As soon as he walked out of the examination room, there was no brazier, and he was in a cold clothes. He tightened his clothes and stepped out of the gantry.

Shortly after he left, the main door was closed. The candidates who were being collected inside had to wait until the gantry door was opened again before they could line up to prevent stampede incidents.

This is the benefit of handing in early papers.

But Zhou Yuan and others who came with him were still in the examination room, so he was waiting at the door.

From time to time, several people walked out of the examination room.

It is probably also my intention to be with Bai Gui. I can hand over the papers in advance when the clerk collects the papers, and I can also come out early.

"Brother, I wonder how you answered the four books questions? How did you solve them?"

When a middle-aged Confucian scholar in a county town walked out of the Longmen, he saw Bai Gui waiting with a test basket. His eyes lit up and he hurriedly stepped forward and asked.

The county is not big, and the four teenagers studying in Bailu Academy are particularly noticeable. Although there are some tricks to be able to do this, as long as they are not mediocre, their knowledge will definitely not be much worse.

Therefore, he wanted to ask how Bai Gui answered the test paper and add some confidence to him.

"By the way, there are historical topics..."

The middle-aged Confucian scholar walked to Bai Gui and asked.

"I don't remember."

Bai Gui shook his head, how could these things in the exam be easily revealed to others? Tang Yin, who was in the Ming Dynasty, said that he would definitely win after the spring exam. Everyone knew that Tang Yin was talented, but Tang Yin was still deprived of his fame and fortune and was involved in the imperial examination fraud case, and he never raised his head in his life.

In February of the 12th year of Hongzhi, Tang Yin, Xu Jing, Du Mu, and a group of juren who participated in the examination had a dinner to celebrate the end of the examination. Tang Bohu was the first in the provincial examination in Yingtian Prefecture and the first in the provincial examination in Yingtian Prefecture, and the value of the imperial examination was too high. Then Tang Yin drank a lot and said that his examination must be Huiyuan and Wenwu was the first. When other candidates asked, Tang Yin would immediately reveal the content of the examination paper. As a result, when the examination was released, Tang Yin was unknown on the list and was arrested by the Jinyiwei to the prison of the custody of the Ministry of Justice. The charge was for fraud in the imperial examination. At the same time, the unlucky one was also the Minister of Rites Cheng Minzheng, who was also cheated by Tang Yin.

After the exam, it’s no benefit to have a big mouth.

This is a society ruled by man.

The middle-aged Confucian scholar's expression became much dim, but he still maintained his demeanor. He bowed to Bai Guixu and prepared to retreat.

"What a rampant boy, senior, how could he be so perfunctory?"

Some candidates were angry and thought that this was a contempt for middle-aged Confucian scholars and immediately stood up. However, they were limited to pointing fingers at Bai Gui in the same place, and for a moment, he became a crazy student.

"Everyone, now that we have left the exam room, what is the benefit of thinking about the content of the paper?"

"It's better to just put your mind on the next exam."

Bai Gui apologized to everyone and said.

He was not angry about this, and he was worried about the lessons of the past, so he was worried, but other candidates were different.

Besides, although his tone is humble, the content is indeed a bit over. Today, these candidates can help middle-aged Confucian scholars stand up for justice, and tomorrow, and they are justified. What can I blame?

Upon hearing this, the candidates who had just spoken sarcastically also looked ashamed and bowed to apologize to each other. For a moment, the atmosphere of everyone became more harmonious.

Although fame and fortune are fought for by thousands of people, it is not because everyone hates each other.

Judging from talent and knowledge!

Soon, the gantry opened wide.

At this time, the candidates who walked out were not as excited as the previous candidates. Some candidates cried bitterly, covered their faces with their sleeves, and their relatives and friends who had already prepared had come forward to comfort them.

Several elderly candidates looked worried, shook their heads, sighed, and hid in the crowd alone with the shabby exam basket. Soon, they disappeared.

Back then, they were also young people and were comforted by relatives and friends.

Now, I am alone.

All sentient beings are like this.

"Brother Bai, I didn't expect you to hand over the paper early, no wonder we didn't see you."

Zhou Yuan smiled and said something.

In this county examination, as long as the ancient county magistrate does not obstruct it, it will be safe to win!

"Go back first."

Bai Gui looked at the three people taking the exam. Zhou Yuan looked the most proud. He was the most skilled in classics and had a guess about the temperament of the ancient county magistrate. It should be no big problem. The remaining Bai Xiaowen was neither happy nor disappointed. Lu Zhaopeng was a little worried about gains and losses...

At this moment, Zhou Yuan was so proud that he was no less than sprinkling salt on a person's wound.

Zhou Yuan also realized something and apologized to the few people for compensation, so he took the exam basket to the academy together while the night was dark.

Come to the entrance of the academy.

The frustrated Lu Zhaopeng fell three or four steps away. Bai Gui stepped forward to comfort him, "Zhaopeng, it was just a failed county examination. Your other knowledge is also excellent. Now it is not only the way out for the imperial examination."

During the Westernization Movement, the imperial examination system changed a lot, which was different from the previous dynasty.

For example, the Guangdong Provincial Translation Examination was established in the third year of Tongzhi to cultivate translation talents for the Qing court to communicate with foreigners. It was stipulated that if you succeed in learning in Tongwenguan in three years, you can be allowed to translate the local examination, and your qualification is equivalent to that of the Imperial College. If you are proficient in Spanish, you can directly transfer to Beijing for the examination and be given an official position.

When the Westernization Party was holding the Westernization Affairs Office, it was found that "the strength of the navy is based on ships and cannons as the main body, and the cleverness of ships and cannons as the foundation." Therefore, in the ninth year of Tongzhi, Shen Baozhen and Yinggui proposed the plan to establish a special mathematics subject. The admissions can "inside, the Prime Minister's Affairs Office, the Second Ministry of Work, outside, the Navy, the Guanqi, the Salt and Grain Office, and the various bureaus of ships and cannons." Although it was finally rejected, the Algorithm Department was specially established after the Sino-French War.

However, the calculation students in the algorithm subject must not only learn modern literature and theory knowledge, but also learn the words of the sages of the Four Books and Five Classics, and the number of admissions is quite limited.

In the 1889 Ji Chou Encai provincial examination, there were only fifteen students who were counted as student candidates, and even the most basic requirement for setting up an examination room was not met.

In addition, there are also art disciplines, etc.

Later, the reform and reform made many improvements to the imperial examinations and added many special subjects.

However, compared with the above special subjects, the traditional eight-legged essay is the right way to win the scholar.

Of course, the current eight-legged scholarship is different from the previous dynasty. In the reform, it was mentioned that "the combination of the regular subject and the economic year-end is one, and all the strategies are tried. If you discuss it, try to learn the reasons; if you plan, try to test the current affairs, and also specialize in it."

The censor Song Bolu wrote a letter to bluntly: "Those who came from the imperial examinations never knew anything from Western studies; those who came from the academic studies were confused in middle schools."

Therefore, in the current trial, in the 24th year of the Guangxu period, the Ministry of Rites re-wrote the 13th article of the township examination regulations: "Each discussion of strategies expresses his own opinions, and the rules should be broad. I will use the test scholars to emphasize economics and practical knowledge, and I should be more concerned about the actual situation, and there is no empty talk..."

but……

This involves the provincial examination and the imperial examination.

Whether it is the Westernization Movement or the Reform Movement, it is a top-down improvement. The provincial examination above has changed, but the county examination below has been the same as the county examination, government examination, and college examination below, and it has only added a little more and more.

For example, the Zishui County County Examination that just ended, according to convention, has no historical topics, only the Four Books, Five Classics, and the Exam Poems.

The Ming and Qing Dynasties did not value poetry and essays, so the first county examination was cancelled.

"Yes, Brother Gui, it's just an exam!"

Lu Zhaopeng murmured to himself, tears fell down his cheeks, "Eh Dad and Eh Master paid Eh My Brother to go to school just to be able to set up a few cannons on Eh’s ancestral grave before their lifetime, so that they can have the shame to meet their ancestors after they go down..."

"Uh, I'm not a human being. I know the temperament of the Gu County Magistrate, so I've written it on the reform..."

"Well, I'm sorry for the ancestors!"

He whispered softly, then turned into a wailing loudly.

Bai Gui was silent and could only gently stroke Lu Zhaopeng's back, comforting Lu Zhaopeng with silent words.

Writing the reform seems to be a fool's behavior.

But... it's just a bit foolish.

Silly cute.

Do it even though you know it cannot be done.
Chapter completed!