Chapter Eighty-Nine: Continue to Fall Through the Eyes of the Crowd
Liu Wanli couldn't believe it.
Since Liu Wensu was a farmer in high school, Qingyang School has become their local legend, Liu Qingshan, as a student of Qingyang School, can be on the first list, but Liu Chenxing is also on the first list, what's going on!?
Liu Qianli has a lot of fox friends in the county, in order to show that his children have learned well, he participated in this year's county exam, and called two friends to watch the list.
They know Liu Wanli's family very well, and when they heard Liu Wanli's shout, they were also shocked at the moment, "Liu Chenxing, isn't it the daughter of Brother Liu's second brother, she is only twelve or thirteen years old this year, and she came to accompany her eldest niece for reference, why did she get on the top list!?" ”
After the first exam, all the candidates knew that there was a thirteen-year-old female candidate this year, and she was openly enjoying herself with her brother in the examination room, but that day the official Xu called his name, and everyone didn't remember the name Liu Chenxing clearly.
This can be said to have stirred up a thousand waves for a while, and there was an uproar outside the county yamen for a moment.
Especially the person who stood on the moral high ground yesterday and severely reprimanded Liu Chenxing, only felt that his face was beaten, and he also didn't want to believe it.
is only twelve or thirteen years old, she is still a woman, she can study for a few years, how can she be on the top ......!?
"By the way, could it be that the name is written incorrectly...... Thirteen-year-old ...... in the first ranking? Hehe......"
"And ...... Or which male candidate is also called Liu Chenxing......? ”
The candidates did not want to believe that a thirteen-year-old candidate was on the first list, and they were even more unwilling to believe that this candidate was a woman.
There are also those few who fail to make the list, it is difficult to accept that they will not be as good as a thirteen-year-old woman, and then think about Liu Chenxing is still eating, drinking and enjoying himself in the examination room, so why should people who regard the imperial examination as child's play be on the first list, and they are not on the list!?
The loser was immediately red-eyed, and the demon shook his head again and again, "Mistaken...... Got it wrong......"
kept muttering to himself, and he didn't know what to think, and suddenly shouted: "It must be the wrong test paper!" ”
Belch......
Hearing this, everyone was silent in an instant, they could question Liu Chenxing, a thirteen-year-old girl, on the first list, but they still didn't have the courage to question the examiner's marking at the yamen, in case it was not good, either they were disqualified from the exam, or the examinee was not happy in the next two exams, and the results of the county exam were originally to be lost, wouldn't it be worth the loss?
Everyone makes excuses for themselves, but there is a fact in their hearts that they don't want to admit - it is impossible to be mistaken.
As the saying goes, there is no first, poetry and essays, and there may be certain deviations due to the likes of the examiner. But this exam is a scripture, with standardized answers, right is right, wrong is wrong, and there is no show at all.
There are more clear judging criteria: post a small scripture and note, through six or more; Post "Lao Tzu" and note, through three or more, for passing, that is, B Branch. The small scripture is all ten posts, and the five posts of "Lao Tzu" are all passed, which is the first department.
That is to say, to be on the first list, the first exam post must be all correct, and if there is any mistake or omission in any place, it will fall to B.
And Liu Chenxing is only thirteen years old, and he is still a female candidate who has gone through the motions, how can he be A!?
Everyone didn't want to believe it, and they didn't dare to say that the examiner was wrong in reading the papers, so they had to make a comprehensive discussion on how Liu Chenxing was rated first.
After some heated discussions, we finally came up with a reason that everyone could accept.
Then someone laughed on the spot: "It's because we think too much, she can't finish the Five Classics at that age, let alone a woman!" Most of them were for the exam, and she only learned the Xiaojing and "Lao Tzu", and it happened that the exam questions this time were familiar to her, so she answered the scriptures and the silent meaning correctly! ”
"Haha, that's exactly the reason! But I didn't have such good luck in the next exam! It depends on real talent and real learning! After tomorrow's essay exam, I finally don't have to compete with a little girl anymore! ”
"Paying attention to a little woman who is lucky enough to pass the test is a waste of my time. Tomorrow's essays, I might as well wait for a get-together, guess the topic and compose a poem? Gone, gone! ”
Everyone sighed with emotion, and probably felt that it was a waste of time to pay attention to Liu Chenxing, and tomorrow was the second essay test, not only wanting to be able to press the exam questions, but also wanting to make a name for himself through the party.
With this in mind, the candidates gathered around the list were scattered.
As a party who has been discussed for a while, Liu Chenxing can finally go to the list to see the results.
At least seventy percent have passed the first post, and all four female candidates have passed.
However, there are only five people in the first list, and she is the only female candidate.
Rao was under the discussion of everyone, and he already knew the results of the exam, Liu Chenxing still felt more relieved to see the names of himself and his brother with his own eyes.
Liu Qingshan is the same.
And relieved, he had the heart to ridicule, turned around and said to Ah Mei on the side: "With Ah Mei Zhuyu in front, everyone forgot to crusade against me, a greedy brother." ”
Liu Chenxing: ......
However, compared to Liu Chenxing, who was talked about by everyone, it is obvious that Liu Wanli is more aggrieved, although his children have passed the first exam, especially his daughter, he could have shown off, but with Liu Chenxing's cousin on the first list, what else does he have to say?
Liu Wanli glared at Liu Bao'er, who was watching the list together, and saw his friend watching, so he only stepped forward and said: "Qingshan, Ah Xing, you two did well in the exam this time, both of them are A, and it is not in vain that I usually supervise more." But this is just the beginning, ordinary people can pass, and you have to have real talent and real learning, Ah Xing, you have to be more prepared, after all, not every time you have good luck. ”
Whether she can have good luck every time, Liu Chenxing doesn't know, but the second essay exam, that is, one poem each, the test question is the proposition poem of Feixue in February this spring, she just imitated the "Spring Snow" of Han Yu, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty of the Celestial Empire, and composed a few poems herself.
If so, in the second essay exam, Liu Chenxing once again won the first list.
As the candidates said, the next exams must be really talented, and luck and rote memorization are useless.
However, they ignore one point, real talent and real learning also rely on the accumulation of daily life - as the saying goes, "If you are familiar with 300 Tang poems, you will not be able to compose poems and chant", which means that if you are familiar with excellent works, you will naturally improve your writing level. And Liu Chenxing is the most striking example, not relying on talent or luck, but just reciting ancient poems every day and studying ancient books such as "Erya".
People who have not worked hard, even if a question like Chunxue is simple, is still famous in Sun Shan, and the pass rate suddenly fell to one-fifth.
Liu Chenxing, as the only female candidate who passed, continued the third exam with her brother - Shi Wuce.
Compared with essays, Liu Chenxing attaches more importance to current affairs.
It's not that she's the best at current affairs, and it's not that the current examination strategy is the key to passing the ranks, but that the imperial examination now has a tendency to emphasize more and more essays. In the Tang Dynasty of the Celestial Empire, the imperial examination was also such a development trajectory, in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, the imperial examination was endowed with poetry, although it promoted the prosperity of Tang poetry, but it ignored the governance ability of the Juzi, and finally could not be entrusted with important tasks, benefiting the country and the people.