In the face of Guo Quan, who had an unusually tough attitude, although the scholars were uneven, angry, frustrated, and impatient, they all had to get up and leave the examination hall in the end. And for those who stayed, Shicai sat in the dark and pressed a huge field, and now there are only more than 30 people left, and the difference is enough to make people's hearts palpitate. Especially those who have tried once or twice, thinking that in the past, after a post passed, there were often half or even two-thirds left, and their faces were in a bad mood at this moment.

After the clearance was over, Guo Quan re-verified the identity of the scholar who stayed in the second test, and after confirming that it was correct, he did not remove those seats, and with a wave of his hand, he let people send out the second field paper. This time, the two junior officials who were transferred were much more relaxed. When one of the officials handed the roll to Du Shiyi's hand, he also laughed in a low voice: "Du Langjun is very capable!" ”

Du Shiyi did not respond to this compliment, but only smiled slightly to show kindness. When the volume was opened and looked at, he saw that it was empty, so he raised his head and waited for Guo Quan to come up with the question. Not only him, but everyone else in the room reacted in the same way. In front of everyone's eyes, Guo Quan was still unhurried, until there was a rush of footsteps outside, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

The people outside hurriedly came in, and after saluting, they presented a bamboo tube with both hands, Guo Quan stretched out his hand to take it, and then said with a smile under those surprised eyes: "The questions that have always been tested have been ordered by the division. It is certainly possible to be proposed by the examiner, but there are also those ordered by the superiors. Today's test questions, Jingzhao Yin Yuangong has just personally drafted them in court, and even I don't know about it, so there is no suspicion of favoritism. Now, I will open the question on the spot in front of all of you, and the second session will be held until sunset! ”

As he spoke, he broke open the seal of the bamboo tube, took out a small roll of jute paper, unfolded it and glanced at it, and couldn't help but feel relieved. Previously, he did ask Yuan Qianyao for instructions on the changes in the first postscripture, but for the topic of the second trial, he cut it first and then played it, and asked people to play the question when the Jingzhao Mansion opened today. Yuan Qianyao is a high-ranking official of the third grade, because of his request and the Wannian County Exam can not be delayed, he has to give the questions on the spot, so that the previous exam questions are not leaked, and the results will depend on their abilities, even if he is responsible for a while, it is better than turning back and not being a person. Compared with him, Yuan Qianyao's topic is really good!

Therefore, he took a deep breath, and then said in a loud voice: "Try today, Mingshun gift!" The rhyme is limited to 'the gentleman's prudence', and the rhyme order is not limited. ”

Mingshun Gift!

Since the early Tang Dynasty imperial examination, although the proposition of the county examination and government examination comes from the examiner or the local governor, it is not completely arbitrary, but it must have a foundation. Among them, it is not necessary to use ancient things or take from modern things. Today's topic is clearly taken from ancient events, and the proposition is obviously found from the scriptures and history. Especially the seemingly simple proposition of Ming Shunli, which actually has to be carefully scrutinized from which scripture and history, is the most difficult, far better than the trial endowment such as the bright moon high-rise that some remote state and county trial officials ordered by the whim.

When others were thinking hard, Du Shiyi had already remembered the publication of this test topic. There is such a paragraph in the Wengong volume of "The Biography of the Zuo Family in the Spring and Autumn Period": Ding Mao in autumn and August, the big event is in the big temple, and the prince is among the princes, and the rebellion is also worshipped. So Xia's father Fuji was the uncle, respected the father, and said clearly: "I see that the new ghost is big, so the ghost is small." First big and then small, Shun also. Among the sages, Ming also. Ming, Shun, and courtesy. ”

This is followed by a large section of analysis, the purpose is not only in etiquette, but also in the debate between father and son. Such a proposition, if it is not for the person who reads through the precision of the Spring and Autumn Zuo Clan, it is impossible to come out. It should be known that just that passage, from the Spring and Autumn Period to later generations, I don't know how many scholars have argued, and its focus is only on the Zhaomu issue between the Duke of Min and the Duke of Xu. The focus of Zhaomu lies in etiquette. However, more importantly, this involves the Zhaomu issue of Zhongzong and Ruizong in this dynasty, which Lu Hong once mentioned to him, and caused an uproar in the court at the end of the fifth year of the Kaiyuan Dynasty. Xing Yuan Qianyao came up with the question on the spot, and forgot about this for a while.

Having said that, when he was working on the draft in his heart, he had to focus on that eternal problem. After returning to Songshan from Luoyang last year, Lu Hong explained to him the various points of trial fu and test poetry, one of which was rhetoric and literary style, and also gave him many examples of Jinshike's trial fu policy since the early Tang Dynasty. Among them, the two strategies of Shangguan Yi when he ascended to the department in the first year of Zhenguan made him breathtaking.

There were two questions that year, one was to ask how to compromise between leniency and urgency during the trial, and the other was to ask how not to use talented people, which was clearly a very targeted question. Today, in the face of this Ming Shun gift, he naturally knows what the best choice is-not to make a coffin for that eternal problem, but how to distinguish and understand, and write a brilliant article that fits the rhyme. Naturally, he had already thought of what he came from, and he was much better than some people who couldn't even remember the canon.

Therefore, on the paper used for the draft under the back of his hair, he casually listed the limited rhymes one by one, and then began to write thoughtfully. Not only him, but compared to the first one, which stumped most people's scriptures, many candidates have begun to write at this moment. After all, a trial assignment is as little as 300 words, and as much as 600 words, and if you want to write Huamao, you have to rhyme neatly, and you can't hand it over at sunset if you don't write at this moment. For a while, there was no sound in the hall, only the sound of grinding ink, the sound of falling pens, and the sound of scrolls moving, and even Guo Quan, who was patrolling the field, inevitably lightened his steps.

It was past noon, but few people had already prepared haode lunch, and most of them were in a hurry. At this time, Du Shiyi, who had almost typed the draft in one go, put down the pen and paper casually, picked up a piece of jujube cake from a small and delicate two-layer box next to him, and filled his stomach with the buttermilk in the gourd. The fragrance of the jujube cake that had just been steamed that morning was scattered in all directions, attracting the attention of many people. Some of the same unbearable hunger also put down their pen and paper and simply ate and drank, but many more forcibly turned their heads back after envious and hateful eyes, and continued to bow their heads and ponder their articles.

Just when Du Shiyi was trying to fill his stomach, a small official hurriedly came in from outside as if he was in a hurry. However, he seemed to be looking for Guo Quan, but he walked from the aisle on Du Shiyi's side, and when he brushed Du Shiyi's side, he stretched out his foot as if he was accidentally hooking the inkstone, only to see a bang, and all the ink of the small half of the inkstone was turned over on the draft paper that Du Shiyi had just spread out in front of him and the answer sheet next to him, which stained most of it at once.

This sudden change suddenly attracted Guo Quan's attention, he rushed over almost three steps and two steps, seeing that the little official's face was frightened, but his eyes flickered, and he didn't know what was going on in his heart, he was shocked and angry for a while, and immediately shouted: "What is the crime of disturbing the test field!" ”

"Shaofu, I just have an urgent matter to come back, and I accidentally ...... for a while"

Seeing that the scholars around him looked over one after another, many people had undisguised schadenfreude on their faces, thinking that such an emergency in the examination room had spread, and all their previous hard work had been put into water, Guo Quan stared at this little official who knelt on the ground with a plop and kowtowed like pounding garlic, and wanted to break his body into pieces. He took a deep breath, and then shouted word by word: "Come on, drag him down, and according to the system at the beginning of the country, he will be detained first in order to disturb the examination site!" ”

The little official never dreamed that Guo Quan would not ask him what urgent matter he would report, and he would give such an order indiscriminately, and he was so shocked for a while. When the prison officer came in and dragged him, he couldn't help but shout loudly, until Guo Quan impatiently gagged him, and he couldn't speak anymore. Just as he was dragged out all the way, Du Shiyi, who had been silent just now, cleaned up the dirty scratch paper on the ground, and suddenly Shi Shiran stood up and turned to look at him, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth.

Although Du Shijiu's qualifications are dull, he can make up for his clumsiness with diligence, but the article he has written once will be engraved in his heart. I'm sorry you worked so hard to come up with this design. ”

Although Guo Quan was furious, the little official originally thought that he had finally lived up to his trust, and he had polluted Du Shiyi's careful thinking about haode articles, and someone would inevitably protect him later, and when he heard Du Shiyi's two words at this moment, his face suddenly changed. However, at this moment, he couldn't shout anything to get himself away with his crimes, so he could only kick and kick his legs hard until he was finally completely dragged out of the test room.

Seeing that the figure had completely disappeared, Du Shiyi turned around and said calmly to Guo Quan, whose face was uncertain, "The volume is dirty, please give Guo Shaofu another answer." ”

Although the standard for passing the first post was raised today, Guo Quan still prepared as many as one hundred and fifty answer sheets for the second one, and was stunned for a moment and hurriedly ordered someone to take the answer sheet. After what happened just now, no one dared to secretly play tricks, even so, Guo Quan personally took Du Shiyi to change the seat, and then handed him the answer sheet, and then simply stood by his side.

After this incident, many candidates did not care about hunger, and worked hard to write all the way, and finally handed over the papers in time for dusk. And Du Shiyi also handed in the papers calmly, as if nothing was right. Guo Quan, who had collected the papers, glanced around at everyone and said in a deep voice: "Next is the third strategy, come and listen to it early tomorrow morning, go back and prepare early." ”

Compared with the bitterness of the first session, the second trial was unexpected, and the third session of the next day was bland. Because the second game did not lose as many people as the first, only five of the thirty-seven people were eventually deposed for the rhyme, and the others were left to fight the third. When it was dusk on this day, after Guo Quan personally collected all the strategy papers again, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and his heart, which had been hanging high, was finally put back in place. Thinking of this, he suddenly glanced at Du Shiyi, his face did not show any different color, but his mood was mixed.

He said before that after the verdict, but it made people disagree, and he had Jingzhao Yin Yuan Qianyao to review! But what kind of qualifications does Yuan Qianyao have, how can he be calculated again and again? On the day of the list, I can't care about offending people!