The gates of the Imperial College are open.

Guards with swords were lined up on all sides, standing with awesomeness, full of oppression.

Zhou Buyi, deputy director of Yangzhou Imperial College, walked out with Chen Qingyang and others. Facing countless candidates, he spoke loudly and said, "The provincial examination rules have been announced to all parties. I think everyone already knows it.

If you dare to commit crimes and cheat in this exam room, you will not be punished severely by the criminal law of this dynasty, and I hope you will know!”

"Please go in sequence!"

Suddenly, many candidates lined up and slowly headed towards the Imperial Academy.

"Brother Zhou, there are so many candidates this year..." Looking at countless candidates, Chen Qingyang, with white hair, sighed, and he remembered his two students.

Lu Congqing and Luo Chengbin! These two people were his favorite disciples, but they were completely defeated during the trial in Donglin County and are still in prison.

Thinking of this, his eyes couldn't help but look for the candidate who ruined his two disciples! Finally, his eyes found the young man.

Li Fan.

Li Fan was queuing with Chen Youting and others in line.

"Brother Chen, you must be mindful."

Zhou Buyi seemed to have seen through Chen Qingyang, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "The Imperial Academy is only loyal to the emperor and the court. When we read the books of sages, we should not always be resentful."

Chen Qingyang finally sighed and said, "Brother Zhou said, how dare Chen be resentful?

This boy's talent is rare in a century!"

Zhou Buyi was quite pleased that his old friend had not been blinded by hatred.

"Let's go, I don't know who the examiner who came to Yangzhou this time was. I will have to stay in the Imperial College tomorrow. We have to prepare for the welcome."

As he said that, he turned around and left with Chen Qingyang.

When the provincial examination level is at the provincial examination level, the examiner is no longer a native of Yangzhou, but is assigned by the court. Moreover, the process is very confidential. Only the day after the exam will the examiner go to the Imperial College in each state to review the papers.

Before this, the invigilators from the imperial schools came to supervise discipline with the provincial schools to avoid fraud.

Many candidates found the exam room according to their own serial numbers, and Li Tu and Chen Youting and others separated one by one.

He entered his examination room, which was very simple, with pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the table, and a small hourglass next to it, which was used to help candidates make time.

In addition, there is an envelope sealed with fire paint.

Outside the examination room, not far away, there was a guard with a knife standing.

It can be said to be very strict! "Dangdang!"

Two more sounds of knocking on the clapper spread throughout the examination room.

Only then did Li Fan take action and opened the envelope.

He glanced over and saw the question and smiled.

"Take the shortcomings of the present world, let's talk about the key to reform."

Reform! It is worthy of being a provincial examination, and the questions are already very good.

It is no longer the kind of discussion on "learning" in the museum exam, but requires candidates to look at the whole picture, know people's livelihood, and have their own opinions.

But Li Fan just sneered.

Although the title of the article is a requirement of the illusion of the times and the key to reform, the intention of the questioner is definitely to really want a scholar to come up with a shocking plan.

What the questioner wants to examine is whether the scholars have clarified the latest political views in the court.

Regarding the matter of being an official in the exam, it doesn’t matter how you think or how to set questions. What’s important is whether the answers you wrote are in line with the latest “spirit” and in line with the recent “direction”.

In short, if you want to enter the court and become an official, then I will borrow the imperial examination to see if your thoughts are consistent with the court.

So, for this topic, which one is really crazy about writing in this world, is seeking death.

The first thing to consider is the direction of the emperor's current promotion of administrative affairs.

What?

The emperor wants to improve the administration for a long time.

However, the four hundred years since the founding of the Daxi Kingdom, it has already reached the dynasty cycle. If it weren't for the foreign enemies eyeing it, it would have fallen apart long ago.

As the saying goes, the contradiction that the Hu people could invade at any time covered up the huge contradictions in the country of Daxi.

With the unforgettable hatred of "The Shame of Tai'an", the Daxi Kingdom shared the same hatred of the enemy, which made the Daxi Kingdom feel a sigh of relief.

Otherwise, with the style of those bullshit officials who are arrogant and extravagant and lewd to the death to squeeze the lower-class people, they would have long been everywhere and rebelled in Jiuzhou.

Li Fan thought for a long time, and in front of him, there were two choices.

First, it is to write an article that praises merits. It is necessary to praise the changes in the implementation of the administration of Emperor Jianye over the years. Then, based on the "holy words" that Emperor Jianye has said in recent years, it is a good article.

Moreover, he has a systematic approach, and this article must be written with gorgeous rhetoric. Looking at the entire Yangzhou, there should be no other person who can surpass him.

This is also a common problem in the current imperial examination.

Most people have no real ability to govern the country in terms of thought and vision.

However, the eight-legged essay is well written! As long as the writing is brilliant, the rhetoric is gorgeous, and the metaphor is innovated in metaphors, quotations and other techniques, you can always get a good ranking.

The second is to come from the heart, from the perspective of reality.

But this is tantamount to gambling.

If the examiner is a mediocre official, he would probably be afraid of a tiger or a wolf and throw it away directly, even a juren who would not be able to win the imperial examination.

In this world, 9999 of the ten thousand officials are all greedy for life and fear of death, not seeking merit, but only seeking no mistakes. It has long been a normal state.

After pondering for a long time, Li Fan sighed slightly and began to hold the pen.

"...Every order of the court, even if the intention is good, the people in power cannot be promoted, so that the people can be accused of the people, and officials will always be treacherous to disturb the people.

Therefore, it is said that the talents in the throne are insufficient, and there are not many of them in the grass, wild and alleys.

If the wife is not talented, even though the emperor wants to change the affairs of the world to conform to the intentions of the previous kings, and even if the ministers can be the will of Your Majesty, they want to take this..." Yangyang, this time, he kept writing without stopping.

The fine sand in the hourglass kept falling, and many people had left in the surrounding exam room.

The first to leave the examination room were the top ten talented men from Xijing.

They took the lead in walking out of the examination room, which shocked the audience who were waiting outside the examination room to watch the fun.

"Heaven, the top ten talents from Xijing have finished writing?"

"It's so scary. Only half of the fine sand in the hourglass flows. This is the fastest speed in the history of the imperial examination in Yangzhou, right?"

"It's worthy of being from Xijing. Seeing their calm and leisurely expressions, they are probably confident. Such talent... is so terrible."

Countless people were talking about it.

Dai Lumao, Dong Geluan, lunatic, Mei Qiantu and others were all extremely proud and walked out proudly and reached the side of the carriage.

"how?"

Zhou Wenyuan was waiting in the carriage with a smile on his face.

"The title is exactly the same as the young master expected, so we just wrote it directly. I think this is the Jieyuan in Yangzhou, and I will never be outside of ten of me!"

Dai Lumao smiled proudly.

The others were also extremely comfortable, and even felt it was too simple with a hint of disdain.

The question this time is one of the three questions that have been reported from Chunming Palace! Perfect hit! Zhou Wenyuan also laughed. These ten people are all talented and learned, and they got the question in advance. Can the result of this imperial examination still fly out of his palm?

...After a while, Wang Tianteng from the Wang family also appeared.

It is a little slower than the top ten talents, but it can be called the fastest among the local talents in Yangzhou! "Wang Tianteng is worthy of being the qilin son of the Wang family!"

"Hey, he is a little slower than the ten people in Xijing. I wonder if he can win a sigh of relief for our Yangzhou."

"If he can't, no one else needs to think about it."

Everyone around was talking.

Wang Tianteng walked out of the examination room and was calm and composed.

——Before the examination, the Wang family specially sent someone to Xijing.

Some news was brought back from there, which was sent back by Wang Zhibing, the Minister of Rites.

The news is about the general direction of the question setting of this Yangzhou provincial examination.

The question is not given accurately, but it is enough.

These days, Wang Tianteng has carefully studied and is confident. When he enters the exam room, he will modify the draft based on the specific questions and the article will be completed.

"This kid from the Wang family is quite interesting."

Zhou Wenyuan glanced at Wang Tianteng, sneered, and said nothing.

Wang Zhibing is the Minister of Rites and is also prominent in the court. He has not yet made clear his position and seems to be following Emperor Jianye, so he is not convenient for him to express his attitude towards Wang Tianteng.

Immediately afterwards, many well-known talents from Yangzhou came out.

"The talented man from the Zhu family has come out!"
To be continued...