In a blink of an eye, it was September 15, and early in the morning, Gu Haotian went to the Gongyuan surrounded by a group of people.

The township examination of the Zhou Dynasty had to test six subjects, such as poetry, pasting scriptures, Moyi, Jingyi, treatise, and policy, which were not much different from the provincial examination, and "policy" was one of the important subjects of the examination at all levels, and it was the only way to take the palace examination, so the trial policy occupied an important position in the imperial examination.

The exam has a lot of questions, and there are four eight-day exams before and after, so be prepared to eat, drink, and lazar. In his previous life, he read the article on crossing, and Gu Haotian also read the plot about the scientific examination, but it seems that he can come out to rest at the end of each game, but the township test of the Zhou Dynasty does not say this, but the four games in eight days are completed at one time, which adds a lot of difficulty.

When I arrived at the Tribute Courtyard, I saw that there were already many people in front of me, from immature boys to white-haired old men, and there were people of all shapes and forms. Gu Haotian and the others found a quiet corner to stand still, Xiao Rang told him what to pay attention to during the exam again, Bian Xiang was carrying a large exam basket, which was full of things, Pan Jinlian stood on one side prettyly, a pair of beautiful eyes could not leave the little official for a moment, and he couldn't wait to follow in.

"Let's go back, don't worry about anything, it doesn't matter to me whether you are in or not, and I'll see you in eight days."

Gu Haotian saw that the entrance time was approaching, so he persuaded everyone to go back, took the test basket from Bian Xiang's hand, and went to the entrance.

"Little official, snacks should be eaten hot, and clothes should be added at night." Pan Jinlian caught up with two steps and commanded again.

"You can rest assured, I know to take care of myself."

Gu Haotian turned around and waved his hand, gave her a warm smile, and merged into the flow of people.

After a series of strict inspections, Gu Haotian entered the Gongyuan and found his own house, a narrow room that was one meter wide and two meters deep, with a table in front and a wooden board in the back, which should be the bed. Gu Haotian took out the things he used from the examination basket and put them away, and about half an hour later, an errand officer sent out the test papers, but there were no exam questions, but Gu Haotian was not surprised, he already knew the relevant details of the exam in advance, and after another quarter of an hour, another errand came over with a sign with exam questions, and he hurriedly picked up his pen and copied it.

After careful examination of the questions, Gu Haotian has a basic idea of the answers to the exam questions, because of his perverted memory, sticking to the scriptures and Moyi is no longer a problem, poetry is not his specialty, but can barely cope with it, the scriptures are from the "Spring and Autumn Period" and "Analects", he has also practiced before, but the trial theory is to write two examples of Han Huo hussars sweeping Mobei and Sui Yicheng princess and pro-Turkic, asking for a comparative evaluation of the policies of the two dynasties towards the Northern Barbarians.

And what he is most concerned about are two trial strategies, which are really the content related to the preparation of the border and people's livelihood. A general idea is that Liao and Jurchen compete, how Zhou Dang; The other is that the Huaishui River is a disaster every year, and the people are having a hard time, so how to deal with it.

These two strategies are not difficult at all for Gu Haotian, dealing with the northern barbarians is a problem he has been thinking about day and night since he arrived in this era, and with the repeated practice in recent days, it can be said that there is no difficulty at all. He had just returned from the Huaishui disaster a month ago, and he had the deepest experience, and he was confident that no one felt it more deeply than him.

In half an hour, Gu Haotian thought about all the exam questions. Secretly assessed it, thinking that if there was no big accident, this move should not be a problem, and he was suddenly relaxed. But at this time, his stomach protested, and he found that it was already noon, so he took out the dry food, but found that it was cold and hard to eat, and he couldn't help worrying about how he would spend the next eight days. When he was helpless, he suddenly found a small charcoal stove in the corner of the house, and suddenly remembered that Xiao Rang had said that he could cook his own food in the house, so he hurriedly rummaged in the examination basket, and sure enough, he found a bag of noodles, and even found a bag of charcoal at the bottom. After a full meal, it was already afternoon, Gu Haotian took out his pen and ink and prepared to do a few dishes first, and felt a burst of sleepiness coming, thinking about it, anyway, it is not difficult to sleep for a while, so he got on the wooden board behind him, bent down and lay down, and after a while, he dreamed of Zhou Gong.

Let's say that Gu Haotian's actions just now only shook their heads at many candidates in the opposite room, and even the patrol officers felt ridiculous, everyone was thinking that the elders in this family were too eager to hope that their son would become a dragon, and they actually sent the ignorant boy to this dangerous examination room.

Of course, there are exceptions, in a room diagonally opposite Gu Haotian, there is a candidate in his early twenties, but he sees that his eyebrows are clear, his face is like a crown of jade, and he is a talent. He had just seen this candidate's young age, and he was curious and quietly observed for a while, but he had a different perception from others, because he carefully looked at Gu Haotian's expression of concentrating on examining the question, and he knew that this son was not ignorant, and maybe it would be unexpected.

I slept well, and when I woke up, it was already dusk, Gu Haotian got up and moved his body, sharpened the ink and brush, filled in a few pastes, and after a while, the sky darkened, he took out a snack to warm it up, ate a few bites randomly, and after a short rest, he picked up the pen and started to do the question. Because he had enough rest in the afternoon, and he usually had the habit of reading at night, and he was not short of candles, he took advantage of the quiet time when everyone was resting, and calmly started the test questions.

So until the beginning of the day, Gu Haotian finished all the questions of pasting scriptures and Moyi, he stretched his waist, ready to clean up and sleep, and suddenly found that there was also a pair of candles lit in the house diagonally opposite, he looked at it curiously, just met a pair of clear eyes, the two looked at each other for a moment, smiled at each other, and then cleaned up and rested.

Due to the habit of morning exercise, Gu Haotian got up early the next day, after some preparation, he began to answer the next day's questions, today is to do poetry, these two are his most headache subjects, I wanted to find some poems in my mind, but the proposition writing, he couldn't find the right one for a while, no way, I had to try my best to make up the number of words, until noon finally finished the test questions of poetry. It's just that he couldn't lift his pen in the morning, and his sad face was looked at by a few people opposite, so he was even more confirmed in his evaluation of his lack of learning and unskill.

And Gu Haotian didn't know that he had been labeled as unlearned, and he still ate and slept well. It's just a common hobby of doing questions at night, and he and the handsome candidate diagonally opposite, gradually get acquainted, from the initial eye contact, to the later bow, a few days down to become an old friend.

After five days like this, Gu Haotian only had two test questions left to do, but this was the focus of this exam, and he had to be cautious. As a later generation, he was very clear about the outcome of the conflict between Liao, Jin, and Song, and although Song became Zhou, he didn't think that much would change. He had a very in-depth discussion with Zhou Dong and Wen Huanzhang about the variables that might occur between the three kingdoms, and he only needed to sort out the language a little. So he started from the national conditions of the three countries, analyzed their respective political, military, and economic strength, and finally pointed out, "Jin is a young tiger, Liao is an old wolf, and Zhou is a field horse in the circle, which seems to be tall, but in fact it is useless. ”

Gu Haotian wrote this trial strategy for a whole day, and the most difficult thing for him was the use of ancient texts, and in the end, he could only write it in half-language. The next morning, he checked it again and copied it neatly.

That afternoon, he began to prepare for the second trial. As a liberal arts student in later generations, how to govern the Huai River is very clear in the geography book, which is nothing more than that: building reservoirs upstream, planting trees and afforestation to control floods; the use of depressions and lakes in the middle reaches to build flood storage projects; Downstream excavation and expansion of flood channels. However, the key to the implementation of all measures is still in the people, so after he elaborated on the causes and countermeasures of the Huai River disaster, he proposed that the root of the Huai River is still in the imperial court and the government, pointing out that "the Huai Shui natural disaster is actually a man-made disaster, and the man-made disaster is not cured, and the natural disaster is eliminated." ”

The last trial plan was written, it happened to be the night of the seventh day, Gu Haotian checked it, revised a few words, and put down his pen, there is still one day tomorrow, he can't let himself have nothing to do.

September 22, the last day of Autumn in Jeju Prefecture. In the morning, Gu Haotian copied the last trial strategy and completed the first scientific examination after coming to the Zhou Dynasty. He packed up the relevant supplies, and didn't want to hand in the papers too early to be in the limelight, so he leisurely admired the appearance of all beings in the examination room. Directly opposite is a Confucian scholar in his thirties, looking at his hard work, it seems that there is not enough time; In the building on the right front, there is a man in his thirties, but looking at his mournful and sighing appearance, there must be no hope for the undergraduate; Then he saw the "old friend" who had known each other for many days, but had never said a word, and saw that he had also finished packing up, waiting to hand in the papers, and was looking at him at this time. Gu Haotian arched his hand to him, and then gave him a thumbs up, the man understood and replied with the same action, and then the two smiled.

After a while, slowly someone began to hand in the papers. Gu Haotian was already impatient, so he got up and handed in the papers, and the "old friend" also handed in the papers when he saw this, so the two walked out of the gate of the Gongyuan side by side.

"In the ...... of Yan Junqing"

"In the Ancient Heaven......"

After being dumb friends for a few days, as soon as they left the tribute courtyard, the two of them said their names in unison, then looked at each other for a moment and laughed together.

At this time, the entourage of their respective families who were waiting outside all rushed over. Bian Xiang had already taken over the test basket, and Pan Jinlian looked up and down for fear that something was missing.

"Brother Yan, I have been living for eight days, and I am filthy, which is really uncomfortable, and after I clean up, I will invite my brother to drink tomorrow."

"Where does my brother live?"

"It's at the Ascension Inn."

Then the two saluted and said goodbye, and went their separate ways. Gu Haotian and his party were walking, and suddenly Yan Junqing's voice came from afar.

"Brother Gu is a native of the ancient family of Yuncheng?"

"Exactly."

Gu Haotian replied loudly, and then the two of them walked close and far.