Autumn is coming as scheduled.

As the name suggests, the township test is a test taken in your hometown, which is generally called a solution test.

"Solution" has the meaning of selection, which means that when you pass the preliminary examination in your hometown, you have the opportunity to go to Kaifeng to participate in the national civil service unified examination!

The first test is called Xie Yuan, which can be awesome for a while in the local area, and can also be a little ahead when the Son of Heaven is met in Kaifeng, but it is not particularly useful.

Think about it, there are about 250 state capitals in the country, and each round of the imperial examination may be able to give birth to 250 Xie Yuan, and if you let 250 Xie Yuan open a conference in Kaifeng, the general restaurant and teahouse will not be able to sit down!

On the day of the exam for Su Shi's father and son, Su Lu rarely got up early in the morning diligently, preparing to go out to send the exam to the three important relatives.

He doesn't care about whether it's hot or not, he mainly cares about his family!

The publishing industry in Meishan is very vigorous, and the wind of reading is even more prosperous, and even the old man on the ridge can read a few lines of poetry, so there will naturally be no shortage of candidates who come today.

Su sent the three great writers out to take the exam to witness their first step towards the imperial examination.

Su Lu was more excited than they were.

He has already thought about it, and when Su Shi and them become famous, he will write a series of books to print and sell, and he has decided on the title of the book, first writing "My Third Uncle Su Xun", then writing "My Brother Su Zhe", and finally writing "My Brother Su Shi" The finale, layer by layer, enhances the reader's sense of expectation; If you are even more shameless, you can also derive "Young Su Dongpo", "Young Su Ziyou" and "The Road to the Imperial Examination of the Three Sus" and other related works.

Anyway, backed by three great writers, the book will definitely not be finished, and you will see that there is no shortage of money!

The time of the imperial examination in the Northern Song Dynasty is erratic, sometimes every two years, sometimes every three years, and sometimes there is an enke, which can basically give candidates the opportunity to participate repeatedly, so as not to be wasted for too long.

The timing of the autumn festival in each state is uncertain, and the imperial court has asked all localities to act cheaply, and it is good to pick a day in August to start the examination.

Some talented candidates will also take advantage of this time difference to find a way to take the test back and forth in neighboring states, and choose which side to solve the test if they succeed, so as to ensure that they will not be delayed for a day.

Meishan's imperial examination this year was neither early nor late, and it happened to be in mid-August.

The autumn examination lasted for several days, and the content included Moyi, poetry, strategy and so on.

The first round of the test is the basic skills, that is, the scriptures and the Moyi, etc., and the rest in the future is for you to complete a series of fill-in-the-blank questions, and the scope of the questions is all the textbooks to ensure that the candidates read through the classics.

The second round of the test is poetry, and both poetry and fu have to be written, which tests your literary level and personal mind.

The final strategy is similar to the argument of later generations, requiring you to write your own opinions on the material and propose a solution, which is a great test of the candidate's comprehensive ability and expression ability.

When Su Lu was in Chengdu Mansion, he ran into the examination room and saw that the environment was very bad!

It's such a small position, and the candidates have to eat, drink, and write papers in it, and they can't leave for several days, which is terrible to think about.

Since the test takes several days in a row, candidates are allowed to bring their own rice and noodles to cook in the examination room.

If it is a ready-made snack, the person in charge of the inspection may cut it one by one and inspect it, and a good cake will quickly become silky after passing through the hands of the inspector!

In order for the three great writers to be able to comfortably enter the examination room and go to prison, after Su Lu returned to Meishan, he began to let Yun Niang lead the cooks to prepare, including the moon cakes that everyone loves to eat during the Mid-Autumn Festival and the dough cakes that can be cooked after scalding in the water.

The dough is even served with seasonings, dried vegetables, dried meat, etc., and the nutrition is very evenly matched!

Of course, for the sake of Su Shi's future and personal safety, Su Lu did not frantically bring them snail noodles.

Otherwise, when the time comes, others will report them for cooking feces in the examination room, hiss-

The three great writers of their Su family were all wiped out.

Su Lu felt that he had gotten up quite early, and when he saw the lively scene outside the examination room, he was still shocked.

Early in the morning, the candidates from ten miles and eight towns have already gathered outside the examination room, including Su Zhe, who is only ten years old, and there are also those in their twenties and thirties who are in the prime of life, and they can even see their grandchildren and grandchildren on the field together.

Su Lu raised his eyes and saw the gray-haired old man with four big words written on his face, "I can still take the test"!

Su Lu was in awe.

In contrast, the father-son file of Su Shi and the three of them who went into battle was not too unusual.

Su Lu took Su Shi's hand and asked Yinyin: "Brother, you must take the test well." ”

Su Shi was very moved by Su Shi's expectant eyes, and replied angrily: "It must be." ”

Su Shi and the three of them lined up to enter the venue with pen and ink inkstones and rations for the next few days.

The officials were seconded to check whether the candidates had any entrainment, and they looked at the bags prepared by the candidates for the examination in a formulaic manner, and the whole process was either playing with rice or cutting cakes, which was very boring. It wasn't until it was Su Shi's turn that they looked at the cake that Su Shi took out curiously and asked, "What is this?" ”

In fact, the Northern Song Dynasty also had food similar to moon cakes, but it was generally eaten in the palace, and occasionally it was given to the officials in the court, so it basically belonged to the exclusive supply of high-ranking officials and nobles.

Su Shi said: "This is a moon cake, also known as a small cake. ”

When it came to eating, Su Shi was particularly energetic, and explained to the errand while unraveling the stacks of moon cakes.

Let's talk about the shape first, saying that it is round and like the moon, so it is called moon cake.

Then he talked about the taste, he brought a few stacks, there is a tam of starch filling, the starch filling is not only starch starch, but also salted egg yolk, cut it with a knife, you can see that there is an oily egg yolk hidden in it, like the moon hiding in the cake.

There is fresh meat filling, the fresh meat is specially flavored, and it is particularly fragrant to eat, that is, it is the best when it is just baked, and it is easy to spoil after a long time, and he plans to eat it on the first day.

The best thing to eat is, of course, the five-kernel filling, every bite can eat different nuts, every bite is a different enjoyment, he especially loves to eat five-kernel filling!

Seeing that Su Shi was still talking about the five-kernel moon cakes, the messenger couldn't bear to say, "It's okay, take out the others." ”

Su Shi looked down and saw that all his moon cakes had been broken into pieces, each of which was cut to pieces, and he could no longer see his original appearance.

Su Shi was shocked.

Xu was because Su Shi's sad expression was too obvious, and the errand officer gave him a rare explanation: "Anti-entrainment, other people's cakes are also cut like this." ”

Su Shi could only sadly wrap up the broken moon cakes, and then show the dough cakes and seasonings to the messenger to check.

This time, the errand officer understood, it was obviously noodles, but the thin noodles were zigzag next to each other, and it looked very economical.

The messenger picked it up and looked at it, and found that there was no place to carry it, and finally he was not ruthless enough to break the dough one by one.

just saw the two bags of spices Su Shi carried, and couldn't help but rummage over and over to see if there was anything hidden inside.

I didn't find the entrainment, but I smelled a fresh fragrance.

Thinking of Su Shi's tirade just now, the messenger wisely didn't ask what it was.

There is still such a long line behind, he can't delay Su Shi for too long!

They are all here for the exam, and it would be good if other candidates could fill their stomachs, how could this kid from the old Su family play so many tricks?

With this in mind, the officer opened another spice bag, and was startled by the pile of miscellaneous things inside.

Good guys, there are pieces of dried vegetables and dried meat, and there are very many kinds of dried meat, just take the jerky as an example, I'm afraid that all the water running in the sky and the ground are all swimming!

It's just a test, do you want to be so prepared?

Su Shi's father and son's bags were not found to be problematic, and they walked into the examination room in the complicated eyes of the errand officer, carefully looking for their place to sit down.

After Su Lu finished the exam, he consciously completed a big event, and happily walked home with his little hands on his back.

What Su Lu didn't know was that the food he prepared for the three great writers of their old Su family caused a small storm in the examination room on the first day of the exam......