prosperous age

Chapter 143 142 True Thoughts
Line up and listen carefully to the roll call by the officials in front of you. After calling your name, you will immediately go forward to let the examiner verify your identity.

In fact, there are no such things as photos in this era, and the screening is all based on the recorded physical characteristics. After the screening, you have to be searched, and you can enter the Tribute Academy and enter your own examination room after passing the screening.

Wei Guangde has already come to take an exam, so he naturally knows how to deal with it.

After he heard his name being called, Wei Guangde stepped out of the crowd and stood in front of the examiner, bowing and saluting.

In fact, screening based on physical characteristics is just that easy. The real test is the group of people standing behind the examiner. They are all professors and instructors from Jiujiang Prefecture School and various county schools. Naturally, they are very familiar with the students under them. , you can tell at a glance whether it is the person or whether someone is impersonating the test.

In fact, at this point, where to find a gunner after taking the Juren examination.

The gunman has the ability to pass the township examination, and he is already a master, so who will take the exam for others.

After the screening, Wei Guangde walked forward along the passage, unbuttoning his clothes as he walked, and when he came to two searching soldiers, he was already standing there wearing only his underwear, holding a pen and inkstone in his left hand, and his clothes and socks in his right, waiting to be searched. .

After all the procedures were completed, Wei Guangde sat in his examination booth, and more than an hour had passed.

But this is not over. It is not surprising that the roll call and search of thousands of people took hours.

Wei Guangde was not in a hurry, he tidied up the examination booth, and lay down to rest by himself first. As for those preparations, such as putting away the examination papers and sharpening the ink, we should wait until the examination starts.

Tomorrow is the first test of the township examination, and there are two more tests to pass, so there is really no need to rush.

Well, at this time Wei Guangde is already sitting there with his eyes closed and resting his mind. Let's see what questions the examiner will come up with this time to make it difficult for these candidates.

Unconsciously, Wei Guangde remembered that three years ago, he was also sitting in such an examination shed. He took the examination three times in a row. At the beginning, he was still full of confidence, but when the results were finally announced, he was nowhere on the list.

Everything still needs to be fought for by oneself.

Thousands of candidates, just for the 95 candidates, can't compete without grabbing.

In the past two years, I have spent a lot on the road to fame and fame, and it is impossible to give up.

Three times, at most three provincial examinations, if you fail all of them, you should just travel around with your reputation as a scholar.

Studying was too hard, and Wei Guangde couldn't help thinking of his predecessors. Before junior high school, his grades were so-so. After junior high school, as he learned more and more knowledge, he finally couldn't bear the hardship. After that, his grades also plummeted. In the end, he only passed the college entrance examination. Such a mixed university diploma.

Thinking that I went to Youmin Temple to offer incense yesterday, I hope I can bless myself to pass the provincial examination smoothly.

In this era, Wei Guangde naturally hopes to be a member of the ruling class through the imperial examinations and become an official.

This is the second time, and it will be another three years at most. If you fail the exam, you will not be able to play.

Wei Guangde was thinking wildly, how much time had passed, there was a sound from Mingyuan Building, Wei Guangde knew that all the candidates should have entered the examination room, this is to lock the door and seal the courtyard, from then on to the end of the exam, all communication between the Tribute Academy and the outside world will be cut off .

For several days after that, Wei Guangde felt that he was in a muddle. Only after the first two exams were over, he could wake up a little bit after returning to the inn and soaking in warm water. The next morning, he had to go back to the exam room to continue the rest of the exam. take an exam.

After copying the last test paper of the third session, Wei Guangde checked it several times, and finally he was sure that there were no omissions, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

Looking at the candles handed out by the table, Wei Guangde twitched his mouth, he didn't need this thing anymore, he can leave when the time is up, he must hand in the paper and leave first.

Being locked up in a cage-like dormitory for several days in a row is really hard to bear.

Sitting in the dormitory, Wei Guangde felt his mind let go because of his relaxed mood.

I heard from my classmates before that the provincial examination is not bad. After all, it is in August. Although the weather is sometimes cold, I can get through it. The most difficult thing is actually the test.

Thinking of sitting in such a dormitory to take the exam in February, Wei Guangde couldn't help but shudder.

It is said that February is already spring, but it is still far away from the warmth of spring.

These years, the warmer weather is only a matter of March. No wonder some students have to remind each other that if they feel unwell before the exam, they must withdraw from the exam in time. Students with weak constitutions really can't survive those few days.

I remember seeing someone’s article before, saying that in ancient times, I don’t know which dynasty it was. The Gongyuan once caught fire during the exam, and then people outside did not dare to rush in to fight the fire because the exam was taking place inside, and finally burned many candidates to death.

Fortunately, my luck is not so bad. I have entered the Gongyuan three times, but I have never encountered such a thing. I guess it is caused by the candles handed out on the table.

Wei Guangde moved his eyes to those candles, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

"It's comfortable, make some hot water, yes, please call the boy for me, let him bring in the food, I'll have some food here first."

Wei Guangde was already sitting in the bathtub, soaking comfortably.

After each township examination, I am afraid that it is also the busiest time for the store.

Almost without exception, all candidates staying in the hotel will ask the store owner to prepare a bathtub in the room, and take a comfortable hot bath in it to relieve fatigue.

After leaving the examination room, Wei Guangde asked Zhang Ji to prepare something delicious for himself. He returned to the inn with his classmates, and asked the innkeeper to bring buckets of hot water to take a bath, brush his teeth first, and then take a bath.

The tribute courtyard was so simple that Wei Guangde, who was raised to brush his teeth every day, had to pay attention to it.

The shopkeeper poured the freshly delivered hot water into the bathtub and went out. After a while, Zhang Ji came in holding a food box.

"Second young master, it's all your favorite food."

Zhang Ji put the food box aside, opened the lid and asked Wei Guangde for his credit.

"Help me put my hair up, I'll eat something first."

Wei Guangde leaned there, asked Zhang Ji to put his hair in a bun, and stretched out his hand, took out a pastry from the food box and opened his mouth to eat.

"By the way, among the people who came with me, is there anyone who hasn't come back?"

Wei Guangde asked while eating pastries. He knew more than 20 people, but he only saw a dozen or so people on the way back. It seemed that there were still people who hadn't come out of the examination room.

"Young Master Lao, Young Master Lin, and Young Master Shen haven't come back yet. I heard from their servants that they may not be able to come back until dark at night."

After thinking about it, Zhang Jilue immediately replied with a smile: "Don't worry, young master, I will report to you when they come back."

"What kind of letter to report, I just said casually, the young master needs to sleep well tonight, and finally survived, if you dare to disturb my rest, you will not be able to sleep well tonight."

Wei Guangde said angrily, he was just asking casually.

Well, at this moment, in private, Wei Guangde no longer has to hide his true thoughts.

In the provincial examination, if all the thousands of examinees had some problems, it would be great, and no one would compete with me for a place in the exam.

At this moment, let alone classmates, even brothers, Wei Guangde didn't intend to recognize them.

(End of this chapter)