Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

In response to this situation, Dajiang was very foresighted and took the initiative to walk behind. He was no longer surprised. People say that intellectuals look down on each other, but it also depends on who they are.

A gentleman like his third brother-in-law, who is extremely talented, not arrogant, and willing to answer questions and give guidance, is so superior that the three talented students in the county school are all willing to admit defeat.

What's more, these classmates who still lived nearby could not catch his third brother-in-law on weekdays. Whenever he was not in the county school, he would go back to the village. It would be strange if he did not ask for advice at this time.

However, Gu Wenyu, who was accidentally pushed to the back, was speechless.

Even though we had seen how popular his cousin was yesterday afternoon, hadn't everyone forgotten that the annual exam was coming up soon?

Fortunately, during the previous communication, questions were asked and answers were given without anyone stopping to talk or walk, and we finally arrived at the gate of the county school.

At this point, if you want to go in, you must first verify your identity before you are allowed in.

Even if you are a familiar face, you still can't get in without a wooden plaque representing that you are a registered student in the county school. It is useless even if your classmates guarantee you because the gatekeeper is very stubborn.

Especially today.

Although the identity verification step is different from the imperial examination, it is still the same as in the past. You only need to take out the wooden sign issued by the county school and you can pass it easily.

But once you enter the county school, the exams will be much stricter than the monthly exams.

Today, as long as you are near the academy area, you are not allowed to bring anything into the examination room except the examination basket, not even a bite of food.

Today, only the front gate was open to the clerks and runners guarding the academy. They also searched people like in the previous county examinations, but their attitude was much better.

Of course, the main reason is that at this point, the candidates are already experienced and very skilled in undressing and untying their hair, and no one wants to bring cheat sheets to the base camp to cheat.

If you were caught cheating with cheat sheets while taking an exam in another place, you could at least play ostrich. But what if you were caught in the county school?

I really feel ashamed to face my fellow countrymen.

After all, he had passed the imperial examination with great difficulty, but failed in a mere annual examination. Not only was he stripped of his title, but he also brought shame to the county school. The consequences were even more disastrous.

At the very least, he will be despised by his teachers and classmates; at the worst, the county magistrate and the teacher will not be easy to deal with, and if they don't let him die to atone for his crime, there will be many people who will take advantage of his misfortune.

The county magistrate who ruined the family and the prefect who wiped out the entire clan.

In short, it's all over. Not to mention my family, all the clansmen will be implicated. It's better to take the annual examination honestly. Even if I don't do well, I won't be stripped of my title.

The advantages outweigh the disadvantages, and it is not worth taking the risk to grab the scholarship quota.

So this time the process of entering the examination room was very smooth and quick. Soon, Gu Wenxuan entered the academy and found his seat.

Of course, this is also due to the small number of candidates, but not only do they no longer have to be locked up in a small cell to take the exam, but half of the desks and chairs in the classroom are now gone.

Extra spacious.

Much more comfortable.

As for Dajiang, needless to say, he was in the same class as Dajiang and was one of the top ten students on government scholarship. So, just like the monthly exam, he and his uncle were separated again.

But it’s Gu Wenyu?
They were in the same examination room, and he sat in the first seat in the middle of the front, while Gu Wenyu sat in the last seat in the first row right at the entrance.

It was not even time to close the door and ring the bell to hand out the papers, but the supervisors from the provincial government accompanied by the teachers were already patrolling the room, and they prohibited the examinees from looking around. Gu Wenxuan, who was sitting in the front row in the middle, thought it was even harder to turn around and look. The only thing he could praise was that the county school's annual exam this year was another big deal.

——Every examinee who is not allowed to bring in cloaks and is only allowed to wear the "school uniform" issued by the county school, regardless of whether they are students on stipend or additional students, can receive a brand new thick cotton robe this time.

I have to say that Cheng Xianyu is quite capable.

Since this Cheng Xianyu took office as the head of Qingyang County School, the welfare benefits of students have been significantly improved. It is said that the increase in the number of books in the library is also due to his credit.

Although most of these resources come from donations from local gentry, the welfare benefits the county school has today are still inseparable from the prestige of this person.

Compared with this county magistrate who once served as a county magistrate in another place, the county magistrate who is still in office today seems to be incompetent. He has been in office for many years and still cannot control a mere county lieutenant.

In the words of his wife, this official was just lucky as the students of his class did very well in the imperial examination, so he finally had a political achievement to show off.

Let’s not talk about it. The county magistrate will not leave at the end of the year and will leave after the New Year. Now we are just waiting for his order to close the door, distribute the papers and start the examination.

Gu Wenxuan didn't know how long he had been waiting. Since he couldn't look around, he simply let his mind go, thought about nothing, closed his eyes and waited.

The exam finally started.

Test questions?

After getting the test paper and opening it, Gu Wenxuan's first feeling was that this year's exam was not difficult compared to last year, but the questions were very tricky.

It was only the first day of the exam and the exam was already being conducted to test whether the candidates had forgotten any details of the Four Books and Five Classics while being familiar with them.

It's not really that difficult. Most of the test questions are very biased, but the sources can be found in the Four Books and Five Classics, so it can't be considered beyond the syllabus.

The examiner who sets the questions is a talented person.

At the same time, the number of questions is too large.

The rice paper used for answering questions and making drafts was spent as if it were free. These were not gifts from local gentry. How rich could the imperial treasury be?

It's just an annual examination and they're making it so difficult. It's easy for ordinary people to pay taxes. Or has the county magistrate decided not to think it over and deliberately leave no assets for the next county magistrate?

Before the third day, Gu Wenxuan had a hunch that the number of questions in this annual exam would definitely be similar to that of the provincial exam, but the provincial exam only lasted three days.

The examiner who set the questions is truly a talent!
Just based on the amount of questions today, I either had to write so hard that I sweated, or I had to think so hard that I couldn't figure out the answer and broke into a cold sweat.

Shaking his head secretly, Gu Wenxuan, who thought he was very compassionate, dared not have any more wild thoughts. Otherwise, if he didn't get the first place in this year's exam, he would be ashamed to face his wife!

In the examination room separated by a wall, Dajiang was much more serious than his third brother-in-law, and his inner drama was not as rich and dramatic as that of his third brother-in-law.

After receiving the test paper, he read it through from beginning to end. He was once again secretly glad that he had a good brother-in-law. He had always been worried that his brother-in-law would become arrogant, so he thought of ways to find off-topic questions to test him.

Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow?
If the difficulty of the exam questions in the next two days is similar, I might be able to get into the top five. Then if I try again, I might be able to take the exam in August next year.

If she had been more motivated and passed the imperial examination a year earlier, the burden on my third sister would have been lighter, and she wouldn't have to support her parents' family until now when her nephew is about to be born.

I can't support my third sister, and I'm always dragging her down. What a shame. (End of this chapter)