Coming out of the palace in embarrassment, Shen Ao had to go back to the country's prison.

If you want to get married, you have to be the champion! Is the champion so easy to test? In addition to strength, but also luck, Shen Ao didn't even have a grasp of thirty percent, but with this motivation, Shen Ao had a little more expectations for the imperial examination.

When I returned to Guozijian, I met Wu Bi and others who came out in a hurry, it turned out that Wu Bi had passed the top three exams, and he was very proud, and he was rubbed to invite wine, and he happened to meet Shen Ao, and he couldn't help but pull him away.

Shen Ao shouted: "Are you still good people? I'm a scholar, how can I be a fool of you guys who don't learn well, I won't drink this wine. ”

"Hey, I said in advance, I won't go anywhere except for the Immortal Restaurant, the food there is very much to my taste."

was dragged to the Immortal Restaurant, Xiao Er saw Shen Ao and immediately informed An Yan, An Yan hurriedly came out and specially opened a room for them, saying: "Since Shen Gongzi brought his classmates, this time's wine is free!" ”

"Free?" Everyone was overjoyed, no one was polite, what milk swallow homecoming, Xi Shi tongue, concubine chicken, a dazzling array of orders for a big table, just when Di San'er came in, seeing that these people were extremely shameless, they stomped their feet, and taught Wu Bi and others to have a cold neck, and they didn't dare to order anymore, and they were silent one by one.

Shen Ao was so aggrieved: "Miss Di, I didn't order this dish, there is a debtor and a debtor...... his eyes glanced at Wu Bi meaningfully: "Ahem......"

"Hmph, shameless stinky scholar!" Desan snorted heavily and walked away.

After eating, a large group of people returned to Guozijian, Shen Ao slept for a while, and did not wake up until the next morning, and began the final sprint like an ascetic, but the doctors were very concerned about him, and after class, they also asked him and Wu Bi to go to Chongwen Pavilion to tutor, these doctors have rich experience in scientific examinations, and said many precautions for the exam, Shen Ao was very serious, and actually took out a pen and paper to write down these mantras one by one, which made the doctors happy.

What a good student, even the precautions for the exam, he remembered it so seriously, he almost wanted to take his words as a holy decree. The self-confidence of the doctors swelled up all of a sudden, and they were all over again!

It's just that if they knew that Shen Ao wrote down these words to be sent to the editorial office of Suiya Weekly to become Shen Ao's money-making weapon and increase the sales of the weekly, they were afraid that they would not feel so good.

On the ninth day of August, it was finally time for the imperial examination, and the students gathered, facing the cool autumn breeze, and stepped into the examination room.

There are a total of four examinations in the imperial examination, one is an examination of the Great Classics, two examinations are also examinations, three examinations are examinations, and the last examination is a strategic examination. In fact, whether it is the Great Sutra, the Concurrent Sutra, or the Examination Theory, it is one of the scriptures, which is nothing more than the difference in the test questions, such as the Great Sutra, the question must be the content in the "Book of Rites" and "The Biography of Zuo in the Spring and Autumn Period".

In the final analysis, it is still the same, as long as you can make the scriptures, no matter where the topic comes from, as long as you break the topic, undertake the topic, and start the lecture according to the format.

However, the last test was not taken in the examination room, and generally only those who won the tribute were qualified to participate in the palace examination, and the emperor personally countered them.

Shen Ao was full of confidence, waited in the examination room, packed up the pen and ink, and waited for the test questions to be sent, this time he was facing a lot of pressure, this year's imperial examination scholars, there are as many as 10,000 people, it is not easy to stand out among so many people, but Shen Ao is a person who is getting stronger and stronger, when it comes to a critical moment, his mental quality is excellent, in this regard, he has a great advantage, in other candidates, I am afraid that he is already nervous.

With the sound of bangzi, the first test question was finally sent, and after reading the question, Shen Ao was stunned, and couldn't help but say: "There are friends from afar, and I am very happy." Hey, that's a question like this. ”

This sentence comes from the Analects of Linguistics, and the Analects comes from the Book of Rites, so it is considered a great classic.

The meaning of the title is very popular, that is, it is not very pleasant to say that there are friends of like-minded people from afar? The problem is that this topic has long been rotten on the street, Shen Ao's biggest advantage is his quick thinking, so the more difficult the topic, the greater his advantage, but he didn't expect that the imperial examination would be such a mediocre topic.

After sighing, he didn't think about it anymore, pondered for a while, and decided to solve the question from a tricky angle, otherwise the candidates' opinions on questions like this will be the same, and the examiner will be tired when he reads it. If Shen Ao can bring out some new ideas, it can produce refreshing effects.

Besides, the surname of the chief examiner, Shen Ao also inquired, it was the Dazai Su Bai of the current dynasty, this person is not young, he has reached the age of Zhishi, and his knowledge is quite high, and he likes to read those surprisingly winning Shiwen and Jingyi, if he can satisfy his appetite, it is not a problem to stand out.

It should be noted that although there were many places in the Song Dynasty, the results were also divided into three classes, the first class was called Jinshi and so on; The second class is called Jinshi origin; The third class is given to the same Jinshi background. Therefore, on the surface, there are as many as four or five hundred students admitted to each imperial examination, but those who can really enter the Jinshi and the first, will never exceed ten people, most of them are still from the Jinshi and the same Jinshi, to enter the top three, only the Jinshi and the first are possible, therefore, the first great scripture is particularly important, and if something goes wrong, it can no longer be made up.

Shen Ao was not in a hurry to start writing, sat on the stool and pondered, time passed slowly, and only after half a sound did he slowly pick up the pen and write: Husband and friend come from afar, and when you are in the world, how can you be as happy as evil? It's not studious.

It means that friends come from afar, and at this time, is it worth being happy? If your friends are not easy to learn, in fact, it is nothing more than that.

This sentence is extremely unusual, and it directly denies the argument that there are friends from afar. Shen Ao involuntarily smiled faintly, and continued to write: The master reverted to the beginning for the sake of Mingshan and said: The scholar's surname is restored; And love, a surname, has a few words, or a few joys.

This sentence inherits the topic, but it starts from learning and borrows Confucius's views to annotate itself. It must be known that this treatise on linguistics is originally a way to persuade people to learn, Shen Ao did not solve the problem with his friends, but turned to learning, which was quite a red flag and anti-red flag.

After that, the dragon and snake began to fill in the words according to the format of the scriptures, and it took half an hour for a flowery article to be counted, checked several times, and corrected a few typos and loopholes before giving up.

After the exam is over, the papers are handed in, and the candidates appear one after another, and their expressions are different, some are annoyed, some are excited, and some are happy; Shen Ao returned to the Guozi Prison, Tang Yan taught him in the past, asked him how he did in the exam, Shen Ao remembered his surname well, and memorized his scriptures, Tang Yan pursed his lips and said noncommittally: "It's okay, whether you can be selected or not depends on the examiner." ”

Shen Ao snickered in his heart, he had already figured out the way of this examiner, and he would not fight an unprepared battle.

………………………………………………………… In the hall of the Ministry of Rites, Dazai Su Bai is too old, he is already seventy years old, and his life is seventy years old, and now he is walking, and he has to take a few more breaths.

Su Bai was old, his eyes were dizzy, and he was already out of breath after only reading a few papers, so the papers were read by the examiners, and when he found a good work, he presented it to him.

It's just that the examiners didn't submit a single paper. This year's Dajing questions are too ordinary, and there are friends from afar? Hehe, the sample essay of this kind of exam question is not a thousand but eight hundred on the market, aesthetic fatigue, so many volumes, all of them are the same, which makes people not interested, and it teaches people to be drowsy. There are thousands of choices, but there is always no one who has the appetite for people, so not only Su Bai's face is displeased, but even those examiners are also gloomy.

After a while, a father-in-law in the ear room came over and asked, "Master Su, I'm just afraid that I'm in a hurry in this palace, why haven't I picked out a few good articles?" ”

Over the years, the imperial examination questions, the palace will send a father-in-law to wait here, if there is any good article, it will be selected and sent directly to the palace to go to the palace, this is a gesture, it is to say to the people of the world that the Son of Heaven Chongwen, and he attaches great importance to students.

Su Bai smiled bitterly and stroked his beard: "Father-in-law Liu will wait a while, maybe he will come." He was also a little uncomfortable in his heart, the article submitted to the Imperial Review could not be picked randomly, how could the Son of Heaven be so foolish, if the article sent was not good, wouldn't it mean that you didn't know the choice of text? Therefore, no matter how urgent the father-in-law is, Su Bai does not dare to make a mistake, once the article is sent, it means that this volume has the qualification of Jinshi and the first, and he will have to bear the consequences.

That father-in-law Liu was also a little tired, but he couldn't stay here for long, so he went back to the ear room to drink tea and wait.

Su Bai impatiently held the tea cup and blew on the tea foam, it was at this time that an examiner finally got up from the case and came over with a paper, Su Bai suddenly came to his senses, took the paper, and said to the examiner: "Wait left and right, finally come to see one?" ”

The examiner said with a smile: "Xia Guan just thinks that this paper is very innovative, and the rhetoric is also excellent, so please take a look at it." ”

Su Bai waved his hand, and asked the examiner to continue to read the papers, and raised his eyes to read the article, he was an old Jianghu, he had served in academic and political positions, and he had also worked in the Ministry of Rites, and he was most familiar with the articles of Jingyi, just raised his eyes and looked at it, he couldn't help frowning, thinking in his heart, what kind of problem is this, he dares to overturn the words of the sage?

Immediately looked at the subject again, his face stretched a little, with an expression that was the same, he shook his head and muttered: "This person's thinking is very agile, I haven't seen such a strange person for a long time." ”

It turned out that the topic was followed by a breakthrough, but it was no longer to overturn the words of the saint, but to use the words of the saint to explain why there were friends from afar who were not very happy. At the same time, it is also affirmed that the words of the exam questions only cause some kind of deviation in understanding.

Su Bai continued to read the lecture, all the way down, the full text is very smooth, there is no trace of delicateness, the rhetoric is very complicated, but I don't feel that there is anything out of place, the theme of the whole scripture highlights the word "diligence", quite popular, Su Bai involuntarily shook his head, and read: "The emperor has the world, not to take advantage of power and govern and teach for pleasure, but to relieve his worries and diligence with the Tao." The gentleman's great deeds are not to meet the lord and be famous, but to worship the joy of the capital. There are friends from afar, Si Shi also, Si Qing also, and there is a difference from the other? Exhilaration...... Well, a good emperor has the world and politics and religion are happy, and the gentleman has a great line to meet the lord and win the hearts of the people, and the road of the world was explained by his conclusion. ”

Su Bai fell in love with this article, read it several times in a row, and called out a few good words, and even the other examiners were alarmed. In fact, at the beginning of this article, it was only based on quick thinking, and it was very rare to extend diligence from afar, and the most rare thing is that in the end, it extended diligence to the principle of Qi family governing the country and leveling the world, and this truth is almost the essence of the entire Confucianism.

Other scriptures are based on breaking the topic as the main purpose of the whole text, but this scripture is the opposite, breaking the topic and shocking the world, and then turning around when undertaking the topic, so that people can't help but applaud the author's agile thinking. Only the last sentence is the finishing touch, which expounds the world harmony that readers have pursued for thousands of years, which is awe-inspiring.

Su Bai hurriedly said, "Go and invite Grandpa Liu." ”

Immediately, a waiting official went to the ear room to invite someone, and when Gonggong Liu saw Su Bai coming, he came busily, and Su Bai said: "Immediately seal this volume and enter the palace to ask Your Majesty to take a look." ”

Gonggong Liu was a little reluctant, just a volume was brought into the palace, and if there was a good volume at that time, wouldn't it be a few more trips? It's better to wait and send it over with you.

Su Bai saw Gonggong Liu's thoughts, and said with a smile: "You listen to me, this volume is sent to the palace, Your Majesty will definitely be happy, go ahead." ”