Xian Yuping said: "It is the right choice to stay in Youzhou. Before the Han Dynasty was divided, it was not an opponent of the government. Now there is no one in the court to take charge of the overall situation. The Han Dynasty is also divided. No one in the world is an opponent of the government. Zihou, you want to If we really go to Jingzhou, we might still surrender to the ruling party in a few years!"
Gongsun continued: "We have become ordinary people, and we still care about what we do. The most important thing now is the imperial examination. Only if we pass it can we have a future!"
Then he worriedly said: "I'm not worried about writing articles. We have read classics for more than ten years. It is not a problem to write a 500-word article. At least I will not lose to the students in the college. But I am not good at mathematics. I didn't study well. I didn't study well in "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" back then. Daqian's mathematics was more difficult than "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic". I took a few math test papers from Jizhou College, and I only passed the test very few times! "
Tian Chou heard this and said, "Is it really so difficult?"
Gongsun Xu picked up a test paper and gave it to Tian Chou!
When Tian Chou looked at the test paper, he found that there were many symbols that he couldn't understand, let alone how to do them, so his head was full of question marks?
Xian Yuping said: "There are many symbols in this mathematics test paper that are different from those of us big men. Those who have not studied basic mathematics cannot even read the paper. These symbols were made by the ruling patriarch named Baghdad. Although they look like It’s weird, but once you learn it, it’s indeed simpler and clearer than our numbers!”
There was no way, Arabic numerals had not yet appeared in this era, so Xu Wei could only say that it was studied by his own school, but he was a little ashamed and did not take credit for Baghdad's work. As for this, it was the work of Tianzhu civilization. The product now belongs to China, which Xu Wei does not feel ashamed about. After all, it was originally claimed by the Arabs, which left Tianzhu with no say.
Tian Chou read the basic mathematics and indeed introduced the meaning of these symbols, but this made him even more worried. As long as the mathematics tested was completely different from the mathematics he imagined, he had no foundation at all, and it would take a lot of time to learn it. , but the time for the imperial examination was coming soon, and he had no time to study at all.
Lu Dun saw Tian Chou's worry and comforted him: "We all have the same lack of foundation. At most, we can only read a few more days than you. With your talent in reading, you should be able to catch up quickly!"
Xian Yuping smiled and said: "The reason why we meet here is to help each other. If you don't understand anything, Zitai, you can ask me!"
Gongsun Xu smiled and said: "Everyone learns from each other, so the efficiency will be faster!"
So from that day on, Tian Chou came here every day. He already had a basic foundation, and it took him less than three days to finally master the content of basic mathematics. He barely had a mathematical foundation at the level of a primary school student!
But he has no time to continue studying. June 15th! Daqian’s imperial examination officially begins!
On this day, as soon as it dawned, countless students got up and brought their pens, inks, paper, inkstones and various writing items.
Then they all walked out of the city. Because Xu Wei relaxed the standards, anyone who thought he was a scholar could come to take the imperial examination. Therefore, more than 30,000 scholars came to take the exam in Ji County alone. It was obviously difficult to arrange for so many people in Ji County. Yes, Xu Wei simply found a battalion of soldiers and asked them to build a camp that could accommodate 30,000 people. He also made simple desks and seats, and a simple and huge examination room was ready.
Early in the morning on the exam day, Tian Chou and the others gathered together and lined up to enter the examination room! Groups of heavily armed soldiers lined up to maintain order in the examination room!
Jia Xu, who was appointed by Xu Wei as the chief examiner of Jixian County, shouted: "According to the ruling order: all scholars, please go to the corresponding examination room in an orderly manner. The first round of the examination will be held today. The examination time is one hour. Those who do not hand in the paper after the deadline."
Elimination, all scholars are not allowed to make noise, make trouble, or whisper in the examination room. Anyone found to have violated the rules will be disqualified from the examination."
After finishing speaking, Jia Xu asked the soldiers to open the passage and let the candidates enter the examination room.
Just when he entered the examination room, Tian Chou found that there were candidates who brought books in, and the examiner didn't care. He immediately pulled Xian Yuping and reminded him to pay attention. He didn't expect that he could cheat openly in the first imperial examination, and in full view of everyone.
Down.
Xian Yuping whispered: "This is none of our business!" Obviously he didn't want to meddle in other people's business.
But too many scholars brought books into the examination room, which caused a commotion among everyone. Many scholars with a strong sense of justice reported the cheating scholars to the examiner!
As a last resort, Jia Xu had no choice but to come out and say to these scholars: "As long as the law does not prohibit it, it is feasible. I have just mentioned the rules for the exam, and there is no one in them that says you cannot bring books!"
Then he seemed to be afraid that they would be dissatisfied and said: "This is actually an open-book exam, but it's useless if you bring books! Because you won't be tested on any content in the books! You will understand when you enter the examination room."
Jia Xu also felt helpless. He had studied at Taixue back then and had gone through the exam several times. This was the first time he heard about you in the open-book exam. He protested to Xu Wei, but Xu Wei was worried. Many people were just afraid
It is difficult to write even a 500-word article. After all, Xu Wei thinks that middle school students only have this level of language proficiency, and he is really worried that he cannot find 3,000 middle school students in this big job.
It can still be like this. Tian Chou felt that his three views were shattered. He could still bring books to the exam! The same was true for other exam candidates. Many of them even asked their relatives and friends to bring some books over quickly, so that they would be prepared.
After half an hour, all the candidates entered the examination room!
Then a soldier will give them a test paper with only one sentence written on it. Write a 500-word article in any style!
After Tian Chou saw it, he suddenly realized that he had to stop bringing books. It turned out that even bringing books was of no use. Moreover, the content of the exam was too simple and too casual. Even a Meng Sheng student would probably be able to pass the exam.
It is not difficult for Tian Chou to write a 500-word article. What is difficult is how to write a subtle meaning within 500 words, how to write brilliantly, and surpass 99% of the candidates here, so that he can stand out. He thought for a long time and wanted to write
What a brilliant article, you can start writing it quickly after you have an idea.
In less than a quarter of an hour, a 500-word article was written. After checking it, he found that there were no typos and he thought it was neat, so he submitted the paper in advance.
Jia Xu looked at it and nodded, his literary talent was impressive, no wonder he dared to hand in the paper first.
What Jia Xu sighed again was that such good literary talents were wasted, because the criteria for passing the first exam were extremely simple. As long as an article was read fluently and there were no typos, it would be considered qualified.
This round of examinations is to screen out literate people. For now, those who have the composition level of middle school students are considered talents. Such talents are enough to become Baishi's petty officials. If the number of qualified people is small, even this Once you pass the round, you can become an official.
If there are many qualified people, another group will be eliminated in the second round of mathematics examination. It can only be said that this group of candidates has caught up with the good times and does not need to be too in-book. Xu Wei was even worried that there were not many qualified people, so he took the open-book examination. If you don't know how to write, you can at least look for it in the book. Jia Xu estimates that no future candidates will encounter such good treatment.