Chapter 64: Autumn Examination (Part 1)
After returning, a few days later, I saw the sons from all directions entering the county.
There are old people, even Tong Sheng in his fifties and sixties, with gray hair, which makes people feel sympathetic. At this age, what if you pass the exam? It’s just to prove yourself before you die, and your life’s hard work will never be wasted.
There is a young man, the youngest, who is about fifteen years old. Fang Xin's incarnation Li Rui is also at this age.
Of course, there are also differences between rich and poor. Most of the rich come from carriages or even bring servants, while the poor are wearing cloth clothes and don’t even have to wear blue shirts.
These people can rent houses, study at night, or find friends with friends. For a time, the sales of wine, paper, ink, and even food have increased significantly, making nearby operators laugh so much that their teeth are almost gone. They want to do this every day, but this is a delusion after all, and three years are only one month!
Fang Xin ignored it, and according to Li Rui's background, he studied the ink scrolls and tried them one by one.
After a few days, his mother He made a blue shirt for the past few days and nights. However, this blue shirt cannot be worn yet, and he used thread clothes as a new one. Although the cloth is not good, it is clean and spotless.
A pair of thousand-layer cloth shoes, the thread and needlework are handmade, and the bottom is thick. I don’t know how much effort it takes or how much hope it sends.
August 8th is the day of the autumn test. Early in the morning, He had already gotten up and prepared early. As soon as Fang Xin came out, he got the clothes and shoes. He didn't know what it tasted. He thought, without him, Li Rui must have missed several times and wasted his time. He didn't know how long could his mother wait?
I feel sorry for my mother in the world. It would be fine to hope that my son will become a dragon. After all, there are not so many dragons, but I hope to achieve something. Satisfied with this is the greatest filial piety. Otherwise, even if it is daily filial piety, it will eventually be difficult to calm down.
With this in mind, Fang Xin put it on silently. Although August is actually September of the Gregorian calendar, it is just right to put it on. After drinking some porridge, he said, "Mom, I'm going."
"Well!" He didn't know what to say, but responded. Fang Xin walked a long way and looked back. He saw his thin and thin mother leaning against the door and looking from afar.
Seeing this, Fang Xin's eyes felt hot and he quickly walked forward. He reached the street and slowed down. At this moment, all the children from all counties in the county had arrived, and they were all a little nervous. They passed the road and arrived in front of the Academy.
This Academy is where the exam is located. The wall is five meters high and the gate is thick. In front of the door is a team of soldiers, each wearing armor and holding long swords. Scandal sounds when walking.
Tong Sheng was approaching in front, and the people inside shouted loudly: "All Tong Sheng Sheng is arranged on time, no noise, no competition, and violators are not allowed to enter the venue!"
When everyone was drunk, they immediately felt solemn, so they went forward and checked the documents one by one. After checking the seals issued by Tong Sheng, they put them in one by one. If they were not Tong Sheng, they would dare to break in without an imperial edict, and they would be punished by death. They could be killed on the spot. This was the rule set by Taizu.
When I got inside, I heard an official shouting: "All candidates should be cleaned in the bucket, and there must be no mistakes!"
By the way, in the agricultural society, scientific research has always been chosen in spring and autumn. Of course, the official said that this is in response to the "Confucius's writing of spring and autumn". In fact, it is because in these two seasons, people from all over the world can adapt. In this cold winter, people from the south are not adapted. What should we do?
Therefore, the court considered this and decided so.
However, the epidemic is also the easiest to spread in the Spring and Autumn Period. Let alone the provincial capital exam, it is a county exam. There are five or six counties in one county, and more than ten counties. There must be hundreds of children in each county. There are at least thousands, and there are even thousands. If there are so many people, if there are so many people, if there are many, if there are many, if there are many, if there are many, if there are many, if there are many, if there are many, if there are many, if there are many, then there are often a large number of diseases, this is all the vitality of the country in the future, how can it be like this?
In addition, the wind of entrainment is endless, so Emperor Taizong of the Great Chu, considering this, issued an order, the college must prepare thousands of large buckets. When the candidates enter, they must clean them together to allow the candidates to take the exam cleanly. At the same time, it is also to check whether there is entrainment, which is a pleasing life: "Shower and take the exam!"
With this order, many old candidates naturally passed by and untied their clothes. However, the freshmen were very embarrassed, but they had to untied their clothes into the bucket. So, a few people took off their clothes and exposed their snails and immediately expelled them from the examination room. This time they were not qualified for the examination, and if they committed another crime, they would never be qualified for the examination.
Fang Xin also found a bucket and took off his clothes, but felt it was full of medicine. It turned out that there were a large number of licorice, Lugen, honeysuckle, mung beans and other substances in the water, which were used for disinfection.
Fang Xin's body was clean and washed, and then he came out. At this time, the clothes had been checked and he could be put on again.
After washing it out, I received a sign. Following the sign, I arrived in a room. It turned out that the rooms here were all wooden rooms, with a table, a chair, a couch, and a basket. The basket was changed once a day, with tea, eggs, rice, pancakes, and even half a chicken, which was eaten by the candidates in one day.
This is a provision of the court's laws, no matter the high or low, it is the same.
After Fang Xin entered, he saw several inkstones on the table, which were of different thicknesses, but they had all kinds of shapes. They were not good at making materials, but also good ones, and there were also a stack of white paper. This was also a unified item that was distributed, and was originally to be taken back, but due to the exquisiteness, the candidates often took them away after the exam. The government also checked them at the beginning, but later it was too difficult to check, and he was unwilling to talk about punishment for this matter. Think about it, you are all scholars, so it was fine, so he acquiesced.
As soon as the candidate enters the room, he is not allowed to go out. If there are hygiene problems, there will naturally be a toilet for you. All things you leave after the exam are a big deal. Even if you have nothing to do, you have to sleep here. You are allowed to enter and not leave within three days.
An hour later, the candidates had already entered the examination room according to the sign. At the order of the examiner, he immediately sealed the door. From now on, except for the imperial envoy, even the prime minister and the prince are not allowed to enter.
Two thousand candidates are naturally divided into several areas, called rooms, one, two, three, and twenty rooms. Each room has hundreds of rooms, each with three examiners, and five patrol soldiers, guarding and supervising day and night.
The three chief and deputy chief examiners, one chief and two deputy chief, can inspect the rooms at will.
After all the lists were confirmed and the candidates were checked one by one, the examiners breathed a sigh of relief and personally distributed the test papers.
The three people Fang Xin saw were middle-aged people wearing eighth-rank official uniforms, and then the two were relatively younger, wearing ninth-rank official uniforms. This was the scholar examination, and the examiner of each house was also sent by the court, while the others were sent by the local academic officials.
When Fang Xin saw them coming in, he bowed deeply, but did not say much.
This middle-aged man looked at the famous brand and saw the word Li Rui. A strange light flashed in his eyes. He checked the pen and ink again. He found that it had been polished and there was no problem with the quality and quantity, so he didn't say anything. He handed out the test paper and said, "Wait for a good exam, there will be fraud."
Fang Xin respectfully said that, he bowed deeply. When the three of them left, Fang Xin sat down and took out the test paper. When he saw it, he felt relieved and couldn't help laughing.
Sure enough, ten thick test papers are nothing more than postscripts. This is a model of filling in the blanks and dictation of modern poetry books. The examiner selects a page from the scriptures and prints one line on the test paper. Based on this line of text, the candidates must fill in the context associated with it.
If you are an ordinary candidate and are actually familiar with readers, you can pass this, but there are tens of thousands of words in the ten test papers. It is not easy to answer these tens of thousands of words. One word is good. There is no chance of writing calligraphy in the brush. If there are really typos, you can also draw circles and write regular words on the edges. However, in this way, the evaluation will naturally be low.
Especially this kind of exam is simply related to the future of life, so many people are nervous and become useless when they are nervous. Fang Xin is already in the fourth level, and controls the body and mind to the point of becoming more and more integrated. Now, they will write it without thinking, and write it directly. Every word is mellow and correct, and it will be completed in one go.
After writing a page, grind the ink again, and then write another page. Each page is placed on the table and wait for it to dry yourself so that the ink will not be wet and dirty the test papers.
Fang Xin has been practicing it for three months. Although he is in regular script (required in the examination room), he can write more than 1,500 words in an hour. He doesn’t eat or drink now, and continues to write it. It seems that someone has come on the way, so he doesn’t look up.
After finishing the ten volumes, the last one was placed on the table. Only then did I realize that it was already dark, but at some point someone actually lit the candle for him.
Fang Xin was not concerned, so he just looked at the test papers one by one with a candle. He found that every word was beautiful and upright, and his temperament was condensed between the turns. It was not like an exam, but like a calligraphy competition. Moreover, all the answers were good, the paper was clean, and the lines were neat, so he smiled happily at the moment.
After laughing, Fang Xin thought about it and laughed again. He finished writing that day, but how many people have their own control? Even if they write it by themselves, it took about six hours. So now, when the rolls are sent tomorrow, it will be collected for a total of twenty-four hours.
The exam is generally the case. Of course, the reason is that the palace exam is exceptional. At that time, the basic skills were no longer tested. Just a test question was given on the spot and wrote a paper for about a thousand words, so it was also necessary to write it on the spot.
Chapter completed!