What are the disadvantages of taking the exam in Beijing?

There are too many shortcomings. In ancient times, it was really a cold window to study hard for ten years. I had to walk hundreds of miles just for that exam. If I fail in the exam, ten years of studying hard at a cold window will be in vain.

Disadvantages 1: Long journey.

Unlike modern times, there were not so many means of transportation, trains and planes in ancient times, and it only took a few hours to get there. The best means of transportation in ancient times was horse-drawn carriages, but those poor families couldn't even eat, so where did they get the money to buy horses? I brought some travelling expenses at home, or the owner borrowed them from the west.

It's a long way. Some students left home six months in advance, just to go to Beijing to catch the exam. I met a robber or something on the way, so I had to go to Beijing to beg. Imagine a student who has been eating for half a year in order to catch the exam. Can he do well in the exam?

Disadvantage 2: the system is not strict.

Many children from poor families, after ten years of hard work, have such an opportunity to catch the exam, and their talents are all based on a piece of paper. But some powerful children don't have any real talent at all. Gifts will take the place of you during the exam, and finally talented poor students will be reduced to Sun Shan.

Disadvantage 3: it depends entirely on personal preferences.

Many students who take the exam are very talented and write well, but thousands of people take the exam just to earn those three places, and these places are decided by people such as the marking minister and the emperor. How can an article fully reflect a person's value?

In the end, many people failed to go home, and some people were embarrassed to go home, so they had to die of depression in other places. Do you still remember the Fan Jinzhong play we learned? He just failed several exams and finally went crazy. He is just one of many students, representing the real life of a class of students.