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This is a Tang-style building in the shade of bamboo, and there are no fashionable chairs and furniture in the interior. The floor was wooden, and everyone sat on futons with low tables in front of them.

Wang Fang, the mountain chief of Zhongyan Academy, is a Confucian with a broad crown, a high face, and a long beard. He sat north and faced south, looking at the twenty young men who had come in. The scholars all knelt down, leaned forward slightly, and bowed to the mountain chief with Tang salute.

"You are the people who are specially recommended by the examiners, and the master of the body is trained to 'teach according to aptitude'." Wang Fang's words have an elegant ancient rhyme: "Today's personal test, if it is really very human, there is no need to follow the step-by-step process, go straight to the hall of 'wisdom and faith', and be taught by me." ”

After speaking, he nodded, and the assistant teacher distributed the test papers, and a test paper was placed on each small computer. The teaching assistant lit incense and announced the start of the exam.

Only then did the students lean forward and look at the questions on the test paper, only to see that there were ten questions on it. They are two scriptures, two poems, two fu, two historical theories, and two mathematics...... Not to mention a stick of incense, even if it is dark, you can't finish answering.

Obviously, you have to choose what you are best at. Chen Ke swept it and began to do two math problems without hesitation. The first is 'the bamboo is one zhang high, the end is folded to the ground, go to the original three feet, how high is the bamboo?' Isn't it the Pythagorean understanding of a right triangle? This is not difficult for people who have learned geometry, Chen Ke calculated the answer in a blink of an eye: 'four feet five inches five'.

The second question, Chen Ke smiled at a glance, it is the famous chickens and rabbits in the same cage, he knows eight solutions, can calculate the number of chickens and rabbits.

After completing these two questions, the incense stick has just burned its head. Look at the two more test poems, the topic has been given, just take the test and arrange the rhythm. This kind of poem, due to the limitations of subject matter and rhythm, rarely produces truly excellent works. But that's exactly what Chen Ke is good at...... After mastering the rhyme and exegesis, he was able to rhyme with ease, and soon wrote two poems with five words and six rhymes.

At this time, the incense sticks were already half burned.

Chen Ke worked hard and completed the two historical theories...... On the issue of history, Chen Ke was afraid that his views would be too shocking, so he used a tricky method -- copying the views on the "Zizhi Tongjian". thinks that since Sima Gong can get the 'Wenzheng' reputation, he is naturally a model of popularity and dedication in this era, and he can't be wrong.

Soon, the two historical theories were answered, and there was still a third of the incense stick left.

Chen Ke immediately went to do two scriptures...... In the morning, he was tested for oral meaning, which is a kind of ink meaning, requiring the exact use of the predecessors' commentaries to explain the scriptures, and the requirements of the scriptures are higher, not only to use the commentaries to explain, but also to expound the subtle meaning...... This is not a problem at all for Chen Ke, who has an adult mindset.

When the incense stick burned out, he was able to finish one.

One stick of incense, seven questions. Chen Ke sighed lightly, thinking that he could finish the eight paths.

After ordering everyone to put down their pens, blow dry the test papers. The teaching assistant put the paper away, and Wang Fang reviewed it in the court.

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A stick of incense is about a quarter of an hour, and it is impossible to complete ten difficult and time-consuming test questions in such a short time.

The reason why Wang Fang asked the question like this is that he can test the strengths of these children, so that they can teach them according to their aptitude...... When time is tight, people will definitely start with what they do best. The second is to test the psychological quality of these children...... Layers of imperial examinations can grind people into ghosts, and without a strong ability to resist pressure, they will not be able to persevere to the end.

In his opinion, as long as he answers two questions in a decent manner, he is considered to be intelligent. He didn't expect anyone to surprise him.

However, when he skimmed through the test papers, the old gentleman's jaw was about to drop. I can't scream in my heart, I can't help it...... What kind of demons are there this year?

All of the 20 candidates answered more than two questions, of which 15 answered more than three, five answered more than four, three answered more than five, and one answered seven......

The old master was a little dizzy. Settle down, and say in my heart, it won't be some Meng Langzi who is here to answer questions and make up the numbers, right? The more I looked at it, the more I looked at it, the more erratic the expression on my face became, pulling my beard for a while, and smacking for a while, destroying the profound image I had worked so hard to create.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an hour, the old gentleman finished reading the last test paper, he looked at the students who were about to collapse, didn't say anything, got up and went out.

Deacon Yuan also went out.

The two of them went to the thatched house, happily put a piece of water, and saw the old gentleman's eyebrows dancing and splashing. Deacon Yuan asked curiously, "What about this group of students?" ”

"The old man is famous for thousands of years, and Zhongyan Academy is among the four majors," the old gentleman said with a smile on his beard: "It's all pinned on them!" ”

"So highly rated?" Deacon Yuan was speechless, he knew that Wang Fang was a very harsh person in teaching, and it was difficult for you to hear a few words of praise from the mouth of such a person.

"I'm afraid the evaluation is too low." Wang Fang shook his head and said: "It seems that this move is right, only by becoming an official school can we recruit talents from all over the state." In fact, based on the level alone, a teenager can't impress this well-educated Confucian, what he sees is hope, a seedling, and a jade! It's a group of horses with a great future!

"Mountain Chief, you can't make them too proud." Deacon Yuan saw that Wang Fang was urinating on his pants, and couldn't help but remind worriedly: "If it's full, it will overflow......"

"Hmm." Wang Fang nodded, tied his trouser belt, and after Deacon Yuan scooped a spoonful of water to clean his hands with a water scoop, he straightened his face, wanting to return to his master's appearance. But I still couldn't help grinning: "It's really a creation......"

"......" Deacon Yuan was completely speechless.

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Hearing the sound of footsteps, the soldiers who took the opportunity to move their soreness legs hurriedly sat down again.

Wang Fang returned to the futon and sat down, his face was already sinking like water, but a water stain on the placket destroyed the image of the master.

"In this exam, the performance is very bad." Wang Fang's words poured all the scholars into the heart: "All of them are impetuous, shallow, and naïve." Blindly seeking speed and being unconventional is really disappointing. ”

"......" In front of academic authority, even Chen Ke thought that he was really wrong, not to mention the rest of the students, all of them had become frosted eggplants.

"Hmm." Wang Fang felt that what he said was a little too much, so he changed his head and said: "But there is always some merit, so let's pull out the general from the short man and say a few strong points." As he spoke, he picked up a few test papers and said, "Which one is called Chen Ke?" ”

"The students are here." Chen Ke quickly straightened up.

"Well, you can answer seven questions in one stick of incense. You can see that you have learned a lot and are quite talented. Wang Fang said slowly: "The most gratifying thing is that your historical theory, your views are old and square, quite popular, and you can come out on top...... paused and said: "But to be tied, because your two test-taking poems, although they are quite proficient, but compared with the other, there is still a big gap." ”

The other one is called ......," he said, and he picked up the second test paper: "Which one is Su Shi?" ”

"The students are here." Su Shi hurriedly straightened up.

"Poetry is based on words, if you do it well and practice diligently, you will become a famous poet." Wang Fang smiled and said, "But that's not the reason why you are tied for first place. What I admire the most is also your historical theory. Although Chen Ke is inferior in terms of ideology, his language is plain but brilliant, and the trend of the wind and clouds can be seen in just a few words! So you are the first in the text," and turned to Chen Ke again: "You are the first in reason, don't you feel wronged?" ”

"No grievances, no grievances." Chen Ke simply smiled, oh my mother, in the first exam, he tied for first place with Su Shi, and he was glorious and glorious......

"Well, it's big enough." Wang Fang's approving twist beard said: "Only in this way can it become a great tool." After speaking, he picked up the third volume and said, "Third place, Su Zhe." ”

"The students are here." Su Zhe hurriedly straightened up.

"You make five questions, and the road is compliant, which is quite rare, make persistent efforts to catch up with the two of them." The old gentleman is worthy of being a master of education, and this is just the beginning, creating competition among students.

"Fourth place, Chen Yu." Wang Fang looked at Chen Shilang and said: "Although I only answered three questions, I was strong and ancient, so I was promoted to the fourth." ”

Then he said the fifth, sixth, and seventh place, Song Duanping was the eighth, and until the tenth place, there was no name of Cheng Zhicai.

Cheng Zhicai's handsome face is about to come out of the water. In the seventeen years since he was born, he has never been so humiliated...... Cheng Zhicai is extremely talented, and even his father, who was born as a jinshi, praised this son for being better than the blue. From Mengshang to Shouchang Academy, he was the leader in every exam, and he never ranked second.

This time, because of the reform of the examination system, he had to come to Zhongyan Academy for a while, and he thought that he would be firmly at the top, but who knew that he was beaten down to the top ten...... This made him extremely angry, and he finally couldn't help but whisper: "May I ask the mountain chief, why did you knock me out of the top ten?" I answered five questions! ”

"Your name is Cheng Zhicai, right?" Wang Fang said with a smile: "You are quite literate, and your history is also very solid, among the twenty people, you can be regarded as the top; But your poems use Xikun style, and your writing uses Taixue style, and a certain one is the most disgusting...... "He wanted to say, but if he changed it later, his ranking will naturally come up."

"It turned out to be the teacher's personal preference." Who knew that Cheng Zhicai said with a disgruntled face: "But students have studied the imperial examination papers for nearly 20 years, using Xikun for poetry and Taixue for literature, this is the trend, if you don't use it, you can't go to high school!" ”

"Poetry is based on words, not blindly piling up allusions and pursuing gorgeousness, which will only make poetry a tool for you to show off your rhetoric, and it makes no sense to do 10,000 poems; As for the Taixue style, it is even more blindly seeking innovation, and I don't know what to do...... Wang Fang sighed and said: "For example, there is a sentence in your historical theory...... 'Zhou Gong Lingtu, Yu Cao Gong, Fu said that the negative version is built to build the foundation of peace'. There's no need to be so awkward, you're doing it on purpose! The article is written to make people understand, and on this basis, the beauty of the text should be pursued. Instead of abandoning the basics, it is specifically incomprehensible! ”

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