The leading official from the Ministry of Rites smiled and nodded slightly at the three candidates, and asked his colleagues on the left and right.
"Next, there are only three candidates left, and we also have three examiners."
"In that case, how about each of us is responsible for one candidate?"
As soon as the officials from the Ministry of Rites finished speaking, one of them stood up impatiently.
"Li Langzhong's words are very good, and I think it should be like this. Come on, Cai Liulang, please come with me..."
"???" Mr. Li and another official stared at this shameless colleague with dark expressions on their faces.
But in the end, I was concerned about my face and did not fight hand-to-hand to win or lose in front of these three candidates.
"This young master, I see that you are majestic and confident.
You must be very confident about "The Thousand Character Essay", so come with me, don't be nervous, I will give you a head start soon..."
Seeing that the treacherous prime minister and the powerful eunuchs were all taken away by his colleagues, the remaining Langzhong Li showed a somewhat reluctant smile to Gao Zhang.
"Master Gao, come to me. Well, you can already recite the Thousand-Character Essay, right?"
Li Langzhong, who signaled Gao Zhang to come forward, picked up a piece of rice paper with the "Thousand Character Essay" written on it and placed it on the table facing Gao Zhang.
Gao Zhang looked at the "Thousand Character Classic" which was no more than three feet away from his eyes.
With a confused look on his face, he raised his head and looked at Mr. Li, who had already sat back on the chair in front of him. He seemed to be too tired and was dozing off with his eyes narrowed.
"Don't be stunned and memorize it quickly. Although I have closed my eyes, my ears are still listening."
"..." Gao Zhang raised his head and looked at the clear sky and white sun.
Suddenly, I felt a little less certain that I could pass the Jinshi exam.
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Gao Zhang passed the exam very smoothly. In fact, he did not need to read the entire "Thousand Character Essay" on the case sheet to pass.
But what is regrettable is that in the Song Dynasty officialdom and the Gongyuan examination room, which are so dark that one's eyesight goes dark.
My talents and knowledge were completely unrevealed in this annoying audition site.
But then I thought about it, and the culprit for this situation must be the Hunjun of the Song Dynasty.
Perhaps it is precisely because the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked, and it will crooked to the sky.
However, considering the late Northern Song Dynasty, the livelihood of the people and the military and state affairs were almost no longer the main considerations of the important officials in the court.
Rather, a series of internal strife such as party strife and involution have become the mainstream affairs in officialdom in the late Northern Song Dynasty.
So in the not-too-distant future, the Song Dynasty was actually captured by the Jin Tatars.
And Zhao Ji, the emperor of the Song Dynasty who believed in immortals, even made a farce of letting an old liar board the city in order to use "immortal magic" to resist the enemy's troops...
While my mind was thinking wildly, I read the "Thousand-Character Essay" happily.
With a swish sound, the "Thousand-Character Classic" on the desk disappeared instantly, and Gao Zhang's floating bill was signed and signed by Mr. Li, and then he handed it to Gao Zhang with a smile.
"Okay, okay, you passed the special examination. Congratulations, young man, your future is limitless."
"Thank you Mr. Li for your kind words." Gao Zhang sensibly bowed to the examiner before taking the floating ticket.
Almost at the same time, Gao Zhang saw a confused Tong Zhisheng and a dull-looking Cai Laoliu both appearing in sight with their respective floating tickets.
The two examiners smiled and comforted the two young people who had also successfully passed the examination.
Cai Laoliu looked at the floating ticket in his hand, thinking about the suffering these days, his eyes suddenly turned red.
"If I had known it would be so easy to try, I, wouldn't all my suffering be in vain..."
Tong Zhisheng on the side nodded his head with deep feeling, and seemed to have some unspeakable addiction.
He never thought that he, who was so broken, could actually pass this special test.
It was very complicated to see these two people, but fortunately they had already passed the examination.
Gao Zhang, who really needed to recruit the back-up people to form the Jinshi group, felt that he should do something.
"Big boy brother, junior brother, since we are in the same group for the exam, we also passed the special exam unanimously."
"Next, are you two willing to apply for the Jinshi Science and Technology Provincial Examination with me?"
As soon as Gao Zhang said this, the faces of Tong Zhisheng and Cai Laoliu, who were still very full of emotions, changed drastically.
With an expression of disbelief on his face, he looked at Gao Zhang, who was younger than them and far inferior in height and weight.
Seeing that this boy was quite pleasing to the eye, Tong Zhisheng couldn't help but persuade him.
"Do you really want to be admitted to the imperial examination? Brother Xiao Gao, you can't talk nonsense, right?"
"The official just now told Tong that it would be okay to try it out, but don't think about it anymore."
It seems that although this Tong Zhisheng is stupid, he is not stupid at all.
Cai Laoliu snorted with some disgust, as his own father was also an official in the imperial examination.
You, the son of a captain who plays football, actually want to take the imperial examination. Why don't you go to heaven?
"That's right, senior brother, you'd better give up on this idea. It's simply impossible."
Looking at these two people, Gao Zhang felt that his level was again and definitely better than these two, so it was necessary to support these two.
"That's what you think. Presumably the people around you think that too. Am I right?"
Tong Zhisheng and Cai Laoliu thought about it and nodded in unison. There was nothing wrong with what they said.
"And among us, the officials and officials, there are probably no more than ten of us who study seriously and honestly, right?"
The two continued to nod.
"So, they must have the same idea as you. They can pass this special test because the threshold has been lowered by the government."
"As those examiners said, officials must never lower the threshold for the Jinshi imperial examination.
After all, countless gentlemen in the world who study poetry and books are staring at this road to heaven. "
The two continued to nod, and there was still nothing wrong with their words.
"So, those who have some ability know that they will definitely not be able to pass the exams of those who have studied hard for more than ten or twenty years.
They might choose some common subjects that are easier to pass, and they might become officials because of this.
As for those who are incompetent and can get away with it after passing the other examination, I am afraid there will be no success. "
"Of course." Tong Zhisheng nodded matter-of-factly. After all, he thought so too.
Cai Laoliu next to him also deeply believed it, with a face full of approval.
Seeing these two people behave like this, Gao Zhang was delighted.
"Have you ever thought about it? The three of us have all passed the special examination, but it is difficult to pass the imperial examination and the provincial examination.
That being the case, why don’t we go against the current and take advantage of it? "
"Compared with those officials' children who failed in other regular examinations, the three of us took the Jinshi examination. Although we failed, we..."
Several officials who were patrolling the Gongyuan saw three officials' sons who were different in height, fat and thin, chattering there.
Especially the handsome young man with red lips and white teeth, who was making gestures there.
He was talking about the scene where Tong Zhisheng, who was as strong as an ox, and Cai Laoliu, who was obese, had squinting eyes and nodded repeatedly.
