Speaking of the examination, it is the last sprint of the lifters in the imperial examination, although there is a palace examination after the examination, but it is mainly to determine the ranking, and it is easy not to brush people down. Therefore, what determines the fate of the candidates is the examination, as long as the examination is successful, the merit is complete, and the palace examination is not a pass.

From the point of view of common sense, candidates at this stage should be the most nervous, and the degree of attention is not comparable to the township test. But when I really arrived at the examination room, I realized that in fact, when I took the exam, my mind was more relaxed than that of the township exam.

First of all, he is already a person and has a certain economic foundation, even if he can't get rich, generally speaking, he can't starve to death, and there is no urgent pressure to survive if he fails the exam. In the Ming Dynasty, the authority to raise people to participate in the examination was indefinite, and as long as the person did not die, he could participate in the examination. For example, Yang Shouqin, the champion of Wanli, felt that he was not knowledgeable enough after the lift, so he first went to study for more than ten years and then went to the exam to win the championship in one fell swoop. For lifting people, as long as the economic strength is reached, they can keep taking the test, and they don't take an exam too seriously.

Secondly, the atmosphere of the exam is not as grand as the township test. Although it is a national-level big test, in fact, when entering the search, it is looser than the township test. The soldiers in charge of the search only read the story casually, and did not ask to take off their clothes and boots, nor did they open their hair, and only walked through the motions to put people in.

The main reason for this is identity. Those who participated in the township test were all talented, and the soldiers could also bully them. When it comes to this occasion, they are all lifters, even if they don't pass the test, they have the qualifications to be officials, and they have already stepped into the ruling class of the empire, and these soldiers on duty and guard are not at the same level, where do they dare to make things difficult. Therefore, from the middle of tomorrow, it is not unreasonable that there will be many cases of cheating in the trial.

As with the township test, each person is supervised by a veteran to prevent him from colluding and cheating. But lifting people is not a prisoner, where do veterans dare to provoke these prime ministers, it is too late to be respectful, in fact, they can't be disciplined. The atmosphere of this section is slightly stranger than before, in addition to soldiers, there are dozens of Dongchang fans patrolling back and forth. Nominally, it is to strengthen the protection of the field and prevent unforeseen incidents, but if you think about Fan Jin, you can understand that this is the means used by Feng Bao to retaliate against these joint accusations against him.

This group of gods hates ghosts, even if they don't do anything, just staring at people like this is already boring. Some timid psychological tensions, the article will not be able to play the usual means, and in terms of the imperial examination, it is naturally a great disadvantage.

After worshipping the god of examination, the veteran took Fan Jin to the house, and a fan suddenly walked up and glared at Fan Jin and said, "What is in your basket?" ”

Fan Jin glared back unceremoniously, "Exam equipment, and then there are hungry pastries." What, do you want to check it out? ”

The fan nodded and said, "Yes, I just want to check." ”

He stretched out his hand to take the basket, grabbed a piece of cake and crushed it casually, put it in his mouth and chewed a few bites, and said evilly: "You and I are careful, you will try to cheat for life, you will not end up, good students go to the test, drive away the crooked ways, Lao Tzu is the first to let you go." ”

At this time, there were a lot of students who entered the examination room, and the voice was loud, and some of them looked here, and then someone said: "It's Fan Gongzi, it's really Fan Gongzi!" You see, these fans are making things difficult for Fan Gongzi again, which is simply unreasonable. Wait until the end of this exam, let's write something and hand it over, and we must refer to Feng Bao well. ”

This fanzi was still on duty in the other courtyard in the morning, and he was also very respectful to Fan Jin, after all, if Mrs. Li said a word, this fanzi could be broken leg, how dare he offend Fan Jin. The reason why this is made is actually to clear Fan Jin's suspicion of colluding with the East Factory, so that his anti-water matter will not be smelled by these students. This is definitely not Fanzi's personal opinion, as for what Mrs. Li means or Feng Bao's meaning, Fan Jin can't say it now.

In fact, the painting was completed this morning, and there was nothing to do in the afternoon, and it was supposed to be a review of his homework for a while, but I didn't want Mrs. Li to talk about Buddhism and the scriptures, and it seemed that she was determined to develop him to join the Mahayana teaching. It took a lot of effort to give her a story about the Heavenly Thunder Newspaper to write a script to help her spread the Fa, so that she could get rid of it temporarily.

However, Fan Jin himself is also a character rolling in the fat powder array, and he feels that this Mrs. Li seems to be not as simple as appreciating talent for herself. Not only does he deliberately create an opportunity for only two people to be present when he speaks, but he always gives himself some hints in his words and demeanors. It's just that this woman is not a stupid person, the hint is not obvious, and she advances and retreats freely. If you hit the snake with the stick, the other party may also turn their faces, of course, it may be.

Mrs. Li's current age is just thirty years old, like a wolf and a tiger, her appearance is also first-class, and her temperament is not bad, Fan Jin does not necessarily refuse such a woman. But the problem is that the other party's identity is really special, and he is too close to the royal family, so he really eats her, but he is afraid of endless troubles, so he doesn't dare to do it for a while, but he doesn't dare to offend.

At the time of the breakup, Li said again, to help his future, although he didn't know the proportion of true and false ingredients in this statement, the scene in front of him may be affected by her factors.

The environment of the Jingshi Gongyuan is better than that of Guangdong, and the climate in the north is dry, and the maintenance of the Gongyuan is also better than that of Guangdong, but if you are unlucky and are assigned to the horn position, you may also be frozen and your hands and feet will be stiff. Fan Jin was assigned to a relatively good house in the entire Gongyuan, with a spacious room and good lighting, which was one of the best part of the house.

Judging from the time when he delivered the official document, it is said that he can't get such a good room, who is behind this, Fan Jin can't guess for the time being.

Stroking the new desk in front of him, Fan Jin said in his heart: I don't know if I will thank Zhang Jiangling or scold him for the move of this subject. Just last year, the prime minister rejected the emperor's request to celebrate Shangyuan with 100,000 taels of silver, but before that, he allocated 30,000 taels of silver to rebuild the tribute academy, which is enough to show the importance that the court attaches to scholars. From the perspective of general truth, Zhang Juzheng is impeccable, but it is difficult to say what the emperor thinks. What's more, in this case, he may not fall well.

Zhang Sixiu is now in a room in the Gongyuan, and from a common sense point of view, the environment in his examination room will only be better than his own. No matter how much Zhang Juzheng has done, and what Zhang Sixiu's own talent is, just his fate is equivalent to squeezing out a quota from more than 1,000 people. At that time, whether they are won or unsuccessful, I am afraid that they will be very dissatisfied with Zhang Juzheng.

The idea is good, but when it comes to implementation, it cannot be recognized. Of course, this future father-in-law may not care whether others approve it or not, but if he continues like this, he will not be recognized from top to bottom, and how good will it be in the future. Fan Jin shook his head, his future Taishan, takes the world as his own responsibility, and he actually can't see ordinary people in his eyes when he acts, and in his calculations, the ideas of these moves are actually not important. He just did what he had to do well, and he didn't really care much about the reputation of the people.

He is not a saint, and he does not demand others according to the standards of a saint, and in his opinion, there is nothing wrong with doing so much to give himself some benefits. But the problem is that the premise of doing so is to get the approval of one side, and now it is possible to seek the country without relatives, but it is really worse to seek a career.

With these thoughts in his mind, Fan Jin found that he had a problem now, that is, although it was time for the exam, he couldn't devote himself to it. In other words, you can't focus on the exam. I know that this is an exam related to fate, and even the marriage event is related to this, but I just can't be nervous.

It's really that I have met too many people recently, I went back and forth with Wei Guogong in Jiangning, fought with the daughter of Shoufu on the way, and talked and laughed with Feng Bao after entering Beijing. Turn around and let yourself go to the exam like a normal person...... It's no wonder that this can get into the state.

Just in the midst of his thoughts, the distant bang point rang, and like the township exam, the voice of revenge and revenge sounded, announcing that the gate of the tribute courtyard was locked, and now it was time to prepare for the exam.

The official issue of the question paper and the title is on the morning of the ninth day of the second month, and the title paper printed by the Ministry of Rites is 12 pieces of main paper and 12 pieces of draft paper per person. On the first sheet, the candidate's name, age, place of origin, three generations, and this scripture are printed. The exam questions were also sent down at this time, and the same as the township exam, there were three questions and four book questions, and four scripture questions.

Fan Jin saw the title, but saw that the three questions and four book titles were: Turtle Jiaolong, this is called only benevolent, and the so-called peaceful world. didn't wait to see the question of this scripture, but he sighed inexplicably in his heart, looked up at the examination booth, and then looked at the baffles on both sides, and smiled slightly. If you really want to do something in the field, what can these means do?

Two of the three questions and four book questions I just did yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Li pulled Fan Jin to persuade him to join the church, but also to chat with him. Due to the proximity of the imperial examination, it is obviously unreliable to only talk about some things such as wind and snow, and it is the article that talks about it the most. She came up with a few questions, and asked Fan Jin to do it, which can be regarded as a game and a teaching test. Among them, the two questions of the turtle and the dragon and the so-called flat world are the questions of Mrs. Li.

Her knowledge level is actually average, and she uses four books to write questions, which is not in line with her style. The questions that came out coincided with the questions of the exam, so naturally they could not be explained by coincidence, and the only explanation was: the questions were leaked in the imperial examination this time.

According to the rules of the imperial examination, on the day before the examination, that is, on the eighth day of the second lunar month, the two presidents and officials temporarily read the books to select the examination questions, and then handed them over to the lettersmith and engraver to print and prepare for the examination on the ninth day of the second lunar month. This Mrs. Li really has the means to reach the sky, and in such a short period of time, she has already mastered two of the three questions. And she also got three of the four spring and autumn questions.

Since I have already done it once, I have a draft in my stomach, and I naturally have a big advantage compared to the candidates who see the questions temporarily. Originally, the examination was a copy of the township examination, the difference is that the level of the candidates is different, and the actual test questions and forms are not much different. Fan Jin learned the tricks of the exam from Ling Yunyi, and then caught up with five of the seven questions, and his confidence naturally increased greatly.

Although there are three exams on the ninth, twelfth and fifteenth days of the junior high school, in fact, the same problem as the township exam, the general exam: the time is too tight. Twenty-seven must be released, and there are not many days left for reading the papers. During this period, all the examiners have to eat a banquet provided by the state every three days, and there are usually small-scale banquets such as curtain wine and marking wine. The main time is spent drinking and eating, and there is less time reading rolls.

Therefore, the arguments, tables, edicts, judgments, and even the strategies of the third field are actually the same thing, and those who don't care too much about whether they see it or not. The main energy is spent on the first game, reading these seven articles. As long as these seven articles are done well, you will definitely get the ranking in the examination.

Although Fan Jin's life has now gotten rid of the abject poverty of Fan Zhuang and entered the ranks of the rich men of the Ming Dynasty, he was still a little excited when he thought that he was about to become a Jinshi and marry Bai Fumei soon, and enter the official class of the Ming Dynasty.

Among the three questions, the turtle and dragon are from the mean, and the other two are from the university. As a meeting test, the difficulty of the question is indeed slightly higher than that of the township test, and the topic of the turtle dragon is very tricky and not easy to write.

The original text lists a large number of aquarium creatures, and the turtle dragon is only a part of it, and Wanli does not open a marine museum, and the topic is obviously not on aquatic creatures, even if it is, Juzi does not understand. Most people will be a little confused when they see this question. Fan Jinhao has already done it once, and it took a long time to think about solving the problem, so he naturally won't forget it, and now it's very easy to deal with it.

The solution of this problem adopts the method of concealment. The first one talks about the vastness of the water, and the next one talks about how the creatures in the water are magical. Then the middle two strands talk about why the names of several monsters in the title are lonely, and the last two strands talk about these four animals can only grow in the vast sea, not in ditches, that is, it is difficult to raise dragons in diving.

When it comes to the two strands, it is to talk about water from the perspective of biology, and then talk about biology from the perspective of water, and the concluding part emphasizes all aquatic things, and the four large creatures are only conspicuous among them, and the inconspicuous ones are not yet known.

The vastness and infinite unknownness of the ocean are indirectly drawn out in the answers, and the current technology is naturally impossible to effectively explore the sea, but as long as it attracts some people's attention to the ocean, it will be considered a success.

The so-called flat world is a relatively normal topic, in fact, it is to test these future jinshi on how to maintain social stability and how to ensure the smooth operation of society. If you are a jinshi, you have to prepare to become an official, and this part of being an official reserve is also a necessary talent.

Compared with ordinary lifters, Fan Jin worked under Ling Yunyi and was taught by his private school, so he can be regarded as the heir to the mantle of the governor of Liangguang. Even the nephews of the Ling family may not have enjoyed the treatment, but now he has enjoyed it, this kind of problem is naturally familiar with it, to: the order of the interpretation of the peace, that is, the same heart and the Tao as the problem, the exposition is to promote the principle of respecting relatives and elders among the people.

When it comes to the legal system, the common people may not understand it, and it is difficult to publicize it. The simplest principle of respecting relatives and elders is easy for the common people to accept and are willing to follow. Respecting relatives and elders and maintaining the stability of human relations will not be easy for society to change, and there will be no soil for major chaos. Of course, such an environment is not conducive to innovation, to changes in the social structure, to the overthrow of the dog emperor, and so on. But from the standpoint of the ruling class, this can indeed maintain social stability and peace in the country. Since you want to be a jinshi, you always have to figure out what class you belong to and where your ass sits.

This is to emphasize the importance of the virtuous, the pro-virtuous and the subordinate far from the villain, this question is relatively easy. Fan Jinyi: The righteousness of benevolence and benevolence, and the benefit of believing in it is the most benevolent. It's just right, compared to the text he usually makes, this one is the best grade.

Then there was nothing to say about the two exams, and when the last strategy exam was over, it was February 15th, and the belated spring breeze finally blew into the Beijing Division, and when he walked out of the Gongyuan, Fan Jin, who walked to Zhengjiapu with Fan Zhigao of Guanqing, realized in his heart: Spring has finally come.