At this time, there was already a long queue outside Taichang Temple.

The imperial examination of the Song Dynasty inherited the Tang Dynasty and was arranged by the Ministry of Rites, which not only borrowed the territory of Taichang Temple, Guozijian and Taixue, but even mobilized the forbidden army to maintain order.

The entire periphery of Taichang Temple is now three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, and there are a large number of patrol soldiers, patrolling around in a neat line.

When Zhao Jun came, he didn't make any waves, because no one knew him, unless he held the waist card of the Imperial City Si Zhisi everywhere to show off his might, otherwise in this era when there was no even a camera, who knew what his identity was?

When everyone saw that he was bringing so many servants, or a servant of the Gongsheng Army with a sword, they all guessed which one it was. After all, in Tokyo Bianliang, in addition to His Majesty the Emperor, only the top officials in these families who have a relationship with the forbidden army can barely mobilize a few teams of forbidden troops.

Therefore, when Zhao Jun came, it even caused a commotion in the queue. Many people are afraid that they will be arrogant and unreasonable, so they will forcibly cut the line. But fortunately, Zhao Jun didn't do anything, just silently lined up at the end of the queue and obeyed the order very reasonably.

The scholars slowly entered the Taichang Temple one after another, and when they were about to line up to Zhao Jun, Di Qing and the others handed him the bedding, test baskets and other things, and whispered in his ear: "Xiaolang, we can only send it here, in the Gongyuan, please pay attention to Xiaolang's safety." ”

Zhao Jun smiled and replied in a low voice: "It's okay, you can go with confidence." It's been hard for you during this time, go to Cao Xiu to advance fifty times in Bianliang, and it's easy and relaxed. The examination room where I am is is the examination room for the "Book of Filial Piety", and the number of people is small, and they are all soldiers of the Imperial City Division watching. ”

"That's good."

Di Qing put his mind at ease, and he kept watching Zhao Jun enter the Taichang Temple outside.

After entering the Taichang Temple, there is a huge square, but the scene inside is a little unbearable at the moment, a large number of scholars were taken aside, searching the bedding, examination baskets, clothes, even the clothes on the body, shoes have to be taken off, and there is no bitter tea left.

Zhao Jun frowned, Zhou Xin led a group of soldiers over, first bowed his head slightly as a salute, and then said in a low voice: "Zhisi, just follow me over there." ”

He pointed to a place not far away where there were a little fewer people, although they were in front of the public like everyone else, there were relatively few people there, and they could barely retain a trace of decency with their backs to the wall.

“.”

Zhao Jun was speechless, so he had to follow.

The Confucian scholars were undressing, the soldiers were inspecting, and some officials from the Ministry of Rites wore cyan and green, that is, between the ninth and sixth ranks, and walked around the venue.

Zhou Xin and the others were responsible for inspecting Zhao Jun, and they still took off their clothes according to the rules, but unlike other soldiers, other soldiers were scattered, checking what they brought with them, and carefully checking the clothes that the soldiers had taken off.

On Zhao Jun's side, he quickly checked the clothes first, and asked Zhao Jun to take off his clothes and put them on quickly, and then began to check other items.

There was an official of the Seven Rites Department next to him who saw this scene, and said in his heart Which family is this kid from, and he actually let the soldiers of the forbidden army treat him so differently? However, since the examination was carried out carefully, there was no sound intervention.

Soon the search was over, Zhou Xin and they took Zhao Jun all the way to the backyard of Taichang Temple, Taichang Temple covers a large area, but there are many Confucian students who can't stand the exam, and there are not so many houses, so every year the Ministry of Rites has to ask people from the Ministry of Industry to help repair a lot of wooden houses.

As a temporary residence, these wooden houses occupy an area of about four square meters, basically a bed with an area of two square meters, a table with a square meter, and a toilet in the corner of the wooden wall.

Zhao Jun tried to choose the "Book of Filial Piety" by Juzi, and there were very few people who chose this course.

Because the Great Song Dynasty is not like the Ming and Qing dynasties, Zhongju has the power to exempt a certain number of conscripts from taxation, and can only exempt themselves from conscription and taxes, so if you want to be truly developed, you must be admitted to the Jinshi.

The Jinshi Jingyi generally does not take the "Book of Filial Piety", basically only the "Spring and Autumn" and "Book of Rites", the content of these two books itself is more than 100,000 words, plus the great Confucian annotations and explanations of the past dynasties, the number of words is more than one million, and the difficulty of the examination is extremely high.

Therefore, at the beginning, if the candidates who go straight to the direction of the Jinshi exam, they will never learn any "Filial Piety Classic", at most they will memorize the "Filial Piety Classic" to prevent the occasional one or two "Filial Piety Classics" ink scriptures or pasted scriptures when the Jinshi test is later made.

Therefore, as a result, more than ninety percent of the candidates will choose the "Spring and Autumn" and the "Book of Rites" as the first or second examination scriptures, and those people are placed in a large examination room, which is supervised by officials who are specifically responsible for the examination.

Zhao Jun was taken all the way to a remote corner of the backyard of Taichang Temple in the eyes of many people with disdain, where people who took the "Book of Filial Piety" were all examined.

The small examination room also has the benefits of a small examination room, Zhao Jun's position is arranged on the back wall of Taichang Temple, there is a towering tree next to it, the shade of the tree shades the wooden house, although it is the Mid-Autumn Festival, the weather is not cold, the morning sun is sprinkled, and the front of Zhao Jun's wooden house is reflected a little mottled.

"Zhisi, we will stand guard nearby, the soldiers patrolling around are the forbidden army of the Imperial City Division, and every year the soldiers and horses of the Imperial City Division will be recruited by the Ministry of Rites to maintain order in the examination room, so if the Zhisi has something, he can give an order."

Zhou Xin brought Zhao Jun all the way to his place, and said to him respectfully: "It's just that we don't have much authority, except for maintaining discipline in the examination room, at most we can only help the candidates get some water to drink." ”

"It's okay, you guys go."

Zhao Jun nodded, he knew that only the examination room and water for the tribute examination were arranged by the venue, including that there was a quota for delivering water every day, and in order to prevent soldiers from being bribed, even the delivery of water was monitored by officials at any time, and they did not have any authority for these soldiers.

Zhou Xin was ordered to leave, leaving two soldiers of the Imperial City Division outside Zhao Jun's wooden house, and each wooden house around was guarded by soldiers, on duty in shifts twenty-four hours a day, and there were people patrolling outside, and the guards were very strict.

After they left, Zhao Jun threw his things on the bed, today is not an exam, he can only lie on the bed to rest, from time to time outside the wooden house, new candidates are brought over, and then arranged in a nearby wooden house, all kinds of messy sounds are filled.

At this time, a surprised voice came from outside: "Brother Tai, I didn't expect you to be here." ”

Zhao Jun was lying on the bed, turned his head, and saw that the scholar he met in the teahouse before was outside the wooden house, still holding a pot in his hand, so he smiled and said hello: "You are also here, what are you going to do?" ”

Shizi pointed to the front and said: "Go get some water, the daily supply of water in the Gongyuan is limited, and if you go late, it will be gone, will Brother Tai go with me?" ”

Zhao Jun saw that the soldiers did not stop him, and there were many soldiers walking outside with pots, basins and other utensils, so he also took out a kettle from the items he carried, got up and walked out of the wooden house, and asked, "Doesn't the Gongyuan send water every day?" Still afraid of running out of water to drink? ”

Shizi smiled: "Brother Tai is the first time to take the tribute, the day of the lock is when the scholars come in and settle down, the soldiers and the officials of the Ministry of Rites are busy with the entry of the scholars, who has the time to help you fetch water?" What's more, today is not an exam, and the scholars can move around at will, but everyone is busy memorizing texts and doesn't want to be distracted by talking around. ”

"I see."

Zhao Jun and he walked around, and sure enough, they saw that except for the scholars who went to fetch water, most of the scholars honestly stayed in the wooden house and recited words in their mouths, and only a few were bored and talking.

Although I am familiar with the text, but as the so-called grinding gun is not bright, it is good to deepen the temporary memory, what if I happen to pass the part I memorized during the exam?

"By the way, my name is Song Cai, and I wanted to make friends when I saw Brother Tai's extraordinary momentum that day, and I don't know Brother Tai's name yet."

"Food delivery? Good name, my name is Zhao Hanlong. ”

Hearing Song Cai's inquiry, Zhao Jun did not give his real name, after all, the people of Bianliang didn't know what he looked like, but in recent days, people with a heart have basically known his name, so it's better not to make any extraneous branches.

"It turned out to be Brother Hanlong."

Song Cai was quite familiar, and while thinking about which Zhao family was powerful in Bianliang, he said with a smile: "Brother Tai is just the first time to participate in the imperial examination, so did he choose to take the "Book of Filial Piety" so steadily? ”

"Well, I only read the Book of Filial Piety."

Zhao Jun replied truthfully.

Song Cai's face stiffened, and then he sneered: "Brother Zhao said that he laughed, I just chose "The Book of Filial Piety" because there is really no way, I have not completely memorized the "Spring and Autumn" and "The Book of Rites", and I have not been able to do it twice before, so I have to use the "Book of Filial Piety" to pass the examination first, and then take the Jinshi examination after being familiar with the "Spring and Autumn Period" and "The Book of Rites" in the future. ”

"Isn't that possible? It is only necessary to familiarize yourself with any of the Seven Classics. ”

"It's not that it can't be done, it's just that I'm afraid that the Jinshi test in the back is."

"It's okay, I'll just take the test."

“.”

Song Cai was speechless, this is really a wonder.

The two had already made a pot of water at the water reception in the backyard of Taichang Temple, and chatted for a while before going back.

Zhao Jun returned to his wooden house and began to close his eyes and think.

The minutes passed quickly.

By the appointed time in the afternoon, all the scholars had already entered it, and the Gongyuan was officially closed and locked.

The examination room of the "Book of Filial Piety" is small and quite quiet, and only occasionally there is the sound of boring scholars talking.

After locking the courtyard in the afternoon, it was completely quiet, and everyone stayed in the wooden house honestly.

Zhao Jun was bored, he didn't attach importance to the imperial examination, just a means to deal with Lu Yijian and others, so that they would not add to themselves behind their backs.

So he didn't pay attention to it, he didn't have anything to look forward to the exam questions, and when it got dark, he fell asleep unconsciously.

In the early morning of the next day, the sound of gongs and drums sounded.

In the Tang Dynasty, the imperial examination was held from the beginning of the third watch to the end of the fifth watch at night, a total of six hours.

In the Song Dynasty, because the number of imperial examinations was too large, and the evening examination was too candle-free, the imperial court could not afford it, so it was changed to daytime.

The imperial examination officially began.

The scholars could only stay in this wooden house, eat, drink, and lazar, all in these few square meters of room, and could not go out again before the courtyard opened.

The wooden house doesn't even have a door, so if it's unlucky enough to rain or cool down, you can only endure it.

Groups of soldiers walked back and forth, and after about a minute, the examiners of the Ministry of Rites began to enter, carrying test papers, and the soldiers behind them came in with large amounts of blank paper.

"The tribute has begun, the examination room is silent, and now the papers are issued!"

As one of the examiners shouted, the rest of the examiners entered in an orderly manner, placing the papers on the table of each exam one by one.

The soldiers in the back divided the two test papers into three pieces of rice paper, and soon Zhao Jun had straw paper and exam papers on his desk.

Zhao Jun looked down.

I saw that the two test papers were printed with a sentence in printing: "The strategy of river management!" "Why can the Qin State dominate the world?"

On the first day, the test was on strategy, and there were two sessions on strategy and theory.

On the second day, the test was Jingyi.

The third day is poetry and songs.

"Policy" asks about the method of harnessing the Yellow River, and "Theory" discusses why Qin was able to unify the six countries.

These two topics are not new.

All dynasties and dynasties are a big topic, sometimes it is to give you a question, on how to govern the place, sometimes if the enemy country comes to attack, what strategy should be used, among which river governance will often appear, and it is about to become a regular question.

Zhao Jun naturally had ideas on this topic, and even when he wrote "strategy" before, he made a policy discussion on the topic of controlling the Yellow River, which was also approved by Wang Zeng.

So he didn't hesitate, took the pen and dipped it in ink, and wrote it directly without changing much of the original strategy, anyway, it was all written by himself, no different from betting on the right question.

After thinking correctly, he naturally walked the pen and snake, and it didn't take long for him to write a sprinkling theory on river governance.

And then there's the discussion.

There's no need to think about it, get him the "Theory of the Six Kingdoms".

Because it's so right, and it happens that I have learned all the Chinese in high school, I can memorize it, even if I forget it, I just fill in the blanks by myself, so there is almost no hesitation at all.

When the pen is gone, quickly do the questions on the answer sheet.

In stark contrast to Zhao Jun, many scholars around him looked distressed.

Although everyone sat in the wooden hut and couldn't see each other, what most people had in common was scratching their ears and cheeks, writing and drawing on straw paper from time to time, and meditating.

Zhao Jun has ideas, as if standing in the perspective of God. For them, the difficulty of the topic is quite great.

The time is only six hours, and it is even more difficult than the college entrance examination to sort out the ideas of strategy and theory in just six hours, and then write hundreds or thousands of words.

To give a simple example, if you are in the college entrance examination, you are asked to write an essay of hundreds or thousands of words in six hours on the methods of governing the Yellow River and why the Qin state was unified.

Scribbling is also fine, that's naturally zero points. In order to get a high score, you must not only conform to the format of the thesis, but also write the reasoning in it, the strategy must be at least theoretically feasible, and the paper must ensure that it has its own unique views and ideas.

This shows how difficult it really is.

And that's just the test.

Before Fan Zhongyan and Wang Anshi reformed the tribute, the content of the examination in the early Song Dynasty and the provincial examination was actually almost the same, all of which were poetry and songs, scriptures and righteousness, and policy theory, but the amount of questions and the scope of the examination were different.

The solution test is to test the person, the provincial test is to take the Jinshi, when the person is tested, the content of the test is a poem, a poem, a poem, a poem, a policy, the main Jingyi ten posts, Moyi ten posts.

When it comes to the Jinshi test, it is a poem, a poem, a poem, a treatise, a strategy, a five-way policy, ten posts of the Analects, and ten Moyi articles in the six classics.

Don't look at the four more strategies and the Analects and the rest of the six sutras, but it means that you have to complete four more national strategies in six hours, and recite the remaining six sutras in addition to the previous main sutra.

The difficulty has almost increased exponentially, and it is no wonder that a large number of scholars will not take the scriptures other than the "Analects", "Spring and Autumn" and "Book of Rites" when they take the exam, and they need to spend more time in these scriptures to prepare for the future Jinshi department.

Zhao Jun had an idea, naturally he was not worried, it only took about three hours or so to write out the "River Governance Policy" and "Six Kingdoms Theory", adding up to about 1,300 words, and it took so long because the brush was slow to write.

When I was done, I checked it. When the ink was dry, cover it with straw paper, press it with a paperweight, and go back to bed to rest.

Time passed minute by minute, the candidates in the venue were still writing intensively, and some officials from the Ministry of Etiquette inspected the examination room all the time, and when they saw that Zhao Jun had actually laid down, they couldn't help but shake their heads, thinking that he felt that it was too difficult and had been completely rotten.

"Knock knock!"

With the sound of earth-shattering gongs and drums, there was a wail everywhere in an instant.

Immediately after that, the officials of the Ministry of Rites came with the soldiers to collect the rolls.

"It's over, it's over."

"It's almost done."

"Let me write this, please."

"Don't pull me, don't pull me, ahhh Let me finish it! ”

Most of the candidates put down their pens, and only a few of them are still struggling to write.

When the officials who came down to collect the papers saw it, they warned them to stop, and those who did not listen were taken away from the examination room.

All kinds of panicked cries broke the previous silence, and soon fell silent.

There are thousands of candidates in Bianliang a year, and there are three examination rooms, and there are probably more than 1,000 and less than 2,000 in Taichang Temple.

Soldiers and officers have been arranged in each examination room, everything is in order, even if it is too late to finish writing, you can only stop, otherwise you will be expelled from the examination room and disqualified from the examination.

Zhao Jun handed the test paper to the official who came to collect it.

The official had seen Zhao Jun sleeping before, took the test paper and glanced at it, and saw that it was densely filled with policy papers, so he couldn't help but be surprised, looked Zhao Jun up and down, and then left with a surprised face.

Soon all the papers were collected, but this did not mean that the candidates could move around freely, and almost all of them lay back on their beds with tired faces, and some were still crying loudly.

In fact, there are many kinds of situations in the examination room, some people are sobbing, some people are praying to God, some people are pale, and some people are numb, but Zhao Jun didn't care.

Because after the college entrance examination, many people are like this, and after going to high school, you can see it once a year.

He lay on the bed, still keeping his eyes closed.

(End of chapter)