Chapter 224 The First Imperial Examination: The Township Examination
"Old man, stop talking nonsense and let me sign up quickly!" Chu Tian looked at the time and saw that there were still dozens of seconds left, and said anxiously
The old man deserves a beating. He is not responsible at all in his work. Chu Tian is anxious to death. All the old man can do is smile.
The fat lady looked at the time and finally couldn't bear it any longer and shouted: "Old man! Are you going to sign people up or not? Believe it or not, I will complain to you!"
The old man's face fell immediately. He gave the fat woman a cold look and said calmly to the soldiers behind him: "Left and right, push it out and kill her!"
Hearing this, the two soldiers behind the old man looked at each other with embarrassment on their faces. After a while, they said to the old man: "Sir, our place is legal and we don't do this."
Only then did the old man realize that this was not his court, and he quickly changed his words: "Get out, she loses her qualifications to register!"
"Yes!" both left and right said in unison, then escorted the fat woman who was shouting and walked out.
The old man looked back at Chu Tian. He was no longer interested in joking with Chu Tian. He stretched out his hand and said: "The registration fee is five taels of gold!"
"What? So expensive?!" Chu Tian yelled, then looked at the time and saw that there were only a few seconds left. He didn't dare to pester anymore, so he immediately paid the money and took the registration form.
Looking at the registration form, Chu Tian couldn't help but think that this system is really dark. I don't know how much gold was recovered from this imperial examination alone.
Chu Tian shook his head and entered the palace. Chu Tian followed the instructions on the registration form and came to Examiner No. 18. He lined up behind the team and waited quietly.
Chu Tian took advantage of this little free time and looked around. The palace was really grand. The area could only be measured in acres. Looking around, he couldn't see the end. Well, that's because the line of sight was blocked by the attic.
Chutian's location is in the inner garden of the palace. There are five test points in the inner garden. Chutian's No. 18 is on the far left.
The test center facilities are extremely simple and consist of a small curtain. The examiner sits on one side. Each candidate enters the small curtain in turn and sits down opposite the examiner. Then the examiner asks the examinee to choose a question from several small boxes to answer.
, time limit is two minutes, and scores will be given after answering. Those with higher scores may advance to the next round of examinations.
The efficiency of the examiners is very good. Candidates are constantly coming out of several test centers. They are all disgraced and their results are obviously not ideal. Of course, there are also some candidates who are full of joy and their results are obviously not bad. However, these people are in the minority.
Soon it was Chutian's turn. Chutian opened the curtain, walked into the curtain and sat down. The examiner was an old man, wearing a formal official uniform. Chutian couldn't tell who the examiner was.
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After Chu Tian sat down, the old man looked at Chu Tian, with a faint smile on his face, stroking his beard with one hand, and made an inviting gesture towards the table with the other hand, and said: "There are ten boxes here, each
Each box contains a test question. You choose a box and answer it by yourself. The time limit is two minutes."
Chu Tian nodded, picked a box at random, and said, "I choose this one."
The half-old man put it away with the nine boxes, turned the hourglass on the desk upside down, and said, "Then the timer begins now."
Chu Tian hurriedly opened the box, took out the paper inside, spread it on the table and read it carefully. There were not many words in the title, as follows: "Write a verse from an ancient poet, express the poet's tragic experience, and write
Give the title of the poem and the name of the poet"
After reading the question, Chu Tian immediately showed a faint smile. Such a simple question is not like playing.
Chu Tian flattened the paper and reached for the signature pen. Then he noticed that there was a writing brush next to the signature pen. Chu Tian felt a little strange and immediately asked: "Why are there two pens?"
The half-old man smiled and said: "If the writing is neat, you can get extra points!"
Hearing this, Chu Tian put down his signature pen and reached for a brush. However, he thought that he had never used a brush before. If he didn't write well, wouldn't he have to deduct points? After weighing the pros and cons, Chu Tian decided to use a signature pen.
Chu Tian Da Ma Jin Dao sat down, picked up the pen and brewed his feelings for a while, and suddenly he felt a passion to point out the country and inspire words. The tip of the pen was flying, and he quickly wrote a poem.
Chu Tian wrote: "The Guest Arrives, author: Du Fu [Tang Dynasty], there is spring water in the south and north of the house, but I see gang fights coming day by day."
After Chu Tian finished writing, he put the signature pen back to its original place, pushed the paper to the old man, and then looked at the old man with a smile. Chu Tian was very confident that with his junior high school education, if he passed the provincial examination
If they can't pass it, then not many people can pass the provincial examination.
Chu Tian glanced at the answer sheet again. Suddenly, the smile completely froze on his face. At this time, Chu Tian finally knew what was wrong in his heart before.
The title of the poem, the author's name, and the dynasty are all correct, but the content is wrong. It's not about seeing a group of "beats" coming every day, but seeing a group of "gulls" coming every day. Although there is only one word difference, but
Its meaning is completely absurd!
Chu Tian thought to himself that it was over. His five taels of gold were just wasted. That was five hundred yuan! How could he feel so distressed?
Chu Tian lowered his head slightly, put his hand down on the table and held it tightly, carefully peeking at the half-old man. He saw the solemn look on the half-old man's face, and his brows were furrowed.
Seeing this expression, Chu Tian was completely desperate. He wanted to get up and leave. Suddenly, the old man slapped the table and shouted: "Okay! Okay! Okay!"
He said hello three times in a row, which almost took away Chu Tian's soul. Before Chu Tian could react, he heard an old man say: "Among so many candidates, this is the question you answered that satisfied me the most."
!What a wonderful answer!”
Chu Tian smiled and waited for the old man's final words. The old man immediately said: "Let me comment and comment. The first couplet is "Spring Waters in the South and the North of the House". On the surface, this seems to be a description of the environment, but in fact it is
It tells the side of the geographical location of the residence of the poet Du Fu. It is surrounded by water on both sides and belongs to the kind of geographical location where it is extremely difficult to escape. This kind of geographical location is usually in the mountains, which is the kind of extremely remote and sparsely populated place."
"The second line is about seeing gang fights coming day by day. The intention of this sentence is very obvious. It writes that the poet Du Fu didn't know who he offended and was beaten by the crowd every day. Such a situation is not without misery. And in connection with the first line,
Because the poet Du Fu was in that geographical location, he had no way to escape. In addition, he was in the countryside, with the mountains high and the emperor far away. It was difficult for him to seek help from the government. It was a completely desperate situation."
"The title of this poem is "Guest Arrival", but it has other meanings. One explanation is that those who beat the poet Du Fu in groups every day are likened to guests. As soon as the guests arrive, the group fights begin. The other explanation is that it is homophonic -
Restraint means that Du Fu, the great poet, was also restrained to death by this situation."
