In addition to tables and chairs, there is also a couch for candidates to rest. There is a basket not far away. Ye Qing walked over and looked through it. Inside was a can of tea and six layers of meat pancakes. Although it was simple, it was far inferior to what Qianqian had prepared.
He is considerate, but represents the imperial court's apparent intentions.
It was originally prepared for poor candidates when the country's people's livelihood was poor at the beginning of the dynasty, to show that everyone was treated equally regardless of high or low. It was well received and even moved to write poems. However, in this peaceful and prosperous era, it is just a formality.
We are all children, and we were originally poor. Once we have formal status, there are many job opportunities. As long as we are willing to work out, a few meals is not a problem.
Ye Qing hid the food basket, put down the book basket, listened to the faint noise, and inspected the furnishings on the table. On the table, there were several brushes of different thicknesses, of various models, for the convenience of candidates to use. This point depends on the
When I left the court, I took the imperial examination with great care and attention. I had a writing brush by my side, an inkstone, and a stack of rice paper. They were all distributed in a unified way. They had been laid out here for a long time, just waiting for the time to come for the candidates to take.
In fact, at the level of scholars, in addition to rice paper having to be unified, you can bring your own pen, ink and inkstone. This kind of tolerance is just to promote performance, just like the mouse and keyboard that comes with e-sports on Earth.
After three sticks of incense, all candidates took their seats.
The sun was getting higher and higher. At the door of the apse, Lan Chongwen looked at the time on the sundial and shouted loudly: "The time is up, the exam officially begins. Candidates, please don't be impatient and wait for the exam papers to be distributed."
Following the invigilator's shout, the door was locked, and a military fence was even built outside. They would not evacuate until the exam was over. From now on, no one except the invigilator and the real invigilator was allowed to enter, unless there was a court appearance.
Dual orders from the hall and the Taoist court.
The silver seal on the plaque in the back hall was shining brightly in the sun at this moment, suppressing the energy of the entire audience and banning all specialness - it's not that the luck was gone, it was just that it was hidden like a hidden dragon, and it temporarily lost its ability to influence the world.
The real person did not interfere with the normal process, so the three invigilators and the six invigilator assistants all held the examination papers, handed out the exams, and soon arrived at Ye Qing's place.
The person who handed out the test papers to Ye Qing was a deputy invigilator. He was not too old, around thirty, in his thirties. He was dressed in the uniform of an eighth-grade official and had the right to invigilate some of the venues.
Among the many invigilators, the leading ones are the three invigilators, all of whom are seventh grade. However, these deputy invigilators are of eighth grade, with different priorities.
The deputy invigilator was about to leave after handing out the test papers to Ye Qing. He happened to see Ye Qing taking the test, and his eyes suddenly lit up. He was secretly surprised: "Isn't this the protagonist of the Dragon King's banquet?"
It's just that he still has work to do at this time, but he can't say much and continue to hand out test papers to other candidates.
After the deputy invigilator left, Ye Qing picked up the exam paper and looked at it carefully. He just looked at it and smiled, but after laughing, he felt heavy again.
Just like the pattern in the previous life, among the three examination questions, the first one is still about the scriptures. The scriptures are to select the meanings of a few words. Based on this principle, the candidates must write the corresponding paragraphs from the three classics and five classics.
Ye Qing is familiar with the meaning of the scriptures and has a photographic memory. This is not a big deal. In fact, children who can pass the county examination can basically recite the scriptures and pass the test. You just have to pay attention to handwriting and typos.
Ye Qing put this piece together and saw the second piece. The second piece was an analysis and discussion of the way of the sages. This was the theory of the candidates in the examination school.
Ye Qing put down the volume and continued to read the third volume. As expected, the third volume was about a difficult matter in a certain place. The candidates were asked to make choices and decisions based on the Three Classics and Five Classics, and discuss their principles.
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Scholars are the pillars of the country, and they prepare local work. If they don't have this talent, what's the use of taking it?
Generally speaking, these test questions are much more difficult than the boy test. However, for Ye Qing, he was one of the best in his previous life. He had read tens of thousands of articles, and after integrating them, he was able to master the classics, meanings and principles with ease.
I felt a little happy in my heart, but I suppressed it, pondered for a moment, took a piece of rice paper, and quietly started writing.
At this time, other candidates were still thinking hard or making drafts, and even Yu Fan was concentrating on ideas.
The deputy invigilator came back from handing out the examination papers. When he passed by and took a look, he was startled. He recognized the name and knew that the "Tong Jinshi" wrote like iron at the Dragon Palace Banquet, but now he saw the opposite.
Seeing that Ye Qing's pen was moving quickly and swiftly on the paper, his literary thoughts were welling up. The invigilator walked closer and took a look, secretly approved, and left quietly.
Ye Qing was concentrating on it at this time and didn't pay attention to it. He just wrote one by one. When he was hungry, he picked up the water in the book basket and used it. When he was tired, he took a rest.
Compared with Tongsheng, for the same three-volume questions, Xiucai Examination pays attention to extended explanations and does not seek to be self-explanatory, but only seeks to cover all aspects without omissions.
This is to deepen the understanding of children's simple memory. The amount of text is huge, not only mental work, but also physical work. It is common for candidates to be exhausted before going forward, and it is more common for candidates to not finish answering when the paper is collected.
The amount of questions in this kind of examination is ten times that of a child student and five times that of a human being. It is known as: "The Cow Farming Test!"
To put it simply, it tests the writing skills, because children are qualified to practice Taoism, and it also tests the candidate's foundation building level.
Many "pure" scholars who only studied and refused to even practice foundation building were dismissed.
After all, this is not a Confucian imperial examination, but a Taoist imperial examination. You have no training in anything and you still want to make progress?
This is also the reason why Ye Qing went out of his way and started writing as early as possible. Even if he knew everything, he had to finish all the chapters within two days, and the time was very tight.
However, as long as you have some time left at the end, you are not afraid of accidental mistakes or omissions, or dirty papers. When you are done with these examinations, you can remove the old paper, write a new one and reinsert it. This is the privilege of being a scholar in the examination.
At noon, Ye Qing finished writing the first volume and laid it out separately, trying not to smear the handwriting and avoid having to rewrite it again.
I reviewed this first volume myself and was satisfied with it.
Each principle basically has emphasis in the three classics and five classics. Generally speaking, quoting one paragraph is considered qualified, but if you can elaborate more, you will get extra points.
Ye Qing himself remembered everything.
Candidates in previous lives would also review old questions. There were always candidates who searched all the Taoist canons and verified the references in the Dayan Sutras in addition to the Three Classics and Five Canons, and came up with perfect answers that were more detailed than the standard answers.
As I was writing just now, I had the urge to write down the content in the Dayan Sutra, but I restrained myself.
This will definitely raise questions, and even the authority of the county government must conduct verification, which will be very troublesome.
"That's enough for now. Every word should be correct. All three classics and five classics have been quoted. It's flawless." He made a decision in his mind and started the second volume.
"This is a discussion of principles. In the Boy Exam, it is the final question. There are only three questions, and they are two small questions and one big. Now there are seven questions, all big questions. This paper alone is five times more work."
"Seven articles took two days to think about, draft, modify, and write. It was very mentally and physically demanding."
"Even if you are talented in writing, but you cannot build the foundation, you will not be able to hold on. This is one of the fundamental reasons why scholars from poor families are dismissed."
"It is said that there are many children from poor families who write about vomiting blood, so they can only waste an opportunity to take the exam."
"Now that I think about my previous life, I was able to rise to the top three years later. In addition to three years of accumulation and knowledge of the earth, the biggest reason is my great luck. Unfortunately, I am facing a catastrophe. How can I beat the world?"
I was thinking about it in my mind, and originally wanted to give it a try with Jinshi articles. But after experiencing it for the second time, I found this idea ridiculous.
"Seven major titles were written in a hurry, and all of them are at the level of Jinshi. I am afraid that I will not even be able to get the number one scholar. This move will immediately alarm the imperial court and heaven. Within three days, the imperial envoy will be on horseback.
Come here and check yourself, if any clues are discovered, even the gods will not be able to save you."
"That's all, I'll still take the county examination papers, but I can take the best ones and achieve the top grade!"
"Whether it can happen or not depends on God's will."
Thinking of this, I meditated and meditated. In my previous life, I had read three thousand Huazhang, two thousand for the county test, eight hundred for the state test, and two hundred for the palace test.
Thinking back on it at this time, insightful insights flowed through. Compared with the boy's test, it can be relaxed a lot. Except for some taboos, even some subtle words from the state test can be extracted from the article depending on the situation to add finishing touches and improve the situation.
Follow the article format!
But at this time, the sundial reached noon, and the silver seal was shining in the distance. Ye Qing frowned and gave up the idea, thinking to himself: "The county tests the bronze seal, the county tests the silver seal, the state tests the gold seal, the evil spirit of the town is...
It’s getting stronger and stronger, I’m afraid even my ideas will be affected at this moment.”
"Only when it comes to the palace examination, the jade seal used has deep luck. Even at noon, it can't suppress the bad luck. It's back to basics."
In addition to Lan Chongwen and Zeng Lian, the deputy examiner is Mr. Yang Caiyang.
Yang Cai was fifty years old, with a fair face and no wrinkles. At this time, he walked over and saw a young man sitting in an examination room, looking at the paper. It was obvious that he had written the first paper.
Checking.
This man was dressed in fine clothes, with his hair tied up in a high crown. He had a calm demeanor and was not angry. Yang Cai was deeply impressed and thought to himself: "This is the magnanimity of everyone. He deserves to be the son of the Yu family."
Yang Cai coughed slightly and didn't say a word. He just glanced at Yu Fan, and their eyes met. They understood each other, but each remembered the rules. Without saying a word, they looked away in a blink of an eye.
Yang Cai smiled slightly and glanced at Yu Fan again, already making a decision in his heart.
I was a middle school student at the age of eighteen, a scholar at the age of twenty-three, and a scholar at the age of twenty-seven. However, after taking the exam for nine years, I failed to get a chance to become a scholar, so I served as an important official as a scholar, and after more than ten years, I was promoted to the eighth rank.
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It's just that when you reach the eighth level and above, you are always a carrot and a pit, and you can't get over it anymore. At your age, you can still hope to be a county magistrate and achieve "positive results"!
If he wanted to rise to the top, he would need support, so he thought of a way to rely on a back-up, and reluctantly established a relationship with the Yu family. He was worried that he would not have a chance to show off. In this case, it would not be difficult to do something according to Yu Fan's words.
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The world only knows that the examination room is strict and has real people to supervise it. Even the examiner can't do anything about it, but he doesn't want to always have some tricks. Thinking of this, Yang Cai thought for a moment, the sparks in his eyes flickered, and then he walked towards an examination room.