Zhaifu was leading the way in front, and it was inconvenient to speak, Du Jinning and Guan Jiaze nodded, indicating that they knew, and did not ask anything more.

In the side hall of a large hall, Du Jinning met Feng Xuezheng.

Feng Xuezheng was in his sixties, with gray hair and beard, a thin face, and a serious face.

Seeing Du Jinning and Guan Jiaze saluting respectfully, he bowed his head slightly, and then looked at the two: "Who is Du Jinning?" ”

Du Jinning was stunned, glanced at Guan Lehe, and saw that Guan Lehe also showed surprise, so she lowered her eyes and said, "The student is Du Jinning." ”

Feng Xuezheng pinched his beard, frowned and glanced at Du Jinning, but did not speak.

After a while, he withdrew his gaze and pointed to a few desks and futons on the side of the hall: "Sit." Seeing Guan Jiaze hesitate, he looked at him again, "You are also with you." ”

Du Jinning and Guan Jiaze walked over there and sat down.

Without waiting for Feng Xuezheng's orders, a man dressed as a man walked over and put two scrolls in front of Du Jinning and Guan Jiaze, as well as a set of four treasures for each of them.

"Our Taixue adopts the 'three-rounding method', that is, students are divided into upper houses, inner houses and outer houses according to their levels. If you are new to school, you naturally want to enter the outer house, but there is also a threshold for the outer house, so you can make that paper. ”

Every academy has an entrance exam, not only Taixue, but also the Boyue Academy in Lishui County, Guizhou Province has an entrance exam. So for Feng Xuezheng to test them, Du Jinning and Guan Jiaze can understand.

On the contrary, it was Guan Lehe, frowning, and glanced at Feng Xuezheng, seemingly a little displeased.

Feng Xuezheng looked at Du Jinning and Guan Jiaze from a distance, with a serious face, and didn't seem to see Guan Lehe's gaze at all. Guan Lehe had to sit aside and be silent.

Taixue is the highest institution of learning, with a status equal to that of later universities, and the way of recruiting students is similar to that of Fuxue. That is, except for a small number of "preparatory class" students who came in to study without being lifted, the vast majority of them were lifted.

Therefore, the questions on this test paper are the type of test questions, that is, to write an article based on a sentence in the "Four Books".

The topic is very plain and does not limit the format of the article. This is to allow candidates to give free rein and reveal their true writing skills, style and political tendencies while relaxing.

Du Jinning looked at the topic, grinding the ink slowly, thinking about Feng Xuezheng's actions just now.

Feng Xuezheng specially asked her name just now, obviously knowing that she was such a person. And although she has only been in Beijing from Gui Province for a few days, she doesn't know many people, but speaking of which, she has offended many people in Beijing.

For example, the Yan family of Boyue Academy, for example, the apprentices and grandchildren of Qi Yuandao, for example, she refused to woo her and Pan Yiting who proposed to her during the township examination. This Pan Yiting is also Zhou Dongping's teacher.

If these people knew that she had come to the capital and planned to enter the Taixue, it would be normal for them to ask others to embarrass themselves.

Since this is the case, she can't pursue brilliance or style in this article, but should be down-to-earth and not reveal the slightest loophole, so that Feng Xuezheng can't find fault with it.

Having made up her mind, she picked up her pen and began to write.

Just after handing out the test papers, the man lit a pillar of incense next to him, signaling them that the article must be completed within the time frame of one pillar of incense.

Du Jinning has always been extremely fast in writing articles, especially articles like this, she doesn't need to write drafts. With her memory and writing skills, she was able to write a splendid essay in one go.

But in order not to let Feng Xuezheng pick thorns, in order to pursue stability, Du Jinning still honestly made a draft. However, in order to save time, she did not write the entire article and copy it again, but sorted out her ideas on the scratch paper, listed several ideas and writing ideas she wanted to write one by one, and stared at the scratch paper to make a draft, and then began to write on the test paper.

Guan Lehe came during the lunch break, and it was also the lunch break time in Taixue at this time, probably in order not to delay the afternoon, and also to test the level of Du Jinning and Guan Jiaze, the pillar of incense was not long. By the time Du Jinning finished writing an article unhurriedly, the pillar of incense was almost burning.

Taixue is subordinate to Guozijian. For example, in the Tang Dynasty, there were schools such as Guozixue, Taixue, Simenxue, Law, Calligraphy, and Arithmetic. The difference between schools is related to the status of the student's seniority (i.e., the official of the father's ancestor). Guozixue, Taixue, and the four schools are respectively recruited for the children of bureaucrats above the third, fifth, and seventh grades, while the law, calligraphy, and arithmetic are recruited for the children of the eighth grade or less and the common people.

Although the Song Dynasty was restructured, it did not change much.

Guan Jiaze originally went to school in the four schools under Guozijian, and only entered Taixue after passing the township examination. As the son-in-law of the Guan family, he is qualified to enter Taixue after winning the examination, as long as he does not take the exam too badly, he can successfully enter the school. So he writes with relative ease. Although he was a little arrogant, he also felt that Feng Xuezheng did not like Du Jinning, so he deliberately took care of Du Jinning in terms of the speed of writing articles.

At this time, seeing that Du Jinning put down the pen, he also hurriedly finished writing the last line, hurriedly checked it and took the lead in handing in the paper.

In the eyes of these old masters, handing in the papers early is a manifestation of impetuousness, immodesty, and imprudence. After Guan Jiaze handed in the paper, Du Jinning still sat still, but checked the article over and over again until Zhaifu said: "It's time." Then she got up and handed in the test paper.