Chapter 231 Three days have passed, the scientific examination is over
Chapter 231: Three days have passed and the scientific examination is over
Shen Tang naturally understood this, and Lu You had taught it a lot in the past. Therefore, it didn’t take long to finish answering the three questions on poetry and poetry, and Shen Tang’s energy was focused on the most important strategy. above.
Ce refers to policy questions, countermeasures, that is, asking questions in the tone of the imperial court, and the candidates give answers. In layman's terms, it is equivalent to the current affairs essay of later generations.
The policy questions this time did not stray from the topic, and the questions raised were basically about major issues such as the governance of the country and the security of the country, the national economy and the people's livelihood.
Ruce's third question asked about the victims and disaster relief. Shen Tang had personally experienced such things, so it was not difficult to answer them correctly! Originally, Shen Tang thought that this time the policy question would be about the war in the North. What surprised Shen Tang was that none of the five policy questions had anything to do with the war in the North.
Naturally, Shen Tang didn't know that this time the scientific examination was controlled by the Zonghe Sect. If the strategy for the war in the North was raised, a large number of students would sing their praises. For the Zonghe Faction, they naturally did not want to see this. .Therefore, there were no questions about the war at all in the policy questions, not even questions about side affairs.
In addition to the policy questions about disaster relief, there were also questions about floods, farmers' persuasion, etc. All in all, the policy questions this time were straight, with no deviations or any difficult questions, which made all the candidates happy.
First write down the general idea on the manuscript paper, and then start to think about it word by word.
Although the Taixue style has been abandoned for many years now, beautiful diction and reasonable logic are naturally what the examiners want to see.
By the end of the second day, Shen Tang's draft had been basically completed. On the morning of the third day, Shen Tang began to formally write. By noon, the first draft had been successfully completed.
After taking a short rest and eating something, Shen Tang carefully copied the first draft of the article onto the examination paper.
After a full hour and a half, Shen Tang finally finished transcribing, and this time the imperial examination was completely completed.
Although the exam was over, he could not move around at will until the papers were handed in. Therefore, Shen Tang stretched out, sorted out the papers, waited for the exam to be over, and checked the other examples.
Looking up and looking around, I saw that many candidates were still writing furiously. The amount of questions in the provincial examination was not small, but the time was extremely tight. Therefore, many candidates were unable to complete every major examination.
There are also many people who are scratching their heads and thinking hard! Although the test questions this time are not difficult, for some exams, they are still difficult! Even the conventional Mo Yi and Sutra Posts are enough to hinder many candidates. Beyond the gold list.
You know, Mo Yi, although the scriptures are memorized by rote, the number of words in the books involved is as many as 450,000, and this does not include the corresponding annotations. In later generations, the college entrance examination will require a few words of ancient poetry. Is it enough for many people to memorize hundreds of thousands of words?
Therefore, it is extremely normal for many people to be unable to answer or answer the question incorrectly. This is also why those prodigies in ancient times who were said to have photographic memory were so famous. Because a photographic memory is enough to be successful in the scientific examination room It crushed a large group of people.
Let’s talk about policy theory. What policy theory examines is current affairs. However, most scholars’ understanding of current affairs or policy issues is based on books. How many of them have the opportunity to practice it?
It is not easy for a layman to answer an expert question without going off topic. If you want to write a beautiful article, you must answer questions with certain insights and practicality. To be honest, this is indeed a bit difficult.
It’s hard for these scholars.
It is said that it is difficult for a poor family to produce a noble son, but in fact the reason lies in this.
Those children of aristocratic families and elders in the family naturally have officials in the court. They are influenced by their ears and eyes. Although they are not proficient in policy issues, as the saying goes, if you have never eaten pork, you have never seen a pig run away?
As for children from poor families, it is not easy to have the capital to study, and it is even more difficult to visit a great Confucian as a teacher. Naturally, their understanding and insights into these policy questions are not as good as those of children from aristocratic families.
All in all, taking the imperial examination is not an easy task. On the contrary, this imperial examination is no less difficult than the college entrance examination where thousands of troops and horses cross the single-plank bridge in later generations.
Time passed slowly, and finally, it was sunset again.
"Graduate the exam!"
With a loud shout from the patrol official, this time the scientific examination finally came to an end.
Afterwards, the examiner came to collect the test papers, so Feng Mi didn't need to mention them more.
Shen Tang, who had been suffocating in this narrow cell for three days, finally walked out of the cell again and followed the huge flow of people directly out of the gate of Gongyuan.
Next, there are still more than ten days to review the papers and release the results. If you are named on the gold list, you will have to participate in the imperial examination presided over by the emperor himself.
The palace examination will no longer eliminate candidates, but the rankings will change again.
Those who succeed in the Jiezhi test are called Juzi, and the first place is called Jieyuan. Those who succeed in the provincial test are called Gongsheng, and the first place is called Huiyuan. After the imperial examination, the final ranking will be carried out, and the number one scholar will be born.
Although it was already dark, outside the Gongyuan there were bright lights and a lot of people.
Juzi's entourage, family members, etc. are all waiting for his son's return.
"Shen Lang!"
Shen Tang followed the call, but saw that this time, the entire Shen family was mobilizing, not only Liu Xiangling and Shao Muyu, but also several maids and a group of guards.
A group of guards with big muscles and round waists squeezed the crowd through a gap and welcomed Shen Tang out from the crowd.
Afterwards, a crowd of people gathered around Shen Tang, left the gate of Gongyuan, and headed straight back home.
"How was your husband's scientific examination?" Liu Xiangling asked.
Shen Tang responded with a smile, "How can I do this scientific examination accurately? However, if there are no surprises, being on the list should not be a big problem. As for the ranking, I don't dare to think too much about it."
The number of candidates for each scientific examination ranges from dozens to two to three hundred. Compared with the thousands of candidates, being able to be named on the gold medal list is already the greatest success.
"With Shen Lang's literary talents and knowledge, being named on the gold list is naturally not a problem! Even if he is ranked in the top three, it is normal!" Shao Muyu obviously has a lot of confidence in Shen Tang, and this sentence won the approval of everyone present.
Shen Tang smiled and naturally would not refute!
Everyone hurried home. After entering the house, Liu Xiangling personally waited on Shen Tang to wash up. After Shen Tang finished cleaning up, Shao Muyu in the hall had already prepared a sumptuous meal with several maids.
After a good meal, they chatted for a long time, and then they went to rest! Shen Tang also relaxed. At least, for the next ten days or so, he would be completely free and could spend time with his two daughters.