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In the world of ordinary people, the provincial examination is already high and mighty.

But for Cheng Jinzhou, it was just a formality. Just by looking at the calm expressions of the children of those aristocratic families, one can know how outrageous the questions in the provincial examination were.

If it is a provincial examination, most of the noble families would like to test their children. They are not allowed to cheat casually, and it is also convenient for them to select promising children. But when it came time for the provincial examination, they all came to help. The reason was that they were too enthusiastic about being an official. Especially those ordinary families who have difficulty getting questions in the examination hall. Many times they just set their goal to be successful, and naturally they will try their best to achieve success in the last exam.

There are dozens of examination centers across the country, and the central government has nowhere to monitor them, let alone the gentlemen who are deeply entrenched in the local area. Furthermore, if local wealthy nobles are not allowed to obtain the title of examiner, how can other examiners feel at ease? .

Cheng Jinzhou swaggered to the examination room. Before he could find a seat, Lu Anping waved and shouted: "Brother Jinzhou, come here."

The people standing with him were all classmates from Hongwen Hall, and they were closest to the door of the Liyuan. Cheng Jinzhou looked at the long queue, put on a smile and walked over.

Although the provincial examination was not as crowded as the provincial examination, people lined up all the way along the main street. In addition, the number of guards increased, so it was not a good idea to follow the crowd.

Shen Cong was looking at the sky boredly, but he became excited when he saw Cheng Jinzhou. He stepped in front of Lu Anping and said with a smile, "You're here, I thought you gave up."

Cheng Jinzhou gave a hesitant answer. Weng Xilian came to study ink and chat with him every day, so there was no time to go out.

Lu Anping smiled like a female rabbit eating roses, and said intentionally: "After the provincial examination is over, our classmates in Hongwen Hall are going to have two more gatherings. The third prince is also going to attend. Can I let you know then?"

He was worried that Cheng Jinzhou would refuse, so he pulled the third prince out.

Cheng Jinzhou thought for a moment and said with a smile, "Then I'll trouble Brother Lu."

The students of Hongwenkan are not so much from aristocratic families as they are from wealthy families. Building a good relationship with them is the best option. But for Lu Anping, because Zhao Quan was in the middle, his opinion of him was no better than that of Hou Wenwu.

Weng Xilian was waiting in the carriage under the shade of a tree from a distance. More than a hundred meters away from her was Liu Qingshuang's car. The noble ladies of Daxia are not unable to show their faces, but they always have to be restrained in crowded situations.

Occasionally, the two of them would open the curtain and take a look at the surrounding landscape. Interestingly, the two men never opened the curtain at the same time.

The candidates lined up in a long queue, guarded by soldiers on both sides, moving slowly. Some of them are young, chatting and laughing; some are in their prime, hesitating and looking forward; some are old and have their families by their side.

The attitude of the soldiers in the Ministry of Rites was also much better. After all, those present were all distinguished scholars.

Shen Cong chatted with Cheng Jinzhou about recent interesting things about school and anecdotes among the nobles. Lu Anping couldn't say anything at the side, so he went to the back after a while and continued chatting with his comrades.

The noble prince has always been arrogant, so it is even more difficult for him to always be careful with him.

The team moved very slowly, and finally they came forward and soon saw the screen wall inside the gate of the ceremony hall. Shen Cong pointed to the person sitting under the screen wall and said, "Brother Jinzhou, that one is also a star warlock."

Cheng Jinzhou raised his eyes and saw that he was indeed a first-class star warlock with a yellow badge. He was also a first-class star warlock. He was probably sent from the royal star warlock's official residence. He was lazily driving the star array, trying to find out possible fluctuations in the star array. .

Shen Cong was a young man after all, so he compared in a low voice: "Who has a higher status, you or him?"

"He is a first-level one-star." Cheng Jinzhou is now a first-level two-star warlock. In addition, with the priestly title of the temple, even though they are not subordinate to each other, they are more than one level higher than the other.

Shen Cong recognized the smell immediately and laughed.

Several people quickly walked to the bottom of the screen wall. Shen Cong stood in front, moved a little slower, and was politely grabbed by the soldiers. The latter started groping from top to bottom without saying a word - literati have always said that the ceremonial courtyard is the most polite place to sweep the floor. It's the search process. If necessary, there would be a bearded man in the back room performing a rectal examination on the suspect.

Cheng Jinzhou, who always looked at the plates and ordered the food, looked at the rude men in front of the door, took out his Star Warlock badge from his pocket, and pinned it on his body.

The official from the Ministry of Rites guarding the gate was only a 16th-level official, equivalent to a division-level cadre in later generations. Although he had never seen Cheng Jinzhou before, he could instantly identify his identity by looking at the movement of his badge and referring to his age. Jumped off the chair and grabbed the soldiers who were about to take action.

"I'm here." The official walked up to Cheng Jinzhou without losing his identity, casually patted his chest and legs twice, and then waved: "Let's pass."

Cheng Jinzhou smiled slightly and left.

Behind him, Lu Anping was stunned when he was grabbed by the waiting soldiers and rubbed him up and down.

In an era without family planning, the heirs of aristocrats must also have their own status in order to enjoy the corresponding rights - the title, position, or fame are all proof of self-worth.

The gentlemen who are vying for fame are still in the process of proving themselves.

Cheng Jinzhou simply crossed the gate and passed the screen wall. Instead, the star warlock stood up and nodded, not to mention using any star magic to check. Seeing this, Shen Cong, who was still being rubbed, was extremely envious. With his inspection method, no cheating strip could be brought in.

Lu Anping was even more surprised. The star warlock who was guarding the gate had never bought anyone's fault. He also had the right of direct denial and could expel any student who looked like he was cheating from the examination room. He had always been the person most hated and feared by examinees. , but did not expect to salute Cheng Jinzhou.

He couldn't help but think: No wonder everyone says that reading is not as good as arithmetic. Star Warlocks don't ask for anything, so they can only smile at high-end Star Warlocks.

Cheng Jinzhou, who was holding his hands in front, felt nothing at all. He is the only one among the two star warlocks to take part in the imperial examination. And with the normal ability of a star warlock, he deliberately hides two things. If a star warlock of the same level does not have special means, he may not be able to find anything.

A student from Hongwen Hall was almost pulled into a small room at the back, his face turned pale with fright, and when he saw Cheng Jinzhou's relaxed look, he muttered angrily: "Why are you so arrogant?

"Young nobles, you have to rely on yourself." The milky voice responded to Ma Zai's anger.

Lu Anping looked over curiously and saw that it was a boy younger than Cheng Jinzhou. Perhaps it would be more correct to say he was a child.

Even in Xia Jing, which has many child prodigies, it is rare to see a child around 10 years old in the provincial examination hall. He couldn't help but ask: "Whose child are you from?"

"Nanling Zhao family, my name is Zhao Yeyu." There was no servant beside him in the examination room. Among a group of adults, he did not have any stage fright. He looked up at Lu Anping and said, "If you are on the list, you will be." My classmate."

Several people were stunned for a moment and then laughed.

Zhao Yeyu still looked like an angry young lady, shaking his head and saying: "My husband is jealous..."

"Everyone, sit down in your seats." A robed examiner quickly drove away the gathered candidates. The more educated people are, the more likely they are to make trouble, and the examiners are also experienced.

Fortunately, all of them are children of nobles, wearing gold, jade, silk and satin, and have not been labeled with "misbehavior", otherwise this alone would be enough to ruin their future.

The more we follow the rules, the more there is no way out; the more there is no way out, the more we follow the rules - strict hierarchy will fundamentally cut off the ability of the people at the bottom.

Cheng Jinzhou sat in a small cubicle with room for only one person. He took out his pen and inkstone in order, poured in water and started grinding the ink. He couldn't help but think of Weng Xilian's small waist shaking while grinding the ink.

It wasn't until the time for the curls that he opened the ring and displayed the books he could choose without calling new customer service.

Another benefit of Covenant Level 4 is revealed. Now he can engrave the book he wants into the ring. He could even sell it to the Covenant Library if they were interested.

More than three hundred pages of cheating materials were compiled by Cheng Jinzhou based on leaked test questions. Now he started writing a pair of test papers.

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Cheng Yun'an began his first experience as an official in his life, and Cheng Yunxiang also upheld his elder brother's responsibilities and began to select positions for Cheng Jinzhou within the staff department.

Daxia has a total of 27 levels of officials, with nine ranks serving in vain. After the provincial examination, there is usually no official award, but if it works, you will usually get a 24th-level title, a vacant position above the ninth grade or below the eighth grade. As for Jieyuan, who is the first in each province, he can get an official title of about level 22, and he can just be an assistant official in a lower county, that is, a chief secretary, a county captain, etc.

Of course, usually, when the slaves of the Shen family are released, they can become the boss of the county. Those gentlemen who hope to get Jinshi are not willing to be officials. Therefore, what Cheng Yunxiang has to do is to move Cheng Jinzhou to a lower county first, and the best case scenario is that nearby prefectures and counties will soon free up the upper county's position.

In the past few days, Cheng Jinzhou was pretending to review, while his cheap second uncle led dozens of officials to look through the documents of the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Household Affairs every day. There are more than 600 counties in Daxia, and it is not easy to comprehensively consider mineral land.

On the other hand, Hou Wenwu still did not give up collecting information from warehouses in various places. Warlock Jiang Huangxing was silently conducting his own research. Warlock Liu Kuangxing actively contacted the gentlemen of Zhengshitang. Warlock An Fengxing kept in contact with the Star Warlock Association. , Father Li Zhong is working hard to prepare the ceremony of "God's Favored One" and trying to be prepared for failure.

The storm in the capital has been turbulent from beginning to end and has never stopped.

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