Chapter Seventy-Three: As Expected

Sun Dan thought that he was also a modern person no matter how he said it, and he didn't know what he had experienced in the exams.

From elementary school to university, and then to the civil service exam, it can be said that it was killed all the way out of the sea of corpses and blood. What kind of single-plank bridge is not crossed, and what kind of knife mountain gun forest has not been crossed.

Even in ancient times, he had experienced the county test and the government test. It should be said that there is also a certain amount of psychological preparation.

But as soon as he was searched by the officials, and when he thought of the upcoming exam, his heart was still unscathed, his mouth was so dry that smoke was about to rise, and a layer of goosebumps appeared in his vest.

The college examination is too important for a scholar, as long as he can successfully pass the examination, even if he is a real scholar, he has the privilege of being exempted from conscription and paying taxes, and he can jump into the privilege of being a privileged class.

Just because the college examination is so important, and the state also attaches great importance to this examination, ordinary candidates have to be frightened to the point of weakness when they see the fierce officials in the examination room.

Look at that Sun Hao again, when he was searched by the officials, he put his hands on the side of his legs honestly, and his body was stiff like a wooden stick. This boy who is not afraid of heaven and earth finally knows fear today, looking at his wooden appearance, he is simply a prisoner waiting to be killed.

Sun Dan saw that he was scared like this, and wanted to laugh, but he couldn't laugh out loud anyway. He is also extremely nervous in his heart, but he refuses to "show" timidity in front of this little brother, if even he, the eldest brother, is afraid first, how can he boost morale?

Sun Dan stretched out his hand and patted Sun Hao's shoulder, smiled, and felt Sun Hao's body tremble.

Sun Hao's voice trembled a little: "Brother Dan, I can't bear it anymore, I really can't do it...... I still don't take the test. ”

Sun Dan said: "What stupid thing to say, when you enter the examination room, no one can get out until the Gongyuan opens the door." Besides, if you give up like this, what will others think of you, and how will you explain to your mother and your family? ”

Sun Hao stopped talking, and his body trembled more obviously.

"Don't speak." The official who searched his body shouted in a low voice.

"Here's for you." Sun Hao stuffed an object into Sun Dan's hand.

"What?"

"The peace charm my mother asked for me." His fat face lost weight because of staying up late: "Since last night, my mother has knelt in front of the Buddha statue and recited the scriptures all night, and only got up until dawn, saying that there is this thing to bless me to be a good talent." Brother Tan, I can't win, it's a big deal to donate a show talent in the future, that is, to give some money...... But you're different, you need this fame......"

Sun Dan had something sour in his throat, although there was a saying in the Ming Dynasty about donating merit, it was expensive. At today's market price, coupled with the fact that Emperor Zhengde is using troops in Jiangnan, he is short of money, and each Xiucai quota is worth two hundred stone white rice. Converted into silver, about four hundred taels of silver, this money is nothing to the Sun family.

However, when the fame of the donation meets the talent who came out of the serious examination, it is a dwarf in itself. If you want to have a good development in the future, there will be a stain on your resume, and you will be ridiculed.

Sun Hao is the eldest son of the eldest family in the family, if he does this, how will he manage the family in the future, and how will he be a man?

Sun Dan didn't pick up the peace charm, but only looked at Sun Hao solemnly: "Brother Hao, we have all prepared what should be prepared, if you believe me, and boldly go in for the test." As long as you work hard, you will always have a good result. ”

"I believe in you." Sun Hao said in a hoarse voice: "Brother Dan, I will work hard." ”

"Don't bother, you two are already late, let's go into the test room." The servant was even more impatient, and kept looking at the contents of the basket of the two, picking out all the unnecessary things and throwing them aside. In order to prevent the two from carrying it, they even cut the food they brought into peanuts.

The sky has been completely brightened, and a round of red sun has risen into the sky, illuminating an ancient tribute courtyard with red and gold, dazzling and dazzling.

About 2,000 students came to the school, and each of them was given a small room of his own.

The room was small enough to fit a table with an oil lamp on the table and a wooden barrel in the corner of the wall to relieve hands.

There is only one test in the college exam, write an eight-strand essay, and then write a poem of dozens or hundreds of words. For Sun Dan, this kind of exam is not difficult, and an article can be completed in an hour. It's just that the college exam can't be handed in in advance, which means that he has to stay in the examination room all day.

Fortunately, the weather is good today, and it is very warm, otherwise I would really be frozen out of the cold.

Sun Hao's room was just opposite Sun Dan, and both of them could see the expressions on each other's faces. It's just that there's no way to talk.

Sitting behind the table, Sun Dan saw that Sun Hao was still trembling.

Although there were more than 2,000 candidates living in the entire Gongyuan, it was silent, but in this silence, the heavy wheezing of the candidates could be vaguely heard, and occasionally the sound of teeth chattering.

The importance of the hospital examination cannot be overstated, and the difficulty is much greater than that of the prefectural and prefectural examinations. The county and government examinations test the schoolchildren's mastery of basic knowledge, and most of them are rote memorization. But when it comes to the college examination, the standard of the examination is a little difficult to understand, and many times it depends on the candidate's personal character and luck.

Moreover, you have to face a huge amount of competition from former students.

Many old children have been in the hospital examination for more than ten years, or even decades, and they have not been able to pass the test with gray hair.

Take the old boy opposite Sun Danxian as an example, looking at his wrinkles and white hair, he is at least sixty years old.

It can be seen that it is not easy to take the test for a showman.

As for donating a meritorious name, four hundred taels of silver is not something that an ordinary person can take.

After sitting in the examination room for less than half an hour, the test paper was finally handed out.

Although Sun Dan is not afraid of exams, he is still a little nervous.

When he glanced at the exam questions, a heart hanging in the air finally fell.

As he expected, the exam question for this subject is "The Day Knows Its Place".

He and Sun Hao have been preparing this topic for several days, and Fan Wen is also familiar with it, and the selected articles are also beautiful essays suitable for the tastes of the Ming Dynasty and Wang Yuanzheng.

"The dust has finally settled on this academy exam, and all I need to do is how to spend this whole day of exam time." Sun Dan's head swelled a little at the thought of sitting in this small cage-like room all day.

He was not in a hurry to write, but first picked up a piece of baked cake that had been torn to pieces by the official and prepared for breakfast.

But at this moment, he suddenly heard a wild laugh.

Looking up, I saw that Sun Hao was shaking all over his body, lying on the table with tears coming down: "God bless, I, Sun Hao, am going to show off my talents!" ”

Sun Dan didn't feel Wan'er.

He has already leaked this exam question to Sun Hao, and he has written a decent model essay for him to memorize.

If it weren't for the examiner's deliberate difficulty with him, it would be difficult for Sun Hao to fail this exam.

Great happiness is coming like a tidal wave, this kid probably can't bear it, right?