A few meters away, there were several obviously different people standing. These people were all wearing official uniforms and carrying knives at their waists. They looked like they had at least Ninth Rank official titles and had a strong temperament. They didn't look like they were here to inspect Imperial Examinations, but rather like they were here to capture important criminals.
They stared eagerly at every student who came forward, and all the students who were watched turned pale.
The middle-aged man who looked familiar to Su Ziji held a small metal plate in his hand and looked over it. He was stunned for a moment when he looked into Su Ziji's eyes.
Su Ziji quickly gathered his thoughts and replied to the yamen servant who asked himself again, "It's the student, Su Ziji."
The yamen officer nodded, and immediately two people came forward to touch Su Ziji's bun, and then briefly searched his lower body to see if he had brought anything in. This was a preliminary check.
After the initial inspection, Su Ziji was immediately urged to move forward.
Su Ziji resisted the urge to look at these people and stepped into Examination Compound.
"What, is there something wrong with this person?" Several military attachés asked when they saw the middle-aged man looking at the young student.
"No, we just met a few times." The middle-aged man Gao Yaochen shook his head.
"Sure enough, this job is not that easy. I wonder how the examination rooms in other counties are like?" One person nodded and said casually.
"Master Zhang, Tianhuang noble people cannot be buried like this." The middle-aged man glanced at the students behind him with stern eyes, and looked back and said softly, "Imperial Clan Disk showed something strange last night. If you think about it carefully, you can only respond today Prefectural Examination. Don't take it lightly."
"That is to say, it is very likely that it is among these students, so let's continue." The person who spoke was obviously just complaining casually, and continued to pay attention after finishing speaking.
Su Ziji didn't know that he had been focused on just now. When he walked into Examination Compound, he saw four officials holding lamps standing in front of him.
They stood facing the entrance, with the words on the lanterns in their hands clearly visible. Because of the examination references, the candidates naturally knew which examination room they were going to.
"T-shaped field?" Su Ziji glanced at the test, walked towards the lantern holder holding the "D"-shaped lantern, and lined up.
As the thousands of candidates were sorted out one by one, it was completely bright at this time. A Eighth Rank official came out and said a few words loudly, and the yamen servant sang at the signal. "Students are entering--!"
The four lantern-holders turned around and walked in four directions respectively, and the long dragon behind them also moved.
It wasn't until he finally reached the T-shaped field and was carefully searched again that Su Ziji breathed a sigh of relief.
"Although Prefectural Examination has been simplified and the test content must be much less, it is really troublesome just to follow this procedure."
"I hope I can pass the exam in one go."
I sat in a simple shed with simple partitions on both sides and a straw shed above. If it rained heavily or there was a fire, the students here would surely suffer.
"No wonder the exam was chosen in April. In other months, this environment would be more painful for the candidates."
After finding your seat according to the exam guide, Su Ziji does not need to study ink. According to the regulations of this dynasty, starting from Prefectural Examination, in order to prevent unnecessary accidents, candidates are not allowed to bring anything except the exam guide. Pens, inks, papers and inkstones are provided by the examination room, even food and water.
Fortunately, Prefectural Examination has been shortened. There will only be one day of exams, one meal at noon, and you can leave after handing in your essay. It will be dark at the latest, so I may light a candle.
Su Ziji doesn't think it's that easy. In fact, it's quite the opposite. Prefectural Examination After taking the exam for a few days, you can naturally polish the articles slowly, but this requires students to have a certain amount of urgency.
If you get stuck for a moment, you won't be able to get creative ideas flowing out, and you can only sigh and miss this opportunity.
"In line with the atmosphere of the new dynasty, everything requires efficiency." Su Ziji couldn't help but sigh.
After the candidates entered the hall, they only had to wait for a while before the yamen came to hand out papers, pens and ink.
Su Ziji Touched a stack of white paper, checked the pen and ink again, and then felt relieved. These were not high-quality products, but they were quite satisfactory, and no one could fault them.
Although these things are subject to wear and tear and can be replaced at any time, if there are no problems, there will still be no problems.
After a while, the government officials patrolled the venue with sign lights and posted test questions on display, which was the same as at County Examination.
The students who came to participate in Prefectural Examination have all experienced County Examination and naturally got into the groove quickly.
"The policy theory is directly tested?" I originally thought that memorization, diction, and Mo Yi would be tested, but I didn't expect that I skipped it directly this time and only took the policy theory test.
Su Ziji was startled at first, then felt happy.
Although I am not afraid of the first two because I am familiar with the Five Classics, it is more advantageous to only test policy theory.
It's hard to say what level seven is. It may not be as high as Provincial Graduate, but among Prefectural Examination, there must not be many Examination Student with this level.
And I already have Fang Provincial Graduate's experience in policy theory, and Fang Provincial Graduate believes that as long as you are lucky, you will be able to pass the exam.
"The reason for canceling memorization, diction, and Mo Yi is that they all test basic skills, and the basic skills have already been tested in County Examination."
"And although they are not very difficult, they are very trivial and time-consuming. If the exams are taken for three days in a row, the time does not matter. If they are taken in one day, the candidates' time will be squeezed."
"It is only natural to cancel the memorization, diction and inscriptions."
"As for this policy, it is related to floods." Su Ziji raised his eyebrows slightly, somewhat surprised that it would be such a topic.
"Although this dynasty has inherited the Great Wei system and has always focused on practicality in order to select officials and govern a party, but this is just Prefectural Examination. To actually use such a topic as a policy. Are you overestimating Examination Student, or is the flood already imminent?"
This thought only flashed by, Su Ziji picked up the pen and started writing slowly on the draft paper.
"There's no need to be steady when writing this topic. It's just about water control... No, it's not just that." Su Ziji immediately put down his pen again.
"It seems like it is only related to floods, but in fact it involves all aspects, Ministry of Revenue's money, Ministry of Works's people, these are just the surface. You can know that there must be other forces involved. This seems to be just water control, and it is likely to be a competition between several forces."
Su Ziji thought about it again and again, and finally followed his own fancy. He picked up some water control methods that he knew in his previous life and wrote them down.
But the language is also polished to make it beautiful but not sharp.
The current Calligraphy is much better than the County Examination.
Academy Pavilion Script, which was originally written, was also criticized by Fang Zhen for its shortcomings. Now, these shortcomings have been made up for by gaining a lot of experience and practicing diligently.
Although it is not exactly elegant, graceful and beautiful, it can still give people a sense of roundness and plumpness.
"This way you can highlight the topic without being too sharp and causing trouble."
When Su Ziji finally finished writing the draft, it was already noon, and government officials were delivering meals and water to the examination booths one by one.
Since everyone's gastrointestinal tract is different, the food is just cakes without any oil or meat, and the water is boiled water, not even crude tea.
This is not because the government is stingy, but because they are afraid that if there is a problem with food and water, whose responsibility will it be?
Su Ziji was afraid of staining the paper, so he hurriedly cleared the things on the desk. After eating a tasteless meal and resting for a while, he carefully copied the contents of the draft onto the official roll of paper.
After I finished copying word for word, I blew on the ink, and a dense trickle of sweat broke out on my forehead. It took a huge amount of energy to finish the writing in one go.
"Even I feel dizzy. Where are the other students?"
As soon as he glanced at it, he saw that everyone's faces were pale and they didn't dare to look more. He checked again and found that there was no problem and no taboo words had been missed by him. Su Ziji was relieved.
At this time, it was approaching dusk, and candidates rang the bells one after another and handed in their papers.
"Or, I can try it now." Seeing that everything was completed, Su Ziji moved his lips slightly, as if he was reciting his own test paper silently, and stretched out his hand to touch the test paper.
"Boom" a sudden change occurred.