After a tense harvest, everything faded in the blink of an eye, and the endless land was pale and yellow. Bare. Exposed. Autumn comes with the sound of falling leaves.

Fresh as dew in the morning. The sky glowed softly, clear and ethereal, like hearing the song of a high-flying lark.

On 9 August, the long-awaited township test finally began.

Li Ling and Xu Fatzi, like everyone else, left the old store of Gaosheng early and came to the Gongyuan, in order to have time to familiarize themselves with their examination room.

As soon as the two entered the examination room, they found that something was wrong, all the teenagers with some scumbags were found out and interrogated one by one, but those middle-aged people with beards successfully passed the test.

"You two stand for me, and get over there for a thorough inspection!".

They were just about to enter the Tribute Courtyard when an officer in charge of checking their identities stopped them.

There were no cameras in the Ming Dynasty, and the identification of candidates in the scientific examination was depicted by words. There is a fellow examiner surnamed Hu, who works seriously, and the invigilation is based on the roster, and the age and appearance of the candidates are checked very strictly. The roster described candidates with beards but not as having a slight beard, so he turned away all candidates with beards.

There are many people who are blocked from the Gongyuan, and naturally there are some who don't buy it, but during the exam, the examiner is big, and no matter how dissatisfied the candidates are, they have to be inspected by the adults of the same exam.

Finally talked about Li Ling and the two, the fat man was not convinced, and wanted to argue on the basis of reason, but Examiner Hu angrily reprimanded: Don't you understand the meaning of Zhu Xi's note "nothing"?

The fat man was stunned at the time, as if this was indeed the meaning, but the meaning of a word often has multiple interpretations, isn't this a deliberate misinterpretation? He tried to refute, but he couldn't think of the right language, and he froze for a while.

Li Ling didn't care, and sneered at each other: According to the adult's statement, didn't Confucius say that the old master was naked and naked after serving Song in the "Analects". Bare. The body has passed through the Song Kingdom! What's more, I don't have a beard on my face, why are you preventing me from entering the Tribute Courtyard?

The examiner surnamed Hu was speechless for a while, and it was also his idea to leave the companions who violated the rules. This is also a subjective conjecture on his part, and he must never say it.

"Okay, I'll let you in, but I'll have some peace!" It's coming, and the Hutong test doesn't forget to threaten.

After Li Ling entered the examination room, his own special messenger led him to a room.

The furnishings in the room are simple, with only a table and chairs.

There were three candles on the table, but they weren't meant to be used. Each session is handed in at dusk, if it is not finished, three candles will be given, and before the wax is finished, you will be helped out of the examination room.

The first scene, according to the rules, should be a test of the "Four Books", three ways of righteousness, and four ways of righteousness.

Li Ling looked at the title: Zi Wei Yan Yuan said, if you use it, you will do it, and if you give it up, you will hide it, but I am a husband with you!

This sentence comes from the Analects of Confucius, the chapter of "Shuer". It was Confucius who said to his best student, Yan Yuan.

It means that when the state uses you, you will use your talents to implement your own ideas according to your own ideas; When the country doesn't use you, you put away your ideas and ideas. It seems that only you and I have this cultivation and style that can do this naturally and frankly.

After thinking about it for a while, he began to solve the problem: it is appropriate for the saint to hide, and the capable person begins to reveal it.

He said his understanding of the topic in a proper manner: Confucius Shengren will reveal his own views on when to go out to display his talents and when to hide his talents, and only when he meets the right person. As for when to go out to display their talents and when to hide the question, only when they meet the right person will they reveal a little bit of their own opinions.

It is not easy to cover the saint's trip, and it is not easy to regulate it, and it can be said with it since Yan Zi is a few of them.

Therefore, it is said that the lifelong experience, only one or two ways to listen to others, and seek to be not exhaustive, often and rare. I can be confident.

And it is possible to be alone and have nothing to share, and to be alone and have nothing to say. This means that the song of its trust is self-adaptable, and I am fortunate to have a language now.

In return, people have the power to accumulate life, and they will not know themselves, but will be sent by others, and people have the contemplation of accumulating one mind, and those who have not tried at first, and do not know what others have already known.

In less than half an hour, he finished answering the first question, stood up and stretched, only to hear the "rustle" of pen and ink on the paper. I guess everyone else is struggling to write.

Li Ling wanted to relax, but as soon as he put his head out of the room, he saw the serious face of the number army.

"Go back!". The Bugle Army said majestically.

Each room is guarded by a soldier to prevent cheating, and of course, if there is an accident during the exam, they will also help to solve it.

The second question: The gentleman is not bright, and he is evil.

Mencius said, "If a gentleman is not honest, how can he insist on integrity." ”

Like a god gang, once you open your mind, you can't listen to it anymore, and at noon, the invigilator came over to take a look, and this kid didn't stop eating dry food like everyone else.

It wasn't until the end of the day that Li Ling finished answering all the papers, and he took out two pancakes from his luggage and ate and drank them with boiled water.

"Ah, I'll write the answer to the second question on the third question, and I'll take the same exam, can you give me another test paper!".

Suddenly a shout broke the silence in the examination room, presumably this candidate answered well, and he was negligent when he was excited, but he could only be a tragedy when he broke the day, the test papers were all arranged in advance, where would there be any superfluity, it seems that this guy wants to take the exam only after three years.

"Get out!". The adults of the same exam were really happy, and without thinking, they let the army take the candidates out.

There was another sound of flipping through the paper, it seems that the benevolent brother who had just been cleared out of the examination room reminded everyone that the standardization of answers is also a part of the exam, if you don't answer according to the regulations, no matter how good the article is, it's useless.

At dusk, Li Ling checked his paper again and found that there were no omissions before handing in the paper and leaving the examination room.

After the candidates submit the papers, they will go through the procedures of sealing, transcription, and reading, and then send them to the main examination and the same examination for approval.

Li Ling was very satisfied with his answers, Xu Fatzi was also very satisfied, and so was Song Xing.

After returning to Gaosheng's old store, the fat man became depressed, Song Xing was determined to win by Xie Yuanzhi, and it seemed that his 30,000 taels of silver were wasted.

"Brother Xu, if you look a little away, at least this time we are very hopeful that we will be lifted!"

The fat man felt a little better, originally he heard that Song Xing's room was close to the toilet, and he was secretly happy, it seems that the external environment has not had much impact on this kid.

On August 12, the second examination included one trial, five judgments, and one edict, edict, and internal department. These are official articles, as long as they are written in accordance with the prescribed format and there is no deviant language, they can generally be entered into the eyes of the examiner.

On August 15, the third test was conducted on the five ways of Shi Ce. After answering, the whole township test is over.

The examiner's review time is nominally ten days, but the actual time spent on marking is only three or four days. Because there are a lot of test papers, you can't read them through, and the examiner often "stops reading the front field, and stops reading the meaning of the book", if the three "Four Books" written in the first place are appreciated by the examiner, you can pass and become a lifter.

When the time for the list was up, Xu Fatzi sent Jixiang to watch the list early.