Chapter 240 Imperial Examination (1)

   In the blink of an eye, a few days have passed.

  The sky just turned white today, and with the sound of a rooster crowing, the doors of every household were pushed open, and rushed to the street.

   The hawkers set up their stalls before dawn, occupying a place closest to the examination room.

  Countless scholars carrying bookcases poured out from various inns, and no less than a thousand scholars appeared on one street in less than a quarter of an hour, and the number was still increasing rapidly.

  Even though the capital is huge and there are countless inns, it still cannot house fifty thousand scholars. Therefore, under the suggestion of Lord Ye and Prime Minister Meng, Junli asked all the ministers in the capital to live in the scholars as long as they had idle Zhuangzi.

The ministers are naturally unwilling, but facing Junli, there are too many scholars nowadays, and the treasury should not spend too much. Either pay the scholars to rent the Zhuangzi of the wealthy households in the capital, or provide a place for the scholars to live in. choose one of them.

  Joke, the officials are not fools, and their own Zhuangzi is empty, so it is better to let those scholars live, but it can make a good impression in front of His Majesty. It's better than giving money to those black-hearted rich people.

  So in addition to the large and small inns in the capital, there are also Zhuangzi that are vacant by officials, some ordinary Zhuangzi in the capital of the royal family, and Zhuangzi that some rich households took the initiative to take out, all of which are full of people.

   Just like that, thousands of people lived in the vacant houses of ordinary people in the surrounding area under the arrangement of Mr. Ye. Of course, each commoner rented out a house and was given ten copper coins a day. This makes those people who have vacant houses at home very happy.

   Originally, it was a distressing thing for a family with fewer people and more houses, and it was even more annoying for the people to have to clean every day.

   Now that the empty house is rented out, it doesn’t matter if they have money every day, and they don’t need to bother to clean it. How could the common people disagree with such a good thing.

  Although ten copper coins a day is a little low, but in a month, that is 300 copper coins, which is enough for an ordinary family to eat and drink for half a month. Therefore, none of the common people was unwilling to register their vacant houses with the people specially arranged by Mr. Ye, and just wait for the scholars to come to them.

  Now the streets and alleys of the entire capital, various Zhuangzi, and common people's homes on the edge of the capital, all have countless scholars pouring out, walking towards the scientific research site one after another.

   Before dawn, the entire capital was full of crowds, ninety-nine percent of them were scholars.

  The teahouses and restaurants around the capital are all gorgeously dressed rich men or young ladies. Looking around from a height, they are all dense crowds, like a torrent of floods, and the people watching can't help but exclaim.

  With such a large number of people, even if the army returns to the city, it will not be such a grand occasion. It seems that there should be many people who can pass the exam this year.

  Many secretly observing people secretly said.

  In the crowd, Mo Kuang looked at the people carrying the bookcases, and couldn't help looking around, "Why hasn't Miss Mu come yet?"

  Hearing this, Bai Heng shook his head, pointed at the dense crowd beside him, and said helplessly, "There are so many people, are you sure Miss Mu can see us? Even if she can, I'm afraid she won't be able to get through."

   Several people looked around. Indeed, with so many people, it would be troublesome to move forward, let alone find someone.

   "Have you prepared all the dry food, but the test will take several days, which is really troublesome." Mo Kuang muttered, obviously dissatisfied with the test for a few days and not being allowed to come out.

  Liu Yuan smiled, pointed to the bookcase on his back and said, "Don't worry, it's all inside. Shopkeeper Wang will prepare it for us early in the morning."

   "Shopkeeper Wang is really careful." Mo Kuang scratched his head and said with a smile.

  Bai Heng shook his head, "If it wasn't for Ms. Mu, why would Shopkeeper Wang take such good care of us?"

  Hearing this, Liu Yuan nodded in agreement. Even Han Ye, who had been silent all this time, nodded slightly.

Mo Kuang also knew this, but seeing more and more people rushing over, he hurriedly said, "Hurry up, I will wait for you outside the building." Mo Kuang is a martial arts student, and the martial arts exam is in the imperial examination It was a few days after the exam, so Mo Kuang didn't have to go with Bai Heng and the others now.

   Several people nodded and walked slowly in the direction of the crowd.

The place where the imperial examination is held is not the same place as in previous years. Because there are too many scholars rushing to take the exam this year, although the martial arts students are excluded, there are still nearly 40,000 scholars. With such a large number of people, only the imperial palace in the capital can It's okay to pretend, but it's a pity that the imperial palace can't be used as an examination room.

  So as early as a month ago, Junli ordered people to circle an open space with an area of ​​10,000 square meters in the eastern suburbs of the capital. Fences were fenced around the circled open space, and there was a guard guarding every ten steps.

  The circled open space is surrounded by trees, which can block the scorching sun at noon. Every two steps there is a table and chairs, as well as pens, inks, papers and inkstones.

   Looking around, there are endless trees and tables, chairs and benches.

   Every 50 meters, there is a table and chair that is different from ordinary tables and chairs. It is the seat of the proctor.

  Because there are too many scholars rushing to take the exam this year, the proctors are no longer just three as in previous years, and they are still the proctors who turn a blind eye to plagiarism.

  There are more than 200 invigilators today. In fact, they should not be called invigilators, but they are more or less the same. Because the invigilator is sitting at the top position, and that position, this year's scientific examination will only belong to one person.

  These invigilators, that is, the inspectors are all Junli, and some honest and honest officials from the court have been pulled over to sit in charge. Of course, it is not enough to rely solely on the few honest and honest officials in the court. Therefore, during this month, Junli used the huge news network of the Dark Pavilion to start from the towns closest to the capital. All the officials who were upright and honest and loved by the people were all summoned by Junli to the palace and told them about themselves. Task.

   These officials alone were definitely not enough, so Jun Li brought all her hidden guards here. So much so that during the exam later on, many people would shrink back and look at the woman in official uniform, expressionless, and exuding a cold aura from time to time.

  Because the venue has not been announced before, it is a confidential act, so when the scholars rushed to the venue of the scientific research over the years, they looked at the densely packed people behind them, and their hearts were full of worry.

  There are so many people, but the venue is not that big, and it is not enough, and some people may have to be driven away.

  For a while, many scholars thought of this, and everyone couldn't help feeling insecure.

  It wasn't until Master Ye came to the examination room on a tall horse and announced loudly where this year's examination room was that countless scholars present were relieved.

  (end of this chapter)