Chapter 46 The Chief Examiner Arrives
Cao Lingyue's affairs finally came to an end. Although Ma Mingfeng had already agreed verbally that if Li Xiangjun refused to be with him, he would agree to his marriage with Cao Lingyue, but Ma Mingfeng believed that Li Xiangjun would be able to stick to love, so he did not take this matter to heart.
The next day was to do his best to prepare for the exam. During this period, Ma Mingfeng wrote many articles on national justice and peace and serving the country. After each article was finished, he asked Yang Wencong to help revise it, and then study it himself and memorize it. He repeated it like this every time, which improved his eight-legged essay level very quickly. I have to say that fortunately, Ma Luan left him a certain foundation, otherwise, based on his level before time travel, he would probably not even be a scumbag.
Of course, this is also related to Ma Mingfeng's composition and revision of essays during the past period of time. He has completely taken the sprint for the college entrance examination these days. He sat in the study almost motionless for the whole day, from four or five o'clock in the morning to the sound of the drum before going to bed. Even Li and Ma Meitian felt sorry for this high-intensity study, and persuaded Ma Mingfeng not to work so hard, even if he couldn't get this subject, he could take the next subject.
But Ma Mingfeng knew deeply that the next exam would be a bit late. In another three years it would be the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, and the imperial examination would have to wait until the sixteenth year of Chongzhen. In another year, Li Zicheng would be admitted to Shuntian Mansion. What's the use of him getting a Jinshi at that time?
Therefore, time is endless, Ma Mingfeng must do his best. If he fails this imperial examination, he will have to think about other development paths. It is almost impossible to rely on the imperial examination.
As time passed day by day, it was the third day of the August 2018, and there were still six days before the examination officially began. However, before he heard about the arrival of the examiner, Yang Wencong was anxious every day as an ant on a hot pan, but Ma Mingfeng was unmoved and continued to read his books and write his articles.
In Ma Mingfeng's opinion, there are only two results. One is that the zodiac was late, and the result was naturally that the zodiac was punished around the zodiac. The examiner was likely to be the original one. Since it was the original one, the test questions were of course the one recorded in history. Ma Mingfeng had already remembered the original exam questions and wrote articles, so he was not worried about it at all.
As for the other result, naturally, Huang Daozhou came and then asked questions according to his own ideas. Ma Mingfeng was even less worried about this, because he has devoted most of his energy to it these days.
It was the fourth day of the August 19th, and there were still five days before the examination officially began. At this time, students from all over the country had already entered the city one after another. Ma Mingfeng also followed Yang Wencong to the city and lived in a house in his own house. This house in his house was less than 500 steps away from the tribute courtyard. Usually, they were rented out to those rich students at high prices.
However, what is surprising is that at this time there was no news about the examiner. For a while, there were constant heated discussions on the streets and alleys, and various speculations and even rumors were constantly circulating.
But at noon that day, Yang Wencong, who was going out to inquire about the news, suddenly ran back to Ma Mingfeng's house and said with a breath: "Come on, come on, Mr. Shizhai has arrived. He was riding a tall horse with a pale face and dusty face, looking very embarrassed. I think it should be the reason why Mr. Shizhai is rushing around day and night."
After hearing this, Ma Mingfeng was very calm. He smiled faintly and said, "Didn't my uncle say it before? Mr. Shizhai will definitely see it. Isn't this all your expectations?"
"It was indeed expected, but what was embarrassing is that as soon as Mr. Shizhai took office, he immediately announced that he would refuse any requests to win over. If anyone violated it, he would directly surrender and other judgments."
Yang Wencong had a wry smile on his face. No matter what, he was a member of the Fushe Society. He finally waited for his own people but was directly rejected thousands of miles away. This made him feel that there was no place to put his face. When he came from Nanjing, he had promised his brother-in-law to help Ma Mingfeng clear his relationship.
Ma Mingfeng nodded and said, "Everything is expected. Who is Mr. Shizhai? With his strong and honest personality, how could he accept requests and win over? Although he is the leader of the Fushe Society, he does not form a party for personal gain like other Donglin Party. In terms of character alone, he is definitely a well-deserved gentleman."
Yang Wencong deeply agreed with this point. At the same time, Yang Wencong couldn't help but be curious. The little guy in front of him had never seen Huang Daozhou at all. He knew this person better than his member of the Restoration Society. This is really amazing.
However, Ma Mingfeng didn't say much. When he read historical materials from the late Ming Dynasty in his previous life, such as "History of Ming Dynasty" and "Nanluo of Ming Ji", he sincerely admired those literati with solar terms. Among them, Huang Daozhou was the person he respected the most. Therefore, although Ma Mingfeng had never seen Huang Daozhou, he had been in a divine relationship for a long time, so he naturally had a deep understanding of it.
Since the examiner did not allow him to ask for a visit, Ma Mingfeng naturally could only prepare for the exam with peace of mind. Even Yang Wencong has calmed down now and no longer cared about contacting the examiner. Instead, he passed on his various experiences of taking the imperial examination to Ma Mingfeng without reservation.
In fact, Ma Mingfeng has much richer experience in taking the exam than Yang Wencong. After all, in his previous life, he had to go through various major and minor exams dozens or hundreds of times before experiencing the college entrance examination. He had already experienced the will to be firm. However, after all, Ma Mingfeng had never experienced the imperial examination and was not familiar with many situations. Now, after listening to Yang Wencong's introduction and comparing with the exams in his previous life, he has basically figured out the situation.
During the last three days of preparation for the exam, Ma Mingfeng was very calm, which made Yang Wencong feel incredible. I remember that before the exam, Yang Wencong couldn't sleep all night, for fear that he would fail in the exam room, which would lead to a loss. So before the exam, he tried hard to look at some difficult exam questions. The more he looked at the more he felt that he could not sleep, which led to his increasing anxiety.
Fortunately, on the last day, I didn’t know why I suddenly felt blessed and became calm. Then I passed the Juren exam, so even he himself said that he was lucky enough to win this subject.
However, the young man in front of him was very calm from the beginning, and his calmness was many times better than he did.
"I am really looking forward to this subject exam. I want to see what level can Luaner reach with his current calmness skills?"
Chapter completed!