Xiaosheng is not a nerd

Chapter 80 The first scene

With such humility, those who didn’t know thought it was a contest between two great celebrities. Mr. Liu said, “This is a contest of talent and learning. It’s nothing more than piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry and poetry. Choose from here.”

Hearing this, Du Ruquan thought to himself, Poetry and Fu are a bit more difficult, if he is really good at poetry and Fu, he can go for the Jinshi examination.

Can anyone take the Jinshi exam?However, one must be erudite and flexible. Some talented and famous scholars spend their whole lives with only the name of famous scholars but no achievements. This shows how difficult it is to be the first among Jinshi.

As for the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, even a literati has dabbled a little, he is good at painting and chess, his calligraphy is so-so, and he doesn't know anything about rhythm, so it's best to choose among the three.

Seeing that neither of the two contestants spoke, Mr. Liu looked at Mr. Tang.

Mr. Tang chuckled, "I don't think you need to embarrass these two juniors. I'll come up with an idea. I'll come up with some Mingjing test questions for them to answer, so that it's clear at a glance whether they are talented or not."

Mr. Liu took the words and said with a smile: "That's a good idea. Mr. Tang ranks first in Ming Jing, and he is a Jinshi of Ming Jing. It's only appropriate for you to come up with this question."

Mr. Tang looked at Du Ruquan and asked, "Mr. Du, what do you think?"

Although Du Ruquan was reluctant, but he said it was casual just now, so it's not easy to object to it.

Mr. Tang looked at Xie Fu again, and asked directly, "What about you?"

Xie Fu smiled and said, "I can do whatever I want."

Mr. Tang said: "There are three assessments in the Mingjing Department, namely postscripts, trial meanings, and current affairs policy. I will choose the simplest postscripts and come up with a few questions."

Tantai Heqing nodded, only to hear Mr. Tang say: "In order to show fairness, please lead me to the study, Madam, and I will come up with a few questions temporarily."

Tantaihe said in a clear voice: "Butler Kong, take Mr. Tang to the Book Pavilion."

After Mr. Tang left, Tantai Heqing asked Mr. Liu: "Mr. Liu, what is this scripture about?"

She was born in a noble family, so she is well-versed in literature and ink. After all, she is a woman, so she has no possibility of gaining fame, but these are not what she usually cares about.

Mr. Liu said with a smile: "Tiejing is one of the assessment contents of the Mingjing Department. It mainly examines the candidates' familiarity with Confucian classics."

Tantai Heqing nodded, only to hear Mr. Liu continue: "Mingjing Division examines the Five Classics, which are "Poems", "Books", "Li", "Yi", and "Spring and Autumn Annals."

Tantai Heqing was speechless when he heard the words, "The assessment scope is so wide."

You must know that among the five classics, "Spring and Autumn" with the least number of words has tens of thousands of words, and "Li" has an exaggerated length of nearly 20 words.

It is not an exaggeration to say that paper is expensive and books are expensive, and how many people can fully own the five classics and read them all. No wonder people say that Jinshi is one in ten thousand.

Mr. Liu replied: "That's right, the scope of investigation is a little wider. There are 310 articles in the Book of Songs alone, nearly [-] words." He said with a smile: "It is not easy to read all the Five Classics, and it is almost impossible to memorize them all. That’s why the students who test Ming Jing are all targeted pressure questions and targeted memorization.”

Mr. Liu said with a chuckle: "If you want to memorize them all, you are a fool, and you will only gain more than you lose."

After Tantai Heqing listened, he secretly looked at Xie Fu, wondering if he could do it, but he saw that Xie Fu was resting with his eyes closed, as if he had a plan in mind.

wrong!He...he seemed to be asleep!
Xie Fu really fell asleep, last night was all night, how can I let it go if I can take a short nap.

"Thank you Fu."

Tantai Crane called out affectionately, but Xie Fu didn't respond.

With a cold face, Tantai He shouted displeasedly: "Thank you, Fu."

Xie Fu woke up suddenly, "Has it started?"

But he really fell asleep, Tantaihe cursed in his heart emotionally, "This little boy actually fell asleep, does he still pay attention to me?"

Mr. Liu laughed, and the servants in the hall couldn't help laughing when they saw Xie Fu's appearance, but they didn't mean to laugh, they just thought Mr. Xie was very interesting, and fell asleep under such circumstances up.

There was laughter in the hall, without the slightest seriousness, Tantai Heqing glanced coldly around, and the laughter stopped.

She didn't think it was funny, but annoying. If it was another servant, she would pull it out to play ten boards first!

Tantaihe glared at Xie Fu affectionately, and signaled with his eyes that he had better not fall asleep again.

After a while, Mr. Tang and Butler Kong came back. Mr. Liu had two more sheets of paper in his hand, but on the paper were the questions that had just been asked.

Mr. Tang sat down and said in the midst of everyone's anticipation: "Two copies. The titles on this paper are the same. Due to time constraints, I only published six posts, but it should be enough." Mr. Liu looked over.

Mr. Liu nodded after reading it, and confirmed: "The topic is indeed the same." As he spoke, he asked Tantai Heqing: "Miss Tantai, do you want to have a look?"

"No need, since the two gentlemen are invited to be notaries today, naturally there is no doubt."

Mr. Tang said with a smile: "Then let's start, the time is limited to half a stick of incense."

Steward Kong went forward to put the test questions on their respective desks, a maidservant brought incense burners, and Du Ruquan and Xie Fu took their places.

As soon as Du Ruquan sat down, he looked at the test questions, thinking hard while grinding gently.

Xie Fu sat motionless and did not grind.

Tantaihe saw it and thought to himself: "What? The topic is too difficult, did he stump him too?" Suddenly seeing Xie Fu put his hands down, he remembered that his hands were injured and wrapped in gauze, and he couldn't spare his fingers to grind .

"Steward Kong, help Xie Fu grind."

As soon as Tantai Heqing said this, everyone in the room was shocked. This accompanying tutor is such a big name, even the grinding has to be done by others.

Seeing this, Tantai He smiled and explained: "Xie Fu's hands are injured."

After hearing the words, everyone noticed that Xie Fu's hands were wrapped in gauze, and they were curious, how would he hold a pen with his hands wrapped like this.

Du Ruquan sneered, "I don't think I have any ink in my chest, and I want to use this to deceive me to pass the test. Why don't you get hurt sooner or later, but you get hurt at this time, I will allow you to ask someone to write for you, as long as you can read the answer, it counts. "

The two old gentlemen nodded, this method is also reasonable.

Xie Fu said, "No need."

Need not?

Everyone heard the words and were curious, don't need you how to write, they were soon relieved, if they couldn't answer it, they might just give up.

The incense has been burning for a while, Xie Fu's side, the two old gentlemen have given up much hope, but this Du Ruquan has been writing but has not been able to write for a long time.

Mr. Liu asked with a smile: "Mr. Tang, is it too difficult for you to answer this question?"

Mr. Tang replied: "There is no so-called difficulty in this post after the examination. If you can recite it well, it will be easy. If you haven't read it, how can you answer it?"

(End of this chapter)