Ye Chunqiu didn't know about these discussions. After eating Ping An noodles, he checked the exam tools again, and then said goodbye to the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper smiled behind the counter and said, "Ye's desk will be three yuan in small and medium-sized yuan, and the shop will be full of glory."

Ye Chunqiu would also smile lightly and say, "Thank you, the shopkeeper." After that, he carried the Kaolan and led Ye Saner to the tribute court.

There are still many people in the Gongyuan. In addition to the vicious officers and soldiers, there are even candidates who come to take the exam in groups of three or three. Because it is still early, and there are not many candidates qualified to participate in the college entrance examination. It is full of plans. There are only about 300 students admitted to the exam in Ningbo Prefecture this year, so this exam is the most deserted.

But even so, the guard here is much more severe.

Even the servants at the door had already changed into people from the provincial capital. They confirmed Ye Chunqiu's identity. In the hazy sky, someone carried a lantern to search Ye Chunqiu and then let Ye Chunqiu enter.

Because there were not many candidates, the chief examiner He Mao sat high in Minglun Hall. The candidates wanted to visit him one by one. Ye Chunqiu entered Minglun Hall and saw He Mao, surrounded by many officials. He Mao was wearing a red rosy dress with wings on his head. The lights in Minglun Hall were brightly lit, and the candlelight reflected his face made him feel a little red. He was eating tea leisurely. Ye Chunqiu bowed and said, "Tongsheng Ye Chunqiu, pay homage to the master."

Immediately, a school official next to him bit his ear in He Mao's ear. He probably said that this person was Ye Chunqiu, the head of the county examination and the prefecture examination case.

He Mao was unmoved, his face was old-fashioned, his eyes just stopped for a moment on Ye Chunqiu, and then he said calmly: "I have heard of your deeds. It is better for a young man to be calm and solemn, and not be impetuous."

As soon as this statement was made, the other students waiting outside were winking. It was not only about your exam, but also about your most important responsibility. It was to check the atmosphere of each student. To put it bluntly, it also had to supervise the character of scholars.

Ye Chunqiu was just here for the exam. This adult actually said to be calm and solemn. According to the theory that if you have nothing to say to you, He Tixue felt that Ye Choushou was not calm and solemn enough, and was too impetuous.

It seems that the rumors are true. Although it is just a careless warning, it is impossible for a high-ranking school official to point at the nose and curse. The signal revealed is already very obvious.

Ye Chunqiu bowed: "Students remember." He wanted to complain a little, but thought about whether he was here to take the exam or not. He bowed again and went to the ear room next to him to get the license plate.

He Mao's attitude made Ye Chunqiu feel a little alert. It seems that this exam will not be so smooth. You must do better. Don't let someone seize the handle.

When he arrived at the examination room, the examination room for the college entrance examination was also simple, but the treatment was better than that of the county and government examinations. It was no longer so cramped and the position was still acceptable. Because it took several days in a row, it had to be prepared for a protracted battle.

Ye Chunqiu was ready to prepare his pen, ink, paper and ink. It was not yet dawn. Although there were lanterns hanging here, the light was still too dark. He simply sat down and closed his eyes to rest.

When I heard the cannon sound, I was about to put the question on it. The sound of a rooster crowing in the distance. The dawn was just beginning to reveal, and the rays of light suddenly burst out the hazy sky. In the haze, the servant holding the wooden sign sang promised to patrol back and forth. The wooden sign was today's test question: "It is better to have no books than to believe in books."

After reading this test question, Ye Chunqiu laughed silently. I went, the question was fine, but this question must be a bit difficult for candidates in the college entrance examination.

These days, he has also studied some Four Books and Five Classics, so he has roughly a little bit of a superficial understanding of the meaning of the classics. The eight-legged question is actually just to excerpt the passages of the Four Books and Five Classics. The examiner who is good-hearted is simply lazy and directly excerpts one sentence, such as Zi said, "Three hundred poems, for example, if you study well, you will become an official," such as "You are more shameless than to take the exam; if you are a little bad, you will become an official, but you will be more shameless. He would just cut off one of the paragraphs, for example, if you study well, you will become an official, which was originally from the Analects of Confucius: "Zixia said: "If you are good, you will become an official, and if you are good, you will become an official." But the people who make the questions don't play like this. Anyway, they are shameless, so they just wrote "Zixia said: Learn."

Of course, there are even more shameless questions, just like this sentence, it is better to have no books than to believe in books. This is a trap question. On the surface, if you follow this question, you will definitely fail.

Reading is the main profession of scholars. If you don’t even believe in books, you can take the exam.

Therefore, the most important thing to write such an article is to distinguish between belief and not belief. What book cannot be believed? You must ask someone to criticize it. What book can be believed? This involves your belief issue. You are a scholar and a disciple of a saint. Of course, you believe in Saint Confucius, Saint Meng and Saint Zhu. If you have to make a summary, then the whole text must be that no one except Confucius will recognize it.

Ye Chunqiu couldn't help laughing and began to search for the brain. This question was quite a bit off, but even so, he still found more than 130 articles. This was because the Ding Chou exam in the fourth year of Chongzhen was the one in the Ding Chou examination. Ye Chunqiu chose the eight-legged essay by Liu Tongsheng, the top scholar in Ding Chou, almost without any suspense, and therefore started writing: "Writing is indispensable, and great wise men are the ones who believe in it..."

Every exam is a physical and mental torture. After three consecutive days of exams, the gongzi finally rang out, and the 300 people in the gongyuan rushed out like animals.

Fortunately, Ye Chunqiu is not yet a beard at his age, otherwise, like others, his eyes are dull, his beard is unshaven, and his mud on his body is three feet thick, so he is really no different from the beggar.

"Chunqiu, spring and autumn." Someone called him behind him.

Ye Chunqiu stopped and looked back, and saw Chen Rong.

Chen Rong was not as casual as she was when she entered the exam room. He smiled at Ye Chunqiu and said, "Are Chunqiu sure this time?"

Although this time he was much more humble than before, Ye Chunqiu still saw the sage in his face.

"By the way... why is he always so confident?" Ye Chunqiu wanted to laugh, but said, "Brother Chen is wrong?"

Chen Rong took a few steps forward and said, "How did you do the exam? How did you solve the problem? Ha... Spring and Autumn, this college exam is crucial. After all, the government exam is just a small test. It is not easy to fool the students with a whistle. Oh, do you know that when I came to Ningbo, my father went to greet him with the local officials. I paid great attention to Ningbo candidates."
Chapter completed!