Chapter 44 Participating in the County Examination

Li Miao's only follower Li Shi took part in the county examination. Even though Li Shi is not very tall, he is very smart. Besides, Li Shi is pretty good at his homework. Li Miao wanted to train him. Although Li Shi was ranked tenth, his martial arts value was much stronger than that of ordinary people, but he was still young and his body had not yet developed.

Li Miao feels that Li Shi should be the most promising among the guards in the future. It's not that he doesn't value the value of force, he still values ​​it very much. It's easier to train such a person, and he needs to have a brain. Someone who is capable of getting things done. Li Shi now. Following behind Li Miao on a chain, this scenery. The guards are really jealous. Is it because the number is the largest?

A group of people came to the county town. There were two scholars who went through the examination procedures, and five people jointly guaranteed it. The scholar's guarantee is also one of the sources of income for the scholar's county examination, which takes place twice in three years. There is a fee for scholar guarantee. This was also the case when they took the county examination in the past. This is historical practice.

The county examination fee for candidates is about twenty taels of silver. Of course, if you are very poor, you can still get a little more, seventeen or eighty taels of silver. But there was basically no one around. Poverty has always been looked down upon.

People don't want to get involved in your poverty. He was born in his thirties and became a Jinshi in his fifties. Not many people take the county examination at the age of thirty, and they have not passed the Tongsheng examination at the age of thirty. The scholar was almost hopeless. Unless the family background is relatively good. Can a poor scholar take the exam until he is thirty? I have long been too poor to have any money to take the exam again.

This time, thirty-five people came to the town for reference. A total of only four to five hundred people from more than a dozen towns and villages took the exam. Take the top thirty candidates. The difficulty is still quite high. No wonder there hasn't been a single child born in their village so far.

When it comes to scientific examinations, we have to talk about scientific examination fraud. Because this is the gateway to wealth. Some people say that thousands of troops and horses cross the single-plank bridge. Although it's a bit much. But it’s not that bad. We often hear that nine times out of ten gambling is bad, why? Because if there is profit, someone will take advantage of it. The benefits of scientific research are much greater than gambling. How is it possible that no one got in?

The real fraud is not that a certain candidate copied books on his clothes. That's stupid. It’s not that a certain examiner leaked the test questions before the exam. The risk is too high. After all, the imperial court attached great importance to scientific examinations. General exams. Examiners will avoid suspicion. If you can achieve the position of examiner, your career should still be good. How can you risk yourself by taking an exam? The gain outweighs the loss.

I have heard such a story. An examiner agreed with the candidate to add a small amount after each paragraph of the article. In the days before punctuation, it was easy for an examiner to spot the papers of the person he was charged with taking care of. So it can be clicked. But this candidate wanted to help a friend. So the examiner discovered that many candidates had added a small dot after the paragraph in the test paper, and the operation failed in the end.

So really the biggest fraud. They all appear on the examiner. rather than the candidates. They have plenty of recruits.

The county examination was similar to recruitment in later generations. After the first test, more than half of them were killed. Generally, there are about 150 people left. The top 30 are called the main list. The closer to the center, the higher the ranking. The more than 100 people in the back are called the deputy list, which means you can still take the exam. If the ranking falls out of the top 50, basically There's no chance, because basically they don't care about you very much. If you take the exam, you've already paid the tuition fee, so you can practice again. Therefore, these people are fighting for their reputation. After all, it is good to take part in the re-examination.

During the exam, Li Miao was very good at writing in Guange style. The examiner would never cancel the paper directly. After a second look, it looked good. He had solid basic skills and good articles. He passed. So Li Miao’s preliminaries rematch. They are all in the center of the top thirty.

Why isn't it the most central? As the saying goes, there is no first in literature and no second in martial arts. Everyone has his or her own preferences when it comes to articles. You say this should be first, and he says that that should be first. Besides, doesn’t it matter? It's good if it's in the center.

so. I can guarantee that the examiner will not give up on my beautiful Guange style. After reading the contents of my paper, it is not even mentionable that it is real material. Basic content of the Four Books and Five Classics. This is obvious, right and wrong. As for articles, the county examination is mainly based on basics, just one or two articles.

Besides, I also wrote well. You can take care of your connections, but you will not fail me, and the ranking will not be too low. I won't hinder you in anything. If you go too far, you might get into trouble. Can you step down? Can you be an examiner?