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Chapter 61 This article is wonderful!Two more! [Please collect it! 】

There are still a lot of content about the examinations related to Juren.

Without two brushes, I can't even understand the topic.

now.

Wu Zhi entered the examination state.

There are three exams in total, and there are three days for candidates to do the questions.

The content includes a poem with five characters and eight rhymes, the topic of policy issues, classics and history, and current affairs.

In addition to the three exams there are re-examinations.

The first session is about poetry, including five characters and eight rhymes, and four essays on policy.

The first poem is not difficult for Wu Zhi, but there are many questions in it, but they cannot be answered carelessly.

Allusions will be quoted during the answering process, but they cannot be used casually. There are also classic articles and so on.

In short, if you want to write well, the thinking should not be single, it is completely other people's arguments, you must have your own opinions and theories, and the most important thing is to conform to the examiner's thinking.

This is the point.

Wu Zhi found out that the chief examiner this time was Zeng Bu. This person held a high position and was favored by Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty, and he belonged to Wang Anshi's faction, a new party that advocated political reform.

Wu Zhi knew something about Zeng Bu.He has seen a lot of history before.

Zeng Bu's father died when he was 13 years old. He studied with his elder brother Zeng Gong and was recommended by Wang Anshi and Han Wei. .

Later, in the debate on the City Change Law, Zeng Bu was considered to have obstructed the new law, so he was relegated to the outside world, and traveled around as an official in many places.

After the death of Emperor Shenzong of Song Dynasty, the Empress Dowager Gao hung the curtain, the old party was in power, and Zeng Bu did not enter the center of power because he insisted on not changing the labor law.

It was not until Song Zhezong came to power that he was reused. He restarted the reform cause and was appointed as a privy envoy. However, conflicts broke out with Zhang Dun, who was also a member of the new party.

After Duan Wang Zhao Ji succeeded to the throne, Zhang Dun was relegated because of his opposition.

Zeng Bu was appointed by Huizong as You Servant, and squeezed out Han Zhongyan who was Zuo Servant, and had conflicts with Cai Jing, the new Zuo Servant, and was relegated repeatedly. Finally, he died in Runzhou at the age of 72.

After his death, he was posthumously presented as a bachelor of Guanwendian, posthumously named Wensu.

It can be said that Zeng Bu was a firm reformer of Wang Anshi.

In the past few years, he supported Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty.

Now Zengbu's official position is right servant She, who is the right-hand man of Song Huizong in the court, and has great power.

Recently, Nanfu was hit by floods, so Zeng Bu came here to preside over the imperial examinations, and by the way, to reassure the people, so as not to cause any trouble. It happened that his hometown was in this area, so he decided to serve as the chief examiner in Qinghe County.

Soon, the test papers were distributed in front of every candidate, and everyone was very nervous.

The question is can the ten generations be known?

This topic comes from Confucius.

Zeng Zizhang asked Confucius: "Can the etiquette system of the next ten generations be known in advance?"

Confucius replied: "The Shang Dynasty inherited the etiquette system of the Xia Dynasty, and what was reduced and increased can be known. The Zhou Dynasty inherited the etiquette system of the Shang Dynasty, and what was reduced and increased can also be known. Who will be in charge in the future?" The etiquette system inherited from the Zhou Dynasty can be known in advance even after a hundred generations."

The general meaning is that most of the subsequent systems are passed down from above, but if you talk about it according to this topic, it is easy to say that you do not support reform and change.

And this system, you can't just write about it casually, if you point it out, you might be locked up as a chaotic party.

Don't talk about high school at this time, if you don't do it, you will have to explain your life.

But Confucius was not a firm and unchanging person. He was not against change.

But after all, this is verbal, and no one knows what is in the heart.

With such a topic, Wu Zhi thought that Zeng Bu was a faction that supported reform.

If you write a conservative article at this time, even if your writing is extravagant and brilliant, it will be a thorn in the eyes of the examiner.Impossible to have grades.

So Wu Zhi knew how to write.

The article must be written well, the central idea is to support the reform, but it should not be too ostentatious, and the writing method must be cryptic.

Because writing bad things may endanger your own life, so you must be rigorous and think twice.

But Wu Zhi had a lot of articles in his mind, after thinking about it, he came up with an idea, and he directly moved an article he had read before into the test paper.

The general meaning is that it praises young people for their courage to innovate and their enterprising spirit of reform, which implies the stalwart spirit of hoping that the country will be strong and prosperous.

Of course, the text needs to be changed.

The first is support. This argument is being profiled. It is neither ostentatious nor overly exaggerated, and it also contains the meaning of reform.

And this article is what the young Zhong Guo said.

Wu Zhi wrote for a while, saw the black and clear characters on the test paper, read it carefully four or five times, and was relieved after confirming that there was no problem.

Wu Zhi didn't pause at all in the process of writing the article, so he was quite satisfied.

In itself, the story of the youth that Wu Zhi moved here is a classic article, and it is the most intense and positive article by Liang Qichao that was recognized by everyone before.

Who knows how many days and nights Liang Qichao spent thinking about writing this article. It is estimated that Comrade Liang Qichao did not expect that someone would move his article to the examination room of the Northern Song Dynasty.

It became an article that Wu Zhi wrote easily and in a short time.

There is a more classic sentence in the article, which is: the wisdom of the young makes the country wise, the wealth of the young makes the country rich, and the strong of the young makes the country strong!

And the calligraphy on the test paper is also very good.

During this period of time, Wu Zhi practiced calligraphy, adding some savvy and talent, which led to a lot of improvement in Wu Zhi's calligraphy. Of course, he would not write thin gold body on the test paper.

After all, he doesn't know if Song Huizong has developed a thin gold body now.

In one, the examination room stipulated that the calligraphy should be unified, in order to prevent the examiner from identifying the author of the article through the handwriting and prevent cheating.

Even so, the writing on the test paper is correct and clear, with a sense of elegance, but it does not lose the meaning of vigorous and progressive.

If you don't read the article, just look at the handwriting, you will have a special look and feel, which is impressive.

At this moment, Wu Zhi took a look, and many candidates beside him were sweating anxiously, thinking about how to answer the question, but Wu Zhi had already written it.

Including the poetry part, it doesn't feel too difficult anyway.

The follow-up exams are mainly about writing the reform and praising the Song Dynasty.

After three days.

Wu Zhi finished the exam.

I have to say that it looks boring after answering the questions in advance.

Other candidates don't think three days is very long, because they think the time for answering questions is too short.

It was really difficult for Wu Zhi to finish writing ahead of time.

During the exam, you can’t communicate. After you finish writing, you can only stay by yourself and look at the partition in front of you.

Occasionally, I heard the crackling of the scholars at the front and rear in the small pavilion.

Scholars in the examination room have to do all urgent matters in this small room.So it kind of stinks.

Fortunately, it finally came out.

After Wu Zhi left the examination room, he took a long breath, the air outside was so fresh!

"Dalang!"

As soon as Wu Zhi came out, Pan Jinlian ran over, followed by an excited Zhao San. They were exhausted these days, and they were bored waiting outside.

Pan Jinlian: "Da Lang, how did you do in the exam?"

Wu Zhi nodded: "It's okay!"

Zhao San was excited: "Master is amazing, I see that other candidates are very anxious when they come out, only you are calm and breezy, hehe, you are indeed the master!"

Zhao Sanke flattered vigorously.

Zhao San followed Wu Zhi, because Wu Zhi was very kind to this servant, so Zhao San followed Wu Zhi wholeheartedly.It was like becoming his follower.

After the exam, Wu Zhi and Pan Jinlian went back.

That night, Wu Zhi and Pan Jinlian creaked, and Zhao San fell asleep in a daze.

the next day.

Looking at the examination papers piled up in front of him, the chief examiner couldn't help admiring the literati of Song Dynasty, there were too many scholars.

Many examiners were busy, and Zeng Bu was also reviewing the examination papers.

After reading a few test papers, Zeng Bu found nothing new, and the writing was very stable, and he didn't see any level.

These examiners are very demanding. If these test papers are compared with ordinary people's articles, they will naturally be outstanding.

But this is an examination room, a place where literati gather, and it is difficult to stand out from the crowd.

It is a good article to pick out the bright ones from the many examination papers.

After watching for a long time, Zeng Bu frowned. None of these things fit his ideas.

Occasionally there are a few good ones, but eventually something is missing.

At this moment, an examiner nearby exclaimed: "This article is wonderful!"

The deputy examiner's voice made the other examiners frowned, and they all looked over, and Zeng Bu also looked over.

The man immediately shrank his neck, and then he slowly appreciated it.

(End of this chapter)