The Empress traveled through time and space, and she fought for supremacy in the troubled times

The next day, the notice board was already crowded with people.

A literate man stood there, reading the contents.

"Let me read it to you. Qingyun County has many official positions vacant, so we're holding an official examination. Registration begins today, and the process will last three days. It's hassle-free, and you don't need to find a guarantor. Just bring your ID card. Anyone, except slaves, low-class people, and criminals, can register."

As soon as these words fell, discussions arose around them.

"My Lord, do you want to select officials from us?"

"That should be the case. I'm afraid they are in urgent need of people. There will only be one exam to decide the outcome."

Several onlookers thought to themselves that this method was fair. They had previously worried that people from within the organization would be chosen to fill these vacancies.

But there is nothing we can do about it. After all, others know everything about us and are trustworthy.

A person who could also read read the above content and thought, "Does this mean that the position of county magistrate, which was previously only for candidates who passed the imperial examination, can now be held by someone in this one exam?"

After all, the position of county magistrate is also among these vacancies.

"Hey, now that you mention it, it seems to be true."

A woman in the crowded crowd looked at the man who had just read the notice and asked, "Can women also sign up?"

After the words were spoken, there was silence for a while.

The man read the notice again, still a little unsure. "It doesn't say women can't sign up, so it should be possible."

One of the onlookers interrupted and said, "You should be able to sign up now. The school accepts both men and women. The lord probably means that he will employ female officials."

The woman showed a look of gratitude and said, "Thank you, thank you everyone. I will go home and take my daughter to see if she can sign up."

The people around looked at the woman with kind smiles.

"My aunt's daughter has been to school and can read."

The woman smiled proudly, "I haven't studied for many years. I made some money from running a small business before, so I hired a teacher to teach my daughter for two years. I thought it would be a good idea to give it a try."

"Indeed, it's worth a try. You only need to pay a fifty-cent exam fee to register. I'll give it a try too."

"Hahaha, Wang Laoer, you've only been studying for a short time and you're already signing up."

"What do you call this? This is called a newborn calf, not afraid of tigers."

Suddenly, there was laughter.

Wang Lao Er, as they called him, smiled innocently and said, "Lucky."

In three days, more than a thousand people signed up in the county with a total population of more than 4,000.

Among them, nearly a thousand people came here with the fantasy of getting lucky and soaring to success in this exam.

Ten days after the notice was posted, the much-anticipated official examination finally arrived.

Yin Shi.

The area outside the examination hall in the county town was already full of people, chatting among themselves, their eyes fixed on the gate, waiting for it to open.

At one o'clock in the morning, the door slowly opened.

To prevent a stampede, the Yun family army sent several soldiers to maintain order.

The Yun family soldiers standing at the door straightened up one by one and only let them in after making sure that they had nothing smuggled.

It took nearly an hour to gather more than a thousand people, and everyone was let in at the hour of Mao.

There were still many members of the Yun family army patrolling the examination room inside.

The candidates who came in found their seats quietly and sat down, taking out the four treasures of the study from their bags.

Mao Shi.

Three gong and drum sounds resounded throughout the examination room.

When the time came, the Yun family army began to distribute answer sheets and draft papers.

After seeing that everyone had received the answer sheet, the chief examiner, Liu Anruo, cleared his throat and raised his voice.

"This exam will run from 12:00 AM to 12:00 PM. There's no specific format for the questions. Start now."

As soon as Liu Anruo finished speaking, the people from the Yun family army carried plaques with the questions written on them and walked around for the candidates to see.

Looking at the first question, many people who had never taken the imperial examination took a deep breath and began to talk to themselves.

Hearing the increasingly noisy noise, Liu Anruo picked up the gavel at hand and slammed it hard on the table.

"quiet!"

"If you make any noise, you will be thrown into prison and banned from taking the imperial examinations for life."

Listening to the sound of the gavel that the county magistrate would use when trying a case, and the majestic words of Liu Anruo.

The entire examination room suddenly became quiet, as if dead silent.

He stopped making noise and honestly copied down the question, thinking about how to solve it.

In this way, the next question will be announced every half hour.

The sky changed from dimly lit to brightly lit, and then to dark.

There will be a one-hour break at noon for them to eat lunch and sleep.

Because candles are provided, there is no need to worry about not being able to see the words clearly in the dark.

During this period, the Yun family army was on patrol. Their eagle-like eyes made many people with poor psychological endurance tremble in their hands when they picked up their pens.

It also makes some people who have cheated afraid to take out the cheat sheets that they did not receive.

At the hour of Xu, the exam time is up.

More than half of the students had not finished half of the questions. When they saw that the papers were about to be collected, they hurriedly wanted to write a few more words.

But how can I give you this time?

If they are unwilling to hand it over, the Yun family army will take it away forcefully.

After sealing it, it was sent to Yun Mansion for his review.

Walking out of the examination room, a group of candidates all had sad faces.

"I thought I'd get lucky, but why is it so difficult?"

"No wonder it takes some people so many years to pass the imperial examination."

"No, I just can't. I don't even know how to write it."

A man who had participated in several county and prefectural examinations interrupted their conversation, saying, "This time, the exam has been significantly streamlined. It doesn't test the Four Books and Five Classics, nor does it test poetry and prose. Furthermore, the answers don't follow a specific format. It's already much simpler than before."

"So this is much easier? I only did a small portion of the questions, and many of them were just random answers."

"I am not the same. Hey, it turns out that I am not cut out for being an official. I'd better just stay honest and farm."

"It's all the same, buddy. We're from the same village. Let's go back together."

After a while, everyone outside the examination room had dispersed.

……

Day two.

In view of the large number of applicants, Yunzhi specially ordered several teachers from the school to participate in the marking of the papers.

The best 100 were selected and finally reviewed by her to determine who would be assigned to which official positions.

Ten days later, the results will be announced.