The Book of Changes says: Observe astronomy to observe the changes of time; observe humanities to transform into the world.

In this era, not only were the solar eclipses and other celestial phenomena highly valued by the court, but the court attached great importance to the rise and fall of humanities even more.

Like Lin Qiran, who was born in a six-yuan state, why even Jiajing was so excited that his bladder was bulging? It was the "auspicious image" behind Lin Qiran's talent that had never been seen in a century.

In addition, the Ministry of Personnel and the Supervision Bureau are also an important criterion for determining the promotion of local parents’ officials during their reign.

This is why the court attached great importance to the provincial examinations in the two capitals and thirteen provinces, and relevant officials of the Shuntian provincial examination also attached great importance to the provincial examinations held today.

At the third day of the day, the sky was still pitch black. A drum sound came from the Shuntian Gongyuan, and the soldiers and the Shuntian Gongyuan yamen runners came in one after another, surrounding the entire Gongyuan.

All the officials gathered in front of the Gongyuan gate. There was another fixed provincial examination ceremony, and a group of Taoists danced here to exorcise evil things.

In addition to the chief examiner, deputy chief examiner and co-examination, there are also one person who is promoted, two supervisor examiner, one person who is supplied, two person who is responsible for the examination paper, one person who is awarded the title, one person who is transcription, four persons who are responsible for the reading, and four persons who are responsible for the examination paper.

Two officials, four inspectors and other officials, as well as staff, the army and the Jinyiwei.

The chief examiner of the Shuntian Provincial Examination was from the sixth-rank right Zanshan and Hanlin Academy to examine Yin Shidan. Faced with such an important moment, he seemed to be excited and said: "Everyone, we should be the talent ceremony for this court.

Work together!”

As soon as the words were finished, the other examiners were about to agree.

Deputy examiner Wang Xilie took the lead and said: "Mr. Yin, this is inappropriate! Although we need to work together, we cannot be the same. The quality of the test paper must be controversial, so that others will not doubt our passing.

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When the examiners heard these somewhat reasonable words, they couldn't help but feel secretly stunned and turned their heads to look at the middle-aged official wearing the seventh-rank official uniform next to them.

Wang Xilie was a Jinshi in the 32nd year of Jiajing and from Nanchang County, Jiangxi Province. He was a Shuji Shishi and is now a Hanlin Academy. Although his qualifications are not as high as those in Yin Shidan, his teacher is Xu Jie, the current chief assistant.

Xu Jie has many disciples. From his role as a supervisor in Zhejiang and Jiangxi, to his position in the Imperial College and Hanlin Academy, he has formed a teacher-student relationship with many people, but the most orthodox disciple was in the 32nd year of Jiajing.

Certification of Jinshi.

Wang Xilie was one of the most famous officials in the 32nd year of Jiajing, and was highly valued by Xu Jie. Although he is still only a Hanlin Academy reviewer, due to Xu Jie's factor, his future is already in the vast majority.

Above Hanlin officials.

The officials present couldn't help but exchanged glances secretly. Before the exam was started, the chief and deputy chief examiners had a open conflict, and I'm afraid that this provincial examination would not be peaceful.

Yin Shidan ate a soft nail and felt quite unhappy. His face looked gloomy and turned his head to look at Wang Xilie.

He naturally understood that Wang Xilie was relying on the dynasty's chief assistant Xu Jie, and his greatest reliance was Teacher Yu Wang, but he was able to enter the Yu Wang Mansion for 41 years before Jiajing gave lectures, and he did not have much confidence in essence.

For example, the candidate who was able to serve as the chief examiner of Shuntian provincial examination this time was due to Lin Weiran's favor.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Fortunately, this time was auspicious. Three salutes suddenly exploded, and the gate of the Gongyuan slowly opened, which was only diverted to the attention of everyone present.

"Let's go in!"

Yin Shidan stopped talking, but said lightly to the officials.

The gate of the Gongyuan, which had been covered in dust for more than two years, slowly opened. The inner curtain officer and the Jinyiwei entered first, and then the outer curtain officer and the army. Finally, it was the turn of more than 3,000 candidates who participated in this provincial examination.

The layout of the Tianxia Gongyuan is very similar. The middle of the corridor is a Mingyuan building, and on both sides of the corridor are rows of examination halls. At the end of the corridor is the court hall, and behind is the Jukui Hall where the inner curtain official lives and works.

Yin Shidan led the examiners directly to Jukui Hall, performed another etiquette on Saint Kong, and then opened the questions for the first provincial examination.

When they heard the news of locking the courtyard gate outside, they sent the exam questions to the outer curtain officer waiting at the other end of the bridge through a number of troops watching the guards on the bridge.

After the test paper is sent to the outer curtain officer, a complete set of procedures will be run soon. The questions will be printed on the test paper and then the test papers will be distributed to the candidates waiting for the exam.

The main tasks of the provincial examination examiner headed by Yin Shidan are: publishing the test questions, reviewing the test papers and formulating rankings.

Therefore, after sending the questions out, they mainly stayed in Jukuitang to rest for the first three days, and only then did they review the test papers for the first provincial examination.

Seeing the test papers delivered, the examiner present also breathed a sigh of relief, and there was no mistake for the time being.

Yin Shidan was born into a family of officials. His great-grandfather Yin Heng once taught at the Mingde Palace and moved to Jinan with King Dezhuang. His grandfather and father were quite famous in the local area.

Because of his wealth, he has had a small obsession with cleanliness since childhood and is very particular about the place where he lives.

When he came to his small room, he checked it first, but suddenly he went out to find two fellow examiners as helpers. Even if he had only lived here for a while, he planned to clean up the room himself.

Both examiners were real, and they also pulled up their sleeves and planned to help clean up together.

Yin Shidan looked at the collapsed bed for a long time and found that there were many messy things piled up under the bed, so he asked the two examiners to move the bed together to clean it.

Wang Xilie lived next door. When he came over and said, "The location and orientation of this bed are feng shui, and it cannot move at all, which is related to the good and bad fortune of those who collapsed the bed. It is precisely because this bed is placed mysteriously and has been in the past Shuntian provincial examinations.

No one has ever had any accidents in the main examination, so there is more blessings and less disasters. Not to mention the distant ones, Wu Shangshu and Dong Shilang both served as the main examinations of Shuntian Provincial Examination, and now it is a smooth career. Lord Yin, do you really want to ruin this excellent Feng Shui?

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When the two examiners who were about to move the bed collapse heard this, they turned their heads and looked at Yin Shidan.

Yin Shidan frowned at first, then snorted coldly, "You are a witch that confuses the public. I don't believe in Feng Shui. How can I control the great fortune of talent? You two listen to me and take this

I will clean up the miscellaneous items underneath, and you can see how dirty the bed is underneath."

When the examiner heard that he insisted on this, the two examiners looked at each other, but neither of them moved. The two obviously had the intention of retreating.

Yin Shidan's idea was settled, so he said in a deep voice: "If you believe in Feng Shui, if you believe in it, you will not! The bed is so dirty and messy, how can you not be moved and clean? I am the main examination in this provincial examination.

Even if something happens, it has nothing to do with you!"

When the two examiners heard this, they were really the truth. Even if they caused a huge disaster, it was Yin Shidan, a tall man who listened to Yin Shidan's words and planned to move the bed and clean the miscellaneous items under the bed.

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Wang Xilie looked at Yin Shidan and couldn't persuade him, so he turned around and walked out of the yard and said loudly: "Your Majesty has not crossed the river, you have crossed the river! You die after crossing the river, what can you do to you!"

"Wordless words are so cruel!" Yin Shidan said in a angrily voice, but he said in a angrily voice.

The two examiners pretended not to hear it. After moving the bed apart, they took the initiative to help clean the bed under the bed.

Seeing this, the leader of the Jinyiwei also brought two Jinyiwei to take the initiative to help clean up the debris on the bed, but a mouse and two spiders ran out.

The bottom of the bed is indeed very dirty. In addition to the garbage accumulated over the years, there are also a few steamed buns of some vintages, and even a few Yongle Tongbao.

Wang Xilie's Feng Shui theory seems to be really nonsense, and the provincial examination progressed very smoothly.

The content of the first exam is the meaning of the "Four Books" and the meaning of the "Five Classics" is the meaning of the "Five Classics".

The content of the second exam is "theory"; the five "judgment" are: edicts, edicts, tables, and internal medicine. This mainly tests whether the candidates meet the basic conditions for becoming officials.

The content of the third exam is to examine the five principles of classics, history, and current affairs.

Although some smuggled personnel were found in each of these games, no major mistakes were reproduced. At least there was no leak in the Shuntian Provincial Examination.

The most important thing in the provincial examination is the first test paper, and the main energy of previous examiners is on the topics of the Four Books and Five Classics.

Yin Shidan and Wang Xilie were both young and strong officials, and Lin Weiran chose them because they wanted to be more serious and responsible than the elderly examiners, so they also worked overtime to review every test paper.

According to the previous process, the examiners of each room selected the test papers they wanted, which were first reviewed by the deputy examiner Wang Xilie, and finally handed over to the examiner Yin Shidan to judge.

Although the third examination in the provincial examination has ended, they seem to be busier and need to review all examinations in a ten-month month after the examination.

“This test paper is very good!”

A fellow examiner sent a batch of outstanding test papers and recommended one of them.

Wang Xilie knew that these examiners had no bad vision. Seeing that the examiners left and after finishing their work, he opened the test paper as soon as possible.

He looked at the four books in front of him and found that the answer was very neat, which demonstrated the candidate's strong literary skills. However, when he turned to the five classics, he couldn't help but frown.

At some point, a small mouse poop was stuck on the test paper. I endured the disgust and read it. I found that the content behind it was dull, but I directly dismissed the test paper.

In theory, this test paper can still be won, but this mouse shit made him vaguely peek at a trace of will.

He actually believed in the saying of the gods. Before taking the imperial examination, he would have to go to the Guangong Temple in his hometown to make a wish every time, and he also made him pass through the county exam to the provincial exam.

However, in the year he was a high school student, he did not return home to Guangong Temple to make a wish, but hurriedly followed his friends in the same subject to attend the next examination.

It was that year that he suffered the biggest blow in his life. He thought that it was no problem to be a gold list, but he fell by the list. However, he quickly regrouped, and the first thing he did when he returned to his hometown was to fulfill his wish.

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Two years later, before going to Beijing to take the exam, he went to Guangong Temple to conduct a grand blessing prayer activity. Sure enough, he went to the capital to participate in the imperial examination and won the Golden List. He also became a disciple of Xu Jie, the then Minister of Rites, and was able to

Entering the Hanlin Academy.

“This test paper is very good!”

A fellow examiner sent a batch of outstanding test papers and recommended one of them.

Wang Xilie had long been accustomed to this model. After finishing his work, he wanted to see what good test papers the same examiner recommended. It was just when he reached out, but he suddenly looked closely and the test papers appeared out of thin air.

A little crab was swaying at him.

ah……

Wang Xilie was startled and screamed on the spot.

"What's the matter?"

Yin Shidan asked with an unhappy expression, and several examiners also looked over, not understanding why Wang Xilie suddenly made a fuss.

"fine!"

Wang Xilie was shocked when facing Yin Shidan.
To be continued...