[Comprehensive Wear] A good brother's life

After searching through the guards in the compound, the next step is to enter the examination room, but before entering the examination room, there is an inspection.This inspection does not need to take off clothes and shoes and socks, but only needs to check the things the candidates carry with them.

In fact, when they were in the compound, the guards would check the things that the candidates carried with them one by one, but just in case something slipped through the net, they would check it again carefully before officially entering the examination room.

The last inspection of belongings is very strict. Everything will be checked over and over again, even pastries, steamed buns, steamed buns, sesame seed cakes, etc., will be cut open one by one and checked to see if there is a note inside.You must know that it is a routine operation to insert cheat sheets in these meals. Every year during the examination of the imperial examination, a few people can always be found to insert small notes in the meals.

In addition to checking food, brushes and inkstones will also be carefully checked.Someone once stuffed the cheat sheet in the holder of the brush, and someone put the cheat sheet in the inkstone.

The two yamen servants checked the things Lin Huaiyu carried with him several times over and over again.Lin Huaiyu didn't bring many things, except for pens, inks, and inkstones, what was left was food, charcoal, stove, kettle, teacup, Tang Pozi, and nothing else.

The examinee's family situation can be seen from the things that the examinee carries with him. When the government servants saw that the charcoal Lin Huaiyu brought turned out to be silver charcoal, they knew that Lin Huaiyu's family was either rich or expensive, so when they checked his things, their actions It will be gentle and not too rough.

The yamen servants repeatedly confirmed that there was no problem before letting Lin Huaiyu into the examination room.

The candidates behind Lin Huaiyu were not as lucky as him. Not only were the things he carried with him rudely checked by the yamen officials, but several things were also confiscated by the yamen officials.If there are things that candidates carry that do not meet the regulations, they cannot be brought into the examination room, such as thick inkstones.

In fact, in ancient times, candidates would do everything they could to cheat.In order to prevent the examinees from cheating, the yamen servants and guards were very serious when checking, otherwise if something happened in the future, they would also be questioned.

Cheating in the imperial examinations is a very serious matter no matter which dynasty you live in. It is normal to be exiled if it is light, and be executed if it is serious.

Lin Huaiyu took his "examination admission ticket" and found his place.His position is in Bingding, which is arranged according to the heavenly stems and earthly branches.

The seats in the examination room are rows of "small rooms". They are said to be small rooms, but they are actually small spaces separated by wooden boards.Of course, there are no windows or holes in the separated wooden boards, otherwise the candidates can communicate through the windows or holes.

The scope of each "small room" is not large, only about one square meter, very small, but there is no problem in arranging a candidate.

There is a long table and a chair in the small room, and a basin of water is placed in the corner, which is for candidates.Water can be used for washing pens or for boiling and drinking.A wooden barrel is placed in another corner, which is used to give the candidates a compliment.

Every exam in the county exam takes a whole day, and you can't just walk out of the "small room" halfway through.Moreover, it is not possible to submit papers in advance.Even if you do the test questions in the morning, you have to wait until the evening to hand in the papers together before you can leave.

Lin Huaiyu's position is neither good nor bad.Because behind his "little house" is the window.Of course, the windows were closed.Well, because of the windows, the light in his "little room" is brighter.On the bad side, there are gaps in the windows, and there will be cold wind blowing in.However, Lin Huaiyu wore warm clothes and brought a stove and charcoal, so she didn't have to worry about being frozen.

It's not yet time to start the exam, and the candidates are busy putting away the things they brought.Lin Huaiyu was not in a hurry to light the stove, and was going to wait until noon to boil the water.

After Lin Huaiyu put away the things she brought, she waited at the long table for the start of the exam.

Candidates entered the room one after another, but no one dared to speak, and the entire examination room was very quiet.For the candidates who are nervous, the quietness of the examination room is a bit scary.

After a while, the magistrate came and said a few words.The first is to let candidates abide by the rules of the imperial examination, such as not talking loudly, not whispering, and the like.Then, he gave words of encouragement to the candidates.Finally, let the servants distribute the test papers.

Lin Huaiyu got the test paper. There was a seat number on the test paper, but there was no name. The candidate had to write the name himself.The questions are printed on the test paper with movable type printing, so that candidates don't have to look at the big wooden board before.

In the past, there were no questions on the examination papers of the imperial examinations.The questions were posted on a large wooden board, and two yamen servants held up the large wooden boards to patrol the examination room. The candidates began to answer the questions after seeing the questions.

In order to prevent the examinees from remembering the questions, the yamen servants often have to patrol with large wooden boards with test questions on them, which is too inconvenient to do.Later, it was suggested to use movable type printing to print the test questions.After that, I never had to look at the big wooden board to answer questions.

The first examination of the county examination is called Zhengchang, which mainly tests the Four Books and Five Classics.There are two exams in the Four Books, one in the Five Classics, and a poem in five characters and six rhymes, and then it's gone.

Children's examinations are divided into county examinations, government examinations, and hospital examinations.The county test is the first test, and the test questions are naturally the simplest among them.In fact, the county test mainly tests the basics.If the candidates have solid basic skills, then they don't have to worry about failing the exam.

Lin Huaiyu was not in a hurry to pick up a pen to do the questions, but read all the questions first to check whether there were any missing words or ambiguity in the questions.

After checking it carefully, he made sure that there was nothing wrong with the questions in the test paper, and then he started to review the questions.

The first topic is the content of the Four Books, which is taken from "The Analects of Confucius. Weizheng Pian". grid."

The second topic is the content of the Four Books, which is taken from "University". That’s why a gentleman has the way of cleanliness.”

The third topic is the content of the Five Classics, which is taken from "Shangshu. Gao Taomo". Strong and strong, strong and righteous."

The fourth question, which is the last question, was a five-character and six-rhyme test post poem. [ps: This question is a real question in the imperial examinations of the Qing Dynasty, so I borrowed it. 】

Although I have never encountered the previous three questions, four books and five classics when I was reading the Lilai county test paper, nor did I encounter the questions given by Ye Wenfu and Song Xiuwen, but these three questions are easy for Lin Huaiyu because they are too simple .

After being "tortured" by Ye Wenfu and Song Xiuwen, two literary giants, Lin Huaiyu felt that no topic was difficult.

Lin Huaiyu picked up a pen and began to answer the questions.Although the topic is simple, you still have to write according to the format, and you must not write more than the specified number of words.Of course, he didn't rush to answer the questions on the test paper, but first answered the questions on the draft paper.

When answering the questions on the manuscript paper, Lin Huaiyu's handwriting was not so neat, and after some cursive writing, it was flying like a dragon and a phoenix.After finishing writing on the manuscript paper, he carefully read it twice to check if there was anything wrong.After confirming that there were no questions, he answered the questions on the test paper.When answering questions on the test paper, you must write neatly, so you have to use regular script to answer the questions.

Because there was a whole day, Lin Huaiyu was not in a hurry, and answered the questions leisurely.However, no matter how slow he was, by noon, he still finished answering the questions about the Three Doctrines, Four Books and Five Classics.

At noon, Lin Huaiyu burned the charcoal stove to boil water, and heated up the lunch that Madam Zhang had prepared for him.

When the stove was burning, he opened the window a little, otherwise he was afraid of carbon dioxide poisoning.After heating up his lunch, he sat cross-legged on the ground in front of the stove, eating a hot and delicious lunch while roasting by the fire, very warm and comfortable.

What he ate was venison, and the smell of the meat spread quickly, making his brother next door, who was eating cold steamed buns, drool.

After lunch, Lin Huaiyu leisurely made herself a cup of tea, which was Biluochun from last year.

The yamen servant passed by Lin Huaiyu's "little room" during his inspection, and saw him tasting tea, he was stunned for a moment.Looking at the candidate's leisurely appearance, he doesn't seem to be here to take the county exam, but like a guest.

Just after drinking the tea, a smell of feces and urine came in from outside.Lin Huaiyu quickly covered her nose.Although this situation has been known for a long time, it is still unacceptable for it to happen.

I stay in the examination room all day, and I can't go out to use the toilet halfway, so I can only go out in my "small room".Some candidates who have a bad stomach, coupled with the nervousness of the exam, will have diarrhea.Fortunately, during the exam in the morning, no one pooped, otherwise it would really affect the mood of answering the questions.

Lin Huaiyu was glad that he just had lunch, otherwise he might not have the appetite to eat lunch if he smelled the smell of feces.

He quickly stood up and opened the window completely to let the outside wind blow in.Although the wind was biting, Lin Huaiyu was dressed thickly and warmly, not afraid of the cold.After a while, the smell of feces and urine finally disappeared.

This happened on the first day of the exam, and there are still four days left... Sigh, he still has to get used to it as soon as possible, otherwise he will suffer even more when he waits for the exam.

The examination process of the county examination is the same as that of the government examination, but the hospital examination is different.When taking the exam, you have to stay in the exam room for a few days. Think about eating and drinking in a small room for a few days, and there are hundreds of people in the exam room. What will the exam room be like? Think about it for a while I felt my stomach churning.

Lin Huaiyu didn't rush to answer the last question, but leaned against the corner to rest.He plans to take a nap so that he can have a clear mind to answer the questions in the afternoon.

The windows were closed slightly, and he wrapped himself tightly in a cloak, and with Mrs. Tang in his arms, he leaned against the corner and fell asleep.

After sleeping for almost an hour, Lin Huaiyu woke up.After washing his face with warm water, his whole body instantly became awake.Then he began to write poetry without haste.

He made three poems on manuscript paper, and from these three, he chose the best poem and wrote it on the test paper.

After answering the last question, Lin Huaiyu carefully checked it several times to make sure that there were no problems, so he put the test paper away in a flat place, and waited for the yamen servant to collect it in the evening.

There was still more than an hour before the closing of the papers in the evening, Lin Huaiyu was fine, so he sat in front of the stove, warmed up, and dozed off to sleep.

The county magistrate passed by Lin Huaiyu's "little house" on an inspection tour. Seeing that he had already answered the questions, he took a extra look at him.

Lin Huaiyu thought that the exams for the next four days would be the same as today, so she decided to bring a quilt in tomorrow so that she could take a good nap by then.

In the evening, the yamen servant knocked on the gong to signal the examinees to stop writing, and the first exam was over.

Candidates can only leave after the servants have collected all the test papers.Of course, when they left, they didn't leave in a swarm, but followed the yamen servants in an orderly manner.

As soon as Lin Huaiyu walked out of the gate of the examination room, Lin Butler brought Liu Jinu up to welcome him, and took off the luggage he was carrying on his back.

Lin Ruhai and Xiao Daiyu were waiting for Lin Huaiyu at the entrance of the examination room half an hour ago.Lin Huaiyu got into the carriage and greeted Lin Ruhai first.

Seeing his son's relaxed appearance, Lin Ruhai guessed that his son must have done well in the exam.

"How is it, is it difficult?"

"It's not difficult." Lin Huaiyu first told Lin Ruhai the topics of the four major questions, and then told Lin Ruhai his answers.He has a good memory. Not only can he memorize the questions of the test paper, but he can also write down the answers he wrote verbatim.

After hearing his son's answer, Lin Ruhai exaggerated without hesitation that he answered very well.Then, Lin Ruhai asked him about the situation in the examination room.

Lin Huaiyu told Lin Ruhai that he had just finished lunch when someone shitted.

After Lin Ruhai heard this, he couldn't help but think of his past participation in the imperial examination, so he told Lin Huaiyu about the situation he encountered in the previous provincial examination.At that time, he was quite unlucky. The candidates sitting on both sides of him had diarrhea, several times a day.This caused him to be surrounded by the smell of excrement all the time during the provincial examination.

Xiao Daiyu felt disgusted when she heard it, and said with a look of disgust: "Why are you so disgusting?"

Lin Huaiyu imagined the scene, and his stomach was overwhelmed: "I hope I won't meet such neighbors in the future exams."

Lin Ruhai sighed lightly and said, "It's not easy to take the imperial examination."

Participating in the imperial examination not only tests brain power, but also physical strength, endurance and psychological endurance.If the examinee is not in good health, eight out of ten will fall ill during the exam.It is said that every year in the imperial examinations, one candidate dies of illness.

After returning home, Lin Huaiyu was warmly welcomed by everyone, as if he had returned victorious from a victorious battle.

Seeing that Lin Huaiyu came back from the exam in good spirits and was not sick or exhausted, Zhang Nanny was finally relieved.

The dinner is very rich and nutritious, just to replenish Lin Huaiyu's body.

After dinner, Lin Huaiyu was urged to go to rest earlier, after all, there was an exam tomorrow.

After taking a comfortable bath, Lin Huaiyu was "forced" by Nanny Zhang to drink a bowl of soothing soup.Nanny Zhang did this specially for him, so that he could have a good night's sleep.

Lin Huaiyu didn't feel that she was tired, she thought she would not be able to fall asleep, but she fell asleep not long after lying on the bed.

A good night's sleep.

At Yinshi the next day, Lin Huaiyu was woken up on time, had breakfast at home, and then went to the examination room.

Today's weather is not beautiful, not only is it raining heavily, but also strong winds are blowing.

If you open an umbrella, you can't hold it at all, and your clothes will get wet soon.Lin Huaiyu had no choice but to go to the examination room in coir raincoat and rain boots.

When I arrived at the examination room, I found that the gate of the examination room had been opened ahead of schedule.After saying goodbye to Lin Ruhai and the others, Lin Huaiyu walked into the examination room.

A shed was set up in the compound of the examination room, and many candidates were already queuing up.

It was raining and windy again today, much colder than yesterday.Lin Huaiyu felt that the temperature today was below zero.

Even though the temperature has dropped a lot today, it is still raining.Candidates still have to take off their clothes and shoes while the guards check.

Undressing is because the examinee is afraid that the examinee will sew the interlayer in the clothes and stuff the cheat sheet in the interlayer.Taking off shoes and socks is also to worry about candidates stuffing cheat sheets in shoes and socks.In order to prevent candidates from cheating, it is stipulated that candidates can only wear single-layer socks.

Although Lin Huaiyu was in good health, she would still tremble from the cold when taking off her clothes in the windy and rainy cold weather.Fortunately, he brought Tang Pozi and ginger soup, so he didn't have to worry about catching a cold.

The seat in the examination room remains the same, it is still yesterday.

After entering the small room, Lin Huaiyu quickly drank the ginger soup he brought.After drinking a large pot of ginger soup, his frozen body instantly warmed up.

The others didn't bring ginger soup, and when they entered the examination room, they were all shivering from the cold.

Half an hour later, the second examination of the county examination officially began.

The second examination of the county examination is also called Chufu, and the content of the examination is still in the Four Books and Five Classics.However, it was a little different from the first exam.

In the second exam, there is one question in the "Four Books", one topic, and one in the "Sacred Edicts and Guang Xun".In this exam, there will be no more five-character and six-rhyme test post poems.

For Lin Huaiyu, the second exam was still simple, and he finished all the exam questions in one morning.After lunch, he slept in the small room.

He specially brought a quilt today, just to sleep well.In the examination room, besides answering the questions, you just sleep, otherwise you can't do other things.

The other candidates were writing hard to answer the questions, while Lin Huaiyu slept very soundly.Every time the inspecting yamen servants passed by his small room and saw him sleeping so soundly, they always felt that he was not here for the exam, but to sleep, and he was the only one who was different from other candidates.All the other candidates were answering the questions nervously and earnestly, but he was the only one who fell into a deep sleep.

He fell asleep and didn't wake up until the exam was handed in.Although the floor was a bit hard to sleep on, overall I slept well.Of course, the prerequisite is that there is no smell of feces.

After what happened yesterday, Lin Huaiyu calmed down a lot when she smelled feces and urine again today.

Others handed in their papers and walked out of the examination room looking exhausted, while Lin Huaiyu was in good spirits.

Lin Ruhai asked Lin Huaiyu how he felt about the exam today, and Lin Huaiyu said that he slept well.

Lin Ruhai couldn't laugh or cry when he learned that his son had slept all afternoon in the examination room.

"Brother, are you going to take an exam or sleep?"

"It's fine after the exam, I can only sleep." After the exam, he couldn't hand in the papers in advance, so he could only sleep to pass the time and wait for the papers to be handed in.

For the next three days of the exam, Lin Huaiyu answered all the questions in the morning and went to bed in the afternoon.

For other candidates, taking the county test is a very hard work, but for Lin Huaiyu, taking the county test is a very comfortable thing.

After the five county exams are over, the results will be released four or five days later.

Those who pass the examination can continue to participate in the government examination.If you fail the exam, you will naturally not be able to take the government exam.

The government examination generally starts more than a month after the end of the county examination, that is, it is held in early April.

After Lin Huaiyu finished the county exam, she began to prepare for the government exam and continued to start the mode of brushing questions.Ye Wenfu and Song Xiuwen who were far away in the capital sent him a lot of test questions.

Before the results of the county examination were released, many candidates were not in the mood to study to prepare for the next government examination, but waited restlessly for the results of the county examination.

Lin Huaiyu was not at all nervous about the results of the county test, he was very confident that he would pass.As for the matter of winning the first case, he hadn't thought about it.

Four or five days later, the county test released the list.

Early in the morning, many people went to the gate of the examination room to wait for the results to be released.

Lin Huaiyu didn't go, but Lin Butler and Liu Jinu went to guard early in the morning.

At the beginning of the morning, the gate of the examination room opened, and the servants appeared with a roll of yellow paper, and then they pasted the yellow paper on the wall of the entrance of the examination room.

At this time, the examinees and their family members who were guarding the door became agitated.Everyone had a look of nervousness and anticipation on their faces.

Liu Jinu was more able to squeeze, and squeezed to the front early.But the list posted first is the candidates who did not pass the exam.

Many candidates burst into tears when they saw their names on the list of those who failed the exam.Some even yelled that it was impossible.

Then he posted the list of those who passed the exam. Liu Jinu was sharp-eyed and literate, so he saw his young master's name at a glance.He was afraid that he would make a mistake, so he carefully read it several times, and after confirming that he was not mistaken, he shouted excitedly: "The young master is the chief of the case! The young master is the chief of the case! Butler Lin, the young master is the chief of the case!"

Hearing his words, the people around all looked at him with envy and curiosity in their eyes.

Butler Lin was also very excited when he heard Liu Jinu say that he was the case.He held Liu Jinu's arms tightly and asked, "You read that right, the young master is really the case?"

"Steward Lin, I'm not mistaken, the young master is really the case." Liu Jinu gasped and said, "The young master's name is first. I read it several times, and I can't be wrong."

"Great, let's go back to announce the good news now."

In the Lin Mansion, Lin Huaiyu was reading in the study when a magpie flew to the window sill and yelled at him.

"Magpie?" Lin Huaiyu looked at the sudden appearance of the magpie, and raised her eyebrows slightly, "Could it be that I got the top of the case?" Wouldn't it be so lucky to get the top of the case?

Nanny Zhang came in with tea, saw the magpie on the window sill, and said with surprise on her face: "Master, the magpie is a bird of good news. You must have passed the exam, and you must have passed the exam!"

"Really?" Lin Huaiyu reached out to the magpie on the window sill, "Little guy, are you really here to announce the good news to me?"

The magpie raised its head and called out to Lin Huaiyu again.