On December 13th, the second exam will be completed.

The exam will be held today from the ninth day of the 12th month, with three consecutive exams, one for three days. Each exam will be held one day early and one day after the exam. The first exam is the first day of the 9th day, and the second one is the 12th day. I just finished the second exam yesterday, and today is considered an intermission break.

When Huang Zongxi walked out of the examination room, he felt a little strange, and had a taste of a thousand years in the world that had only been in the mountains for only one day.

"Taicong, why are you stunned!"

A sound next to him pulled him back from his thoughts. Huang Zongxi didn't have to look back, and he also heard that the sound was his good friend Gu Jikun. Because Gu Jikun admired the character of Wen Tianxiang's student Wang Yanwu, he changed his name to Gu Yanwu.

"Brother Gu, do you think there is something different?"

Gu Yanwu had just come out of the examination room and was still thinking about the exam, but he didn't pay attention to the outside for a moment. Hearing Huang Zongxi's words, he looked up and looked around, and he felt something was different.

There were many signs outside the gantry gate of the examination hall, and there were large advertisements posted on it, which was not available.

"The great man in the prosperous era, peace all over the world! The great man Taiping Insurance Company!"

"Integrity in all directions, freight is shipped to your home in all directions!"

"How did the advertisements come to the Gongyuan!" Gu Yanwu looked at these advertising slogans and was a little amazed. The advertising slogans were all very generous and appropriate. The person who came up with this advertising slogan must be a talented person.

As I was talking, I saw that there were many tents outside and many people were posing with tables there.

"I feel that the questions in this exam are very simple. I have taken two tests, one is easier than the other."

Huang Zongxi felt that this was not a good thing. As Jie Yuan of the provincial examination, his level was relatively high. The harder the test questions, the better it would be to highlight his level. If the questions were simple, then he would not show his excellence.

After all, the admission quota was actually set for this examination, and the quota for the examination was also set for death. Six thousand reference candidates were used to pursue 600 Jinshi places. If the 6 thousand people were all very good, it would be very troublesome to choose 600 Jinshi at that time. If the exam questions were more difficult, the 600 people with the best scores could be easily selected, and no one could say anything.

After standing outside the Longmen and waiting for a while, Huang Zongxi's brothers also came out. There were also many candidates from Fushe. There were hundreds of candidates who passed the examination this time. Because they were divided into three examination rooms and were divided into examination rooms according to their hometowns, most of the students in Fushe were in the same examination room.

This method of enrolling Jinshi in three exams and using three lists is not good for the resumption of the society, because it means they have to compete with themselves.

"Brother, what are you doing outside? There are advertisements everywhere!"

The candidates who came out looked at the new scene outside strangely. They didn't know that when they were locked in the examination room, Shuntian Mansion had just started an imperial examination sponsor program. Focusing on the imperial examination and candidates like them, Shuntian Mansion easily attracted many sponsors and made millions of dollars.

At this time, the officials from Shuntian Prefecture finally came over. He asked the candidates who came out to line up and passed by the tents and tables one by one.

Fill in the form, register the registration name, and record the admission ticket number.

Huang Zongxi sat in front of the first tent as required and filled out the form, then looked at all this silently.

After filling out the form, an official came forward with a box.

"President Huang, please enter the account to change your clothes."

Huang Zongxi was a little surprised when he saw the box open, the whole set of clothes, boots, socks, hats and belts exposed inside. "Is this?"

“This is provided by the imperial examination sponsors and suppliers.”

After listening to the official's explanation, Huang Zongxi realized that these new clothes and boots were provided for free. He carried the box into the tent behind and began to change his clothes.

The clothes are all excellent materials and are well-made. The stitches are fine and dense, especially the clothes also have auspicious patterns. However, on the left chest of the silk robe, he found that there was also embroidery. The embroidery is a pattern and the characters are below.

"Hengxingyuan!"

Isn’t this a famous silk silk in the capital?

Huang Zongxi then changed into boots, belts, and hats, all of which were of good quality, and they were all marked by the business. After changing clothes, boots and hats, there were also purse bags, sachets, purses, pendants, leather bags and other items in the box.

"Brother, are these for free for us?" the brother next to him asked with a happy look.

Huang Zongxi nodded. He now understood the sponsor plan. Isn’t this similar to advertising in newspapers? However, this time Shuntian Mansion is obviously more powerful.

When I changed my clothes and went out, there were many carriages waiting aside. This is also a supplier, providing carriages.

The people in the car shop smiled and asked them to get in the car.

"Go to the Shaoxing Guild Hall." Huang Zongxi and his friends lived in the Shaoxing Guild Hall when they entered Beijing. This Guild Hall was also built by Shaoxing merchants. Usually, Shaoxing people usually live there.

Unexpectedly, the official of Shuntian Prefecture next to him said, "The government office arranged for all candidates to stay in Diaoyutai Hotel in a unified manner. It is the supplier of this imperial examination and is responsible for providing accommodation."

Diaoyutai Hotel is a newly built restaurant integrating food, accommodation, etc. in recent years. It has branches in the capital and various places. It is large in scale and has extremely high grade. Especially at the end of the year, several stores in the capital cannot be accommodated at all.

"Live in Diaoyutai, how much does it cost?"

"Don't worry, Diaoyutai is our imperial examination partner and you don't need to pay a penny. You will stay in their store during the exam in Beijing."

Huang Zongxi couldn't help but ask, "Six thousand candidates, all living in Diaoyutai?"

"Of course, Diaoyutai has specially vacated rooms, and 6,000 people can stay." Diaoyutai can win the hotel project not only because of the high sponsorship fee, but because they do have enough accommodation conditions. Diaoyutai originally had several stores in Beijing, and it turned out that there were several stores in decoration. In order to win the exclusive check-in of the imperial examination candidates, they accelerated the decoration process and put these new stores into operation in advance.

The first batch of guests were these prides of heaven.

The next day, Huang Zongxi and the others felt a little confused. They all provided brand new products for food, clothing, housing and transportation, including sponsors and suppliers. Even paper, ink, pen and inkstone, were provided brand new and free of charge by suppliers.

Shuntian Mansion even sent a big red envelope to each candidate, with 20 silver dollars each.

Holding the red envelope and looking at the green notes inside, Huang Zongxi and others couldn't believe it.

In the past, it was not easy for scholars to go to Beijing for the exam, but wealthy families were fine. If an ordinary family had to buy land and borrow money in order to enter Beijing once, they worked hard along the way, and they would not only save money. When they arrived in Beijing, they had to save money. In order to save some money, they had to rely on the people's families, and even in temples.

But now, the court has all the food, clothing, housing and transportation, and we can still get red envelopes, not to mention that the conditions in the tribute school in the tribute school were so good during the examination room. Although it was the cold winter of the twelfth lunar month, there was no need to get frozen in the examination room.

Gu Yanwu was also full of sighs.

Fushe was reorganized this year. He was elected as vice president and received monthly allowances. Now he is in Beijing for examinations and even has red envelopes.

"The court is really very good to our scholars."

"But the court did not lose money. They made millions of dollars in this sponsor."

"That's also the court is powerful, otherwise the merchants wouldn't be rushing to pay money, right?"

Huang Zongxi put away the twenty silver dollar coupons, "Don't be surprised, everyone will enter again tomorrow, and there is still the last one that didn't take the exam. We are not here to get these enjoyments, to get this red envelope. The most important thing is to get the gold list, and the most important thing is to pass the Jinshi."

After hearing what his brother said, Huang Zongyan and his brothers were also a little excited. The purpose of participating in the imperial examination was to be able to get a prize in the imperial examination, and the rest were secondary.

"Brother, I guess I may not be able to win this time." Although it was 6,000 and 600, it was divided into three exams. The candidates in the Jiangnan area were all in the same exam room. The two best candidates could only compete for 200 places, which was quite difficult.

If 6,000 candidates are pursuing 600 places fairly, then Huang Zong will feel that he may still have a chance. But now, the two thousand best candidates in Jiangnan can only compete for 200 places, and he feels it is difficult for him.

"There is still one more time I haven't gotten the exam, why are you anxious?" Huang Zongxi comforted his brothers.

"If I fail, I plan to go directly to Beijing University to study. I will study for two years as an official, and then go down to start from the ninth rank, and study while being an official. If I am sure, I will continue to take the exam."

According to the new decree of the court, all the juren who participated in the examination this time, even if they did not win the Jinshi, they would have the opportunity to go directly to the Beijing University for study. After two years of study, they would go to the ministry and provincial government offices for internships, and then sent to the townships to become officials.

According to the new system, the starting point of Juren and Jinshi, that is, to be an official, must also go through the Beijing University, and then go to the Beijing Department and the local provincial government for internship.

However, after the internship period expires, the Jinshi goes directly to the county and starts from the county magistrate and chief clerk. The juren has to start from the deputy township chief, deputy town mayor, and their starting points are only one or two levels apart.

There are no restrictions on becoming an official. If you do well, you can still be promoted to a county. You can also become a magistrate, a prefect, or a regular seal official. In the future, you will be a magistrate, a governor, or even a minister, and you will be a magistrate, a governor, or a minister, step by step.

Moreover, even if you become an official, you can still take the imperial examination again.

Since that's the case, why not study at Peking University?

Huang Zongxi could not have thought that his brother had already thought so far. After pondering for a moment, he thought this was also a good idea.

"This is OK. Studying at Jingshi University is better than staying at home."

Gu Yanwu smiled and said, "Maybe my brother is on the list this time. It's too early to think about this now. I heard that Shuntian Mansion is preparing to give the new Jinshi who are on the list, each with a red envelope of 100 yuan. It is said that the top three in the top scorer, the top scorer, the second scorer is 1,000 yuan, and the second scorer is 500 yuan, and the third scorer is 500 yuan."
Chapter completed!