When the sky was dark, all the candidates had already entered the venue, and the Beizhili Township Examination in the 11th year of Hongzhi officially began.
A yamen servant struck the gong, and then someone sang: "Let's put the title~"
As soon as the questions were released, there were guards wearing red belts patrolling the examination room holding examination cards with the questions of this provincial examination written on them.
Tong Yuan had already laid out his pen, ink, paper and inkstone, looking ahead, waiting for the officer to come over who would give the exam questions.
After half a month of surprise training, Tong Yuan has gained more confidence in this provincial examination, but he does not have much confidence in whether he can pass this provincial examination.
"Coming~"
Tong Yuan saw the officer slowly walking toward him holding the examination card. He took a deep breath, opened his eyes wide, and took a closer look. He saw that on the examination card were several large characters written by Zhu Qi: "
Benevolent government in today’s time.”
"Ah~"
Tong Yuan was stunned for a moment, as if he had been electrocuted.
Then he wiped his eyes in disbelief, and when he looked again, it turned out that it was still 'Benevolent Government in Today's Times', clearly written in big letters.
"It turned out to be this question!"
His whole body trembled, and he was so excited that he almost screamed.
He was very familiar with this topic, because two days ago, Liu Jin had such a question when he asked the question.
"Can this be hit?"
Tong Yuan was a little unbelievable. You must know that scholars in this era, during scientific examinations, what they like to do most is to guess the questions and guess the examiner. This time, the examiner, Wang Hao, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, was guessed by many people. Everyone
Many questions were answered in advance based on Wang Hao's nature and temper.
Some people will even pay some Confucian scholars to bet on the questions, but the probability of winning is very, very low.
After all, the scope of the questions comes from the Four Books and Five Classics. The examiner can choose questions from the Four Books and Five Classics at will, without focusing on the key points at all.
What's more, with the development of the imperial examination, the examiners are becoming more and more tricky in setting questions, and they will not give you any chance to guess correctly.
Tong Yuan was extremely excited at this time, his eyes were red, and he couldn't hide the joy in his heart. His teacher was able to pass the exam question.
He has written this question many times in the past few days. He is so familiar with it that he can almost write it with his eyes closed.
"Huh~"
Take a deep breath to calm down the excitement in your heart.
Discussions about this topic among several people in the past few days began to appear in his mind, and the eight-legged essay written by Liu Jin also appeared in his mind.
He didn't have much talent in the eight-part essay exam, but it took other people a day to complete an article, but as for him, because he had already finished the eight-part essay, he was confident, and the stupid bird flew first.
Coupled with the fact that he was a scholar himself and had Liu Jin's exquisite articles to draw from, he could write this tricky and weird test question easily.
He slowly began to sharpen the ink, pick up the pen, and dip the ink. First, he wrote a rough draft on the manuscript paper, then he slowly checked it carefully, and then slowly copied it to the examination paper. Everything seemed calm and calm.
Like Tong Yuan, so did Huang Jinquan. He could not believe his eyes. His teacher was able to win the question. The most important thing was that they had practiced this question in advance. You can imagine the excitement in their hearts.
As for Liu Jin, he was even more tolerant and calm, taking his time.
“It’s great to have a golden finger~”
Liu Jin couldn't help but think in his heart, and at the same time he looked at the candidates in the examination booth opposite. Most of them were frowning, and many even had their heads supported by their hands. Their heads were blank and their eyes were dull.
This question is so confusing!
Where is the pit?
Today's benevolent government belongs to the category of cut-off. The so-called cut-off is to cut out a few words from a complete sentence.
For example, if you ask the question "The falling clouds and the solitary owl fly together, and the autumn water makes the sky the same color", a normal person's question will usually be "falling clouds", "lonely owl", "autumn water", etc., which is quite satisfactory.
But the cut-off question is completely different. If the cut-off question is asked, it might be "Yu Gu", but do you think that's the end of it?
No, there may be a space after it, and then the word "色", so the question becomes "与古色".
This kind of test question is simply insane!
'Today's benevolent government' is this type, because the first four words and the last two words have no connection at all, but the candidates are forced to make nonsense according to the requirements of the eight-legged essay according to this question, and forcefully answer the question
You need to explain a lot of truth.
Wang Hao, the Minister of Rites, asked such an exam question, and the candidates who took the on-site exam felt that they were buried alive.
But for Liu Jin, the more tricky the question is, the better. If the question is too common, too ordinary, such as benevolence and diligence, it will not be good.
Because my two students have limited abilities, they may not be able to write common questions that others can write. It is more advantageous for them to ask such tricky questions because they have already done it beforehand and have Liu Jin’s guidance.
This is just like the college entrance examination. If you know the test questions and the answers in advance, you definitely want the test questions to be more difficult, because this can widen the score difference. If the test questions are easy, everyone's scores will be high.
Then the difference in points won't be too big.
"It's hard to kill you~"
While Liu Jin was answering the questions slowly and leisurely, he also looked at the people in the examination booth opposite from time to time. Seeing them scratching their heads, looking at their frowning faces, looking at their blank heads, he couldn't help but want to laugh. This kind of
It still feels pretty good.
Time passed slowly. Liu Jin, who had finished writing the eight-legged essay early, seemed very bored because he could not hand in the paper in advance. Even if he finished it first, he would have to wait until the end of the exam before he could go out.
"Forget it, let's take a nap first. I'm not the only one sleeping anyway~"
Liu Jin yawned. He woke up too early today, so he had better catch up on his sleep first.
It is not uncommon to sleep in the examination room, because many people wake up too early and are not in good spirits. They will choose to sleep first, adjust their state, and then answer questions slowly. What's more, this exam is
Taking several subjects in a row, one exam lasts for three days and three nights, so there is plenty of time.
Three days passed by in a flash. The exam was finally over. When Liu Jin came out with the exam basket, he felt as if a dragon had returned to the sea or a tiger had entered the forest. He felt extremely comfortable all over. These three days had been really enjoyable.
It was so boring. He swore that this was the most boring three days he had ever experienced in his life, no, in his two lives.
