[There are guests at home today, and I have been busy until the evening, everyone is sorry! 】

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At the next moment, the bell rings for the imperial examination, and at this time, the entrance of the examination room will be closed, and no candidates will be allowed to enter, but there will always be candidates who are late, or oversleep, or find the wrong place.

But no matter what reason they used, the door of the examination room would not be opened again, and many scholars squatted on the ground in despair to hide their faces and cry, missing this moment, which meant that they had to wait for another three years.

The scholars in the examination room were also very nervous, and the examiner had already begun to distribute the examination papers one after the other.

100,000 candidates, almost 5,000 big tents, it is impossible to have an invigilator for each examination tent.

The invigilator uses the method of patrol to invigilate the exam, and there will be a soldier in front of each big tent, and the soldier is not responsible for invigilating, but dies to deal with some special things, such as the examinee fainting, or taking the examinee to the hut and so on.

Many candidates found the loophole of lax invigilation, so they did everything possible to bring cheating materials into the venue.

As long as you pass the gate search, you will basically not be caught again.

Fanning had already obtained a set of exam papers, two official answer sheets, two manuscript papers, and two slips of paste.

At this time, the test questions have not yet been announced, and the examiners first write their names, hometowns and test numbers on the two official answer sheets, and then write the volume number in the upper right corner, and then paste the names and other contents with a paste note.

Fanning's eyes looked at Liu Ran, but found that Liu Ran's seat was empty.

This made Fan Ning stunned, just now I saw Liu Ran sitting in the seat with his waist straight, where did he go?

At this moment, Liu Ran walked into the big tent with an invigilator and two soldiers, and he walked all the way to Fanning, pointing at the candidates in front of Fanning.

"It's him, who took the cheating information with him!"

The examinee's face suddenly turned pale, his strands trembled, and large beads of sweat flowed down his forehead.

The invigilator stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, "Get up!" ”

The examiner was trembling and unable to stand up, when two soldiers stepped forward to lift him up and drag him aside, and the invigilator immediately searched out a dozen pieces of cloth with words written on it from the bosom of the examiner.

He snorted heavily, "Take it away!" ”

The candidate suddenly hissed and cried as hard as he could, "Spare me!" I don't dare, let me go this time! ”

"Take it away!"

The invigilator shouted angrily, and two soldiers dragged the candidate away, and his cries could be heard in the distance.

There was silence in the big tent, and everyone's eyes were on Liu Ran, although everyone didn't like cheating scholars, but they were even more disgusted with people who stepped on other people's positions.

Liu Ran glanced at Fan Ning with disdain, returned to his seat triumphantly, and easily got the reward for exposing the cheating, of course he would not let go of this opportunity.

Just then, a heavy bell rang outside.

"Knock-knock-"

The exams have officially begun.

Everyone immediately focused on the cheater, and a soldier walked in, holding a wooden card with a blank piece of paper on it, on which was the argumentative essay question for today.

"Zi Zai Qi asked Wen Shao, I don't know the taste of meat in March, and I don't want to be happy. 》

Fanning breathed a sigh of relief, the title was exactly the same as he remembered, and history did not deviate here.

Since learning that Fan Zhongyan changed the trajectory of history and was transferred back to the capital, Fan Ning didn't believe in his memory a little, he was afraid that if he was a little inadvertent, he would see another history that was going to a fork in the road.

For example, the chief examiner of the imperial examination this time should not be Ouyang Xiu, but history has changed here, and Ouyang Xiu served as the chief examiner, so it would not be strange if the imperial examination questions changed.

But fortunately, the questions of the imperial examination were not written by the examiner, but by Zhao Zhen, the son of heaven, and the questions of the scientific examination were not affected.

For the top experts, this kind of article can be easily and effortlessly.

Fan Ning can also do it with a wave, but then he may not be able to compete with the genius boys from all over the Great Song Dynasty, he can only use his prescient advantage to prepare in advance.

Fan Ning wrote this question a few months ago, and after repeated deliberation and revision, some passages even borrowed from later historical masterpieces, and it took more than a dozen revisions before he was barely satisfied.

The key to this question is 'learning', Zhu Xi has a commentary on this discourse, "There is the word 'learning' on the March of the "Historical Records", I don't know the taste of meat, and I don't care about him ....... because of my heart."

To put it simply, March doesn't know the taste of meat, it's not that the music is too beautiful and forgets the taste of meat, but that he forgets to sleep and eat in order to learn beautiful music, and he can't care about tasting the deliciousness of meat.

If you grasp this, you will be able to write a good argumentative essay.

Fan Ning also discussed this article with Su Liang and Li Dashou a month ago, in fact, he implicitly told them where is the core of this article? How to write it? I believe that now Su Liang and Li Dashou will also be handy.

Fanning pondered for a moment, then took up his pen and wrote on the manuscript:

"Xile has a famous person, and the author of the emperor Shun is also. After more than 1,000 years, only Qi can pass on its music, Confucius heard its sound in Qi Shi, thought that his heart of Mu Shun's virtue has been extremely ordinary days, and heard the music of Shun, his body was like at that time.

Therefore, do not listen to it, but take it to heart. ”

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Fanning wrote more than 1,000 words in one breath, and finally put pen to paper and pointed out the argument of this article.

"The sage lives in neighboring countries and listens to ancient music, and he learns for a long time and is called Chunmei."

Fanning put down his pen and suddenly felt something, and when he turned around, he found the invigilator standing beside him, stretching his neck to read his essay.

This made Fanning embarrassed for a while, and it was only half an hour later, and he had already finished writing, which made the invigilator look at it.

It is no wonder that the invigilator pays attention to Fan Ning, and other scholars are biting their pens and pondering, but Fan Ning is flying like a pen, as if his thoughts are like springs, and he can't stop at all, which is completely different from other candidates.

There was a look of shock in the invigilator's eyes, obviously shocked by the high quality of this argumentative essay, but also shocked by Fanning's high speed, he had never seen a candidate write so fast, it had only been more than half an hour, and this candidate had already done it.

The invigilator gave Fanning a strange look, and couldn't help but tap his paper, meaning that he was writing too fast, and he would revise it well.

In fact, the invigilator knocking on Fanning's paper is already a violation, according to the regulations, the invigilator cannot do anything that hints at the candidate, he knocks on Fanning's paper, is it to mean that the writing is not good, and it needs to be revised again? Or does it imply something else? It's easy to get confused.

The invigilator also realized that he had violated the rules and turned around and left the exam room.

Fanning re-read the argumentative essay three times, correcting a few minor flaws, before writing the argumentative essay on the original draft.

Speaking of which, Fan Ning also wants to thank Zhang Yi for sorting out the 28 tips for the imperial examination, these tricks are actually the experience of the candidates, and they can only be experienced by participating in the imperial examination many times.

It is precisely because of this black technique that Fan Ning has learned a lot of experience from his predecessors, so that he can avoid making some low-level mistakes as much as possible.

For example, before starting to write the main draft, an article must be laid out, how big is the line spacing, what is the word spacing, how big the words should be written, and so on.

With advance layout planning, an article can look reasonably laid out, neither cramped nor wide, making the volume very pleasing to the eye.

Don't underestimate this kind of volume layout, the examiner is faced with 100,000 exam papers, and a paper that looks tightly curled into a small ball will definitely affect the mood of the examiner, and many times, without even reading the content, he is directly sentenced to death.

An ugly exam paper will never be admitted to the Jinshi, this is the consensus of many examiners, the difference is only that it is eliminated in the first few rounds.

Fanning copied the argumentative essay on the formal answer sheet, and he carefully checked it twice to make sure that the word was good, and then put down the pen.

At this time, more than an hour had passed, and according to the regulations, the papers were not allowed to be handed in until after noon, and it was almost two hours to wait, which was really difficult for Fanning.

While Fan Ning was tormenting time, Li Dashou's situation was not good, and his nervousness, exhaustion, and physical weakness made him almost unbearable.

His eyes were dizzy, and even the scroll gradually became unclear, and his vision became blurred.

Li Dashou wrote an argumentative essay on a draft, which the three of them discussed, and he remembers Fanning repeatedly emphasizing to them that the key is to 'learn'.

As long as you grasp this key point, no matter how bad the article you write, it will be in the middle of the class.

Li Dashou forcibly wrote hundreds of words, he only felt that all the strength of his body was drained, his eyes began to blur, more and more blurred, he finally couldn't support it, and his eyes were dark, 'Bang! The pen fell on the scroll and fell to the ground.

There was a loud bang, and all the candidates turned their heads in surprise and looked at the big black man who fell to the ground.

The soldier at the tent door heard the movement and hurried in, and at a glance he saw the examinee lying on the ground.

The soldier was startled and hurriedly called two companions, and the three of them carried the unconscious Li Dashou out of the big tent, the first candidate to faint this year.