Wei Guangde carefully checked the test paper. This time he actually wrote five questions about classics, history, and current affairs, which were completely different from those of Wei Guangde's previous exams, which required him to perform on the spot.

More than half a month ago, Wei Guangde and his classmates and eleven of them took two boats dispatched by the garrison to Nanchang City to participate in this year's provincial examination.

The provincial examination was divided into three sessions. The first session was to test the meaning of the Four Books and the meaning of the Five Classics and the meaning of the Four Classics. Each session was more than 300 words, and the test was actually the basic skills of the candidates.

The content of the second exam is "theory" and "judgment" five items: edicts, edicts, tables, and internal medicine. This is actually to examine whether the candidates meet the basic conditions for becoming officials.

The questions in the third exam changed again, and the five principles of classics, history, and current affairs can be regarded as the opinions of the candidates in the examination for peace and stability.

In order to prevent fraud infiltration, the atmosphere in the provincial examination room was very tense.

Candidates are allowed to carry other things except for bringing their own pen, ink, ink, straw roll, and twelve pieces of paper each.

An inspector led people to search the candidates one by one, from their hair, clothes and shoes. If they were found to be entangled, they would immediately drive them out of the examination room and disqualify them from the examination.

Another thing is different from the previous exams is that the three exams in the provincial examination are not allowed to continue. All candidates who take the provincial examination must complete the exam. One less exam is considered to have given up on this exam.

Before coming here, Wei Guangde was still a little worried. After all, many of the things he learned in this exam were just a temporary cram in Jiujiang Prefecture.

However, when he arrived in Nanchang City, he met Zeng Yuanshu and learned the details of this provincial examination, he felt a little relieved.

The examiner of this provincial examination is the same as the principal examination of the previous college examination, and is the principal examination of the provincial college candidates.

At this time, the chief examiner of the provincial examination was actually introduced by the three-party official, the Censorate and the Censorate, rather than what Wei Guangde had thought before that he sent the Beijing officials directly from the capital, or even the Hanlin to invigilate the examination.

Zeng Yuanshu said that in the early years, there seemed to be a precedent for sending Beijing officials to various provinces to invigilate the provincial examination, but it was cancelled by the court after only two visits. It is said that it was related to the etiquette dispute between the invigilator.

But no matter who invigilates the exam or the provincial examination, Wei Guangde can only pass one by one. Now, the exam he is taking is the third and last of the provincial examination.

At this time, the draft had been left aside by Wei Guangde. He is now focusing on checking the regular paper, that is, the answer sheet. This answer sheet is not ordinary, and it is slightly different from the previous answer sheet.

The first volume is to write the candidate's name, year, origin, name of the three generations and this sutra. It is also necessary to go to the Jiangxi Provincial Administration Commissioner to put the seal on the sewing and stamp it with a seal, and seal the seal officer's name on the end of the volume with a long strip.

This has a lot of marks from the grid test papers that Wei Guangde had obtained before, and it also shows that the provincial examination is extraordinary, far from comparable to those previous exams.

In fact, for Wei Guangde, these are secondary. What he is worried about is that this exam is taken together in the province. In the past six months, he has heard more than once about the excellence of candidates in Nanchang Prefecture and Ji'an Prefecture.

Yes, although he was still very confident in himself, at this time, he had to worry that he could not take the exam from the candidates from those two places.

I think this is one of the reasons why Zeng Yuanshu is determined to come to Nanchang Prefecture to study.

When he arrived in Nanchang City, Wei Guangde did not calm down to prepare for the exam, and was handed over to a banquet by Zhu Shilong and Master Zhu all day long.

Zhu Shilong was also very arrogant. Not only did he call the candidates from Jiujiang Prefecture, but he also calculated one of the candidates from each prefecture. Whenever he met, he would call him to go to the banquet together. He was very disappointed before this provincial examination.

During the banquet, Wei Guangde contacted candidates from various prefectures, and through exchanges, he also learned some information about candidates from this provincial examination.

The pass rate of this provincial examination was not high, with nearly two thousand scholars participating in the competition for the 95 places.

This is nothing. What shocked Wei Guangde the most was that Wei Guangde also heard that many "heroes" did not come to Nanchang to participate in the provincial examination.

There is a Sun family in Fengcheng named Sun Pu who did not return to Jiangxi to participate in the provincial examination. It is said that because his father was an official in Nanjing, he directly participated in the provincial examination in Yingtianfu, and the admission quota there was 135.

Well, the students from Nanchang Prefecture who said this were students, and a student from Ji'an Prefecture next to him immediately said that there were many similar candidates in Ji'an Prefecture.

Wang Ning, a scholar from Anfu County, Ji'an Prefecture, went to Huguang with his father who was an official, and also participated in the provincial examination in Huguang.

Wei Guangde sat aside and opened his mouth, unable to say anything.

It seems that the fight has started again. Seeing that there are many quotas for the Yingtian Prefecture, you can run there to participate in the local provincial examinations. The Ji'an Prefecture is taking the exam in Huguang. The quotas for the Huguang are the same as those in Jiangxi, and it is also a major province for the imperial examinations.

Well, what else can Wei Guangde say, and immediately bowed to the two men and said, "When the two scholars returned to Gan, they must introduce Guangde to him."

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say."

Both of them agreed.

The rural examinations in Jiangxi are so scary. The heroes in their eyes have all gone to other provinces to grab the quota for the rural examinations, which shows how fierce the competition in Jiangxi's rural examinations is.

After rubbing the swollen temples, Wei Guangde checked the article he had already written and it was almost time to prepare to hand in the paper.

Although there are three consecutive exams in the provincial examination, the time for the first exam is the tightest, and the next two exams will be much better, at least the time is not that tight.

However, Wei Guangde was still a little exhausted because of three consecutive exams. If it weren't for his time traveler, Wei Guangde felt that he really didn't need to take the exam, and he really didn't have much hope.

So far, Wei Guangde is still full of confidence in his provincial examination.

Nothing else, it was really smooth to get through the exam, and I am worthy of his status as a time traveler.

With the end of this provincial examination, Wei Guangde walked out of the gate of Nanchang Gongyuan with the candidates who left the examination room one after another. This provincial examination was completely completed.

At the agreed location outside the Gongyuan, their classmates from Nanchang Prefecture School gathered together this time, and then left the Gongyuan and returned to the inn to stay in.

Although the weather is stuffy, soaking in a bathtub filled with hot water to get rid of sweat, and the tired body and spirit are relaxed.

In the following days, all the candidates who came to Nanchang City had no intention of going out for a trip or visiting friends, and most of them chose to stay quietly in the inn and wait for the results of the provincial examination.

Until now, there has been a mature set of operations in the procedures of the college entrance examination and the provincial examination, but there has never been a fixed time for the time of the announcement. It is very random, and it depends entirely on the work schedule of the chief examiners in the Gongyuan.

However, the provincial examination is a very important examination after all. The list of provincial examinations in each province must be submitted to the imperial examinations of the capital, so naturally they are particularly attentive, so it takes longer to mark the papers.
Chapter completed!