Ming Dynasty: At the beginning of the game, Lao Zhu resigned and retired.

Chapter 20 The candidates cried: It’s too difficult!
Chapter 20 Candidates cried: It’s too difficult!
The time for the exam is fixed.

No matter how much the candidates complain or scratch their heads, you still have to write about this question.

No one leaves anything blank there.

No fool can!
After all, it's better to write down whatever you want than to leave it blank.

These days, if you hand in a blank test, you will really become famous.

That reputation is greater than those who won three yuan in a row!

After all, everyone wants to know someone, so they come to take the test with nothing in mind. Who is he?

For a time, the entire examination room was gnashing their teeth and working hard on the last question.

Not long after, the candidates who were seizing the time transcribed the answers on the scratch paper onto the test paper with sad faces. After checking it carefully, they put it aside and waited for the ink to dry.

At this time, all the candidates in the examination room seemed to be emotionally resonating at the same frequency. They looked happy when they checked the previous interview papers, but when they saw the last question, they looked constipated!
It’s really that they themselves can’t stand it anymore.

There's no way, it's written by force!

With the sound of a bang, all the candidates could finally walk out of the examination room.

But it's different from previous years when some came out arrogant and others dejected.

This time, every candidate who walked out of the examination room was not cursing!

"My mother, what kind of question is this? My mother's head is buzzing even now!"

"Me too! In the past, I was quite capable of consciously learning, but now I find that when I encounter someone who is unreasonable, my skills are of no use!"

"Brother Duan, Brother Duan, you are the most learned among the scholars in our county. Can you help me clarify my doubts? What is the meaning of the last question?"

The man called Brother Duan is a man with a mustache, and he is probably in his 20s.

Seeing that he was surrounded by a circle of scholars, he must have a high prestige among the scholars. Even after hearing these words, other scholars came forward to get closer.

But the man called Brother Duan also looked sad and angry at this time.

"Talent and learning? This can be solved by talent and learning?"

"Duan is not said to have learned a lot, but Duan has been studying and practicing calligraphy with his ancestors and father since he was enlightened at the age of five. He has read and memorized no less than a hundred books."

"But Duan dares to say that he has never seen such a question in any book!"

Looking at the crowd of scholars, Brother Duan spread his hands with a grimace.

"If among you brothers, there is someone who is better than me in knowledge and writing, Duan is convinced that he has lost. It is Duan who has not learned enough."

"But now, Duan, I am really unwilling to accept this situation!"

"Who can tell me which book and passage that circle is from? Duan offered 50 taels! Let Duan understand!"

Not only this Brother Duan, but also many scholars from similar well-off families also shouted out high prices to collect clues.

It was true that all the scholars were stupefied by the question Hu Weiyong asked in the examination room.

I really have no clue at all.

As soon as everyone communicated with each other, they found out that they were all scrawled together.

Everyone can say calmly that they are confident, and no one can even fully explain the solution to the last question and how to answer it.

One candidate, whose clothes were shabby and whose family circumstances were not very good, was already so angry that his face was red and veins were popping out.

"Who came up with these test questions?"

"Is this deliberately made to disgust people!?"

"I studied hard and worked hard for several years just to take this damn thing?"

"Straight bitch, if you let me know who asked this question, I will put a sack on him!" If this was said in the usual way, if you open and close your mouth to curse, talk about putting someone in a sack, etc., I am afraid that many people will whisper Complaining is an insult to politeness.

But at this time, none of the scholars felt that this was wrong.

In fact, the scene in the examination room when they opened the test paper and saw the last question is still impacting their minds and making them feel numb.

And just as the scholars stood at the entrance of the examination room and complained wildly, the county magistrates who were resting and waiting in the restaurant opposite also came out.

They all sent these scholars to take exams.

The local literary style in Jiangnan was at its peak, not to mention that literature and education were a very important achievement for local officials.

Anyone who can become a county magistrate is not a fool. If you invest a little bit in these scholars now, you may be able to gain the favor of a big boss in the future.

After all, the imperial examination is a ladder to heaven.

However, the county magistrates who came closer at this time were dumbfounded when they saw the excited scholars.

What does this mean?
It's just the county examination. This is the first level of the imperial examination. You've already received a lot of complaints. Is it possible that you guys will hand in blank papers in the next few levels?
The leading county magistrate was from Jiading County. Looking at the figure with a mustache in the crowd, his eyes suddenly lit up and he shouted directly.

"Duan Lin, how did you do on the test? Are you confident?"

Duan Lin's eyes were red when he heard this.

I looked up and saw that it was my parents from my hometown who were asking questions, and I suddenly felt a sense of grievance in my heart. If it weren't for the inappropriate occasion and concern about my face, I might have cried on the spot.

"Your Majesty, the student...is in trouble this time!"

"what??"

When the Jiading County Magistrate heard this, he was immediately embarrassed.

No, aren't you a very good student?
Why did you fall for it too?
Moreover, just after leaving the examination room, he said that he failed in front of others. This is most likely not modesty, but true.

Tsk tsk, luckily I was quite optimistic about this guy before.

However, although the Jiading County Magistrate was still complaining in his heart, he asked with a look of concern on his face.

"How could this be?"

"But it doesn't matter. Your grandfather has been teaching you for more than ten years, and he didn't let you out until this year. He probably didn't want to miss this opportunity for Enke to let you try."

"If it works for the best, there will be a next time if it doesn't work. It doesn't matter!"

It's okay not to say this, but when Duan Lin said this, he really couldn't hold it in anymore, and the water vapor filled his eyes, and he said hoarsely.

"Your Majesty, the student is feeling miserable right now!"

"Students have been studying for so many years, and now they go to the examination room and they don't even have the ideas to solve the questions. It's so hurtful!"

When the Jiading County Magistrate heard this, he was stunned.

No, what do you mean? You don’t even have any ideas for solving the problem?
Then he turned around and looked at the scholars around him who were talking to his parents and officials. Every one of them seemed to be downcast and cursing, and his heart immediately thumped.

He also came from the imperial examination, so of course he knew what this situation meant.

That is because the question is too difficult, so difficult that a scholar cannot figure it out at all, so he can only wail, which is why there is such a scene.

Coincidentally, at this time, a soldier walked out of the examination room and pasted a blank examination paper on the wall. The Jiading County Magistrate hurriedly stepped forward to take a look.

And when he saw the title, he was stunned!

Well, it's all right!
To be honest, if he were a candidate, he would probably scold him even more harshly.

Master would hang himself after reading this kind of topic.

(End of this chapter)