Three days later, the exam officially ended.

"military adviser!"

After Xu Huang sent all the candidates away with duty, he came to the marking room outside the paper marking room for a long time. When he saw Lin Chen appear, he hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "The candidates have all left, and......"

"What's the matter?" Lin Chen could see at a glance the entanglement that could not be hidden on Xu Huang's face.

"When Huang just sent the candidates out, he saw another group of people..."

When Xu Huang said this, he secretly looked at Lin Chen, and saw that the latter had no reaction, so he continued:

"Those people were all from farmers, saying that they were ordered by His Majesty's edict. Not only do they need to be literate, but they can also be illiterate..."

Speaking of this, he stopped again.

Xu Huang himself felt it was exaggerated.

How can I take the assessment if I can't read?

But his mission is to report the surrounding situation to Lin Chen, so naturally he cannot hide it.

"Oh, that's the case."

Under Xu Huang's surprised gaze, Lin Chen nodded, thought for a while and said, "This way, Gongming will remember to go out and tell His Majesty later and let His Majesty put these people in. I will write the test questions on the wall later. Then you can just let the soldiers under your command tell them the test questions."

"Oral?" Xu Huang asked uncertainly.

"Of course."

Lin Chen said in surprise: "They are illiterate, so what should I do if I don't tell the words?"

"If they pass the assessment..." Xu Huang asked subconsciously.

Halfway through the question, he suddenly realized that this was not the question he should have asked.

"These people are very special. If they can pass the assessment, they can just let them do things."

Lin Chen didn't think there was anything, but instead explained to Xu Huang carefully: "So, if anyone cheats or impersonates me, I can catch it casually."

"Shake, I will definitely not let this person appear!"

Xu Huang instantly understood that it was Lin Chen beating him.

"Go." Lin Chen waved his hand, stretched his waist with a smile, "I have to wash up, and then... I will go to mark the papers again."

"Here!"

...

"You guys say, can we take the exam and take the exam?"

"That's called the imperial examination! In addition... His Majesty's edict is still posted in the Heluo area, why can't we take the exam?"

"Yes, but we can't read, what should we do then?"

"Only tell me."

"There are so many people, Your Majesty really can...?"

"How could your Majesty cheat..."

Many people don’t dare to come because of these concerns.

Otherwise, the people waiting here would probably have expanded dozens of times again.

After all, it may be difficult to find two-legged toads in this world, but there are still many people who are confident that they have "one skill".

The imperial edict made it clear that anyone with a skill can come to participate in the imperial examination.

"Are you here to participate in the imperial examination?"

Just as people were discussing, Xu Huang had already brought the elite soldiers to come.

“Yes, yes!”

"We all have a skill, and we absolutely don't lie. I can farm. I planted it so well, and it produces more than other fields..."

"So, so is me. My father was one of the people who caused the crash before, and he could be used to clean water and pour the streets..."

"And I, so do I..."

"very good."

Xu Huang glanced at everyone lightly, nodded and said, "Pick a few people you believe in."

"General, what does the general mean?"

In the crowd, some people's faces turned pale.

The reason for this is that since the beginning of the calculation of the fu during the Western Han Dynasty, the skill of both emperors and scholars in governing the world was to limit people to a certain area and then collect taxes.

This point has not changed even in the Ming and Qing dynasties.

And basically the stricter the further you go.

For example, when the Western Han Dynasty system first started, if people ran away, there would be basically nothing.

But at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, if someone dared to run from one county to another, they would be directly used as corvee or slave.

Many aristocratic families and noble families basically do this, and they are happy to do it.

This is also the reason why they are getting bigger and bigger.

At the same time, this is also one of the "periodic tables of dynasties".

It is true that the dynasties began to be very strict in their control, but basically the population was "confiscated" at the beginning of the dynasty. What is said to be so strong is basically the strength of the country.

However, as the central court's control decreased, the literati and officials began to "help the court" arrest people.

So it will appear: as the dynasty can collect less and less taxes, it will continue to press down, and the people cannot breathe, while at the same time, the literati and officials have more and more people...

Think about it and know what will happen next.

This is why, as soon as Xu Huang asked for a few representatives, they began to fear.

They are not here to be corvee service or slaves.

"Don't worry!"

Xu Huang's early background was not very good, so he quickly understood what they were afraid of, so he explained with a smile.

"It was Shangshu Lin who ordered me to come and pick you up, but you have too many people and you always have to manage them separately, so..."

Although he explained so, the crowd still did not select representatives.

"You, you, and you..."

Xu Huang simply stopped explaining and started to point at one figure after another.

After a while, he picked dozens of people.

Then, he arranged the task directly, regardless of what the people he selected were thinking.

"Your next task is very simple, just manage them well and let them not run around..."

A quarter of an hour later, these illiterate but want to make progress finally entered the examination room in an orderly manner.

At this time, Lin Chen had already made people write down the thought-out test questions on the wall.

Some of these test questions are math questions, and some of them are practical questions, most of which are very simple.

For example, math problems are nothing more than addition and subtraction within one hundred, and even multiplication and division, Lin Chen dared not add.

There are indeed certain difficulties in practical questions, but they are basically craftsmen and farmers can answer them casually.

"Let's get started."

He glanced at the person who was marking the papers behind him, and after a little thought, he immediately decided to be the invigilator.

It's really a bit fucked to mark the papers.

“How much does fifty plus fifty get?”

"I don't know what to do..."

"How can I harvest more food when farming?"

"I won't... either..."

“How to assemble a tool?”

"I will, you said, what kind of tool is this?"

Similar voices kept appearing in the examination room.

Compared with the previous imperial examinations, Lin Chen felt that he really had a bit of incense at this time.

"Report to the military advisor!" Xu Huang, who realized that he would command troops in the future, still called Lin Chen the military advisor.

"What's wrong?" Lin Chen said in confusion.

Xu Huang hesitated for a while before saying, "Some of them are unwilling to show off their skills in the family. Many people even said that as long as they check, they will know if they can grow more grain..."

"I was negligent..."
To be continued...