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Chapter 64 The Son-in-law of the Zhong Family

Even if he is really a beast, no one else can know, let alone that he is not.

"I was sitting in the dormitory and when I got the test papers, I felt like I had seen these questions somewhere before, and then I remembered a lot of things..."

Tangning was surrounded by several people, like a criminal confessing the facts of a crime.

Zhong Mingli looked at him and asked, "Have you remembered everything you learned before?"

Tangning shook her head and said, "That's not entirely true. I actually remembered a lot of the books I had read, but I still didn't recall much about how to use words and writing..."

Zhong Mingli thought for a while and said comfortingly: "Don't worry too much about this matter. Policy and discussion have been organized for many years. Just follow the steps. You can finish the poetry test with peace of mind tomorrow. There are still two days to prepare for the policy and discussion..."

In the first round of the state examination, 5,000 people were eliminated to 1,500 people, which was also the round with the largest number of people eliminated.

This is to examine the candidates' accumulation and background, and it must not be false in the slightest, in order to screen out those who only know how to opportunistically and do not have a solid foundation.

Policy essays and poems and poems are among these people to screen out some talents with talent and ability to govern the country. Among them, only about 500 people are eliminated in the poem and poems section. The important thing is policy essays, which has always been the most important part of the imperial examination.

The most important thing is Tangning's shortcomings.

Although until now, he is still unwilling to enter the officialdom, but now he is being pushed to the shelf, and everyone's expectations are condensed on him. If it doesn't work, he can still bite the bullet...

Before that, he still had to pass the poems for the next session.

Before Tang Yaoyao left, she warned: "You should keep the peace charm I gave you close to you, it will bless you."

The peace talisman given to him by Fairy Tang was a small wooden sign with a very smooth surface and a good feel to the touch. It looked a bit old.

When he entered the venue for the first time, the officer who was inspected checked it over and over many times to make sure it was not something cheating before allowing him to bring it in.

Before Su Ru left, she asked with a smile: "Brother Xiao Ning, what do you want to eat? I'll prepare it and deliver it to you tomorrow morning."

Tangning thought for a while and said, "Just the same as last time."

Every state exam starts at Chen hour, which is about seven o'clock in the morning.

Before seven o'clock, you have to rush to Gongyuan to undergo examination. When the gong rings at seven o'clock, all the candidates are already sitting in the examination room.

This means that Tang Ning has to get up at five o'clock, and Xiao Ru has to get up even earlier if she wants to help him cook.

However, Tangning did not refuse. He could feel Xiaoru's happiness from the bottom of his heart and would not stop her.

Tomorrow's exam won't be a big problem, but Tangning also needs to prepare. He needs to know what to take and how to take it, otherwise things like the last exam will happen.

If he had known that those questions could be optional, he would have read less books. Those law books were long and boring, and he had to suppress his nausea before reading them...

He knocked on Zhong Yi's door. When Zhong Yi opened the door, he was still holding a poetry album in his hand. He looked at him and said in surprise: "It's so late, you..."

Tangning thought for a while and said, "I have a few questions to ask you..."

"Come in first." Zhong Yi closed the door, poured him a cup of tea, and then asked, "What's the matter?"

Tang Ning thought for a moment and asked, "What will be tested in the second round of poetry and poetry in the state examination, and how will it be tested?"

Zhong Yi was stunned for a moment, then she looked into his eyes and asked, "You answered all the questions in the first session. Isn't it because you didn't know that you don't have to finish the questions in the first session?"

"..."

"How could it be..." Tangning waved her hand, smiled awkwardly, and said, "It's because the exam took too long, and I was bored. I didn't have anything else to do except answer questions. Who knew that I would finish writing as soon as I wrote...

"

Zhong Yi looked at her.

Tangning looked at her for a long time and then sighed, "Okay, I admit that I don't know..."

Zhong Yi glanced at him with a complicated look and did not continue the topic. He shook his head and said: "The poems in the second scene have two titles. It may be one poem with one word, or it may be one poem with one word."

Fu, or one word for each poem..., most of the scientific examinations in recent years are one poem for one word..."

The literature of this era was greatly influenced by Tang poetry and Song poetry, and it has not yet formed a unique literature of its own era.

Therefore, poetry was also favored in imperial examinations.

"As expected, the first question is poetry. Both five-character and seven-character rhymes are possible... If you are testing lyrics, you will be given a word card and just fill in the lyrics according to the tune..." Zhong Yi took out a book from the bookshelf,

He handed it to Tang Ning and said, "This contains some of the best poems that have appeared in scientific examinations over the past few years. Take a look first..."

Tangning flipped through it casually and roughly understood.

The style of the second question is varied, but the essence is still writing poetry and lyrics. As long as the rhythm and melody are good and the political leanings are correct, there usually won't be any big problems.

"It would be great if you could take this second exam instead of me." Tang Ning shook her head and sighed, "You are the most talented woman in Lingzhou. Who can compare to her in writing poems and lyrics?"

Zhong Yi looked at him and said: "The most talented woman in Lingzhou can't compare to you. The first person in the state examination for more than ten years..."

Zhong Yi is really different now than before. She is not reserved at all. She can do this in business without blushing...

Tomorrow's exam was probably clear. After teasing the most talented girl for a while, Tang Ning went back to her room to rest.

After he left, a window in the room on the other side of the courtyard was slowly closed.

Zhong Mingli hummed an unknown tune in his mouth, picked up the tea cup and took a sip.

Chen Yuxian looked at him, shook his head and said, "The one who won the first place in the exam is Ning'er and not you. Why are you so proud?"

Zhong Mingli looked at her and said dissatisfiedly: "I am happy because I remembered the state examination back then and recalled the past events that I referred to at that time..."

Chen Yuxian curled his lips and said, "What good memories do you have? You failed the first two times, so what's there to be happy about?"

"..."



September 12th, the second state exam.

Most of the chief examiners and co-examiners of the state examination are officials transferred from Beijing, or officials from other states, or local officials in Lingzhou. They cannot serve as examiners, but they still have to do things like invigilate the examination and maintain discipline in the examination room.

In the Gongyuan, Zhong Mingli finished inspecting the examination room and came to a small building for the inspection officials to rest.

"Master Zhong..."

In the small building, there were many officials taking a break and bowing to him one after another.

An official looked at Zhong Mingli and asked in surprise: "Master Zhong, it is said that the candidate who answered all the questions correctly in the first test is Master Zhong's virtuous son-in-law. Is this true or false?"

Zhong Mingli stroked the short beard on his chin and said with a smile, "He is indeed my son-in-law."

"awesome……"

"I, Chen Guo, have not produced such a talent for more than ten years..."

"I never expected that Mr. Zhong would have such a virtuous son-in-law..."

"Congratulations, Mr. Zhong..."



After the state examination is over, local officials in Lingzhou will hold a deer-crowing banquet and invite the examiners from Kyoto and the students who passed the state examination. This has been a tradition for hundreds of years.

This is one of the few opportunities for them to show their faces in front of Beijing officials. Since the last time they saw Mr. Fang's attitude towards Zhong Mingli, the attitude of Lingzhou local officials towards him has also been completely different.

In the absence of Governor Dong, they would naturally not be stingy in their kindness to Zhong Mingli.

An official asked with a smile: "Mr. Zhong must have taught a good son-in-law a lot, right?"

Zhong Mingli waved his hand and said: "This is all the result of his own hard work..."

"It's a bit self-aware." Zhao Zhijie sat at the table, sipped his tea, and said calmly: "How can someone who took the state exam three times back then teach the person who has been number one in the state exam for more than ten years?"

Zhong Mingli glanced at him and said, "That certain person also took the exam twice in a row, right?"

Zhao Zhijie put down the tea cup, twice is better than three times..."

"The second time you ranked at the bottom of the B list, you almost failed!"

"That's one less time than you!"



Tangning was sitting in the room. She had just put her things away when she heard the sound of a gong outside, signaling the official start of the second exam.

Not long after, a police officer came over and handed out test papers and manuscript papers...

He opened the test paper and looked at it...


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