The first assistant of the poor family

Chapter 226
After a rough inspection by the soldiers, Xie Shen was finally put into the Tribute Court.

The boy sighed, and walked along the bluestone road with his test basket in hand.

Only when you enter the Gongyuan in person can you experience its shock. Looking around, there are rows and rows of houses built with bluestones neatly arranged in the Gongyuan.

Although these houses look a little old under the wind and sun, they can't hide their majesty at all.

After entering the Gongyuan, you can no longer stay, and you must go to your own dormitory to prepare for the exam immediately.Therefore, Xie Shen didn't stop to wait for Xie and Wang, but walked inward.

After receiving the number plate from the officials at the fork, Xie Shen quickly walked across the path to his own dormitory.

Compared with county examinations, government examinations, and courtyard examinations, the number of houses in the rural examinations is more dense, and the internal space is also narrower.

Xie Shen couldn't help but frowned when he came to his dormitory.

If it's just that the space is tight, it's fine, but the roof of this house has some leaks, which is a bit embarrassing.

It's sunny now, but what if it rains?Isn't that going to flood Jinshan Temple?

Alas, in the final analysis, it is because the Gongyuan has been idle for too long on weekdays.

The function of the Gong Yuan is single, except for the triennial rural examination, it is almost vacant all the time.

When the township examination is over, the relevant officials will lock the Gongyuan, and it will be three years before they meet again.

During this period, all kinds of poisonous snakes and hares regarded the Gongyuan as a paradise, enjoying a comfortable life very satisfied.

Coupled with the wind and rain, the stone roof truss is okay, but the wooden roof will suffer.

After years of soaking, even the best wood will rot.

The dorm where Xie Shen lived was not the worst, but he could see half of the sky directly in the one to the east.

Xie Shen had no choice but to pray that it would not rain during the provincial examination.

There are three township examinations, each of which lasts a whole day, which not only tests the candidates' talent and learning, but also tests their physical strength!

However, physical strength has always been Xie Shen's weak point. If "the house leaks and it rains all night", then he really has to look up to the sky and sigh.

Xie Shen looked around the house for a week, and found that there was nothing besides a table, a stool, and a chamber pot.

This house is simply shockingly crude.

From the outside, the houses of the Gongyuan are arranged row upon row, which is very layered.But it was obvious from the inside, not only the roof was leaky, but the test environment was even more rudimentary.

That is to say, these scholars are still scholars. If the examination environment is so simple, Xie Shen doubts that it is really possible that there will be a collective rejection of the examination.

The cramped environment made people feel irritable. Anyway, there was still some time before the examination papers were issued, so Xie Shen simply closed his eyes and began to rest his mind.

Self-cultivation, calmness and concentration.

Only when you have a calm mind can you show your best state, write the best articles, and get the best rankings in the exam.

To be honest, Xie Shen didn't care too much about his ranking in the township examination.

After all, after the provincial examination, there will be a general examination, and after the general examination, there will be a palace examination.

To put it bluntly, the ranking in the palace examination is the most valuable.The rankings of the other exams are all fake.

After all, the final ranking of Jinshi depends on the palace examination.Needless to say, the No. [-] Scholar, No. [-], and Tanhua in the first class are the nobles who directly entered the Imperial Academy.Entering the Hanlin Academy is equivalent to entering the most noble department of the Ming Dynasty, becoming a minister of poetry, and his future is limitless.It is more expensive than the Qing Dynasty, and only the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Rites can mention it, but the sum is not as popular as the Imperial Academy.

As for the top ten in the second class, it is also very useful. They can often become Shujishi through the selection of the library and then go to the Imperial Academy for three years as a trainee.

Although it is not possible to directly select officials to become officials, the starting point after the disbandment of the museum in three years is much higher than those who were ranked second and third in the same year.

The starting point is high, the future is good, and the future career will be smooth sailing. It is very likely that after a few years, it will skyrocket and be trained as a cabinet member.

If you choose officials directly, it seems that you have accumulated three years of work experience, but your hard power (ranking) is not as good as others. When you talk about it, you are a head lower than those Shujishi or Hanlin editors. You don’t even have self-confidence. ?
In other words, the ranking of Jinshi directly affects the mentality of newcomers in officialdom, which is irreversible.

So the ranking in the township examination is really nothing compared to it. A higher ranking in the examination means that it will sound better when you go out, and you will have more face at the banquet, but it will not bring any actual benefits to Xie Shen.

Of course, if you get a Jie Yuan in the exam, the benefits are still great, at least the eyes of the whole province will fall on Jie Yuan, and it will be able to occupy the headlines of public opinion until the next year's meeting and the second hall test.

With a good reputation, Xie Shen also has some capital to deploy, at least he won't appear unaccompanied and helpless when he enters the officialdom in the future.

Of course, Xie Shen also understands that in terms of hard power, it is almost impossible for him to obtain Jie Yuan.

After all, Zhejiang Province is one of the four strong provinces in the imperial examination, and there are too many strong people in the examination.In this almost harsh competitive environment, it takes some luck to beat the pack and win Jie Yuan.

For example, Xie Shen happened to encounter a familiar topic, or the same examiner who marked the paper liked Xie Shen's writing style very much.

There are still a lot of emotional factors in judging the quality of an article.

If the essays written are nonsensical, of course there is no need to say more, but if the essays written by several candidates are considered to be of the same level, then it will be much more interesting to judge.

Some fellow examiners like to write concise and clear, concise and to the point.

Some fellow examiners like to write in a strange style and have a grand structure.

If you encounter a suitable article and recommend it to the Grand Master and Honglu Shaoqing Master Ji for a decision, isn't that just luck?

Xie Shen believed in his own luck, even those with bad luck would never encounter such a thing as crossing.

But can his luck really be good enough to win Jieyuan?Not necessarily.
If you want to get good grades in the exam, the mentality of the exam is the most important.But this is another paradox, because if you are completely relaxed, it means that you do not pay enough attention to the exam, and it is impossible to pass the exam well.

Proper pressurization is the way to go.

One out of a hundred, tsk tsk.

Xie Shen thought in his heart that this percentage of rankings was outrageous, especially for a province like Zhejiang Province, which is a strong imperial examination.

Therefore, it is not uncommon to take exams across provinces under the guise of nationality, but that is gossip, so let's not mention it for the time being.

Xie Shen was already very familiar with the procedures of the imperial examinations in the Ming Dynasty, so naturally there was nothing to be nervous about.

Xie Shen took the exam papers from the officials who handed out the exam papers one by one along the dormitory, and Xie Shen took a deep breath to quickly enter the exam state.

The content and process of the rural examination are very formal, so there will be basically no collective fraud incidents.

　ps: Thanks to the book friend Wu Nian Shangchen for the reward, and thanks to the book friend info9527 for the monthly ticket~
　　
　
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