The Tongsheng Examination is divided into county and prefecture examinations. The county examination is held in the county seat and is presided over by the county magistrate. Only after passing five consecutive tests can you take the prefecture examination. The prefecture examination is held in the prefecture and takes three consecutive tests. After passing the test, you will become a tongsheng.

The county examination lasts only one day. You don't have to live in the examination room, but you have to have a meal in the examination room.

Dongming Ziyu went to the county town one day in advance and lived in the yard behind the dim sum shop. Although the street was a little unclean, he could enter the space and it didn't hinder him.

Early the next morning, when the sky was still dark, Dongming Ziyu got up.

Shangguan Ruoli prepared breakfast in the space, chicken soup noodles, two poached eggs, and two vegetables to go with the meal.

Dongming Ziyu ate it to get some space.

Dalang blushed while setting out breakfast, "Fourth Uncle, this is the breakfast Wenhui sent over early in the morning."

Dongming Ziyu's stomach was quite full, so he ate a symbolic bun and excused himself as being too nervous to eat any more.

I checked the test basket again to make sure I had everything, and then set off to the exam room.

Dong Youliang and Dalang insisted on sending him away, which made him dumbfounded. He was not a child, so he had to be sent by others, and one of them was a nephew. But they insisted, so he let them send him away.

The examination room was not too far away from the snack shop, and it took more than a quarter of an hour to walk there.

It was still dark at this time, and there were tall torches erected outside the ceremony room. There were already many people waiting in line, and there were police officers and policemen nearby to maintain order.

Standing next to them were some family members or servants who had come to take the exam, whispering instructions to the candidates.

"Son, take the exam well! I'm counting on you to be a shining star!"

"Son, if you pass the exam, you can do whatever you want. If you fail, I will... hum!"

"Take the exam well, don't be nervous, perform normally and you will get the exam."

Dalang saw several people from Nanbeixi Village among those people, including Jiang Haoguang's youngest son.

The Jiang family is a well-known family in Liulin County, and all the teachers in the clan school are also famous. There are many children coming to take the Tongsheng test this time.

Well, most of them are children or teenagers. Dongming Ziyu, who is over 1.8 meters tall, stands in, and he really stands out!

There were also many adults, including two old men with gray beards.

Dalang felt a little nervous and asked in a low voice: "How many people need to take the exam?"

Dongming Ziyu said: "There are probably more than three hundred people."

Jiangnan has a strong literary style, and although Liulin County is not a big county, there are still many people studying for scientific examinations. Of course, this means that competition will be fierce.

When it was getting light, the door of the ceremony room opened, and two groups of soldiers ran out and guarded the door.

The yamen officials drove away the people who were taking the exams and asked the candidates to line up and enter the examination room in an orderly manner.

Dongming Ziyu took the test basket from Dalang's hand and said, "You guys go back."

Dong Youliang whispered: "Don't be nervous, take the exam well."

Dalang also said: "Fourth uncle, please don't be nervous..."

He himself was more nervous than Dongming Ziyu, and his voice was a little trembling.

Dongming Ziyu waved his hand and told them to go back quickly. They lined up and walked forward slowly.

When it was his turn, he first handed over his identity document and test card, and the soldiers checked his appearance based on the description and portrait on the document. Then he was asked to take off his coat and inspect it inside and out to prevent any contamination.

Another soldier checked his test basket, and seeing that there was no place to hide the note, he let it pass. Those with steamed buns were opened and examined.

Generally speaking, the examination is not very strict. Maybe this is the most preliminary county examination, and there is not much benefit if you pass it.

After entering the ceremony room and waiting for all the candidates to enter, they were led by the county magistrate and other officials to offer incense to Confucius, and the rules of the examination room were read out by the teacher.

Then the county magistrate announced: "The entrance examination will begin."

Dongming Ziyu took the examination card and found his room under the leadership of the yamen servant, and couldn't help but frowned.

Too small!

Narrow and short, about 1.2 meters wide. His tall figure of 8.8 meters had to bend down slightly, almost filling the room.

He looked around. On the left was an old man with a gray beard, and on the right was an eleven or twelve-year-old boy with a rather childish face and baby fat on his face.

He took out a wet rag and wiped the tables, chairs and wooden boards. After sitting down, he closed his eyes and rested, waiting for the papers to be handed out.

After the test papers are handed out, light the candles and start reviewing the papers. After scanning all the contents from top to bottom, open the test basket. Take out the inkstone and ink sticks, and while grinding the ink, think about how to answer.

The content of today's test is about scriptures, and the amount of questions is very large. The test is on memory. Take a paragraph from the Four Books and Five Classics at random, and fill in the context related to it based on the content of this paragraph.

Dongming Ziyu read the content and breathed a sigh of relief. He knew all the content by heart. Although he could enter the space to read the book, he was not a gentleman after all.

At noon, the students began to move around. Some stood up and walked around, some went to the toilet, and some cooked rice and boiled water.

Dongming Ziyu also stopped writing, put the paper into a cloth bag, carried it on his back, and went to the toilet.

To prevent cheating, the huts are set up in the examination room. With so many people, even the rooms far away can still smell something. The stinky rooms close by are hard to describe, and the students' noses are stuffed

Holding two cotton balls.

When Dongming Ziyu came back, he took out a small stove, a small iron pot, and a water hyacinth from the test basket, and started cooking.

Because the room was open, he could not enter the space to have lunch, so Shangguan Ruoli prepared fried noodles, seasoning bottles, vegetables, soy sauce beef, and fruits for him.

The 'instant noodles' were put into the boiling water, and soon they emitted an attractive fragrance, attracting both the examiner and the patrolling soldiers to look over.

Dongming Ziyu calmly put the seasonings, vegetables, and then the beef slices in sauce, and the aroma became stronger.

The little boy who was nibbling on the steamed bun looked over eagerly and swallowed hard.

The veteran examinee who was chewing on the dry sesame cake stopped chewing and looked at Dongming Ziyu eating the noodles with a look of resentment.

The patrolling soldier pretended to pass by casually, looked into Dongming Ziyu's small pot, licked his lips, and walked away slowly.

Mrs. Qian sat cross-legged on the pit, eating a big meat bun, and burped, "I don't know what Si'er is taking for exams. He doesn't know how to cook, and I don't know how he ate at noon."

Wulang's little mouth was oily as he ate, "Don't worry, my mother has prepared noodles and meat for dad."

Ling Yue held a big bun and gnawed it like a little hamster, "I heard that the examination room is very simple, the room is very narrow, and the taste is not good. Dad, Xijie, I'm afraid I can't eat anything. It's so pitiful!"

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After saying that, he took a bite of the bun and said, "It smells so good."

Mrs. Qian hit her Xu Xu and scolded her with a smile: "You little heartless child, why are you gloating about others' misfortune!"

Ling Yue shook her head because her father had been an emperor, and he also went to experience a scientific examination. This is called understanding the sentiments of the people.

Shangguan Ruoli was really worried that Dongming Ziyu would be assigned a bad name. Let alone eating, he would be lucky if he didn't vomit.

She made several dishes and put them in the space. If there was a chance, he could go into the space and eat some.

Unexpectedly, Dongming Ziyu never entered the space, and it was not until night that the two met in the space.

Shangguan Ruoli saw that his expression was acceptable, and then asked: "How was the test?"

Dongming Ziyu smiled and said: "It's pretty good. Not only did he do well in the exam, he also attracted a lot of business for our dim sum shop."
Chapter completed!