On the ninth day of August, ん..

Before dawn, many candidates had gathered at the gate of the Gongyuan, waiting to enter the exam.

The line formed a long line, and 6 Makoto was among them.

The township examination is a provincial-level examination, and the students of the entire eight provinces and one prefecture of Henan have gathered in the Gongyuan to take the examination, and the number of personnel is indeed huge, reaching more than 2,800 people.

In fact, this is quite small, mainly due to the rigorous study of Wu Pengyun by his predecessor, which led to a sharp decrease in the number of new students last year, otherwise, plus the students of previous years, the number of students can definitely reach 4,000.

In fact, in this tribute courtyard located in Kaifeng Mansion, there are only 36oo rooms in total.

In other words, once there are more students taking the exam, they will not be able to sit down. It is precisely because of this that the imperial court will conduct a scientific examination to pre-select before the township examination to control the number of students who take the examination.

The procedure was the same as usual, as soon as the hour came, the gates of the Tribute Academy were opened, and the candidates rushed in, and they were searched by the officers to confirm that there were no problems before they were released.

6 Cheng came to his house and sat down, and then he closed his eyes and rested like an old monk. Fortunately, it is autumn at this time, and the weather does not seem to be stuffy, so it will not be difficult to sit in this small tiled house for a day.

Yes, 6 Makoto does plan to take the exam for one day today, because he made a deliberate decision last night to answer all the exam questions in the field!

For ordinary candidates, it is obviously impossible to answer all the exam questions in one day, and no one requires you to answer all the exam questions. After all, in each of the alternative Pentateuch questions, candidates only need to choose one of the five, that is, the scriptures they have learned.

The township test is divided into three sessions, and the first one is to make seven righteous articles, including four of the scriptures and three of the four books.

Since there are too few internal curtain officers, it is naturally impossible to have the heart to read all the test questions of the candidates, and in fact, they can't do it.

Thousands of candidates, three exam papers, each candidate must answer the article adds up to nineteen, but the marking time is only about half a month, the number of people is six, and it is not enough to give a few more days. Therefore, in the township examination and the general examination, the habit of "watching the field three times and watching the art on the field" has already been formed.

In other words, if you only pass the test, it is equivalent to having already won the lift.

Among them, the status of the Five Classics is higher than that of the Four Books, as long as the four scriptures made by the examinee are selected by the examiner, the remaining three and four scriptures will be admitted even if the level is general.

This is the criterion for admission by the examiner.

Once Jingyi is not selected, it means that you are not on the list. As for the four books in the back, no matter how good you do, it's useless, and the examiner won't read it seriously at all.

Not only is the examiner's time for marking the paper tight, but the candidate's time to answer the paper is not sufficient, each person will have three candles when entering, and those who fail to hand in the paper before dark can "follow the candle" three, and the candle will be "helped out" when it runs out, regardless of whether you finish answering or not.

Not everyone is like 6 Cheng, you can look at the article and copy it.

After reading the exam questions, many people first have to think about how to solve the questions and how to write this article. At this time, I used a brush again, and I couldn't write cursive when answering questions, and I could only write a square small block to be considered qualified.

If you don't worry about falling off the list, you can just write it and give it a try

Therefore, it is difficult for many candidates to produce seven essays in one day. But there are also a few perverts, they don't finish seven questions in one day, but twenty-three!

In fact, there is an additional reward, once a candidate has completed all the questions in the township examination, then even if the level is slightly worse, the examiner will hire him as a lifter.

This is the "Five Classics Chinese Style", and it is also a customary habit in the imperial examination in the Ming Dynasty, just like watching the field and art.

Of course, there are too few such people, and there are only three in the entire Ming Dynasty, and they are all from the Chongzhen period at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

In this regard, 6 Cheng has no bottom in his heart, he only learned about these situations from the information in his mind, and it is really hard to say whether there will be such a regulation at this time.

However, he did want to take on the challenge and see if he could complete twenty-three questions in one day.

This is indeed a challenge, after all, each article is between three and five hundred words, and even if you don't do three or four words, there are about 10,000 words, and you can write so many words with a brush

Even 6 Cheng, the copyist, thought it was a bit scary, so he planned to spend a day answering the question.

There's no way, this is all forced by the Luoyang case, really on behalf of the scholars of Kaifeng Mansion who lost to him, and he must not be drowned by the saliva of the scholars?

Fortunately, there will be no interception questions in the township test, and it should not be difficult to find an article, in order to ensure that you can lift people, 6 Cheng really didn't think about making your own article, there are ready-made things that you don't need, isn't this stupid?

Although his current level has improved slightly, he does not dare to guarantee that he can be admitted to the lifter, for the sake of insurance, it is absolutely impossible not to copy. Of course, the following three and four books can also be tried to do.

Anyway, as long as the previous exam questions are done, the later articles almost don't matter much, and they can be written casually.

Under the exam questions, 6 Cheng immediately started work, and soon finished answering the four questions of this scripture. Then, he answered the three questions and four books at his own level.

After completing these seven required questions, I looked up and saw that it was already noon.

"Alas, I knew that I had copied it all, so why did I have to do it myself and waste so much time?" 6 Cheng couldn't wait to give himself a mouth, and immediately buried his head in the five scriptures that he had never learned.

What he didn't know was that many people hadn't even finished the four realms of scripture and righteousness at this time

The Luoyang case and the 6 Cheng contest have long been spread now.

This move is tantamount to a bombshell falling in the entire Kaifeng Mansion, and Shilin has already exploded.

The literati have a good face, and no one wants to admit defeat easily in terms of talent and learning. 6 Cheng as the case of Kaifeng Mansion, in the past, many people were secretly jealous of him, but now the matter is related to the face and dignity of the scholars of the two provinces, and many people who were originally jealous of 6 Cheng have turned into supporting 6 Cheng.

There is no way, people are now representing the entire Kaifeng Mansion and competing with the Luoyang case. If they really lost to that Xu Jie, it was not just 6 Cheng who was ashamed, but all their readers.

In the tea houses and liquor shops in Kaifeng City, you can see scholars talking about this matter everywhere, and they generally choose to support 6 Cheng with speeches. However, there are a few who are skeptical.

After all, it is true that 6 sincere poems are both unique, but the article is not very optimistic.

is also a case, people who have seen Xu Jie's article think that 6 Cheng's article is slightly inferior, and this time the other party is prepared, 6 Cheng is really likely to lose.

Although most of these remarks were drowned out by everyone's saliva, they also aroused more doubts in their hearts.

On the surface, they will not let others discourage their own prestige, but to be honest, such statements are indeed tenable.

As a case of Kaifeng Mansion, the two articles made during the 6 Chengyuan examination have already been read countless times by the scholars of Kaifeng Mansion. Only the article in the Xiangfu County Yali, because it was dictated by him, not many people can remember it.

I have only heard a lot of people talk about how good that article is, and how Lord Fuzun praised 6 Cheng, but not many people dare to believe it.

Most of the people are not highly educated, so how good can such a vulgar person think an article be good?

Although He Zhifu is a Jinshi, judging from his attitude towards 6 Cheng, maybe he is just building momentum for the other party

In a restaurant, Zuo Guoji and Li Lian sat opposite each other, and they were talking about this matter.

"Brother Zuo is really confused!"

Li Lian scolded helplessly: "It's true that the 6th brother is outstanding in his writings, but the township test is different from the hospital test, and there are countless cases in various prefectures that have fallen off the list in previous years, I don't think that the 6th brother will fall off the list, but it may not be able to be among the best, right?" Didn't you, you, you, push your 6 brothers into the fire pit? Once there is an accident and he really loses to Xu Jinsheng, he still has to sigh, what do you want me to say about you? ”

Zuo Guoji asked him to say this, and he felt a little embarrassed.

In fact, he was also angry yesterday, so he impulsively added fuel to the fire, and agreed to the contest instead of 6 Cheng, and even added the so-called "color head" for this.

Looking back and thinking about it carefully, there is indeed something wrong with me, after all, as long as 6 Cheng didn't agree on the spot, things wouldn't have gotten to the point where they are now.

"You're right, alas, I'm really too impulsive!"

Zuo Guoji lowered his head slightly, and said in a frank tone: "But we also have to believe that the 6th brother is, wait and see, if the 6th brother really loses, I will apologize to him again."

"Oh? The Luoyang case is against the Kaifeng case, which is extremely interesting! ”

In the boudoir, Jinyun heard the maid talk about this, and a shallow smile appeared on his face. In her heart, she never thought that 6 Cheng would lose, and no one in the entire Henan Shilin could let him lose!

This is not her blind belief in 6 Cheng, but she has come into contact with a lot of "talents", and even a few of the old men who show talent in front of her are not as good as 6 Cheng.

After all, he is 6 sincere!

He is the one who can write "good days and beautiful scenery, and whose courtyard is happy"; He is the 6 Cheng who can send Li'er to the position of Oiran with a single yuan; He is the 6 Cheng who was once questioned, but he continued to use his talent to conquer Kaifeng Mansion Shilin and conquer many talented people in Heluo

Jinyun moved the lotus step lightly, and walked straight to the bookcase outside the boudoir, the maid followed behind her, and continued in her mouth: "Miss, Miss, aren't you worried that the 6th son will lose at all?" You know, that Xu Gongzi is also Luoyang's case, I heard other maids say, now all the guests are talking about this, if the 6th prince really loses, wouldn't it be miserable? ”

Jinyun lifted a piece of rice paper on the table, turned around and handed it to her, "Look at this." ”

The maid took it with both hands, and read along with the two lines of words on the paper: "The beautiful scenery of the good day is the day, and the joy of whose courtyard is also made by the 6 sons?" ”

"Who else is it not him?"

Jinyun smiled, picked up a roll of rice paper from the table again, spread his hands, and looked at it silently. It was a sentence that 6 Makoto had said to her, and she copied it down because she loved it.

Piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, hops, firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea.

He just said casually, he can be neat and rhythmic, and his quick thinking is not comparable to others?

The maid saw that she was fascinated, so she teased on the side: "Miss is really confident in the 6th son, I think he shouldn't lose this time, but why every time the 6th son participates, in the end, there will always be a storm in the city, everyone knows it, this is really strange."

Jin Yun agreed with this very much, and couldn't help laughing at this moment: "If you don't make trouble in the city, everyone knows it, it's not him!" ”

The city was full of wind and rain outside the examination room, and 6 Cheng sweated like rain in the examination room.

It is indeed not easy to answer twenty-three exam questions, and 6 Cheng only feels dizzy and exhausted at the moment.

It was only at this time that he faintly realized that with too much of the stuff in his head, the mental loss was indeed not small. If he hadn't been deliberately holding on, he would have slept on the small table made of simple wooden planks by now.

"Mother, this is really not a human job!"

After answering another scripture, 6 Cheng temporarily put aside the wolf hair in his hand, shook off his already sore wrist, and raised the sleeve of his robe to wipe the sweat on his face.

It was only at this time that 6 Cheng appeared, and he had been sitting for a whole day.

In fact, if he simply copied it, it would never take so much time, but he still had to simply read the article and select it carefully.

After all, psychology was not prevalent at this time, and many of the articles I found in my mind were articles from the late Ming Dynasty when psychology was popular.

Although he once said, "No matter whether it is a black cat or a white cat, it is a good cat if it can catch a mouse", but that is just lip service, and this is ambiguous, naturally not many people will hold on to it.

But now that they are participating in the township examination, most of the examiners are from the school of science, and they answer the questions with the arguments they have learned by heart, doesn't it just give them an excuse to brush themselves down?

You know, there are many officials who hate themselves now, so it's better to be cautious.

At this time, it was already dark, and 6 Makoto lit a candle and threw himself on the last two Pentateuch questions