Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 587
Zhai Fu was leading the way ahead, so it was inconvenient to talk, so Du Jinning and Guan Jiaze nodded to show that they knew, and didn't ask any more questions.

In a side hall of a main hall, Du Jinning met Feng Xuezheng.

Feng Xuezheng is in his sixties, with gray hair and beard, thin and serious face.

Seeing Du Jinning and Guan Jiaze salute respectfully, he nodded slightly, and then looked at them: "Who is Du Jinning?"

Du Jinning was startled, and glanced at Guan Lehe. Seeing that Guan Lehe also showed surprise, she lowered her eyes and said, "The student is Du Jinning."

Feng Xuezheng pinched his beard, frowned and looked at Du Jinning, but didn't speak.

After a while, he looked away, pointed to the desks and futons on the side of the hall: "Sit." Seeing Guan Jiaze hesitated, he looked at him again, "You too."

Du Jinning and Guan Jiaze walked over there and sat down.

Without waiting for Feng Xuezheng's order, a man dressed as a husband walked over and put two papers and a set of the Four Treasures of the Study in front of Du Jinning and Guan Jiaze each.

"Our Taixue adopts the 'three-house method', that is, students are divided into upper house, inner house, and outer house according to their level. You are new to school, and naturally you have to enter the outer house, but there is also a threshold for the outer house. Let's do a test paper."

Every academy has an entrance exam, not only the Taixue, but also the Boyue Academy in Lishui County, Guangxi Province. When Du Jinning took the exam, he was made difficult by the Yan family once.So both Du Jinning and Guan Jiaze could understand that Feng Xuezheng was about to test them.

On the contrary, Guan Lehe frowned and glanced at Feng Xuezheng lightly, seeming a little displeased.

Feng Xuezheng looked at Du Jinning and Guan Jiaze from a distance, with a serious face, as if he didn't see Guan Lehe's eyes at all.Guan Lehe could only sit on the sidelines in silence.

Since Taixue is the highest institution of learning, its status is equivalent to that of later generations of universities. The way it recruits students is similar to that of Fuxue.That is to say, except for a small number of "preparatory class" students who came to study after failing to win the Juren, the vast majority are Juren.

Therefore, the questions on this test paper are the test questions, that is, to write an article with a sentence from the "Four Books" as the title.

The topic is very plain, and there is no limit to the form of the article.This is to allow candidates to play freely, revealing the most authentic writing level, life style and political inclination when they relax.

Du Jinning looked at the title, slowly grinding his ink, thinking about Feng Xuezheng's actions just now.

Just now Feng Xuezheng specifically asked her name, obviously he knew her as a person.And although she only came to Beijing from Guangxi Province for a few days, she doesn't know many people, but speaking of it, she has offended many people in Beijing.

For example, the Yan family of Boyue Academy, for example, Qi Yuandao's disciples and grandchildren, for example, Pan Yiting, who refused to win her over and proposed marriage to her during the provincial examination.This Pan Yiting was also Zhou Dongping's teacher.

If these people knew that she had come to the capital and planned to enter the Imperial Academy, it would be perfectly normal for them to make things difficult for them.

In this case, her article should not pursue excellence or style, but should be down-to-earth, without revealing any loopholes, so that Feng Xuezheng has no way to criticize.

Having made up her mind, she picked up a pen and started writing.

After distributing the test papers just now, the fasting husband lit a stick of incense beside him, indicating that they must finish writing this article within the time of one stick of incense.

Du Jinning has always written articles very fast, especially for articles like this, she doesn't need to draft.With her memory and writing skills, she can write a beautiful article in one go.

But in order not to let Feng Xuezheng criticize and pursue stability, Du Jinning honestly typed up a draft.However, in order to save time, she did not write out the entire article and then copy it up. Instead, she sorted out her ideas on the draft paper, listed the several points of view and writing ideas she wanted to write, and then stared at the draft paper to type. After drawing up a draft, I picked up a pen and started writing on the test paper.

Guan Lehe came during the lunch break, and it was also the lunch break in Taixue at this time, probably in order not to delay the afternoon's work, and also to test the level of Du Jinning and Guan Jiaze, the stick of incense was not long.When Du Jinning finished writing an article in a leisurely manner, the stick of incense was almost burnt to the end.

Taixue belongs to Guozijian.For example, Guozijian in the Tang Dynasty had schools such as Guozixue, Taixue, Simenxue, Lvxue, Calligraphy, and Mathematics.The difference between schools is related to the status of the students' resources (that is, the status of father, grandfather and official title).Guozixue, Taixue, and Simenxue recruit students from bureaucrats of the third rank, fifth rank, and seventh rank or above, while Law School, Calligraphy, and Mathematical Sciences recruit students from the bureaucrats below the eighth rank and ordinary people.

Although there were reforms in the Song Dynasty, the changes were not significant.

Guan Jiaze originally studied in the four schools below the Imperial College, and only after passing the provincial examination, he entered the Taixue to study.As the direct son of the Guan family, he is eligible to enter the Imperial Academy after winning the exam. As long as he doesn't do too badly in the exam, he will be able to enter the school smoothly.So it was relatively easy for him to write articles.Although he has a carefree temper, he also felt Feng Xuezheng's dislike for Du Jinning, so he deliberately took care of Du Jinning in terms of writing speed.

At this moment, seeing Du Jinning put down his pen, he hurriedly finished the last line, checked it quickly and handed in the paper first.

In the eyes of these old masters, submitting papers ahead of schedule is impetuous, immodest, and imprudent.After Guan Jiaze handed in the test paper, Du Jinning still sat still, but checked the paper over and over until Zhai Fu said: "It's time." She got up and handed in the test paper.

(End of this chapter)