In the official assessment system of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the temple examination was the final level.

At Mao hour on February 3rd, Zhao Xing left his house and rushed to the agricultural supervisory office.

At three o'clock in the morning, all fifteen people for reference arrived, including Zong Shichang, Xiao Ze, Wen Nanxing, Ding Shan and others.

Chen Shijie and other agricultural supervisors also waited here for a long time.

After seeing all the people gathered, Chen Shijie spoke: "It depends on today whether you can accept the official position."

"You all have a chance of passing. Don't be nervous for a while, just stay calm and perform normally."

"I and the other gentlemen, I wish you all the best you can."

"Thank you, sir." All the officials bowed their hands and expressed their thanks.

After finishing his beautiful words, Chen Shijie continued:

"There is already a set of special clothes for reference in the bathroom at the back."

"Other than these clothes, no foreign objects are allowed."

"There are still three quarters of an hour left. Let's go in and change clothes first."

The officials were already familiar with the rules of the temple examination, so they immediately walked inside and began to change clothes.

Zhao Xing also walked in and changed into a long gown.

He didn't bring any foreign objects with him, even the sixth-level soul armor had been removed, and he hid it in the Great Dream Academy and gave it to the machine beast Xiezhi for safekeeping.

Originally, the Great Dream Academy did not provide this function, and all other things were allowed out but not allowed in. However, the soul armor was special, and it was allowed to go out or go in.

As for other items, such as the evil calendar and the Thousand Miles Pass token, they were borrowed at the beginning and were returned to the Sinong Neiku after the Xuantian Sect incident.

The Feng Jing earrings were placed at home, and now they can be said to be all alone.

After changing clothes, Zhao Xing and other officials came out to wait.

At this time, everyone did not whisper to each other, but waited silently.

At six o'clock in the morning, a Yunyulu boat came from the south and landed at Gucheng Si Agricultural Supervisor.

Four officials came down from above.

Two of the temple's masters of ceremonies were holding four statues of kings and kings.

There are also two invigilators who are from the seventh grade.

After reading out the rules as usual.

At exactly the right time, Yu Chen led fifteen officials from the agricultural supervisory department into the temple in Gucheng.

Under the leadership of the master of ceremonies.

The officials first visited various temples of the temple, such as Donghu Zhenjun Hall, Caoxi Zhenjun Hall, and other holy temples.

This process is thanks to the teachings of Yin Shen.

Zhao Xing mainly paid homage to Cao Xi and Zheng Lun.

Most of his spells were passed down from these two Yin gods.

The process of worshiping God is over

The fifteen officials then came to Tianxin Square, the center of the temple, and stood there.

At three o'clock in the morning, two masters of ceremonies from the county town placed the statues of the king's gods in the four corners of the square.

"Buzz~"

As the golden light shone, a new palace suddenly appeared in Tianxin Square.

Fifteen candidates were originally standing in the center of the square, but the next moment they suddenly appeared in this new palace.

Tianxin Hall is dedicated to Taizu Taizu of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Only major festivals such as the Temple Examination and the Emperor's Festival are held each year.

"bye!"

The master of ceremonies led the candidates to burn incense and worship the statue of Taizu.

Thanks to him for establishing a temple to spread the Dharma and setting up an evaluation system for officials to give low-level officials a way to rise.

Four quarters of the hour.

The master of ceremonies threw the yellow paper representing the names of the officials into the red bronze incense burner in front of Taizu's memorial platform.

"Buzz~"

The next moment, fifteen tables and chairs appeared on the ground.

"Please take your seat, please take your seat."

Zhao Xing found the long desk with his name on it and sat down.

"Wow~"

As soon as I sat down, pen, ink, paper and inkstone appeared.

Looking up, the other candidates and officials faded away.

The theoretical level of the temple exam officially begins.

It lasted a total of thirty-six hours.

Leaving the seating area will count as handing in the paper in advance.

Once the time is up, I can no longer answer.

"It's finally here."

Zhao Xing breathed out slowly, then picked up the test paper on the table and began to review it.

There are a total of forty test papers.

Thirty of them are test questions and ten are blank.

Just like the Bailu solar term assessment at that time, it was a question asked by Chen Shijie in accordance with the regulations of the imperial court.

The first ten questions are basic questions, which can be scored by rote memorization. Compared with the Bailu assessment, these basic questions are one-third less.

The temple exam involves formally accepting officials, so there will be fewer points to submit.

Zhao Xing took a cursory look and began to answer basic questions.

[In which dynasty, year and month was "Tianshi Baijie" written, and who compiled it? Where does it rank among the holy temples of this dynasty?]

Zhao Xing quickly wrote down the answer: [During the Qian Dynasty, in July of the 149th year of the Yuan Dynasty, it was compiled by Chen Yi, the great minister, and ranked twenty-seventh among all the temples in this dynasty.]

On the day of great heat, the rotten grass turned into fireflies. On the fifth day of the great heat, it rained heavily.

Answer: In another five days, the soil is moist and the weather is hot.

If the rotten grass does not turn into fireflies, the grain will fall freshly.________

Answer: If the soil is moist and does not simmer in the summer heat, things should not be punished. If heavy rains do not come from time to time, the country will not be blessed.

Zhao Xing answered the questions fluently, and the basic points-sending questions were quickly completed.

Here comes the situational advanced questions for screening candidates.

"In the land of Nanzheng, if you want to take away the soil, the sparse soil is powerless, and it will help the fire to generate earth; if you use gold to show off the beauty, the dry soil will be brittle and the gold will be difficult to use. What's the explanation?"

Zhao Xing frowned slightly when he saw this question.

Unexpectedly, the first scenario question on the eleventh page was so intense.

"This question is about the use of soil, but why is it that gold is used to show off the beauty, and dry soil is brittle to gold?"

There are particularities in collecting soil, so this question should be answered according to the method of collecting soil in spring, summer, autumn and winter in "How to Use Soil by Month".

The sparse earth is powerless, but it helps fire to generate earth, which proves that it is "summer earth".

Using the power of gold in the earth's veins to show off is supposedly the method mentioned in "How to Use the Earth's Moon". How could it be that the power of the earth's veins, 'dry soil and brittle gold', is difficult to use?

Zhao Xing glanced back and forth at the title and landed on the word 'Nan Zheng'. After two seconds, he suddenly realized.

Then he wrote and answered: "The land of Nanzheng is the ancestral land of this dynasty, and it only has two seasons: summer and autumn."

"Without the balance of spring and winter, the fire will be too strong in summer. If you want to get the summer soil, you need to get water from the source. The power of the earth veins is weak but not endless. Use the water-moving earth veins to moisten the earth and control the fire, supplemented by the metal-moving earth veins to release the beauty.

This will achieve great success."

After finishing writing, Zhao Xing relaxed his brows.

The use of earth month by month belongs to the content of "The Benefits of Earth Veins and Five Elements".

But the question is not only difficult, it also tests the agricultural clerk's understanding of the world's geography.

What is the land of Nanzheng? It is the hometown of Taizu!

You don’t even know that such a famous place only exists in summer and autumn, and you still want to be an official?

Go back to your hometown and feed the pigs!
To be continued...