Chapter 160: The Exam-Taking Master in the Southern Song Dynasty (2)
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In the Tang Dynasty, at night, the tribute would give each candidate an oil lamp, and if you want to take the candle night test, it is also okay, but in the Song Dynasty, in order to take care of those frail scholars, out of fairness, this benefit was canceled.
It was dark all night, and Li Fengwu had no choice but to stop and couldn't do it all at once - if it was because he couldn't see clearly and stained the roll, he wouldn't have to lose it. Because after the end of the exam, someone will specifically screen whether there are papers with abnormal surfaces, and this kind of paper will be selected, and they will not even need to be reviewed, and they will be dropped directly.
That's what all the scholars thought.
As soon as the night arose, the scholars ate their own meals, and no one was a fool, and they all wanted to rest and fall asleep as soon as possible, so that the people who slept later would not be disturbed by the snoring of those who slept first.
There are invigilators and forbidden soldiers, the examination hall is very quiet, absolutely no one will break the discipline of the examination room at this time, if there are so many officials and soldiers together, it is inevitable to hook up with each other.
After Li Fengwu ate the food prepared by Yelu Maitreya, he exercised in place and did some squats, but the examiner did not stop him, thinking that this candidate was an official with military merits.
After washing, Li Fengwu emptied the waste in his stomach, laid out the roll next to the examination table, covered his head and covered his face and prepared to sleep.
After all, he is used to sleeping on a soft bed, and he is not suitable for the floor for a while, not only him, but the people in the lock hall test are all very good people in their home conditions.
I don't know how long it took to count the dumplings before Li Fengwu fell asleep.
When Li Fengwu woke up on the second day, only a few people in the examination hall got up to answer the questions, and most of the rest were still asleep.
Li Fengwu had some breakfast after washing, and then began to prepare to answer the questions.
Before answering the question, I checked the Sutra again, and after making sure that there were no problems, I began to work on the meaning of the text.
Moyi, also known as Jingyi, is the question and answer questions around the Jingyi and the commentary, although there are only ten, but the amount of questions is actually very large, but for the Li family petty officials who have the ability to remember and forget, those lean annotations have long been ripe, everything as long as Wei Guangzheng is good, so it is not difficult to answer.
First draft the answers on the scratch paper, and then carefully check and check, and then copy them word by word to the test paper, which is the biggest obstacle for Li Fengwu, who is a little anxious about calligraphy.
Fortunately, the answer is fast, which saves a lot of time to come out and copy.
Before lunch, Li Fengwu finished Moyi, and did not rush to do the poems and strategies behind, Li Fengwu ate lunch first, and then took a nap.
August is very hot, and sleeping for half an hour is enough to refresh your spirits.
However, most of the examinees in the examination hall did not rest, and they were all working hard to answer the questions, after all, not everyone has Li Fengwu's skills, and many things have to be hurried.
After Li Fengwu rested, he went to wash his face with cold water to sober up, and sat down to prepare for the poetry theory.
This is the highlight of the imperial examination.
In the Great Song Dynasty Imperial Examination Examination, the requirements must be rhythmic poetry, and Fu is also a rhythmic endowment, which is quite demanding, and the requirements for candidates' literary literacy and basic skills are extremely high.
For example, poetry, first pay attention to a broken question, and the Ming and Qing Dynasty Bagu text in the broken question, requiring candidates to find out the source of the question from the "Thirteen Classics", and then solve the question, which requires candidates to memorize the "Thirteen Classics" to be familiar with it.
The poems written by the imperial examination are different from ordinary poems, they are official poems, and they may even be seen by the Son of Heaven, so in terms of ideological content, they must be great and upright, lacking agility and spiritual rhyme, so that the examination Zi's mastery of the form and words of the poem will be increased, and the poems made can not be a little wrong in the battle and rhyme, of course, it must be relevant.
If there is a slight mistake, then I'm sorry, only down.
The same is true for the rhythm, not only with rhyme, but also with rhyme, and even the order is also exquisite, what is the beginning and the end of the eight rhymes, more difficult than filling in the words.
This is really an exam for ordinary scholars, especially those who are talented and talented, and they often have a bad side in the exam-taking poems: they like the well-written poems and sentences, but they are not perfect in form, which makes it extremely difficult for people to choose.
But this is an advantage for Li Fengwu: he only has unforgettable skills, and he is really a little anxious, so when he does the question, he only works the form and rhyme, and he can't write a sentence with amazing talent anyway.
Li Fengwu spent an afternoon reluctantly composing the poem, and after careful inspection, he revised it repeatedly until there was no problem with the form, and then copied it to the test paper.
From this point of view, Li Fengwu feels that he is doing Bagu Wen.
After finishing the scriptures, Moyi and poems, all that remains is the five ways of strategy, and there is one day left tomorrow, Li Fengwu is slightly relieved, there should be no problem in time.
Looking around the examination hall, there are many people with sad faces, obviously not everyone is as smooth as themselves.
Early in the morning of the second day, when the sky was light, Li Fengwu got up, washed up and began to deliberate on the five policy theories, this question is actually not small, fortunately, the policy theory is not particularly important, and Li Fengwu carefully scrutinized it before going to bed last night, so it was quickly made.
Li Fengwu carefully deliberated and revised repeatedly, and finally prepared the draft at the end of the afternoon, and then spent more than an hour, and at the end of the day, he also copied the five policy theories onto the test paper.
However, this is not the end of it, Li Fengwu still needs to check it carefully.
This inspection is mainly to check whether there are any typos in the transcription, and there is an extremely important thing: evasion. For example, the name of the current official family is Zhao Yan, so the word Yan should never appear in the test paper.
And the name of Emperor Zhao Gou is also to be avoided, not only the names of today's officials and emperors, but also the names of Taizu Taizong and the emperors of previous dynasties, all of which must be avoided, otherwise they will be regarded as disrespectful and dethroned.
After careful inspection, after confirming that there was no problem, Li Fengwu breathed a sigh of relief.
After answering, I couldn't submit the paper in advance.
Although it was three days, there were still many candidates who failed to answer all the questions in the locked hall test, and at the end of the application, a burst of drums sounded in the square, indicating that it was time to close the papers.
Li Fengwu packed up his belongings and witnessed the examiners put away all the test papers, so he left the examination hall with many candidates and walked out of the Guozijian, where he saw Li Julu and Yelu Maitreya waiting in the crowd.
Handing over the things to Li Julu, Li Fengwu took a few deep breaths of fresh air, "Go back!" ”
The three-day exam is a huge consideration for both mental and physical strength.
Seeing that the official looked tired, Yelu Maitreya was distressed, and helped the official to get into the carriage in a panic, just wanting to return to Wutong Commune as soon as possible and let the official have a good rest.
It's just that it is unknown whether Li Fengwu can rest well.
After all, the chief examiner of the lock hall test is Liu Xiangzheng's goods, and the ghost knows what means he will have to deal with himself, so the Li family's petty officials have a headache, a headache!
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