Chapter 60: The Government Examination (1)

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Wu Fanhui followed many candidates into the Tribute Academy, and this time he was already a little numb, because among the many candidates, he even found that several candidates had white hair.

There are a total of four examination rooms in the Gongyuan, each candidate's examination is marked with the examination room and the examination shed, the north and south of the Gongyuan of the Ming Dynasty are the same, starting from the government examination, to the hospital examination and the township examination, the candidates are in the examination shed of the chicken cage after hundreds of years to do the question, this kind of examination shed is about one meter five high, one meter wide, there is paper, pen and ink inkstone in the examination shed, a small table in the middle, the candidates do the questions on this small table, three consecutive days, sleep and eat are in this.

Even if you are a teenager who is taking the prefectural exam, don't think about standing up straight in the examination booth.

This is probably the imperial court's hope that the scholars will know how to endure hardships, and also through the narrow examination shed, sharpen the arrogance of the scholars, once the scholars are named on the gold list, it is impossible to suffer such a tempering again.

There is a difference between the quality of the examination shed, for example, whether the walls of the examination shed are snow-white, whether the tiles on the roof of the examination shed are neat, whether the ground of the examination shed is flat, etc.

The examination booth of the government test is naturally the worst, and some places even accumulate water, which needs to be sorted out a little before the government test.

Yan'an doesn't have to worry about this problem, and it doesn't know that it hasn't rained heavily for many years.

At the door of the four examination rooms, there were sergeants guarding the yamen, as well as the wardens of the state and county ceremonial rooms, and the candidates were not allowed to bring anything into the tribute hall except for the examination citation, and everything needed was provided by the government, including two meals a day.

In the summer season, it is very thin to wear, and it is easy to check.

Wu Fanhui in the No. 27 examination booth in the third examination room.

There is already a bright light in the sky, and it is still a little dark around, and the four children holding the lamp in the four examination rooms enter the examination room with neatly arranged candidates, and will stay in front of each examination shed, so that the candidates can enter the examination shed, until the last candidate in the examination room enters the examination shed, all of which needs to be completed within half an hour.

The start time of the exam is the hour.

Entering the examination booth, Wu Fanhui first smelled a musty smell, there was no painting around the wall, and the tamped earthen wall had already fallen off.

The table is clean, but unfortunately it is old, and the wooden planks have collapsed, and it does not look particularly flat.

The oil lamp on the wooden table was still stained, Wu Fanhui didn't dare to wipe it, then his hands would definitely turn black, and this stain could not be washed off easily.

Carefully moving the oil lamp to the ground, Wu Fanhui found the uneven ground.

He remembered that when he visited the Gongyuan in Nanjing, he felt that although the examination shed was small, it was very neat and tidy, and the ground was very flat.

Wu Fanhui couldn't help but curse, Yan'an Mansion was also too poor, and there was no silver to level the ground.

It is not good to take a break here, Wu Fanhui can only sit quietly, close his eyes slightly, and wait for the arrival of the first scripture exam.

Finally, the gong sounded, and the government test in Yan'an Mansion officially began.

The rules of the examination are read out for a quarter of an hour.

The clerk in the auditorium took the questions and began to read them out in a loud voice.

The post is similar to the memorization and silent writing of texts hundreds of years later, and the exam question is announced above a certain chapter of the Four Books and Five Classics, and the candidates are required to write down the entire paragraph or the content of the entire chapter silently.

Generally speaking, nine paragraphs or nine original texts, you can write more than five articles silently, even if you pass the test, if you can't write one, even if the articles in the second and third exams are written like a flower, don't think about passing the government exam.

This is one of the most cruel test subjects, basically the existence of the county test and the government test, there is no such test content in the college test, the content of the four books and five classics is not very long, maybe it is not very difficult to memorize, but as a candidate who has only passed the county test, it is very difficult to understand the recitation, but the test is pasted, and you will not be asked to write the whole paragraph silently, but extract a few of them or even a certain paragraph in the chapters, and ask you to write it silently.

It can be seen that the examination of the ancients was to torture the candidates by thinking about the Fa.

The Auditorium Clerk will read the questions three times, during which time candidates will need to concentrate on recording the questions.

Wu Fanhui, like other candidates, hurriedly wrote down the questions.

Next, what makes him different from other exams is that he keeps cursing the person who came out with the question, whether this person is the prefect or not, he originally thought that the scripture was not so complicated, but who knew that it was not the case at all, and it took nearly an hour for the clerk's office to read out the question.

It's no wonder that the Sticker exam takes a day.

There is no way to scold, you still have to recite honestly, and you can't make a sound, silently recite in your heart, some candidates accidentally read it out loud, and someone immediately went to warn and remind, you must know that such warnings and reminders are very capable of disturbing the candidates' minds.

Wu Fanhui is accustomed to reciting silently, before the crossing, in many movies and television, it was shown that those teachers in ancient times were shaking their heads and reading, which made him unaccustomed to it, in fact, this is also a satire on those pedantic readers.

This time, Wu Fanhui couldn't do anything, he could only rack his brains to recite, and after making three questions, the time was already noon, and there were only three hours before the time when the paper was handed in.

Eating the wheat cakes provided by the government, Wu Fanhui gradually calmed down, he found that he was a little flustered, after all, the time of crossing was just one year, and the time to contact the Four Books and Five Classics was more than half a year, and it was impossible to have an advantage over those candidates who had read the Four Books and Five Classics for several years, so it was useless to be anxious, and he didn't plan to finish all nine exam questions.

Thinking like this, it made him gradually calm down, after eating the wheat cake, patted his clothes, shook off the cake on it, and turned his eyes to the fourth question, which was easily made.

When it was finally time to unitary, no one in the entire examination room took the initiative to stand up and hand in the papers.

Wu Fanhui has completed all nine questions, as for whether it is completely correct, he did not check, and he did not have time to check, in fact, in the process of doing the questions, he has already understood, comparatively speaking, he has an obvious advantage over other candidates, that is, he can control his emotions, there may be moments of tension and anxiety, but at most a quarter of an hour, he will remind himself to be quiet, anxiety and nervousness have always been taboo in the exam.

For example, if you really can't remember a certain topic, then skip over and do the next question, and when the next question is almost finished, the thoughts in your mind suddenly appear, so you can go back to the previous question.

Never force yourself and force yourself, always keep your emotions calm and suppress impatience.

It was also in the process of constantly mediating emotions that Wu Fanhui completed all nine questions.

The rest of the candidates weren't so lucky.

Many people don't know how to turn around, and after getting stuck on a certain topic, they will think hard, and even beat their chests and feet, and there are people who keep beating their heads, as long as they don't make a sound, the people who inspect the examination room will not speak, in fact, these people who inspect have long been surprised.

Wu Fanhui's performance attracted the attention of individual inspectors, but more than 100 candidates in the examination room needed to pay attention, and no one paid special attention to Wu Fanhui.

When the time comes, all candidates must put down the pen in their hands and sit upright.

The test papers on the table need to be named, that is, the place where the name is written is sealed, so that the person who marks the paper does not know whose paper it is.

After the quilt is finished, the test papers are all taken away, and then someone comes to distribute the quilt, which is used for night rest, after the quilt is distributed, the wheat cake is started, and the three days of the government test, the candidates all eat wheat cakes, and it is good to be able to ensure that they are not hungry.

During the night break, there is a special person in the examination room, and the candidates are not allowed to talk to each other, and they are not allowed to talk, and after eating, unless you are willing to be in a daze, it is better to sleep.

Wu Fanhui slept very early, and he was thinking hard during the day, although he constantly mediated his emotions and remained calm, but he couldn't be opportunistic when he memorized and wrote silently, relying on hard kung fu.

Fortunately, there will be no such examinations in the future college examinations and township examinations.

At the beginning, Wu Fanhui didn't sleep very well, after all, sleeping in a bird cage, it was impossible to completely straighten his body, and he didn't feel very comfortable, not to mention that it was a summer night, mosquitoes would come from time to time, and the government would not provide mosquito nets, and even little water was provided, so he couldn't wash well.

Sleeping is also a test of will, and there are two exams, if you don't rest well, the last two exams, there will definitely be problems with your performance.

When it was ugly, the climate gradually cooled down, and Wu Fanhui finally fell asleep.

It wasn't until the gong sounded again that Wu Fanhui woke up, the sky was already bright, and he felt refreshed.

The next two exams, Wu Fanhui is fully prepared, the government test and the county test have something in common, the degree of freedom is relatively larger, although the exam questions are from the four books and five classics, but the eight strands written should conform to the actual local situation, not too empty, can not always copy the things of the ancients, to have their own things in it.

Besides, what kind of situation is in various parts of Yan'an Prefecture, Wu Fanhui is very clear, and the things that Lu Weibiao, the magistrate of Mizhi County, worries about, and Ma Maocai, the governor of Yan'an Prefecture, will worry about, and even think more.

This is Wu Fanhui's strength, good at analysis and good at grasping reality.

In addition, the three exams of the government examination pasting scriptures, essays and policy theories, the most important ones are the next two exams, as long as the article is written, even if the results of the scriptures are not very good, they can still pass.