March 16.

On this day, the most important thing for Tang Yin, Lu Song and others was to greet the arriving Wang Shouren.

For Zhu Hao and Yuan Rulin, this day was the day that decided their fate...... Entrance exam.

The process of the prefectural examination is similar to that of the county examination.

Early in the morning, before dawn, you have to carry your own examination basket to the Temple of Literature, ready to enter the exam, the queue does not seem to have as many people as the previous county exam, but because the government examination has been selected by the county examination, the average knowledge of the participants is higher, and because the government examination has not been tested for more than ten years or even decades, the average age of the reference personnel of the government examination is much older than that of the county examination.

When Zhu Hao and Yuan Rulin lined up, they were all Confucian students in their thirties and forties, their faces were tense, their bodies trembled slightly, and they looked very nervous.

After decades of study and decades of exams, this is only a government exam, not a college exam that can finally decide whether to achieve fame or not.

Zhu Hao understands that there are many people who take the public examination in any era, especially in this feudal era, only with fame can they be regarded as stepping into the gentry class with one foot.

It's time to enter again.

For candidates like Zhu Hao and Yuan Rulin, who have taken the county exam in Anlu, they are familiar with the road, and even the search and inspection are still those people, and the process when entering the venue is basically the same.

However, after entering the venue, the treatment enjoyed by Zhu Hao and Yuan Rulin was different.

As the head of the Xinke County test, as well as the top ten in the county test in the two counties, they must be raised to a seat number and assigned to a separate examination room for the examination, that is, the number A examination shed.

As long as Zhu Hao brightens his knot, there will be a government messenger to show him the way and let him go to the examination shed of the Jiazi, while Yuan Rulin can only stay in the examination shed of the Bingzi.

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Admission went smoothly.

When I sat down, the genius shone brightly.

The lantern hanging at the end of the examination booth was removed.

There were originally sixty seats in Zhu Hao's Jiazi examination shed, but the top ten candidates from the two counties sat in, but in fact, only twenty seats were seated.

These candidates are generally not very old, most of them are around 20 years old, they noticed Zhu Hao when they entered the venue, and the candidates in Changshou County naturally knew who Zhu Hao was, but although they had heard of it in Jingshan County, most of them were seeing Zhu Hao himself for the first time.

Seeing that he was really a childish and won the head of the Changshou County case, they had a lot of disdain in their hearts.

This is equivalent to an examination room specially prepared for top students, according to the convention, each session of the government examination forty passing places, Jiazi number examination shed in these counties can be more than half of the elite can pass, and although the head of the government examination has no convenience to enter the school, but the head of the case is basically out of these twenty candidates.

Sit down.

There is still no process for accepting and singing insurance, and it is usually necessary to check the documents brought by the candidates, such as affidavits and mutual bonds.

Daming is quite polite to readers, which is completely different from the Qing Dynasty's strengthening of the control of readers, strict guarding, and in order to eliminate all possible cheating, the candidates were humiliated, and even the excretory holes had to be searched if they were suspicious.

The prefectural exam is different from the prefectural exam in that candidates do not need to bring scratch paper.

The government will issue a few pages of paper, and it can be seen that the treatment has been greatly improved, and it is no longer an exam that everyone can take in, and the cost of the test papers and straw paper used in the government is borne by the government, and the candidates do not need to pay money, which is also a convenience for the government to candidates who want to go to school.

"Pay attention, today, the old man of Zhizhou will come to the examination room in person, if anyone makes a noise, drag it out directly to play the board!"

The leader of the yacha came out to intimidate the candidates present.

When he saw Zhu Hao, his face changed, and his head was no longer as high as before.

When he reached the end of the examination room, he raised his head again, and then walked away without a superfluous nonsense.

Except for Zhu Hao, the candidates didn't see any difference.

Everyone is waiting for the exam to start.

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All candidates first write their names and the names of their ancestors for three generations, and then wait for the questions.

Because it does not involve formal fame, the exam looks formal, but in fact it is just a situation, for the candidates of the Ming Dynasty, the real challenge is the college exam, the front to pass the children's exam, for the general people who have received systematic education, it is only a matter of time.

But the question is......

In these years, there are not many people who have received systematic education, most of them belong to the wild road, they went to private school for a few days when they were young, they recognized the words of the "Four Books" and "Five Classics", roughly understood their meanings, and roughly knew how to write articles.

Zhu Hao is no longer a newcomer to the field.

I was a little bored while waiting for the questions, and I took a brush and turned it around my fingers.

The candidates in the examination booth on the opposite side looked at it, this kid has some doorways, and the brush can actually play so many tricks?

Many people want to learn, but because they want to be able to start writing as soon as possible after a while, many brushes have been dipped in ink, and they definitely can't play like Zhu Hao.

The ten candidates opposite, especially the four or five people in the center, all looked at them with a fierce murderous aura.

Zhu Hao is curious, who is the county head of Jingshan County? Just because I'm a kid and robbed the head of Changshou County, where the state is located, you have to be so bitter and hateful?

Finally put the question away.

It's still a two-question four-book essay question.

In the Ming Dynasty, the scholars took the imperial examination as the main assessment items, and as for the five scriptures and strategies, they were not used as the main selection criteria until the township examination......

Of course, except for the general examination and the palace examination.

Usually there is no assessment of poetry.

Two questions, the first question: "A gentleman can not bear to see the life of an animal and to hear its death, and cannot bear to eat its flesh."

Mencius question.

On the rule of benevolence.

In the second question, when Zhu Hao saw the content on the board, he couldn't help but smile on his face.

It is not a "big topic" from the "Analects" and "Mencius" in the traditional sense, but a "small topic" from the four books "The Mean": "The country will prosper, there will be auspiciousness, and the country will die, and there will be demons."

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The title is out.

The two questions are written in a day to write a three- or four-hundred-word eight-strand essay, which is still vague but not transcribed, which is similar to the mode of the county test.

Zhu Hao is not in a hurry to write an article, at this time he still has the leisure to observe the state of several candidates in his field of vision on the other side.

Obviously......

These two questions are a bit "out of the syllabus" for even the top ten candidates in the county exam.

After all, the government examination is only a small test for children, and it does not involve whether it is admitted or not, for candidates, the preparation for the exam must be based on preparing for the big questions, and the candidates who are generally talented do not have so much energy to study the "Mean" and "University", so that there are very few articles prepared for these two Confucian classics.

Since I haven't written the corresponding article, or even read the relevant model text, the difficulty naturally increases in a straight line, and I understand the literal meaning, and I can memorize the annotations...... But there is still a big gap between this and writing a complete argumentative essay.

After a brief look up and observation, Zhu Hao also had to seriously review the question.

The literal meaning is not a problem, both questions belong to the kind that is easy to get started at a glance, but you can't find the direction of the discourse.

The first question is relatively simple.

Is it to say King Qi Xuan...... is the monarch of Qi who "has nothing to do with Zhong Wuyan and nothing to do in Xia Yingchun", who is not very confident in himself, and asked Mencius, do you think a person like me can govern the country well? Mencius explained to him the concept of how to govern the country with morality and benevolence.

Mencius asked, I heard that the king of Qi, you saw someone pulling a cow and preparing to go to the sacrifice, and after you asked the purpose, you wanted to let the cow go, and your subordinates asked you that you would not sacrifice? You say just use a sheep instead. Is there such a thing? King Qi Xuan said yes.

Mencius said, "If you have this benevolence, you will be able to govern the country well."

King Qi Xuan said, I am not because of benevolence, but because of stinginess, I feel that it is a pity to use a cow to sacrifice, and I can save money with a sheep.

Then Mencius smiled and said, this is enough, throwing out the theory that "a gentleman is a beast, he can't bear to see his death when he sees his life, and he can't bear to eat his flesh when he hears his voice", which means that it is only because you see the ox passing in front of you, because of benevolence, you let it go, if it is a sheep passing in front of you, you will not be able to bear it, which shows that you are very lenient and benevolent, and you will definitely be able to become a wise king.

In the imperial examination, there is no problem with the rule of benevolence and skill, and it is a basic examination question.

Who didn't write a few essays on the rule of benevolence and virtue when they practiced writing articles?

Just deal with a few sentences, and the first article will be there.

It's just that Zhu Hao has to think deeply.

You said that Kuang Yangming had just put down the local bandits, so he threw out such an exam question, did you mean that he couldn't bear to kill those captured thieves?

Or do you think that today's emperor is not "benevolent" enough when governing the country, so as to express his feelings?

This question, even if Zhu Hao carefully figured out Kuang Yangming's mentality at this time, it was not easy to grasp.

Then his eyes fell on the second question......

This topic is even more interesting.

When the country will prosper, there will be auspiciousness, and when the country will die, there will be demons...... You Kuang Yangming really has a set of disadvantages when he is acupuncture, compared to the questions in your county exam, your questions are more radical this time.

Let's take a look at what questions you came up with in the county exam?

One is to show his indignation at the courtiers' indiscriminate manners, and simply pat his chest to the emperor to ensure that you have nothing to do with the Xingwang Mansion; The second question says that you should learn Zhou Yi after the age of 50, which not only shows that you specialize in psychology, but also shows that you have no expectations for your career, and I hope to study well after the age of 50 and live your whole life......

Let's take a look at the questions you put out during the exam.

Let's talk about the rule of benevolence first, and then talk about the rise and fall of the country, as if you are about to enter the center as a minister, worrying about the direction of the country, as if you are the most capable minister in the world.

The questions illustrate the shift in your mindset.

You were disheartened at the beginning and were ready to leave the officialdom, and Mingzhe showed that he had nothing to do with Xingwangfu.

Now you're thinking about how to govern the country.

It's all about you quelling the thieves and making great contributions, and you feel that there is no problem in promoting the prefect or even the political envoy to participate in politics and senate, and the future is bright again, so now you are a veteran and ambitious.

Then when I write an article, I will cater to your change in mentality and help you discuss how to govern the country!

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