Daming: I, Yang Xian, really govern Yang!

Chapter 123 The end of the meeting
The next day.

The first ray of sunshine shone into Li Jin's dormitory in the Examination Yuan.

Feeling the warmth of the sun, Li Jin blinked, stretched, and finally woke up.

At this time, the entire examination institute was still very quiet.

There was only the sporadic rustle of pen writing.

I don’t know if these candidates who are writing furiously have just woken up like Li Jin, or if they didn’t sleep at all last night.

Li Jin took out a piece of snowflake pastry from the food box and put it into his mouth. He ate two pieces in a row, cheered up and started to prepare for the new day's questions.

Compared with the policy paper, in the second comprehensive knowledge paper, he did not have much confidence in many questions and could only say that he would try his best to answer them.

This is the case for Li Jin who has been influenced by Yang Xian's new learning, not to mention other candidates.

Time passed little by little.

This scientific examination is an unforgettable scene for all the candidates present.

Obviously every minute and second is torture for them, but they still have to persevere.

"This Enko, this is the end!"

"All candidates, stop writing!"

With the sound of a gong, the examiner shouted loudly.

Next, a patrol examiner will be responsible for collecting each candidate's test paper.

When the examiner Jiang Yong went to collect the papers, he was almost shocked when he saw the faces of the candidates in front of him.

His face was withered and bloodless.

But one exam seems to make the candidate age several dozen years directly.

And it wasn't just this candidate, during the process of collecting the test papers, he found that almost everyone was like this.

It was just an exam, but it tortured everyone until they became inhuman.

The entire examination room was filled with an ultra-low pressure.

This is simply horrible.

After examiners like Jiang Yong and others collect the examination papers, specialized personnel will then anonymize all the examination papers, and then send another wave of clerks to make copies of the examination papers and send them to the inner courtyard for the reviewers to review.

These are the affairs of the examiners and marking officers.

For candidates like Li Jin and others, the imperial examination is finally over.

God knows how these candidates survived these three days.

The imperial examination is already stressful enough. The harsh environment in the dormitory where you can't lift your head or stretch your legs, three days of dry food, plain water, and severe lack of sleep is a serious blow to the candidates' health.

Coupled with the mental devastation caused by the test questions and the pressure of the scientific examination.

Under the double physical and mental blow, these candidates can survive and walk out of the examination hall, which can be regarded as their success.

All the candidates packed up their belongings and lined up to wait in front of the examination hall gate. Their eyes were blank, as if they could not see the future.

"By imperial decree, open the door!"

Following the guard soldier's loud shout, the door to the examination hall slowly opened.

It wasn't until they heard the door open and saw the outside world that the candidates felt a little alive, as if they were alive again.

The test is over.

As soon as the candidates came out.

The first thing they did was take a deep breath, and then they started complaining about this year's exam questions and sharing their experiences of being abused.

"This year's exam questions are really difficult. I couldn't answer most of the questions at all. They were all written blindly. Brother Chen, how are you?"

"Brother Wang, it's amazing that you can answer more than half of the questions. I basically handed in a blank paper."

"Which examiner set the questions for this year's exam? Why are they completely different from the previous scientific exams? It's too difficult." "Who else could it be? Of course it's the examiner Li Xiangguo. I heard that he is in During the Yuan Dynasty, the name of the scientific examination was declined, which was a way of retaliating against us scholars."

"Brother Zhao, be careful what you say! Li Xiangguo is not someone I can criticize."

Li Shanchang, who was in the inner courtyard of the Examination Yuan, sneezed several times inexplicably.

I also broke down and burst into tears as soon as I left the examination room.

"Dad! Mom! I'm sorry for you, I've failed to live up to your expectations!"

These candidates cried even harder when they thought about returning to their hometown after failing the exam and seeing the concerned faces of their relatives.

Fortunately, this was the Ming Dynasty imperial examination.

If it had been the Song Dynasty, those wealthy businessmen who came here specifically to catch their son-in-law would have been stunned when they saw this scene.

None of these guys in front of me seem to be able to pass the exam.

Only one person is the exception.

Li Jin raised his head and glanced at the clear blue sky, walked out of the crowd silently, and prepared to go back to the inn to wait for the results of the imperial examination to be announced.

Masandao's previous residence had been confiscated by the court due to the incident with Masandao, so he, like most of the candidates who went to Beijing to take the exam, lived in an inn.

Even though he failed to answer some questions in this examination, he did not think he would pass the exam, but he agreed with the reform of the imperial examination from the bottom of his heart.

Having become a complete supporter of Yang Xian's new learning, he knew in his heart that only such imperial examinations could select truly useful talents for the country.

In fact, it is far less pessimistic than these candidates think.

For candidates, the real difficulty lies in the second test paper, the almost all-encompassing comprehensive quality test.

Yang Xian had already thought of this when he and Zhu Biao discussed the reform of the imperial examination.

The purpose of the reformed imperial examination was to select useful talents in the profession.

Therefore, the first test paper is the key, and the first time Enke mainly selected comprehensive administrative talents, so the test was policy theory.

The judging criteria are also here. As for the second comprehensive knowledge test paper, you only need to get a passing score.

Although Zhu Biao expected that the candidates would react to the new imperial examination, he did not expect that the reaction would be so big.

In order to stabilize the emotions of the candidates, on the day after the examination ended, someone pasted up the results in front of the lobby of the Rites Yamen to inform them of the matter.

This finally calmed the public opinion.

It can be seen from this that the preparations for the imperial examination were somewhat rushed. These things should have been announced before the examination.

But with this experience, the next imperial examination will be much smoother.

According to Yang Xian's proposal to Zhu Biao, the imperial court will announce the scope of this year's imperial examination questions six months or even a year in advance through the local examination bureaus.Scientific examinations at all levels and unified implementation.

In this way, not only can candidates have a direction to prepare for the exam, but it can also attract professional talents to participate in the imperial examination.

Not to mention the imperial examination marking here in the capital.

Yangzhou.

Yang Xian's first rail train was finally built for him.

The train body is not difficult to manufacture. The most critical point of the entire train is the wheels.

In order to ensure the speed of the train, the wheels must be polished and polished absolutely smooth.

Yang Xian set up a professional factory just for train wheels.

The same goes for the rest of the parts.

Fortunately, due to the disaster in Sanjin last year, many craftsmen of all kinds came to the south and finally settled in Yangzhou.

There is still enough talent.

(End of this chapter)