The second session of the Township Examination officially began on the morning of 12 August.

The test papers are issued.

The Five Classics are the same, because each candidate chooses different Pentateuch scriptures and covers different topics, so the five questions in the Five Classics will be listed in the examination paper at the same time, and candidates only need to choose one of the questions to answer.

From the perspective of candidates' topic selection, there are more people who specialize in "The Book of Songs", "Zhou Yi" and "Shangshu", but fewer people choose "Spring and Autumn" and "Book of Rites".

In particular, in the "Book of Rites", among the more than 80 people admitted in each session, usually only a single digit chooses the title of the "Book of Rites", and there are forty or fifty people who choose the "Book of Songs", accounting for almost half of the total number.

This reflects the difference in the selection of the scriptures in the Five Classics, and it is also the trend of almost all candidates to choose the questions.

The title of the "Book of Songs" is naturally the most important of the five classics: "The state is determined, and the people are in their endeavors." ”

The words of "The Book of Songs, Zhan Wei" means: "There is no stability in the country, and the scholars and common people are harmed." ”

The "heaven" is not only the heaven that human beings cannot defeat, but also refers to the ruler in general, and it is the accusation of natural and man-made disasters in ancient times, and it is about the tragedy of the world brought about by the ruler who does not exercise benevolent government.

This topic......

Zhu Hao's first impression is that you are very bold in the questioner! Isn't this an insinuation that the current emperor is not benevolent and virtuous, which leads to the result of "the state has a fixed number of people and the people are miserable"?

But then I thought that it was precisely the Wenchen who was in control of the discourse and public opinion guidance of the government and the opposition now, perhaps Yang Tinghe and his henchmen liked to criticize the current emperor's unscrupulous way when they asked questions in the local area, and it was better to call it persuasion...... In short, this kind of topic will not only not be banned, but may also be respected by the top level of the civil service.

Zhu Hao felt that this topic was okay, it was exactly what he wanted to write, just to criticize the absurd emperor in the bright light and satisfy the preferences of the curtain officials.

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Except for the Pentateuch questions.

Then there is the question of theory, edict, table, and judgment.

Because the edict, table and judgment are all application questions, relatively speaking, you can just write the application essay in a fixed form, there is nothing to say, it is equivalent to filling in the blanks in the imperial examination, you can't write it to show that your attainments are not enough, as for whether it will affect the final admission......

As long as you play well in the first game, and the questions in the last two games are almost the same, you will pass.

And the title of this discussion is quite special: "On the way of civil and military affairs, those who have a country should not be abandoned." ”

This question is not in the "Huguang Township Trial Record" that Zhu Hao had seen in his previous life, and it can be said to be a new question due to the butterfly effect.

The concept of the way of civil and military affairs comes from the "Analects of Zizhang": "The way of civil and military affairs has not fallen to the ground, in people, the sage knows its great, and the unsage knows its small, and there is no way of civil and military." ”

There is also a related discussion in the "Book of Rites": "One piece and one relaxation, the way of civil and military affairs." ”

This question is in the current political question, which happens to be contrary to the previous "Book of Songs" question.

Everyone knows that today's emperor belongs to the type of "reckless and military", and the high-level civil officials do not like the martial style of the current emperor, thinking that it has damaged the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, that is, to establish the country with literature, but now it is necessary to discuss the civil and military can not be abandoned, which shows that there are contradictory views among the authors.

First, I feel that many things Zhu Houzhao has done are angry and resentful, but he admires his achievements in martial arts.

Because it was not one person who came up with the questions in the township examination, but more than a dozen people from the inner curtain officials jointly wrote the questions, and finally the main examination and the same examination made the choice, which shows that among the inner curtain officials, they could not unify their thoughts and determine whether the emperor was martial or not.

You are not martial, King Ning rebelled, did you watch King Ning's rebels drive straight in, even two capitals, and snatch the throne? This is the kind of culture that civil officials admire?

The self-contradictory psychology of the inner curtain official made Zhu Hao carefully consider whether to criticize the current situation as worthless when answering the question......

It seems that just the act of "angry youth" and thinking that you cater to the preferences of the civil service class, the final result may be that the internal curtain officials think that you are not politically mature enough, and it is difficult to get good results in this township examination.

In this way, it is better to be more neutral in the argument.

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The second exam was held in a relatively peaceful atmosphere.

Perhaps the candidates feel that the first four books are the most important, and it doesn't matter whether the second answer is good or not, which is like giving you a few additional questions in the exam, so that you have to answer, but saying that the results are not recorded in the overall score...... So do you answer well, or do you deal with it sloppily and get by?

Regardless of the choice, at least in terms of answering mentality, it is not as nervous as the first one.

However, there was still no unusual sound in the examination room.

On the morning of 14 August, there were more people handing in their papers, and two or three hundred people poured out of the examination room at once.

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With the pain of the first two games and three days each, Zhu Hao became more and more accustomed to the third exam.

The five policy theories are divided into economic and historical policies and current affairs policies.

The strategy of history is to discuss the present with the past, and the policy of current affairs is to discuss the current situation.

What disappointed Zhu Hao was that only the last of the five policy topics was vaguely regarded as a current policy for the disadvantages of the times, but it was very vague, and the direction of the discussion was a bit like "Huguang is ripe, the world is full", and the discussion is about the transportation of grain and grass materials in the nine sides of the northwest, and the grain and grass in the south of the Yangtze River cannot be implemented, but it is the junction of Huguang and Henan and Shaanxi, and it is more convenient to mobilize grain and grass soldiers and horses......

Zhu Hao read the question and always felt that the questioner pointed to Su Xigui.

Because in the past few years, it is precisely because of Su Xigui's back and forth that grain and grass can be directly transferred from Huguang to the north, which is more than the previous transfer from Jiangnan to the Grand Canal, which not only saves the distance, but also maximizes the effect of grain and grass in Huguang.

There is also a similar topic in the historical policy: "Ask, the ancient people who were the country must train the peasants, their people are rich and vulgar, good and good, and the important ministers of the current imperial court, both the officials who specialize in the agriculture, the county magistrates, and also serve as the duty of persuading the peasants, and between the fields, the land has the power to spare, and the people are more traveling......"

One of the distinctive features of the thesis topic is that the topic is relatively long.

Saying a long sentence first, bringing a point of view, and finally letting you try to discuss, and finally concluding with something like "Please try to say" or something like that, this is the standard essay question of the Tao, which is more in line with the habit of writing argumentative essays in later generations than quoting a passage from the Four Books and Five Classics to make you argue.

And there is an advantage to the answer to this kind of policy question, there is no need to use the eight-strand text.

Basically, it's free-spirited, with ideas, and you can express your views clearly and unmistakably.

However, if you start from the literal meaning, the direction of the answer to this question is closely related to "training farmers", then it is biased, because just the first half of the sentence, you can see that the questioner pointed out that the biggest problem in persuading farmers is that "the land has the power to spare, and the people have more hearts", which tells you unmistakably that in fact, the land can produce more grain, and the situation of food shortage lies in the "more people are more traveling", which means that some people do not produce, but specifically want to do business.

Therefore, it is necessary to "suppress the end", not to put the cart before the horse, to pursue agricultural production, and to put down those who do business together.

Zhu Hao wanted to say, you so-called Confucians, have you ever thought about who transported the grain from the fields to your mouths? Is it your family? Or the farmers themselves?

One by one, they are not engaged in production, but criticize the businessmen who communicate from all directions......

Huaxia has always been in the embryonic stage of capitalism and has not broken away from feudal autocracy, which is caused by you scholars who suppress the merchants too harshly.

If the Ming Dynasty could enter the capitalist society early, why would it suffer a catastrophe a few hundred years later?

Farmers alone can fill your stomachs, but they can't bring about scientific and technological changes and promote the overall progress of society.

Zhu Hao should have criticized these nerds well...... But the problem is, I'm taking an exam.

Am I going to baash the examiner?

Am I fucking crazy?

This made Zhu Hao speechless, obviously I oppose your point of view, but I want to write an article that agrees with this argument, and I have to speak in a meticulous way and criticize myself......

The imperial examination is really oppressive, and it is necessary to act according to the rules of the person who made the question......

It may be better to test the scriptures and historical strategies, at least it will not violate your conscience.

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Three exams are over.

Back at the residence, Zhu Hao didn't think about anything, he just wanted to make up for sleep.

The nine-day torment is a personal going crazy, and the thought that if you fail the exam, you will have to come to the provincial capital every three years to experience a cruel test that almost takes off three layers of skin, which is really a desperate and suffocating experience...... But this is also the most important part of the feudal imperial examination.

In fact, when I think about the future, I also have to go through various exams, and I still need to read and write hard at night.

It's like a bird in any era.

No one is better than the other.

Then simply solve a thousand sorrows in a dream, and there is everything in the dream.

Zhu Hao slept soundly, but there were visitors who did not know the current affairs to disturb people's dreams, when Zhu Hao dragged his tired body out to meet the guests, but he heard Lu Song, who came to visit him on a special trip, insisted on returning to Anlu first.

"Lu Dianzhan, if you want to leave in a hurry, you can go back first, but that lady can't go with you." Zhu Hao said.

Lu Song hurriedly explained: "Now that the rebellion of King Ning has subsided, there is no way to talk about the contact between the Xingwang Mansion and the Huguangbu Political Envoy and the Dusi Yamen, and it will arouse suspicion if I stay in Wuchang Mansion for a long time." ”

Zhu Hao said: "But your original task was not to accompany me to the provincial capital to participate in the imperial examination?" Before the list was released, I said I was leaving...... If I win, I don't eat the Lu Ming Banquet, but will it make people think that I am worried that I will not pass the exam, and I will flee back to Anlu with my tail between my legs? ”

Lu Song shook his head and smiled bitterly.

He had been waiting for Zhu Hao's exam before, but now that Zhu Hao has finished the exam, he still hasn't left, saying that he will wait for the release of the list...... As a warden of the palace, he accompanied a palace companion to study for the provincial city and township examination, which made him feel that he had left his post without permission and did not know what to do.

As for protecting Lou Suzhen...... He never thought that it was his responsibility, and even Xingwangfu was used by Zhu Hao.

He really couldn't understand why Zhu Hao wanted to save an irrelevant Lou Suzhen, not to mention causing trouble to Xingwangfu like this, would Tang Yin appreciate it?

In the end, it caused a commotion for no reason......