Just six days before the two-room lord of the Sun family received a letter from Jinan, this year's government examination in Jinan Mansion has also ended.

For Sun Dan, the questions of the government exam are still simple, the same are two small questions, and the same test is rote memorization. Even if you have more post-life eight-strand model text in your mind, you can't use it.

In fact, as far as the current Sun Dan is concerned, but with his true skills, he can answer the question smoothly without plagiarism. It's just that because of the limited number of admission places, if the ranking is too low, it will be overturned in the gutter if it is brushed down.

Therefore, he didn't dare to take it lightly, cheered up, and found two clumsy and steady articles from the eight guru model texts of the Qing people and copied them, which can be regarded as successfully passing this hurdle.

In general, there is nothing worth saying about this government examination, just one person, and children from more than a dozen counties in Jinan Prefecture have flocked to the city, although there are not as many candidates as those who are preparing to take the examination for Xiucai, but there are more than 1,000 of them, and a school and political examination room is crowded.

This time, Sun Dan did not rush to hand in the papers as usual, but slept in the examination room, and waited until noon to write the article indiscriminately and hand in the papers out of the examination room.

When they returned to Tongle Academy, by the evening, the Sun family had already gotten the list from the prefect. The Sun family still enjoyed great success this time, and ten out of thirteen schoolchildren were selected.

In order to let the schoolchildren who passed the test participate in the upcoming college examination as soon as possible, the Jinan government was fully prepared for this government examination, and in addition to dispatching more than 10 clerks and scholars, even the prefect personally went out to read the papers. Many of the volumes were selected on the spot, and in two days, more than 1,000 copies of the papers were read.

It's not a big deal to think about it, one article is only about 800 words, and two eight-strand essays together are only more than 1,000 words. More than a dozen examiners went into battle together, and each person got more than 100 papers, which were only more than 10,000 words, but the workload was not large.

The prefect's yamen probably got some tangible and intangible benefits for the face of the Sun family, and they also took special care of the children of the Sun family. In addition, the government examination is not standardized as the county examination, and the human factor accounts for a large proportion of the marking.

When Zhu Yuanzhang first set up the imperial examination, he thought that it would give the lower classes of society a channel to advance. But the first two levels of the children's test have very high requirements for a candidate's family background and family soft power, especially the kind of ordinary students who are desirable or not, and it is just a sentence from the prefect and the prefect. Because of this, many children from poor families who are not outstanding in personal talent have fallen to the county and government, which is also a very helpless thing. If we can really be fair, open and just, we can only talk about it until the hospital examination.

Sun Dan had fought his way through the examination room by himself, but the children of the Sun family felt very lucky. As soon as the ten students in the examination received the news, they all cheered. The three who were eliminated wept bitterly and went back to their hometown by boat.

Seeing the pain and loss on the faces of the three classmates who failed the list, Sun Dan was also a little sad in his heart. Victory and defeat will not be smooth sailing in anyone's life.

The prefect gave the Sun family a lot of face, Sun Hao, as the eldest son of the long house, had a good ranking, and he actually won the third place in the Jinan Mansion Examination, and the ghost knows if there is any cat in it. As for Sun Gui, although Sun Dan was very disgusted with him, he had to admit that this kid was also a student of reading, and he took the seventh exam this time. As for Sun Dan, he won the thirtieth place in Jinan Prefecture and was not conspicuous among the schoolchildren.

Sun Dan was secretly vigilant in his heart, to be honest, the two eight-strand essays he plagiarized were familiar and harmonious, and the format and text were impeccable, and they were model articles that could get high scores in the Qing Dynasty, but they didn't get high scores in this government exam. It seems that the old-fashioned articles of the old scholars of the Qing Dynasty were not liked by the Ming Dynasty examiners. The higher you go up the test, the more the beautiful essay with gorgeous rhetoric and logical coherence can catch the examiner's attention.

Moreover, the format of the eight-strand essay is just that, and it is not easy to attract the attention of the examiner in a short length.

Perhaps, my previous thinking was too conservative. The upcoming college exam is especially crucial for you, if you meet an examiner who hates the old-fashioned essay you write, and you are afraid that you will be shot as soon as you see it, then it is bad luck!

It seems that it is particularly important to find out the preferences of Wang Yuanzheng, who is studying politics in the academy.

Only by figuring out what kind of writing he likes can he prescribe the right medicine in the examination room.

Of course, it is not Sun Dan's turn to worry about this matter, Li Meiting has been in constant contact with Lord Wang in the past few days, trying to find some clues from his words. It's a pity that this Lord Wang's status is high and his body is upright, and Mr. Li can't think about it, and the corners of his eyes are covered with translucent eye droppings.

As for the exam questions, Sun Dan suddenly remembered that because the county examination and the government examination were not standardized, there would be no records in the historical books and local chronicles. As for the imperial examination, because it is a major event of the imperial examination in a province, it should be recorded. I have time to rummage through the information in my head to see if I can find the answer.

However, there is too much information in my head, and there is too little information about the questions of the Shandong Academy Examination in the fifteenth year of Zhengde, which is really difficult to check.

Wait until the evening to rest and tidy up.

Anyway, the Sun family's mansion tried to pass ten people in one go, which still made the family very happy. For this reason, the two-room lady was rare and generous, and rewarded the schoolchildren with a lot of things. Most of these things are worthless gadgets, such as bergamot, tortoiseshell buttons, sandalwood combs, and the like.

Sun Dan's body is an adult's soul, and he doesn't look down on this kind of thing. But the schoolchildren were so happy that they almost jumped.

After receiving the reward, it is natural to go to thank the two ladies.

So, under the leadership of Sun Fu, ten schoolchildren went to the lobby to thank the two ladies.

This person, Sun Dan, saw the two heads of the Sun family's house for the first time.

As the crowd entered the lobby, they saw two women sitting on the front seats. A person in her forties, who looks very kind, is Mrs. Hong of the Sun family's room, and some of Sun Hao's shadows can be vaguely seen from her featureless facial features.

As for the other woman in her early thirties, it was Mrs. Liu in the second room. That is, Sun Yue's mother. Sun Yue was already elegant and chic, and his mother was also a beautiful woman, with dignified facial features and an indescribable momentum. After all, Mrs. Liu is the actual person in charge of the Sun Mansion, and she has been in charge of the Sun family for many years, and she naturally exudes a unique self-confidence of a superior. Thinking of this Mrs. Liu again, she was the daughter of Liu Daxia, the former cabinet grandmother, and she was born in a famous family, Sun Dan couldn't help nodding secretly: Sure enough, she was born as a child of a high-ranking cadre, and Mrs. Hong sat next to her, and was immediately overwhelmed by Mrs. Liu's brilliance.

As all the schoolchildren thanked him, Sun Dan suddenly saw Mrs. Liu's sharp eyes fall on him. After looking up and down a few times, he slowly spoke: "You are that Sun Dan?" I heard that you claim to be a child of the Sun family. ”

Sun Dan didn't know how Mrs. Liu could pay attention to him, so he hurriedly stepped forward and responded: "Mrs. Hui, the kid is Sun Dan." Sun Dan is a side child of the Sun family, not a self-proclaimed one. This dynasty rules the world with filial piety, if you don't even recognize your ancestors, what face does it have to stand between heaven and earth? ”

Mrs. Liu listened quietly, and she couldn't see any expression on her face, and after listening to Sun Dan's words, she nodded: "You are the most sensible one among all the schoolchildren, and you also understand this truth." No wonder Mr. Li values it, study hard, be a good person, and have a good future in the future. My grandson's family is very good to relatives near and far in each room, and will never let people outside laugh at them because of their slow treatment of relatives, which you can rest assured. ”

Mrs. Liu's words were clear and reasonable, but Sun Dan always felt that there was something wrong in her heart.

I said helplessly: "Thank you for your teachings." Just as he was about to say something more, he suddenly heard a voice from outside the house: "It's rare for Mrs. Hong and Mrs. Liu to reward so many things, and I will thank the two ladies for my brother Gui." ”

A thin middle-aged woman walked in, smiled and saluted the two ladies, then straightened up and turned her eyes on Sun Dan: "Today is a good day for the two ladies to reward the children of the Sun family, why is there an outsider here?" ”

Sun Dan saw that she was targeting herself as soon as she came, her brows furrowed slightly, and she said in her heart, this person is probably Sun Jia and Sun Gui's biological mother, Aunt Jing. Look at her sharpening, she is really a mean person.

Mrs. Hong smiled: "It's Aunt Jing who is here, you're talking about Sun Dan, his surname is Sun." Besides, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old child, even if he comes into the house, it doesn't matter. My brother Hao often praised him by my side, saying that he was a talented person and would definitely be able to pass the examination. Even Mr. Li is very kind to him. Speaking of this, she said to the maid beside her: "Go and take a knife from the Xuelang paper in my room and give it to Sun Dan." ”

Seeing that Mrs. Hong defended Sun Dan like this, Aunt Jing was stunned, and her face immediately became gloomy.

Probably Mrs. Liu also felt that Aunt Jing was unseemly targeting Sun Dan alone, and smiled: "Auntie, Sun Gui did well in the exam this time, and I have already written to the second master of Jingshi to report the good news." If you really win the show this time and get fame, it will not be difficult to find a good messenger in the capital. ”

Aunt Jing was overjoyed, and hurriedly took her son forward to thank her:

"Thank you, ma'am."

"Thank you, Mother."

The mother and son were extremely proud, and at the same time stared at Sun Dan fiercely.