Chapter 192： scientific examination

Chapter 192 Scientific Examination

Splashing ink, time flies, time slips away quietly at the tip of the pen, and October 20 has arrived unconsciously.

In the early morning of this day, Yingtianbei City marked out a large area, and all business was stopped. A large row of covered shed mats rose from the ground, covering the top, bottom, left, and right sides. . There are wooden walls all around, only the most covered side is empty, so that the examiner can check the candidates.

Zhu Pingan wore a Confucian scarf on his head, a blue robe, a pen, ink and inkstone, and a wide bamboo water cup. According to the notice issued by the education officer a few days ago, he was at the front of the queue in Anqing Mansion. It is said that the queuing is always the front of the line.

Fatty also went to their Fengyang Mansion team to wait in line to enter the arena just now. Although he had successfully given the gift, this guy was still a little nervous and apprehensive.

Before the students entered the arena, some yamen servants carried several baskets of cakes and side dishes into the mats. These were the meals for Zhu Pingan and the others during the scientific examination, which was frugal enough.

Academic Officer Zhao Wenhua, Mr. Zhao, and several officials sat on a high platform in the northernmost part of the shed in official uniforms, with bright lights in front of them, and some tea and seasonal fruits and vegetables. Zhu Ping'an couldn't see clearly what the famous treacherous official in history looked like from a distance, so he gave up after taking a second look. It was too far away to see clearly.

There were more than 20 sergeants armed with knives outside, scattered in the West Zhou Dynasty on the shed mat, standing with knives in their arms, and more than a dozen government officials stood at the gate to check the students entering the venue. Except for pens, inkstones, inkstones and water jars, the rest should not be allowed to bring.

According to the regulations, Zhu Pingan and all the students unbuttoned their robes to reveal their inner clothes, holding pens, ink, paper, inkstone and water jars in one hand, and socks in the other, waiting for the two government officials to search. Zhu Pingan was in the front, and it was his turn after the first five men finished searching. To be honest, he was still a little flustered after being groped by two old men.

Passed smoothly, Zhu Pingan put on socks and shoes, and entered the shed. Inside, there was an instructor checking Zhu Ping'an's identity. After the verification, a yamen servant led Zhu Pingan to his seat.

The seats are very simple, with a table and a chair, nothing else. The seats of all candidates are facing south, with their backs facing the academic officer, and the distance between the two tables is about four feet.

There is a passage in front of the seat, and there are two large drowning barrels on both sides of the passage. Fortunately, it is far away from Zhu Ping'an.

After almost all the students entered the venue, the test papers were handed out. The yamen servants distributed the test papers to the students present one by one. On the test papers, there were sewn bells and serial numbers. The test paper in Zhu Ping'an's hand was numbered Nanshan No. 7. This serial number was randomly written by the academic officer, and there was a blank space under the serial number for writing his name.

According to the announcement a few days ago, Zhu Ping'an wrote his name and personal information below: Zhu Ping'an, a student in Huaining County Xuelin, aged thirteen, without taking the imperial examination.

In the scientific examination, the name must be written. This is an important difference from the Tongsheng Examination, the Township Examination, etc. If there is a name, it will inevitably be somewhat obscure. However, this kind of thing is generally not dared. Jinyiwei and Dongchang are not vegetarians, and even if there are, they will definitely be limited to the smallest range. The students were so angry that they offended the factory guards or stabbed the censor or the emperor, and they couldn't bear it.

After the three beeps of the yamen drum, some yamen servants held a sign with a title on it to patrol the field, and several small officials recited the title aloud to ensure that even those with poor eyesight and hearing could understand the title.

There are only two topics, one on stereotyped essays and one on policy theory. Zhu Ping'an immediately copied the two questions neatly on the straw paper.

I have to say that although Zhao Wenhua's personality is very poor, his literary accomplishment is still quite high, and the government chronicles he wrote have even been included in the Siku Quanshu. As far as these two topics are concerned, they are still of a very high standard.

The title of the eight-legged essay is as follows: Zi said to Yan Yuan: "Use it to do it, discard it to hide it, but I and you have a husband.

This is a four-book essay topic, and the topic is not a difficult one, but a very well-regulated one. However, it is also difficult to write this stereotyped essay well. This topic comes from the original text of the Four Books, which is a discussion between Confucius and his disciple Yan Hui about the two life choices of ancient scholars who used to live and hide. However, it is not easy to write well.

This sentence roughly means that Confucius praised Yan Hui by the way when he was bragging, and the specific meaning is this.

Confucius said to Yan Yuan: Anyone who can appoint me, I will promote the way of governing the country and the world; Only you and I can do this.

In the eight-part essay, the title is the definition of the content of the essay. The full text can only be expanded on the topic, and the scope cannot be expanded at will, nor can it be narrowed, just like digging a well, the thickness from the mouth of the well to the bottom of the well must be the same. This question can only discuss the issues of "Using She Xing Zang", Confucius Yan Hui and Kong Duiyan.

So, it is not easy to stand out among thousands of people and write this stereotype well.

Compared with some stereotyped essays of champions in his previous life, coupled with his own understanding, after thinking for a while, Zhu Pingan raised the corners of his mouth and wrote the first sentence confidently:

"It is advisable for a sage to travel and hide, and to show it to those who are capable."

This first sentence is called breaking the title in stereotyped essays. This is the most important part of a stereotyped essay. Whether the article is well written and whether the score is high or not depends on this sentence. The requirements for breaking the topic cannot be repeated with the topic, but it is necessary to summarize the meaning of the topic

Zhu Ping'an is very satisfied with his solution to this question. Based on this sentence alone, his scientific examination is almost a bag of tricks.

“Sage” refers to Confucius, and “Neng” refers to Yan Hui. "Xingzang Zhiyi" refers to the proper "Xingzang". The word "Wei Shi" not only embodies Kong Yan's teacher-student relationship, but also highlights Yan Hui's understanding, and there is no need to beat the drum with a heavy hammer. Zhu Ping'an was very satisfied with this problem solving.

After writing the breaking questions, Zhu Ping'an dipped the brush in the inkstone, and then continued to write the inheritance questions, start the lecture, and draw up.

"It is not easy to follow the rules of Gai Sheng's travels and collections. Since Yan Zi knew it, he can only talk to him."

"That's why it is specially called: life experience, there are only one or two ways to listen to others, and those who seek to be endless are often but rare. If you have something, you can be confident, or you can get it alone and have nothing. To be together, to be alone without words. This means that the song is self-contained, and I am fortunate to have words.”

"There is a husband, but you and I are the only husbands, and when the time comes, I will be happy and understand it silently."

Zhu Ping'an's writing of this stereotyped essay can almost be described as a fountain of writing, writing like flowing water, and the writing is completed in one go without adding points.

When I finished writing this stereotyped essay, there were still candidates nearby who hadn’t written yet.

At this time, I was a little thirsty, but Zhu Pingan still endured without drinking water. A few days ago, I heard some students talk about drinking water in the scientific examination. During the scientific examination, you must not drink water. Although there are tea servants in the scientific examination room, you must not drink it. No matter how thirsty you are, you can’t drink water. If you drink water, it will be recorded by the examiner on the high platform. Even if it is not treated as cheating, it will lower your test paper by a grade, no matter how well you write.

So, even though he was thirsty at this time, Zhu Pingan just licked his lips with the tip of his tongue and endured it. Bear with it, it's not too late to drink water during breaks and meals. You can't try to be quick for a while and ruin your own road to the imperial examination.

(end of this chapter)