Early in the morning of the second day, Zheng Guang still got up on time according to the punctual wake-up time, and after washing, he cooked a pot of noodles for himself, sprinkled some salt and oil, and it still felt very good to eat, at least it made many students who could only eat steamed bread and pickles envious and jealous. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

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After eating and drinking, Zheng Guang got up and went to the toilet to congratulate, the smell of the toilet room was a lot bigger today, Zheng Guang put on the sachet from afar, as soon as he entered, he couldn't bear to see it, he endured the nausea, and after quickly solving it, Zheng Guang kept cursing the person in charge of the examination room for not getting these rice fields into the farmland as soon as possible, staying here to raise flies or maggots?

When he came out, Zheng Guang paid attention again, the stinky candidate yesterday hadn't left yet, he was still insisting, and he didn't seem to be up yet, but the smell around him was really desperate, Zheng Guang didn't dare to stay longer, and left immediately; When I returned to my examination room, I sorted it out, took out the examination equipment, and began to answer the questions of the Five Classics, and continued to write the draft on the basis of the draft that I had made yesterday, and by the time the sun set, the final draft of the four questions of the Five Classics had been completed.

The importance of the Pentateuch questions is far less than the previous three questions, four books and eight strands, but it belongs to the first exam, and it is far more important than the last two exams.

In the civil service system of the Ming Dynasty, it was really the imperial examination that was used to talk about things, and it was also the imperial examination that decided his life.

Therefore, in order to consider the future, the Five Classics questions should also be written well, and it took Zheng Guang a day to solve the four Five Classics questions, and after the sky was completely dark, Zheng Guang finally determined the final four drafts, and decided to transcribe the papers tomorrow, check them, and then hand them in.

In the evening, Zheng Guang cooked the noodles again and ate all the easy-to-break noodles, which was used by his grandmother and aunts to change the taste of Zheng Guang, and the amount was not large, and he ate it quickly, and after eating a pot of noodles, Zheng Guang fell asleep comfortably again.

The third day, which is also the last day of the first exam, after this exam, candidates can take a break and wait for the second exam, after the first most important exam, most people's minds are relaxed, because the second exam is not so important, of course, there are also candidates who know that they will definitely not be able to pass the exam to deal with it casually, hand in the papers and leave early, so as not to suffer this foreign sin.

Zheng Guang cooked a pot of rice more leisurely, ate it deliciously, and then made some changes to the Five Classics question, mixed it up in the morning, and waited until the afternoon to slowly transcribe the answers to the roll paper in the standard pavilion style.

When the sun set, Zheng Guang sorted out the exam papers that had been carefully checked countless times, walked to the handing in place seriously, and handed them to the examiner with both hands: "Student Zheng Guang handed in the papers." ”

The examiner looked at Zheng Guang and nodded slightly: "Put it down." ”

Zheng Guang put the roll paper in front of the table, took three steps back, turned to leave, and the deputy examiner next to the chief examiner saw this and said in a low voice: "This is the Zheng Guang that your old friend has repeatedly mentioned?" ”

The examiner narrowed his eyes: "I thought it was an incompetent waste who had to rely on relationships to pass the exam, but now I ......" The examiner picked up Zheng Guang's neat rolling paper, as well as the standard pavilion style block letters on it, as well as the exquisite answer sheet, and couldn't help but nodded: "Why say hello?" If I don't say hello, I won't put such a good article and don't take it, and when I say hello, it makes me disgusted with this son in vain, but seeing that he is so polite, presumably, Zheng Langjun, who is known by word of mouth in Suzhou City, is not in vain, I was wrong......"

The deputy examiner laughed in a low voice: "In the past three days, I have walked in front of him many times, and I have never found that he has panicked, I made a small pot by myself, cooked rice and porridge by myself, and made that piece fragrant, very attractive, it seems that not only is I good at learning, but also my self-care ability is good. ”

A smile tugged at the corner of the examiner's mouth: "I hope he won't disappoint my old friend." ”

The content of the second exam is a question of the Five Classics, and an edict, a judgment, a table, and a letter, and the argumentative essay requires more than 300 words, and the amount and difficulty of the answer have been greatly reduced compared to the seven questions of the first exam, and it is not the key, as long as these questions are written smoothly, the handwriting is neat, and it does not give people a mouthful, it is harmless, and the time of three days is really very generous, Zheng Guang solved all the questions in a day and a half, and copied neatly, and carefully kept the test papers in the bag to ensure that nothing goes wrong. Just eat leisurely to pass the time.

The third examination is the five current affairs and policy theories, that is, to express comments or opinions on the current affairs and government affairs of the time in combination with the theory of scriptures, which in Zheng Guang's view is the same nonsense as the so-called "quality education" in modern times.

What's more, there is a very disgusting rule in officialdom, that is, the so-called qualifications, if the qualifications are not enough, you will not be able to get promoted, let alone discuss national affairs, rather than exhausting your efforts to express your opinions on those insignificant so-called national affairs, it is better to honestly do the articles that the officials want to see, don't go to the whole of those false and empty slogans, no one pays attention to you at all, just make a show, deceive the people above, and the main test is still the Four Books and Five Classics.

All in all, after Tang Shunzhi's mention and special training, Zheng Guang has already made a clear understanding of the imperial examination, and naturally knows very well all aspects and bits and pieces of it, and Zheng Guang still spent a lot of time in the last three-day policy exam, but he didn't put much effort into it, no one will look at how well your policy is written, and even as long as the Four Books and Five Classics do a good job, the back papers are just a formality, and there is no practical significance.

Therefore, it is better to save worry, write some articles that people are willing to see and praise virtues, don't try to write things, thinking that it is still the Spring and Autumn Period or the Three Kingdoms, and you can rely on the so-called "true insight" and "monarch and minister theory" to get the status above ten thousand people under one person at once, that is impossible, it is a beautiful legend that only belongs to the great sages and saints of the ancients.

On the morning of the third day, Zheng Guang, who had eaten the last bit of rice and the last bit of bacon, finally waited for the permission to hand in the papers, and there was no feeling of taking a bath for nine days, no feeling of eating and drinking for nine days, and no feeling of sleeping comfortably for nine days, and he was really about to squeeze Zheng Guang's energy dry.

In the end, many candidates fell asleep on the number board, and even one candidate was still writing papers when he fell asleep, but he suddenly knocked over the ink and destroyed all the papers, and the third game was completely invalid, fortunately, the third game was not too important, but after this, his results would also be affected, because his results were incomplete.

Rao is his strong physique that has practiced martial arts all year round can't support it for too long, and he is tired enough, those scholars who were pampered in the past and only knew how to eat but didn't know where the food came from, and they couldn't support it after eating the steamed bread for nine days, and there were many people who obviously looked overly drunk, and even walked a little difficult, and needed someone to help them......

Fortunately, the best time for the first time was to take the most important subjects, and those big officials knew it very well.

The nine-day township examination is finally over, the moment the gate of the Gongyuan is opened, the moment the first candidate staggers out of the moment, the people waiting in the whole square are boiling, and the students who have finally passed the purgatory-like examination are warmly cheered and applauded, so that the students who have experienced purgatory have finally gotten some spiritual comfort, and some candidates have walked out of the Gongyuan, as if they were reincarnated, and they couldn't help but burst into tears when they were excited.

He shed tears early, and the time when he should cry the most is not now, but after the list is released, which is the real farewell to the path of scholars in a certain sense, and marching towards the scholar group.

When Zheng Guang walked out of the Gongyuan step by step with two big examination baskets, Zheng Jiang saw Zheng Guang at a glance, and hurriedly squeezed forward desperately from the crowd, and finally squeezed in front of Zheng Guang. ”

"Are you alright?" Seeing Zheng Guang's tired face, Zheng Jiang swallowed the words he wanted to ask back into his stomach, and instead asked a word of concern, Zheng Guang smiled tiredly and said, "I don't want to do anything but sleep now, third uncle, let's go home and sleep!" ”

Zheng Jiang hurriedly stretched out his hand to take the big examination box, and with the other hand, he helped Zheng Guang to the carriage, and after helping Zheng Guang to get into the carriage, he hurriedly urged the horses to slowly leave this crowded and noisy place.

Back home, Zheng Guang didn't even take a bath, he fell asleep in the room, he slept for a day and a night, and woke up leisurely near noon the next day, and when he woke up, he felt that the hunger in his abdomen was like a tide, and he wanted to eat very much, so he got up and left the door, and happened to meet Zheng Jiang who came in from outside the house with a big food box.

"Finally woke up, slept for a day and a night, are you comfortable?" Zheng Jiang stepped forward with a smile and asked.

Zheng Guang said with a smile: "It's comfortable, I can't sleep comfortably in the Gongyuan at all, it's just to nourish my spirit, I still sleep comfortably in bed, and I can't take a bath at all, my body stinks." ”

Zheng Jiang laughed and raised the food box in his hand: "Guessing that you are going to wake up now, I went to buy a good dish of freshness, how about it, eat first or take a bath first?" ”

Zheng Guang touched his stomach, which had a strong desire to eat, and decided to take a bath first: "Trouble the third uncle, take a bath first, it's dirty on your body, it's really uncomfortable." ”

Zheng Jiang smiled and nodded, and ordered someone to prepare.