Kuaiji glutinous rice, Fujian Tremella, Lingnan red beans, Yangping walnuts, Liaodong pine nuts, Beijing chestnuts, Jinling jujubes, Xianghu lotus seeds, and a little Jinhua brown sugar, the cooked eight-treasure porridge looks bright in color and has an enticing fragrance.
It tastes fragrant and delicious. Babao porridge is Laba porridge. It has the effect of nourishing qi and nourishing the mind. It is much more nutritious than the old cake. The raw materials are prepared in advance and just cooked slowly in the earthenware bowl. There is no need to take care of it.
Best food for house candidates——
After Zhang Yuan finished writing the first eight-part essay, he drank a small bowl of hot eight-treasure porridge to feel warm, rubbed his hands, and then began to write the second essay. The second essay was written by Mencius, "Shun was sent to the capital".
He had written on this topic before, and had compiled it and had it published by Yang Shixiang. It sold very well in Songjiang. He could have copied it at this time, but after thinking about it, he decided to write it differently. He changed the title and said, "Being trapped and then prospering, people in ancient times can experience it."
Kao Ye." Everything is stable and regular. This second chapter does not need to be too stunning. What is important is grace and grace. The title is: "Fu Shun said that people, how do they meet in the world? And they are all manifested by poverty, that is, lack of ambition.
Why hurt?..."
It took less than half an hour to finish the second eight-legged essay. I put down my pen and went to the tile bowl under the eaves of the room to fill a small bowl of eight-treasure porridge and drink it slowly while imagining the third essay——
Just like this, I wrote an eight-legged essay and drank a small bowl of eight-treasure porridge. The eight-treasure porridge was warm on the clay stove and would not get cold for a while. When the charcoal fire in the clay stove gradually burned out, turned to ashes and cooled down, after finishing the eight-treasure porridge, Zhang Yuan
The seven eight-part essays were also finished. It was only three minutes later. The sun shone through the gaps in the clouds, casting bright light and shadow on the narrow alley in front of the dormitory. Soon it dimmed and disappeared again, and it was still gloomy.
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Zhang Yuan got up to go to the toilet and saw Qi Huzi writing furiously at his desk without raising his head. This "shit number" was okay and the smell was not big.
Returning to the room, Zhang Yuan began to carefully check the cursive scroll, imperial names, and temple taboos, which must not appear in the article. Also, the beginning and end of each eight-part essay must not be the same, and the scroll paper cannot be stained by ink, otherwise
If it is against the rules, it will be posted on the wall of the court hall, and there will be no hope of admission. Of course, Zhang Yuan cannot let such low-level mistakes hinder his future. After checking every word and every word is correct, he is deeply worried.
With an inkstone, I started transcribing the main scroll, using regular regular script and careful writing. It took me an hour and a half to complete the transcribing of seven articles on craftsmanship and nearly 3,000 words. Finally, I wrote my name on the front of the scroll.
A, place of origin, three generations, classics. In this way, Zhang Yuan, Yimao, and Zhejiang Township Examination's first seven arts were completed.
It is already the end of Shen Youchu, the golden autumn in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is rainy again. At this time, the sky starts to get dark, and the low and cramped dormitories get darker quickly. Such weather is very unfavorable for candidates, and the twilight is brighter than the clear one.
The sun comes two quarters early, and the examination room stipulates that if you have not finished writing before dark, you will be given three small candles, which can last about an hour and a half. If the three candles are burned out, if you have not finished writing,
The trumpet troops will forcibly twist and send the trumpets out, euphemistically called "helping them out"——
Zhang Yuan is very agile in calculating and writing, and the time is very tight. He just finished it before dark. Who knows how many candidates will be "helped out"——
Zhang Yuan packed up the exam basket and left the clay oven in the corner of the dormitory. There were two more exams to take.
The Haojun who was monitoring Zhang Yuan said in surprise: "My husband has passed the exam, and he is the first one to submit the test in Longzihao."
Zhang Yuan nodded to the soldier: "Thank you for your hard work." He carried the examination basket out of the Longzihao dormitory and sent it to the examination examination office on the east side of the supervision hall. There was an examination examination officer who was responsible for collecting the examination papers. Next to him was the sealing officer, who immediately gave it to him.
Zhang Yuan's examination papers were named and numbered. These sealed examination papers will be sent to the transcriber's office according to the sequence of the scriptures. There are thousands of transcribers there, all of whom are temporarily recruited scribes and scientific examiners from various states and counties.
For candidates in the third and fourth grades who are not qualified to take the provincial examination, these people must copy the candidate's ink scroll with a red pen. After proofreading, it will still be numbered. The re-transcribed ink scroll will be sent to each room for review by the examiner.
The purpose is to prevent the examiner from recognizing the handwriting, and the precautions are not lax. However, even if the devil is too high, cheating in the examination room cannot be eliminated. One of the methods of cheating is to "step up to the sky" -
There were many people handing in the papers, but no one paid attention to Zhang Yuan. After turning in the papers, Zhang Yuan walked towards Longmen. It was already dusk, and Zhang Yuan walked past rows of dormitories and saw candlelight shining through some dormitories.
There was still more than an hour left, and the papers had to be handed in before the end. You can see how nervous he was. However, Zhang Yuan felt relaxed at this time. The first seven arts were completed. I dare not say that he performed at a super level, but he showed
One’s own academic ability——
Zhang Yuan now took the time to look at the Hangzhou Gongyuan. This Gongyuan only held such an examination event in three years. It was usually closed and no one walked around, and the ground was covered with grass. It was only cleaned two months before the provincial examination, and it was impossible to clean it so clean.
, there are often clumps of weeds in the corners of the house, and the remote areas near the outer wall become even more deserted. When Zhang Yuan walked to the court, he suddenly saw a small beast that looked like a jackal and a raccoon jumping from the wall.
Passed by, as fast as lightning, and suddenly disappeared——
Zhang Yuan stopped for a moment and thought to himself: "Are you a vixen? Repay a favor or take revenge?" He smiled and strode out of Yumen. Suddenly, he felt that the light suddenly brightened in front of his eyes, and countless high and low long-handled lanterns were held up, as if
Falling into the sea of lights, I couldn't help but squint my eyes, and heard Mu Zhenzhen's happy cry: "Master, Master, you passed the exam -", followed by Wu Ling's cry, Mingyan, Mingyan
Yan asked anxiously: "Master Jiezi, where is the master of my eldest son?" Then Qi Huzi's servants, Zhou Menong's book boy, and Wang Binglin's servants all gathered around to ask questions——
The test basket was picked up by someone. It was Mu Zhenzhen. Seeing Zhang Yuan squinting, he hurriedly asked: "What's wrong, young master? Are you tired?"
Zhang Yuan smiled and said, "I'm not tired, but the light is dazzling." He said to the servants of Qi Huzi and others, "Wait a little longer, they will be out soon."
Before he finished speaking, Qi Biaojia came out with the test basket. When he saw Zhang Yuan, he said happily: "Brother Jie Zi's room was empty when I handed in the paper. Is Brother Jie Zi proud of his composition?"
Zhang Yuan smiled and said: "Okay, how did Hu Zi break the theme in his first performance?"
Qi Biaojia said: "What I broke is that 'people and words are connected to heaven, and a gentleman must be afraid of them.' Where is Brother Jiezi?"
Zhang Yuan said, and the two people discussed their respective seven arts enthusiastically. While talking, Zhang Dai came out and joined the discussion. Later, Huang Zunsu came out, Ni Yuanlu came out, Wang Binglin came out, and Zhou Monong finally came out and complained: "It's dark today.
It’s so early, I’ve already used up two candles, it’s so dangerous.”
The seven people chatted and laughed all the way, and when they returned to the river boat, the boat girls on the three boats had already cooked a feast of delicious food, wine and food for the husband. Zhang Yuan and the seven people were all very hungry, so after feasting, they each took a bath and rested.
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The second game was on August 12th. There were two days of rest. Zhang Yuan was afraid of being disturbed, so he went upstream with his elder brother and Ni Yuanlu's three boats to the bank of the Qiantang River. They stayed there for two days and sailed back to their original location on the evening of the 11th.
Department, I entered the examination hall again early the next morning. This time the inspection was not as strict as the first one. There was no need to cut my hair or take off my socks. In the second session, I had to write a treatise, five judgments, and one edict, imperial edict, or table.
, it is difficult to formulate a question, and it is not easy to plagiarize, so the inspection does not need to be so strict——
Zhang Yuan's second exam still went well, but he felt a strong smell when he went to the toilet. The weather has been sunny these two days, the temperature has risen, and the toilet in the first exam was not cleaned. The power of the "Shit No." was finally revealed. From No. 1
When passing by the house, Zhang Yuan saw Qi Huzi stuffing his nostrils with two paper balls. He couldn't help laughing and thought to himself: "This is a good idea."
When he was handing in his papers that evening, Zhang Yuan heard a clerk say that a candidate had died in the Han No. 1 room. The candidate was over sixty years old. He was writing at his desk and suddenly he lay on the chopping board and stopped moving. Haojun didn't pay attention at first.
, I thought that the old scholar was tired from writing and needed to take a rest, but after a while there was no movement. When he entered the room, he found that his pulse and breathing were gone, he was dead, and he could not stand straight. During the exam, from the number
The gantry was heavily blocked, and the gantry could not be opened until the end of the Shen Dynasty when the cannons were fired. So we had to use wooden boards to make a seesaw on the inner wall, put the dead body on one end of the seesaw, and press this end hard, and the other side of the seesaw bounced up steeply.
, the dead bodies flew out of the high wall, and there were body collectors outside——
There were nearly 10,000 candidates, all of whom were in their late teens and early 70s. The exam was very stressful. It was not unusual for someone to die suddenly. Zhang Yuan walked out, shaking his head. The whole country was crazy about the imperial examination. It lasted for four hundred years and became more and more intense.
Not seeking knowledge and enlightenment, but only seeking fame and wealth, he thought: "Me too, I just want to pass the imperial examination to become an official -"
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After the second exam, the seven essays from the first exam have been distributed to each room. The names of the candidates and readers are printed on the ink scrolls. This is a real-name responsibility system, and the candidates’ ink scrolls are stored in
On the outer curtain -
"Yi", "Book", "Poetry", "Li", "Spring and Autumn", the examination papers are divided into rooms, "Yi" has five rooms, "Poetry" has five rooms, because "Yi" and "Poetry" are candidates for the classics
At most, there are three rooms for "Book" and one room each for "Li" and "Spring and Autumn". On the afternoon of August 12, Zhang Yuan's first seven scrolls were delivered to the "Spring and Autumn" room. The room official was Yang Lian, Chang Shuxian County
The marking officials include Professor Wang from Jiaxing Prefecture School, Chen Xuezheng from Quzhou Prefecture School, and Gu Jiaoyu from Yuyao County School. Fang Guan Yang Lian warned the three academic officers to mark the papers carefully and not to make hasty comments just by reading the questions. Seven essays must be scored.
Just circle the sentences one by one, so as not to suppress your talents——
The three academic officials secretly complained that there was only one room for "Spring and Autumn", but this year there were quite a few candidates for "Spring and Autumn", more than 700 people, each with seven articles, totaling no less than 1.2 million words.
They read every word and their eyes were almost blinded. However, academic officials have always been poor. They serve as examiners and are provided with good wine and food every day, so they are still a little interested, so let's be serious——
Zhang Yuan handed in the paper early, but the number was late. When Gu Jiaoyu read this first piece of art titled "To conquer what a gentleman fears, and to do so by destiny", he greatly appreciated it, highlighted each sentence, and criticized it. He said: "His understanding of reasoning is precise, his expressions are pure and elegant, and there are things that are difficult for some people to do, so he should be crowned in this house." So he recommended it to Yang Lian, the house official.
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