The strongest boss in the sky

Chapter 30 Will try!

The imperial examinations in the Ming Dynasty were extremely cruel. Scholars from the entire empire participated in the imperial examinations held once every three years. Those who eventually became Jinshi, even if the same Jinshi were counted, were only a handful of 400 people. people despair.

According to some statistics, during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it took an average of at least 30 years for a child to study from the beginning of enlightenment until he finally became a Jinshi.

Except for those with extraordinary talents, most of them were already over thirty when they were selected as Jinshi, and began to enter middle age.

Because of this, when Lin Nuo, who looked extremely young, walked on the street, he immediately attracted the attention of many people.

Even though Xiu'er, a woman with a light veil covering her face, followed him, some silk handkerchiefs still floated through the air from time to time and fell around Lin Nuo.

Lin Nuo looked up, and saw young girls looking out from the attics on both sides of the street from time to time. The timid and shy glanced and then looked away, and the bold ones directly directed at Lin Nuo. Beckoning, trying to get his attention.

This kind of scene happens every year during the imperial examination, and the people in the capital have long been accustomed to it. After all, which girl does not have a spring?Who doesn't want to find a good man with both talent and appearance and a bright future?Regarding this, Lin Nuo just smiled, but did not react at all. Together with Xiu'er, he walked very calmly towards the Tribute Court where the examination was held.

It is the same process as the previous rural examination. Candidates are divided into provinces and enter the Gongyuan in turn. The first thing to do is extremely strict search.

After some inspections, Lin Nuo was guided into the dragon gate of the Tribute Academy, and together with the candidates from various provinces whose order was disrupted, he began to look for his dormitory.

Fortunately, he entered Beijing earlier, and the registration time was earlier, so the dormitory he was assigned was considered a good location, spacious, bright and undamaged, and he didn't need to worry about getting wet in the wind and rain.

In a good mood, Lin Nuo first cleaned up the sanitation in the dormitory. When the dormitory was cleaned up, it was already noon and it was time for lunch.

If it were other candidates, they would simply eat some steamed buns with hot water to make do, and dare not waste time, but Lin Nuo was different, he didn't even read the test papers, but first fried them on the stove in the dormitory. As soon as a few delicious side dishes came out of the pan, even the soldiers invigilating the exam in the aisle were attracted.

The invigilator first looked at the Linnuo dormitory carefully for a while, and then walked away speechless. He has invigilated many times in his life, but like this kind of outing, he hummed softly while cooking. It was the first time he saw such a wonderful candidate!
After happily eating three large pancakes with side dishes, Lin Nuo stretched comfortably, and then lazily opened the examination paper.

In fact, there is not much difference between the general examination and the rural examination. The content of the first round is still three questions, four books, four questions and five classics questions.

However, compared to the rural examination, the most important questions in the general examination are the three questions and four books, because these three questions were written by the emperor himself, so the examiners will also focus on this aspect.

Basically, whether you are successful or not, it depends on these three questions. If you answer these three questions well, as long as you don’t hand in blank papers for the following questions, basically a gongshi will not be able to escape.

But if the answers to these three questions are not good, no matter how good the answers in the next few exams are, it will be useless. Looking at the entire imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty, I have never heard of anyone relying on the gongshi in the last two exams.

Compared with other candidates, Lin Nuo has the advantage of being knowledgeable and memorized. Therefore, in this exam, he followed the advice of the examiner surnamed Li, not to be too ostentatious, but to quote scriptures in an even and stable manner. Three and four books have been answered.

This method may not be too brilliant, but it is extremely safe, because there is no fault in any aspect, no matter who is the examiner who marks the papers, it is very difficult to put this kind of test papers in the falling papers.

This time, Lin Nuo's answers to the questions were more rigorous than in the township test. Every allusion was quoted after careful consideration. When the seven articles were finished, it was already noon on the second day.

The general examination is different from the rural examination. The three examinations of the provincial examination are taken separately. After each examination, candidates can leave home to rest, and continue to the next examination when the time is up.

However, the general examination is not acceptable. Candidates must complete three examinations in a row, and only after the test papers are sealed and their names are completely collected can they end the examination and leave together with other candidates.

After a few days of the exam, most of the examinees looked sick and their faces were pale. Some even got frostbite and got chilblains because of insufficient warm clothing.

Lin Nuo is healthy and healthy, and he still has time to cultivate his inner strength. When he finished his work and walked out, it was getting late, and there were not many people in front of the Gongyuan.

"Brother Lin, you are here!"

As soon as he walked out of the Gongyuan, Xu Wei, whose figure was a little plumper than before, couldn't wait to walk over, "I've been waiting here for more than half an hour, and I thought something happened to you inside!"

"Brother Xu is too worried, I just accidentally overslept."

Lin Nuo looked at Xu Wei. This guy's eyes were as dark as a panda's. It seemed that he hadn't slept well during the exam these days. He patted him on the shoulder and said, "Brother Xu must be extremely tired. You should go early." Go back and rest, the list will be released tomorrow, don't lose your manners in front of people!"

Xu Wei nodded, resisting sleepiness, and after the two said goodbye to each other, they boarded the carriage with the support of the book boy and rushed towards the residence.

Watching the other party leave, Lin Nuo stood on the spot and thought for a moment before turning around. On the opposite street, Xiu'er, who was dressed as a woman with a light veil covering her face, had already been waiting there for a long time.

The day for the ranking of the test is very fast. Basically, the ranking will be announced the next day after the test is completely over.

In the morning of the next day, the list was posted in the Ministry of Rituals, and at the same time countless teams were dispatched to announce the good news to the upstarts living in every corner of the capital.

Lin Nuo didn't go to the Ministry of Rites to read the list, but stayed in the room, playing chess with Xu Wei in the presence of an old master.

Lin Nuo really didn't care. He could be sure that as long as the examiners did not cheat for personal gain, he would never fail the exam.

On the other hand, Xu Wei, although he looked calm on the surface, was actually very concerned about this matter in his heart. The hand holding the chess piece would tremble slightly inadvertently, which showed that his heart was already extremely nervous.

"Boom boom boom!"

A sound of beating gongs and drums sounded from outside the inn. Suddenly, Xu Wei, who was still holding on, couldn't hold on anymore, and directly put down the chess pieces and stood up.

"Brother Lin, there must be a candidate from the same township, let's go and have a look!"

(End of this chapter)