Mingshi

Chapter 253
Thank you very much Teng Kuan for your reward!
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Swim around and look for candidates from your own county.The roll call in the government examination is based on the county. He was very happy to look around. He saw a lot of peddlers selling things.There are shops selling everything, some selling the four treasures of the study, some selling clothes, shoes and hats, and some selling food.Moreover, some examinees were buying headscarves, clothes, shoes, etc., and some candidates who had lost their bookboys were selling the Four Treasures of the Study, making a mess.

"So expensive?"

When Luo Xin heard the angrily voice of a candidate, he laughed in his heart. If we don't kill these candidates at this time, when will we kill them?Sure enough, the angrily yelling scholar finally bought a pair of shoes.

"there!"

Lu Daqing beside him panted and pointed to a big lantern not far to the right. At this time, the sky was only slightly bright, and the lantern was very conspicuous, with two large characters written on the lantern.

Yang Lin!

Luo Xin knew that it was the gathering place of candidates from Yanglin County, so he squeezed towards it. Lu Daqing still grabbed Luo Xin's clothes with one hand, and squeezed through with the bookcase in the other.

"The head of the case Luo!" Some candidates who arrived early under the big lantern greeted Luo Xin when they saw Luo Xin.

"Everyone is here early!" Luo Xin pushed forward, wiped his sweat and said with a smile.

Seeing that Luo Xin's clothes were also torn and his shoes were missing, everyone couldn't help laughing together.Someone said:
"Section Chief Luo, hurry up and buy some clothes and shoes."

"I'm ready!"

Luo Xin smiled and opened the bag in his arms, first took out the shoes and put them on, then took off the tattered shirt on his body and put on a new one.The candidates around couldn't help giving Luo Xin a thumbs up.

"The chief of the case is the chief of the case, considerate."

Luo Xin didn't explain either, and the things he replaced couldn't be thrown anywhere, so he put them in his bag and handed them to Lu Daqing, then took the bookcase from Lu Daqing's hand and said:
"Daqing, you go back."

"Young master, I'll wait for you here."

"Go back and report to brother Haode and brother Ziyu that you are safe, and tell them that I have come in."

"En!" Lu Daqing nodded, turned around and squeezed out again.

At this time, almost all the scholars from each county had arrived, but the noise gradually became quieter.Luo Xin observed the crowd silently, everyone had different expressions, some were full of confidence, and were laughing and chatting with the Confucian scholar next to them, while some were nervous, and even their legs were trembling slightly.Others were full of anticipation and remained silent.

Looking at the thousands of candidates in front of him, Luo Xin couldn't help but sigh.In a way, the demise of Ming Dynasty was also in the hands of scholars.

Everything is inferior, only reading is high!

Under this trend of thought in the Ming Dynasty, too many people chose to study, and then flooded into the officialdom, which brought a flood of officials and bloated institutions.Moreover, the privileges of scholars allow them not only to be exempted from taxes after they obtain fame, but because of their privileges, the wealth of the entire Ming Dynasty is concentrated on scholars, and the tax burden of the country is placed on the poorer and poorer people. .

The bloat of officials has caused political difficulties, and the people who bear more and more tax burdens can no longer survive. The privileges of scholars have hurt the Ming Dynasty's economy, and the emphasis on literature over military affairs has hurt Daming's military equipment.

This political, economic and military damage made the contradictions of Ming more and more serious. In fact, Ming has already started to go downhill.

What is even more frightening is that no one pays attention to this kind of harm, no one pays attention to this kind of hidden danger that has already harmed Daming, but Luo Xin knows that when this kind of hidden danger accumulates to a certain level, it will explode with amazing destructive power.

When this destructive power does not erupt, the world is ruled by scholars.But when the conflict has intensified to the point of explosion, the people with power have nothing to resist.Just like Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong in the late Ming Dynasty.

Luo Xin laughed suddenly, the smile was full of self-deprecation.He thought that he was also one of these scholars and would enjoy the privileges of scholars in the future.To change a dynasty with one's own power...

Let's wash up and sleep!You can only do your best to subtly influence.

At this time, the door of the examination room slowly opened, and a person wearing an official uniform came out, sweeping past the candidates with a majestic expression.

There was a sudden silence, and the eyes of all the candidates were focused on Tiju, and a needle could be heard.

"The government examination begins. Candidates must not be crowded. They will be called by county, enter the venue in line for inspection, and then take their seats according to the plaque."

After the words fell, Tiju turned around and entered the gate, disappearing.At this time, the officials began to roll their names by county, and Yanglin County ranked third. Luo Xin walked into the gate with a bookcase and waited in line for inspection.Watching candidates open their baskets or bookcases one by one, they are checked by soldiers.Some pastries or dry food brought by candidates were broken bit by bit, and their coats had to be taken off.Luo Xin couldn't help but secretly said in his heart:
"This government test is much stricter than the county test!"

When it was Luo Xin's turn, the soldier inspecting Luo Xin grinned at Luo Xin, so frightened that Luo Xin almost threw the bookcase out.He had seen it before, these soldiers all had sullen faces and were very rude to every candidate, and he had never noticed that they had smiled at anyone.

Seeing that Luo Xin was stupefied, the soldier checked it hastily, and said in a low voice:

"I am Lord Bai's soldier."

"So lucky?"

Luo Xin understood as soon as he heard it, this person must have seen him on the city wall when he was a rioter, and now he knows his Luo Qing's younger brother, so he hastily checked it and let him go.While walking inside with the bookcase in hand, I thought to myself:
"This is the beginning of big brother's glory, hehe..."

Carrying his own bookcase, he found his compartment according to the number plate.The whole government examination is divided into eight examination rooms, and Luo Xin is in the second examination room.There are compartments in the examination room, and each candidate occupies a compartment.

There are three government examinations, divided into three sessions of classics and theory and policy theory. There are usually two policy theory, which are required to be written in the form of stereotyped essays, a total of three days.These three days have to be spent in this compartment, like three days of confinement.

Luo Xin entered his cubicle, put the bookcase under the table, and then took out a rag from inside to clean the cubicle.After cleaning the compartments, candidates have not yet fully entered the examination room.Hearing the sound of crying outside, he knew that some candidates had been found out to carry a cheat sheet, so he shook his head, put the rag aside, sat on the bench and began to take out his pen, ink and inkstone, and then He sat there quietly and waited.

After about two quarters of an hour, all the candidates finally entered the examination room.Self-promotion came in, first explained the exam rules, and then distributed the exam papers.

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