The heavens from Bailuyuan

Chapter 40 Unspoken Rules

The county examination center is located in a market in front of the county government office, and many examination sheds have been temporarily built.Like the county government, it sits north and faces south.

Once the direction is wrong, the examinee will scold her.

Roadblocks were set up around the huge test shed facing the road to prevent people from colliding with the test room.On the south side of the test shed there are east and west gates, surrounded by wooden fences, and there is a large courtyard. The north of the courtyard is the main gate, which is called Longmen, which means carp jumping over the dragon gate.

Behind the Longmen is a large courtyard for candidates to wait for their names.

In front of the examination shed, there is a "Souzi", that is, a government servant, with a cold face, a knife on his waist, and a stick of water and fire in his hand.These are used to check whether candidates are carrying entrapment.

Check very carefully.

Generally speaking, there are various methods of cheating in imperial examinations.

One is hoarding, which is to carry a cheat sheet. The imperial examination lasts for several days, and you need to carry food, candles and tableware. Therefore, there is a method of hiding the Four Books and Five Classics in steamed buns and sewing them in the interlayer of clothes. Some people even stuff them into candles. , It is not easy to check when waxing.

The second is the abbreviation. Although there is no modern miniature in ancient times, there are endless ways to cheat.For example, some people use the "mouse hair" made of mouse whiskers, and the characters written are also in the style of pavilions. After completing a collection of chapters and sentences in the Four Books, there are hundreds of thousands of characters, which is only the size of a palm.

The third is that the silver salt turns black. Using a chemical method, the inside of the clothes is densely filled with salt water. After mixing it into the examination room, it is burned with a candle, and the words will appear.

There are also various methods such as squid juice, flying pigeons passing on calligraphy, toilet cheating, bribery, and taking exams.

Wen Tingyun of the Tang Dynasty was definitely a master in the last substitute exam. In one imperial examination, he actually helped eight people complete the substitute exam at the same time. He was also a generation of gods.

"We're almost here."

Zhou Yuan took a deep breath, feeling a little excited, but also a little worried and anxious.

"Don't worry, we have consulted the seniors in the academy, all the homework has been done enough, there will be no problems."

Bai Gui comforted them.

Among them, he is the oldest, usually the most stable personality, and the best homework.

As soon as the words came out, several people calmed down.

As Bai Gui said, after entering Bailu Academy, benefiting from the love and care of many seniors, when asking them about the things to pay attention to in the imperial examination, each of them took the trouble to teach them.The four of them kept these points in mind one after another. It can be said that the most basic problems will not arise during the imperial examination.

Zishui County is not a county where literary style flourishes, and there are nearly a thousand Confucian scholars taking the county examination.

There are young people like Bai Gui and the others. These young people are all dressed in a higher level than other Confucian scholars, and most of them are children of wealthy families.The clothes of the young and middle-aged Confucian scholars were a bit shabby, and a few gray-haired old scholars were patched one after another. From head to toe, the two big characters of desolation were written.

Studying costs money. It is difficult to raise a full-time scholar without production!
The examination of candidates by the yamen guards is as good as the modern security checks, but it seems that there are some differences in the treatment. The yamen guards of the first few candidates can't wait to cut them up carefully, cut them into ten catties of meat sausages, cut ten catties of fat, ten skinny...

Clothes, snacks, preserved fruits, and candles are all finely chopped and cleaned.

But when it was the turn of the four of them, they just searched briefly and let it go.

He didn't react until the yamen servant reminded him.

"It's not fair, why did the four of them just let it go..."

The next few candidates murmured dissatisfied. They thought it was because the yamen servants were tired, so they relaxed the inspection. When they were happy, but when it was their turn, they repeated the previous appearance.

Although they didn't carry a cheat sheet, the search was degrading. Taking off the clothes was only a matter of counting the hairs on the back of the buttocks, not to mention that some things would be broken once they were chopped with a knife.

"What nonsense, he is a student of Bailu Academy, is it possible to carry copy?"

"Who do you think you are!"

The yamen servant roared.

The following few Confucian scholars blushed. White Deer Academy is the county school in the county. Basically, it is a place where students enroll, and the teachers are also taught by the county.

It is equivalent to those who come out of prestigious universities and enter the company directly without interviews.

In the midst of this exam, it is impossible for a few people to get angry with the yamen servant.After being suffocated, he swore secretly that when he gained fame, he would make these officials who underestimated them look good.

Bai Gui, who had already entered the main entrance, shook his head and didn't say much.

Bailu Academy has this ability, but it's not for them, it's just an excuse.

He could clearly see the gratitude in the yamen servant's eyes.

Since Mr. Zhu joined forces with the gentry of Qin Province to write a letter, many people went to the academy to express their gratitude to Mr. Zhu. When students of their White Deer Academy walked on the street, some people would also send fruits and food...

The ancient county magistrates were from other provinces, but the most basic yamen servants and officials in these county yamen were all locals.

Who would not accept Mr. Zhu's love!
Whether it works or not!
Those who hold salaries for everyone should not let them be frozen in the wind and snow!
The simplest concept.

The strong man who built the mausoleum and his relatives could always climb a few.It is also not possible that only one county imposed corvée, but that strong men were detained in several neighboring counties and went to Ganquan Township, including Zishui County.

Although the yamen servant is evil, his heart is still as bright as a mirror.

Bai Gui and other examinees were first brought to the courtroom of the examination room to wait, while the officials of the county government rolled their names and saluted the ancient county magistrate one by one, while asking the guarantors to admit their guarantors.

The ancient county magistrate was expressionless and nodded slightly.

Bai Gui bowed his head to salute the ancient county magistrate, and after a while, a loud voice came out, "Student Wang Ruqin is Bai Gui's guarantor!"

Lin students were sitting in the hall, and he couldn't tell which one was Senior Brother Wang, so he could only salute in the direction the voice came from, and then was taken to the examination room by the petty officials to take the exam.

"Is it Young Master Bai? Please come with me."

The little official smiled, and took Bai Gui to a test room that was obviously higher than the one along the way. Not only was the environment quiet, but it was not exposed to cold wind. There were several braziers nearby, away from the stinking horns.

"This……"

Bai Gui was taken aback. He didn't give money to the petty official, and Mr. Zhu was not that kind of person either.The examination room was set up seven days ago and cannot be changed arbitrarily. There is no name on the examination paper, only the examination room number. Could it be said that the officials of these yamen have already arranged it for them.

"Mr. Zhu speaks uprightly, and we are also grateful. I would like to show a little respect, and I ask Young Master Bai not to refuse."

After speaking, the little official left.

Unspoken rules are indispensable everywhere, but Bai Gui always thought that unspoken rules were bribes before, but he did not expect that there would be such a unique unspoken rule.

The human heart is fleshy.

The sky is watching, and people are doing it. The "superstitious" ancients would pay more attention to loyalty.

(End of this chapter)