Take the imperial examinations with the red envelopes of the writers

After Su Yan finished the last five-character and eight-rhyme poem, he sorted out the manuscript papers of all the topics and put them in the test paper bag sewn with oilcloth.

He then packed up the examination tools such as pen, ink, paper and inkstone, removed the small table board, and put it together with the original sitting board to form a sleeping bed.The number curtain was lowered again to block the light from outside.

However, with Su Yan's current height, curled up on the low and crude wooden board again, he only felt very narrow and cramped.

He fell asleep for a while, and when he turned over, he accidentally bumped into the surrounding wall, feeling sore all over his body, and everything was wrong.

Alas, it would be great if we could hand in the papers in advance!

Su Yan sighed helplessly, suppressed his complaints, and continued to search for a less uncomfortable and more suitable sleeping position, forcing himself to fall asleep.

On the way, Su Yan woke up several times one after another.When he woke up the next morning and felt that it was already dawn, he carefully rubbed his sore arm.

He didn't sleep well all night, and his body was not feeling well, Su Yan was suffocating.

When copying the test papers after breakfast, the anger was also diffused in the writing, which happened to make the writing more majestic and majestic.

Su Yan copied the answers to all the questions in one go, dried the test paper and put it in the test paper bag.When he relaxed, he only felt exhausted, as if his energy had been taken away.

The imperial examination is really a test of one's physical strength.

Su Yan rested for a while, ate lunch leisurely, and spent the rest of the time lying lazily on the table.

The young examinee on the opposite side gave Su Yan a rather regretful look, thinking to himself that the rural examination doesn't look at looks, so I'm afraid you won't be able to pass with a beautiful face and an empty stomach. What a pity for a pretty big brother.

The next day passed like this, and Su Yan went to bed early at night, and hung up the curtains to rest shortly after dinner.

However, just when he was about to fall asleep, Su Yan's heart skipped a beat when he heard exclamations from all around him. Could it be that he was on fire?This number of rooms is densely packed, if there is a fire, it is difficult to escape, and there may be a stampede accident if you are not careful.

Su Yan hurriedly got up and opened the curtain to look out.

As soon as his white and slender hands lifted the horn curtain, fine and dense rain fell on his face.Originally it was just a drizzle, but in an instant, the rain suddenly became heavier, and the rush of rain poured down like big beads falling on a jade plate.

It turned out to be raining.Su Yan breathed a sigh of relief, since it was raining, he didn't have to worry about catching fire.However, it is very unfriendly to those candidates who have not finished their answer sheets. If the test paper is stained by rain, or the ink is smeared by rain, the exam is basically hopeless.

However, rainy days are very suitable for sleeping, and Su Yan unexpectedly had a good night's sleep amidst the dull sound of rain across the horn curtain.Fortunately, at noon on the third day, the rain finally stopped, otherwise it would still be troublesome to rewind the scroll in the rain.

At You hour on the third day, the gong sounded for the end of the exam.

Various sounds of excitement or sighs sounded around.Su Yan quickly walked out of the examination room of the Tribute Academy. He just wanted to go back to have a good rest and take a comfortable bath. After all, there were still the second and third exams to come.

The second part of the rural examination mainly examines arithmetic and law.For the three major problems of arithmetic, write an edict, judgment, table, and imperial edict each, which is no problem for Su Yan.

After the third exam, I was asked to write four articles on current affairs policy.

Current affairs policy is actually an examination of politics in the form of articles, requiring candidates to express their views on real political, economic, military and other affairs issues.Confucianism pays attention to applying what you have learned. When making current affairs, it is more important to have something to say than the beauty of an article.

It is far from enough to only read the Four Books and Five Classics if you want to make good current affairs policies. You need a large number of books on military affairs, agriculture, law, and politics. The world conditions of the people in the Wei Dynasty and the practical problems faced by the people at the bottom make it possible to write a good article that is not just talking on paper.

It is also hoped that the imperial examinations for scholars to investigate current affairs policy can obtain scholars with real talents, real learning and outstanding achievements.

In the third year of enrollment, students at Yunshan Academy will begin to offer courses on current affairs policy after they have mastered the essentials of the classics and history collections.The study tour offered by the Academy every year is also convenient for students to understand the society in depth.

Only when there are hills and valleys in the chest can mountains and rivers be suppressed.Afterwards, no matter whether these students live in the high temples and serve as officials in the court, or they are far away in the rivers and lakes, they can keep a sense of integrity in their hearts to help the society.

Su Yan's two elder brothers would naturally write to him to mention some key points related to the content of the imperial examination policy.

What's more, he also has a world-leading No. [-] scholar to give him extra exclusive guidance.

Su Yan saw that the questions did not exceed the scope of the exam he had predicted, closed his eyes and meditated for a moment, raised his wrist and wrote, his thoughts springing up.The words flowing like flowing clouds and flowing water fell on the manuscript paper, extremely clear and meaningful, thin and well-proportioned, with a strong backbone.

The exam ended on the third day, and the three exams of the township exam officially came to an end.

Before the release of the rankings, some candidates immersed themselves in Yanliuhua Lane in Yangzhou, comforting their depression and loneliness in rouge powder; some candidates were keen to make like-minded friends in various teahouses and restaurants, and expand their network; In this way, stay at home quietly and tease the cat...

***

In the ceremonial room of the Jiangling government office, the lights were brightly lit all night.

The test papers of the candidates for the rural examination were sent to each room of the Five Classics according to the different meanings of the scriptures they studied.

After the test papers are distributed to each room, under the organization of the room officer in charge of marking the papers in each room, the test papers of each room will be graded by themselves first, and if they encounter excellent test papers, they will recommend them to the chief examiner to determine the ranking.

At this time, a thick-haired middle-aged examiner in the Spring and Autumn Room stared blankly at the test paper in his hand. After a long time, he took a deep breath.

"Wonderful! Wonderful!" He came back to his senses and applauded.

Sitting next to him, an older examiner with a long beard noticed his movements. Seeing that his colleague seemed to have found a good article, he couldn't help leaning over to read the good article and wash his eyes. .

After all, he read a lot of nonsense and rubbish articles just now, but it disgusted him so much, the older examiner cursed in his heart: I really don't know how these candidates passed the college examination in the first place? !The books I read are fed to the dogs! ?

"Come here! If there is a good article, of course everyone should appreciate it together!" The older examiner looked at the answer sheet nonchalantly while stroking his long beard.

However, just after reading the broken question, he immediately put away his original casual look, and his face became serious, his eyes fixed on the test paper, and the movement of stroking his beard involuntarily stopped.

He read the articles on the test paper intently.This article is majestic, like a surging river rushing down, shocking and hitting people's hearts directly.The contextual momentum of this article has far surpassed the antithesis, equality and other forms of the stereotyped essay itself.

The ending of the article is also like a loud and powerful leopard tail, with a long aftertaste, which makes people feel that this article is too short to read!

"Its writing is as smooth as the quality of water, and if it spreads mightily, its waves will naturally form a writing!" The elderly examiner praised excitedly, shaking his head.He forgot that he was still touching his beard in his hand, and almost pinched his beard off with all his strength.

The room officer of the Spring and Autumn House and other examiners also noticed the movement of the two of them here, and everyone put down the test papers in their hands and surrounded them.

After all, during the days when I stayed here to grade the papers, everyone was locked in the room and graded the papers day and night, which was extremely monotonous and boring. The fun of every day was nothing more than passing the wonderful articles in hand to each other.

Besides, they are all colleagues, and everyone knows that the old bearded examiner has a very high vision, and the article that allows him to make such an evaluation must be extraordinary.

So, all of a sudden, the examiners were scrambling to read this rare article.While one person was watching, the others stretched their necks and squeezed aside.

Everyone looked at each other after watching, and they all saw the shock in each other's eyes.

"This article must have been written by an old examinee who is well versed in the scriptures, full of books, profound knowledge, and extraordinary insight!" A marking officer praised.

"I don't think so! This article contains a frank and natural youthful spirit that slams Fang Qiu!" Another examiner shook his head and retorted.

They argued about this, only to find that there was no one around to respond and support them.The two were arguing and arguing, feeling a little strange, turned their heads to look, and saw that other colleagues had already started to read the candidate's answers to other questions.

Oops!Careless!

The two examiners who were still arguing at first glanced at each other, and immediately rushed into the crowd to read other essays of this candidate.

They didn't have great expectations for other articles at the beginning. After all, they themselves passed the imperial examinations step by step. Rare.

As long as this candidate has this article in his hand, he will never be able to get away with a Juren.

However, after they finished reading this person's Four Books, their brains were a little in a trance.

This?This?This?

Are there any candidates who have mastered the scriptures so thoroughly and proficiently?They are all people who have studied this way for more than ten years, so they can tell the level of candidates at a glance.

Unknowingly, everyone no longer regards this person as a candidate with lower fame than them, but puts him in an equal position with themselves, and even reads this article with the attitude of admiring everyone's work.

When the marking officers saw the man's poems, they let out a long sigh of relief.

This poem and fu does not take the usual way, but it is full of strangeness and treachery, and the ingenious emotion seems to be covered with a layer of rich and magnificent colors.Articles and poems are all bad, what a rare talent!

"Chang Geng is strong and strong alone in the sky, and in the prosperous age, you should know how to descend to the immortals. Articles and political affairs follow the first, and the crown is full of glory and envy the past." The first middle-aged examiner with thick hair who saw this man's test paper couldn't help shaking his head and composing poems said with emotion.

They are young and promising! !

This is a good seedling who can compete for Jieyuan! !

Thinking that Jie Yuan in the Jiangling Prefecture Township Examination this year came from their Spring and Autumn House, the examiners were shocked, their hearts beat faster, and their faces showed a look of pride.

After so many years, their Spring and Autumn House has not been out of Xie Yuan yet!

The official of the Chunqiu House looked eagerly at the answer sheet of "The Light of the Spring and Autumn House". He personally drew three circles on the paper to indicate that it was a top-notch masterpiece.He also picked up a pen and carefully wrote down the comment of "natural arts and science, and full of posture." with his good words that everyone praises.

After finishing writing, the Spring and Autumn Housing Officer was still not very satisfied. He looked around and saw that the faces of his colleagues were full of appreciation for the paper, so he was heartbroken, and added a comment on it: "Create new ideas in the testimonials, and send ingenuity outside the bold and unconstrained."

The bushy-haired middle-aged examiner originally wanted to write comments for the test paper himself, but unexpectedly, his own house officer calmly preempted him, so he could only use his eyes to condemn the house officer for being unkind.

After seeing the room officer's comments, the middle-aged examiner was shocked again.This evaluation is very high!They have corrected the test papers for so many days, but they have not seen such highly rated comments.

However, the middle-aged examiner felt relieved when he thought about the content of the test paper, after all, this article was worth it!He himself originally wanted to write the comment of "vigorous and unrestrained, strange and sharp, with vertical and horizontal strokes, and upright."!

With an idea, he took the opportunity to add a red circle on the test paper.

Generally speaking, one test paper is reviewed by two examiners. If the examiner thinks the paper is good, the examiner can draw a red circle to indicate that it is a good work.

A test paper that gathers the red circles of the two examiners is a test paper that is expected to pass the rural test.If there are too many test papers with two red circles drawn on them, other examiners will screen them together, and add a red circle to the selected test papers.In this way, the selected test paper has three red circles.

And the leader of these three red circle test papers can get one more eye-catching red circle.This means that this volume is a rare and top-notch work!

"How many test papers are there that you haven't finished correcting? I can't wait to recommend this test paper as the chief examiner, Mr. Xu!" Chunqiu said with emotion.

However, in order to be responsible for the examinees of the entire exam, the Spring and Autumn Housing Officer still suppressed his excitement, and waited until all the test papers in the room were reviewed to ensure that this paper still stood out and stood out from the crowd before solemnly Recommend this test paper as the leader of Chunqiu Fang.

***

Three days later, all the examiners gathered together.

This time Jianglingfu Township tried to select a hundred candidates.

The marking officers of Wufang worked together for dozens of days to select the best [-] test papers from the vast sea of ​​test papers.

The following rankings are easy to decide, the most important thing is the ranking of the top five, especially whoever gets Xie Yuan, each house hopes to be able to overwhelm the other.

The examiners of the Spring and Autumn House were particularly excited, as if they were certain that this year's Jie Yuan would definitely come from their Spring and Autumn House.

The examiners in other rooms are also very confident in the articles written by the leaders in their own rooms.

Xu Da, the chief examiner of the Jiangling prefectural examination, looked at the five test papers in front of him calmly. These are the test papers recommended by each house.

Master Xu has been known as a child prodigy since he was a child, and he claims to be brilliant and full of knowledge.Of course, he is indeed erudite and talented, familiar with ancient and modern times, and his colleagues in the Imperial Academy also jokingly call him "the walking collection of books".

He calmly flipped through the five test papers, each with red circles and annotations.There were three red circles on three test papers and four red circles on two test papers.

Mr. Xu first carefully read the test paper with three red circles. This article is really well written, the diction is neat, simple and natural, and it has something to say.He sorted the three test papers in his mind, and then looked at the other two test papers.

He first looked at the examination papers of the poetry room. There are many candidates who choose "Poetry" as the scripture. The larger the base, the greater the possibility of producing excellent test papers. Therefore, the poetry room was elected as the top one to submit. It is not surprising that there are four red circles in the test paper.

After reading the test paper, Mr. Xu felt that this test paper could be regarded as "gentle, honest, and pure and elegant" written by the house official, but if this paper was rated as Jieyuan, he always felt that it was not good enough.

He looked at the last test paper for Chunqiu Fang's selection as Jingkui, and raised his eyebrows at the four red circles on the paper.

However, as he read and read, Mr. Xu's complexion gradually became less calm. After reading the first article, his scrolling hand trembled undetectably.

After finally reading the test paper, he breathed a sigh of relief, and a trace of emotion flashed in his eyes. This man's article reminded him of Lu Xianzhi, the great talent in the Imperial Academy. Hate God's unfair talent.

Mr. Xu's gaze stayed on this man's seemingly upright and peaceful handwriting for a long time, but in fact he showed his sharpness, until the house officer around him couldn't help coughing gently to remind him, then he came back to his senses and clicked on this test paper , said with a relieved smile: "This paper should be the leader of this township examination!"

The author has something to say: Since the stupid author writes about court tactics, it is really difficult to describe in one word (the hand holding the cigarette trembles slightly.jpg), so there is not much content after that~

However, the sweet side story is in preparation~

"Its writing is as smooth as the quality of water, and its waves are naturally written!" Shi Dehong's "Postscript to Dongpo Pool Record"

"Natural art and science, full of posture" from "Book of Thanks to the People and Teachers"

"Create new ideas in the testimonials, and put ingenious principles in the bold and unrestrained." From Su Shi's comment on Wu Daozi's paintings.

"Chang Geng Lie is alone in the sky, and in the prosperous age, you should know how to descend to the immortals. Articles and political affairs follow the pioneers, and the glory of the crown is envied by the past." It comes from the Tang Dynasty poet Mou Rong's "Gift to Li Xianggong in West Zhejiang". The original poem is: "Chang Geng Lie Lie is alone in the sky, and in the prosperous age, you should know how to descend to the immortals. In the past, rabbit medicine was distributed in the moon, and the world is now happy to celebrate the Spring Festival. Articles and political affairs follow the pioneers, and the crown covers the sound to envy the past sages. Drunk Qi Luo Yan."

感谢在2020-12-0900:00:00~2020-12-1000:00:00期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angels who irrigate the nutrient solution: 50 bottles of tranquility; 1 bottle of spades;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!