For the scholars who participated in the local examination for the first time, the examination was the first pass for them to embark on the road to officials. When I picked up the pen, I was always a little frightened, for fear that something would be wrong.

I just read books on weekdays, where do I have the experience of challenging such a fateful pass? I often get overwhelmed, and the words in my head are all gone. Many scholars, after going through several exams, have enough experience and can give full play to their strength in the examination room, so they can be admitted to a tribute student.

But for Han Gang, he has already experienced too much. There have been a few back and forth on the line of life and death, and this small scene is nothing at all.

Not to mention that he still has reinforcements - although they have not been communicated beforehand.

In this exam, the chief examiner Cai Yanqing is the key, and he has the results of Han Gang's exam. If Cai Yanqing had seen him earlier, the situation would be dangerous. didn't meet, which shows that the examiner this time has the intention of avoiding suspicion - if Han Gang is taken and it is revealed that the two have met before the exam, regardless of whether the other candidates have been received by Cai Yanqing or not, it is that the yellow mud has fallen into the crotch of his pants, and he can't tell why.

Now Han Gang can be sure that Cai Yanqing will not be unable to get along with his family in this exam.

And his identity as Han Gang has actually been determined, as long as Cai Yanqing is not confused, he will not deliberately stumble. It is even more necessary to suppress Cai Xi and save him from being implicated. As long as Cai Yanqing's main exam is not bad, and he achieves the top four results in a loose and extremely loose small test in Qinfeng Road, Han Gang still has enough confidence.

The difficulty of the exam paper in front of him is not high for Han Gang. There is no need to mention the tailor-made questions for him, which are the ten scriptures, although there are difficult and easy, but the difficult topics are all on the classics that Han Gang is more familiar with, such as the Analects. And the title of the I Ching, which he found tricky, was "Flying dragon in the sky, good to see the lord" and the like.

Han Gang was deeply immersed in Jingyi, and even completely abandoned the way of poetry. Unlike other scholars, even if they knew that after the Jinshi Examination had been changed to Jingyi Strategy, they still had to study poetry at the same time, so as not to become a laughing stock in the communication with other scholars—Murong Wu was like this. But after Han Gang set foot on a road, he was determined to make progress, and he looked at it all, if you really want to calculate it, the time he has spent on the scriptures in the past three years is not necessarily much less than that of Murong Wu or the other candidates in the hall.

With confidence, Han Gang started to write, of course, if there was divine help, a line of upright fly-headed small letters appeared on the answer sheet, without the slightest dullness or stumbling.

Just as Han Gang started the exam, neither of the two examiners stayed in the hall. If you inadvertently see the candidate's test paper, then there is a suspicion of collusion and cheating. There were seven or eight old officials watching inside, and they also checked for entrainment before coming in.

After about two hours, the candidates handed in their papers and left. And on the fourth hour, the last candidate put away his pen.

Cai Xi and Cai Yanqing were still waiting, and in the middle of the night, a stack of copies of the re-copied test papers were placed in front of them.

"Transshipment, transportation and judgment, the volume of Jingyi has been copied. The paper of the inquiry will be delivered after a while. ”

The little official said in front of the two of them.

Cai Yan didn't talk much to Cai Yanqing, and directly took the scroll over and looked at it first. He is the first pass, and Cai Yanqing is the most reckless.

The scriptures are different from the questions, the answers are all in the book, and the test is the familiarity with the Confucian classics. Fifteen papers were approved in less than an hour. Some are circles, some are hooks. The good ones add a few more circles, and the worst ones are hooked off and then crossed again. After arranging the order of the rankings he had drawn, Cai Xi passed the volume to Cai Yanqing.

Cai Yanqing took it, only flipped through it a few times, picked out one of them, and said to Cai Xi: "This one is too late, right?" ”

Cai Yu sneered, and Cai Yanqing really saw it. But he didn't care, everything was prepared. I casually clicked two items on the scroll, both of which were the titles of the I Ching, "Please look at these two items for transshipment, but they are in line with the words of the ancestors?" ”

Of course not, because this is the words of Zhang Hengqu's family. ’

When Zhang Zai was sitting in Luoyang and talking about Yi, he was once taken away by his two cousins and nephews, and he did not continue to speak. But in the Book of Changes, he still invented something and studied it deeply. The answers on this volume are completely different from those of the Confucian sages, but they are clearly Zhang Zai's doctrines.

Of course, Cai Yanqing knew Lu Dao, and he also knew whose volume it was, "There is no interpretation of the first sage, and the annotations are all written by later generations." Although this volume is unique, it is not necessarily unreasonable. ”

"The rest of the dethroned rolls, isn't their answer necessarily unreasonable?" Cai Xi asked rhetorically.

Cai Xi took the difference between Zhang Zai's interpretation and the "Five Classics of Justice" to ask the question, just to confirm the location of Han Gang and dethrone it. Unlike the temple examination, which only examines the inquiry, in the local examination, the order of the scriptures and righteousness precedes the inquiry. If the scriptures are not up to the mark, no matter how well they are written, it is useless.

However, Cai Xi did not unscrupulously list this piece of paper as the last one. In this volume, except for the two articles about the I Ching, there is actually no problem with the other eight. And the three people in the fifth, sixth, and seventh places are actually all eight right, so they are listed as eighth.

Cai Yanqing didn't speak, but went to flip through the papers of the first four. At first glance, he pointed to the fourth-place roll, "This sentence doesn't make sense, how can it be right?" ”

It's easy to pick thorns, even if it's a paper with ten questions and ten grids, and it's listed as the first, not every word is the same as in a book. And it is not difficult to find a fault in the third and fourth places of the right nine and demote them to the same level as the next four.

Cai Xi's tone became deeper: "Xia Guan feels that this answer is only slightly different, and the original intention is still in line with the words of the sage. ”

Cai Yanqing shook his head: "It's still a little off, and it can't be regarded as a middle level." He pulled out the eighth-place paper, which had just caused controversy, and placed it in the fourth place, "but this one, it should be placed in the front." ”

Cai Xi didn't argue any further, and at this time, the official who copied the text below had already sent a stack of questionnaires.

The question was given by Cai Yanqing, and it was based on Hehuang. In this regard, Han Gang is naturally an expert who cannot be discerned. The writing is deep and deep, and the other dozen or so volumes are obviously much more superficial.

Although it can be seen at a glance which one is from Han Gang's handwriting, on this volume, Cai Xi did not dare to throw it behind, so he could only put it first. The gap is too big, and it's hard to do it. Moreover, the dispute over the previous scriptures was enough to cause Han Gang and Cai Yanqing into trouble.

As long as after the exam, Cai Yanqing's ranking of the Han Gang Jingyi Roll is privately revealed, and the candidates who are not selected will definitely think that they are the one who has been brushed off.

The love is important to oneself, and those who have been brushed off will inevitably jump out to make trouble. When the time comes, Cai Yanqing and Han Gang will be able to confer their fame and honor with each other, and they will be able to show the world - if anyone questions it, just look at Cai Yanqing's question to know the truth.

Han Gang's status is not the same as in the old days, and it is difficult to stop him. But if you want to ruin his reputation and make Cai Yanqing fall by the way, Cai Yu will do it easily.

At the same time, you must know that in the Yushi Taizhong, it is not without courage!

——How jealous Han Gang is, Cai Xi knows it all too well.

Cai Yanqing slowly read the question in front of him. Cai Xi's thoughts were clear to him, but he didn't care. He pulled Han Gang so what, would the Son of Heaven brush off Han Gang's qualification for such a trivial matter?

What are you kidding, Han Gang is a hero!

Cai Yanqing had already thought about how to deal with it before and after. For the position of the Xihe Economic Envoy, it is also necessary to pay some price. Cai Xi made a big fuss, which was a good thing for him. In this way, Han Gang must accept his favor.

As the third person in Xihe Road in essence, he followed Wang Shao from the beginning, and calloused Han Gang, the youngest person in the Great Song Dynasty, to appease Lu and pull him up, and his voice in front of the Son of Heaven is definitely not low.

And he, Cai Yanqing, just needs Han Gang to say a word for himself in front of the emperor.

After reading the question, the ranking of the last was set according to Cai Yanqing's meaning. Cai Yu didn't argue, he just waited for the list to be released and the rumors were released.

The candidates' main papers were taken. Next, it is necessary to check the paper for typos, typos, and make sure that there are no miscellaneous mistakes - the paper that has committed a mistake will be directly discarded, and there is no room for mercy.

Find the main paper of the fourth place, open the thick paper covering it, and the candidate's personal information column on the far right is covered up, and the eyes of the two of them are seen.

"Murong Wu?!"

Even Cai Yanqing was so shocked that he almost screamed, 'Why isn't it Han Gang!?' ’

Cai Yu's face changed greatly, and he opened more than a dozen copies in a row, but in the later volumes, Han Gang's name did not appear.

Cai Yu's hands trembled, and Cai Yanqing's face also smiled wryly.

Looking ahead, the third place is not, and the second place is not.

And the one at the top of the list, in the name column, is written with the word 'Han Gang'.

Cai Xi trembled his hands and picked up the volume, the neat three-hall regular script has the edge of the inside, it already has everyone's demeanor, and he wants to deduct points from the volume, but he can't do it. He clasped word by word, and could not find a single typo, typo, or miscellaneous.

The Transit Judge's face turned red and blue.

Cai Yanqing chuckled in a low voice, and the laughter gradually amplified, until he was at the end of the year, he kept laughing and was about to breathe, "What a Han Gang!" What a Hangang! …… Jingyi and counseling are all the first! Now, it's time to set the ranking, right? ”

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"Why didn't you answer the question according to Mr.'s advice?!"

At the same moment when the two examiners were correcting the exam papers, Murong Wu, who was at Han's house and Han Gang was arguing with Han Gang, asked in surprise, with some confusion in his voice, and even more dissatisfaction.

"It's just a change." Han Gang replied lightly.

When the teacher's teachings collided with reality, Han Gang would not be as entangled as the scholars of this era. In this respect, he still maintains the style of a millennium later.

The standard answer must be followed, even if you don't agree with it, even if it's wrong, but it's still the standard answer after all.

The hundreds of exams he had experienced in his previous life made Han Gang know how to choose.

"You have the right to do everything......" he smiled lightly.

There are problems with the Yijing Yishu scrolls, and there are also problems with the questionnaire on the topic of Hehuang. With Han Gang's intelligence and psychological preparation in advance, of course he can see it. But no matter what the person who wrote the question has, he just needs to do his own exam questions.

Han Gang only needs one qualification as a tribute student.

Now, he's got it.