The stars are moving, and in a blink of an eye, it will be the day of the big exam. That Yu Yin Qiao and the others accompanied Sun Zhaoyuan to the Tribute Courtyard.

Yu Yin Qiao said: "I know that you are a talented man, but in this tribute courtyard, you have only arrived here after the competition of various states, and you are only a great Confucian in the world, who is only eight buckets and rich and five cars, those half-hangers, they can't even judge the problem, I don't know which historical fact and which scripture are parallel goods, and they have long been out." After you enter, you must not be sloppy with the enemy, you must know that there is a sky outside the sky, and there are people outside the people. And there is no first in the text, there is no second in the martial arts, and in the end, it is all based on the preferences of the examiner who scores the papers to determine the ranking. If you can't get into the circle in the end, it doesn't matter, we are all still young, and there are opportunities, you look at those candidates, and there are more than half a hundred years old. If the green mountains are left, there will eventually be firewood. ”

Jin Fei said: "No matter what, the virtuous brother is still a good student to answer, don't take it lightly, if you pass this level, there will be glory and wealth behind, my three brothers, there is also a hope." ”

Sun Zhaoyuan didn't answer, only nodded, and kept thinking about the homework in his heart. He also knew that there were strong players here, and if he hadn't fallen off his horse and been injured, he wouldn't be afraid. In the past, no matter how difficult the book was, you could remember it by reading it once, not only remembering, but also tasting the hidden essence of the book. But now when I read the book again, I have to read it carefully several times, and some of the hidden information in the book can be tasted, and some of them don't know the clues.

Although Sun Zhaoyuan felt distressed, he worked ten times harder before, and still read all the books he had examined. He has great confidence in this major examination, but he is not sure that he will win.

When the time came for the examination, the gate of the Gongyuan slowly opened, and twenty or thirty officials holding salutes and wearing red festive clothes came out, only to hear an official wearing a big gift costume, who came out and preached loudly: "Heaven is close to Ze, the emperor is long, the entrance examination of the University of Science and Technology is officially opened, and all the scholars enter and bathe and change clothes." Salute the soldier and fire the cannon. ”

When the word landed, the salute rang out. The prefectures and the prisoners of the state entered, bathed and changed their clothes, and changed into examination clothes.

This time it was a coincidence, next to Sun Zhaoyuan, there was another evil man with little money. Qian Yinan knew that Sun Zhaoyuan had not been assassinated, and pretended not to know on his face, and pressed his heart to kill him, thinking that he could not make any extraneous branches on this important occasion, but said in his heart: "After such an important time, I will make plans." ”

Although Sun Zhaoyuan knew that Qian Yinan instructed someone to assassinate him, he didn't break it, and he was still gentle on the face, but inside, he was careful.

The candidates lined up in turn, divided into thirty columns, sixty people in each row, and entered the compound of the Gongyuan. A large platform was erected in the compound. The supervisors have already sat on the main examination, and even Wang Youming came urgently from Yong'an Prefecture to receive this errand. An official said: "The auspicious time has come, please ask the president of the undergraduate examination, the confidential minister, Lord Jindeha, on behalf of the saint, to give a lecture for the scholars." ”

After finishing speaking, Jin Deha came to the stage, straightened up, and said: "Thanks to the emperor's grace, the undergraduate examination is officially opened." Scholars are the foundation of the world, the future pillars of the imperial court, the emperor attaches great importance to the selection of scholars, and appoints the official to serve as the president of the undergraduate examination, and the important task of leading the recommendation of the intellectual, the official is sincerely afraid, but he wants to be exhausted, and seeks to obtain talents, so as to report to the court, to report to the saint, and to report the society. Ladies and gentlemen, you must give full play to your strengths, show everything you have learned in your life, and we will be careful and serious, verify your knowledge, rank fairly, and select the best. will live up to the hardships of the scholars' hard work. When he finished speaking, all the scholars knelt down and said goodness in their mouths.

Each candidate entered their respective examination compartments in order and began to answer.

Sun Zhaoyuan opened the test paper, looked at the first question, and wrote: "The scholar knows the instrument first, and he has the word 'Wen'." ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said in his heart: "What does this mean? Scholars must first have instrumental knowledge before they can get the nickname of the text? After thinking about it, the preface did not match the afterword, and it was extremely incoherent, and after studying it carefully for a long time, I realized that this question was very cunning.

This sentence should come from the "New Tang Dynasty Book: Pei Xingjian Biography", "Scholars are far-reaching, first instrumental knowledge, then literature and art", which originally meant that scholars must first have generosity if they want to go far, and then they must have literary brilliance. This question has gone to the antecedent, changed the end, and does not do the four questions like it, if it is an ordinary person, etc., it will fall into the trap of the questioner and answer it randomly.

Sun Zhaoyuan solved the question, and praised the historical celebrities who had bearing and literary talents, and those who had talent but no bearing, and derogated them. This problem is solved.

Sun Zhaoyuan looked at the second question and wrote: "If you are a minister of the previous dynasty, how to write a letter to Emperor Jiren to revitalize the previous dynasty, so as not to defeat the country and perish." ”

Sun Zhaoyuan thought again: "This question is also very vicious, in the last years of Emperor Ren, it coincided with a natural disaster, and the people had nothing to eat, so they could only get up and rebel and find a way to live, so it was a great chaos in the previous dynasty." Therefore, the Nie Er clan can take advantage of the weakness of the previous dynasty, win with one blow, and win the former dynasty. If I write that Emperor Ren wants to strengthen his troops and horses, straighten out military affairs, and fight against foreign enemies, this judge will judge me to be disloyal to the Nie Er tribe and have foreign thoughts. Then I only need to write that Emperor Ren needs to open a warehouse for disaster relief, pacify the people, and suppress the people's uprising, which is the correct solution, although I also know that natural disasters and man-made disasters, the granary of the previous dynasty has long been emptied, but only in this way can I not fall into the trap of the examiner. ”

After the examination of the questions, he wrote down how to provide disaster relief, how to suppress the uprising, and resolve the popular uprising.

Sun Zhaoyuan looked at the third question again, but it was just an ordinary question, decent, and there were no traps, so he stated what he wanted on paper.

The exam time was four hours, and in less than an hour, Sun Zhaoyuan finished writing the paper. Sitting in the cubicle, not sitting, not standing, and wanting to sleep again. I could only hear Qian Yinan sighing next door, presumably he was scratching his ears and cheeks at this time, not knowing how to answer.

Sun Zhaoyuan thought: "Last time this person asked me the answer, I guess he was a half-. If the examiner hadn't given him the answer, he would have failed the test. If no one takes care of him this time, he will definitely fall off the list, and if he is jealous of my talent, and his uncle is a minister of the court, a secretary of the ministry, I will not be at risk. At that moment, my heart became uneasy, and I thought again: "If I become the champion, enter the Hanlin Academy, and walk beside the Son of Heaven, I am expected to be a scholar of the Ministry of Officials, and I dare not do anything to me." ”

Just thinking about it, it happened that Wang Youming was inspecting the examination room, and Sun Zhaoyuan was the chief examiner in the examination area. In addition to the supervisor examination, he is also responsible for marking and grading in the later stage. When he saw Sun Zhaoyuan, he said, "Why do you seem to be asleep, have you finished answering the test paper?" ”

Wang Youming was not too familiar with Sun Zhaoyuan on this important public occasion, so he asked in a businesslike manner.

Sun Zhaoyuan knew what it meant, so he said: "The student has finished answering the test paper and is waiting to go home after the exam." ”

Wang Youming was extremely surprised, and said: "It's only been an hour since the exam started, and you have finished answering, how fast you are." After speaking, he picked up Sun Zhaoyuan's test paper and read it, and sure enough, he was brilliant and talented.

Wang Youming smiled, put the test paper back, and said, "Rao is after the exam, you should also check again to see if there is anything missing." ”

Sun Zhaoyuan picked up the paper and read it a few more times, he was very satisfied, and there was no way to revise it, so he waited until the end of the exam and cleaned up the gate of the Gongyuan Academy.