House test
In the early morning, it turned slightly white and the fog was still there. Not far away, the boats slowly sailed in the river. Pei Ziyun held a lantern and a test basket and headed towards the examination room where the palace was tested.
"The seven counties in our prefecture, line up according to the county, and no noise is allowed!" Three muffled cannons came from the college, and there were soldiers in arranging the line and some shouting.
The Daxu system is a system of state, the county school is called the school, the government is called the college, the province is called the tribute school, and the central school is called the academy.
Changzhou Prefecture College has its own system. It is cold in the early morning. There are always seven corridors under the stars, with wooden fences blocking them. Candidates carry the exam basket and line up.
Pei Ziyun found his county trunk in Jiangping County. Seeing a group of people standing in a dark place, carrying a lantern in his hand, someone said, "Brother Pei, you are here!"
When Pei Ziyun saw that the person who was talking was Tang Zhen, while the surrounding kings and the two Tongshengs, Li, snorted coldly and did not speak.
Pei Ziyun didn't agree and greeted Tang Zhen. He smiled and said to Wang and Li Tongsheng. A few days ago, the three of them invited him to the literary meeting again. Pei Ziyun refused when he saw that the exam period was approaching. Tang Zhen was fine, and the two of them held grudges.
"No wonder no scholar is like this." Pei Ziyun thought of the two of them, thinking that Wenhui had leaked some questions, and secretly scolded him for being stupid: "How could Xuezheng give advice on the examination in this scene? It's not a big case of shattering fraud in the beginning of the court."
At this moment, the two of them just bowed and chatted for a few words. No one was in the mood to speak and kept silent.
The Daxu system, where the county examinations for children, the government examinations for scholars, and the province examinations for juren, is different from Pei Ziyun's original imperial examinations, but this is normal, it is strange that it is exactly the same.
The child is not fame and no exemption from empowerment, so the county magistrate led the county to teach and examine, but scholars have fame. According to the Daxu system, they are the prefect, the prefect (the eighth rank), and the people sent by the province form the chief examiner to supervise. The prefecture is only thirty-three, which shows the difficulty.
"Puffy!" The drum sounded.
The fish door slowly opened.
Tongsheng entered the venue for search.
Pei Ziyun remembered that he had passed the county trial and thought to himself: "Here you come!"
I saw that I was reporting the name, handing over the documents and examination cards. The academician first looked at the documents of the people who recognized the Scriptures and then looked at the portrait, and there were words to describe the appearance.
After confirmation, it is necessary to check the test basket first. The pen, ink, paper and inkstone must be checked. The steamed buns must be torn apart to avoid entrainment. Pei Ziyun has long had experience and knows that the food in the examination room should not be very greasy. Greedy food is easy to break, but the person who examines the examination room will be dirty. If the stomach is damaged, it will be finished. Therefore, the food is oil cakes and eggs. As for water, the examination room provides it.
The next step is to take off your clothes and shoes, and even the bun is to be broken and check.
The candidates were in agitation, and soon it was Pei Ziyun's turn. After inspection, the academic officer stamped the seal and shouted, "Please take the seat by number."
Pei Ziyun got the admission paper and saw that in addition to his seat number, he also stamped a half mark on the paper. Once there was fraud in the examination room, the examiner's responsibility will be directly held accountable.
Entering the venue is to find your own room number. The room number is a row of small rooms connected together, and there is also a row opposite. The distance between the two rows is five meters, and no matter how good the eyesight is, you cannot see the other side.
There is a couch, a table, and a stool inside. There are three candles and a pen containing clear water to wash.
"Hey, the conditions are better than the county trial, and there is one more bed."
It is probably only one day for the county exam, two days for the government exam, and three days for the provincial exam.
Pei Ziyun put all the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the table. Opposite was a young man of twenty-five or six years old. As the candidates entered the venue, the prefect gave a lecture and the examiner inspected it. Everything was completed. As soon as the cloud board sounded, the civil servant handed the papers.
Pei Ziyun took over the test questions and saw that in addition to the test questions, there was also a stack of white paper as a draft. Pei Ziyun lit a candle. It was just dawn and the room was still dark. He quickly read the test paper from beginning to end. He found that the questions were not blurred and there were no mistakes, so he felt relieved.
This is an experience in previous life. If there is any problem, it must be proposed quickly. The volume can be changed, but if it is delayed, it will not work. Who knows what's going on?
After reading it, I thought to myself: "It's much more difficult than the county trial."
During the county examination, the ratio of Mo Yi and Postscript to the classics was very large.
The meaning of the ink is to fill in the blanks, and there is no need to say much about this. Posting the scriptures is to write down the questions. The examiner selects a page from the scriptures, picks one line and prints it on the test paper. Based on this line of text, the candidates must fill out the context associated with it.
There are still Mo Yi and Post Sutra in the Mansion Examination, but there are only one roll of paper, and there are only five Mo Yi and twenty post Sutra, which has dropped a lot. The test is memory. The original owner’s memory is pretty good, and after the literary thoughts of the old scholar, Pei Ziyun memorized the book very well, so there is no doubt.
Then there is the clear calculation and the clear law.
"Oh, is this Daxu Dynasty more practical than my original ancient dynasty?"
Mingju means calculation, Mingju means understanding the basic legal provisions. Although the proportion is not large, it also shows that the candidates for examination are not limited to the Four Books and Five Classics.
"But it won't hurt me!" I won't talk about arithmetic anymore. This Minglu is also a memory problem, and the original owner's memory has been solved.
"Let's solve these first!"
At this time, it was already dawn. I looked up and saw that the students opposite were slow to prepare and did not know whether to do the test. I smiled and polished my pen and ink. I immediately filled in the blanks on the manuscript, read the scriptures, the Mingjuan, and the Minglu. After filling in and verifying it, I wrote every word on the manuscript.
"Who can write this kind of exam directly on the main draft without thinking, or a genius or a delusional talent." After completing this question, Pei Ziyunshu breathed out and felt a little sweaty on his back. He hurriedly took out the towel and wiped it. He found that the young man opposite him looked a little pale and he looked exhausted.
"Ah, it's noon." In a blink of an eye, it was noon. Pei Ziyun drank some water, ate some oil cakes, peeled another egg, and ate a piece of salty lean meat. There was no temperature at this time, but there was no need to ask for more. After eating, I looked at the following topic.
"The following is the meaning of the scriptures, the key points are three questions!"
The so-called meaning of the scriptures is a discussion around the meaning of calligraphy. Pei Ziyun looked at the first question: "If it is so vast, the people cannot be named; if it is so majestic, it has success, and it has articles."
"This question is appropriate!" Pei Ziyun thought to himself. These are the words of Confucius praise Yao in "The Analects of Confucius: Taibo", saying that Yao is so great.
However, with the skills of an old scholar, the answer was immediately found.
"The core of this topic is to praise the achievements of the ancient sages and wise men. The first paragraph is to quote the scriptures and point out what things Yao did and which wise men used to achieve great achievements."
"It is extended to mean that the Taizu of this dynasty is wise and powerful, and he shows his loyalty by the way, saying that he should also inspire and assist the emperor."
With this theory, this question is solved: "Just make a big move!"
The problem is concise and concise, and the article is magnificent. Pei Ziyun just thought about it and wrote it down with his pen and finished it in one go!
After writing, put the draft on one side and look at the next question directly.
"If you have no big mistakes, you will never give up. If you have no desires, you will be prepared for one person!"
The meaning of this question is very clear. Duke Zhou told his son Bo Qin, who was granted the title of Lu State, that his old friends and ministers were not wrong, so don’t abandon them and don’t blame others for everything.
When Pei Ziyun saw this question, he couldn't help but pat his forehead. The "bang" sounded loudly, attracting the people on the other side to see it, and then the inspectors came over.
"Don't be proud, don't be proud." The old scholar was at home and he did not pass the imperial examination. What was his mind? The superiors should not abandon them and do not ask for full blame. I don't know how many times I have written this topic, and I can directly copy it to ensure literary talent.
With such good luck, you can burst into tears. When Pei Ziyun saw the title, he had several articles in his mind, and he couldn't stop writing them. He wrote one article without adding any more, which could be said to be completed in one go.
After blowing the ink traces dry, Pei Ziyun nodded in satisfaction and thought to himself: "This article doesn't take much energy at all, it's just a little tired of handwriting."
Just like before, put the draft on one side first and look at the third question now.
"Water, fire, metal, wood, earth, can only be cultivated!"
"The answer is the most difficult question." Pei Ziyun frowned and analyzed that this question was a bit difficult, which came from "Shangshu·Da Yumo".
"Water can irrigate, fire can cook, metal can cut, wood can prosper, soil can reproduce, and grain can nourish. This is called the "Six Palaces", which is used by heaven, earth, nature to nurture all things."
"These can be extended to "not violate the farming season, and the grain cannot be eaten." When discussing the way to emphasize agricultural governance and transformation, it is extended to mean that "virtue is only good governance, and politics is to nourish the people." The virtue of the sage is reflected here, and this is "only practice."
Pei Ziyun finished solving the topic, and after pondering for a moment, he continued to write. This time the speed was not as fast, but it was not slow either. He finished writing straight, rubbed his eyes, and found that it was already dusk.
Pei Ziyun felt dizzy and sweat soaked her clothes. She placed the draft paper flat without copying it. It was completely dark. She lit candles. The examination room was full of candles, and the civil servants also lit the lighting torches in the examination room one by one.
The examiner took his hands and slowly walked over to inspect with a bunch of examiners. Pei Ziyun was already hungry at this time and didn't care. He just swallowed the voraciousness. The examiner glanced at him a few times and couldn't help but smile.
Pei Ziyun lowered his head and thought. When the examiner finished patrolling the road, Pei Ziyun calculated the time. Today was only the first night, and it was enough to copy until tomorrow. Seeing that the papers had been dried, they folded them, blew out the candle, lay on the wooden couch, and put a thin blanket on his body.
Before going to bed, I looked at the opposite side and found that the young man was still doing the questions in a candle, so I closed my eyes and fell asleep amid the sound of flipping the paper opposite.
"It's different to have plum blossoms." I don't know why, maybe it's the side effect of accepting something in my dream. In short, as long as I want to sleep, I will fall asleep with just a few breaths. This time, even in the exam room, it's the same. After lying down for a few minutes, I made a slight snoring sound.
Chapter completed!