Brother Wen pondered for a long time before he realized that this proposition was not quite right.

That's right, he doesn't want to make changes, so there is no need to be so persistent in finding a good boss with a long waiting period.

Of course, it would be nice to have a good boss, after all, no one wants to work with their head tied to their belt.

As long as my life is fine, nothing else matters!

The most urgent thing is to take a job as a editor first. Only after passing the exam can you be qualified to consider whether to work with your boss!

Brother Wen ushered in the new year of the ninth year of Hongzhi in his diligent preparation for the exam.

As a newly minted Zhejiang Jieyuan, he should have had a lot of social activities during the Chinese New Year, but because he was too young, many things were skipped, which created a more peaceful study environment for him than usual.

He didn't even go out to play during the Lantern Festival after the new year, nor did he follow Zhu Youtang and his son to see the lanterns. Only Xinshe's gatherings every ten days allowed him to show up.

It can be said that he is very eager to make things happen temporarily.

After all, this is a competition with the outstanding scholars selected from the Thirteen Roads of the two capitals of the Ming Dynasty.

I have worked hard to get here. If I don’t take the exam well next, I will be sorry for the whole year of preparation!

Not long after the Lantern Festival, this year’s examiners were finalized. The examiners for the joint examination were Zhou Jing and Wang Hao.

Among the two examiners, one with a higher official position is usually responsible for controlling the overall situation; the other with a slightly lower official position is responsible for doing the work (if something happens, he has to take the blame).

For example, Zhou Jing was the third-rank official, Zuo Shilang, equivalent to the second-in-command of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Last year, he, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian were presented to the imperial court as six cabinet candidates. In the end, Zhu Youtang preferred Li Dongyang and Li Dongyang. Become a running companion.

Wang Hao is currently a bachelor's degree student from the fifth-grade Hanlin Academy.

When Brother Wen entered the Imperial Academy, Zhou Jing had already left the Imperial Academy and worked in the Ministry of Etiquette and the Ministry of Household Affairs. He had not had much contact with Zhou Shilang. After learning that he was an examiner, he secretly whispered a few words to Xie Qian, saying that this Will Shilang Zhou be unhappy because of the incident last time?

Xie Qian glanced at him and asked abruptly: "Is this how you arranged Bichuan when you returned to Zhejiang for the provincial examination?"

Brother Wen couldn't help showing a surprised expression of "How did you know?", and then he quickly reacted and denied it: "Nothing! How could I arrange Mr. Bichuan? I never speak ill of others behind their backs. !”

That was all Qian Fu's doing, what does it have to do with him, Wang Xiaowen?

He didn’t judge a gentleman’s heart with a villain’s heart!

What a gentleman he is!

Xie Qian could tell at a glance that Brother Wen was guilty, and knew that Qian Fu must have told Brother Wen about the grudge between himself and Yang Bichuan.

Qian Fu's character is indeed incompatible with officialdom.

Xie Qian Weiwei taught: "The imperial examination is a ceremony for recruiting talents for the imperial court. No one will treat it lightly. Even if there is any conflict between the elders, they will not specifically target you as a child. What's more, Truffle is the most upright person. , are you the kind of person who holds grudges? You are here to take the exam. When you get to the exam room, you just need to answer the questions with your heart. You don’t have to worry about things outside the exam room."

What Xie Qian didn't tell Brother Wen was that he, Li Dongyang and Zhou Jing all worked together in the East Palace after Zhu Youtang left the court to study, and they had a close friendship for many years.

Even if Zhou Jing fails to join the cabinet, he will never fall out with them because of this kind of thing.

They have no control over who the emperor chooses to join the cabinet. Even seniors like Liu Jian only have the right to recommend them. In this case, what is there to complain about if they are not selected? How did Brother Wen know the connections in the court?

Like a spider web, they often go around and are all members of the same family? He listened carefully to Xie Qian's teachings, and finally asked cautiously: "Is Zhou Shilang's nickname Truffle?"

Xie Qian didn't know why, nodded slightly and replied: "Yes."

Brother Wen opened his mouth and said: "Green pines and clear dew are all noble things, and it is normal for scholars to use this as a nickname!"

After he finished boasting, he excitedly told Xie Qian about a delicious food he had heard about.

It is said that this thing often grows under the pine forest and is nurtured in the pine wind and morning dew. Many people call it truffle.

Truffles are rarely produced, but they taste great. They are a very precious ingredient!

Interestingly, I heard that there is a kind of sow that is particularly good at finding this kind of treasure, so it has a very down-to-earth name in Yunnan: Suigong fungus!

The world thinks pigs are dirty, but they don’t know that these dirty pigs can actually find the purest and most beautiful things in the world!

If he has the opportunity to go to Yunnan in the future, he will definitely drive the sows up the mountain to find pig fungi to eat!

Xie Qian:?????

For a moment, the image of Zhou Jing being humped by a sow appeared in Xie Qian's mind.

The image left such a deep impression on people that it lingered for a long time.

Fortunately, Brother Wen told him. If this kid had gone to talk to Li Dongyang, Li Dongyang would have been overjoyed to talk to Zhou Jing about the pig fungus.

Xie Qian was silent for a while and said to Brother Wen: "If you go to Tatsumi and talk about these nonsense, don't blame me and your third husband if you are deposed."

This is entirely the death of this kid himself and has nothing to do with teachers like them!

In fact, Brother Wen probably knew it when he heard that Xie Qian called Zhou Jing's nickname instead of Zhou Shilang.

Sometimes the relationship between people can be seen through just one title. Especially in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, where everyone's thoughts are twisted!

Brother Wen and Xie Qian chatted for a few words and strolled home to continue preparing for the exam.

It doesn’t matter who the examiner is, as long as there is no grudge!

In early February, Brother Wen and others had completed the printing process and were waiting for the triennial examination.

Compared with candidates, examiners enter the hospital two days in advance.

In addition to the two chief examiners Zhou Jing and Wang Hao, there were fourteen fellow examiners.

The examiners are mainly responsible for the subsequent grading work. They are also selected from the Hanlin Academy and the Ministry of Science and Technology. Among them, the Hanlin Academy accounts for eleven people, and the ones from the Ministry of Science and Technology are only brought in to maintain the fairness of the imperial examination.

Otherwise, they are all from the Hanlin Academy, and anyone who looks at them will murmur in their hearts!

Because there were so many fellow examiners in need, one or two newcomers to the Hanlin Academy like Jin Gui and others were selected to serve as coolies.

The grading work of the general examination is much more formal than that of the palace examination. Each examiner has a separate examination room. In theory, they cannot move around and discuss with each other (in fact, they walk around and have heated discussions throughout the whole process).

Among them, the "Book of Songs" has five sutra rooms (with five grading officers assigned), the "Book of Changes" and "Book of Books" have four sutra rooms, and the "Spring and Autumn" and "Book of Rites" have only two sutra rooms each.

Judging from the number of assigned scripture rooms and graders, whether it is "Book of Rites" or "Spring and Autumn", the number of candidates for examination is much smaller than the other three classics!

If Brother Wen knew the list of fellow examiners, he would definitely think that some of them looked familiar, and others looked familiar. However, the list of fellow examiners was not announced in advance, so Brother Wen didn't know for a while who was responsible for grading the papers this year.

It was almost time to enter the examination room, and Brother Wen had no intention of asking about this.

He no longer immersed himself in studying. He stayed at home every day to play with his younger brothers and sisters, and played chess with his second brother Wang Shoujian. He had a good sleep at night and waited peacefully for the exam day to come.

On the eighth day of February, candidates will be ready to enter.

Since the quota is evenly distributed to the two capitals and thirteen roads, for fresh graduates (those who took the provincial examination last year), even if no one is absent from the examination, the total amount will be just over a thousand.

However, considering that many candidates who failed in previous years will want to continue to take the exam, so counting these huge numbers of twice-cooked imperial examination meat, the number of people who will take the exam every year is very considerable!

So now the size of each round of examinations has changed from a thousand people at the founding of the country to three to four thousand people!

Doesn’t the security inspection work for so many people have to start directly from the eighth day of February?

Otherwise, the search would start early the next morning, and there would be no way to start answering questions at dawn!

Now that the number of candidates has reached this level, no idlers are allowed in the examination room. Several wooden fences have been placed outside the Gongyuan to isolate all relatives, friends and servants except the candidates.

Brother Wen could only obediently hang the test bag containing the answer sheet around his neck, and enter the venue carrying the test basket that had been checked repeatedly by his own mother.

The examination room is also arranged according to the "Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang" of Wenyuan Pavilion.

Brother Wen was also very lucky this time. He wasn't assigned any weird dormitory, and he was also ranked in the first row on the east side of the house, Tianba No. 8, which was very easy to find!

The only disadvantage may be that it is easily observed by the examiner sitting on the invigilator desk.

During the answer period, you will be watched by the examiner casually, which is exciting!

Perhaps because the venue has to accommodate nearly 4,000 candidates, the venue of the Gongyuan of Beijing is far less spacious than that of Gongyuan of Zhejiang, and even the dormitories are smaller.

Brother Wen only found out about this after he was seated.

Fortunately, he was still young and small, so he didn't feel crowded at all when he sat in this dormitory.

It’s barely considered one of the perks of taking the exam early!

Brother Wen found his seat and sat down. He also counted his exam equipment and made sure that his stomach was full and his bladder was empty before he waited for the exam to begin.

The sky was getting brighter, and the promotion officer of the Ministry of Rites took the examination questions to the Gongyuan School. Each candidate received the questions that the examiner had just drafted yesterday.

Theoretically speaking, the examiner will "unveil the book and issue the questions" the day before the exam starts, and they will print and issue the questions immediately.

At this time, the examiners have been locked in the Gongyuan, and it is logically difficult to leak the test questions to the outside world.

Unfortunately, the examiners all know early on that they are going to preside over Chunwei, and they often plan in advance what they will do after entering Gongyuan, so the possibility of leaking questions still exists.

Some examiners will even secretly reveal the scope of the questions to the students they are particularly optimistic about, in order to win a good ranking for their future students, and strive to leave a warm teacher-student friendship in the Ming Dynasty officialdom!

Brother Wen doesn't get this kind of treatment anyway.

Probably because his teachers have great confidence in him!

As the sun rises, he also gets brand-new first test questions.

Perhaps it was because it had just been printed not long ago, so the ink smell of the exam questions I received was still very strong.

Fortunately, Brother Wen understands the principle of contentment and happiness. You must know that engraving and printing were not that mature at that time, and everyone had to copy the questions by themselves when taking the imperial examination!

Now that the imperial court can issue you exam questions prepared by the examiner, what else are you dissatisfied with?!

Thanks to the advancement of technology!

Brother Wen was a little nervous at first, but he relaxed completely after getting the test questions.

Looking at the seven questions in the first exam, there is not a single question that he cannot master!
Chapter completed!