Wear ancient times with a house

Chapter 281 Preparing for the Exam
After sending Xu Run away, no matter how worried he was, he had to take it easy and deal with the meeting in half a month.

In fact, for this sake, it is not very useful to sharpen your guns in battle.

After all, the ancient imperial examinations are not like the modern college entrance examinations. If you memorize a few more common formulas before the exam, there is a high probability that you will be able to use them.

The scientific examination is more about long-term accumulation and talent. Although there are a small number of arithmetic problems, the most difficult is the degree of binary linear equations.

Song Nian has been a housekeeper since he was a teenager, and he is fast with abacus beads, and his sensitivity to numbers is not low.

In addition, Song Yun occasionally secretly enlightened him with modern problem-solving methods, so Song Nian would not be troubled by things like chickens and rabbits in the same cage, things that are unknown, and two mice crossing each other.

After learning this level, it is enough to cope with the imperial examination.

Since February, the weather has become less cold. Brothers Song Nian and Wang Qi had two mock rooms built in the yard where Wang Qi and his son lived, five feet long, four feet wide, Eight feet tall, it will be enough for a grown man of medium build to barely sit or lie down.

This is Song Yun's suggestion, the mock exam, that is, there is not enough time this time, otherwise let them take the exam once a month, three or five times, and when they really end up, they will be numb.

When Song Nian heard it, he felt that it made sense, and then the two of them carried the lamps, food boxes, pens and ink in a decent manner, and prepared the betting test paper that is currently on sale, and it lasted three days and three nights in it.

Come out to rest for half a day, and continue to go in for the exam.

The rest of the people were anxiously doing their own things outside. They wanted to go and have a look, but they were afraid of disturbing them, so they didn't want to go, and they were worried that they would be hungry and cold inside.

It was still Shen who could hold on, and said with a final word:
"It's always going to be like this. When we really take the exam, the conditions will only be worse than they are now. Can we help them then? Since we can't, it's better to let them get used to it now."

This makes sense, at least when the mock exam at home, there is no interference from others, and there is no such thing as a stinky number that will test the will.

The test takers stayed inside, and the family members counted the time outside, waiting for them to come in and out and repeat three times. It took nine days and nine nights for the exam before it was over.

When the person came out, his fatigue was already evident. Song Nian was unshaven and unkempt, not at all the elegant image of the past.

Wang Qi's condition was even worse, and he was a little uncomfortable. Wang Shao was so anxious that he ran out to find a doctor to show him, and he was relieved after confirming that it was all right.

After going through a mock exam, Song Nian and the others knew whether they needed to replace the things they brought, and whether they needed to bring a few items that hadn't been thought of.

For food, what Shen prepared was well-fried rice with dried vegetables and cubed meat, all of which were also cooked.

When eating, boil water in a small earthen pot. When the water boils, you can also eat meat and vegetable porridge. It saves time, is rich in nutrition, and it is still hot after eating, which can prevent cold.

Song Nian and the others tried it out, and felt that this method was quite good, and it was much more delicious than taking cakes, being broken and crushed by others, and then soaked in hot water to eat.

Futons cannot be taken.

Although they had taken their family bedding rolls during the mock exams, when it came time to take the exam, let alone the bedding, they couldn’t even take the extra piece of cloth.

However, the imperial court did not intend to freeze them out. Although every year, some people were seriously ill and were carried out of the imperial examination room, and some even died directly in the number room, but this was often because they only focused on studying hard and did not strengthen their physical fitness. s reason.

In fact, there are basic heat preservation measures, clean water resources, and imperial doctors on standby in the examination room.

The pens, inks, papers and inkstones were also prepared by the imperial court, so as not to cheat people with different quality of paper and pens.

What Song Nian and the others needed were refreshing mints, deodorant sachets, and earplugs that helped to concentrate.

And the most important thing is to go to the Ministry of Rites to report and get the test card before the test.If the test card is lost, the qualification for this test will be invalidated.

Because the scientific examination is closely related to the three members of the family, Song Yun now understands the information of the scientific examination comprehensively enough.

Let’s take Song Nian’s upcoming exam as an example. This is hosted by the Ministry of Rites. Except for some arithmetic questions, the exam content is mainly divided into the following items:
poetry.

This is a propositional composition, given you a topic and genre requirements, you can play freely.

However, after so many years of scientific research, a certain pattern has been summed up.

The vast majority of people will write dozens of poems from the direction of the regular exams, ask their father, brother or husband to revise them, and then memorize them.

Song Nian has no outstanding talent in literature. To use Song Yun's previous complaints, it is "AI writing poetry". The rhyme and theme are also suitable, but there is no inspiration.

So when he was at home, he wrote hundreds of poems, and asked Zheng Hanlin to help pick out good poems, then slightly revised them, and memorized them by heart.

The classics, theories, and policies.

These three types of questions are actually biased towards argumentative essays.

It's just that the content of the discussion is different, namely classics, historical facts and national policies.

Those who are good at theoretical research and taught by great Confucianists tend to perform better on the classics and meanings.

Those who have their own opinions and have a large collection of books at home, but do not understand civil affairs, are naturally good at "theory".

Like Song Nian, who was born from a poor family with a weak background, the only advantage is that he is better at observing the pros and cons of a policy from the bottom.

This is the path that Zheng Hanlin planned for Song Nian, with "policy" as the main item to get points, and poetry and prose can be done without mentioning points or pulling hips.

Song Nian is the least good at classics, righteousness and theory. He does not seek merit but seeks no faults. He only needs to pile up a beautiful article according to the words of the sage.

Even if Song Nian left Jinzhou Mansion for a few months, he still strictly allocated his study time according to his master's teachings, focusing on the big and letting go of the small, and letting go of the master and the minor.

As for the effect, isn't this just waiting for the final verification.

(End of this chapter)