Because there was no prefectural and county test in the Song Dynasty, the solution test was the first-level exam, and anyone could apply for the exam as long as they met the conditions and passed the examination, so the number of candidates was very terrifying. More than 6,000 candidates poured into the examination room of Guozijian, and it is said that the number of candidates in the examination room of Kaifeng Prefecture can exceed 10,000.

Therefore, even though there were four bathhouses and one hundred and sixty candidates bathing at the same time, by the time everyone had finished checking and lined up in front of the square, it was already noon.

let go of the cannon and put out the incense case in the public court, and this time, the chief examiner of the Guozijian Qiufu, Mr. Xie, wearing a folded foot hat and a scarlet official robe, appeared in front of the candidates.

After first offering incense to the Holy Master, Master Xie stood up and covered his face with two shades. The secretary knelt down and invited the Three Realms Demon Emperor Guan Shengdi to enter the field to suppress it, and invited General Zhou to enter the field to patrol the field. Letting go of the shade, Mr. Xie saluted again. The book office invited Emperor Qiqu Wenchang Kaihua Zitong to enter the main test, and invited Master Kuixing to enter the field to shine. Invite all these gods and ghosts, and Bachelor Xie will lecture the candidates, which is nothing more than to cherish the opportunity, take the exam carefully, and don't cheat by chance.

It was easy to finish Mr. Xie's speech, so he opened the test questions in public, and opened the roll wrapped in yellow silk and covered with seals.

The candidates tiptoed, hoping to see the exam questions that would determine their fate, but they were so far away that they were in vain. But don't worry, because the examiners are transcribing it and posting it in the various exam rooms. Their task now is to enter the real examination room from the second gate.

As soon as you enter the second gate, there is a long powder wall, on which notices are posted, densely packed with hundreds of pieces of paper, indicating the examination room and seat of each candidate. Chen Ke and the others found their respective places on the notice marked with the word 'autumn'. They exchanged good fortune and went their separate ways.

Chen Ke followed the guidance of the road signs. Go to the testing room you are in...... The lock hall test is in the courtyard where the officials of the Guozijian office work. There was a notice at the door that said 'No Noise', and there were forbidden soldiers everywhere. After entering, there are a total of ten examination rooms, and each examination room is in the examination room. There were forty candidates.

Chen Ke was assigned to the examination room in the East Chamber, and received the exam papers at the door. Packed in roll bags. When he entered the examination room, he couldn't help but be happy, which was different from the honeycomb-like room in the Ming and Qing dynasties. It's like an exam room from a previous life. Forty sets of tables and chairs are neatly arranged. In the upper right corner of each table, there is a piece of paper with the candidate's name, place of origin, and year of the candidate. No one is allowed to sit around.

Chen Ke's seat was in the last row, he put down the exam box, hung the roll bag on the table, and took out the pen and ink inkstone from it. Then he took out the cup of water and went to the place where the drinking place was attached to the door. Poured a glass of warm water. One is to moisten the throat, and the other is to grind the ink later.

After sitting down, Chen Ke sighed with emotion, he had been a manager in his previous life, and he knew how arduous it was to prepare for such a large-scale event. The officials of the Song Dynasty were able to organize so thoroughly, and their administrative ability was indeed outstanding.

But this is not the time to sigh, while the candidates are not in place, he quickly took out some food to fill his stomach. After he ate half a sauce duck and six pieces of dim sum and filled the Five Organs Temple, he found that the room was already full of candidates, and they were all eating, and everyone was indeed hungry.

At this time, the official in charge of the invigilator came in, and he was followed by two low-level officials in green robes, and three military men in straight shirts...... Forty candidates, six invigilators, and mobile patrols are completely anti-thief postures.

The candidates hurriedly cleaned up the table and sat upright.

The examiner announced the discipline of the examination room again, such as not to talk to each other, not to look left and right, not to leave the seat without permission, and any action must be reported first, etc., and then the exam questions were posted on the facing wall.

In the Song Dynasty, the imperial examination was divided into Jinshi, Nine Classics, Scholars, Ming Classics, Ming Law and other subjects. But those who participate in the lock hall test are naturally admitted to the Jinshi. Therefore, what was posted is the examination questions of this Jinshi course - one poem on each test, five strategies, ten posts on the Analects, and ten articles on the Moyi of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Book of Rites. Regardless of whether it is a locked hall test or not, the questions are the same. The amount of questions is quite impressive.

With so many questions, it is naturally impossible to answer them in one day, so it is necessary to take the test for three consecutive days, and within three days, candidates are not allowed to leave the examination room except for convenience.

Chen Ke thought that three days was a lot of time, but before he started answering the questions, it was already dusk. And in the Tang Dynasty, candles were also provided to candidates. In this dynasty, in order to prevent candidates from cheating in the dark, it is not allowed to light candles, that is, they have to stop writing when it gets dark. Wait until dawn to answer.

Since time is precious, hurry up. After reading all the topics, Chen Ke finished the ten posts of the Analects first according to the principle of first easy and then difficult...... The so-called "Ti" is called "Thesaurus", that is, the passage in the scriptures is written silently. This is the most basic exam question, and it is also the first thing to be examined when the examiner judges the papers, if the candidate can't even memorize the "Analects", you can imagine how much effort he has put into it on weekdays. You don't even need to look at it later......

For Chen Sanlang, who has never forgotten, this is naturally a trivial meaning, pick up the pen, do not type drafts, and answer directly on the exam papers. After he finished writing six articles, he found that he was about to read clearly, and he was afraid that he would write bad words and affect the volume, so Chen Ke had to put down his pen. It's not that he thinks too much, but after handing in the papers, before transcribing them, someone will pick out the papers that are defaced, scribbled, or have special marks, and these papers will be registered and written on a list with a blue pen, and they will not even be qualified to see the marker.

The other candidates also put down their pens one after another, and the invigilator lit an oil lamp at the door, the light was dim, so that people could only see the outline clearly, so as not to fall, or knock down the inkstone, etc., but no one could see their own papers, let alone the exam.

With this light, the examiner said, please eat and sleep by yourself, and those who want to go to the toilet can line up.

Chen Ke waited to go out to a thatched house, and when he came back, he rolled up the bed cover under the table and fell asleep. He's a smart ...... With so many men sleeping in one room, the snoring can play a symphony, or if you fall asleep first, this tribute courtyard will be reimbursed for the first night. What other spiritual exams will there be tomorrow?

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Chen Ke fell asleep early and was one of the few who were unaffected. When he woke up, rubbed his eyes, and saw that it was already bright outside, and then looked at the examination room, half of them had already gotten up to answer the papers, and half of them had finally fallen asleep.

went out to a thatched house, washed his face with water, and ate a few pieces of dim sum made by the little county lord, Chen Ke returned to the examination room refreshed and began the day's answering. When he finished the 'Sutra questions', the examiner called up the guys who had fallen asleep......

Then do the ink questions. The so-called 'ink meaning" is the written answer to the scriptures, a total of ten articles. This is not difficult, you just need to keep in mind the "Commentary on the Thirteen Classics...... Although in recent years, the "Commentary on the Thirteen Classics" has been criticized by scholars as incomplete, it is still used as a standard answer in the imperial examination, otherwise this paper will not be approved.

For memorizing Superman, Moyi is not difficult, and in less than the morning, Chen Ke has completed it. But the big head is still to come—one poem and five strategies. Generally speaking, the poetic theory is the real focus, as for the policy theory...... A group of scholars talk about national politics in vain, and they can only laugh and be generous.

But the examiner of Qiu Yu has a lot of discretion, in case of brain cramps, he must focus on strategy, and if he doesn't write well, he can sit on wax, so he can't be sloppy.

Fortunately, Chen Ke has received ten years of formal school education, and he can master any type of school.

Taking advantage of the good state, he decided to finish the three 'poetry treatises' first. The so-called 'argument' is that the examiner gives a classic, and you come to explain the discussion. This is not easy to evaluate because of opinions, so in the process of grading, it is not very important, just don't be too extreme.

The focus is on poetry and fu, and in order to facilitate judgment, poetry is a rhythmic poem, and fu is a legal fu, and the requirements are very demanding. For example, Fu, since the Tang Dynasty, the imperial examination has used the law Fu. However, the law of the Song Dynasty is different from that of the Tang Dynasty, it is not limited to rhyme, but also to the order of rhyme; It is not only necessary to pay attention to the beginning and turn, but also to be thoughtful and very strict. If you are not careful, you will be degraded. Therefore, some people compare it to filling in words, but in fact it is more difficult than filling in words.

The same is true for the metrical poems for the exam, which tests the candidates' literacy and basic skills.

Moreover, poetry is not a free proposition, but to find the source of the title from the "Thirteen Classics", and it cannot be arbitrarily drafted. This raises a problem, candidates who can't be familiar with the "Thirteen Classics" may not even know what book the question comes from, let alone solve the question. In the examination room, no questions are allowed, so you can only answer blindly......

This is not bad, before the Qingli reform, in order to show knowledge, the examiner took more books, novels, ancient anthologies, or the annotations of the Shifting and Combining Scriptures as the topic, or it was to make the candidates dumbfounded. Fortunately, in the Qingli New Deal, it is stipulated that the poetry theory can only be written from the "Thirteen Classics", otherwise Chen Ke can only pray for God's blessing......

The title of this test-taking poem is "Tiande Qingming Poem", some people say that the test-taking poem is used to sing praises of virtue, otherwise two Song Dynasty and three hundred years, hundreds of thousands of test-taking poems, how can there be almost no famous poems handed down? This time was no exception.

Exam-oriented poetry is not ordinary poetry, it is one of the subjects of the elimination examination, the more the ideological content is lacking, the more serious it is in the art form. The poems must conform to the rules, stick to the topic, use rhyme, and fight, and must not make any mistakes, and must be beautifully written in order to stand out.

For example, this poem requires 'the flat words in the title to rhyme, limited to five words and six rhymes'. If you use the wrong rhyme, everything will be over, and you will fall directly.

Fortunately, for Chen Ke, who has undergone rigorous training, what he lacks is artistic inspiration, and he is good at sound and rhythm. In this kind of rigid test-taking, it is possible to make the most of his strengths and avoid his weaknesses, just like the exams specially set up for him.

Partition -

Appeal to the surname of Li to be patriotic, not to smash and rob...... It's just a smash, but it's too embarrassing to rob. (To be continued)