Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 301
The eight-part essay is composed of eight parts: breaking the topic, accepting the topic, starting the lecture, entering the topic, starting the essay, middle section, back section, and closing the section.Both breaking the title and inheriting the title have been written, and Du Jinning also wrote the following opening speech very smoothly: "You Ruo deeply expressed the meaning of the unity of the monarch and the people, to mourn the Duke, and to say that the extra gifts of the monarch are not enough for use: if you want to satisfy your Use it, is it enough to satisfy the people first?"

She put the pen on the inkstone and dipped it in the ink, and continued to write: "Sincerity can be penetrated in a hundred acres, and the heart of love is used to keep the festival; the collection of tithes is not for the people's own use; it is the power of the people. Don't be trapped in soliciting; people's wealth is not exhausted in gathering..."

The prefect Zhou Dongping patrolled the examination room, then returned to the main hall and sat in his invigilator seat.At that time, the distribution of test papers had not yet started, and the examinees were anxiously waiting for the papers.Seeing him sitting across from him, the expressions of the two heads of the desk suddenly became a little nervous, and the other candidates also felt more or less uncomfortable.

And the youngest candidate from Lishui County who was sitting next to him didn't seem to see him at all, and he could forget himself even if he rubbed ink, as if no one around him existed.After getting the test paper later, he was even more focused on it, and didn't even take a look at him, the chief examiner.

Zhou Dongping's face was a little dark.

What the hell is Guan Lehe's disciple, who is just as arrogant and conceited as him.

Like this kind of kid who doesn't even look down on the invigilator who is about to become his own teacher, no matter how good the article is, I won't let him get the top of the case.

And at such a young age, it's not sure what tricks Guan Lehe used to get him the title of the county chief. When the papers are checked later, I have to peel off the skin of the two masters and apprentices.

He scolded severely in his heart, which made Zhou Dongping feel better.

He turned his head and looked at the other candidates, as if he could not see what he was thinking.

The sun shines in from the window sills, forming shadows with patterns on the ground.Slowly, the shadow of the sun moved from the inside to the outside, the sun gradually rose, and Du Jinning's stomach rang in due course.

She has already finished the first question.However, she did not rush to copy, but took advantage of her quick thinking to write a short paragraph of the second question.Originally, she wanted to finish writing in one go, so that in the afternoon, she could spend more time transcribing.After all, although she has a good memory and is faster than others in her studies, calligraphy needs time to settle and accumulate.Although Yuan Xiuzhu praised her for her spirituality in calligraphy, two years is still too short, and her handwriting can barely pass the scientific examination, and there is absolutely no way to give herself extra points.

So she planned to finish writing the article, rest for a while, adjust her state, and then concentrate on copying.

But physiological needs are not forgiving.

She is growing up and is usually hungry quickly.Now, as soon as I feel hungry, I immediately feel my chest sticking to my back.

She reluctantly put down the pen.

Looking at the article she wrote earlier, she went through the content she was about to write in her mind again, making sure that she would not forget it again, and then pulled the rope hanging from the corner of the wall.

There is a bell tied to the rope, and candidates can ring the bell to call people if they need anything.She pulled the rope, and after a while, a servant came over.

"Please send me a meal." Although Du Jinning didn't get up, he still cupped his hands.

Although the servants are paid by the public, the common people respect them, but few scholars think highly of them.Even the status of small officials and officials are very different, let alone servants.Scholars are all going to be officials in the future, and servants are almost the same as servants in their eyes.

So Du Jinning's polite behavior immediately won the favor of the guard.

However, although he has a good impression, his attitude is only a little more warm, and the money that should be collected is not a lot of money.He quoted carefully: "One meat and one vegetable with two bowls of rice sells for one or two taels of silver; vegetarian dishes with two bowls of rice sell for five taels of silver; one bowl of rice sells for one tael of silver. There are also [-] taels of corn pancakes. I don’t know. What do you want, my gentleman?"

It belongs to the boundary of South China and is rich in rice.Flour is transported from the north, because of inconvenient transportation, it is very expensive.Therefore, the examination room does not provide food such as bread.

Du Jinning knew from Guan Jiaze and Qi Muyuan that the price of the examination room was high, so he was not surprised by the price.

She took out a tael of silver and put it on the table: "Please bring me one meat and one vegetarian."

"Okay, please wait a moment, and they will all be delivered later." The guard said, and kindly reminded Du Jinning, "A bamboo tube of clear water costs ten Wen. Would you like a tube?"

In order to make money, the examination room is also hard enough.They specially found that kind of thin bamboo, and when they sold the Four Treasures of the Study, they gave such a small tube of water as a gift.The amount of water is just enough to grind ink. If you want to save some money, you can’t drink the water in the bamboo tube without buying water.

If you want to drink water, you have to buy it from them.A large tube of ten coins is not expensive.

Du Jinning hesitated for a moment, but still took out a ten-cent coin and handed it over: "Thank you."

It's not that she was reluctant to part with the ten cents.She has always adhered to the principle of "money is not saved but earned", and she usually spends money when she should.She just worried that she drank too much water and had to go to the toilet.

Six to seven thousand people take the exam, and there are no flush toilets in this era, so the situation can be imagined.The cleanliness Qi Muyuan repeatedly warned her not to go to the toilet during the first two exams.The third exam is two days in a row, so there is no way, but we must try to reduce the number of trips to the toilet as much as possible.

This is not a restaurant, it is impossible for you to order a dish and he will serve you one.Therefore, half an hour after Du Jinning ordered the meal, when she felt that she was about to faint from hunger and couldn't write any more articles, the meal was finally delivered.

Silver is very valuable in this era, one or two taels of silver, if you order food in that kind of ordinary restaurant, you can order six or seven dishes with big fish and meat, and you can order a dozen dishes with meat and vegetables.But I spent a tael of silver here, just a dish of wax gourd... served with a little bit of lean minced meat, and a plate of small green vegetables.

Maybe the spectators are going to say, it can be served with lean minced meat instead of fatty minced meat, this examination room is quite conscientious.

Then you are wrong.You must know that in ancient times, the price of fatty meat was much higher than that of lean meat.Lean meat stuffed teeth, not oily, who would eat it if it wasn't for the lack of money?
Before taking the exam, Du Jinning knew that what he wanted to eat must be these two dishes.You must know that the government examinations are all in the fourth month of the lunar calendar, which is the time when there is no acceptance.At this time, there is no such thing as greenhouse vegetables. Even if the examination room wants to talk about conscience, they can't make any good dishes for everyone.

Winter melons are usually released, and they are worthless, so every autumn, the subordinate staff in charge of the logistics of the examination room ask people to hoard a large number of winter melons, just to sell them to candidates during the government examination.Guan Le and the others ate winter melon during the test, but now she, a disciple, still eats winter melon.

The food cooked in a big pot naturally doesn't taste good.Fortunately, Du Jinning had suffered a lot, and he was not picky, so he ate the food.

Putting down the bowl and chopsticks, she drank two small sips of water, moistened her throat and put down the bamboo tube.

After ringing the bell to let the guards come to collect the dishes, she picked up the pen and continued to fight.

　When writing background materials, I will consciously add one or two hundred words, just because everyone thinks that I use materials to count words.Now let me explain here, Diandian is charged by the integer of one thousand or five hundred words, and there is no charge for the extra one or two hundred, three or four hundred words.Don't think "you can show me the information if I spend money, what the hell can't I know about Baidu?" If you think you don't want to read it, you can skip it, because it doesn't cost money.

　　Scientific research papers involve a lot of information, and they are not full of dry goods like Zhaidou.I am worried that someone will have an idea, so I will explain it here.

　　
　
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