When Lin Yanchao was taking the hall number, the yamen runner's face became much more intimate, and he smiled and said, "The young master is a marquis official, and the inner person is also a marquis official."

Lin Yanchao smiled and said, "Good will be happy, lucky. By the way, I am familiar with Master Zhang from your government office. Did he come today?"

The yamen runner was even more affectionate and said immediately: "It turns out that the young master is a familiar to Master Zhang, and that is his own person. Of course he has come. I will tell you that the brother who is the Sousizi, and then they will take a little more effort."

Lin Yanchao smiled and bowed, "Thank you, this big brother."

The yamen runner also smiled and opened his mouth.

Lin Yanchao followed the yamen runners to a corner next to the examination room, but saw a group of people standing there in a dark place, holding lanterns in their hands.

When they saw someone coming, they raised the lanterns slightly, and then someone said, "Brother Lin, you are here!"

"When will we come here with Brother Daolin?"

"It's not that I've overslept!"

Lin Yanchao was inconvenient and smiled and returned the gift. Many of these were Lin Yanchao's case for the Hou Guanxian County Examination, and he met classmates at the academy that day, and he was familiar with him. Now Lin Yanchao is a well-known person among the candidates for this exam.

Lin Yanchao stood among the scholars who were surrounded by Hou Guan, and there were all the top ten people in the county.

Everyone bowed and chatted for a few words, but they were in no mood to speak. They looked up at the dragon gate and kept silent.

If the fish leaps over the dragon gate, if you pass the palace examination, you will be considered a child. In the strict imperial examination system, you can also be considered a famous position. As a child, you can be a scholar.

Even if the county and county tests that have passed the prefecture examination are certainly not easy at this moment, because they also have to get a good ranking in the prefecture examination. If they can win the prefecture examination first, they will be admitted to school regardless of the scores of the prefecture examination. And the top ten in the prefecture examination can also be given a hall number during the prefecture examination.

Every step forward is a struggle!

Lin Yanchao looked at the candidates on both sides and suddenly thought of one thing. In fact, the government tried to get fifty places, but only forty, because the heads of the ten counties had actually set a seat within the house.

The remaining candidates who are not the leader of the county test case have to fight for forty places. The candidates who come from the three thousand counties have to compete for forty colleges to test for forty colleges. The difficulty is even more difficult than the national exam at the beginning!

Thinking of this, Lin Yanchao thought to himself, it’s hard, what’s the point of being difficult? I’m afraid of it. I’m ready, so let’s take a try!

Lin Yanchao raised his head and looked at the horizon. Qi Mingxing flashed in the mist in the horizon!

Well, that's a good sign.

In the court, the prefect Chen Nan picked up a cup of newly brewed Longjing tea and took a sip.

As a Shaoxing native, Chen Nan certainly likes to drink the most, but this is produced in Longjing tea in this province.

The taste of tea is sweet in the mouth. Chen Nan woke up. The examination was held at the hour of Mao. As the chief examiner, he had to be like the candidate and had to get up before the fourth day.

Chen Nan is still a little sleepy at the moment. So taking a few sips of tea can refresh himself and dispel his sleepyness. He wants to talk to the candidates of our province later. He is also afraid that any misconduct at this time will make a joke.

While there were still some time, he took the list of candidates and looked carefully. He also had to consider it. The ten counties in this prefecture, the most scholars were from Min County and Houguan County in the provincial capital. However, the fifty test quotas could not be selected from Houguan County. There must be a balance between them.

Every county needs to take up rain and dew, and the matter of the north and south list at the beginning of the founding of the country was severely caused. This is a lesson from the past! It is necessary to balance the localities of each county and select talents from it, and also to take care of several households with too strong backgrounds. It is really not easy to be inside, inside, outside and outside.

While Chen Nan was thinking about it, Master Zhang came over and said, "Dongweng. All the academic teaching teachers in each county have arrived. Now he is asking the candidates to prepare for entry."

Chen Nan nodded and said, "It's about to come, and there's not much time left. Tell people outside to open the gantry and let the candidates enter the venue. Let the search light up. If you need to check, search what you need to search, search what you need to search, and don't tolerate it. I don't believe it anymore. There will be so many ink scrolls for attacking articles in each county and county examination, and most of them are cheating!"

Chen Nan ordered that the clerks and yamen runners who were nearby were all taking the order and leaving.

There were only one left in the court, Chen Nan and Master Zhang. Chen Nan drank another sip of tea and thought that after the trial, the fifty children who won the palace would worship him as his teacher. Generally speaking, among the fifty children in Fuzhou Prefecture, one or two Jinshi will be produced in the future. This is a valuable connection and wealth for officials.

If this session hits you and doesn’t select any talents, it will be a huge loss.

Thinking of this, Chen Nan did not dare to neglect and tapped the table with his finger and asked, "What are the public opinions among scholars? Or are they virtuous talents?"

Master Zhang smiled and said with a pity: "The people sent to inquire are back. All the candidates praised the Lord of the Ministry of State for their daily justice and integrity. This time, the government must be fair. As for whether they are virtuous or good people, it is not the final say you have to do with the Ministry of State for your decision."

Chen Nan smiled and said, "Don't say flattery. The ancients recruited and selected scholars. Whenever they went to the place, they first asked if there were filial and honest people, whether there were virtuous and honest people, whether there were virtuous and upright people. Our mansion was above the high hall, and occasionally I heard that there were seven masters in Min County and five sons of Hou Guan. Do you think these people have real talents and knowledge?"

Master Zhang said seriously: "I have also inquired about it. Scholars praise each other and it is common for each other to build momentum. I dare not judge whether there is real talent or not, but there are definitely a few people who are just a substitute."

Chen Nan said: "At present, many scholars do not study hard, and only know how to travel around all day long. After writing a few wrong poems, they think they have gained fame. The court opened a vocational school to seek talent for the country, not to seek fame and reputation. No wonder when I was in Shaoxing, my family said that the world is getting worse and worse, and it is not as good as our scholars who were seeking practical foundations and specializing in the classics."

Master Zhang said: "Dong Weng is as wise as a torch, and he can only find gold. He is so proud of boasting, but articles cannot deceive people."

Chen Nan nodded in praise and said, "This statement is in line with my opinion, but have you really not heard of any talented people?"

Master Zhang said, "There are so many, Dongweng has heard of Chen Yiyu?"

Chen Nan smiled and said, "This person is not the son of the former top scholar."

Master Zhang smiled and said, "That's right, before this mansion examination, he held several poetry meetings in the South Garden and invited many disciples of the mansion examination. Chen Yiyu had a high vision, and he did invite several famous candidates in the poetry examination, such as Weng Zhengchun and Ye Xianggao."

Chen Nan nodded and said, "I have seen the ink scrolls from Ye Xianggao County when he was taking the exam. This person is very talented. Not to mention scholars, he is expected to be even a scholar. As for Weng Zhengchun's mansion, I don't know, but it will not be bad if he can be ranked alongside Chen Yiyu and Ye Xianggao."

Master Zhang immediately said a few more names, Chen Nan took a pen and copied them one by one. When he heard the three words Lin Yanchao, he smiled and said, "Why did he be invited to Nanyuan?"

Master Zhang smiled and said, "Yes, but others say that he is just talented in poetry, but he has a talent that can never be remembered."

Chen Nan stopped writing and said, "Half a month ago, this person asked you to find this official. Our mansion remembers that he had recommended the hall number. Forget it, I will focus on his papers at that time, but the words are still there. Whether to take them depends on how he wrote the article."

Master Zhang smiled and said, "Dong Weng is really fair and honest."

Chen Nan smiled and said, "This is also the case for the people you mentioned. Our government will focus on it at that time and make sure to not leave the virtuous."

After Chen Nan finished speaking, a clapper sounded over there.

Master Zhang bowed and said, "Dongweng, the dragon gate is open."
Chapter completed!