The candidates also raised their eyes to peek at Lord Fuzun, and when they saw the purple clothes, they couldn't help but gasp, this new Qian Fuzun turned out to be a third-grade official, what does this really mean, the candidates don't know, but they think simply, this shows that Lord Fuzun must be very good!

So he was in awe, and he didn't dare to be a little contemptuous because of his face.

After putting on the official uniform, Yan Shuzhi, who is known as a famous man and a rich idler, is gone, and is replaced by Yan Fuyin, who is not angry and arrogant. His gaze slowly swept over the audience, and he didn't stop at anyone, only listening to his solemn voice: "Everyone, this year's government test in Luoyang is presided over by an old man, with a cheat sheet, please throw the cheat sheet to the middle of the road." After finishing speaking, I saw a crackling road, and a bunch of things soon fell in the middle of the road, and there were really everything. Then a scholar asked if there was anything else, and asked three times in a row. With a wave of his hand, a group of officials began to inspect them one by one. From time to time, it was found out in the same year, which scared everyone to be frightened, and this is the end.

Yan Shu wrote the exam questions of the first question and four books on paper, and then pasted the exam questions on the wooden card, in duplicate, and sent people to tour the venue.

This is somewhat beneficial to candidates who are close to the main hall, and they can see the questions as early as possible and think and answer them earlier.

Ye Sheng's Jiazi examination shed happened to be close to the Yuanmen, far away from the main hall, and the officials turned around in the passages of the examination room, and finally turned to Ye Sheng's side.

Fortunately, a few days ago, the officials had seen Ye Sheng's masterpiece in the Qian Gong Garden, and they were very respectful. many

The official seemed to be worried that Ye Shengshen would not be able to see clearly, so he leaned over here and paused for a while before leaving.

No matter which official saw Ye Sheng, he had a smile on his face, and Ye Sheng felt as if he was a star in the examination room.

The title of the four books is "Practicing benevolent government and king, Mo Zhi can reign also", and the words are "Mencius, Gongsun Chou Chapter and Sentence", according to the literal meaning, it is to implement benevolent government to govern the world, and no one can resist it. It is about "benevolent political country", which is a decent exam question.

Four books are only four books, only tens of thousands of words, thousands of years of imperial examinations, and there are so many government examinations across the country every year, it is not easy to pick out some flowers from them.

Since the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty, students have been tested in the way of "interception questions" in the examination, that is, one or a few sentences are excerpted from different classics and pieced together to make questions.

But this time, Yan Shu came up with a question, which can be regarded as a "conscience question".

The four books and texts must be examined, and students have no choice, as long as those who have studied "Mencius" probably know what it means, but if you want to implement your own views into the article, it depends on learning.

After the questions were announced, all the candidates closed their eyes and meditated, and some simply shook their heads, as if they were memorizing a book there.

Ye Sheng studied the ink well, and couldn't help yawning, he was in too much of a hurry to get up today, and his spirit was not good.

Because the five scriptures selected for the exam will not be released until almost noon, Ye Sheng thought. Write the article first, lie down and squint a little, and nourish your spirits, otherwise with the position of the examination booth where he is now. After noon, the sun shines just right, and when you are basked by the warm spring sun, you will inevitably be sleepy.

Ye Sheng picked up the pen and began to write the first eight-strand essay of his house exam.

The questions are easy and don't require much thought. According to Fan Zhongyan's meaning, the scriptures and classics should not be quoted too deeply in the government test, and it is best to stop in moderation. If the writing is too profound, the examiner will discard it if he finds it obscure.

An essay shall not be less than 300 words, and each page of the test paper shall be bounded by a red line, with a black line as a straight grid, and each page can write about 100 words. There are fourteen pages of exam papers, and there are five scriptures to be written at the end, and four books of seven or eight hundred words are written in a sprinkled manner, so there must be no place to write five scriptures in the back.

Ye Sheng grasped it very well. Taking the current Emperor Renzong as an example, taking the ancient Xiaoxian King as an example, with his fifteen-year-old head, he wrote the words of singing the praises of virtue just right, not deliberately singing the merits, tactfully, but also with a review of the merits of the kings of various dynasties in history.

There are less than 400 words, and it took Ye Sheng less than half an hour before and after. Check it well, copy it with the paper on. Close the roll slowly and press it with a paperweight.

Immediately, Ye Sheng stretched out and fell asleep on the table.

Most of the other candidates haven't written yet, and Ye Sheng has already completed his first imperial examination article. When others saw Ye Sheng lying there, they only thought that Ye Sheng was a child who couldn't answer, so he lay there and pondered.

Ye Sheng slept for about an hour, and then was woken up by a cold wind in the spring. When he came to his senses, the title of the Five Scriptures had not yet been announced, and Ye Sheng could continue to think about other things.

By noon. The Five Scriptures begin to be asked, a total of five questions, each from the Five Classics, and candidates can choose one of the questions to answer.

Ye Sheng and Feng Yanqi mainly studied "Spring and Autumn", but the title that went to Ye Sheng's side first to show was from "Shangshu", "Qier Wanfang is guilty, and he is giving one person; If one is guilty, there is no one to be guilty."

The words of "Shangshu Tang Huan" are the words of the Shang King Chengtang who came back to the princes of all parties after destroying Xia Wei.

The meaning of this sentence is that you princes of all directions are at fault, and the cause is on me alone; If I am at fault, it has nothing to do with the princes of all directions.

There are various versions of the "Book of Shang" handed down from history, but the pseudo-ancient Confucian book is the official version.

Ye Sheng only memorized the "Shangshu" in modern times, and Feng Huaqi did not even give him all the scriptures and commentaries, but fortunately, Ye Sheng's previous life as a professor had specialized in several versions of the "Shangshu", and combined with Zhu Xi's discussion of the difference between the "Ancient Wenshangshu" and the "Modern Wenshangshu", he was no stranger to this.

Ye Sheng didn't want to make it too complicated and then look at the title of "Spring and Autumn", he felt that this "Shangshu" title was good, and it was in the same vein as the previous four books "Benevolent Political State", all of which discussed the way of the king to govern the country.

Ye Sheng put pen to paper, and directly used "the house that accumulates bad things will have aftermath, and the country that accumulates bad things will have residual disasters" to solve the problem, in order to discuss the importance of the king to the rise and fall of the world.

This time, Ye Sheng felt that there was a feeling that he was like a god when he read more than 10,000 volumes, anyway, he was young, so he didn't attach much importance to this exam, and he didn't have too much to worry about writing some words. Teacher Fan Zhongyan once reminded Ye Sheng that because of his age, he didn't have to take the exam too well, and it was not good for Ye Sheng to enter the officialdom too early.

After writing an article, Ye Sheng had a feeling that he was still unfinished, but due to the limitation of space, he had to finish it.

In the eight-strand text, the requirements for the head and tail are very high, and when Ye Sheng finishes it, he carefully reviews it, feels that there is no mistake, and then copies it on the main volume.

When everything was done, it was just past noon, and it was still early to hand in the papers in the afternoon.

After eating a little fire, his stomach was not very hungry, Ye Sheng sat there bored, waiting for the sun to set.

By the end of the day, it was time for the sun to set in the west, and Ye Sheng's whole body was wrapped in sunlight. At this time, Yan Shu sat in front of the main hall for a long time, came down to inspect the examination room, and took a look at the students' answers by the way.

In the government examination, although the people from the Confucian Department are invigilators, they cannot casually look at the students' examination papers. The main reason is that the people of the Confucian Education Department know many children in the city, especially those old children who have taken the examination for several years, and they are afraid that there will be private teaching and receiving from them because of this when the government examination does not "transcribe the papers".

But the prefect, as the chief examiner, wants to look at the exam papers, although it is unreasonable, but no one dares to stop it. Yan Shu inspected the examination room all the way and walked in front of Ye Sheng halfway, but saw Ye Sheng sitting on the chair, only half of his body was exposed on the table, and the pen and ink on the table were neatly arranged, and even the exam papers had been closed, so he couldn't help the curiosity in his heart at the moment, and wanted to reach out to take Ye Sheng's exam papers for a look.

"Lord Yan, I'm afraid this move is inappropriate......

The instructor of the Confucianism Department who followed next to him reminded him in a whisper.

It is completely okay for Yan Shu to probe to see the candidates' answers, but if he picks up the student's examination paper and looks at it carefully, it will not only attract the suspicion of unfairness by the examiner, but also affect the student's answer.

Yan Shu bowed slightly

, glanced left and right, and left Ye Sheng's side, but he was wondering why Ye Sheng was so calm.

Before sunset, the examination room will be "put into arrangement" in batches, that is, the gate will be opened to let the candidates who have finished answering the papers out of the examination room. After all, there are no candles in the exam room, and if you don't finish writing until it's dark, you can't write even if it's dark.

Ye Sheng chose to go out of the examination room during the first release, and there were not many people who went out of the examination room with him. Waiting for the official to put the papers away, Ye Sheng packed up the examination basket, put away the pen and ink and the unfinished fire, and Shi Shiran walked out of the examination room.