After the initial month of the Lunar New Year, students from Shangjing embarked on their journeys to the capital, one after another.
The capital examination, also known as the Spring Quarter Examination, closely resembled the modern college entrance examination.
Typically, candidates participating in the capital examination were already esteemed as High Scholars. Nevertheless, there were exceptional individuals who joined the capital examination as Cultivated Talents.
This unique circumstance arose because the county examination for Cultivated Talents occurred only once a year, specifically in the autumn every three years. Consequently, those who underwent the county examination in a given year couldn't participate in the local examination during that period.
