Jinyi champion

Chapter 278
Zhu Hao felt that he had returned to his student days overnight.

In the era when scores were paramount, what was written on the test paper did not come from what was in the mind, but someone had already stipulated what was the correct answer.

Suddenly, I felt a little sad again, as if since the imperial examinations began, education has always been exam-oriented.

Subjective papers such as Chinese, politics, and history will have more obvious "standard answers" in exam-oriented education.

The first one was written on draft paper.

Not in a hurry.

It's still a long time.

The second part is about Neo-Confucianism, which is not difficult for Zhu Hao. Anyway, there is still some time before noon, so let's take a rest first...

Yes, it is to rest in the examination room.

It is impossible to sleep, but it is possible to sit there in a daze.

At his age, he was already an eyesore among the many candidates. If he handed in the papers early and walked out, he would definitely be watched by others. If he passed the county test in the end, rumors would spread. spread like wildfire.

Right now, the former Anluzhou Xuezheng is working as a teacher in the palace. Although the two of them haven't had much contact with each other, outsiders will think that Zhu Hao is taking advantage of the palace and even Fan Yikuan, and some people will talk about leaking questions and so on...

The most important thing for young people to take part in the imperial examination is to keep a low profile. This is similar to Zhu Hao's business philosophy, which is basically to make a fortune in silence.

The more you show your teeth and claws, the faster you die.

This is not an era that allows genius to emerge, but an era that likes to stifle innovation, in all aspects of society.

Unless you have the ability to change everything, you have to obediently keep your tail between your legs, and it is wiser to accumulate strength in secret.

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Time passed by minute by minute.

Zhu Hao knew that Yuan Rulin was in the examination dormitory next door. Although it was separated by the mud brick wall of the examination dormitory, he didn't know the situation there, but he guessed that Yuan Rulin was busy writing at the moment.

Before noon, Zhu Hao wrote the article on the second topic on the draft paper, but he was still not in a hurry to transcribe it.

The exam lasted for a whole day, but not many people brought meals. Basically, they only brought water in the exam basket, which is needed for grinding ink, and the thirst is unbearable, but if you don’t eat...you won’t die if you starve. .

In fact, there are very few people drinking water in the examination room. If you drink too much water, it is easy to go to the toilet. Going to the toilet during the imperial examination is actually a very bad thing. Not only does it affect your mood, you may also experience queuing. Going... being taken away maliciously, etc.

The best way is to eat less and drink less, finish the exam early, and leave the exam room earlier.

In the morning, there are not a few people who have the ability to finish the article, but they all hold a cautious attitude, check carefully, avoiding taboos is the most important thing, and then choose the words carefully, carefully consider the article, and then transcribe, In case of discrepancies in the transcription process...

Sorry, come back next time.

Zhu Hao had some dry food in his test basket, he could eat some if he was hungry, he chewed slowly, while eating, he looked at the various postures of the candidates in the test booth opposite.

Some people seem to have sensed it, and after a short look, they immediately glared at Zhu Hao with vicious eyes... They don't eat themselves, and they are extremely hostile to those who eat in the examination room, let alone Zhu Hao who looks like a child candidates.

"Keep your voice down when eating, so as not to disturb others."

A government official came over and issued a warning in a stern tone.

Zhu Hao originally wanted to say, I didn't make any sound when I ate, so why keep it down?
Besides, is it forbidden for candidates to eat in the test hall?

What happened to my lunch?
However, he found that among the thirty examinees on the opposite side, more than a dozen people in the field of vision were looking this way. Zhu Hao probably understood why the Yacha had to remind him. No thought of answering the question.

Seeing that the dry food in the examination room was almost becoming a public enemy, Zhu Hao hurriedly put away the leftover dry food.

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It was sunny and nice this morning.

After noon, the wind picked up, the sky outside became overcast, and the temperature dropped sharply.Zhu Hao was worried about the rain, so he hurriedly finished transcribing the papers, and then sat there waiting again.

Seeing Zhu Hao sitting dryly, the clerk came over and said in a low voice, "If you don't know how to write, hand in the paper as soon as possible. Don't get in the way here...Huh?"

He originally thought that Zhu Hao belonged to the kind of overthinking himself, and was encouraged by his family to come to the county exam, but because he was blinded by the exam questions, he would eat and make trouble when he couldn't answer the questions. When he came over, he found that the roll paper in front of Zhu Hao was full. It's all words.

Most of these yamen servants are Zaoli, not many who can read and write. Seeing that Zhu Hao's examination paper is full of words but don't know what is written, he walks away resentfully.

At this time, people in the T-shaped examination room began to hand in papers.

Zhu Hao is not in a hurry.

At about three o'clock, the number of people submitting papers gradually increased, and Zhu Hao finally sorted out the papers, and then Yuan Rulin's voice came from the nearby hall: "I...I want to seal it."

Mi Feng is to seal the name.

There is a yamen messenger who goes there, pastes the names on the papers, and after they are bound, they must be handed in along with the draft paper full of words, and then they can leave.

The neighbor was still busy, Zhu Hao also greeted: "I finished writing too! Hand in the paper!"

"What's the noise? Wait!"

Yacha is impatient.

Originally, it was not an easy task to come to the monitoring site. It was difficult to find a place to sit when you had to patrol all the time, and you had to be a mute to guard the group of people for a day, and there was no entertainment in the middle.

Yachai's temper is very violent.

After Zhu Hao's paper was also sealed, the paper was taken away, together with the two draft papers on which Zhu Hao had written the draft.

All the remaining things were put into the examination basket, and Zhu Hao and Yuan Rulin almost left the examination room.

When leaving the Gongyuan, there were many candidates who handed in their papers and went out.

Noise is not allowed in the tribute courtyard, even if you want to discuss your exam results, you have to wait until you leave the exam room.

After leaving the examination room, Yuan Rulin looked a little depressed: "It's so difficult."

Zhu Haoxin said that it was too difficult for you to hand in the paper ahead of time, but he asked, "How about your answer?"

"I...I don't know either."

Yuan Rulin's eyes were a little dazed. It was obvious that his tense heartstrings had not calmed down. It could be seen that with his age and personality, he would become nervous and lose his way when he encountered a slight setback in the examination room.

However, according to Zhu Hao's estimation, even if Yuan Rulin's talent and learning are not at a very high level, it is not difficult for a child from a Confucian family with a professional background and a famous teacher to pass the basic examination such as the county examination.

"A lot of people."

Yuan Rulin turned his head to look around, and the evaluation he gave was no different from that before entering the arena.

There were a lot of people when I went in, and it happened to be the peak time when I came out, and the flow of people was one after another.

Yuan Rulin took a long breath, and then looked at Zhu Hao: "If we can pass the county test, there won't be so many people when we go to the government test, right?"

Zhu Hao thought for a while, then nodded with a smile.

Facing Yuan Rulin who was a few years older than him but seemed ignorant, what could he say?

The number of people is not the point, what is important is that the talents and levels participating in the competition are higher.

The county test is a primary test, theoretically there is no threshold, and the most people take part.

But it is not.

County examinations are generally taken twice every three years, forty candidates are selected at one time, and [-] candidates will be selected for the two counties of Anlu Prefecture.

The government examination basically takes two exams every three years, but Anlu Prefecture is different from the big government after all, and it is not bad if you can take [-] people to enter the hospital examination at a time.

This means that half of the [-] people who passed the examination in the two counties of Anlu Prefecture could not pass the government examination, and [-] people failed in two sessions in three years. Between the ages of ten and Ming Dynasty, the average life expectancy of people in the Ming Dynasty was less than fifty, which meant that a candidate who passed the county examination could continue to take the examination for more than [-] years as long as he failed the government examination.

This also means that there will be at least [-] "unsuccessful students" in the ten "three-year and two-terms", and they will compete for the forty places in each government examination.

Excluding those who retreated due to difficulties and were unable to participate because of the system, the average number of participants in each government examination was six to seven hundred, which is actually quite a lot.

Advance to the hospital examination, the situation is similar.

In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the college entrance examination was only completed in the provincial examination to the invigilated annual examination in various places, while the scientific examination was not accompanied by the entrance examination because of the follow-up records and so on. .

Anlu Prefecture is small and sparsely populated, and less than [-] people can be admitted as students every three years.

In Anlu Prefecture, [-] people pass the government examination every three years, and [-] people will fail the hospital examination in three years. Fortunately, the average age of those who take the hospital examination is twenty years old By the tenth session, there were still four to five hundred people who took part in the hospital examination at a time.

Four or five hundred people competed for less than twenty places...

The acceptance rate is not high.

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When he came, Lu Song drove the carriage to take the exam, but when he went back, he had to walk on his legs.

When the two returned to the gate of the palace, they happened to meet Tang Yin and Lu Song coming back from the outside. It was likely that the two were out drinking until the afternoon.

"you……"

Lu Song was a little embarrassed.

He was originally on duty that day, but because he was in charge of delivering the exams, he was not on duty at the palace. What he thought was that Zhu Hao and Yuan Rulin would not leave the exam room until dusk, so he went to have a drink with Tang Yin at noon, but who knew that the mistake of drinking was forgotten. Accept this crop.

Tang Yin reeked of alcohol, looked at Zhu Hao, and asked with a little surprise: "You all finished the exam? Didn't you make any major mistakes?"

Zhu Hao smiled and shook his head, while Yuan Rulin's expression was not so good.

"Talk to me about the article you wrote, go in and talk..." Tang Yin made a request that seemed simple to Zhu Hao but very harsh to Yuan Rulin.

Do you have to memorize what you wrote after writing the composition?

Are you memorizing the Four Books and Five Classics?
It is not bad to remember a few proud works.

Lu Song hurriedly asked: "Is it okay for the two young masters to pass the county test?"

Zhu Hao shook his head: "The article is finished, and the result depends entirely on the mood of the marking officer. Who knows if there is any problem?"

A few people came to the academy together, and found that several children were making a fuss in the yard, and Fan Yikuan was not there. Zhu Hao was a little surprised. Fan Yikuan acted rigorously, so there shouldn't be such mistakes. Could it be that Tang Yin was supposed to be this afternoon? In the end, he got drunk and missed work?
Tang Yin greeted the children into the classroom, and asked with a straight face, "Where are you, Mr. Fan?"

Zhu Sidao: "Mr. Fan said he was going to the examination room to mark papers when he left school in the morning, and he won't be back for two days!"

(End of this chapter)