In this era, scholars are not all able to be called talented people. The scholars Su Zhiyuan met in a restaurant and those on the flower boat have all had exam experiences, at least they are scholars who passed the first level of the child examination.

These days, Su Zhiyuan knew that the Tongsheng Examination in Hangzhou was about to begin. Some of the shopkeepers and scholars he knew had participated in this Tongsheng Examination. At least he could be called a scholar after passing it, which was different from ordinary people.

The selection of the ancients was very strict even on the first level of the Tongsheng exam, and the pass rate was very low, which was completely different from the modern school exams. Moreover, there were not so many subjects. Although the smallest unit in the Tang Dynasty was a village, the Tongsheng exam for the Imperial Examination was indeed calculated according to the county. At this time, the county had a large scope, even equivalent to the area of ​​the city, so the lowest level of this exam was at the municipal exam, and there were not many people.

Nowadays, people can also learn art and learn various subjects in addition to going to school. However, in ancient times, the imperial examination was a martial arts examination, and it was difficult to have other ways out, so scholars compete in this area very fiercely.

If you want to become super strong in this era, it is absolutely impossible to rely solely on business. If you have money and no power, you are a fat duck. Everyone wants to take a bite. Su Zhiyuan knows that he can't avoid going on a career in the officialdom. No matter whether he has money to buy an official position or not, at least he has no harm in knowing it.

Everyone can participate in the imperial examination. If you pass the Tongsheng exam, you will be a scholar and you can conduct the next round of imperial examinations. So even if you have not read the Four Books and Five Classics, Su Zhiyuan still signed up.

Although he was not prepared at all, Su Zhiyuan was still very excited and wanted to scream. He never dreamed that he would be able to participate in the imperial examinations of the Tang Dynasty.

After preparing the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, Su Zhiyuan stepped out of the house with his head held high and his chest. In order to suit the image of a scholar, Su Zhiyuan deliberately dressed up in his appearance in a more detailed manner, and he looked a bit decent.

At first, when she heard that Su Zhiyuan was going to take the Tongsheng exam, Yang Yuhuan and Sequoia were so happy that they quickly worshiped Buddha and burned incense, taking care of him in high school, which made Su Zhiyuan feel a little bit of a big deal.

"Don't worship, worshiping God is useless."

Xiao Yuhuan stretched out her white and tender little hand and came over to pinch his mouth, and said nervously: "There is a god three feet above your head, so Brother Yuan can't talk nonsense."

Sequoia also looked nervous. It seemed that the ancients believed in gods and Buddhas very much. Su Zhiyuan looked at the divine position of Guanyin and Wenquxing at home, and walked over to lit a few sticks of incense and bowed carefully.

Many people took the Tongsheng Examination on this day, and even those who were older were still there. The imperial examination was a big road, and there were many people who could accommodate them, but few could walk behind.

There is a private school next to the county government in Hangzhou that has become a venue for the students to take the exam. There are many people taking the exam and they must come in batches, otherwise they will not be able to hold it.

Many familiar faces come to take the exam, and those who have successfully become scholars in the past have disappeared in such occasions. There are too many people who are determined to go on a career but are stuck in the first level.

Hangzhou is too big, and people from some small places also came to take the exam, saying that they were studying hard.

With a bamboo basket on his back, a pen, ink, paper and inkstone were placed, and looking at the densely packed candidates around him, Su Zhiyuan felt a little nervous.

Some candidates are still reading books, reaching out to turn the pages with saliva, reading quickly, typical temporary cramming.

The exams in this era are divided into four types: Ming Jing, Ming Fa, Ming character, Ming Case. Ming Sutra talks about the interpretations and annotations of books of the Four Books and Five Classics. Ming Fa talks about the law, Ming character is poetry, songs, Ming Case is arithmetic.

Except for arithmetic, Su Zhiyuan basically doesn't work. Fortunately, poetry can be plagiarized, but how can literati things be considered plagiarism?

In such a scene, many scholars who know each other chat and greet each other. In addition to talking about some academic matters, they also say words to congratulate each other for passing.

Some people are confident, while others are nervous, but the first one is like Su Zhiyuan who has never prepared anything and looks confident.

Before the start, the candidates could only wait outside the examination room. After the start, they could only go in after inspection to prevent cheating.

I have to say that there is no good method of distribution in sequence at this time. It took an hour to draw lots to the examination room. When Su Zhiyuan entered the examination room, he was a little hungry.

You have to search your body when you enter the examination room, or take the initiative to take out all the things you shouldn't bring in.

Like everyone else, Su Zhiyuan stood in a T-shaped shape and made people search for her body. She touched her up and down and didn't even let go of her crotch.

"Hey, what's the thing here? It's soft. Is it the book you hid?" The searcher looked stern.

Su Zhiyuan said helplessly: "This is my chicken!"

The search officer quickly let go like a hot thing. He felt very disgusting and quickly clapped his hands.

"Get in now!"

"Thank you!"

After entering, he quickly found the right seat to sit down. Although the exam took two hours and four hours, Su Zhiyuan's calligraphy was really bad, so he had to spend more time. It would not be an exaggeration for him to seize the time.

When Su Zhiyuan came in, he found that the test papers had been set up in his seat. It seemed that they were all given in advance, unlike the exams in the classroom now, which were given one by one.

The contents of the four parts on the test paper are very organized. After taking the seat, the other candidates quickly started to pick up their pens and write. Some of them who did not prepare ink must pour water and grind the ink first.

The invigilator wandered around the examination room, and Su Zhiyuan was noticed like a crane standing out in the flock. Being noticed in the examination room is actually not a good thing. Regardless of whether you cheat or not, it will at least be nervous and unfavorable to perform.

The key is that Su Zhiyuan's posture of holding the pen is too strange. Others hold the pen with light and graceful posture. He lifts the pen and writes like the wind and sand. His pen moves like dragons and snakes, and his articles are vividly revealed on the paper.

However, Su Zhiyuan held the pen as if he was holding chopsticks. He felt a little uncomfortable when he held the chopsticks. He felt so thorny that he was clenched. He then became a fist, and he wrote the brush bit by bit, which made him feel very uncomfortable just by looking at it.

Invigilator: How can such candidates spend their time in private schools?

At this time, there were no chairs, they all sat cross-legged and had a cushion. Su Zhiyuan wrote this and wanted to change his posture, so his legs would be even more uncomfortable.

Many candidates are obviously very powerful. They keep picking up their pens and writing, and they are dipping them out of ink. They don’t have time to grind the ink, so they quickly put the brush into their mouths, licking them, and continue to write them. No wonder there is a saying by literati and poets, and no wonder many candidates have black mouths when they come out, and those who don’t know think they are poisoned.

In general, Su Zhiyuan knew nothing about the laws of the Tang Dynasty and could only choose simple ones first. For him, the simplest one was to make clear calculations and arithmetics.

Su Zhiyuan: After all, I am a man who memorized the multiplication formula and the addition and subtraction formula. This arithmetic will naturally not stump me.

Arithmetic is indeed simple. Anyone who can be a shopkeeper can easily get this door. It is just a basic skill. The next one is the Ming Sutra. This means that the sentences in "Four Books and Five Classics", "Rites", "Yi", "Spring and Autumn Annals" can be considered as an examination of the basic skills that do not work hard on your daily study.

When Su Zhiyuan saw this, he jumped over and said, "It's better to write a poem first." Maybe it's better."

Poetry writing is also two poems with scope and no scope. However, poetry focuses on rhyme and parallelism, so it is the most difficult one. For this person who has memorized various famous poems, before Su Zhiyuan copied, he had to think about whether the original author of the poem was also in the imperial examination at this time. If he still copied and cheated people, it would be bad. It would be better to change the era, so don’t write poems from the Tang Dynasty, or dressing up.

I have to say that Su Zhiyuan is quite considerate.

The scope of this poem is to praise the prosperous Kaiyuan period. It was not surprising that Emperor Xuanzong of Tang took office for a few years, and it was not surprising that he used the current year title as the title.

How to write it? There are more than three hours left!

(To be continued)
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