gone.

Hangzhou is not as prosperous as Shanghai Beach, but it is much better than others.

And Shanghai Bund has injected a lot of western things.

The charm of Hangzhou is better.

When we arrived at Qiantang, we were going to go back by boat.

There are many people who make boats.

Overheard their conversation.

I know this is Cao Gang's boat.

The Cao Gang was also organized by ordinary people.

It's better now. In the past, when the Taiping was in turmoil, the river was blocked, and after the rice was transported by sea, the Cao Gang's livelihood was difficult.

There were wars all over the place, regiments were set up to practice self-defense, and the imperial court was in a state of desperation. They only cared about military affairs and were too busy, so naturally they couldn't manage the livelihood of the Cao Gang.

The leaders of the Cao Gang are all considerate, so there are brothers in various gangs who make troubles, and they all try to persuade them with kind words. There are old and young in every family, and they have to feed their stomachs.

To find a living, find a way, there are boats and people in the Cao Gang, not only transporting grain, but also other things, including passengers.

Runtu thought that he should discuss cooperation with them.

(End of this chapter)