Will give it a try

Author: Potato Sweet Potato Pie

Will give it a try

In less than an hour, Xia Yuan had finished the question. After writing it, he checked it to see if there were any typos. If he found that there were no typos, he put the pen aside and started drinking water and eating.

The attitude towards the exam is also very important. You can't just lie down and sleep in broad daylight. It will have a bad impact on the examiners who are patrolling the exam hall. Drinking water and eating, and then waiting to see the excitement is probably a good thing.

As for seeing the excitement.

Compared with the last time he came to take the provincial examination, Xia Yuan has already gained experience and is no longer the newbie he was at the time.

In order to prevent leakage of questions in this imperial examination, you have to wait until the end of the exam no matter when you finish it. Don't even think about handing in the paper in advance.

As a veteran, he knew very well that the first day of the exam was the messiest, especially the first half of the first day.

Some questions were too difficult and led to psychological breakdown, and then they shouted hysterically. Some were caught hiding cheat sheets and begging for mercy. There were also some who cried loudly because they took less things or their pens broke.

People like this will be dragged out by a wolf-like sergeant. At the most, they will be disqualified from the examination and wait for three years to take the exam again.

exile.

The last time he came to take the provincial examination, he saw a lot of excitement. To be precise, he should have heard a lot of excitement.

What shocked him the most and couldn't understand was of course those who carried the cheat sheets. It was really hard to imagine where those people had hidden the cheat sheets.

You know, during the body search, those experienced old officials didn't even let go of Pi Yanzi, and even opened it

Forget it, I don’t think about this, it makes me upset when I think about it.

Soon, bursts of wailing came from the southeast, and then there was the sound of groups of sergeants stamping on the ground.

Xia Yuan silently shouted "One" in his heart. This is the first one. He wants to see how many winners can come from this audition.

It's not because he is bored, it's because the exam is too long and too boring. Only by finding some boring things to do in the midst of boredom can he feel less bored.

He even brought something special for this purpose that could be eaten and relieve his boredom, so Xia Yuan took out a piece of maltose from the test basket, smacked it with his mouth, and then spat it out on the ground.

The next thing to do is interesting. This maltose is sweet. If it is soaked with saliva, it will become sticky and the sweetness will increase. As long as you wait quietly, there will be a big batch soon.

The ants gathered in the pile and began to think of ways to transport the maltose away.

Well, it doesn’t really mean anything.

Sighing, Xia Yuan put his arms on the chopping board, lowered his head and looked at the piece of maltose quietly, hoping in his heart that the trial would end soon.

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At this time, in the Nuan Pavilion in the Forbidden City, Zhu Youtang raised his head from his desk, looked at the sky outside through the glass window, and asked: "Is it Chen time now?"

"Go back to your Majesty, it's already half past Chen time."

It was already halfway through, and the Gongyuan exam had already started for at least an hour.

Thinking in his heart, Zhu Youtang couldn't help but mutter to himself: "I wonder how Xia Yuan is doing in the exam now, or whether he was stumped by the exam questions Xie Qing asked."

"No matter how you say that Master Xia is a last year's Jieyuan, I think he will not be troubled."

"Although this is true, I know that the question Xie Qing asked is tricky and strange."

After all, he has served for fifteen years. This is already the fifth joint examination held during Zhu Youtang's reign. He knows very well that when it comes to the imperial examination, the northerners are far inferior to the southerners. If it hadn't been for the original

Taizu made a long-term plan and decided on a list of north and south officials, dividing the number of officials according to the number of officials in the north, south and middle.

I'm afraid that in this examination, which is held every three years, no one from the north comes out on top, and the only ones on the list are those scholars from the south of the Yangtze River.

In fact, in terms of examinations, the southerners of the Ming Dynasty are indeed worthy of pride. In their hearts, none of the northerners can beat them.

If Xia Yuan is the Jieyuan of Yingtian Mansion, Zhu Youtang will definitely believe in his strength, but it is a pity that he is only the Jieyuan of Shuntian Mansion.

Although it hurts to say it, the value of Shuntianfu Jieyuan is indeed low.

The person taking the exam this time was Xie Qian. Xie Qian was a typical Jiangnan scholar, his hometown was Yuyao, and he and Wang Shouren were serious fellow villagers.

Not to mention that because this person is the examiner, his son has not been able to participate in the examination. He must be holding a fire in his heart, so it is understandable that he would ask a tricky and mean question.

After thinking for a while, Zhu Youtang breathed out again, "I hope he can pass the exam."

He had already had the idea in his mind that as long as Xia Yuan could pass the examination and his rankings were completed during the palace examination, he would be assigned to Zhan Shifu.

After all, he is a prince, the crown prince of a country, and he spends his days climbing over walls and sneaking out of the palace to cause trouble.

It's better to get it directly to the East Palace, so that the prince can be taught to read without having to let the prince climb over the wall all day long.

Even Zhu Youtang thought about it, even if he was at the bottom of the top three, he would be included. In his heart, there was nothing more important in the world than the prince's education.

Sadly, the only person in the world who can make the prince study and study obediently is Xia Yuan, at least for now.

Therefore, he was quite concerned about whether Xia Yuan could pass the exam, probably even more concerned than Xia Yuan himself.

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In the East Palace, Zhu Houzhao was circling in the palace slightly anxiously. The reason for his anxiety was naturally because of today's test.

In previous years, he would have been completely indifferent to the question of whether he would take the imperial examination, but this time it was different.

He had already thought about it. As long as his master could pass the examination, he would ask his father to put Xia Yuan in his East Palace. Otherwise, if he entered the Hanlin Academy or went to another yamen, his unique magical skills would be lost.

But how to learn?

Moreover, when I came to the East Palace, I could be with him every day, and I didn't have to climb over the wall all day long. It was actually quite tiring to climb over the wall every day.

As for the palace examination, it was completely out of his consideration. Although Zhu Houzhao was ridiculous, he also knew that there was no such thing as failure in the palace examination. As long as he participated in the palace examination, he would be a Jinshi.

In other words, the imperial examination is a place of ranking.

So, can the master pass the exam?

Are the questions on the test difficult?

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Xia Yuan, who was in the examination room, could imagine that someone was worried about him, but he never thought that there was a father and son among them, and that the father and son were particularly concerned about him.

To be honest, Xia Yuan himself is not that concerned about this exam. He maintains a very normal mind about this exam. If he passed the exam, it's good. If he didn't, he'll worry about it next time. Anyway, if he passes the exam, he will be the winner.

Official, and this one is an official.

He currently has a very complicated mentality about being an official. Everyone knows that being an official is good, and Xia Yuan certainly knows that, but being an official these days is not necessarily more comfortable than being a social beast in later generations.

Not to mention anything else, I got up too early. There is a word called Dianmao, which means that you have to go to the Yamen to report at Mao hour. What time is Mao hour? It's like five or six o'clock in the morning.

This makes him, who sleeps all day long and wakes up naturally, extremely embarrassed.

"One hundred and three, one hundred and four."

At this time, Xia Yuan was looking attentively at the ants on the ground carrying the maltose. The maltose was very big, and there were many ants moving here, and they kept gathering here.

A few more came.

"One hundred and five, one hundred."
Chapter completed!