In ancient Yunnan, you took your son to Beijing to catch the exam. How did you cross this 2075 km?

In the history of the imperial examination of 1000 years, there has long been a saying to describe the hardships of the examination. Candidates who live far away need to take a bus and walk to take the exam. It takes as little as six months and as many as a few years to get to Beijing.

And on the way to the exam, candidates will die because of the exam. Level 3 exam, once every three years. Every year of the exam, these candidates generally need to go out half a year or a year in advance. Rich people in the family can take carriages and donkey carts, and poor people can only walk, and the favorite story in ancient times is the students who went to Beijing to catch the exam. Because it is difficult to travel far away at ordinary times, it is common for 1 to encounter all kinds of strange things when traveling far away. On the way, I met a mountain thief and got sick on a strange day. Some candidates died like this. Therefore, it is equivalent to fighting for their lives.

At that time, the emperor made regulations in order to understand the candidates, and the government would have special policy protection. For example, if they are robbed on the way to the exam, they can report it to the county. If the county does not investigate, they can report impeachment to the suggestion after going to Beijing. Therefore, once candidates encounter robbing local officials, they will be very nervous and will immediately solve the case strictly. Later, the court decided that this was really not feasible, so it also set up examination rooms in other places, so that candidates in some remote areas did not have to walk so far. There are also some dynasties that give certain subsidies to candidates, which means that candidates can reimburse some of the expenses on their way to Beijing to catch the exam.

Because the status of being an official in ancient times was relatively high, many people were rushing for exams, reading and studying at that time. Even some people have been taking the imperial examinations all their lives and are always on the way to catch up. After all, for them, it is equivalent to running on the road of hope.