At first glance, Xu Yan's article seems to follow what the sage said, but when he tastes it carefully, he finds a different way.

He first pointed out that "punishment can temporarily limit the people" and "etiquette can gradually harmonize the people", so as to naturally point out the way of governing the country that "it is better to teach the people to be good than to prohibit the people from doing evil".

Throughout the full text, the first part writes "The Tao is the way to govern" and "The people are free and shameless"; The next part writes "The Tao is Virtuous" and "Shameful and Qualified".

Clear thinking, to the point.

If it had been placed a month ago, Xu Yan would definitely not have been able to write such a perfect article. He may have a lot of shining points, but how to combine these shining points to form an article is by no means as simple as casual talk, but depends on practice.

It can only be said that God rewards hard work, and Xu Yan's devil training has had an effect. These students who went to the county exam with him may have worked harder than him in studying hard, but they are far worse in effective practice, writing articles, and summarizing and improving. After all, Xu Yan has a generation of great Confucian Mr. Xushan as a teacher to open a small stove, and it would be too much of a failure if he couldn't realize something.

After writing the four book titles, Xu Yan put down the pen and moved his fingers.

Although this article is only a few hundred words, my fingers are still a little sore when I write it down in one breath.

After resting on the tea, Xu Yan felt that the adjustment was almost over, so he began to prepare for the Five Classics test questions.

Xu Yan's scripture is the Book of Songs, and the title is How can it be said that there is no clothes.

The title is from "Qin Feng No Clothes".

Xu Yan happened to practice this topic, so it was naturally easy to come by.

Dip the pen in ink, wave the book, and sprinkle an article on the paper.

Xu Yan read through it again, except for a few words, because he was too excited to write and some were unexpected, he was still very satisfied.

The last question is the trial poem.

In the Ming Dynasty, the test post poem was not an official topic of the imperial examination, and there was no such thing as the township examination and the general examination. However, the county test and the government test often use test poems instead of an article, after all, the local level is all in the parents and officials, and if you read the article, the county will make the prefect die of exhaustion.

The topic is: Endowing the heart of heaven with water.

The trial poem is a proposition poem, first of all, we must figure out where the topic comes from, otherwise even if the poem is good, it will be useless.

Xu Yanping's favorite thing in his life is to read poems and taste poems, and he is naturally no stranger to this sentence.

The surface of the heart of heaven is from the Song Dynasty Confucian Shao Yong's "Song of the Night".

The whole poem is "The moon reaches the heart of heaven, when the wind comes to the water." Generally clear, few people know it. ”

It can be seen that the title of the trial poem is taken from the first two sentences of Shao Yong's poem. It is necessary to compose a five-character and eight-rhyme poem based on this.

Writing poetry is Xu Yan's strong point, and after a little thought, he wrote:

"The night moon is on the island, and the spring breeze is full of liquid.

The heart of heaven is clear and clear, and the water surface is still rippling.

Pu Bozhan is so, and the clarification is here.

Yuheng hangs on his own, and Jin Jianzhao is selfless.

The news is easy to study first, and the article is a poem.

The Void Ming Immortal Realm returns, and the leap turns into a machine.

Xing Cailuo's chest, when the clouds wash his eyes.

Prudently cultivate the imperial theory, and the sage knows it. ”

Although this poem is not as good as those peak Tang poems in terms of artistic conception, it is better in integrating rhyme, and it is already excellent that the trial poem can be made like this.

After the three questions were completed, more than half of the time had passed.

Most of the rest of the candidates were struggling to write, and Xu Yan had nothing to do.

The county exam was not transcribed by name, he wrote his name on the paper, and read through the articles and poems again.

With such a quality of papers, it can be regarded as standing out in the county examination.

Although Xu Yan is not sure that he will be able to get the first case, there should be no doubt about passing the county exam.

Not wanting to waste any more time, Xu Yan decided to submit the paper in advance.

This is extremely rare in the county exam, after all, candidates want to seize every moment of time to polish the essay in order to achieve the best effect and win the favor of the county lord.

But rare does not mean that it is not allowed, as long as the candidates decide to submit the papers in advance, the officials will also collect the papers.

However, after handing in the papers, candidates can no longer stay in the examination booth and must leave the county school immediately.

Xu Yan naturally didn't want to stay in such a place where the smell of "sweat" gathered for a long time, so he handed in the paper and left the county school.

After the first main exam, all Xu Yan had to do was wait.

If nothing else, he should have passed directly, and he didn't need to take the next exam.

Of course, Xu Yan still has some expectations for the rankings.

said that Xu Yan returned to the mansion, which frightened Xu Huaiyuan.

"Why did my son come back early, shouldn't he have encountered a problem that he won't know? Hey, what did my father tell you before? Even if you can't write a topic, even if you make up an article, you have to write an article to fill the paper. ”

Xu Huaiyuan's painful expression amused Xu Yan.

"Dad, why do you look down on your son so much. How can it be difficult to lose a son on these few simple questions? It's boring, it's boring. Don't hide it from his father, my son only took half the time to answer the three questions! ”

"Huh?"

Xu Huaiyuan was obviously frightened: "Could it be that my son has a head disease again?" What a good thing that is! ”

Xu Yan looked at Xu Huaiyuan with a black line on his face, spread his hands and said, "Dad, can't you trust your son once?" Taking a step back, can't you trust Mr. Oyama? ”

Hearing Mr. Xushan, Xu Huaiyuan felt a little bottom in his heart.

It is said that famous teachers produce high apprentices. Mr. Oyama is a generation of Confucianism, so he taught his son the knowledge of Sancheng, and his son should be able to cope with the county exam.

"Daddy believes in you." Xu Huaiyuan patted Xu Yan's shoulder and sighed: "My son is finally going to have a chance, my father is pleased." ”

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The first county exam was finally over, and Zhao Ruohai, the county magistrate, frowned in the face of the exam papers that had been set up on the table.

If these candidates write the essays better, it's just that, but one is worse than the other, and some even don't make sense.

If you think about it, there's no way around it. Zhejiang's political department is prosperous in culture and education, but that is mainly because of the good cultivation of scholars in Hangzhou, Shaoxing and other prefectures, and good seedlings are stubble after stubble.

And the culture and education of Ningbo Prefecture is at the bottom of the entire Zhejiang political department. As for Dinghai County, it is the bottom of Ningbo Prefecture. It's no wonder that you think so.

Zhao Ruohai is also from a Jinshi, and the level of Baguwen is naturally not to say.

At first, he could read the whole article seriously, but after reading dozens of articles, he had already collapsed, and he couldn't wait to poke himself in the eyes.

In order not to ravage himself again, Zhao County Ling decided to look at the problem first, and those who wrote poorly will be beaten down to take the second preliminary examination.

Just when Zhao Xianling was on the verge of despair, an article made his eyes shine.

"The saint treats the rule, and argues that it should be in the heart. The husband's political punishment can temporarily covenant his people, and this trace can gradually negotiate with his people, and this heart should also. Knowing this, you can deal with it. ”

This is a problem, sharp!

Zhao Xianling immediately became interested, read the whole article in one go, and couldn't help but praise: "Good article, good article!" I didn't expect that I could have such a talent in Dinghai County. ”

Only then did he remember to look at the candidate's name, and when he saw the word Xu Yan, he sighed with emotion: "Xu Yishi, Xu Yishi, you really didn't disappoint the county!" ”

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