After eating and drinking, the scholars began to talk to each other with the people around them to discuss the subjects to be tested in this examination.

Wang Fuzhi also participated in this examination, although he listened to it in Juxian Building, but his academic qualifications have always been a showman, with more and more capable people around the prince, I am afraid that he will not have the opportunity to show his face at all......

Wang Fuzhi took the "Huangming Times" and said: "I don't know if you have read this article about the crown prince? This time the exam is all on it! ”

"Really? Read it on! ”

Wang Fu's way: "Raising the son of the country to the Tao is the six arts of teaching: one is five rites, two is six music, three is five shots, four is five royals, five is six books, six is nine numbers, the scholars of the country should learn from the sages, through the five classics and six arts......"

"It seems that this time I have to test the six arts of a gentleman!"

One person panicked and said: "The six arts of the gentleman, etiquette, music, archery, royalty, calligraphy, and mathematics, I still have research on the two arts of etiquette and calligraphy, but the other four arts are not proficient, how to be good!" ”

"Yes, who usually wields knives and guns, and that strange arithmetic ......"

"I was born in poverty, where can I drive......"

Since the Tang Dynasty, in the past thousand years, more and more subjects have been canceled in the imperial examination, and the content of the examination has become less and less, so that now the scholars are mainly selected by eight shares.

Baguwen is a kind of literary style of the imperial examination, and the content of the examination is taken from the books "Book of Songs", "Book of Books", "Zhou Li", "Book of Rites", "Analects", and "Mencius", but the content of the answers must be answered in the tone of the ancients.

The length of the sentence and the high pitch of the tone must be relatively written, and the number of words is limited.

If you write scribble, not only will you fail the test, but you will also be labeled as a blasphemous saint, and if you don't get it right, you will be stripped of your reputation and banned from the exam for life.

This time the test is different, Zhu Cihong asked everyone to play openly, as long as they don't go off topic.

With the discussion of everyone, more and more scholars in the inn came over, and they also paid attention to this exam question.

Yan Yingyuan looked at the people who were talking about it, and couldn't help but say: "Now there are not many people who have the six arts, and we always have one or two who are good at it, so there is no need to be arrogant." ”

"Yes, I heard that the crown prince will personally write the question as the finale, and I think as long as you answer the last question, you will have a chance to ......."

"What? The crown prince has a problem? Are you kidding? ”

The man retorted, "How can I say that I am laughing? Look at this "Huangming Times", and say: "...... Kyushu is angry and thunderous, and all the horses are sad, and I advise the heavenly prince to be vigorous and reduce talents without sticking to one pattern...... The palace will personally serve as the president of this examination and give a question, if there is an accurate answer, give the scholar of Zhan Shifu University......"

"If you only answer the last question correctly, you will be given a scholar of the five-grade Zhan Shifu University, which is equivalent to the treatment of the top student!"

Someone was curious: "The crown prince is not very old, what problems can he have?" ”

One person said lightly, which immediately resonated with many people around him.

Yan Yingyuan retorted: "Otherwise, this prince is very talented, I heard that some time ago he wrote three poems in a row on the bank of the Qinhuai River, and the artistic conception is profound. ”

Wang Fuzhi smiled and said: "No, it's four, and there is a love poem written for General Zhao!" ”

Everyone laughed, they had heard a little about this matter, and if they thought about it carefully, could it be that the prince wanted to come up with a poem and song?

A 20-year-old Xiucai said: "This poem in the newspaper should also be written by the crown prince, the poem shows the sorrow of the political situation of the Ming officialdom, and also strongly expresses the desire of His Royal Highness the prince for talents, you must not underestimate our prince!" ”

Thinking about what the prince has done over the years, everyone's hearts have gradually sunk, what will be the finale of such a prodigy? It's really curious......

A scholar with a Zhejiang accent said: "Eclectic and talented, it can be seen from this sentence that the crown prince appoints officials what they need is practical talent, not the sour Confucianism that was full of mouths in the past, and it can be seen from the assessment of the six arts of the gentleman and the abolition of the eight-share system and the style of righteousness......"

The more everyone listened, the more panicked they became, not to mention the six arts of the gentleman, but to say that they would select one hundred tribute students and one hundred specialty students from the tens of thousands of people who took the exam.

"Let's brush up on arithmetic and the laws of the Great Ming." Someone underestimated and quietly left.

"I'm afraid that these four books and five classics that I will try this time will be useless, so I might as well take a look at "Sun Tzu's Sutra" and "Da Ming Law", ......"

One after another, people went out to bookstores in the city to buy related books and crammed for a while.

Song Yingxing stroked his beard and smiled, if he really took the six arts of a gentleman, why should he be afraid?

On August 10th, the second general examination was officially opened in Jiangnan Gongyuan, which was officially called the national examination!

Jiangnan Gongyuan, also known as Nanjing Gongyuan, is located on the bank of the Qinhuai River, which is the largest and most influential imperial examination venue in Chinese history, and the main place for opening and winning scholars in southern China.

There are more than 20,000 examination rooms in the Jiangnan Gongyuan, which can accommodate more than 20,000 people to take the examination at the same time, and more than half of the officials of the Ming Dynasty are ashore from here.

The national examination is divided into three days, two up and down every day, corresponding to six subjects, you can go back to rest after each test, and you don't need to eat, drink and lazar in the exam number.

On the morning of this day, all the scholars went to the Jiangnan Gongyuan with a heavy heart, just like the execution ground, even the great talents of the Fushe Mao Xiang and Hou Fangyu were also worried, the last time they hit the street, if they pounced again this time, they would not be able to hang up their faces.

Around the Jiangnan Tribute Courtyard, there are thousands of Tianwu soldiers with helmets and armor, and there is a battalion in front of the gate of the Tribute Courtyard.

Yan Yingyuan and the others, who were queuing up to enter the Tribute Academy, were a little curious, according to the rules, they would be searched and checked before entering the Tribute Academy's examination room to see if the candidates were carrying cheating things, such as cheat sheets.

This kind of body search is extremely strict, often candidates will be touched from top to bottom, and some even the backyard flowers will be touched a few times by simple people to prevent someone from cheating things.

If you are found to be cheating, you will be disqualified from the exam directly, and you don't have to toss it again in the future.

But everyone found that unlike the usual examinations, the sergeants who searched and inspected the national examination this time rarely got started, and most of them just glanced at them casually, and let them enter after checking the number plate.

In front of the gate of the Gongyuan, Li Shaoyou was bored and waved his hand at the talents who came to check the number plates, and said, "Hurry up!" ”

Just after a few days of being chic with Liu Ru, but he caught up with the task of the Gongyuan on duty, Li Shaoyou always felt itchy in his heart.

Suddenly, he glanced at it casually and saw a person approaching behind him with his head down, Li Shaoyou's face was happy, and he immediately waved his hand and said, "Go to two people, check him well!" ”

It was Hou Fangyu who lined up to check the number plate, he really didn't expect to meet Li Shaoyou here, he wanted to pass the test with his head down, but he was still discovered by this martial artist......

Li Shaoyou smiled and said: "I see that this kid is a thief, so I will search for Lao Tzu!" ”

According to Zhu Cihong's requirements, the scholars in this examination can not be searched as much as possible, even if someone brings all the Four Books and Five Classics into it, they will not be able to cheat, because they basically do not test the content on it.

Although Hou Fangyu was angry and was treated differently, seeing that the exam was imminent, he couldn't allow himself to delay, so he launched a search with his arms on the spot.

A few sergeants touched it a few times but didn't find anything, so they had to reply like Li Shaoyou: "Brigade commander, I didn't find it." ”

"Oh? Let me try! Li Shaoyou smiled cheaply, came to Hou Fangyu's back, and probed his right hand from his backyard......

"Hmm......" Hou Fangyu was startled by this sudden and let out an abnormal sound, which attracted the sideways glances of the people around him.

Li Shaoyou clapped his hands and said impatiently: "Okay, hurry up and get in, don't delay others to enter!" ”

Hou Fangyu was so angry that his face was a little unbearable, so he had to snort lightly and go straight to his own exam number in the Gong Academy.

While running, Hou Fangyu only felt a pain in the backyard, and secretly said that the strength of this martial artist is really great......