The prefectural examination is the second level among the three levels of children's examination. Children who are admitted in the county examination can go to the prefecture to take the prefectural examination.
Those who pass the government examination can be called Tongsheng.
However, although they are children, there are many children with gray hair and wasted half of their lives.
Because the entrance examination was held in the middle of the night, it was still dark when Xu He and the others arrived in front of the examination booth.
The number of candidates for the government examination was more than ten times or even dozens of times that of the county examination. There was a sea of people in front of the government examination shed. Xu He and the five of them would have been scattered to nowhere if not for the protection of the soldiers sent by Sun Qianshi.
Xu He looked up and saw lanterns raised from bamboo poles hanging at intervals in front of the government office wall. The lanterns were strangely shaped.
After careful identification, I found that the lantern at the front door said Jiangdu County!
When Xu He saw this, he immediately knew what was going on. It turned out that under this lantern was where school children from various counties gathered.
He quickly ordered everyone to search for the lanterns in Hailing County.
After a while, Chu Yuan pointed to the sky on the west side of the government office gate and said: "There."
Xu He looked to the west and saw a lantern in the sky with the words "Hailing County" written on it in the shape of a bull's head.
Everyone quickly crowded over there.
When I got closer, I looked at the lantern again and saw four small characters below the three big characters of Hailing County... [a small test].
"It's interesting!" All of this was very new and interesting to Xu He.
After a while, the government office door was opened, and a group of officials walked out of the government office surrounded by two officials.
One of the two officials was Li Zhijie, the former magistrate of Hailing County, and the man in front of him was skinny, with a dark face like an old farmer, and a solemn look on his face. He must be the new acting magistrate of Yangzhou Prefecture, the former Gaoyou Prefecture Zhizhou Peng Ruyu.
Magistrate Peng stood on the steps of the government office, frowning slightly and did not speak, but scanned the noisy and crowded crowd below the steps with his eyes.
Gradually, the noise died down, until there was only the occasional cough and the crackle of a torch.
When Magistrate Peng saw that the crowd had calmed down, he slowly said: "Zhou Yi, the former magistrate of Yangzhou Prefecture, was imprisoned yesterday by the royal guards. In order not to delay the hard work of you and other students preparing for lessons, the imperial court urgently ordered me to act as the magistrate of Yangzhou. The imperial court loves talents. The respect for the virtuous is evident!”
Hearing the news that Zhou Yi was imprisoned, for ordinary schoolchildren who had not received the news, it was undoubtedly like a thunderous shock that made everyone look at each other.
Peng Ruyu ignored everyone's reaction and continued with a stern face: "Today the imperial court has appointed me to act as the prefect, so Peng's first thing is to promote talents for the country. I will say a few things below, please listen!"
"First, if there is anyone who has the intention of cheating, whispering, or pretending to be someone else during the examination, I advise you to turn around and leave now. Don't take any chances!"
As soon as this statement came out, the crowd immediately became commotion, but everyone was still brave and did not dare to leave!
But Peng Ruyu's next sentence immediately made the crowd explode: "During the exam, the prefect personally called the roll, and after going through the security checkpoint and identification, he was searched and inspected before he was allowed to enter the examination room. At that time, the security checkpoint and the security checkpoint were confirmed. Behind my family, if there are impostors or those who are not qualified to take the exam, once they are discovered or have their tools inspected on-site, all of them will be deprived of their academic qualifications, and all the students will have their merits revoked. This government will report them to the government and they will not be allowed to take the exam again for life. Someone is investigating!"
Before everyone could react, Peng Ruyu said again: "As for the search and inspection, this government examination is in accordance with the standards of the provincial examination and the joint examination. Everything is strict. The candidates will take off their clothes and be inspected by the government's fast-shift servants. Any suspects will be expelled!" "
As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar at the stairs. An old schoolboy with a gray beard suddenly became angry and shouted in succession: "The prefect will not give us scholars dignity!"
"Yeah, it's really insulting to politeness!"
The two people who were assigned to protect each other with Xu He saw everyone shouting. They wanted to shout too, but Xu He turned back and glanced at them, and they suddenly fell silent.
There was no way, Xu He had a strong background in their minds. He was the head of the county trial, had troops and ships from the Haidao Yamen, and could live directly in the Yangzhou Guard Command Yamen. They were glanced at by Xu He and immediately coughed in embarrassment. I dare not say it anymore.
Peng Ruyu stood on the steps and snorted coldly. With a wave of his hand, the soldiers who were temporarily maintaining order from the Yamen rushed into the crowd like wolves and tigers, and captured a few schoolchildren who shouted the most fiercely.
"Kick them all away! You won't be allowed to take the government examination this year!" Peng Ruyu said coldly.
The soldiers got the order and immediately dragged those people out of the crowd. One of them, an old school boy with white hair and beard, was dragged by the soldiers. He cried so hard that tears and snot flew from his nose. Everyone who saw him felt compassion.
The two people behind Xu He were still a little dissatisfied, but at this time they were already frightened, and they were secretly grateful to Xu He for blocking them just now.
Seeing that the candidates were silent, Peng Ruyu knew that killing the chicken to scare the monkeys worked, so he stopped talking and waved again: "Start checking the floating tickets."
The first batch of schoolchildren from Jiangdu County were put into the examination booth.
After about half an hour, it was the turn of the next county.
By the time we arrived in Hailing County, the sky was already filled with red clouds.
Everyone who was originally tired from waiting rubbed their eyes and followed the team in.
After entering the first dragon gate of the examination shed, Xu He saw the teacher and Magistrate Peng sitting at the table next to the corridor.
I saw Magistrate Peng personally taking the first student's ticket. He first looked him up and down, and then said: "Luo Tianxiang, sponsor and sponsor, stand behind me!"
Immediately, two people walked out of the crowd not far away. It turned out that the person Luo Tianxiang was protecting was a junior student. He did not find four schoolchildren to protect each other, so there were only two people.
The Lin Sheng and the Lin Sheng appointed by the government walked behind Magistrate Peng.
Magistrate Peng pointed at Luo Tianxiang and said, "You two guaranteed his marriage, but did you check whether the other party is qualified for the imperial examination?"
It was the first time for the two students to see the government examinations being so strict, and they all said with trepidation, "Report to Master Futai, the students have been inspected and everything is correct!"
Magistrate Peng didn't waste any time and took out a document and asked them to sign it: "In the future, if someone accuses Luo Tianxiang of being an impostor and having prostitutes, prostitutes, slaves, servants, slaves, and their descendants in the family, you two will be expelled from the family." Do you understand the qualifications?"
The two men almost gritted their teeth and said, "I understand!"
After the paperwork was over, Luo Tianxiang stood aside and began to take off his clothes like a quail in front of everyone.
The weather in early spring was still very cold, and he was shivering from the cold, so he resigned himself to the inspection by the government officials.
Luo Tianxiang is still considered a teacher here. After the government officials pinched every corner of his clothes, they asked him to put on his clothes and go in.
At this point, the schoolboy from Hailing County is qualified for the government examination.
However, the next person will not be as lucky as Luo Tianxiang.
Some of the informants who were on bail were not qualified to take the exam, and some of them found cheat sheets in their pens. Li Zhijie, the former magistrate of Hailing County, looked livid.
Finally, it was Xu He's turn to submit the floating ticket.
Peng Ruyu took the floating ticket from Xu He, looked at it for a while, and finally looked up at him: "Are you Xu He?"
