In the next few days, the most important thing for the government and the opposition was naturally the triennial meeting. Since www.biquge.info the imperial examination was the main source of officials in the Song Dynasty, the triennial examination has become one of the most important things in the imperial court.

Although there is a palace test later, the palace test is not brushed, even if it falls in the last place in the palace test, there are officials who sit, so except for those who are quite ambitious and want to take the three-ding armor, the others will be relieved after the examination.

Even Yun Xi has some expectations these days.

On the eighth day of the first lunar month, Yunxi had just gotten off the court, and he heard the sound of drums from not far away, and he immediately knew in his heart that the test was about to start.

"A few of you, you can pass this scientific examination in history, then you should be able to pass the examination now, don't let me down." Yun Xi thought.

……

……

After the three drums were beaten, the messenger who was guarding the gate of the tribute courtyard began to speak loudly.

The test is divided into three sessions, one of which lasts for three days. However, it is said that it is three days, in fact, you can only enter the entrance on the evening of the first day, the curls will be handed out the next morning, and the papers will be handed in on the morning of the last day, so there are less than two days.

The first thing to do is to take the roll call, and determine who will participate in the examination on a provincial basis. There are thousands of people, and it takes half a day just to roll call.

Take a short break at noon to have a bite to eat, and then start organizing the admission.

Wang Gen was just admitted last year, this year is the first time to participate in the examination, looking at everything fresh, seeing that it began to enter, he said to Hu Guang, who was leaning against the wall with half-squinted eyes: "Brother Guang (Hu Guangzi), hurry up, I'm about to enter." ”

Hu Guang is a person who has been raised in the 29th year of Hongwu, and he has participated in a meeting test, and he said lazily when he heard this: "It's still early!" The thousands of lifters had to enter until after dark. ”

"I know that the entry will be based on the province, but can't it be that the first person to enter is our Xiju Zi?" Wang Gen asked.

"Don't think about it, the first to enter must be the lifter of Zhili. After that, it depends on the promotion officer, who will generally take care of the people of the province. This year, this promoter is not from our Xixi, and the second entry cannot be our Xixi lifter. The best luck is the third entry. ”

Wang Gen, Li Guan, and Jin Shan were all raised in the middle of last year, and they had no experience at all, and when they heard Hu Guang's words, they also calmed down their excitement and leaned on the side to rest.

The first to enter the field was indeed the person of Zhili. After that, it was indeed a lifter from the hometown of the promoter. However, after the people from Ha Yan Province entered, they heard an errand officer shouting: "Candidates from Chixi are entered!" ”

Wang Gen immediately straightened up, and was about to wake up Hu Guang, who was half-asleep. But this time, Hu Guang opened his eyes without using his call, and said with a smile: "This year's luck is not bad, and the third one will enter." The last time I came to take the exam, we were the third to last to enter the exam. ”

"I've heard that there were even more unlucky ones before. In the fifteenth year of Hongwu, Chixi was the last to enter. It was already dark when I entered, and it was difficult to rest immediately after entering, but I was guilty. ”

Wang Gen couldn't listen to Hu Guang's words at this time, and when he saw him lifting the bamboo basket in front of him, he didn't pack it up and walked towards the gate of the tribute courtyard with the others, and asked suspiciously: "Brother Guang, why don't you pack up your things?" ”

Hu Guang ignored him, and only after lining up at the gate of the Gongyuan did he turn around and say to Wang Gen solemnly: "You have to be patient later." The search for the general examination is stricter than that of the township examination. ”

"What? Stricter than the township test? Wang Gen said in surprise. The search for them during the township test is still a nightmare when I think about it, and these people have never suffered such a humiliating thing in their lives. Wang Gen was glad that he didn't have to be tortured by the veterans of the guard station repeatedly after passing the exam, but he didn't expect the exam to be stricter.

"Of course, after passing the examination, he is almost an official, which is naturally stricter than the township examination. But don't worry, although it is strict, there will be no humiliating things like the township test. After all, we are already lifters, and we are also respected as masters in the local area. ”

After a few more moments, the two of them arrived in front of the searcher.

They all had experience in township trial searches, and took the initiative to put out the bamboo baskets and let them be searched.

The people who tried to search were really more careful, and they carefully checked every place, and the clothes they were wearing were also carefully touched with their hands. At this time, the weather was still cold, and the inspection was slow, and both of them were shivering from the cold.

It took a long time for the veterans to put their belongings in the basket and give them number plates to let them in.

The location of the number room of the Gongyuan is in the order of the words in the "Thousand Character Text": "Heaven and earth are yellow, and the universe is desolate and ,......", from east to west. The two looked at their number plates, one was in Yuzi No. 18, and the other was in Zhouzi No. 2. Because the number of the meeting test is similar to that of the township test, they walked to their number room familiarly.

Wang Gen came to his room, walked in half-squatting, first took down the two wooden boards, put the bamboo basket on the wooden board to sort out the messed things, and then put the big wooden board in place and laid out the sheets.

At this time, he heard Hu Guang's voice and said: "Brother Jingzhi, you don't have to make the sheets so early, there are still many candidates who want to enter at this time, you are the sleeping fairy, and you can't sleep now." ”

Wang Gen looked back and saw that not only Hu Guang, but also Jin Shan and Li Guan had also come over.

Wang Gen put on the thin quilt he brought into the examination room, went out of the number room and said, "Brother Harada, Brother Youzi, you also came in?" ”

Kim Sun said, "Well, we're coming in too. As soon as I came in, I met Brother Guang, and I realized that several of our rooms were around here. ”

Wang Genxi said: "This is good, and it is easy to go back together after the exam." ”

After that, the four of them chatted for a while, and it gradually got dark.

Several people were also hungry, so they took out the special dry food they had prepared for the exam, pancakes, and sat down to eat them in Wang Gen's room.

Although people in the south are accustomed to eating rice, people in both the north and the south basically use pancakes as a special dry food for exams. Pancakes are easy to carry, and they are fried in oil and water, and they are hungry, so they are very suitable. Hu Guang's family had money, so he brought some good snacks and distributed them to eat.

Several people were eating and talking. Hu Guang told them: "After a while, everyone will enter the venue, and you will not be able to move around in the examination room at will. ”

"You must have a good night's rest and never fail to sleep. If you can't sleep, I have some sleep aids here. ”

"I've taken this sleep aid medicine, aren't you afraid that you won't be able to get up the next morning?" Li Guan asked.

"The general examination is different from the township examination. Those who hand out the papers during the township exam will not tell the candidates to get up, but those who can distribute the papers will call the candidates who are still asleep to get up, so there is no need to worry. Hu Guang explained.

"Then give me one, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep." Li Guan said again. He was very nervous.

"When you're done, go to me and get it. Let me start with the next point. Hu Guang said.

"People who can take the exam are also different from the township exam. The township examination is just a few county teaching papers that cannot be examined, and how high the standard they can be, as long as the article is gorgeously written, catchy and organized to read, they can be selected. ”

In fact, how can the township test be as easy as he said. It's just that they are all masters of writing articles, so I say so.

"But the exams are all read by well-educated people, and small tricks can't fool them. And the court advocated a simple literary style, and the first emperor and the current majesty have successively disposed of ministers because of the gorgeous writing of the folds. Therefore, the article must use fewer flowery words and be more simple. ”

"When there are examples, try not to give too obscure examples, although the examiners out of caution will probably not think that an example is apocryphal, but when grading, there is no time to check the meaning of the example, most of them will be downgraded. With this downgrade, most of them will not be able to pass the exam. ”

……

Hu Guang told them a lot of things that need to be paid attention to, some of which need to be paid attention to in the township test, and some of which are just things that need to be paid attention to in the local test, and the three of them listened carefully and asked from time to time.

A long time has passed since this was said. Hu Guang wanted to say more, but when he saw that the servants began to drive people away, he hurriedly said again: "The most important thing is not to be nervous." So he hurried back to his room.

When they were all gone, Wang Gen calmed down, laid out the sheets, and lay down on the plank to sleep.

But he turned it over and couldn't sleep, and he didn't fall asleep until he heard the sound of the watch, and then he fell asleep in a daze.

'I knew that I should also ask Brother Guang for sleep aids. He thought.

The next morning, before dawn, he felt his body shake, and when he opened his eyes, he saw that it was still the person who distributed the test papers and asked him to get up.

Wang Gen hurriedly opened his sleepy eyes, sat up, put on the quilt, took the test paper, rearranged the two wooden boards, lit the candle and began to read the test questions.

The first test is the scriptures. Wang Gen thought: 'There is only one four-book question this year, and most people don't study much of the Pentateuch on weekdays, and most of them will write this four-book question, so I'm afraid the examiner will get bored of reading it.' ’

'I usually study the Book of Songs, the Book of Rites, and the Spring and Autumn Period in the Five Classics, and I still choose four questions from these topics to write. ’

He had already made up his mind, looked at the sixteen questions carefully, and picked four of them and wrote them.

It was a day and a night, and Wang Gen carefully checked it many times after he finished writing, for fear that there would be a mistake or the wrong allusion, and he didn't put down his pen until the third day. But at this time, it was already time to hand in the papers, and there was no time to rest.

Although the four of them got together when they were released, they were all exhausted by the torture of the past two days, and they didn't mean to speak at all, so they returned to the inn.

A day later, a few of them came to the gate of the Gongyuan and lined up to take the second Shiwen exam.

In the past, because the current language test has nothing to do with admission or not, and the ranking of the examination is not very useful except for the top few, most people don't care much about this one.

But this year, it didn't work, Yun Xi ordered a math problem to be added, and if he couldn't answer it, he would never be admitted, which made many candidates very worried.

But when they saw the title, they didn't worry. Yun Xi's question this year is not difficult, it is a classic chicken-rabbit cage problem, and it is only at the level of the fourth grade of primary school. Even the ancients, as long as they read the "Sutra of Calculations", there is no problem in making this question.

Wang Gen breathed a sigh of relief. He doesn't usually like to study mathematics, so he was very nervous before, but he was relieved when he saw the problem.

However, after he made this problem, he remembered that according to rumors, the math problem would get more and more difficult every year, so he couldn't help but think to himself: 'I must pass this subject.' ’

Although most people didn't care much about the subsequent articles, Wang Gen still finished the articles seriously.

After the second test, the spirits of several people were much better than when they finished the first test, but they still didn't talk to each other on the way, and returned to the inn to rest in silence all the way.

Another day passed, and it was the last time to try. In fact, what most people are most worried about this time is not the first game, nor the second game that is said to be vetoed on a question, but the third game.

Although the titles of the four books were suddenly reduced in the first session, most of them had some research on one of the five classics, and they only needed to write the four books and add three five questions of the same scripture, so they were not too worried.

The math problem in the second session is not difficult because it has been said before, so although most people are nervous, they are not too nervous.

But the last one was different. Although the policy theory was also examined before, it did not affect the admission of tributes. They don't have enough time to study the Four Books and the Five Classics, and they only watch some things related to the province on weekdays, so how can they have time to study national affairs?

Those who don't usually care much about it are desperately collecting and researching the Di newspaper these days, but they are still very nervous in their hearts.

Those who read more newspapers on weekdays are much better, but they are also worried about what to do if the exam questions are not the ones they have figured out.

But no matter what they did, the exams started as scheduled.

The next morning, as soon as the roll was handed out, many people immediately lit candles and looked at it. Suddenly some people were happy, some people were depressed. But there are many more happy people than depressed people.

'Ammon's strategy? This topic is one of the most likely topics that they have discussed with Brother Guang before. Wang Gen thought.

Since it was not unexpected by them, of course Wang Gen had already had a draft. After a moment's thought, he wrote.

However, in a room not far from him, Yang Zirong sneered and said to himself: "I'm afraid most people will be happy, Anmeng's strategy, such a common topic, it is estimated that most people have studied it." Unfortunately, this question is definitely not as simple as you think. ”

He carefully recalled the various policies towards Fanguo since Yun Xi succeeded to the throne, especially the policies towards the northeast and northwest, and gradually had an idea, and wrote with confidence.

"Among so many lifters, there will be no more than five people who can think of this, and even if I can't get the huiyuan in this exam, I must be in the top five." Yang Zirong thought.