According to the order of the scientific examination, when the five current policies must be completed, then a chapter of the scriptures and meanings will be written, and then one poem will be given, and finally there will be ten scriptures.

Although the order has changed over the years, the number of questions is generally inconvenient.

Coupled with copying questions, making drafts, and writing answers carefully, all kinds of things add up, and there really is no one who can't complete it in two or three days. There is also an upper limit to the time of the exam, which is four days, and it is natural to go out early to submit the papers early.

The license plate that Shen Yun got was No. 23 House C.

Speaking of which, this test house is really desolate and tight, and it is probably not as good as the grass shed in Shen Yun's house. Four feet wide and six feet long, divided into front and back by a straw mat. The table was less than two feet of wood, and there was a chair under it that was in the middle of the wind and candles, and Shen Yun was really afraid that it would collapse while sitting.

When the straw mat is lifted, there is only a commode and even a pot stove in the back. It's really a sparrow, although it's small, and it has all kinds of organs.

This humble environment also made Shen Yun's heart feel sad, this is the place where countless scholars' careers began, and perhaps the place where more scholars' dreams were shattered. Now, I have embarked on this path, but I must do my best to achieve what I want.

The first moment.

All the candidates were seated, but the expedition had not yet begun.

The three examiners led by Lu Shu came to the examination room, but first began to pay homage to the Confucian saint enshrined in the Temple of Literature. After some worship, the edict of the examination was read out, and the rules of the examination room were clarified, and then he sat down.

In front of the Temple of Literature, Lu Shu nodded and opened the test questions sealed with fire paint in his hand. After checking with the other two examiners, the scribe transcribed and read out the various examination areas.

Although there are thousands of candidates in Qinzhou, through this method, it only takes a moment for everyone to have copied the test questions.

Presumably, the examiners were also afraid that there would be a mistake in the reading, and after three times, some soldiers hung the copied test questions on the sign and walked along the examination room, allowing the scholars to check their own copies one after another.

Although the method is a bit outdated, it is the most effective method. Shen Yun checked the topic, and then carefully reviewed the topic again.

The test questions in each state are selected by the local academic administration in the state school and taken out after repeated discussions. Although there is a strong personal touch, the candidates do not pay attention to it.

Because the person who wrote the question is not the person who marks the paper.

There is also a vague standard for grading, the knowledge is long, the theory is the first, the only thought should be the second in the liberal arts and sciences, the third in the liberal arts and sciences, the fourth in the liberal arts and sciences, and the fifth in the liberal arts and sciences.

If you don't even enter these five grades, then you don't have to think about the scientific examination.

The first question that Shen Yun saw was quite interesting, and it was to ask the candidates to write about whether the Great Song Dynasty should be the main battle or the main peace in the face of the Western Xia for many years, and then write their own arguments and handling methods.

Well, it's no wonder that these examiners are asking this question.

Qinzhou was originally within the scope of Western Xia's invasion, if this topic did not appear, then there would be ghosts. But this is obviously to make the candidate team, which is a bit difficult to say.

It must be known that these people in the DPRK and China dislike the kind of wall-riding answer that every coin has two sides.

This kind of black-and-white test is precisely to force people to say what they think. Even if it is against your will, you must say it with reason.

And Shen Yun's answer had already been announced to the world in the previous literary meeting.

Think about the Liang family's interference in politics and uniting with their relatives to make waves inside and outside the Western Xia, if they don't respond strongly to the attack of the Western Xia at this time, then the face of the Great Song Dynasty will be completely torn apart by a woman.

Shen Yun picked up the pen and wrote: "Greedy women block politics, and the ghost domain is on the side, if you don't get rid of it at this time, you will wait for when." ”

The intention of the Xixia Liang clan, in Shen Yun's view, was nothing more than to transform the internal contradictions into the outside. Later generations of the United States were the best at this trick, and every time the domestic economy was in a downturn, it would launch a foreign war.

The Liang family just wanted to obtain the benefits of silver money through the war with the Great Song Dynasty, and then guide the eyes of the Western Xia people here, but ignored the fact that she was in politics.

For such an approach, Shen Yun only had one idea, that is, to strike hard, and then provoke the anger of the Li clan of the Western Xia royal family, so that she was completely overthrown by the Western Xia people in a series of failures.

A thousand words were sprinkled, and when Shen Yun looked up, some people were still frowning and thinking.

Shaking his head, he moved on to the next question.

This is to say that there was a famine in a certain place in Yanzhou this year, and tens of thousands of people are ready to flee the famine.

Seriously, Shen Yun really admired the famous Confucians of the Great Song Dynasty.

This kind of question is quite difficult to get in the national examination in later generations. And he is surprisingly bold, that is, he dares to make fun of the state and county officials in neighboring states. Because if Shen Yun's memory is correct, there is a famine in Yanzhou this year, but there are really tens of thousands of people all the way to the east, and they almost have to eat to the capital.

When the news reached the official's house, naturally it was not said, the prefect of Yanzhou and Changshi were all sent to Lingnan Dangzhi County.

There are many reasons for famine, the most common being a poor harvest and reduced crop yields, but local officials did not reduce taxes because of this, so that the people ran out of food after the winter.

The problem in Yanzhou was more complicated, not only did the crop yield decrease, but it was also looted by the Western Xia after the autumn, and the relief money issued by the imperial court was embezzled by the officials, so in the end it led to a popular uprising.

In the final analysis, to deal with the problem of Yanzhou, it is necessary to return to rebuilding the people's trust in the government.

"The rebellion in Yanzhou is not about the lack of food, but about the official trouble."

really tore off the last fig leaf of Yanzhou officialdom in one fell swoop, and Shen Yun sorted out all the chaos caused by the famine, and finally came up with his own method. Although it is only a cash-for-work to open a warehouse and release grain, it is gradually deduced that it is the most suitable method.

After the two current affairs were written, I saw that it was already noon.

Some scholars have been meditating for so long, but they still haven't put pen to paper. On the contrary, he couldn't stand the hunger, and began to take out the food in the basket and chew it slowly. Even Shen Yun smelled a smell of alcohol, and he didn't know which one was so indulgent and drank in the examination room.

Of course, the more bizarre is yet to come.

I saw a few soldiers suddenly walking in front of the examination house, carrying a large bundle of firewood in their hands. Some scholars actually paid for it and cooked on a fire behind the cramped curtain.

Shen Yun can only say that his vision is too narrow.

Seeing the curling smoke one after another, and the examination room was instantly filled with the smell of fireworks, Shen Yun could only shake his head, smiled bitterly and took out the dry food in the basket, and ate it with cold water.

The noon sun was still a little scorching, shining on Shen Yun's examination house, making him faint for a while.

Originally, I wanted to finish the remaining three current affairs in one go, but considering his mental state, Shen Yun still packed up his pen and ink, carefully put the exam papers in the basket behind him, and fell asleep on the table.

The Northwest has the advantage of being dry and cooler, and there are no mosquito infests. However, the annoying flies were a little overflowing, and Shen Yun could only sleep for half an hour, and then he was disturbed by a large number of flies.

When I woke up, I suddenly smelled a smell of urine.

Don't think about it, it must be that there are several neighboring test houses who can't hold back and make their due contribution to polluting the environment early.

Shen Yun's plan is to finish writing the five current affairs before nightfall today. I took a sip of water, waited for my mind to clear, and then began to look at the third question.

It's also strange to say, this topic actually takes an unsolved case in the previous dynasty as the topic.

On Wu Zetian's wordless monument.

Well, I really dare to take anything as a topic. Shen Yun knows that under the premise of Qianqiu's judgment, it is naturally difficult to write a brilliant article, especially if it is reasonable, it is even more difficult.

How could this stump him, though.

"Chicken Si Chen, Qianqiu Gong. However, if you count your words and deeds, you can't generalize. ”

This is Shen Yun's attitude, look at a person, don't blindly follow because of public opinion, on the contrary, there is no word tablet, Shen Yun feels that Wu Zetian deserves a generation of heroes. The responsibility that comes from this is something that many people today do not have and dare not have.

From the release of the test questions to the present, Shen Yun has been constantly writing except for eating and napping. This move has also attracted the attention of many people.

You must know that many people have not officially started writing at this time, and even if they occasionally write a paragraph, it is still a draft, and it has nothing to do with the answer sheet at all. Even many people are still idle and bored, looking at the topics at the beginning.

Although some soldiers couldn't look at each other, they couldn't stop the suspicion in their hearts: "Who the hell is this guy, he is so powerful." ”

And Han Yang, who was far away in the No. 46 house of Jiazi, also frowned at the topic of the wordless tablet in front of him at this time, and tightly locked his brows.

When he pondered it repeatedly, he also faintly remembered Shen Yun's name in his heart.