The sky was bright, but the sky was clear.

Ye Mingsu wrote the exam questions of the first question and four calligraphy on paper, and then pasted the exam questions on the wooden card, in duplicate, and sent people to tour the venue.

This is somewhat beneficial to candidates who are close to the main hall, and they can see the questions as early as possible and think and answer them earlier.

Shen Xi's Jiazi examination shed happened to be close to the Yuanmen, far away from the main hall, and the officials turned around in the passages of the examination room, and finally turned to Shen Xi's side.

The official seemed to be worried that Shen Xi's eyes would not be good and he couldn't see clearly, so he leaned over here and paused for a while before leaving.

No matter which official saw Shen Xi, he had a smile on his face, and Shen Xi felt as if he was a star in the examination room.

The title of the four books is "Practicing benevolent government and king, Mo Zhi can reign also", which is said in "Mencius and Gongsun Chou Chapters and Sentences", according to the literal meaning, it is to implement benevolent government to govern the world, and no one can resist it. It is about "benevolent political country", which is a decent exam question.

Four books are only four books, only tens of thousands of words, thousands of years of imperial examinations, so many prefectures and counties across the country every year, it is not easy to pick out some flowers from them.

Since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, students have been tested in the way of "truncating questions" in the examination, that is, excerpting one or a few sentences from different classics and piecing together the questions.

But this time, Ye Mingsu came up with a question, which can be regarded as a "conscience question".

The four books and texts must be examined, and students have no choice, as long as those who have studied "Mencius" probably know what it means, but if you want to implement your own views into the article, it depends on learning.

After the questions were announced, all the candidates closed their eyes and meditated, and some simply shook their heads, as if they were memorizing a book there.

Shen Xi studied the ink well, and couldn't help yawning, it was also last night that he got up early, and his spirit was a little sluggish.

Because the five scriptures selected for the exam will not be released until almost noon, Shen Xi thought. Write the article first, lie down and squint a little, and nourish your spirits, otherwise with the position of the examination booth where he is now. After noon, the sun shines just right, and when you are basked by the warm spring sun, you will inevitably be sleepy.

Shen Xi picked up his pen and began to write his first eight-strand essay for the imperial examination.

The questions are easy and don't require much thought. According to Feng Yuqi's meaning, the scriptures quoted in the county test cannot be quoted too deeply, and it is best to stop in moderation.

An essay shall not be less than 300 words, and each page of the test paper shall be bounded by a red line, with a black line as a straight grid, and each page can write about 100 words. There are fourteen pages of exam papers, and there are five scriptures to be written at the end, and four books of seven or eight hundred words are written in a sprinkled manner, so there must be no place to write five scriptures in the back.

Shen Xi grasped it very well. In the case of the benevolent political country, take the current Hongzhi Emperor as an example, take the ancient filial piety king as an example, and use his ten-year-old head melon to write the words of singing the praises of virtue is just right, not deliberately singing merits, tactfully, but also with a review of the merits of the kings of various dynasties in history.

There are only less than 400 words, and it took Shen Xi less than half an hour before and after. Check it well, copy it with the paper on. Close the roll slowly and press it with a paperweight.

Immediately, Shen Xi stretched out and fell asleep on the table.

Most of the other candidates haven't written yet, and Shen Xi has already completed his first imperial examination article. When others saw Shen Xi lying there, they just thought that Shen Xi was a child who couldn't answer, and lay there thinking about it.

Shen Xi slept for about an hour, and then was woken up by a cold wind blowing in the spring. When he came to his senses, the title of the Five Scriptures had not yet been announced, and Shen Xi could continue to think about other things.

By noon. The Five Scriptures begin to be asked, a total of five questions, each from the Five Classics, and candidates can choose one of the questions to answer.

Shen Xi and Feng Yanqi mainly studied "Spring and Autumn", but the title that went to Shen Xi's side first to show was from "Shangshu", "Qier Wanfang is guilty, and he is giving one person; If one is guilty, there is no one to be guilty."

The words of "Shangshu Tang Huan" are the words of the Shang king Chengtang who came back to the princes of all parties after the destruction of Xia Wei.

The meaning of this sentence is that you princes of all directions are at fault, and the cause is on me alone; If I am at fault, it has nothing to do with the princes of all directions.

There are various versions of the "Book of Shang" handed down from history, but the pseudo-ancient Confucian book is the official version.

Shen Xi only memorized the "Shangshu" in the school, and Feng Huaqi did not even give him the full explanation of the scriptures and the collection of annotations, but fortunately, Shen Xi had studied several versions of the "Shangshu" in his previous life, and combined with Zhu Xi's discussion of the difference between the "Ancient Wenshangshu" and the "Jinwen Shangshu", he was no stranger to this.

Shen Xi didn't want to make it too complicated and then look at the title of "Spring and Autumn", he felt that the title of "Shangshu" was good, and it was in the same vein as the previous four books "Benevolent Political State", all of which discussed the way of the king to govern the country.

Shen Xi took up the pen to solve the problem, and directly used "the house that accumulates bad things will have aftermath, and the country that accumulates bad things must have residual disasters" to solve the problem, in order to discuss the importance of the king to bear the responsibility for the rise and fall of the world.

This time Shen Xi felt that there was a feeling of reading more than 10,000 volumes and writing like a god, anyway, he was young, even if he passed this county exam, he couldn't go to the government exam, the hospital exam, or even the township exam and the meeting exam immediately, he didn't attach much importance to this exam, and he didn't have too much worry about writing some words.

After writing an article, Shen Xi had a feeling that he was still unfinished, but due to space limitations, he had to finish it.

In the eight-strand text, the requirements for the head and tail are very high, and when Shen Xi finishes it, he carefully reads it and feels that there is nothing wrong, and then copies it on the main volume.

When everything was done, it was just past noon, and it was still early to hand in the papers in the afternoon.

Shen Xi made up for a nap in the morning, and his spirit was okay, so he didn't feel sleepy at this time, so he sat there in a daze, and occasionally looked sideways at other candidates who were struggling to write, and he felt a sense of contentment.

After eating some rice balls, he was not very hungry, so he sat there and waited for the sun to set.

By the end of the day, when the sun was setting in the west, Shen Xi's whole body was wrapped in sunlight. At this time, Ye Mingsu sat in front of the main hall for a long time, came down to inspect the examination room, and took a look at the students' answers by the way.

In the prefectural examination, although the people from the Confucian Department are invigilators, they cannot casually watch the students' examination papers. The main reason is that the people of the Confucian Education Department know many children in the city, especially those old children who have taken the examination for several years, and they are afraid that there will be private teaching and receiving from them because of this when the county examination is not "transcribed".

But the magistrate, as the chief examiner, wants to look at the exam papers, although it is unreasonable, no one dares to stop it. Ye Mingsu inspected the examination room all the way, and walked in front of Shen Xi halfway, but saw Shen Xi sitting on a chair, only half of his body was exposed on the table, and the pen and ink on the table were neatly placed, and even the exam papers had been closed, so he couldn't help but be curious in his heart at the moment, and wanted to reach out to take Shen Xi's exam papers for a look.

"Lord County, I'm afraid this move is inappropriate......"

The instructor of the Confucianism Department who followed next to him reminded him in a whisper.

It is completely okay for Ye Mingsu to probe to see the candidates' answers, but if he picks up the student's examination paper and looks at it carefully, it will not only attract the suspicion of unfairness by the examiner, but also affect the student's answer.

Ye Mingsu bowed slightly, glanced left and right, and left Shen Xi's side, but he was wondering why Shen Xi was so calm.

Before sunset, the examination room will be "put into arrangement" in batches, that is, the gate will be opened to let the candidates who have finished answering the papers out of the examination room. After all, there are no candles in the exam room, and if you don't finish writing until it's dark, you can't write even if it's dark.

Shen Xi chose to go out of the examination room during the first release, and there were not many people who went out of the examination room with him. Waiting for the official to put the paper away, Shen Xi packed up the examination basket, put away the pen and ink and the uneaten rice balls, and Shi Shiran walked out of the examination room.

After walking out of the examination room, he looked around, but he didn't see Shen Yongzhuo, so Shen Xi had to wait patiently.

In the open space outside the examination room, many classmates or fellow villagers got together to discuss the content of the exam just now, some said it was easy, some said it was very difficult, and most of them said it was difficult.

Many students who participate in the county examination rely on "charging questions" to try to pass the assessment, reciting the excellent texts they have seen before, and taking the Baguwen as an endorsement to take the test.

When the second rehearsal was released, Shen Yongzhuo also came out, and Shen Xi saw the radiant look on Shen Yongzhuo's face, and guessed that he should have done well in the exam.

"Seventh brother, which one of your Five Classics did you choose?"

After all, it was in the city, and even if there was no family to pick them up, the two of them were familiar with the way back. Halfway through, Shen Yongzhuo finally opened the conversation.

"Shangshu inscription!"

Shen Xi felt a little hungry at this time, stuffed the rice balls that he hadn't eaten at noon into his mouth, and asked casually, "Big brother, what about you?" ”

Shen Yongzhuo looked far away: "Mr. Su teaches "Zhou Yi", and I chose the "Zhou Yi" question, and I feel that many of Mr. Su's teachings can be used. ”

Shen Xi nodded yes, but he didn't think so.

Now I want to write an eight-strand essay, and I can't just rely on what my husband taught, I need to use what I have learned in my life and some unique insights to make a decent article. He expected that Shen Yongzhuo's way of writing Bagu Wen was about to quote the rhyme text that he had memorized before, plus some personal understanding, after all, many of the questions belonged to that kind of ambiguity, and the content was related to how the king recuperated and governed the country.

Walking not far away, Shen Mingjun hurriedly rushed over from the direction of the printing workshop, holding a lantern in his hand.

Obviously, the Shen family was afraid that the two brothers Shen Yongzhuo and Shen Xi would not come out until after dark, so Shen Mingjun was ready, but they didn't expect the two to leave the examination room in advance, and they were a little caught off guard for a while.

"You ...... Let's talk about it when we get home. ”

Shen Mingjun was very concerned about Shen Yongzhuo's exam, as if he cared about his son.

For Shen Mingjun, as long as the Shen family does well in the exam, whether it is his son or not, this is also the result of the old lady Li's brainwashing of him on weekdays.

When they returned home, all the Shen family gathered at the door to greet them, as if they were welcoming the triumphant soldiers.

The old lady Li and the Wang family of the big house took Shen Yongzhuo's hand and asked questions, and Shen Yongzhuo's face was full of smiles, which made people know at first sight that he had a great chance of passing the first game.

On Shen Xi's side, no one paid attention to it, and the Li family just asked him to go in and study hard, and wait for the first results to be announced in two days, and then decide what arrangements to make later.

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