Chapter 84: Tribute Test (Part 2)
The exams in the Dachu are mostly in the Qiu Examination, and of course the meaning of the examination room.
On August 1st, the sons went to the tribute school to participate in the exam with their own different moods.
"Everyone, you must be at peace at this time. You don't need to bring anything with you. Just go with me!" Zheng Chengyi said. It was still dark at this time, and everyone thanked him politely and followed him.
After leaving the yard, at this time, the streets between the yards had accumulated into a stream of people. Among these streams, they were all masters and rushed to the tribute court.
Who dares to slack off in this kind of big test? Therefore, when almost all the students arrived in front of the Gongyuan, the time had not yet arrived. At this time, another battalion of soldiers was transferred, making a mere tribute school reach the scale of 500 soldiers, which was simply a metaphor for the royal palace to be strict.
Juzi stood and rested, and they talked in groups of three or three to three friends. Fang Xin watched Juzi very interestingly. In fact, everyone is nervous now, so it is only a matter of silence.
In particular, Zou Lixing's face was even pale. Seeing his friend's comfort, he said with a wry smile: "Shame, my family is poor and I can't support two people. I originally had a brother in my family who was familiar with the scriptures. In order to make money to support my family, he passed the scholar and entered the Mingjing subject and became a ninth-rank official. This time, God took the exam, and the elder brother gave his all. Whenever he thought of this, he thought, if he didn't win, why would he go back to meet his brother?"
After hearing this, the three of them were silent. In fact, taking the Jinshi exam was not the only choice for the Chu court.
There are also two subjects of Mingjing and Mingjiao to train ordinary officials. After all, tax arithmetic is also indispensable to the country. As long as you are a child or a scholar, you can participate, but if you pass this exam, it is best to be a ninth rank. It is even more difficult to advance in the future. After decades of accumulated qualifications, you can reach the top of the first-level official at the prefecture level - so there is a saying that other subjects do not break the fifth rank (that is, almost no one can surpass the fifth rank by following this path)
But if you pass the Jinshi exam, it will be different immediately. It is basically a gold medal, and your future will be limitless.
"This is also human nature. Brother Zou doesn't have to be too nervous. Moreover, the tribute examination is different from the past. Only one day, Brother Zou still needs to calm down before he can get well in the exam!" Zheng Chengyi said at the moment.
A scholar should take the exam for the scriptures, and a juren should take the exam for the meaning of the meaning. However, if you can get the exam for the Jinshi, you will naturally be very familiar with basic skills. Therefore, there are not many questions for the exam for the basic skills. The main one is to take the exam for the scriptures, so naturally it will take less than three days.
As they were talking, it was time to start, and the ban drums were ringing. The gate of the Gongyuan slowly opened. Two teams of officials came out, and according to the province, everyone who called the province would come forward one by one and enter with their own bronze medal.
When they arrived at the inner courtyard, there was another big bucket. The chef took off his clothes and washed them. After an official checked his clothes and confirmed his innocence, the officials officially entered the examination room.
Once you enter the examination room, the first gate is immediately closed, and secondly, the second gate is immediately closed, and the soldiers rushed up and closed. At this time, unless there is an imperial edict, even if the prime minister and the prince dare to break in, they will be killed.
The Ministry of Rites personally presided over the tribute examination. All three thousand candidates were disrupted and randomly entered. The examination institute was actually four long corridors in the southeast, southwest and northwest, and they were divided into dozens of long strips. Each corridor was filled with rooms. Since the examination only took one day and did not require sleep, the room was very small and could only accommodate one person, one table and one chair.
There is no door in the examination room, and the examiners of the separate rooms patrol back and forth, and even soldiers accompany them to supervise.
There is a high platform in the center of the examination room, and the high platform can be condescending. When you see the situation in the entire examination room, there are naturally two examiners on the high platform. One is Xu Xiangqing, the Minister of Rites. This is a fourth-rank official. This is also accustomed to it. In each tribute examination, the Ministry of Rites will always participate in the Ministry of Rites. Another person is the examiner designated by the emperor. This time, Du Zhao, a great scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, is both the fourth-rank official.
The time has come, and the two bowed each other, stood up together, kneeled down at a yellow silk wrap on the desk, and then gave the opening paper. Here is the test question.
This is the paper and golden scroll of the imperial edict.
When singing the test questions, Xu Xiangqing naturally performed them. He cleared his throat and read the request loudly. This was only possible. Because the questions were actually very simple, each took one sentence of the scriptures, and the requirements were made into articles. There were three questions in total, so he could recite them on the spot. No one would forget them. If a scholar and a juren had to take the exam, he would also have to take the memory of the scriptures. That would definitely not work.
When the examiner read it in the examination room, the inspectors took their own officials and followed the corridor to recite it one by one to the other, and recited it three times in succession.
The students listened attentively and recorded the questions on a piece of white paper. Generally speaking, white papers are always stacked and allowed to be used. Therefore, after the exam, the candidates can watch them carefully. If there is any error, they can copy them onto the new paper.
This is because it is not easy to get a tribute exam. The court does not want candidates to fail due to temporary errors in writing. It is trying to get rid of accidents and only look at the candidates' talent.
After getting the test paper, Fang Xin did not start writing, but just thought silently. When he took the article, he had read many wonderful scriptures and articles on the main plane. Of course, it was impossible to apply all the questions, but it was completely enough if he just learned from them.
Countless exquisite articles came to my mind one by one. In my mind, Fang Xin had already written it like a flowing cloud and water. When I was in my mind, all three questions were finished, and the drums sounded, and it seemed that it was already noon. Since it was a tribute exam and only one lunch was one meal, the court attached great importance to it. The emperor's special order was to use five dishes and one soup as the standard.
So when the time comes, specialists will be sent one by one, and the officials and examiners of each room will also conduct further inspections.
Fang Xin was using the meal calmly, but he didn't want to deliver the food. When he found out that he didn't write a word, he left, and reported to the examiner in this room.
The examiner's name in this room was Ding Ren, a seventh-rank rank. He was shocked when he heard this.
After all, the paper will be collected at the end of Shen and You (5 pm), and it can be copied. Why don’t you write it in this life? You can modify it if you are wrong!
If someone has reached the stage of tribute student examination, there are still people who are Bai Sheng, which is simply impossible. During the scholar examination, some people may be cheating, but they cannot write or hand in the blank paper, but this should not happen during the juren exam. During the tribute student examination, if someone cannot write a word of the hand in the blank paper, and finds out that his previous fame was caused by fraud, that is the biggest cheating case this year. Maybe the emperor will immediately be furious and continue to investigate, and dozens of relevant officials will be beheaded or exiled.
Thinking of this, Ding Ren couldn't help but sweat oozing out, so he went up to take a look.
When I arrived at the door, I found that it was a white scroll, and it was not easy to talk to as usual. Ding Ren could only cough and asked, "Do you have any problems with your pen and ink? If so, you can change it."
Maybe there are some problems with brushes and inkstones.
Fang Xin bowed and said, "The students are thinking, and they will write after a while, and there is nothing wrong with their writing."
After Fang Xin finished speaking, he pondered again. At this time, Ding Ren could not say anything, and could only pass by.
In my mind, Fang Xin pondered and revised the words and sentences that had been written. All the wonderful articles in his previous life were integrated into it. Time flowed by itself, and it condensed into a glorious chapter.
You should know that the articles of imperialism in the past have been very thorough in the past thousands of years, and have not accumulated a lot of work for decades before they became an infinity. Although they are not completely focused on the topic, in terms of single paragraph arguments, they are unattainable in the world.
Ding Ren had already walked by his door twice, and was already desperate, thinking: Even if you write something casually, don’t write a big scandal like handing in a blank paper!
In fact, at this time, even the two examiners of Gaotai were already alarmed and looked at the corridor and room in surprise.
Just as he thought about it, he saw Fang Xin inside, and he was already moving, and he was shocked. He looked straight and just hoped that this candidate would not do any blank papers.
After a while, the ink had been ground, Fang Xin picked up the pen and wrote it as if there was a spirit. A piece of white paper had hundreds of words, and it was immediately swung. Every word was like pearls and jade, and the traces were full of energy. After writing, he immediately changed to a piece of paper and wrote another piece. This feeling was almost like the Milky Way pouring down, creating an extremely happy feeling. A total of six pieces were written, and all three questions were finished.
After writing, Fang Xin neither checked nor copied it again. He had absolute confidence in his physical and mental control. He just waited for a while and let the ink on the paper dry out and would never be blurred again. So he pulled the bell, then stood up, held the test paper with both hands, bowed respectfully, and waited for the examiner to take it off.
Ding Ren had to go forward. He could not take the test papers in person, but an official who had to go forward to go forward and said, "You can leave, just rest in the rest period and wait for a while to go out."
Fang Xin went out at this time, and the exam time was already two-thirds, which was not too sudden. Therefore, some candidates just took a casual look and ignored it. Even if they had already written it, they had to think carefully, for fear that there would be any problems in the words and handwriting of the last paper.
Chapter completed!