Jinling City.

In the early morning, the streets of the imperial capital were bustling, and the people got up early and started to be busy, with traffic and extremely lively.

Outside the gate of Jinling Gongyuan, it became lively again.

Thousands of scholars slept and ate enough, left the inns where they stayed in full spirit, and arrived one after another outside the gate of the Jinling Gongyuan, queuing up to enter the examination room.

The third round of national examinations is about to be held, attracting attention from the whole country, and the families in the city and the people are paying attention to this matter.

Houses in the alleys of Chang'an Street.

Jia Sheng got up early one morning, wore a square scarf, put on a brand new Confucian robe, and prepared to go to the test, looking like a famous Confucian style.

In the past, famous scholars were just a name, and the scholars praised each other and were of little use.

But now it's different.

He Jia Sheng passed the 13th scholar in the Jinling County Examination and has the fame of scholars officially recognized by the Great Chu court.

The scholars enjoy some privileges. The government will issue hundreds of copper coins to scholars' living allowances every month. Although the money is not much, it also shows that the court attaches great importance to scholars.

Moreover, scholars are qualified to participate in the national examination, which is the stepping stone to becoming a juren.

His wife was helping Jia Sheng pack his bags for the exam, smiling all over her face, and whispered: "My husband, the pen and inkstone for the exam are all ready.

I bought the meat stew from Lao Li’s house on the street for you. It smells fragrant and is wrapped in oil paper. I took it out to eat when I was hungry at noon.

There is also a water hyacinth. I went to the Gongyuan to take the exam, so don’t worry about the family’s affairs.”

"Come on, my husband, have a hot soup!"

"Um!"

Jia Sheng nodded proudly and drank a bowl of steaming ginger broth brought by his wife. His whole body was warm and a heat was rising.

It's rare!

After passing the scholarship exam, his status in this family soared sharply, and his wife did not dare to yell in front of him without any convention.

Just after passing the national examination and becoming an official, he was able to be proud and return home in glory. He made the elders and fellow villagers who looked down on him, the second son of the Jia family, look at him very well.

The third round of the national examination in the Gengzi imperial examination!

He Jia Sheng is here!

After Jia Sheng finished drinking the soup, he wiped his mouth, put on his back on the examination equipment and went to the Jinling Gongyuan with great enthusiasm.

...

Hundreds of scholars who came early were gathered outside the gate of Jinling Gongyuan. The scholars were crowded, waiting in line for the Jinling yamen runners to search and enter the examination room.

The top group of scholars in the entire Great Chu Dynasty were greeting each other politely.

Among them are many very famous scholars, all over the country, but they have never met each other before.

During this national examination, I finally had the opportunity to gather in Jinling City and learn from each other.

"Brother Dongfang, you have long been famous. You are a famous Shandong talent and fellow villager of Prime Minister Kong. I finally met today. I am lucky! I will definitely be confident when I come to take the exam this time!"

Someone laughed.

"Haha, when I was young, I read all the theories of various schools and learned everything. I have a lot of books at home and I can't forget them all!

All the knowledge in the world is in my heart!

Today, I am determined to win the national test. I can answer any questions that Xiaohunhou makes difficult. Let’s see if I kill all the scholars and take the lead in the national test!

I wonder if you, Brother Sang Hongyang, can you, a talented man in Luoyang, have high school?"

Dongfang Su shook the fan and said with a smile.

"Brother Dongfang is so ambitious!"

Sang Hongyang smiled, "If you are the leader, you will definitely be second."

...

Outside the gate of Jinling Gongyuan.

The yamen runners checked the scholars who entered the tribute school one by one, searched their bodies, and prevented fraud such as plagiarism.

Many scholars passed the body searches of the yamen runners and entered the Jinling Gongyuan one after another.

Suddenly, a yamen runner found a large number of words copied by Yijuan on his clothes on a scholar's clothes, and he was furious.

"What a bold thief, plagiarism and fraud are strictly prohibited in the imperial examination! In the national examination, he dared to carry cheats and cheat openly. He beat three sticks and escorted the Tingwei Mansion to eliminate the fame of scholars and wait for the defeat!"

The yamen runner's leader was furious.

The scholar was pulled over his clothes and was so scared that his face was pale. He collapsed on the ground and cried in pain, "It's over, it's over! I was confused for a moment, it's beyond my reach!"

Several yamen runners rushed up like wolves and tigers, and wanted to serve the scholar.

The scholars watched the audience, looking at the unlucky scholar who was arrested.

They also want to carry a cheat sheet, but there are still very few who dare to do this.

There was chaos outside the Gongyuan.

At this time, a carriage from Pingwang Mansion slowly arrived outside the Jinling Gongyuan.

Chu Tianxiu got off the carriage and saw the chaotic scene. Several yamen runners were escorting a scholar to be punished in public. They couldn't help but ask: "Let's go, what's going on?"

"Little Marquis!"

When the yamen runner saw the examiner coming, he quickly said respectfully: "The prefect said that the person who copied the clamps had three sticks and kicked out of the examination room and escorted the Tingwei Mansion to question the crime! The young men found a scholar with cheats and were about to punish him, and they were about to be punished to serve as a warning to others!"

Chu Tianxiu immediately shook his head and said, "Don't execute the execution. I forgot to say that the third round of national examinations is different from the previous two games, and you can take the open paper exam.

There is no need to search your body. Scholars can bring any books into the examination room, and you can read them at will. Those who don’t bring books can also send them home to send them. You all let them go and let them enter the examination room!

There is no need to search the other scholars. If you verify the identity of the scholar, you can put them in the examination room."

"This...Little Marquis!"

The yamen runner was shocked when he heard this and said with a look of embarrassment: "But the prefect asked, it's hard for the young guys to get in the job!"

"All the rules of the national examination are decided by the examiner! If the prefect asks, let him come to me."

Chu Tianxiu waved his hand and ignored him.

"Thank you little marquis~!"

The scholar was so scared that he was about to pee, but he didn't expect that he would escape from death and kowtowed and thanked him repeatedly.

Outside the Jinling Gongyuan, the scholars were stunned and looked at each other, and soon all looked ecstatic.

Open paper exam?

Are books allowed to be brought into the examination room?

Is there such a good thing in the world?

During the first and second rounds of county examinations, the government searched extremely harshly. Even if a small note was entrained, it would be beaten out of the examination room with a stick.

Unexpectedly, when the third round of national examinations, I was relieved and allowed to bring books into the examination room.

In this case, their test scores will definitely soar!

"The examiner is so good!"

"My dear Lord is so enlightened. He should have been like this long ago! When we are in high school, we will definitely be at Hongmen Inn to entertain the mercy."

The scholars were full of excitement and thanked them repeatedly.

"Go to take the exam with peace of mind!"

Chu Tianxiu looked back at the scholars, smiled faintly, and walked into the tribute courtyard.

If these scholars rely on reading the "national exam" test paper, they will lose.

Chu Tianxiu came to the familiar hall of the Jinling Gongyuan.

At this time, Prime Minister Kong Hanyou and Censor Wang Su were sitting in the positions of deputy examiners on the left and right sides, drinking tea.

As deputy examiners, they must supervise the fairness and fairness of the national examination room.

As for the Jinling Prefecture Prefecture Wang Xu, he was completely ineligible to sit in the main hall and became one of the invigilators inspecting the Jinling Gongyuan, doing some miscellaneous tasks such as serving tea and pouring water.

"Little Marquis...I heard that you allow scholars to bring books and take the National Examination Open Paper Examination? Will this be inappropriate?!"

Kong Hanyou frowned and asked when he heard the report from the Jinling Prefecture Governor Wang Xu.

"It's okay, the test questions and answers are not on books. Almost all scholars have entered the tribute academy. The gate of the tribute academy is closed, and idle people are prohibited from entering and leaving. Let's start giving the national test papers!"

Chu Tianxiu smiled.

Kong Hanyou and Wang Su looked at each other and did not speak any further.

In this third round of national examination, Xiao Hunhou made the decision.

If you want to take the exam, just take the exam!

Kong Hanyou drank a cup of hot tea and took a national test paper. He wanted to see what difficult test questions Xiao Hunhou had.
To be continued...