After the gong sounded, the test papers were gradually distributed to all candidates.

The imperial examination of the Dali Dynasty is the same from Tongsheng to Jinshi, and the subjects of the examination are the same, which are divided into four parts, the scriptures, Moyi, strategy, and poetry.

In the words of the court of the Great Li Dynasty, the purpose of the imperial examination is: the state uses subjects to cover the world's heroes, righteousness to observe its general scriptures, endowment to its Bogu, discussion to observe its knowledge, and strategy to observe its talents!

The meaning of this sentence is that the state uses the imperial examination to recruit talented people, so it is necessary to test the candidates' literary talents and aesthetic abilities with the test poems, the understanding and interpretation of the classics with the test scriptures, the knowledge and opinions of the candidates with the test theories, and the insight and ability to solve current affairs with the test strategies.

Therefore, the four basic subjects of the imperial examination will never change.

Even if there is a change of dynasties, at most there are only four different emphases.

For example, in the heyday of the Dali Dynasty, when the Quartet worshipped, the most important thing in the imperial examination was poetry, and the talent and knowledge of the imperial court candidates at that time were the most important.

In recent decades, the most important aspect of the imperial examination has become the theory of economic and righteous policies.

Because the government actually realizes that there are many problems in the imperial court, there are too many stubborn diseases, and there is an urgent need for people who have unique views on today's politics and law, and hopes that there will be a 'change of law' to change the current situation.

Xu Xian was not in a hurry, took the test paper and skimmed it roughly, mainly looking at the strategy and scriptures.

The title of the policy discussion is "The Theory of Punishment and Reward for Loyalty".

This sentence comes from the annotation of Kong Anguo in the "Book of Shang": "The punishment is light, the suspicion is appreciated, and the loyalty is great." "Roughly speaking, it means asking the candidates to talk about the merits of the idea of 'leniency in doubt'.

In fact, this is to let the candidates express their views on the current laws of the Great Departure Dynasty, whether they think they are good or bad, and then talk about their own views and what is worth improving.

There is also a question about horses.

"Zhou Tianzi's field is thousands of miles away, known as ten thousand times, all the horses of ten thousand rides, and there are twelve idle horses, and the six kings and three hundred and sixty officials, all of them must have their own chariots and horses, and the chariots and horses are not too much?

The Dali Dynasty has now been invaded by the northern barbarians for many years, and there is basically no good way to resist, so it can only be taken and seized.

Once the northern barbarians lacked anything or population, they launched a war and entered the Dali Dynasty to invade and plunder, and then easily left. The biggest problem is that there are many barbarian horses in the north, and there is a lack of good horses in the Dali Dynasty.

Without a good mount, even if the soldiers of the Dali Dynasty are of good quality, they are still at an absolute disadvantage in the face of the northern barbarians, and it is difficult to fight back.

Moreover, this policy topic not only does not require candidates to have a deep understanding of the condition of horses in the Dali Dynasty, but also has to master certain mathematical and geometric knowledge.

"The township test questions, compared with the government test and the hospital test, have increased the difficulty by more than one level. ”

Seeing this, Xu Xian couldn't help but secretly think in his heart.

Most of the test questions in the prefectural examination and the college examination are some basic things, and the main test is the accumulation of the candidate's own talent and how hard he usually reads.

As long as you accumulate enough, you don't need to have your own unique vision and insights to be able to pass the exam.

Like Xu Xian, being able to make a policy that shocked the imperial court such as "The Theory of the Five Kingdoms" during the government examination can be said to be a thousand years old.

The township examination is different, if you want to be promoted in the examination, you must have a good understanding of the policies, people's livelihood, laws and other aspects of the current imperial court, so that you can hope to pass.

It can be said that the difference between the examination of talent and the examination of people is equivalent to the difference between ordinary talents and elite talents!

Xiucai only needs to have basic talent, because it is impossible for Xiucai to be an official.

And if you raise people, it is possible to be appointed as an official of the imperial court, so you must have the talent to be an official!

The vast majority of talents, no matter how many years they have studied hard, how well they have memorized the Four Books and Five Classics, and how strong their basic skills have accumulated, they will not be able to pass the examination.

When you reach the age of forty or fifty, your hair is gray, and you can't pass the exam either!

Because they don't have the brains to be flexible, they don't have the talent for it.

"Fortunately, if I had just come to this world, I would have been really helpless in the face of these problems, and I didn't know how to do it. Now, it's not that difficult......" Xu Xian smiled slightly, very sure in his heart.

After years of diligent study, this is where it comes in!

With Xu Xian's previous life that the preciousness of the earth is just an accumulation, and his memory that he almost never forgets now, topics such as ordinary scriptures, Moyi, and even poems are all easy to grasp for him, and they are extremely simple.

But if he doesn't put in a lot of hard work on these topics, even if he has extraordinary opinions and opinions, he can't settle on the politics and laws of the Dali Dynasty, and he will only be bull's head and not the horse's mouth.

He has worked hard, has the memory of the earth in his previous life, and has seen many textbooks about the analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of ancient politics, so he can get twice the result with half the effort.

Even if it can't be directly transported and used, it is equivalent to standing on the shoulders of giants, and the advantage is too great.

Soon, Xu Xian buried his head and began to answer the questions.

The pen is like flying, and the pen is like a god, and there is almost no pause.

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Fang Zhongyong, who was in the examination house not far from Xu Xian, had a silver thread that was extremely conspicuous, even if the officials on the inspection passed by, they couldn't help but cast a few more surprised looks.

Fang Zhongyong was not disturbed by the outside world, answering questions fluently, and facing a confident smile, these questions were also handy for him, and they were not difficult.

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Liang Lian was also calm and calm in the examination room, but unlike other candidates who answered the questions after thinking carefully, he only relied on 'memorization', and even some couldn't memorize them, and he never knew where to take out the 'note' full of dense small characters and copy it directly!

As the only son of Liang Wangye, he knew most of the questions of this township examination in advance, and then asked Mr. to make them in advance, and he only needed to memorize them.

This is why he dared to say in front of everyone that he was the only one to solve the yuan in this township test.

Otherwise, if the answer to the test paper is too bad, even if the marking teacher wants to give him the position of Xie Yuan, it is impossible.

"Xu Xian?" Liang Lian sneered, thinking in his heart: "You still dare to fight with me for the position of Yuan." Don't talk about Xie Yuan now, it's impossible to even be on the list, and you will definitely die!"

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On the examiner's stage, Chen Lun, as the chief examiner of this township examination, was in a very good mood and drank the best Longjing tea before the rain.

At this time, a deputy examiner stepped forward with a smile and said, "Governor Chen, shouldn't we go on patrol?"

This deputy examiner, Chen Lun, knew that he was a lackey of Liang Wangfu, and he was completely under the orders of Liang Wangye.

When he said this now, it was obvious that he was reminding him that it was time to go to Xu Xian's examination house and find a reason to frame Xu Xian for cheating in the exam......