Many students went out to drink together, some to celebrate and some to drown their sorrows.

After the first exam, Cheng Yu felt relatively relaxed. The second time in Zhangtai Palace, it was difficult to have any problems.

Within a day, the list was posted. There was nothing to say. Some were happy and some were sad.

Then the students were given a day to adjust their condition, and a day was given for the students to follow the officials of Fengchang Mansion to learn the most basic etiquette of entering the palace.

The complete etiquette will only be trained by the Fengchang Mansion together with the students after the assessment results are released.

On the third day, the second examination officially began. At dawn, the students were organized by the officials of Fengchang Mansion and entered the palace in an orderly manner.

Before the exam, you need to pay a visit to King Qin Yingzheng. All the middle and high-level people gathered in the hall. Cheng Xiu is also here today, standing at the top of the martial arts list, alongside Lu Buwei.

There are many elders in the palace, and there is also Ying Zheng, who is on the throne and whose majesty is growing day by day.

Some students who have seen the world are okay. Although they are nervous, they can still hold their own.

For those who have never seen the world or whose mental quality is not strong enough, their movements will inevitably be somewhat deformed.

Fortunately, the elders and Ying Zheng in the palace did not have high requirements for these fledgling students, so they did not criticize them harshly.

A proud prince in white clothes?

To put it simply, only when you truly face the royal power or imperial power can you feel the towering feeling of oppression like Mount Tai.

Your fate all depends on the thoughts of the superior...

Class exists objectively at all times, whether you admit it or deny it.

If you can't change, you can only accept, adapt, and struggle.

But it’s okay to lie down, and you can make the decisions about your own life.

After a prosperous meeting, these students were taken to the side hall that had been prepared for the formal examination.

The exam time is until the sun has completely set.

Ancient examinations were no better than modern ones. Writing with calligraphy is inherently slow, and the fonts are complicated, so it becomes even slower.

If the format is wrong, it will be discarded, if there are stains, it will be discarded, if the words are written incorrectly, it will be discarded. It is inevitable that you will need to make a draft and copy it again.

The questions are generally not multiple-choice or fill-in-the-blank questions, but mainly essay questions, which are also the most important.

Coupled with some miscellaneous reasons, it will inevitably take a long time after all the trouble.

The sun has completely set, the exam is over, and the students are leaving the palace one after another to wait for the final results.

After Cheng Yu took care of the aftermath, he planned to go back home, but Ying Zheng asked him to have dinner with him.

There was no choice but to go.

After dinner, the table had just been cleared, and the four treasures of the study and a stack of papers were placed on the table.

Sure enough, no meal in the world is free. Cheng Xi picked up Zhu Bi and started to review it for Ying Zheng.

There is no other way. More than 500 students were admitted, which is almost a ten-to-one admission ratio.

There are more than 500 test papers, and they are not fill-in-the-blank questions, but essay questions with a large number of words, and are also related to the fate of the students. Naturally, it is impossible to perfunctoryly answer them at a glance.

As for Ying Zheng alone, Cheng Xi probably had to stay up all night.

Ying Zheng, his elder brother, treated him very well. As a younger brother, he couldn't shrink from anything. He had to share the responsibilities that should be shared.

Although Cheng Xi's knowledge is somewhat inferior to that of Ying Zheng, it is not inferior, and his vision is wider.

There is still no problem in marking the papers of these fledgling students, but how much can they understand?

Ying Zheng could not ask specific questions, such as how to build the most stable dam or how to treat a patient.

Even if Ying Zheng is very knowledgeable, he still can't quite understand these issues, and the questions he raises are all subjective in general.

The two brothers spent the middle of the night grading the papers, and Ying Zheng did not check the papers that Cheng Yu had graded, which showed that he believed in Cheng Yu's ability.

After the review was completed, Ying Zheng sent people to keep a close watch on them and implemented the law of sitting together. If there were any problems, everyone would suffer.

After that, the two brothers went back to rest.

Before dawn the next day, Cheng Xi entered the palace wearing a beam crown and complicated and solemn formal clothes. Soon after, the important ministers also entered the palace wearing formal clothes of their respective ranks.

Today is the court meeting. Most officials in Xianyang have to attend the court meeting, and they cannot wear ordinary court clothes, but must wear formal clothes.

After the rankings were determined, officials below the rank of Shangqing began to enter the palace, and the students naturally entered the palace at the end.

There were so many people that the main hall was packed, and officials were standing outside the hall and on the steps outside the hall.

As today's protagonists, students don't have to stand outside.

After a solemn ceremony, Lu Buwei, the prime minister, took the imperial edict from Zhao Gao and read it in person. The standards were quite high.

Generally speaking, only imperial edicts at the national policy level are eligible for Lu Buwei to read in person.

Lu Buwei was in high spirits today, and his voice was full of energy. Coupled with the special design of the palace, it ensured that everyone in the palace could hear clearly.

Everyone, please go and try it soon.]

As for outside the palace, people will naturally repeat it and pass it all the way outside the palace.

For such a grand event, countless melon-eaters naturally gathered outside the palace. It can be expected that it will not take long for the news to spread throughout the city.

When reading the rankings, the first thing to read is number one, number two, and number three.

That's right, Cheng Xi took over the title from later generations. I'm used to hearing it, but it always feels a bit meaningless when it comes to other names.

After that, there are the leaders of each subject. The so-called number one, second place, and third prize are the three most outstanding people selected from the leaders.

Finally, there are Jinshi. They are very "ordinary". Apart from the title of Jinshi, they do not have the titles of Leader and Sandingjia.

The three tripods are those who have passed the Jinshi rank, the leaders are from the Jinshi family, and the others are from the same Jinshi family.

Due to the large number of people, it is naturally impossible to say thank you just for each one, as that would waste too much time.

But there is not much difference in thanking you for your kindness together.

Therefore, the process is that the three tripod armors individually thank the emperor for his kindness in turn, the leaders agree collectively, and finally say the collective thank you.

It is worth mentioning that Sandingjia has to thank them three times because they are both Jinshi and leaders.

In the same way, leaders have to say thank you twice and ordinary Jinshi once.

This is where the difference comes out.

The difference in the nature of honor is sometimes no less important than the difference in actual treatment.

After the rankings were read out, Zhao Gao read out another royal edict to carry out the imperial examinations in later generations, also known as parades to praise officials.

In later generations, it was the officials of the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Rites who held the imperial edict and sounded the gong to clear the way. In the Qin State, it is now the chief historian of the Prime Minister's Palace and the chief historian of Fengchang Palace who hold the royal edict.

It is worth mentioning that the current Chief of the Prime Minister's Office, Shi, is Li Si, who is quite valued by Lu Buwei.

After exiting the palace from the middle gate of the palace with a red carpet, the internal historian at the level of Shangqing, the parents of Xianyang's official wife, the number one scholar, mounted the horse, and the left and right deputies of the internal historian supported the second and third best candidates on the horse.

The heads of various subjects and ordinary Jinshi also have corresponding officials to support them on their horses. The former are officials and the latter are officials.

Then the Jinshis rode tall horses of the same color and paraded through the main roads of Xianyang City amidst the heavily armed palace guards and the sound of gongs and drums.

Since the procession was holding the imperial edict, although kneeling was not popular in this era, it was still necessary to bow when encountering the imperial edict.

Naturally, there were countless onlookers for such a grand event, and there were also many family members of the powerful and official class.

Cheng Xi's wives and concubines heard about it and ran to see the rare excitement.

Of course, people from the powerful and official class would not watch the excitement on the street, but would watch the excitement through the windows in the top lofts.

Although the Qin State's scientific examinations were similar in form to those of later generations, their essence was quite different.

The students who join the officialdom cover almost all aspects of today's era, including more than a hundred schools of thought.

After the parade, the students had other activities.

For example, you have to go to a special place in the Universal Academy to leave a stone tablet with your name, and Ying Zheng will give you a banquet in the evening.

Maybe "The spring breeze is so exciting that horses' hooves are so bad that they can see all the flowers in Xianyang in one day" will be born today.
Chapter completed!