Five-year enthronement three-year simulation

Beijing Linfu.

"How did you do in the exam? Are you tired?"

Under the sycamore tree with most of its leaves fallen in the backyard, Ming Tan poured two cups of tea, turned to look at Lin Shurong who looked haggard, and reached out his hand to touch her face sadly, "Anyway, it's still early, do you want to Go take a break?"

"No problem." Lin Shurong waved his hand, held his forehead, rubbed it lightly for a while, and sighed weakly, "Qiu Wei is really tough, and the exam time is too long... It's just me pressing the forehead." The rules of the Tribute Court, after a rough estimate of the situation inside, the mess, shabby, narrow, etc. of the room were not completely imitated, and they were already tired like this, which shows that those candidates must not be underestimated."

Room number is Qiu Wei’s field examination room and dormitory. Each person has a single room, which occupies a small area and is very narrow. There are only two wooden boards inside: the upper one is used as a table for answering papers, and the lower one is used as a seat. ; When resting at night, put the two boards together to make a bed, and sleep directly until the next day, completely isolated from the outside world.

In the No. [-] room, even what you eat must be the dry food you bring in, or cook with the brazier that comes with it-in short, it is as hard as it is, and according to some candidates, it is even worse than going to jail. happy.

At least if you're in prison, it's much more spacious than this room.

Ming Tan knew that Lin Shurong was a serious person who used to be more serious about business. She said that she wanted a mock exam, so she would try her best to do a complete re-enactment. Thinking about it, she has suffered a lot these few days.

She pursed her lips, couldn't help but took the other's arm distressedly, leaned in front of the person, and carefully looked at the obvious bruises under Lin Shurong's eyes.

"Yesterday, I heard from Zhangyuan Yang that the first stage of marking work has been basically completed. They have a few days to spare, so they can try to compile a journal first." Ming Tan sighed, pushed Lin Shurong's shoulder, and urged , "You have also finished this paper, there are sample articles and problem explanations on it, then I will send it to the Imperial Academy, and let Yang Zhangyuan revise and integrate it - don't worry about it, Go back home and rest for a while!"

After nine days of exams, even if he was as determined as Lin Shurong, he couldn't help but feel very tired at this time.

Although she is very concerned about everything about Mingtan, and is looking forward to discussing with other adults about the compilation of the first issue of Zhenggui Inscription... But at this moment, because she has not slept for many days, her mind is full of thoughts. After a good night's sleep, I really don't have the energy to think about other things.

"Okay... I am like this, even if I go to the Hanlin Academy, I will only do them a disservice." Lin Shurong smiled bitterly, and stroked Ming Tan's hair, "I will trouble Your Highness to run for me, Hand over the examination papers to Grand Master Yang, and they will decide the rest."

"Why are you being polite to me? Could it be that you are stupid in the exam?" Ming Tan snorted softly, tapped her on the head with his bow finger, and led her to the bedroom in a familiar way.

"Oh yes, I almost forgot, there is one more thing."

When he walked to the door, Ming Tan slapped his head, and suddenly remembered Yang Juezhi's instructions in the letter, and hurriedly asked: "Yang Zhangyuan said, you editors will definitely not only specialize in a certain topic in the future, but will Mixed with question and answer sheets—so, in order to facilitate readers’ identification, each of you has to think of a nickname for yourself to sign, and then it will be marked in the journal.” She paused, then reminded with a smile, “But don’t forget to Be more secretive, don't be recognized by others right away."

"Well, nickname..."

Lin Shurong frowned, and after thinking about it for a moment, she suddenly raised her eyes to look at Ming Tan, her eyes narrowed slightly, and she smiled.

"Youtan is not a species in the human world, and the color should belong to the Taoli Heaven."*

She tilted her head, and said slowly: "How about...it's called Youtanke, what do you think?"

When Ming Tan took Lin Shurong's paper and walked quickly into the Imperial Academy, Yang Juezhi had already brought someone here to wait for her.

Guo Hanzhi and Qi Yun had met the Ninth Princess before, but it was not bad; Dong Song, who had a cheerful personality, was looking forward to it all the time, as if he was about to stare at the door of the room. When he saw Mingtan's figure, he was excited Grabbing Liu Zhize who was beside him, he hurriedly said, "Look, Brother Liu! Is that Princess Yonghui?"

Liu Zhize was stunned for a moment, then looked up, his eyes couldn't help showing admiration, he nodded and said, "It should be."

"I didn't expect that the person of insight who came up with such a pioneering work as 'Zhe Gui Ti Chao' was just a young girl..."

Dong Song let go of the opponent's sleeve, the original excited expression gradually faded, and turned into a thousand emotions, "It's really the noble daughter of the Tian family that can have such a vision!"

When several people heard the words, they couldn't help but nodded one after another, and echoed from the bottom of their hearts: "As expected of His Majesty's most valued Ninth Prince!"

The emergence of Zhegui inscriptions is enough to be called a milestone worthy of being recorded in the annals of history for the imperial examination cause of the entire Tiancheng Dynasty.

Most of these Hanlin Academy bachelors are people who have struggled during the scientific examination, and they know the hardships and sufferings best. Now, there is a scientific examination guidance book like "Zhe Gui Ci Chao" Turned out to be a blessing for the students of the world, as seniors, they will naturally be very active, so they came to Yang Juezhi's house early in the morning, and waited for the arrival of the Ninth Princess with the head of the school.

"I'm waiting to see His Highness the Ninth Prince!"

As soon as Ming Tan stepped over the threshold, several people bowed respectfully one after another, and didn't dare to say a word until they got up, for fear of causing the princess' displeasure.

Only the leader Yang Juezhi and Mr. Qin were acquainted with Ming Tan, seeing that the latter came alone, he couldn't help looking behind her curiously, and tentatively said: "Princess, Miss Lin today..."

"After receiving the test papers from you a few days ago, she immediately began to imitate the rules of the Gongyuan at home. She took the exam for a few days, and she will rest this morning."

Ming Tan shook his head and said with a helpless smile, "You also know the rules... She hasn't had a good rest for nine days in a row, so she just asked me to bring the completed exam papers and let the adults revise them."

When the words fell to the ground, the six people in front of them couldn't help but look at each other, they were all dumbfounded, and they all saw the unconcealable shock in each other's eyes.

According to the rules of the township examination, he took the examination for nine days in a row? !

Is Miss Lin actually being so cruel to herself?

Even Yang Juezhi almost snatched off his own beard by mistake, was speechless for a while, and sighed in admiration: "Miss Lin is so determined and decisive, this old man really admires her!"

Ming Tan and You smiled proudly, raised the manuscript in his hand, and said, "Then... we don't need to delay any longer, let's start now."

The Ninth Princess had spoken, and of course everyone stopped greeting and started working immediately.Dong Song and Qi Yun knew that their talents and learning were not as good as the others, so they quickly prepared several original scrolls, paper and pens, and specially invited Ming Tan to the chief seat so that she could write the papers of the scholars' research questions and write essays. The situation has a panoramic view.

"This year's rural examination, in my opinion, should be the second most difficult..."

"That's right. The Five Classics questions in the second session are quite off the mark. Even if I ask the old man to write an essay on this, it's a bit difficult to get started."

"Since Mr. Qin talked about the Five Classics, I will talk about the last policy question! Three of them involve farming, water conservancy, and grain tax. Revision—the five questions are all so biased, looking at each session, how many people can answer it?"

"Judging from the results of the examination paper...it's difficult, it's difficult."

"Hey, the Ministry of Rites made such a tricky proposition this time, I'm afraid it was really ordered by His Majesty..."

Several people were discussing in such a heated manner that they forgot to look at the original volume on the table for a while.Only Liu Zhize, the youngest junior, did not participate in the discussion, and only listened silently for a while before reaching out to take a piece of rice paper from the table, flipping it over, and was stunned.

Why are there words on this paper?

He blinked, looked intently, and found that a name was written at the beginning of the scroll.The handwriting is elegant and detached, with a hint of sharp edge and a bit of unrestrained and unrestrained style. On closer inspection, it actually has a bit of the character of the calligrapher Wang Youjun, which can be called "beyond the strokes".

Lin Shurong...

The prime minister's daughter is famous all over the capital, Liu Zhize has naturally heard countless words of praise for her.The previous essay test with Wang Zhi also made him famous in the Hanlin Academy, and the masterpieces written by many scholars were used as model essays by many scholars, trying to memorize them every day.

How talented is a woman?How is it compared to yourself as the No. [-] scholar?

So, with a little reluctance to show weakness, Liu Zhize lowered his eyes and began to read Lin Shurong's test paper seriously.

"The prosperity of water conservancy is related to the lifeline of the country...Emperor Yao and Shun ordered Gun and Yu to control the water, and Fucha conquered Qi and built Hangou. These are all strategies to enrich the country and strengthen the people, which shows the importance of water conservancy..."

"The Beijing-Hangzhou Canal connects the north and the south, flourishes along the way, all provinces gather passengers and goods, and everything is there..." *

"I don't focus on this, so I should learn more from the predecessors, open waterways and build canals widely, so that the living people can enjoy the blessings early..."

The handwriting on the rice paper seemed to have some magical power, making Liu Zhize's eyes fixed on the examination paper in his hand, not daring to miss it.

His expression was also extremely solemn. After reading this policy question with appropriate arguments and detailed suggestions, he was secretly surprised by Lin Shurong's brilliant writing, and at the same time agreed with the various methods of building water conservancy proposed by him, and admired it from the bottom of his heart. She has a wide range of interests.

"Shui Jing", "Tongyi of River Defense", "Wuzhong Water Conservancy Book"... These books are far from scientific research, she has read all of them, and she is familiar with the sentences in them, and can easily quote the original text. Thereby enhancing the credibility of their policy questions.

A person who can write such a pragmatic and truth-seeking essay is not the talent that the imperial court most desires now?

Even Liu Zhize, who won Sanyuan Lianzhong and was praised by the emperor as "full of aura" in the palace examination, couldn't help but feel convinced at this moment—he is indeed a well-known Jinshi in the capital!

After reading the entire examination paper in one go, he put down the rice paper and raised his head. Just as he was about to invite everyone to read the paper, he happened to meet the smiling eyes of Princess Jiu.

"Liu Xueshi, how are you?"

Ming Tan rested his chin on one hand, tilted his head and looked at the admiration expression on the other side that had not been completely put away, and asked in a ostentatious voice: "Is the article I read with my family written by the pen? Can it be accepted by you?" What about the Dharma Eye of the First Rank Scholar?"

……

Ming Tan did not stay in the Hanlin Academy for long.

Anyway, she can't help much, she will just stare blankly there, it's better to go back to Lin Shurong as soon as possible to discuss the new book of Shun'an Study, so as to save time.

When she left, those bachelors were still scrambling to pass around the examination papers that they were accompanying. They even hurriedly responded to Ming Tan's farewell, and then continued to focus on "Can Miss Lin's Article into the journal "in the fierce discussion.

okay.Judging by their aggressive attitude, it is estimated that the manuscript will be delivered in a short time, and shopkeeper Zhou should also call all the woodblock craftsmen he has found.

The carriage drove fast and steadily, and soon arrived at the Lin Mansion.Lin Shurong, who had rested for several hours, had already regained his energy, and came out to take Ming Tan into the house in person, and hurriedly asked about the compilation of the topic magazine.

"Don't worry, those grown-ups can't put it down... If I hadn't stopped you, they would have handed in that paper directly, treating it as the first issue of Zhe Gui's copy!"

"Huh?" Lin Shurong, who was sitting beside her, raised her brows and glanced at Ming Tan, the corners of her eyes still had a little tiredness from just waking up, "Is it really that exaggerated?"

Ming Tan was lazily leaning on the head of the bed, but was hooked slightly by the other party's eyes, straightened his back immediately, opened his eyes and said: "I didn't lie to you, it's absolutely true! I'll wait for you to go to the Imperial Academy tomorrow You’ll understand once you’ve seen it! ——Oh yes, speaking of Liu Zhuangyuan, he’s full of praise for you, which makes me feel uncomfortable.”

She squinted her eyes and hummed twice, pouted her mouth to play tricks, Lin Shurong couldn't help covering her lips and laughing, leaned over to hug him, and joked: "Your Highness, why is your body full of sour smell today? I didn't hear that the Imperial Academy still Sell ​​mature vinegar."

"Qingqing knows how to make fun of me!"

Ming Tan bit his lip, turned around, put his arm around Lin Shurong's waist, put his head on her chest, pretended to be angry and said, "I can't let you just pass by this time, make it up to me!"

"His Royal Highness is becoming more and more childlike."

Lin Shurong shook his head, reached out and tapped the tip of the other person's nose, his face was full of helplessness, but his tone was clearly smiling, "After all, what do you want me to do for you?"

Ming Tan was slightly startled, leaned up to kiss her bright red lips lightly, and muttered: "Sure enough, I can't hide it from you..."

"If it's nothing important, why would you act like a baby so easily?" Lin Shurong blinked, obviously enjoying the kiss very much, smiling slyly like a fox, and said lightly, "Finally, anyway, I It's also up to your Highness...to send you at will."

Alas.

What kind of tiger and wolf words are these.

Ming Tan looked a little weird, staring at Lin Shurong for a while, his mind was full of unspeakable things.

Really...why can't people grow up faster?

She said in her heart how happy this line would be if the occasion were changed, and she put her head back on the other party's shoulder again, and said in a drawn out voice: "Actually, it's not a big deal, just——I want to invite my family to play piano, chess, calligraphy and painting." My proficient wife, help me draw a painting so that I can print it as the cover of the new book in Shun'an Study, can you?"

"Huh? Seal it with a painting?" Lin Shurong raised his eyebrows, looked at her in surprise, and thought for a moment, "... Is it because the business in the store has been so poor recently?"

She has always been good at reasoning, and always knows everything like a prophet, so Ming Tan didn't bother to express surprise, so she just nodded and said, "Two tigers cannot fit in one mountain. Another bookstore on Fangji Street played some dirty tricks to ruin the situation." Due to the reputation of our study, the store is so deserted that there are not even half of the passers-by who come in to patronize—so in desperation, I can only write articles on the books to try to attract customers."

Lin Shurong frowned, nodded slightly, and said, "I see..."

Zhegui inscriptions and later edited ancient books will be put on the shelves in Shun'an Study, she is well aware of the importance of this place, so she did not dare to treat it lightly, and asked directly: "So, I wonder if Your Highness has any ideas now? Which book do you want me to paint for?"

"...Well, I already have an idea. And if it comes down to it, this book has a lot of predestined relationship with Qingqing, and it's time for you to draw the cover for it!"

Ming Tan rolled his eyes, laughed like a ghost, and said slowly: "It is the legendary novel mentioned in Mr. Lin's new poem, the excellent work of Tang Dynasty folk tales—"Gan Ze Ballad"!"

The author has something to say: *From Zhang Mei's "Epiphyllum" in the Qing Dynasty

*Quoted from Baidu, keyword "Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal"