Dong Yizhi was a little proud and felt like he was arguing for the people. However, in the afternoon, Chen Ruiming came to give his opinions, believing that he was "governing the country by chance", "trampling on the rules at will", "not following the law"... The boss Dong Yizhi was bored - because of the age limit in this province, he also ordered it himself. Some people also questioned how the police station's household registration work was done, and asked them to report their age at will, which made Mu Min look very bad.

In the end, Lin Baiguang came out to smooth things over, saying that this was also a "sucking the hearts of the people". Several old men also had the intention of "repaying the hearts of the people", which was different from ordinary trouble. This enthusiasm for "heart towards the Senate" should not be cracked down. Moreover, the old society had a small population of literacy, and even fewer were blocked by age.

Finally, he came up with a compromise plan and immediately issued a public notice, which was to cancel the age limit for this public examination to meet the needs of the general public to actively serve the Senate and the people. As long as he is over 18 years old and is healthy and not disabled, he can apply for the exam. As for those who have registered for false registration and age, they are limited to correct the exam at the police station before applying. Otherwise, the examination qualification will be cancelled and legal responsibility will be pursued. As for whether to pursue the noisy and noisy problem of some candidates at the application site, Lin Baiguang felt: "...the current people are available, and some matters are lenient and not harsh, otherwise they will lose the intention of legislative governance."

On the day of the exam, Yuan Shuzhi and Zeng got up all morning. Zeng's mother had already prepared two test baskets. Since ancient times, all the students who had to enter the exam had to prepare this set. Whether it was the college entrance examination, the provincial examination or the imperial examination, they had three consecutive exams, each for three days. It was said to be three days, but in fact they only entered the venue on the first night. The next day (that is, 0:00), and the papers were handed in the third morning.

In the examination room, candidates not only need to take the exam composition, but also eat, drink, defecate, and even the bedding room must be prepared. However, candidates are poor and rich, and the test basket is also very different from the items inside.

Zeng Juan's family has never had a scholar in the past, and Zeng Juan never took the college entrance examination. These two test baskets were borrowed by Zeng Juan's mother from an old neighbor. They were both objects of old scholars who had been studying for the whole life. The bamboo test baskets were whisked by decades of rain, wind, smoke and fire, and they were all black and yellow and bleak, and the things were still solid.

The items that were to be prepared were all prepared by the mother of the past: four treasures of the study, copper thighs, tops, door curtains, stoves, candle holders, candle cutters, rolled bags, and charcoal; there are also foods: desserts, lotus seeds, dried longans, fried rice, pickled cucumber, ginger, asafoetida...

Many of these things cannot be filled in a basket, and they will be given gifts. Rich families naturally have servants to the door with their backs. When they enter, they can ask the husbands and soldiers on the field to work on their behalf. Ordinary families only have their own labor. If they wait, they will not even have enough rice and vegetables in the basket, so they can barely get some things needed to bring in.

Zeng's paper was so funny because the newspaper and the registration office had already said: This public examination will be divided into written tests and interviews. Only when the written test is passed will be accepted. The written test will only take one day, and lunch will be prepared by the government, so there is no need to prepare these many items.

After much persuasion with my mother, I was exempted from bringing these dozens of kilograms of test baskets. I only packed the items I had to carry for the exam. Zeng Juan said: "I see that Australian cadres and soldiers all have cloth straps, and they can carry things, which is convenient for carrying them. It's a pity that I didn't buy them."

As he was talking, he suddenly saw Zhang Yu and his friend come with a food box. It turned out that he knew that today was the day of the public examination for the first time, so he specially put a food box in the store to deliver the snacks in the store.

"Ajuan, I wish you a victory and a success!" Zhang Yu said.

A pair of friends held their hands tightly together, and Zeng Juan's heart was indescribable warmth. In the past six months, it was Zhang Yu who paved the way for his public examination career, spending money and effort, and he was completely out of a plan to repay friendship. If you have friends like this, what else can you ask for? He nodded excitedly.

"Ziyu hasn't come back from Lingao yet. If he is in Guangzhou, he will come to do it for you!" Zhang Yu said. After that, he said some encouragement to Yuan Shuzhi. Finally, even Mingnu said a few auspicious words, congratulating his uncle and "grandfather" on "sky", "shocking the sky". Yuan Shuzhi's eyes were moist - he was a person without relatives and relatives, and he had never had the joy of family life. Now, he was extremely excited to have a concern for this little girl, and said to Mingnu: "Good girl, grandpa will definitely fly to the sky!" Everyone laughed.

After leaving behind relatives and friends, Zeng Juan and Yuan Shuzhi embarked on the journey of public examinations.

The civil service examination is located in the original Guangdong Gongyuan of Ming Dynasty. Because there are many recruitment positions this time, the number of applicants has soared. There are more than 2,000 admission tickets issued alone. There are no such large school in Guangzhou that can be used as examination rooms. Wei Bifu, the former consultant of the General Office of Guangzhou Prefecture, now a consultant to the General Office of the General Office, suggested that the original Guangdong Gongyuan be used. This tribute school located on Dashi Street has 5,000 sheds, which is enough to cope with all candidates.

This tribute court is an architectural miracle even for the 21st century veterans. The houses are continuous and the atmosphere is magnificent. Including Liu Xiang, all the veterans who come to Guangzhou must come here for a visit.

At this time, Zhang Yunmi, the examiner of this civil servant exam, was on the Mingyuan building, looking at the endless black roof tiles. This building is the commanding heights for the invigilator to supervise the entire venue. This civil service exam was also the location of the invigilator's office.

Because this is the first time that the Senate organized a large-scale unified examination, it is highly valued by all parties. Liu Xiang originally wanted to send the National Army to maintain surrounding order and personally serve as the chief examiner. Lin Baiguang suggested that it should not be too grand.

"Although the civil service examination is derived from the imperial examination, we are not an imperial examination system after all. It is best not to leave such an impression on the citizens. Maintain order and send more police officers. As for the examiners, Zhang Yunmi, the principal of the ready-made Guangzhou Cadre School, is the most suitable candidate."

Seeing that Liu Xiang was still reluctant to leave, he whispered: "This class of candidates has a strong traditional thinking. If they pass the exam, they will most likely regard the seniors in the exam as the 'seniors' in the future - it doesn't matter if a girl like Zhang Yunmi, it doesn't matter if she replaces other seniors..."

These words were shocked by Liu Xiang and he secretly cursed himself for forgetting this! So he called Zhang Yunmi as the examiner.

Zhang Yunmi was also unsuspecting about her various temporary positions - she began to adapt to her role.

"This place is so big!" Zhang Yunmi stood on the Mingyuan Building and exclaimed.

If you want to say that Mingyuan Tower is actually not high. However, in the 17th-century Guangzhou city where there are almost no buildings, the second floor is the commanding height, which is enough to overlook the entire Gongyuan.

This tribute courtyard faces north and south, and the main building presents a rectangular pattern of symmetrical left and right. It is surrounded by high walls and has a viewing building at the four corners, which looks like a small city.

The central axis of the building is from south to north, and is the head gate, Yimen, Longmen, Mingyuan Tower, the "Tiankai Wenyun" archway, the Gongtang, Jieshen Hall, Jukui Hall and the Back Door.

The central axis of the Gongyuan is a stone road with towering ancient trees on both sides, most of the stone slabs are broken and weeds are overgrown. After this surprise, you can still see weeds everywhere in the gaps of the road - under the Ming Dynasty, this Gongyuan was only used once every three years. It is large in area and is difficult to maintain, and it feels somewhat desolate and dilapidated.

There are densely packed houses on both sides of the stone road, with dozens of rooms in a row. The wall at the entrance of each column is written with Chinese characters, and the words in the order of the characters in "Thousand Characters" are: "The heaven and earth are mysterious and yellow, the universe is vast and vast. The sun and the moon are full, and the morning is full of scattered...". The character "tian" is in the east, the character "di" is in the west, the character "xuan" is in the east, the character "huang" is in the west, and so on until the number house is arranged. This Mingyuan Tower is located in the middle of the entire tribute courtyard, playing a role in monitoring the entire venue.

Zhang Yunmi was curious and once went to the alley to see it. She saw that the house was short and narrow, only 3 feet wide, 4 feet long, and 6 feet tall. She didn't stand or straight, and couldn't lie down. She could only sit upright. There were two layers of brick support on the wall inside the house, and each floor was equipped with a wooden board called "number board". One was used to sit and lie down, and the other was used as a desk. Candidates burn candles in it. The weather was still hot during the autumn examination, and thousands of people were squeezed in this small house, which was not ventilated, and they were stuffy and sweaty, smoked insects bite, and desperately searched for the dead intestines; racked their brains to piece together the article. The hardships of the composition in it can be imagined.

What Zhang Yunmi couldn't stand is that there were several "stinky snubs" in each row of houses, which were used as toilets, and the candidates were all in the stinky snubs, which was stinky. Although it was a long time since the last exam when she visited, she could still smell the stinky snubs by passing by. For this reason, she specially wrote a report: she applied to build several large toilets in the tribute courtyard for candidates to use. Even if using cesspools, it was much hygienic than the stinky snubs everywhere.

"The report leader is already at 8 o'clock. Will the candidates be allowed to enter the venue?"

"Open the gate and let the candidates come in." Zhang Yunmi nodded in agreement.

The new rule is to open the examination room at 8 am, the examination will officially start at 9 am, and the examination will end at 12 am. The second examination will start at 14 pm and end at 17 pm.

Zeng Juan and Yuan Shuzhi were waiting outside the door. The door was full of candidates. Because of the large number of people, the police had blocked the surrounding roads and only people with admission tickets were allowed to enter. Everyone was looking forward to seeing what the "Australian Imperial Examination" was like.

Yuan Shuzhi had never been to the Gongyuan, but he heard that the Gongyuan provincial examination saw people entering the court with the sound of firecrackers. First, the three cannons were set off, and then the three cannons opened the instrument door. The last three cannons were to open the dragon gate. Once the dragon gate was opened, it was considered to be the official entry. At this time, he suddenly heard the sound of cannons on Zhenhai Tower, and then the bells and drum towers in various parts of the city were ringing together, and they beat eight times in a row. He knew that it was the so-called eight o'clock of the Australians, which was the hour of the middle of the year.
Chapter completed!