Princess, please respect yourself!

Chapter 435 Dabi

Today's competition has finally begun.

There were more than 10,000 students in this class, but in the end, less than 400 men and women were admitted to Jinshi, that is, one was selected from almost thirty people.

This time, the number of people admitted to the imperial examination has doubled. This is because after a great war in the southeast, the court lacked a large number of grassroots officials.

Therefore, this competition is really a rare opportunity for many students who have been struggling for years.

Especially female students.

Originally, it was not easy for female students to take part in the imperial examination, and even fewer could pass it. However, this year, the quota for female Jinshi has been greatly liberalized.

Therefore, many more female candidates came to participate.

Especially the female students of the Zhenwu Academy, there were many more participants than before, mainly because the new head of the Zhenwu Academy is also the deputy examiner of this competition.

This is undoubtedly an opportunity for Zhenwuyuan.

Jixia Academy has strong objections to this. It is enough for the fourth prince to serve as the deputy examiner. How can you, a hawk and dog from Nanya, and the powerful warrior He De, be the deputy examiner?

It is said that in the next martial arts competition, Luo Xing may be the examiner.

This Jixia Academy's Grand Priest is not happy. Originally, the Zhenwu Academy took the majority of the martial arts examinations. Now, if the head of the Zhenwu Academy serves as the examiner of the martial arts examinations, the number of martial arts scholars will not be enough for the Zhenwu Academy.

Of course, this is just a rumor. The martial arts competition will be held in the autumn, which is still several months away.

Dabi is at the military camp in the north of the city.

Building an examination room for tens of thousands of people and using it only once every three years is too luxurious. It is not as affordable as using a military camp. Moreover, using a military camp only requires the imperial troops to be taken out to train in the field for a few days and then come back.

This is a great way to kill two birds with one stone.

The only drawback is that the conditions in the military camp are a bit poor. Candidates need to bring their own food to eat. Food is not provided in the examination room.

This is a bloody lesson.

It’s not that the examination room cannot provide food, but once the examination room provides food, if something happens, it’s not just one person, but a large group of people.

This is an unbearable burden for both the court and individuals.

In addition to clean water, everything will be provided in the examination room. The clean water will also be guarded by dedicated personnel, changed and disinfected every day, and alum and live fish will be placed in the water to show that the water is non-toxic.

The examination room needs to be disinfected before candidates enter, and every corner must be disinfected. This work is also done by Luo Xing.

The examination room can accommodate more than 10,000 people. You can imagine what a huge place it is.

There are eight examination areas alone, with 1,500 people in each examination area.

In addition to the proctors, there were also soldiers.

There are also patrols.

Every imperial examination competition is a huge test of a country's organizational and coordination capabilities. It is the first time Luo Xing has undertaken this task, and it is also a huge pressure.

In addition to inheriting the practices of his predecessors, he also needed to find loopholes and fill them in a timely manner. The fourth prince himself didn't understand anything yet, so he needed to learn from his side.

As for the examiner, the Fifth Prince, he must also avoid suspicion and must not have any contact with the candidates or the person who asked the questions before the exam begins.

The entire Luojing is staring at this imperial examination.

Even the Xirong mission was very concerned. They continued to send people to understand all aspects of the imperial examination, and even proposed to send some Xirong students to take the exam.

Their exams do not participate in the official recruitment of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but they participate in rankings.

Emperor Yongxi knew the thoughts of the Wolf Lord of Xirong, and wanted the students of Xirong to become famous in the imperial examination competition of the Great Zhou Dynasty. He even defeated the students of the Great Zhou Dynasty to show that the cultural heritage of Xirong was not inferior to that of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Emperor Yongxi would naturally not refuse such a request. The impact of refusal would be too great and would make people think that Dazhou had no courage and was afraid of losing. It’s not shameful to lose. What’s shameful is that you don’t even have the courage to “compete”.

So Xirong sent thirty people to participate in the imperial examination competition of the Great Zhou Dynasty. They were scattered among the eight examination areas.

The much-anticipated competition day has finally arrived.

After offering sacrifices at the Confucian Temple.

Candidate admission.

Candidates must be searched when entering the venue, and their belongings have been checked. The imperial court has already stipulated the items that can be carried. Those who exceed the standard must either store it or ask their family members to take it back.

This year’s competition is much more user-friendly than previous ones. Everyone will be given a cloth bag. All items can be put in and brought out again. The bag will not be taken back and can be kept as a souvenir. Each bag also has Candidate’s number and examination area.

Every candidate can receive one when registering for the exam.

In addition, candidates do not need to bring any daily utensils, including bedding, etc. The examination room has been prepared in advance.

After using the bedding, it will also be brought back by the candidates.

To this end, the imperial court invested more than 20,000 taels of silver. In fact, this was not much. This year's examination fees were handed over to Luo Xing. It was impossible to take advantage of them.

So far, the funds allocated for this imperial examination are less than one-third of the previous ones. It is conceivable that in the previous imperial examinations, many people took the opportunity to enrich their own pockets.

Luo Xing is not afraid that these people will hate him for blocking their way to make a fortune. Imperial examination fraud is not only caused by the candidates, but also by the examiners and people involved. When the imperial court opens subjects and recruits officials, the talent obtained must be corrupt, so how can this country still be successful? Is there any hope?

The examination questions were selected by Emperor Yongxi himself and handed over to Luo Xing for personal preservation.

On the second day of the exam, after all the candidates had entered the venue, Luo Xing handed the sealed box to the examiner, the Fifth Prince.

Then, the fifth prince opened the box, took out the test questions from it, and read out the test questions in front of everyone.

The test questions will then be mapped to each test area through a special device so that every candidate can see them at the first time.

So, there is no need to distribute question papers.

This is a spiritual application, so you don’t have to worry about the need to print test papers in advance, and the test questions will be leaked due to theft or omission.

Then, the three examiners began to inspect the examination room, although there was no regulation on how many examination areas the examiners needed to inspect.

But inspection work must be done.

During the three-day scientific examination, the three examiners and all the invigilators had to live and eat in the examination room, were not allowed to go out, and were always on the lookout for lawlessness.

Even with Luo Xing's precautions, there are still people who cheat. Once caught cheating, they will be expelled from the examination room and will never be able to take the imperial examination in this life.

The punishment for cheating is very serious. Generally, cheaters are unsure. These people just want to take a chance. If they are caught, they will naturally give up on the idea of ​​becoming an official in the imperial examination.

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, in addition to the literary examination, there was also a martial arts examination. More people entered the officialdom through the martial arts examination. Although Wu Jinshi could also be an official, he could basically enter the army. The starting point was compared with the civil service, and the real martial arts Those who are geniuses want to enter sects and holy places to practice more, because there are more resources and opportunities.

If you don't advance in martial arts, you will retreat. If you really want to be an official, how much time will you have to devote to practicing if you spend your energy on government affairs?

Therefore, although the people who participate in the martial arts examinations are still around, most of them are second- and third-rate talents. Some people take this path because they have no hope. Real geniuses will not waste time and energy on pursuing an official career. Transcendence is the ultimate goal.

However, on this road, very few people can finally reach the end. Looking back, they are all covered with corpses.

　As you can see, this book is about to be finished, and there are only one or two chapters left. There is no way, the results are too disappointing!

　　

　

(End of this chapter)