Chapter 2178 some people are happy and others are sad
Time is passing slowly, and as the weather is gradually getting colder, the imperial examination in the second year of Zhengde has arrived as scheduled, and the newly renovated Gongyuan is here.
More than 50,000 candidates from all over the Ming Dynasty lined up, checked their identities in a very orderly manner, checked whether there was any entrainment, and then queued up to enter, and then the exam positions were selected.
The whole process is very strict. If there is any mistake in any link, you will not be able to take the imperial examination. The roads around Gongyuan are closed, and there are officers and soldiers standing guard.
After the last candidate entered the examination room, the door of Gongyuan was closed heavily. In the next three days and two nights, more than 50,000 candidates will fight for their future here.
Hu Xiwen silently found his examination shed. The location was not very good because there was a hut not far away. In the past, this would have been a bad name.
You can only blame yourself for being unlucky when you get a bad number. In a smelly environment, your performance will be greatly reduced. If you are beaten for a few days and nights, and then lose your reputation, this is probably the worst thing.
Fortunately, this time, the imperial court restructured the Gongyuan, focusing on the latrines. It added tap water flushing and drainage systems, and a sewage system to minimize the impact. Hu Xiwen's position was no longer affected in any way.
After finding the location, take a closer look at the examination room. Electric lights have been installed in the examination room. When the switch is turned on, the bright light will come on. It is much better than using candles before.
At the same time, you can see that electric lights are installed in many places around the examination room, and the entire examination room can be illuminated.
However, the location of the examination booth is still cramped, and sitting is better. If I go to bed at night, I can only curl up, which is very uncomfortable.
There is no way, this is what every scholar has to experience. It is not easy for the carp to jump over the dragon's gate. I don't know how much hardship I have to endure during the whole process. This little pain now is nothing, it is just the darkness before dawn.
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"Dang! Dang!"
"Start asking questions!"
As many candidates found their own examination booths and prepared for the examination, it was time to start the examination. Under the order of the examiner Wang Shouren, some government officials began to hand out questions and walked back and forth around the examination room holding the examination questions.
Let every candidate be able to see it.
When he saw the test questions, Hu Xiwen was immediately ecstatic, because this happened to be the content he had read and reviewed carefully last night. Soon, he had a rough draft in his mind.
First write it down on a piece of paper, and then carefully review, polish, and check for errors and inadequacies. This imperial examination is not an easy task. There are many taboo things and contents.
For example, the emperor's surname is Zhu, and the character "pig" is a taboo. Another example is that today's emperor is Zhu Houzhao, which is naturally a taboo.
Another example is Zhu Di snatching the throne from his nephew. Such a thing must not happen, and there is not even the slightest hint of it. There are also scandals like the Tumu Fort Incident, which cannot be mentioned.
These need to be checked carefully and avoided carefully.
At the same time, you must write articles based on the examiner's preferences, etc., and write articles that conform to the examiner's political opinions and concepts, so that you can get extra points.
In short, there are too many things that need to be paid attention to in scientific examinations, especially in this kind of essay-based examination, where personal subjective preferences have a great influence.
Time passed slowly. While others were still scratching their heads and thinking about the origin of the question to solve the problem, Hu Xiwen had already finished writing it very quickly. He transcribed it carefully, checked it repeatedly, and pondered it carefully.
In fact, the time for the imperial examination is very sufficient. Unlike later generations where the time was limited, candidates have enough time to carefully ponder and write slowly.
"Dang! Dang!"
"Hand in your test papers and get ready to take the new exam!"
Along with the sound of the gong, one by one the government officials quickly began to collect the answers from the candidates, and then came the new subject test content.
The content of the new science test is different from the previous ones. The test papers are printed in advance and distributed on site. They are similar to the test papers of the new college entrance examination. Candidates need to fill in their identity in the prescribed place and then answer the questions.
The pens used are all pens used by new students. Of course, you can also use a brush.
Hu Xiwen got the new exam papers and browsed them very quickly.
After reading it, everyone started laughing.
Perhaps this is the first time that new exam content has been added, so the questions this time are very simple.
For example, mathematics is just a simple elementary school question. Questions such as area calculation, geometry, unit conversion, etc. are very simple. You can easily answer them as long as you learn a little new content.
There are also some contents related to physics and chemistry, which are also very simple questions. They are all introductory questions. As long as you learn new relevant knowledge and content, you can easily answer them.
However, some geography-related questions are a bit difficult. Regarding longitude and latitude, climate, terrain and other related content, it requires a good study of geography knowledge to know and answer them.
But it can also be seen that these knowledge are indeed very important. Mastering this knowledge can give you a certain concept and understanding of geography, and you will not know everything.
Hu Xiwen answered these questions very quickly.
For him, these topics are very simple. He used to teach himself to teach his younger brothers and sisters, so he is already familiar with these and has learned a lot of the content.
"There is actually some knowledge related to medicine."
After constantly answering questions, Hu Xiwen soon saw some medical-related exam questions.
The content of this new exam is really a lot, very complicated, and covers all aspects. There is indeed a lot to learn, but this knowledge is very useful and can be used in daily life and work.
Compared with Hu Xiwen's easy answer, everyone else was scratching their heads and at a loss, especially those who had only read the Four Books and Five Classics.
Looking at the questions above, I am dumbfounded. There is nothing wrong with them. Without Confucius saying Chengren and Mencius saying righteousness, many things would not be answered at all.
However, there are still many scholars who, like Hu Xiwen, answer the questions smoothly.
These people are either learning very quickly and sharpening their guns temporarily, or they usually pay attention to some newly learned content, read some newly learned books, and learn some related knowledge.
There are many scholars who like to read books, and they will read all kinds of books. With the development of Xinxue, there are many kinds of books, so they will naturally read them.
At least I went back and picked out some of the ones I liked, and now I naturally use them.
"Dang! Dang!"
"The exam is over!"
"All candidates stand up and hand in their papers!"
As the gong sounded again, each candidate stood up one after another. The yamen and officials quickly collected everyone's test papers and stood up. These test papers will be sent to Huming for marking later.
After the candidates' test papers were handed in, the on-site examiner confirmed it again and again before ordering someone to open the gate of Gongyuan.
Many candidates immediately walked outside in small groups, talking to each other about the questions of the imperial examination. Outside the Gongyuan, there were already servants, bookboys and the like waiting, as well as various newspapers.
Reporters are waiting to interview these candidates.
"Sir, I am a reporter from the Ming Dynasty Morning Post. Can I interview you?"
"sure!"
"Do you think the questions in this imperial examination are difficult?"
"The questions this time were quite difficult, and the questions were very biased. In addition, the new questions were also very difficult, and many of them were impossible to answer."
"Then do you think you can go to high school this time?"
"I'm afraid high school will be difficult. If I don't answer the new test papers well, I'm afraid I will lose my reputation."
"How do you think you did on the exam?"
“It’s not ideal, especially the newly learned test content, which is really difficult.”
"The key is that we haven't learned a lot of it."
As the candidates came out one after another, the outside of Gongyuan suddenly became very lively, and reporters from major newspapers continued to interview the candidates.
At the same time, these candidates are constantly discussing with each other.
"Brother Hu, how did you do in the exam?"
Sun Yun and Chen Maoyi found Hu Xiwen and asked quickly.
"I think it's okay, especially the new content, which is very simple."
Hu Xiwen smiled and said.
"You think it's easy, but we find it difficult. Especially the geographical content, longitude and latitude, climate, etc., I couldn't answer any of them."
"Yes, this new content is too difficult. It seems that Brother Hu will definitely be in high school this time."
When Sun Yun and Chen Maoyi heard this, they immediately became envious.
"No one dares to say that they will be in high school until it is announced."
Hu Xiwen smiled and shook his head, then said: "Let's go back and have a good rest. Rest, and then we'll wait for the results to be released."
"Let's call and talk to my family first."
Sun Yun suggested.
"Yes, yes, let's call home first."
Chen Maoyi also followed suit.
After saying that, the two of them hurriedly walked to the phone booth outside Gongyuan, where a large number of people were already queuing up to make calls.
Obviously, everyone is preparing to talk to their families about this imperial examination as soon as possible. Although the results have not come out, many people actually already know that they will definitely fail.
Hu Xiwen didn't call home because the phone bill was too expensive. He decided to wait until he was in high school after the rankings were announced and then call again to tell his family the good news.
As for now, Hu Xiwen is really tired. After taking exams for several days and nights, he is very tired in the cramped examination room. Now he just wants to have a good meal and then have a good sleep.
As for other things, we will talk about them later.
