There was actually a monk's room to live in during the exam, which made Zhang Yue feel very excited.
There are only more than 300 monks' rooms in Kaibao Temple. Zhuke Mingjing certainly does not have this treatment. As for Jinshi, only more than 300 people can live in monks' rooms.
The rest had to sit in the lobby.
Although the monk's room is only two feet square, it would definitely be much more comfortable if it had a place to shelter from the wind and rain.
The most important thing is that the monk's room faces south, where the sun can shine through and the iron tower of Kaibao Temple can be seen.
It seems that the examiner took special care of himself for Chen Xiang's sake, which is considered a hidden benefit.
The monk's room had been cleaned and was very clean. Zhang Yue spread the mat on the couch and covered it with a thin sheet at night.
A man with some rough conditions like this would sleep directly without even bringing a sheet or mat.
Zhang Yue was also worried about sleeping in the lobby because the ground would be cold, so he brought a bedding, but now he has no need for it.
Zhang Yue took out the inkstone, ink ingots, and pens from the examination box and placed them on the table. A wax stand was placed on the table, and Zhang Yue took out all the candles. This time he brought five candles.
For an exam of three days and two nights, five candles should be enough.
After laying out the papers, Zhang Yue knocked on the window. The window of the monk's room was a lattice window. Zhang Yue saw an official coming behind the window and asked, "What's the matter?"
Zhang Yue stuffed a handful of copper coins into the opponent's hand and said, "Mr. Duan, bring me some incense sticks."
The other party weighed the copper coins in his hand, took them in as if no one was around and said, "Wait."
Soon the other party handed me some incense sticks through the lattice window.
No open flames were allowed in the examination room, so I had to borrow incense sticks to light the fire.
Zhang Yue took out the incense burner, put the spices in it, and ignited it with incense. After a while, a faint wisp of green smoke ignited from the spices.
Burning incense can calm the mind, can be used to decorate the body, and most importantly, it can be used to repel mosquitoes and insects.
The mosquitoes in Bianjing are so damn poisonous.
Although most people in Bianjing suffer from mosquitoes, only Ma Xingjie is not afraid of mosquitoes.
Why?
Because the whole street is full of drug stores, and every family is rich, they can afford to burn incense to repel mosquitoes. In addition, the business on Ma Xing Street is open all night long, and the whole street is brightly lit all night. Therefore, the fragrance of mosquito repellent medicine permeates the whole street.
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After burning the incense, Zhang Yue felt much more comfortable. He took off his trousers, put on a loose singlet, and took a sip of mung bean soup to cool down the heat.
Just when I was about to get some cakes to eat, the examiner soon came to hand over the examination papers.
Zhang Yue's paper was attached to his family status. He had submitted it early in the morning, but now it was stamped and returned to his hand.
After Zhang Yue confirmed the seal on the test paper, he took the paper with the test questions printed on it and started reading the questions.
Zhang Yue glanced at the questions for the current Imperial College Examination and had an impression in his mind.
Zhang Yue understood that for Jinshi subjects, the weights of the above subjects were arranged from high to low.
The most important thing is endowment.
It was decided whether to stay or not. Su Shi Jiayou's second year of the Jinshi examination was rejected by the examiner because of his poor performance. No matter how good his writing was, the examiner didn't even look at it.
If Ouyang Xiu hadn't searched out Su Shi's papers, read Su Shi's "The Theory of Honesty in Punishments and Rewards" and rated it as the second policy theory, Su Shi would have failed the imperial examination.
After Fu came poetry, and imperial examination poetry in the Tang Dynasty was more important than Fu. In the Song Dynasty, especially after Ouyang Xiu promoted the classical prose movement, the proportion of poetry dropped significantly.
The following proportion of strategy and theory was now promoted by Ouyang Xiu in the imperial examination. Now it is no less than poetry and second only to fu.
The last scripture question is just a formality. For many Jinshi scholars who disdain reading scriptures, even if it is completely wrong, it will not affect their success in the Jinshi exam.
However, if you do well in the classics test, you can get a higher rank. For example, Su Shi was almost eliminated because of his talents. Although he came to the rescue with strategies, he was only ranked among the top five Jinshi in the end. However, because he ranked first in the Spring and Autumn Classics, he was promoted to the fourth.
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Among these, Zhang Yue was most confident about the classics, followed by policy essays, and finally poems.
In discussing the meaning of the classics, Zhang Yue can be said to be the one who scorned all the imperial students who studied Jinshi in Imperial College. Even the Confucian classics students who studied the classics were willing to be inferior to Zhang Yue.
At that time, the economics students who studied the Nine Classics, which was the leader of all subjects, felt inferior to Zhang Yue when they saw his academic skills. He said that Zhang Yue was afraid that it would be difficult to pass the Nine Classics. Zhang Yue went to the Jinshi Department and let them go.
The meaning of a horse.
However, no matter how strong the Confucian classics is, it has no substantive effect on the Jinshi department and can only be the icing on the cake.
After reading the paper, Zhang Yue first polished his ink and wrote all the topics on the meaning of the scriptures.
The scripture questions are Analects of Confucius and Classic of Filial Piety (compulsory exams). The following are major scriptures. Candidates can choose one of Spring and Autumn Period and Book of Rites to take the exam.
As for the Book of Changes, books, and poems included in the Five Classics, there are also selected exams.
Because Zhang Yue had memorized all the Nine Classics by heart, the process was really tedious, but he finished writing all the scriptures and their meanings in just half an hour.
Later, Zhang Yue conceived the following topic.
The strategies and arguments for solving the test must be more than 500 words. Although there are not many words, they are very taxing.
As for Fu, it must be more than three hundred and sixty characters, while poetry is limited to six characters and five characters and six rhymes.
These are recorded in the test explanation instructions purchased from knowledge bookstores.
At the same time, there is no limit to the number of couplets for each rhyme, and there is no limit to the number of words for each couplet.
At the same time, if there is any doubt about the official rhyme, please submit it. If the font and pronunciation of the poem are the same, you can also use it as appropriate.
This seems very simple, but it is not. The imperial examination in the Song Dynasty had extremely strict requirements on paper scores.
The examiner's score for a paper is based on dots and wipes.
The specific standard is that three points are equivalent to a touch, and each touch is reduced by one level.
Take the scribbling.
Apply five characters to form a dot, and apply fifteen characters to form one wipe.
That is to say, if you mark fifteen characters on a paper, you will be downgraded by one grade. If you mark five characters, you will need to remember one point.
In other words, to keep your test scores from being deducted, you must control typos within five words.
Therefore, candidates must think clearly before writing.
In addition, there are fifteen non-test formulas.
The so-called not to test the fifteen items means that if there is a mistake, it will be directly judged as a failure, without even making a mark or making a judgment.
There are fifteen places specifically.
The minimum word count is not reached.
Don't know the question.
The poem falls in rhyme.
Use rhyme and use fewer words.
The poem is uneven.
The entire poem uses an ancient couplet.
Don’t write a title.
Violate temple taboo.
There is no title meaning before the two rhymes of the poem, etc.
There is also the use of wiping the twelfth grade, which means that the grade will be reduced by one grade in this case.
Misuse of things.
Three words in a row.
Wrong title.
The poem is wrong.
The four sentences of the small poem do not reveal the meaning of the title.
The poem uses alternate sentences.
Policy analysis of more than ten sentences of ancient and modern texts, etc.
Basically, if you make a mistake, unless the article is particularly outstanding, it is almost as good as failing the list.
As for the point formula, there are only four.
Borrowed words.
There is only one word left in the poem.
The poetry is rather dry.
The poem uses overlapping words.
In the fiercely competitive examination for students from underprivileged families, as long as there is one point-format, except for the outstanding points in the article, they will basically fail, let alone the wipe-format.
With so many restrictions, Zhang Yue must first ensure that he makes no mistakes in the exam, and then he can consider whether he is outstanding in the next step.
What Zhang Yue is most worried about is his poetry.
In the past, poetry and Fu were just a younger brother compared to policy theory and classics. After two years of training in Imperial College, Zhang Yue has made great progress.
Now in the examination room, everyone, like Zhang Yue, has finished writing the questions on the meaning of the classics. Afterwards, everyone is meditating in the room on how to develop poetry strategies.
Zhang Yue also walked around the room and thought. He drank some soup when he was thirsty and ate some cakes when he was hungry. Before he knew it, he had climbed up to the iron tower of Kaibao Temple.
At this time, Zhang Yue heard a candidate in the examination room next door calling: "Mr. Duan, do you have anything hot to eat?"
Duan Gong scolded: "The shit is hot, how can you eat it?"
The examinee smiled and said: "If you want to go somewhere, just want a hot soup and rice, I will pay for it."
Zhang Yue felt something in his heart after hearing this. It would be great to have a mouthful of hot soup and rice in the examination room.
The gentleman said: "Yes, I have it, but it is just for my own food. If I sell it to you, what will I eat?"
The candidate said happily: "I still have some cakes here. If Mr. Duan doesn't mind, I can take them."
The gentleman nodded and said, "Wait."
Soon the gentleman brought a bowl of steaming noodle soup and passed it through the grilled window.
Zhang Yue's examination room was right next door to this person, and he could be heard slurping down a bowl of noodles like a pig eating chaff.
A bowl of vegetarian noodles with a clear soup and little water, but this person actually tasted like a Manchu-Han banquet. This was really a first-class torture for Zhang Yue.
The rest of the candidates were involuntarily moved, and a few candidates who had rich families and acted with sincerity asked aloud: "Duan Gong, do you still have hot noodle soup?"
Another person asked: "Duan Gong, Duan Gong, do you have any wine?"
Zhang Yue heard that someone actually asked for wine, and there was such a strange demand.
However, the gentleman brought a wine gourd, and as for the other requests of the candidates, these gentlemen also fulfilled them one by one.
Zhang Yue couldn't help but sigh, the Song Dynasty was really a world of rich people, so inhumane. As long as you have money in your pocket, you can spend so much money in the examination room.
Zhang Yue even suspected that if he had enough money, he could call two girls for you.
But if you are reluctant to give up money, you can only do what Zhang Yue does, others eat the noodles and you smell it.
Zhang Yue looked at the bright moon on the iron tower, and for some reason felt that this scene had an artistic conception full of ancient interest.
While looking at the bright moon on the tower, he peeled the eggs and ate two. Suddenly he felt sleepy, so he decided to take a nap first, regardless of other things.
So Zhang Yue didn't even light a candle and lay on the bed with his clothes on.
Zhang Yue fell into sleep, but saw the exam questions suddenly arranged in the dream world. Suddenly, countless words shone with golden light, surging across the horizon like a tidal wave.
Zhang Yue just hugged his knees and leaned under a big tree, watching the words flow in front of his eyes.
Under the five titles, there are five poems and articles, and then countless words are arranged and combined among them.
Zhang Yue thought for a moment and felt something was wrong. He waved his hand and the text gradually faded away. After a while, another paragraph of text was added.
This scene may seem magical, but these words are the accumulation of poems and articles written by Zhang Yue on weekdays, but they were expressed in more specific forms in his dreams.
During the six hours in the dream, Zhang Yue couldn't help but read countless arrangements. In other words, Zhang Yue had drafted these articles hundreds of times without any effort.
I don't know how long it took, but Zhang Yue woke up from his dream, with the crisp sound of birdsong all around his ears.
Zhang Yue walked to the window and saw that there was silence in Kaibao Temple. The gentleman was taking a nap against the door wall. It was also quiet in other examination rooms. Only the iron tower was immersed in the morning light.
Seeing this scene, Zhang Yue smiled and took a deep breath of the morning air. When his eyes fell on the paper, he felt that the topics were much more familiar and no longer looked as cold as yesterday.
