Chapter 82: Provincial Examination (II)

Li Tang Gongju, if the person who should be lifted does not finish the answer during the day, then you can hold candles at night and try at night, with three candles as the limit, so there will often be thousands of wonders in the Li Tang Science Field that never sleep.

The night test is easy to cause fire, and it is relatively easy to cheat at night, so in order to put an end to such drawbacks, Song does not allow the night test, and even the candle is not allowed to be brought into the field.

At this time, in the courtyard of the Ministry of Rites, the lifters in the corridor or scratch their ears or bow their heads and think hard, or bite the brush and look up to the sky, as if there will be an answer in the sky, or write hard, like flowing water, or look around, and their hearts are up and down.

When the lifters racked their brains to answer the questionnaire, the prison officer, the patrol officer and other officials led the inner servants and soldiers to patrol back and forth under the corridor, supervising the crowd to lead the test, and guarding the lifters very strictly.

It should be said that in order to prevent candidates from cheating, Song has a lot of preventive measures and is extremely strict.

At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, before the tribute into the field, it was necessary to undress and inspect to prevent cheating in order to prevent cheating in the book or note, after the Song Dynasty Zhenzong Dazhong Xiangfu years, there were ministers who played, thinking that this move was a loss of the gift of the scholars, so since then the undressing inspection has been canceled, but since then although the undressing inspection has been canceled, but each tribute has increased the officials, chamberlains, soldiers, the prevention is extremely strict, and at the same time the punishment for cheating is increasingly serious.

If anyone cheats, they will not only be expelled from the department immediately, but also be returned to the palace in one or several moves, which means that they are not allowed to participate in one or more tributes, and in serious cases, they will not be allowed to participate in tributes for life.

In addition, after passing the test and provincial test, the handwriting on the answer sheet should be carefully compared with the family notes to prevent someone from writing on the test.

The rest is the well-known lock, transcription, sealing system and other first tests, in short, the imperial court tribute examiners, soldiers, and chamberlains are like thieves to prevent the public, once someone is found cheating, they will immediately take it, and it is very happy.

If you catch a cheater, the court reward is extremely rich.

But even so, even in such a strict examination room, there are still people who take risks, and the means are also varied, which is endless, which is inevitable, no matter how strict the precautions are, in the previous tributes, there are always some opportunistic cheaters, no exceptions.

Under the so-called heavy reward, there must be brave men, and the opportunity to ascend to the sky in one step is in front of you, so what's the harm in taking some risks for this? There are many people who think this way.

In the first three days of the provincial examination, more than 20 people were found out and expelled from the examination room.

On the fourth day of the provincial examination, the questions of the five current affairs policies were already hanging high, and just as Li Sanjian was about to answer with his pen, there was a sudden uproar in the field, and three more cheaters were found out.

One of these three scholars engraved the Analects and Mencius and their interpretations on some very small pieces of bamboo, which were about the length of the index finger and used as a hairpin, pinned in a bun and brought into the field.

The size of each word is not much different from that of a mosquito and a fly, and one has to admire the person's eyesight, and the two eyes are like a magnifying glass.

It's just that the magic is one foot high, the road is one foot high, and such a subtle disguise of this name still can't escape the eyes of the invigilators, many of them have been invigilating for many years, and have already practiced a pair of fiery eyes, this name keeps touching his head, which has attracted the attention of the officials, and then pulled it out.

Another trickster is even more clever, and it can be said that no one can match it.

The name engraved the text on the half-cooked rice grains, put them in a food box and brought them into the field, and when answering the questionnaire, the rice grains were arranged in order, and an article came out.

The most amazing thing is that the inside of the wooden cup used by this person is also engraved with words, and it is impossible to see it if you don't pay attention to it after the tea is covered.

This person has almost hidden from everyone, and only a very experienced inspector has seen the clue and exposed this person.

"I was wrong ... Spare me, give me a chance. A cheating man who was caught pleading: "I am a disciple of Qin Fenglu, and I finally came to Jingshi... ”

This name is dressed simply, and it can be seen at a glance that he is from a poor family, and his appearance is very pitiful.

However, although the appearance of this famous man was extremely pitiful, the officials in the field had long been accustomed to seeing it, and regardless of this person's pleas, they set him up and took him out of the field.

Even if these officials pity this person in their hearts, they don't dare to show favoritism, and the court blames him, but it's not a joke.

Li Sanjian shook his head when he saw this, copied the current policy question on the paper, held the bookcase, and silently thought about this exam question.

"Emperor Shenzong bowed to the virtue of the gods, and had the learning of Shun Yu, and judged by a few hearings, in the past 19 years, all the rites and music laws have benefited the world. I think about the ancestors, the boxing industry, and I dare not forget it all night. Today's Boyan Haojie, in the Guangdian, the policy of the world, hoping to get the words, to do something。。。。。。 As for the fact that there are many officials, there is a shortage of soldiers, hunger is recommended, and robbers are still in Tibet, why is this? ”

This policy of the time sharply pointed out that there was a serious crisis in the political, economic, and military aspects of the Song Dynasty, and that the phenomenon of redundant officials, redundant expenses, and redundant soldiers was very serious, and made the scholars argue the necessity of restoring the new law.

This question also implicitly praises the merits of Song Zhezong and Zhao Xu's exposition of the new law during the Shaosheng years. Cola Literature

After Li Sanjian read it carefully, he understood the meaning of this current policy, as long as he praised Shenzong and Wang Anshi for changing the law with a clear banner and spared no effort, and sang praises to Zhao Xu and others, then the rest is the level of articles and calligraphy.

Speaking from the heart, Li Sanjian was in favor of changing the law, but Li Sanjian had seen and experienced with his own eyes in the past few years, and had seen many deposed court officials, such as Su Shi, Qin Guan and others, all of whom were exiled to the ends of the earth under the guise of obstructing the new policy.

It is not wrong to change the law, but many people are under the guise of changing the law, and the party is the same as the other, which Li Sanjian does not like, and the final result of the party struggle is internal friction, which exhausts the national strength of the Great Song Dynasty.

"Yi" cloud, if you are poor, you will change, if you change, you will be able to do it for a long time. After thinking about it for a long time, Li Sanjian first expounded his own viewpoint, that is, he agreed with the change of the law, and then Li Sanjian wrote out his views on the party struggle without thinking about it.

Unconsciously, Li Sanjian had made a mistake, but Li Sanjian didn't understand it because he was still young, or Li Sanjian regretted what happened to his teacher Su Shi and was indignant, so he wrote this article.

Or maybe Li Sanjian didn't know the political situation of the imperial court at all, and he didn't know who was currently in power in the imperial court, and some of the previous rumors were just hearsay

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"Tang Yuji is only one hundred officials in ancient times, Xia Shang officials are double, and three hundred are Zhou, and this is the king's official. Xi Yu will paint the mountain, the jade silk holder of all countries, cover from the nine suits, as for the wilderness, the vassals of the Shu state, all of them are not salty. However, the princes are in their own countries, and there are still ministers, courtiers, historians, and vains. Today, the counties of the next size are divided into 。。。。。。。 than the places of Yu Xia However, looking at the story of the Qin and Han dynasties, there are forty-two counties in Qinlie, and there are hundreds of talents in Han counties. Try to refer to the detailed study of Sili's disease. ”

This policy question first briefly describes the official system of the past dynasties from the Yu Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties to the Qin and Han dynasties, and then asks the sons to answer in detail the advantages and diseases of the official system of the past dynasties.

This question is also extremely difficult to answer, not only requires the lifters to be familiar with the official system of the past dynasties and its advantages and disadvantages, but also requires the lifters to be familiar with the official system of their own dynasties, and point out the advantages and disadvantages.

It not only requires the lifters to be familiar with history, but also requires them to be familiar with the official system and changes of the Song dynasties.

The scope of coverage is extremely wide.

This question immediately stumped Li Sanjian, Li Sanjian focused on reviewing the "New Meaning of the Three Classics" and "Words Said", but almost all of the five policy questions have nothing to do with the "New Meaning of the Three Classics"...

What Li Sanjian lacks is historical knowledge, which also has a great relationship with the fact that Li Sanjian has only studied the knowledge of this era for three years since he studied under Su Shi.

When the book is used, there is little hatred, and I don't know how difficult it is!

Li Sanjian thought hard, time kept passing, but Li Sanjian had been writing for a long time, but he didn't know how to write.

It wasn't until half an hour was left before the end of the day's introduction that Li Sanjian barely wrote down some of his own views.

In the other three questions, Li Sanjian himself felt that he answered them well.

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The four-day provincial examination passed quickly, and after the examination was completed, the lifters left the field one after another, or returned to the inn or returned to the residence, or called friends, played together, or ate and drank in the mountains and seas, in order to relieve the unusually heavy pressure.

Li Sanjian refused the invitation of Zeng Gongming and others, and returned to his residence alone.

"San Lang, what's wrong with you?" After Li Sanjian returned to his residence, Fu Erniang saw that Li Sanjian's face was a little ugly, so she asked worriedly.

"Nothing." Li Sanjian smiled reluctantly and said, "The child just feels a little tired and wants to take a break." ”

Li Sanjian then walked directly into the inner room, threw himself on the bed, and buried his head deep in the futon.

Fu Erniang gently took off Li Sanjian's clothes, lovingly covered Li Sanjian with a thin quilt, and gently pressed Li Sanjian's shoulder.

Under Fu Erniang's careful care, Li Sanjian fell asleep unconsciously.

Li Sanjian slept sweeter than ever.

Li Sanjian is this temper, a big thing, let's sleep first.