With Ning'an's help, Zhengyao finally got rid of Yan Song and successfully entered the Taixue Building.

Why did Jiajing's imperial edict appear so timely, why did he solve his problems with Yan Song so just right? Why did Ning An come to send the so-called imperial edict Zhengyao still not understand yet, and he didn't want to think about it. When he entered the gate of the Taixue Building, Zhengyao rushed into the examination room at a fast speed.

This year's imperial examination is very different from the past. Each examination was held in the second day of the year, because the examination was held in spring, also known as the spring examination or the spring examination. The venue was also a fixed and unchanged tribute school. The examination was held every three years, divided into three sessions, and each session was held in three days. However, this year has changed, and the examination location is no longer the so-called Beijing tribute school, and the examination time is no longer the early spring February.

Why is this happening? In fact, it was Emperor Jiajing who made a fuss on his own. Jiajing was determined to seek immortality. As a result, after eating the so-called "spiritual pill" refined by the immortal master, he became confused and wrote the word "two" crookedly into the character "eight", and then piled up the tribute courtyard with materials for refining magic pills, so that others could not enter. In this way, the examination this year had to change the time and location.

Of course, the examination was originally divided into three games, each with three days. The first game was held on the ninth day of the lunar month, the second game was held on the twelfth day, and the third game was held on the fifteenth day. However, when Jiajing woke up later, he remembered that the Mid-Autumn Festival was in August, so he decided to let the students have a stable festival and then devote themselves to the scientific examination.

In fact, the Taixue Building is not much smaller than the Beijing Gongyuan. There are also facilities that are available. The venue can accommodate tens of thousands of people, which is still no problem. Of course, there are not as many as ten thousand candidates in the imperial examination. According to the calculation of "three people are selected for one, five people are selected for one in the imperial examination, and five people are selected for one in the imperial examination", about 300 people are recruited for each subject, and a total of more than 4,000 candidates can participate in the imperial examination.

Zhengyao is a veteran, so he is not surprised. After all, taking the college entrance examination is no different from this exam. There are many people and they are crowded in the same place for the exam. The only difference is that the college entrance examination time is short and there are many subjects. Although the imperial examination has few subjects, the content is large, and the exam time is also extremely long.

After looking around, Zhengyao finally breathed a sigh of relief, then walked towards the examination room with a step.

Similar to the college entrance examination, Taixue Building has many areas at night, and candidates also need to take a seat. Because there are many people, Zhengyao and Liu Yan and Zhang Cheng are in the same examination room for the chance of taking the exam.

There are more than 4,000 candidates. Taixue Building uses the heavenly stems as the order, and arranges ten areas of Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, and Gui, and uses the earthly branches as the order, and arranges the examination rooms numbered as Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, and Hai, with a total of sixty rooms, each with about seventy people.

After several questions, Zhengyao finally found his examination room - Gengzi Room.

"Each area is tightly sealed. Apart from a small door that can be moved and a gap where you can pass the answer sheet, you can't see the other person at all. Even if you are in the same exam room with your elder brother and second brother, it may not be of any benefit!"

After Zhengyao came to the Gengzi room, he looked inside through the doors and windows. He saw that as Zhengyao said, he could not feel the breath of people at all. Of course, except for the invigilator.

Holding his candidate card and then right his seat on the door, Zhengyao couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Yi Shisihao, you're really going to die."

Shaking his head, he finally walked into the examination room and walked towards his own room.

The invigilator stared at Zhengyao, and Zhengyao handed the candidate's card to the invigilator with tactful sensibility.

"Li Zhengyao, Li Zhengyao... Are you Li Zhengyao?"

After holding Zhengyao's candidate card in his hand and thinking for a while, the invigilator finally thought of something and immediately looked at Zhengyao in surprise and said.

His surprise was indeed shocking. He could hear the sound of rumbling over boxes and cabinets in the examination room. Soon, he looked at Zhengyao in surprise and incredible eyes, which made Zhengyao feel very uncomfortable.

"He...he is Li Zhengyao, Li Zhengyao!"

"I know this, I know it. As soon as I came to the capital, I heard about his name."

"That day, I had the honor to gather with him to compete in poetry talent, but I was really willing to give up the disadvantage. Li Zhengyao's poetry talent was so agile that even King Jing Xu and others were amazed."

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Unexpectedly, when he arrived here, Zhengyao encountered something he had encountered many times before. It seemed that the so-called celebrity effect was really like this. Seeing everyone's surprised or excited expressions, Zhengyao felt embarrassed and unnatural. Such exaggeration was too exaggerated. He could not know how much he was.

"Administrator, I wonder if I can take the seat now?"

The invigilator was still stunned, as if he was full of doubts about seeing Zhengyao appear here, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time. Zhengyao ignored those things, so he looked at the invigilator and said with questions.

At this time, the invigilator woke up as if he was dreaming. He adjusted his micro expression a little, and then said with a smile: "Well...hehe, hehe. Actually, I am very curious. How did you come in? Not saying..."

From the words of the invigilator, it was not difficult for Zhengyao to guess that the invigilator must be Yan Song's person. Moreover, Yan Song also pointed out that he had explained certain things, otherwise the invigilator would not have been so much trouble.

"The invigilator was joking. I was a candidate, so I came in naturally. Of course, there were some obstacles before, but everything had been settled. The invigilator can rest assured. I promise that if I take the exam here, someone will definitely not make things difficult for you!"

Although Zhengyao said it a bit implicitly and tactfully, the invigilator was a smart person, so he naturally understood the meaning of it at first glance. The so-called obstacle must be Yan Song at the door. As for the settlement, it means that Yan Song did not successfully prevent Zheng Yao from entering the venue. In other words, there may be no one other than the current emperor who can make Yan Song retreat. After such consideration, the person Zhengyao said was Yan Song. Combining the points, the invigilator already understood that Zhengyao had the emperor's support behind him.

"Haha, I'm joking! Mr. Li is a candidate, so of course he can come in and refer to it. Come on, I'll give you the candidate's card, and I wish you a smooth exam!"

The invigilator is not a fool. Now that he is in the officialdom and doesn’t have any connections, how can he be? Don’t underestimate these poor scholars. Maybe he will win the top scorer in the future, and then he will jump over the dragon gate and fly directly to his head. Saying something good now will naturally be beneficial and harmless in the future. Moreover, Zhengyao has caused a lot of controversy in the capital before he has passed the list, and even Princess Jing and even the emperor have particularly appreciated him. If he offended him here, wouldn’t he dig his own grave?

Zhengyao also smiled back, took his candidate card, and then turned around and walked towards his seat.

After about a quarter of an hour, only three bells of "dong", "dong", "dong" and "dong" sounded. The invigilator stood on the podium, put away his abdomen, and began to speak.

"Okay! The three-year examination is about to begin now. Now I will announce the examination rules and contents."

Since there are seventy seats for candidates below and all of them are sealed, you can't see what the candidates inside are doing or whether they are listening to him. So after he finished speaking, the audience was still silent. But it is certain that at least one person here listened carefully, that is Zhengyao.

Most of the candidates here have passed several exams or stood out from the provincial examinations, so they still have some experience in the imperial examinations. Whether it is the content, time, or rules of the examination, they are all very clear, and only Zhengyao is still ambiguous about this and doesn't understand it.

However, the invigilator did not care about this. After a brief pause, he continued: "This examination was divided into three categories: poetry, classics, and policy discussions, and the exams were held on the 19th, 22nd and 25th. All candidates were not allowed to leave the venue in the middle. If you want to give out the ceremony, please give the ceremony sign, and there was a special person to pick it up; if you want to drink water and eat, there were also special people to deliver water and food. During the examination, you were not allowed to leave the seat without permission, you were not allowed to whisper, and you were not allowed to look around..."

The invigilator seemed to be like a recorder, and he never stopped, and seemed not to feel thirsty. He talked for about ten minutes before he finally finished a lot of test requirements and rules.

Finally, when Zhengyao was almost impatient to hear, the invigilator finally stopped, took a sip of water, and said aloud: "Okay! Now I announce that the Beijing Institute of Science and Technology Examination will be held now!"
Chapter completed!