Fenghou

Chapter 635 Imperial Examination
In the largest big tent in the first examination room, a team of Chen Qing's personal soldiers brought a sealed gold box. Before Jiang Yanxian gave the topic of the poem to Zhao Fusheng too early, there was a possibility of leaking the topic Sex, so Chen Qing made the proposition again, and ordered the soldiers to send it at the last moment.

The gold box was placed on the square table, and the main examiners looked at each other. The gap on the gold box had been sealed by molten silver juice. How could they open it?

Yan Jun said to Zhao Fusheng: "Please order Zhao to check whether there is any trace of being opened."

Zhao Fusheng picked up the heavy gold box and looked at it carefully, shaking his head, Yan Jun pulled out an extremely sharp dagger, cut it gently along the gap, and finally pried the gold box open. Inside was a wooden box, wooden box Here is Chen Qing's question.

When everyone looked at the title carefully, the first one was a poem title, "Expressing feelings through objects, or expressing feelings through scenery, either poems or words are fine." 'The topic is not difficult, basically every scholar will write a few poems expressing their ambitions, but the key is that there are only [-] candidates for admission, if everyone writes well, it depends on who can write better.

The second is Fu titles. Fu began in the Han Dynasty. It is a style of writing that has been passed down for thousands of years. It pays attention to literary talent and rhythm, and has the characteristics of both poetry and prose. "Ode to the Autumn Sound" by Su Shi, "Ode to the Former Red Cliff" by Su Shi and so on.

Chen Qing's topic was, "Taking the Anti-Golden Response to the Country as the Main Line. The topic can be drawn up by yourself, with about a thousand words." '

The questions are not difficult, it depends on the level of the scholars.

More than a dozen examiners began to quickly copy the questions, paste them on the wooden frame, and after the second drum beat, the soldiers sent them to the battalions to show them to the scholars.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The first drum sounded, the gate of the examination room was closed, and all scholars had to enter their accounts to prepare for the examination.

Chao Qing's seat was next to the tent, which was not a good seat. The proctor would walk around beside him, which would definitely affect his concentration.

Every scholar has a pen, ink, paper and inkstone on his desk, as well as paste, name note, and a cup of clear water, which is used to grind ink. The first thing a scholar should do is to grind ink , and then test the pen, there are three manuscript papers on the table, but they are not official test papers.

Today's poetry and fu test takes three hours, and it ends at about [-]:[-] in the afternoon. I missed lunch time, but the test room does not provide lunch or tea, and it is only allowed to hand in papers half an hour in advance, which means If you eat less in the morning, many people will be hungry.

If anyone wants to relieve himself, he will be accompanied by the supervising soldiers of this account to the toilet account at the end.

In fact, the imperial examinations of all dynasties have been like this. On the one hand, it is a test of literary talent, and on the other hand, it is a test of will. In fact, this Jingzhao imperial examination is not bad. It only takes two days, and the time is not long.

'Boom!Boom!Boom!Boom! 'The second drum sounded, and the invigilator shouted loudly at the door of the tent: "Everyone pay attention, the question has come in."

All the scholars became nervous, only to see a soldier walking in holding a card with today's topic on it. The invigilator read it aloud twice, and everyone copied it on the manuscript paper. Account, if the scholar does not remember, he can raise his hand and ask the invigilator.

The topic is very simple, which made all the scholars feel relieved and felt that they could perform well. Who hasn't written a few poems expressing their ambitions?

But many smart scholars began to worry, which means that tomorrow's countermeasures will be difficult, otherwise the gap will not be widened. Some people think of the importance of calligraphy and neatness of the scroll, and I am afraid that if they make a little modification, they will fail the ranking.

At this time, the invigilator began to hand out the test papers. He reminded: "Everyone, it is best to write your name, test number, and table number first, and paste the name, or someone will forget it in the end, but I remind you again, the table number should not be written. paste, otherwise there will be no complete test paper."

What does the table number mean?Because it takes two days to take the test, and the test papers for both days are handed in on the same day, how do you combine the test papers for the two days?It depends on the table number.

For example, Chao Qing's table number is [-]-[-], which means that he is the seventh exam room, number [-], someone will find two test papers with the same table number and merge them together.

Then someone will definitely say, if you tell the examiner the desk number tonight, won't you know whose test paper it is?

Of course it was impossible, the desk number was compiled the day before the exam, and it was pasted on the desk the night before the exam, and the examiner had been quarantined long ago, so they couldn't be contacted at all.

Of course, the wisdom of candidates is infinite. Maybe someone will tell a certain examiner in advance that I will leave three ink dots in the lower left corner of the test paper, but how do you know that the examiner is just examining your paper?And deliberately leaving a mark will be regarded as a waste paper.

Therefore, since ancient times, the most effective way to cheat is to leak the questions in advance and take the exam for others. In fact, it is very difficult to take the exam for someone else.

And once it is found out, the test taker will be dismissed, which is extremely risky, unless the price is undeniable.

Chao Qing nominated to write his name and test number on the front of the roll, and then brushed the paste on the paper. This is the basic skill that every scholar must train. Those who have a certain skill in pasting their names cannot stick their names. Otherwise, the name and test number will be torn up, and it will become an unnamed test paper.

The paste can only be wiped around the edge of the note, and then carefully pasted after the ink dries, but the candidates have been using their names for the exam since they were young, and they are already familiar with it, and basically there will be no problems.

It took a long time to paste the name. After the name was pasted, the third drum sounded and the exam officially started.

Chao Qing Yongzhi wrote a lot of poems, but now he was asked to take out one, but he was a little hesitant. He suddenly found that he couldn't come up with every poem he wrote.

After hesitating for a moment, he finally took up his pen and wrote a poem that he wrote on Laijingzhao Road half a month ago. It has been ten years since the first year of Jingkang, and that night left him with a lot of emotion.

"Sapphire Case. Ten Years Festival"

I haven't seen Tokyo Road for ten years.Don't go in a hurry, how can the autumn wind and rain survive.Have a drink in the open window, talk in the dim light, it is best to linger.

Why do you hurt Chi Mu when you meet again? It's like dancing with a sword.Where does Juye's family go?There are many times in the letter, there is no hero to find, only the country remains the same.

"Chao Qing, how did you do in the exam?" Chong Huan and Su Ce came up to the exam room and asked.

Chao Qing shook his head in frustration, "The words I wrote are too thin, not thick enough, or too young to write with the momentum of swallowing thousands of miles like a tiger."

"Old Zhong and I are actually the same, I'm hungry, let's eat first! Let's talk while eating."

The three of them ate less breakfast, they were all hungry, and they couldn't find an ox cart, so they simply found a small tavern on the side of the road, ordered a few dishes, and ordered three plates of meat buns. I want a jug of turbid wine.

The tavern was full of hungry scholars who had difficulty finding a small table.

But luckily, as soon as they sat down, the waiter brought up three plates of freshly steamed steamed buns. The three wolfed down the three plates of steamed buns, and the waiter brought food and wine. Then the three began to drink and chat.

"I found that today's imperial examination questions are a trap!"

Su Ce punched the table hard, and countless scholars looked at him in surprise.

"Xiao Su, you didn't drink too much, did you?" Zhong Huan said with a smile.

"You will understand after listening to me. The topic of today's poem is very simple. You can express your feelings by borrowing objects, or expressing your feelings by borrowing scenery. Poems or words can be used. We have been studying to this day, and who has written dozens of poems. At this time , will you still write new poems?"

"No, it must be using the poems from the past."

"That's the problem. If our poems were written well before, we would have been famous long ago. It is precisely because our poems were mediocre that we participated in the imperial examination in obscurity. The poems in the final test paper were still mediocre."

Everyone understood, and it was because the title was too simple that they couldn't write new ideas, and they all took out the mediocre works of the past to make up the number.

Chao Qing nodded, "You are right, at least I feel better, so what does that mean?"

"It shows that the proportion of poetry and prose is very low, maybe only [-]%, the key is tomorrow's countermeasures, which is the key to whether we can pass the exam."

At this time, a hearty laugh came from outside the store: "This scholar is right, I might as well tell everyone that poetry accounts for [-]%, Fu accounts for [-]%, countermeasures account for [-]%, and calligraphy accounts for [-]%. "

who is this!Talking so grandly, not afraid to flash their tongues, everyone looked out of the store, and saw a tall man standing outside the store, wearing a blue cloth robe and gauze cap, about thirty years old, With a short beard under his jaw, a square face with sword eyebrows, sharp eyes, calm and majestic, followed by a large group of cavalry.

No one knew this man, and Chao Qing's face turned pale.

The man nodded to Chao Qing with a smile, and continued: "Don't indulge yourself tonight, rest early, and recharge your spirits for the exam tomorrow. Tomorrow is the real test for everyone."

After the man finished speaking, he got on his horse and left.

Everyone was discussing, "Who is this! Dressed so shabby, and still pointing us out."

"Don't talk nonsense, with so many soldiers guarding him, he should be a high-ranking general."

"It's just nonsense, what kind of imperial examination does a general know?"

Seeing that Chao Qing's expression was not right, Chong Huan asked, "Chao Qing, do you know the one just now?"

Chao Qing nodded, he sighed, stood up and said in a loud voice: "Everyone, please be polite! The one just now is Qin Guogong, Chen Qing, the Xuanfu envoy of Sichuan and Shanxi, and he gave the imperial examination questions."

There was a sudden silence in the tavern, and everyone was stunned.

(End of this chapter)