"There are few people here!"

Wang Xian beckoned to everyone, and everyone hurriedly came to a slightly shorter line.

"It seems to be soon!"

Zhang Benchu looked at the front and said, "I didn't check it much, I showed it and went in." ”

There was a humane in the team next to him: "If you don't check it now, if you cheat and get in, it will be miserable after being reported." ”

"It makes sense, even if you check it now, you can't find anything."

The line walked fast, and in a moment it was their turn, "Next!" Someone shouted.

"In!"

Wang Xian hurriedly stepped forward and handed the exam guide to the invigilator, "Student Luzhou Wang Xian!" ”

The invigilator looked at the examination quotation and returned it to him, "Except for the examination quotation, all things are not allowed to be brought in, and you will be searched when you go in later, it is best to take it out now, and the valuables can be kept for you." ”

Everyone knows the rules of the examination room, Wang Xian shook his head, indicating that he had nothing else, and the examiner waved his hand, "Let's go in!" ”

Entering the gate, you have to face a thorough search from head to toe, even your shoes have to be taken off, your headscarf has to be taken off, there are special soldiers to search, at this time you find to carry, it is a little troublesome, if it is gold and jade jewelry, it is good to say, at most a reprimand, you can continue to take the exam, but if you are carrying a piece of paper, then you will be directly disqualified from the exam.

After Wang Xian searched his body, he waited for Zhang Benchu again, and the Hebei scholars Li He and Zhou Kun who were with them were a little troublesome, both of them had jade pendants on their bodies and needed to be kept for safekeeping, Wang Xian and Zhang Benchu walked into the examination room first.

After crossing the bridge, I saw a large lantern, each lantern is a row of examination rooms, the lanterns have a number segment, the lanterns continue for several miles, there are nearly two hundred lanterns.

"Brother, I'm here!"

Zhang Benchu pointed to a lantern with the words 'Ding 17 Duan', he was Ding 17 Duan 38, and an examiner standing under the lantern checked his number, "Go!" The exam room is in the middle. ”

"I'll go first!"

"I wish my brother to play at a good level!"

"Each other! Each other! I wish us a gold list title together. ”

The two broke up, Wang Xian continued to follow the flow of people to find his number, he was already nine paragraphs, seventy-one, not long after, he found his own number, and soon found his own examination room, the examination room has just been painted with lime not long ago, and there is a faint lime smell, but it is not pungent.

The exam number is very small, a large wooden board is erected on the brick support, after the wooden board is lifted and entered, the space is smaller, and there is no room to turn around, so you can only sit on the brick platform, there is a basket on the brick platform, which is prepared pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and a small gourd of clear water, which is used for grinding.

In addition, there is a small flag, Wang Xian thought about it for a while, and suddenly understood, if there is something, wave the small flag, and the examiner will come over, and there is a ball of linen in the corner to wipe the table, which is very thoughtful.

Wang Xian sat down and put the wooden plank on the brick support, not tall or short, it happened to be a wide table, which made him sigh and praise, it was really a very ingenious design, so that the table was saved.

The exam has not yet begun, and like all candidates, Wang Xian began to pour water and study ink, and today and tomorrow will take the examination of the scriptures, mainly to assess the familiarity with the scriptures.

According to the examination scope stipulated by the Tang Dynasty, the Ming Jing Department stipulates that the Five Classics must be examined, that is, two major classics, two middle classics and one minor classics, but the problem is that the examination scope does not specify which five classics to test, in fact, the twelve scriptures within the scope of the examination must be proficient.

"The Book of Rites", "Zuo Chuan", "Book of Songs", "Zhou Li", "Rites", "Book of Changes", "Book of Changes", "Book of Rites", "Legend of the Ram", "Biography of Hubliang", "Analects", "Mencius", "Book of Filial Piety".

The examiner will pick out five of the twelve scriptures to ask questions, of which the Book of Rites and the Zuo Chuan are compulsory, and three more will be selected.

The Ming Jing course is mainly a test of memorization and calligraphy, not only the scriptures, but also the commentaries of the classics, and finally three current affairs and political questions.

On the first day of the test, write a sentence casually, candidates should write out the whole paragraph silently, there are generally ten questions, the total number of words is about 5,000 words, four hours to hand in the paper, basically can not stop, four hours to write 5,000 words, the requirements are good, the calligraphy is beautiful, this is the possibility of the test.

On the third day, the classic annotations and current affairs and politics questions are examined, and the number of words is almost 5,000 words, in fact, for candidates, there is no problem in memorizing the scriptures, but the real difficulty is current affairs and politics, students must have their own thoughts on major events in the world, for example, this year, there is a question that is, 'What do you think of Zhu Jun's accession to the throne?' ’

First of all, it is necessary to understand the Jingyuan Mutiny, understand Zhu Zhu's life experience, why he is said to be a rebel, and finally understand the puppet system implemented by Zhu Zhu before, and then analyze all aspects of society, economy, and ethics.

Therefore, the vast majority of candidates are planted on the last three current affairs and political questions.

'When! While! While! ’

The time for the exam began, and the invigilator opened the sealed box of the test questions, copied the test questions on paper, and then pasted them on the wooden board, so that the soldiers of each number section took the test questions to the examination room to display them.

Wang Xian saw the first question: 'Bazi made Hanbok to tell Yu Chu, please be good with Deng.' 'Ask for the entire paragraph to be written silently.

This is a sentence in "Zuo Biography", after a little thought, Wang Xian quickly picked up the pen and wrote.

.........

The Ming Jing examination ended in two days, followed by five days of marking time, the papers of the Ming Jing Department are easier to correct, they are the standard answers of the control, the silent scripture is less than ten words for the first class, the wrong thirty words are below the second class, a word is good for the excellent grade, and the volume above the second grade alone is more than 3,000 copies, which means that the second grade and below are eliminated.

Then look at the three current political questions, the current political questions are also divided into upper, middle and lower three, the inferior ones are eliminated, and finally compared to calligraphy, according to this standard, 700 volumes are screened out, which is the winner of the Ming Jing Subject, and then 1,000 volumes are selected as the admission of Guozixue.

These 1,700 scholars have the opportunity to take the Jinshi exam, and even if they fail to pass the Jinshi exam, they will not be disqualified from admission to the Ming Jingke and Guozixue, so basically all those on the list will continue to take the Jinshi exam.

The Sanjin Restaurant located in the south of the city is very lively, and it is basically full of scholars.

Today's list has just been released, and a public display of test papers has been held in Guozi School, and 1,700 test papers have been pasted on the display board for candidates to supervise, which is open, just, and fair, and if you are dissatisfied with a certain test paper, you can find a mistake that has been missed, or you can complain if you think that the level of current political questions is too poor, and you can write a complaint and throw it into the box at the door of the Gongyuan.

This is undoubtedly the most popular move of scholars, and today is only the first day of the exhibition, and tens of thousands of people have run to browse the test papers.

At the window on the second floor of the restaurant, there were seven or eight people sitting at a table, which was the team leader Lu Lun and six Lu children and protégés.

The Lu family was very successful in the exam, and all six of them were admitted to the Ming Jing Department, Lu Lun was very happy, and specially invited everyone to drink in the restaurant to celebrate.

"Generally speaking, this Ming Jing is not very difficult, there are no off-topic and strange topics, and they are all classics that readers must master."

The one who spoke was a disciple of the Lu family, called Lu Jinhuan, he played very well this time, the Silent Sutra is excellent, a word is good, and the current political topic is also superior, he picked up his glass and said: "In fact, the difficult thing is the second political topic, on the origin of the Hebei domain town and its countermeasures, most people will only answer, this is the aftermath of the incomplete pacification of the Anshi Rebellion, but if you really want to answer this question well, you must answer three more questions, why did the domain town happen in Hebei?" Why was the pacification of the Anshi Rebellion not complete? Why do you want to continue to canonize the envoys of the festival and form a new feudal town? This involves the Liaodong issue, the finances of the imperial court, and so on. ”

"That's it! All right! ”

Lu Lun said with a smile: "I know that this question is just being bet on by you, a small Ming Jing subject is not worth showing off, it is a big deal to continue to take the Jinshi subject, this time the Jinshi subject is one out of seventeen people, I hope that at least one of the six of us can be admitted." ”

"Come on! For us to be admitted to the Jinshi, do this toast! ”

"Cheers!"

The table of the children of the Lu family was very lively, and not far from them sat Wang Xian, Zhang Benchu and two scholars from Weizhou, Li He and Zhou Kun, they also did well in the exam, Wang Xian and Li He were admitted to the Ming Classics, Zhang Benchu and Zhou Kun were also admitted to the Guozixue, and they were all eligible to participate in the next round of the Jinshi examination.

Wang Xian saw that Zhang Benchu was a little depressed, so he comforted him with a smile and said: "The Jinshi subject mainly examines essays, policy theories and poems, which is completely different from the Ming Jing subject, maybe you can be admitted to the Jinshi!" ”

Zhang Benchu sighed and said: "Current politics is my weakness, and I have to take the current politics exam in the Jinshi Science Theory, and I don't dare to think about it, I just want to feel it." ”

Wang Xian patted him on the shoulder, "It's actually not bad to go to Guozi to study, free of board and lodging, after two years of further study, you will be a teaching assistant, which is equivalent to Ming Jingke, but I advise you to join the army, if you perform well, you will have the opportunity to become an official." ”

Next to Zhou Kun said: "I just want to join the army, generally in Guozi to study for four years, we only need to study for two years, I want to go to the Western Regions to serve in the army, I heard that I went to Beiting or Anxi, and was immediately appointed to join the army, which is equivalent to from the ninth grade." ”

Li He raised his glass and smiled: "Don't think about it so much first, concentrate on doing a good job in the Jinshi examination, let's toast!" ”

"Cheers—"