When Du Xiucai said this, his face was full of envy.

Indeed, if he was born in a remote province. Jinshi didn't dare to say that he could still fight for it.

Looking at the crowded lobby, Sun Yuan also wanted to sigh: God, since you let me cross, why don't you let me cross to the northern provinces.

But when I think about it, the current northern provinces are already a big battlefield, and I really have traveled through the past, and I can't say that I have died in the military disaster.

Now it is good, according to real historical calculations, there are still nine years before the Qing soldiers go south to Yangzhou. In this year, I can calmly accumulate strength, not to mention the collapse of the sky, at least to keep my family safe.

According to the literary and historical experts of the Military History Forum of later generations: there was a period of time to farm calmly.

And my Sun Yuan's participation in this county test is the first step in farming.

The questions of the county examination were issued by Zhou Zhi County, and in addition to the examination papers, three other pieces of draft paper were also issued, all of which were stamped with the large seal of the county government.

There are questions in this county test, one is "Sincere and Faithful" from the "Analects", "Disciples are filial piety when they enter, and they are filial piety when they come out, and they are cautious and faithful, and they love everyone and are kind." If you have spare energy, you will learn the text. ”； The other is "The Three Walkers", which comes from the sentence "The fifth way in the world, so the three walkers" in "University".

These two questions are small questions, that is, a few words from a complete sentence for you to essay. If you don't know the meaning of this complete sentence, you can't put pen to paper.

The question is to test the candidate's familiarity with Confucian classics, in fact, to put it bluntly, it is memory.

And these two sentences are also famous sentences in the Four Books and Five Classics, not to mention the readers of this era, even if Sun Yuan has been a modern person in the Chinese department, he is also familiar with it.

"It seems that the imperial examination in ancient times was not as difficult as I imagined, so it was boring." Sun Yuan couldn't help but shake his head, so he sharpened the ink, picked up the pen and wrote on the scratch paper.

The writing method is naturally according to what Du Xiucai taught at the beginning, looking for some useful sentences from those dozens of model essays, changing their appearances, and piecing them together.

As a result, the speed is much slower than that of ordinary candidates.

By the time a draft was finished, the sky had already opened.

At this time, someone had already written all the questions and submitted the paper in advance.

The county exam is very informal, and there is no time to appear, and the examiner can also mark the papers on the spot and admit them on the spot.

The paper of the first candidate to hand in the paper quickly arrived in Zhou Zhixian's hand, and after only one glance, he called out "Okay", and then lifted the pen a little bit, which was regarded as letting the boy pass the test.

The person who passed the customs was overjoyed, so he naturally knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

It can be seen that Zhou Zhixian likes the kind of candidates who are quick in writing and thinking, and several candidates who submitted their papers in advance were all successful without exception.

In this way, the crowd naturally worked faster and faster.

At this time, Sun Yuan's heart finally began to make a noise, with his own writing speed, it seemed that he would not be able to get Zhou Xiangchun's favor.

When the drafts of the two articles were finally finished, but there was a rumbling in his stomach, he realized that it was already noon.

Looking around, there are few people in the lobby, and as for the other examination rooms, it is estimated that they have almost gone.

With a wry smile, he took a breath and settled down, Sun Yuan knew that whether it was speed or article, he was not as good as the ancients. If you want to get a good ranking in this exam, you have to attract the attention of Zhou Zhixian in calligraphy.

The draft has been typed, and there is no need to revise it. Even if you want to, you don't know where to start.

So, holding back the hunger in his belly, he picked up his pen and began to transcribe.

Before transcribing it, he was still slightly hesitant about what font to use. In fact, in the imperial examination, it is best to use the pavilion body. However, after thinking about it, Sun Yuan still dispelled this idea. To put it bluntly, the pavilion is a printed style, which is not artistic at all, nor can it show its own means.

Nowadays, calligraphy has become his only lifeline, and he naturally has to show his housekeeping skills.

After thinking about it, Sun Yuan chose Liu Gongquan, who he was most familiar with, to write word by word, and waited until the transcription was completed, and then he was the last to hand in the paper.

Seeing Sun Yuan fall to the end, Zhou Zhixian thought: It is indeed not easy for a poor child to study and advance, the key is to find a good teacher to guide him, this Sun Yuan's article is written so slowly, it is obviously untrained.

But when I took the scroll and just looked at it, my eyes lit up: this calligraphy, even if I go to the palace exam, there is no problem! I think that back then, if the county hadn't failed to do calligraphy, it was demoted by one notch, and maybe it would have been selected into the Hanlin Academy.

"The handwriting is good!" Although Zhou Zhixian's tone was cold, he still praised it sincerely.

As he spoke, he lifted his pen and circled his scroll.

This is considered an on-the-spot admission.

Sun Yuan didn't understand, he was surprised in his heart, and he knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Thank you, old parents." ”

In advance, Sun Yuan thought about this county test very seriously, and he didn't think that he would be able to stand out among these hundreds of candidates. I didn't expect to be hit so easily today.

Could it be that I want to be poor, or is the level of readers in Rugao County poor?

Sun Yuan couldn't figure it out.

However, it is a good thing to be able to make the list. From then on, he was nominally Zhou Xiangchun's protégé, and Lei Tai didn't dare to trouble me again, at least on the surface.

A big stone in my heart finally landed.

Although he was admitted, before visiting the list, Sun Yuan was not a student of Zhouzhi County. There were still three or four days before the release of the list, and after he got out of the examination room, he went to the street to spend ten copper coins and eat something, and finally relieved himself.

I was hungry in the examination room just now, and my muscles and bones were soft.

At this time, Sun Yuan knew that he was hungry. Now Jiangnan has not been affected by the military disaster, the social order is good, even if the Sun family is as poor as the Sun family, they can still eat a full meal. If it were the north, it would have been starving everywhere. In order to eat a mouthful, the people sold their sons and daughters, and even took up arms and took up risks.

In troubled times, life is like grass, and the taste of hunger is not pleasant, and Sun Yuan doesn't want to try again.

To live and protect what you should protect is probably your responsibility in this world!