Chapter 23 Monthly exams were also required in ancient times
When you get busy, time flies very quickly.
Wei Chen goes to class during the day, does test questions, and memorizes at night. He just worries that twelve hours a day is not enough.
Time is running like water, and a month has passed in the blink of an eye. Wei Chen has finally memorized all the "Four Books", and also understood and absorbed the content of Lin Yan's daily lectures. He felt that he had some ink in his heart, and he made art.
It can be considered a small success.
Finally, on the day of the monthly class, early in the morning, seven students from Shangshe had already arrived in the small lecture hall, and all of them were sitting upright.
After Lin Yan came to the free school, he set a rule to take a test every month as the basis for classifying the students of the three schools.
Today is the day of the monthly exam. As the first batch of students selected into the upper house, these seven people all have their own pride. No one wants to be eliminated to the inner house or a lower-level outer house, so no one can
Don’t dare to neglect.
Sitting in the examination room, Wei Chen couldn't help but recall the hard days of taking a small test every week and a big test every month when he was a senior in high school in his previous life. He didn't expect to have to experience it again after traveling through time. This feeling is so refreshing!
He happened to memorize the last volume of Wenfu the night before, thinking that he would be successful in one battle, so he went to bed very late and didn't get a good rest. While waiting for his husband to hand out the papers, he couldn't help but yawned several times.<
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He Jinchao, who was not far away, saw him and sneered secretly: "Before the exam, I was still sharpening my skills in battle. I don't know if I can pick up my pen today."
When Lu Qingzhou next to him heard this, he also glanced at Wei Chen. Seeing that Wei Chen really looked troubled, he was secretly happy and his confidence suddenly increased.
"It seems that this time, I, Lu Qingzhou, is number one in the monthly class!"
At this time, Lin Yan tapped the ruler and began to distribute the test questions, and the small lecture hall suddenly fell silent.
According to the rules set by Lin Yan, the monthly exam will take two and a half hours. There will be no other tests, only the time and prose, with a total of three questions.
Each person received five two-page yellow rough-edged paper to use as draft paper.
As for what was actually transcribed, it was three octavo red-lined vertical sheets of paper, each with twelve lines and one vertical line of twenty-four characters.
This is a special answer sheet for the provincial examination. Ordinary people have no access to it. Sheng Wei spent a lot of money to have someone purchase it from the provincial capital.
I heard that the answer sheets used in the imperial exams are more sophisticated and are made of four layers of rice paper. But this is just a monthly exam for the free school. It doesn't require such good paper. It just needs to let the students feel the atmosphere of the big exam in advance. Wei Chen got the paper and glanced at the questions.
The first question: "Zhuang Bao met Mencius and said".
The second question: "One introduction is not enough to communicate with others."
The third question: "Apply the meaning of filial piety and brotherhood".
The moment he saw the title clearly, Wei Chen was stunned.
These three questions actually all come from "Big Questions and Small Questions" that Wei Chen just memorized!
Wei Chen can even remember which volume, page and line of Wenfu they came from!
Wei Chen secretly smiled bitterly in his heart, Mr. Lin is too lazy, can't he come up with an original question?
Now, the closed-book exam has become an open-book exam!
However, Wei Chen also knew in his heart that Lin Yan was not to blame. After all, this was just an ordinary monthly exam, and it was normal to choose questions from the question bank.
Lin Yan probably never expected that in just one month, Wei Chen could memorize nearly 10 million words of question bank.
But in this way, Lin Yan saves trouble, but throws the problem to Wei Chen's side.
"To copy or not to copy, that is the question."
For a time, Wei Chen fell into a fierce ideological struggle and was unable to write.
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During lunch, the students from Shangshe who came out of the examination room were still discussing the morning exam. Some were talking about their own ideas for solving the problem, while others were sitting aside with a bitter expression on their faces, not even thinking about eating.
Wei Chen opened his food box and found that today's meal was really good, including meat and vegetables, and a big chicken leg. The food was more abundant, which is one of the benefits of being a student in the upper house.
Just as Wei Chen was preparing to feast, He Jinchao and Lu Qingzhou came to Wei Chen's table.
Lu Qingzhou smiled and asked: "Brother Wei, how will you do in this exam? Are you sure?"
He Jinchao also asked: "Brother Wei, how did you solve the first big question?"
Wei Chen frowned after hearing He Jinchao's question. It's the most annoying thing to know the answer after the exam.
At that moment, he said casually: "Not bad."
Then I just started eating.
He Jinchao still wanted to ask more questions, but he heard Tao Dazhi on the side said carelessly: "Brother He, don't treat one with favoritism. You only asked Brother Wei how he did in the exam, why don't you come and ask me?"
As soon as He Jinchao heard Tao Dazhi's voice, his face suddenly drooped, and he said coldly: "What's the matter with you? You deliberately blew out the lights to tease me last time, and I haven't settled the score with you yet!"
Tao Dazhi said with an aggrieved look: "Brother He, I really didn't pay attention that day, and didn't I apologize to you afterwards? Why are you still so upset? If it doesn't work, I'll invite you to take a bath in my bathhouse.
How about you not having to pay and soaking for as long as you want?"
"Who dares to take a bath in your shabby bathhouse!"
He Jinchao looked at Tao Dazhi's innocent fat face. The more he looked at it, the angrier he became. He didn't care to pester Wei Chen anymore, turned around and walked away.
Lu Qingzhou confessed his crime to the two of them and followed them out together.
After He and Lu had left, Tao Dazhi turned to look at Wei Chen and said solemnly: "Brother Wei, these two people are secretly speaking ill of you behind your back. They are not a good thing. You should be careful."<
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Wei Chen was stunned for a moment, raised his head in surprise, then clasped his fists towards Tao Dazhi and said, "Thank you, Brother Tao, for reminding me."
Tao Dazhi nodded, said nothing more, lowered his head and concentrated on dealing with the roasted pig's trotters in front of him.
In the afternoon, the list was released. The children in the volunteer school took the list paper and pasted the three lists of the outer house, the inner house, and the upper house on the wall outside the lecture hall.
All the students were anxious and rushed to the front of the list.
Unlike the crowds of people in front of the outer house and the inner house, there are only seven people in the upper house, which seems quite spacious.
He Jinchao had been here early, and after the list was posted, he was the first to step forward to look at it.
"Am I only ranked fourth?"
He Jinchao rubbed his eyes, somewhat in disbelief.
Lu Qingzhou's writing has always been better than that of He Jinchao. He Jinchao has also been mentally prepared for this, knowing that this time he will probably still succumb to Lu Qingzhou.
But even so, He Jinchao thought he should be ranked second in the upper house, so why was he inexplicably pushed to fourth?
He Jinchao looked up at the top three on the list with doubts.
Topping the list is Wei Chen, second is Tao Dazhi, third is Lu Qingzhou...
After He Jinzhao read it, the first reaction in his heart was: Could this list be reversed?
Even if Wei Chen is ranked first, how can even that pig-like guy Tao Dazhi be ranked in front of Lu Qingzhou and himself?
At this time, Lu Qingzhou also came to look at the list.
When Lu Qingzhou saw his ranking, his confidence was shattered.
He was confident that he would be the first to pass the exam, but what if he didn’t get the first place, not even the second place?
He Jinchao came over and said angrily: "Wei Chen's writings before were still unsightly, but it's only been a month and he has completely changed? I don't believe it!
And Tao Dazhi, who usually either eats or sleeps, I have never seen him study hard, yet he can actually get second place in the exam, which is the most ridiculous thing in the world! Brother Lu, there must be something fishy about this!" p>
Lu Qingzhou took a deep breath, calmed down, turned around and said with a forced smile: "Brother He, don't be impatient. Wait until the papers come out and read their papers. If there are any problems, let's report it to Mr. Lin."