"Next!"

The examiner shouted, Li Yanqing stepped forward quickly, handed the floating ticket to the examiner, the examiner glanced at the name on the floating ticket, suddenly raised his head, and glanced at Li Yanqing sharply. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

This scene is so familiar, it reminds Li Yanqing of the liberation test a few years ago, almost all the links are the same, the only difference is that the provincial test seems to be more strict, under the firelight, three soldiers searched one person, from head to toe, hair and shoes, and even the private parts of the exam, which made many candidates extremely uncomfortable, but helpless.

The examiner hesitated, as if he was thinking about something, he glanced at Li Yanqing again, and finally made a decision that surprised Li Yanqing as well.

"He doesn't have to search, just go in!"

The examiner handed the floating ticket to Li Yanqing, and made a gesture of please, Li Yanqing saluted him with a fist, and walked in quickly, at this time, there were candidates behind him who protested, only to hear the examiner say coldly: "If you can kill the Western Xia warriors, I won't search your body." ”

Li Yanqing didn't know if this was his luck or if there would be any hidden dangers, but at this time he had no choice, and a soldier guided him towards his examination room.

There is no difference between the Tribute Courtyard of Bianjing and the Tribute Courtyard of Xiangzhou, it can be said that the Tribute Courtyard of Xiangzhou is the miniature version of the Tribute Courtyard of Bianjing, the Tribute Courtyard can accommodate more than 10,000 scholars at the same time, the scale is very large, the alleys are not visible at a glance, there are one hundred and twenty alleys, each alley is dark, and occasionally there will be a lit candle to reveal a glimmer of light.

"This is Lane 25, please come in!"

Li Yanqing walked into the alley, his room was not far from the alley, and he quickly found No. 84, he checked the floating ticket again, and then walked in.

At this time, the sky is not yet bright, but there is already a hazy morning light, but the room is still very dim, but the outline can be seen clearly in the haze, giving Li Yanqing the feeling, it is a little bigger than the examination room in Xiangzhou, Li Yanqing measured it with his hand, it is indeed about half a foot wide, but don't underestimate this half a foot, it does not have the feeling of depression in the narrow space.

From now on, he is going to stay in this room for four days and three nights, Li Yanqing sat down slowly, there is a very familiar basket on the table, but it is a little bigger and full than the basket in Anyang Gongyuan, there is no shortage of candles, there are four candles alone, as well as pen and ink inkstones, kettles, flints, etc., the only thing missing is paper, Li Yanqing lit a candle, and the room suddenly lit up, the back is indeed very wide and long, and there are two blankets, so you don't have to curl up to sleep at night.

Li Yanqing filled the inkstone and began to study the ink slowly, but his ears were standing to listen to the movements of the rooms on both sides, only to hear the scholar at No. 84 next door sigh in a low voice, "Grandpa Land, students can't bring incense, so they have to use candles instead, salute Grandpa Land, bless students in the provincial examination, in the palace examination, students will definitely come to worship and vow again!" ”

The sound of kowtowing was heard, but the candidate on the right was quiet and did not make any noise.

The sky gradually brightened, as the gate of the Gongyuan was slammed shut, all the examiners quickly took their places, and the same as the Fa Jie, there was an examiner and two soldiers in each alley, and the entire examination room became solemn and solemn, everyone was holding their breath, quietly waiting for something?

"When—"

There was finally a crisp knock on the cloud board over the examination room, and the rustling footsteps came from far and near, and the hearts of all the candidates were raised to their throats and they began to distribute the test papers.

Li Yanqing was also waiting silently, when a dark shadow appeared in front of him, and a cold voice came from above his head, "Jingyike, try to complete it in two days!" ”

Three thick rolls of paper lay in front of him, along with a test paper and a slender piece of paste.

Li Yanqing opened the test paper and read it roughly, including "The New Meaning of the Three Classics" and "Analects" and "Mencius", a total of 30 questions, the questions are not difficult, as long as you read the scriptures hard, you can basically make it, the key is a large amount, Li Yanqing roughly estimated in his heart, at least 15,000 words must be written, and must be answered within two days, that is, about 8,000 words must be written every day.

Of course, after the paper is answered, it does not need to be handed in, but put aside, and when all is completed, it will be handed in together, and the third day will start to do the strategy, if it cannot be completed in two days, it will affect the third day's strategy, and then lead to the final strategy cannot be completed or the level of the poem is too poor, and it will be eliminated directly.

All the candidates can't wait to answer the questions, everyone knows in their hearts, the question is not difficult does not mean that they can be candidates, after all, the admission ratio is there, everyone can only spell the details, calligraphy and neat volume is the first impression of the examiner.

Li Yanqing is not in a hurry to pick up the pen, he needs to plan the entire length to decide the font and line spacing, this is his experience in the liberation test, and it is also the common meeting of all masters, the more this kind of exam that relies on details to determine the outcome of the exam, the more cautious they must be.

Li Yanqing planned for a quarter of an hour before finally determining the font size and line spacing, and at this time, he turned the test paper to the front again, starting from the first part.

The first part is the Sutra Sticker, with a total of ten questions, and it is also the part with the largest number of words in the scripture question, which should have about 10,000 words.

There are two ways to post the scriptures, one is to give a few lines of words, only two of them are exposed, and the rest is inked, and the candidates are required to write out the ink part silently, which is slightly simpler, because the number of words is not much.

The second method is more difficult, only one sentence is written, and the candidate is required to write the entire article silently, and the imperial examination in the late Northern Song Dynasty is the second method.

There is only one sentence in the first question: 'Wanton is like God, is like the six sects, looks at the mountains and rivers, and is all over the gods.' ’

If the text is unfamiliar and has no idea where it comes from?

Li Yanqing looked at the first question carefully, only to be secretly surprised, at first I thought it was relatively simple, but after a closer look, I found that it was not like that, this is a sentence from the old "Book of Books", Wang Anshi wrote "The New Meaning of the Book of Books", this sentence is gone, and it is deleted as a pseudo-statement, if the scholar does not look at the old Book of Books, only looks at the "Book of Books New Meaning", this sentence is unheard of at all.

Li Yanqing couldn't help but secretly thank his master Yao Ding, when he was teaching, he specifically talked about the comparison between "Shangshu" and "Shujing Xinyi", and listed the deleted parts, including this sentence, if it weren't for this, he Li Yanqing would not be able to answer this first question.

This question is actually very cold for ordinary candidates, and it is estimated that for many candidates, the first question is a head-on blow.

This sentence is from "Yu Shu? Shundian", Li Yanqing pondered for a moment and decided to write the title as well.

He immediately put pen to paper and wrote: 'Yu Shun is slight, Yao Wen is smart, and he will make the heir, go through all kinds of difficulties, and make the Shundian ......'

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Just when the candidates were engrossed in answering the questions, on the third floor of the examination building of the Gongyuan Academy, the chief examiner Yu Shen was standing in front of the window and drinking a cup of tea slowly, and from his perspective he could clearly see the examination room below.

This is the second time he has appeared here as the chief examiner of the provincial imperial examination, which is the vane of major policies of the imperial court, and the appointment of the chief examiner is by no means arbitrary, but the result of a game of several forces.

In addition to the public minister Cai Jing in the court, there are also Tong Guan and Liang Shicheng, their three major forces, one is in charge of the government, one is in charge of military power, one is in charge of the system, and the three are extremely powerful, which is also the art of the emperor, creating contradictions to balance, Cai Jing and Tong Guan are fighting secretly, and Liang Shicheng is provoked at both ends, and eats all at both ends.

In the imperial court, in addition to Cai Jing's monopoly on power, there are also left minister Bai Shizhong and right minister Yu Shen, Bai Shizhong is Cai Jing's lackey, and Yu Shen is quite close to Tong Guan.

This imperial examination was originally Cai Jing's recommendation of Bai Shizhong to be the chief examiner, but was strongly opposed by Tong Guan, who pointed out that Bai Shizhong had a major scandal of cheating in the last imperial examination and was not suitable to serve as the chief examiner again, and finally Zhao Ji, the son of heaven, accepted Liang Shicheng's recommendation and appointed Yu Shen as the main examiner.

Since last year, the imperial court has sent envoys to Liaodong several times to secretly negotiate with the Jin State to jointly destroy the Liao, and at the same time, the Jin State also sent envoys to the Western Xia secretly to negotiate with the Western Xia to negotiate the attack on Liao.

It is precisely for this reason that Tong Guan, who strongly advocated attacking the Liao State, occupied the upper hand in public opinion, and Yu Shen became the main exam this year.

Although Yu Shen and Tong Guan are very close, and the two have even formed a quasi-political alliance, this does not mean that Yu Shen resolutely supports Tong Guan's plan to destroy Liao.

On the contrary, Yu Shen himself was resolutely opposed to extermination, he believed that this would break the situation of the century-old balance between the Song and Liao, and it would be very easy to attract wolves into the house, once the Jin State replaced the Liao State, a war would inevitably break out between the Song and Jin States, and a new balance could only be finally formed after decades of repeated tug-of-war, and with the current financial resources of the Song Dynasty, it would be difficult to support decades of large-scale wars.

Yu Shen was very melancholy in his heart, he knew that the deep meaning of the Son of Heaven to let him take the main examination was to promote the idea of Lianjin and destroying Liao in the imperial examination, but this conflicted with his own political views, which really made him in a dilemma.

At this time, an invigilator hurriedly walked over and handed him a note, Yu Shen opened it and looked at it, on which were written the words 'first question thin gold body'.