Chapter 53 The group of children of powerful eunuchs and traitorous ministers who participated in the imperial examination
Moreover, I heard Fu An say that what Gao Yanei, who was only eleven years old, took part in today was not the provincial examination for miscellaneous subjects.
But after the provincial examinations for Jinshi subjects, those candidates could hardly control themselves.
Facing those readers who are more annoying than a thousand ducks.
Gao Zhang, who was in a very unhappy mood, could only turn a deaf ear and go his own way, leaving others to gossip.
After all, I have a backer. Whether you pass the exam or not is irrelevant to the overall situation. So what will happen to you scumbags no matter how crooked they are?
At the entrance of the Gongyuan, which was heavily guarded by soldiers, a group of candidates were inspected by officials and guards before they could pick up their food boxes and bedding and enter the Gongyuan.
When Gao Zhang's childish little body appeared at the gate of Gongyuan, the officials who searched here were all happy.
Fortunately, someone on the side secretly reminded him that this was Gao Zhang, the only son of Captain Gao, who was also here to take the provincial examination for Jinshi.
The gatekeeper couldn't help but take a deep breath, looking at the child with a mentally ill expression on his face.
"Are you sure you are here to take the provincial examination for Jinshi?"
"This exam takes three days."
"Thank you for the officer's advice. The student knows exactly what he is doing here."
As the officers searched, Gao Zhang answered the official's questions in a neither humble nor overbearing manner.
After a short meeting, the inspection was over. The officials saw Gao Zhang's small body and finally sent an official to help Gao Zhang carry the quilt into the Gongyuan.
"Such a young child comes to take the imperial examination. Who does he think he is, Gan Luo?"
"Haha, Gan Luo may not be able to pass the Jinshi examination, okay?"
"Hey, look who that is. Isn't that Liu Lang from Cai Xiang's family? He actually came to the provincial examination."
"Master Cai Liu, are you also taking the provincial examination for Jinshi?"
"Why, can't it be done?"
The Qilinzi of the Cai family, who had a withered face and dull eyes, frowned unhappily when he heard this question.
Although he is a little timid when facing his biological father, he will never be timid outside as long as he doesn't get beaten.
Facing Cai Laoliu, who had a not-so-reputable reputation, the gatekeeper could only apologize with a flattering smile.
"You are joking. If you say yes, of course there will be no problem. Someone, help Mr. Cai Liu get the things in."
Candidates for Jinshi and other subjects spend a lot of time just to go through all the examinations before entering the hospital.
Gao Zhang looked at his examination room and found that it was almost the same as the Gongyuan of the Ming and Qing Dynasties that he had visited.
After Gao Zhang entered, he spread the bedding in the small single room by himself, and then lay down on it. Oops?
Although the length of this small single room is not enough for an adult to stretch out his legs and rest, for a child, there is no problem at all.
At this moment, I saw Cai Laoliu, with a withered face, walking towards this side.
His depressed look even shocked Gao Zhang.
"Junior brother, Sixth Brother, what are you doing, why are you so tired?"
Seeing Gao Zhang with a caring look on his face and thinking of his father's cruelty these days, Cai Laoliu couldn't help but feel sad.
"Brother, I, I'm in so much pain..."
Seeing Cai Laoliu crying so loudly in front of him, Gao Zhang directly told him not to stop.
But Cai Laoliu was crying and telling about his misery these days.
His biological father threatened him with a ruler, and several teachers hired with huge sums of money took turns to torture him, the Qilin son of the Cai family, to a point where life would be worse than death...
Gao Zhang tried his best to persuade Cai Laoliu, who was dumbfounded. Perhaps he finally had the opportunity to cry and complain, and Cai Laoliu, who was relieved of his depression, staggered to his place.
Tong Zhisheng arrived here soon. After all, the three of them were riding on the front and back, and their positions were not too far apart.
After all the candidates had entered the Gongyuan and were seated, the bell rang and the examiner began to announce the examination questions.
In addition, there will be police officers holding up big signs with exam questions written on them and walking around the Gongyuan.
All the candidates looked so excited and nervous. Gao Zhang was also infected by this atmosphere, as if he had stepped into the college entrance examination room again.
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Naturally, the exams were easy first and then difficult. The first day mainly focused on filling in the blanks in "The Analects of Confucius", as well as "Spring and Autumn" and "Book of Rites" Mo Yi.
Gao Zhang had a good mind and somehow managed to memorize the Analects of Confucius by rote.
In less than an hour and a half, all the fill-in-the-blank questions in The Analects of Confucius were cleared away.
As for the meaning of "Spring and Autumn" and "Book of Rites", it gave him severe toothache.
For Gao Zhang, adhering to the mentality that he could not hand in a blank paper, he still started to read the questions seriously.
Fortunately, Gao Zhang was also a gentle scholar who received nine-year compulsory education.
Soon I saw a question, which was about the story of Zheng Burke and Duan Yuyan.
The main thing was that he had a very clear impression of this little story, but the Spring and Autumn Classical Chinese text on it was a lot garbled.
Mo Yi refers to short-answer questions. In Gao Zhang's understanding, it means interpreting obscure classical Chinese texts into vernacular texts similar to spoken language.
For example, "Gong enters and writes: "In the big tunnel, his joy is also harmonious!" Jiang comes out and writes: "Outside the big tunnel, his joy is also released." Then the mother and son are as before."
Gao Zhang thought hard for a long time and finally came up with the correct answer.
That was Zheng Zhuanggong standing in the tunnel, singing with joy. The main meaning of the lyrics is, meeting my mother in this big tunnel, I was so happy that I couldn't help but sing.
His mother Wu Jiang also happily sang duet with her son. Outside this big tunnel, I saw that my son was willing to meet with me, and I was also very happy.
Then, mother and son hugged each other and cried, and from then on they lived a life of loving mother and filial piety.
Just when Gao Zhang had finally exhausted all his efforts and was working hard to re-create classical Chinese works.
Cai Laoliu had only written a few questions, but because he was physically and mentally exhausted these days, he could no longer hold on, so he simply fell asleep.
Not far away, Tong Zhisheng was looking at the test paper in his hand with a confused expression. Anyway, he was just sitting like that. I don't know if he was in a state of mind or if he couldn't understand the question.
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At this moment, Wu Shangshu, as the chief examiner, was already slowly patrolling the tribute courtyard, accompanied by several officials.
I saw one of the rows of small single rooms for exams, where several young candidates were sitting upright, answering questions with serious expressions.
Seeing that they were still concentrating on writing furiously on the white announcement, Chen Shilang, the deputy next to Wu Shangshu, could not help but sigh with emotion.
"Looking at their expressions when answering the questions, they are so focused, and each one of them seems quite confident. They are worthy of being the children of officials with a good family background."
Hearing this, Wu Shangshu nodded in agreement, walked forward slowly, and soon came to another row of small single rooms.
Chen Shilang, who was next to Wu Shangshu, saw this row of small single rooms at first sight. The fat man from Cai Xiangshu's family was sleeping at his desk.
Next to him is Tong Zhisheng, who is as strong as an ox. His legs are stretched out on the desk that is supposed to be used to answer questions. He is obviously also in a dream.
As for Gao Zhang, who was handsome and looked most like a gentle man, he was raising his head at the moment, looking at the birds on the treetops not far away.
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