Su Tong handed over the three articles he wrote to Shen Xi and asked Shen Xi to give comments.

Shen Xi read it carefully, to say that the first two topics are relatively simple, Su Tong's breakthrough is accurate, the arguments are also sufficient, and he is very good at learning, and the article is sonorous and powerful.

Only on the third interception question, Shen Xi felt that something was wrong after reading it, in fact, Shen Xi himself didn't think too much about it, what is the direction of the discussion of "excellent is learning, learning is excellent".

Literally, the third question may be very simple, but in a deeper sense, this kind of truncation question is the most difficult to do. "You" means to have spare energy and leisure in the original text, but if you put it here, you say that it is "if you have free time, you can read, so that you can be very good at reading", which means more appropriate than the original. But who knows where the examiner really wants to investigate?

After Su Tong discussed with Shen Xi for a while, he got up and said goodbye.

Shen Xi was a little uneasy, and just as he was sitting at his desk thinking about things, the door creaked open, and it was Yin Wen. When Xiao Nizi saw Shen Xi, a smile bloomed on her face, her teeth were shining, she ran over quickly, picked up the fan on the table and prepared to fan Shen Xi.

"No need, after the beginning of autumn, the weather is gradually getting cooler, you have walked all the way, if it is hot, fan yourself."

Shen Xi was a little depressed just now, if the exam questions were really leaked, it meant that this year's township exam was far darker than imagined, and his future was uncertain.

But after seeing Yin Wen, Shen Xi's mood suddenly became open and open.

Now that things have happened, I can only face it calmly, there will be the next one in this session, and it is impossible to be like this in every session, I am young, and I will have opportunities in the future.

"Hmm."

Yin Wen moved the round stool that belonged to her, and after sitting on it, he picked up a fan to fan himself, and looked at Shen Xi with a curious expression. In the past, when she came over, Shen Xi either read a book. Either writing, it's rare to sit there so quietly doing nothing, clearly thinking about things.

Could it be that such a capable big brother will have any troubles? Yin Wen's eyes were full of puzzlement.

Shen Xi thought about things silently. Yin Wen sat next to her very quietly, and when she got to the back, she was really bored, so she fell asleep on the edge of the desk.

After the beginning of autumn, the temperature drops quickly, and the wind starts outside, and the windows keep opening and closing to make a crackling sound. The dark clouds pressed down, and it was about to rain. Shen Xi hurriedly got up and went over to close the window, and when he came back, he picked up a cloak from the bed and draped it on Yin Wen.

Yin Wen's eyes were confused, he glanced up at Shen Xi, yawned, changed his head position, lay down and went to sleep.

Shen Xi sat there and thought about it all afternoon, and Yin Wen followed and slept all afternoon.

It wasn't until it was almost dark that Yin Wen woke up. looked at Shen Xi beautifully, although Shen Xi didn't know what kind of coke she had, but her mood became inexplicably relaxed.

Before leaving, Xiao Nizi was still reluctant, although she couldn't say two words when she came over, she liked to stay with Shen Xi, even if it was just sitting there and watching Shen Xi do things.

Mrs. Yin's scolding voice came from outside the door: "...... They all said that you should sleep less, and you can't sleep at night, and you keep your eyes open for most of the night, but you don't want to get up in bed in the morning. The little master will have an exam in two days. When the test is over, let's see what you do......"

When Xiao Nizi arrived in the backyard, she was no longer looking back in three steps, but looking back at the window of Shen Xi's room on the second floor. But because it had just rained outside. It was a little cold, Shen Xi didn't open the window, and she couldn't see the person she wanted to see from the window.

But Shen Xi didn't stand at the window, just looking out through the crack in the window, he could detect the obsession in Xiao Nizi's eyes, and he and Yin Wen had known each other for a short time. Yin Wen himself is very taciturn, and the two of them don't talk much, if Yin Wen and him are concerned, it is more similar to the relationship between brother and sister.

After all, Xiao Nizi will not understand those emotions that do not belong to her age......

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On the eighth day of August, this is the last day before the start of the township examination, and in the afternoon, candidates will go to the Tribute Institute to prepare for the next day's examination.

The township examination of the Ming Dynasty was held on the ninth day of August, with a three-day test and three consecutive exams. When it is said to be a three-day show, it is to count the day before the entry and the appearance of the day after.

The first test of the ninth year of junior high school, the afternoon of the eighth day of the first year has to be prepared first, the next day officially start the exam, to the dark to hand in the papers, if it is dark can not be completed, a total of three candles, to be burned all must be handed in, to the tenth morning of the first ten years of the examination room. This is known as a three-day exam.

The second exam is the August 12 exam, which must be entered on August 11, and the rules are the same as the first exam, and you can only leave the exam room on August 13.

Then on August 14, I entered the room to prepare for the third test, and by the evening of August 15, in fact, all three tests of the township test were over, but the candidates could only leave the examination room on August 16.

At the end of the exam, candidates can choose to stay in the provincial capital and wait for news, or they can choose to return to their hometown.

The results of the township examination will be distributed to all prefectures and counties in the official post station to ensure that they are sent to the place where the candidate's student status is located.

Shen Xi prepared a lot of things for entering the venue in the afternoon, in addition to eating and drinking, pen and ink inkstones and paperweights also needed to be brought into the examination room by himself, because after handing over the academic tribute, the draft paper did not need to be brought by the candidates, which greatly reduced the difficulty of the officers and soldiers to search and inspect when they entered.

Before noon, Shen Mingtang came over from the Chamber of Commerce, preparing to personally accompany Shen Mingwen and Shen Xi to the examination room.

Because one will have to stay in the examination room for three days, at least four meals must be prepared, and the examination room will prepare charcoal fires for heating and cooking, and what is brought into the examination room is not necessarily cold rice, it can be cooked freshly.

The food brought by Shen Mingwen and Shen Xi was quite good, in addition to flatbreads, rice balls and vegetarian dishes, there were also meat dishes such as eggs and braised pork.

Shen Xi and Shen Mingwen didn't plan to open a stove in the house, so they prepared cooked food. In order to prevent freezing at night, Shen Xi deliberately put on heavy clothes, took them off first in the examination room, and used them as a quilt cover at night.

Departing from the inn in the afternoon, Shen Xi saw many candidates who were going to the examination room along the way, because Shen Mingwen had participated in several township examinations, he knew a lot of people, and greeted people from time to time.

If it was the Qing Dynasty, Fujian's township examination also included Taiwan candidates, but now Taiwan is still a wild place, and the township examination only includes local candidates in Fujian.

The examination room used in the Fujian Township Examination is the Fuzhou Gongyuan. Founded in Chenghua seven years, it covers an area of not small, and there are more than 3,000 rooms used in the examination room, if there are too many candidates in any session. The number of temporary houses can be temporarily increased, for example, this session has added more than 2,000 temporary houses.

During the examination, there are officers and soldiers guarding the examination room, and there will be soldiers guarding each room to prevent candidates from colluding and cheating.

Shen Xi for the township test. He only learned a little about it in the history books, but when he came to the Gongyuan in person, he found that the conditions were far more difficult than he imagined.

Shen Mingwen and Shen Xi had already obtained their own test numbers in the previous registration, because the two were not in the same area, and the positions of the entrance were naturally different.

Outside the examination room, there is a special person to drain the candidates, just like a low-level exam, the candidates have to wait in line at the position where they enter, and the search and inspection of the entrance is much stricter than the hospital examination.

Candidates must be removed until only intimate clothing remains. Double-check before you are allowed to enter. After all, the three examinations of the county, government and hospital are all completed on the same day, and the time is relatively urgent, while the township examination is entered one day in advance, so there is more time for searching.

After passing the gate of the Tribute Courtyard, a special soldier led Shen Xi to the corresponding number house.

Originally, it was stipulated that there would be a soldier guarding outside a number house, but due to the recent appearance of "Japanese people" outside the city of Fuzhou, the guard station and the inspection department have increased their vigilance, and the troops appear to be very tight. However, the number of people on the tour has been increased.

When they arrived at the place, the soldiers would send the candidates into the dormitory and lock the door from the outside. There is only a small window in the house that is ventilated and illuminated, and the light inside is not very good. If the weather is bad or if you want to answer the question at night, you must use candles. There is a small hole in the door, and it is made of the scythes that used to be sent in the exam, as well as the fire sickle that ignites the fire, and the candles that are illuminated.

Shen Xi entered his own house, and as the door was locked from the outside, he suddenly felt like he was in prison.

There were no beds or tables in the room, just two planks on the brackets on both sides. One tall and one short.

The short one can be used as a stool, the tall one can be used as a desk for answering questions, and at night, two planks side by side can be used to make a bed. There is a wooden barrel in the corner of the house, and both large and small urine must be solved in the barrel, fortunately, there is a lid on the barrel, but even so, in a relatively closed and small space, the smell will be very bad after a long time.

There is a charcoal basin and some straw on the ground, the charcoal basin is full of charcoal, the straw should be used to make a fire, but this is actually a little difficult for the candidates, most of the Xiucai are not diligent and do not distinguish between grains and grains, so let them use that little straw to make a fire, but it is a very difficult thing.

Shen Xi sat down, feeling bored.

There was still some time before it got dark, and there were no books in hand, so there was really nothing to do in such a small place, and if you were not hungry for dinner, you could only wait for it to get dark.

At dusk, soldiers began to fire folds and candles one by one.

Candidates can choose to go to bed early, or they can light candles to make a fire and cook, anyway, there are only three candles, you run out today, and the next day for the exam, the candles in your house are extinguished at night, and the soldiers outside will come in to collect the papers, and you can weigh them yourself.

Shen Xi originally wanted to set fire to ignite the charcoal, so that it would be much warmer in the house at night. But when you think about it, the place is not big, and the ventilation effect of the windows is not good, don't wait for yourself to fall asleep with charcoal, and become "suicide by burning charcoal", then it will really be a whimper. Shen Xi didn't think much about it, simply ate something, drank water, and then set up the plank, lay down and prepared to sleep.

But the night was long, and Shen Xi didn't have the habit of going to bed early, so he could only open his eyes, look out from the small window, and count the stars.

Shen Xi didn't know when he fell asleep, and the next day when he slept soundly, there was a commotion outside, but it was already officially released.

Shen Xi hurriedly turned over, restored the wooden board to the state of "desk" and "stool", then prepared the pen and ink and inkstone, and then grinded the ink, just as there was a knock at the door: "Pick up the question." ”

Then a stack of paper was thrown in from the hole, which was the question, answer sheet and draft paper to be tested in the first session of this township examination. There are more than a dozen of them.

Shen Xi opened the roll test paper and first skimmed through the exam questions inside.

Different from the hospital examination, the township examination examines more content and the questions are broader.

The first exam consists mainly of four scriptures and five scriptures, of which there are three questions in the four books, two of which must be from the Analects and Mencius, and the last question is one question from the "The Mean" and "The University".

As for the five scriptures, there are four of them, all of which come from the candidate's "Benjing", and the scripture selected by Shen Xi is "Spring and Autumn", so these four questions are all from this.

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