As a scholar general, Lei Li's words are the golden rule in the minds of Zhejiang scholars.

Not to mention these children who have not yet achieved fame.

Grandmaster Lei could determine their future with a single word, and they naturally treated Lei Li with respect and obedience.

What the? Additional tests?

Then add it, anyway, it's one more test.

After so many years of big exams and small exams, are they still afraid that they will not succeed in the exam?

Since I don't know the content of the additional test, I don't have anything to prepare. It is nothing more than to adjust yourself to the best state and meet the examination school of the great grandmaster.

Xu Yan is naturally very relaxed, and in the face of absolute strength, there is nothing to worry about any school examination.

If the imperial examination is compared to a competition, the general examination is the main competition, the township examination is the preliminary selection, and the college examination is the audition.

Can he not even swim out of the audition?

Of course, he was a little curious about the form in which Lei Li would take the additional test.

The number of additional tests is not large, and the number of Grandmaster Lei is set at one hundred.

This is actually carefully considered.

According to the regulations, Daming Mansion School can have 40 students, and the county school is halved to 20 students.

Of course, this was a regulation at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, and at that time there was no mention of attached students, and now even if there is an increase, the Ningbo Prefecture and county students together are about 200 people.

Among these students, there are those who have been selected in the township examination, and some who have gone to Guozijian to serve as prisoners, and these people together are a gap in government students, which must be filled by new students.

Therefore, the whole government selects a maximum of about 50 students a year, and no more can carry it.

Among them, there are about 15 new students in government schools, and about 35 people in other county schools combined.

In other words, about half of the hundred people selected by Grandmaster Lei had to be eliminated.

Tsk, it's really a little exciting.

But when it came to the day of the additional test, Xu Yan and Chen Maoli went to the school together.

Not knowing the format of the exam, they were prepared according to the official exam.

There are all kinds of pen and ink inkstones in the examination basket.

But when they arrived at the school, they were all dumbfounded, it turned out that the great master was planning to interview.

Of course, you don't need these things for the interview, but you can't send them back when you take them.

Xu Yan and Chen Maoli handed over the test basket to tolerance.

According to the instructions of Grandmaster Lei, the candidates who participated in the additional test were interviewed in groups of five. So there are twenty groups in total.

is a group of half an hour, and it will take five hours for all the interviews.

Grandmaster Lei is really not tired.

Xu Yan was assigned to the third group, and there was no Chen Maoli in the same group, but there was Zhang Yinian.

said that Xiao Zhang Gongzi's eyes could burst into flames when he saw Xu Yan, and he was stunned by Xu Yan.

Isn't it just a bet, as for such a big fire?

But that's okay, if you can completely compare Zhang Yinian in this hospital test, this guy should not have the face to continue to post disgusting people, right?

After waiting for time, Xu Yan disdained to clash with Zhang Yinian again, and simply closed his eyes to recuperate.

Although Zhang Yinian hated the itchy roots of his teeth, he was not easy to attack.

Fortunately, the waiting time was shorter than Xu Yan expected, and after half an hour, the interviews of the children in the first two groups were completed.

Judging from the expressions on their faces when they came out, it was natural that a few families were happy and a few were sad, some were complacent, and some were depressed.

Finally it was Xu Yan's turn.

He glanced at Zhang Yinian, and saw that Zhang Yinian was also looking at him, and a light smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Aren't you unconvinced, then compare again, until you are convinced.

A group of five people walked into the hall one after another, and when they saw Grandmaster Lei sitting at the top, they all bowed: "Students meet Grandmaster." ”

Lei Li stroked his beard and said lightly: "Today's test is strategy. The topic is why the Ann Loop. ”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this.

They thought they would take the Four Books and the Five Classics.

But I never thought that I would be able to test the strategy.

Isn't this thing usually tested during the palace exam?

And this topic is a bit tricky.

Xu Yan was naturally surprised.

The Hetao area can be regarded as the eternal pain of the Ming Dynasty. The lack of control over the region led directly to the extreme lack of war horses in the Ariake generation.

Although Emperor Zhu ordered officials to carry out the policy of horse administration in Shaanxi, it was of little practical use.

Quality horses need to be kept free-range rather than in captivity, so what can be done by raising horses in the stable?

It can be said that this is just self-deception.

Xu Yan has also studied the Hetao issue and clearly knows the crux of the problem.

The question is whether it can be said and to what extent?

If Xu Yan is not mistaken, Zeng Mo will not be long before he will be imprisoned by Emperor Jiajing.

Xia Yan, the first assistant of the cabinet, will also be framed by Yan Song next year because of his support for the recovery of the Hetao, and he will be imprisoned and sentenced to death on the charge of colluding with foreign generals.

The issue of the Hetao is even more sensitive than the sea ban, and the slightest carelessness will lead to a burn, and the future will be ruined or even imprisoned and killed.

What kind of question is not good for Grandmaster Lei to come up with such a radical question, it seems that he is also a violent temper.

Xu Yan thought for a moment, and felt that this matter could not be too aggressive, otherwise it would be easy to be caught.

He decided to hear what the others had to say first.

In front of the great grandmaster, there are naturally people who want to seize the first impression.

A candidate surnamed Han immediately spoke impassionedly.

At first glance, what he said was really exciting and emotional.

But when I took a closer look, I found that what he said was all vain and brainy.

If Xu Yan wants to say this kind of thing, he can say it directly.

Lei Li didn't seem very satisfied.

He chose for the national election, but he was not full of rhetoric but not down-to-earth, and immediately waved his hand to signal the next person to come.

The candidate surnamed Han was talking about the rise of his own words, but was ruthlessly interrupted by Grandmaster Lei, and his heart was depressed, and his head suddenly drooped like a frosted eggplant.

The next one obviously learned the lesson of the candidate surnamed Han and said it much more pragmatically.

But he obviously doesn't pay much attention to the situation in the Hetao on weekdays, and he only mentions some innocuous points, and he can't grasp the key points at all.

Lei Li listened to it this time, but his face was still grim.

The third candidate had some goods in his stomach, and as soon as he opened his mouth, his eyes lit up.

It can be seen that he has thought about the situation in the Hetao.

However, he made a serious mistake, that is, it was involved in the present day, and even linked to the national policy.

Lei Li heard it well at first, but when he heard this, he quickly interrupted him with a cough: "Okay, let's stop here." Next. ”

Now there are only Xu Yan and Zhang Yinian left.

Xu Yan looked at him for a while, took a step very confidently, and bowed to Lei Li.

"Xu Yan of Dinghai County, please make a decision."

Lei Li finally waited for Xu Yan, smiled and nodded to signal Xu Yan to start.

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