Fan Zhongyu is the chief examiner, and this collection of Fan Gongwen can be described as a relief for Jia Huan.

After reading this collection of essays, Jia Huan will be able to have a fundamental understanding of Fan Zhongyu's writing preferences.

Then when the exam is written, there will be some emphasis, and the chances of winning will be greatly increased.

Thinking like this, Jia Huan picked up this collection of Fan Gongwen and began to look through it.

Jia Huan's reading speed has always been very fast, even if he reads every word carefully, most of the day's effort, he has finished reading this collection of Fan Gongwen.

After reading it, Jia Huan couldn't help but gasp.

This Fan Gong is very powerful! After reading his anthology, Jia Huan had to admit that this Fan Gong's articles were already self-contained and formed their own style.

Maybe it's a little worse than those articles in history, but it's also a temporary choice.

His own article is a lot worse than Fan Gong's article.

However, the imperial examination is not only a proposition essay, but also a time-limited essay, and the difficulty is naturally different.

Even if Fan Gong was asked to do such a time-limited article, he would not be able to do it so delicately and beautifully.

Jia Huan has a general understanding of Fan Gong's article.

On the ninth day of August, the first exam of the township examination will officially begin, and in the past few days, Jia Huan has gradually become familiar with his style based on Fan Gong's article.

Of course, Jia Huan will not blindly imitate.

Wen is like his person, through the anthology, Jia Huan can probably see the character of this Fan Gong.

If you blindly imitate it, you may not be able to please it.

And in the past few days, Mrs. Zhao, who has gradually improved her health, is busy.

She was busy helping Jia Huan pack up her exam supplies, although she didn't have much to do, and she didn't have to prepare a few days in advance.

But she always felt that she owed Jia Huan too much, and the township test was imminent, if she didn't do something for Jia Huan, she would be uneasy.

Time passed day by day, and soon it was the eighth day of the eighth month of August.

Jia Huan got up early, dressed and washed under Qingwen's service, and then after eating the breakfast made by Qingwen, he went out with the exam basket.

Well, the main examination of the township examination is the ninth day of August, but candidates need to enter the examination room one day in advance. On the eighth day of the eighth month of August, candidates will go to the examination room.

Qingwen kept sending Jia Huan out of the house, and then said: "The third master will definitely be victorious, successful, and the champion of high school." ”

Haha, another little girl who doesn't understand the imperial examination process, where is the champion.

Jia Huan didn't bother to explain to her, waved his hand, and got into the carriage.

Well, in the past few days, the two brocade guards standing guard at the gate have left and are not standing guard at the gate of the Zhao Mansion.

At the gate of Zhao's mansion, there are also carriages that dare to come to the door.

This carriage was set early.

After a short time, the carriage sent Jia Huan to the door of the examination room.

At this time, it is not yet early in the morning, strictly speaking, this time is the late night of the seventh day of the eighth month.

I have to say that this exam time is really very underworld. You don't have to be so early to enter the exam room a day earlier.

The first cannon was fired at 0:00 a.m., two firing of the trumpet cannon half an hour later, and three firing of the trumpet cannon at about 1 o'clock. After the third round, open the door of the examination room.

At about three o'clock in the morning, the roll call was held in front of the door, and the students of dozens or hundreds of prefectures and counties in the province were in a team of more than a dozen people, which was called "Qi". Together, there are about seven or eight prefectures and counties.

At the first starting point, a lantern is hung, and a large flag is erected with a time and a certain beginning.

Candidates who have completed the call will come to the first entrance, the "head gate", to be searched. In addition to stationery, bedding and simple cooking utensils are also allowed, but printed materials and notes are not allowed.

Four guards searched for a candidate, and if they found prohibited items, they were rewarded with three taels of silver, so the search was extremely strict, and even the buns were opened to check the filling.

Jia Huan was once again subjected to an insulting body search by a strongman lock man, and this time, he didn't even have the shield of Jiafu.

After checking the items they are carrying, the candidates will be given a bamboo plaque called "Shine into the Paper" and come to the second gate, which is the Yimen.

After submitting the papers, candidates will undergo a dress check and receive a booklet with the examination rules printed on it, known as the "Three Sessions".

Finally, we come to the third gate, which is the dragon gate. Inside the dragon gate is the place where the exam is held, and there are tens of thousands of seats, which looks like a maze.

The examination room of the township examination is called "Gongyuan", which is a permanent building in each provincial capital. It's only used once every three years.

Candidates enter the designated room, and after all the candidates have entered the room, the cannon is fired, and all entrances are closed at the same time, sealed by the supervisor, and they are not allowed to open until the end of the third day of the test.

After entering the dormitory, the candidates are organized and prepared to spend two nights inside.

The food and drink are provided by the government according to the regulations, but the actual quantity is small and inferior, and candidates often bring their own steamed buns, steamed buns, etc. The wife prepared steamed buns for Jia Huan, and the weather was still very hot at this time, and if she prepared the buns, she was afraid that the stuffing would be sour the next day.

On the night of the eighth day of the eighth month of August, Jia Huan slept pitifully in the cramped house.

Jia Huan really couldn't figure out the point of entering the exam room a day earlier.

Well, probably because there are too many candidates, there are more than 10,000 people!

On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, it took most of the day just to enter the examination room by number, and it took most of the day to finish all the work. If the ninth day of the first month is arranged, it is really too late.

On the morning of the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, we will distribute the answer sheets that have been deposited in advance and the question sheets printed on them.

At the same time, check whether the candidate who entered the dormitory is himself/herself, and after the inspection, stamp the answer sheet with a "right" stamp, which is called a "check stamp".

The test questions on the first day are four books and three questions, and the main text of the four books shall not exceed 700 words, and the annotations and corrections shall not exceed 100 words.

Jia Huan opened the test paper and looked at the first question first, and when he saw the question, his spirit couldn't help but perk.

Hey? This question is very familiar, as if I have seen it somewhere.

The title is: "The People's Feet, Which One Is Insufficient and Insufficient" (Analects of Yan Yuan)

This question is so familiar that Jia Huan suspects that he has memorized this topic.

After thinking about it carefully, it turned out that I didn't memorize it in this world, but when I was in school in the later life, I memorized this article.

Articles that have been in textbooks can be imagined to be excellent.

And this article has never appeared in this world, so Jia Huan is completely relieved.

Then he looked at the next two questions and confirmed that he had no such good luck.

However, Jia Huan is not discouraged, there is a familiar topic, which has been lucky.

Next, Jia Huan began to write his first essay on scratch paper.

Although the article is almost imprinted in the mind, it must be written on scratch paper first, and it is not easy to write word for word.

In a short time, the article appeared on scratch paper:

The people are rich from below, and the king is rich from above.

The wealth of the king is hidden in the people, and the people are rich, how can the king be poor alone? If it is said that the monarch and the people are one, in order to mourn the public.

(End of chapter)