In the Suzaku Pavilion are more than 120 apprentices of the Temple of Literature who took the examination of the Temple of Literature.

There are so many people at one time, and it is rare in the Temple of Literature, because many apprentices are usually dispatched to the small Confucian temples around the capital as errands, although this Confucian Temple exam, in principle, does not accept foreign Confucian Temple apprentices to take the exam, but these Confucian temples around the capital, are still going to participate.

Ji Ning has no identity and status among these people, and he chose to take the exam, mainly because he wanted to learn from experience, and he had only been in the Temple of Literature for three or four months, and no one thought that a new scholar like him would pass the bachelor's exam of the Temple of Literature.

But because the chief examiner this time was Shen Kang, everyone had a kind of hostility towards Ji Ning, and many people thought that Shen Kang might create opportunities for Ji Ning behind his back.

Even Song Shanqian thought so, in the Temple of Literature, it is also a place of competition for fame and profit, and the focus of the competition is actually the number of bachelors and university scholars, even if some people are extremely poor all their lives, they are only apprentice bachelors of the Temple of Literature, and they are not qualified to become bachelors at all.

Although the main examiner is Shen Kang, Shen Kang is only responsible for writing questions and reviewing them, and the person who is really responsible for the invigilator is Ma Heng, the person in charge of the Confucian Temple in Beijing.

After everyone sat down, Ma Heng said with a somewhat arrogant attitude: "You are all the elites in the Temple of Literature, the rules of the Temple of Literature for thousands of years, if you want to choose a bachelor, you must pass the exam first, and you must test whether you are qualified to become a bachelor of the Temple of Literature according to the level of your grades, even if you pass today's exam, if you do not pass the subsequent test, you still cannot obtain the qualification of a bachelor of the Temple of Literature." ”

Hearing this, many people were looking at Ji Ning, as if to say, you kid is arrogant now, but it's useless, because even if you have Shen Kang leaking the exam questions for you and passing the exam, even if you rank first in the exam, it is impossible to pass the subsequent tests.

And Ji Ning didn't see these strange eyes, he focused on Ma Heng in front of him.

Ma Heng said again: "The scope of the questions this time is no longer the Four Books and Five Classics, and many exam questions may involve some classics. The consistent principle is that if you know how to answer the question, you should answer it carefully, if you don't know the question at all, and don't write some unrealistic answers, such answers will lower your score. There are about 20 questions, some of which are the topics of the Four Books and Five Classics, the articles are limited to 300 words, there are three articles in total, and the remaining dozen questions are all questions, if you answer well, then you will have a great advantage. If there is an answer in the question, the article is well written, and it is also likely to become a leader......"

A bachelor in front of him said: "Scholar Ma University's words are just to explain the situation to you, unless the question is difficult, otherwise, if the answer to the question is not good, then it may not depend on the quality of your three articles." It's best not to make a mistake in this policy! ”

Because there is no specific concept of score in the exam in this era, if every question is the same, then it is good to say, the person who answers the question correctly wins, but if the question is different, for example, there are big questions and small questions, in many cases it is difficult to judge who answered well, or who scored higher in the end.

It's like this Confucian Temple exam, there are three big questions, that is, three articles, which have already shown that no one can define the proportion of these three major questions, not limited to the Four Books and Five Classics.

After all, there are more than 100 candidates present, these people are all Jinshi backgrounds, and they only entered the Temple of Literature after strict selection.

Ji Ning thought to himself: "If the previous examination and the palace examination were difficult exams, and the bachelor's exam in front of me is simply a hell mode exam, and any one of them is a great Confucian, who can guarantee that he will pass this kind of exam?" ”

Ma Heng finally said: "The exam time this time is one day, and before sunset in the afternoon, whether you answer it or not, you can just hand in the papers." This paper will probably be reviewed in the next two days, in addition to the Shen University scholars will personally read the papers, the old man will also go to help, and even a few bachelors will also participate in the marking...... You can rest assured that the bachelors will definitely be selected according to your talents and talents, and the seats will be arranged. The bachelors selected by our Confucian Temple have not been in the test for hundreds of years, so ...... As long as you have the talent to learn, then passing this exam is equivalent to saying that you already have the literary name of a bachelor! ”

When Ma Heng finished saying this, everyone present was in high spirits, and they were all gearing up for the upcoming exam.

Soon, Ma Heng waved his hand, and several bachelors came over with exam questions, which had been transcribed on the paper, and there were adhesive strips and wax seals on the outside, indicating that no one had opened the paper.

But because this is only an internal exam in the Temple of Literature, in fact, no one will think that no one knows this kind of exam question, at least Shen Kang and Ma Heng and others know, if Shen Kang and Ma Heng and others have any candidates who appreciate it, they may say the exam questions in advance, anyway, there are no big rules to restrict these people, even if they know that there is cheating, others can't help these people.

Ji Ning sat in the back position, also because his status in the Temple of Literature was not high, after all, he was a newcomer, and others were not optimistic about him.

Waiting for the exam questions to fall on the table in front of Ji Ning, Ji Ning picked it up, opened the scroll and took a general look at the questions, the questions were much lower than he imagined, obviously this kind of bachelor's exam has not yet reached the point of reaching the peak, if it is only the Confucian Temple bachelor's exam, it can also be handled by Ji Ning.

Ji Ning thought to himself: "Is this the question of Shigong?" When Shigong was helping me prepare for the township exam before, the questions seemed to be more difficult than this, but why did Shigong come up with such simple questions in such a high-end exam? ”

Ji Ning wanted to see the reactions of the people around him, but when he heard Ma Heng in front of him, he waved his hand and said: "It's not allowed to talk to each other, if anyone makes a noise, they can be directly invited out, and they will be deprived of the qualification for the next exam, you can weigh whether it is worth it or not." It doesn't make much sense for you to cheat in this kind of exam, if you don't have that ability, even if you get a bachelor's degree? However, the test is even more embarrassing! ”

(End of chapter)