Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

The next morning was uneventful, and Su Mu was transcribing the three "Four Books" questions throughout the morning.

When he entered the examination room, he had already obtained a stack of papers and a stack of draft paper from the examiner.

The draft paper is very ordinary, that is, ordinary rough-edged paper, but it is stamped with the big seal of the Gongyuan, and there is no need to hand it in after use.

As for the paper used for the examination paper, it was very fine, a large snow-white paper, probably filled with prickly ash to prevent insects, and it smelled a faint fragrance.

There are dark red grids printed on the test paper, which stipulate the number of words per page, so that the examiner can see at a glance whether the candidate's composition exceeds or is not enough.

Su Mu didn't use too many words for these three questions, only between [-] and [-] words.

In his opinion, there is no direct relationship between the quality of an article and the number of words.Besides, there are so many candidates. When the examiner reads the paper, when he sees that you have too many words, his mood will definitely not be too beautiful, and he may even feel bored.

Details determine success or failure, and Su Mu has a lot of experience in grasping people's subtle psychology.

Because it was a formal copy of the paper, Su Mu didn't dare to be careless, and carefully copied the morning word by word in the standard pavilion style, for fear of writing a wrong word and making this paper scrapped.

As a result, the speed slowed down, and when everything was settled, it was already afternoon.

Su Mu didn't care about cooking, and ate a piece of pancake indiscriminately, and began to deal with the next five questions.

Generally speaking, Su Mu was very satisfied with the first three questions, and thought that there would be no problems.

But the next five questions are the key, because there are several questions in each question, and you only need to choose one of them to do.

How to choose this question is directly related to your success or failure in this exam.If the topic you choose is easy, of course you can write a good article, but because it is easy, it is estimated that other people will also be able to write it. In this way, you may not be able to stand out from the crowd and show your style.

The optional questions are too difficult, and of course you can get a lot of impression points from the examiner, but if you write badly, you don't have to take this exam again.

Looking at it this way, the first three "Four Books" essays are a bit like the prescribed movements in a diving competition, while the last five questions are optional movements.In this way, choosing your game action is a matter worth a lot of thought.

Therefore, when many candidates do this, they will spend half a day or even a day thinking carefully before starting to write.

Of course, there are also people who use stupid skills to do all the topics, and pick out the five most satisfactory ones to transcribe.

Because of this, the first exam was the most labor-intensive and time-consuming of the imperial examinations, and many people hadn't finished it by the time the papers were collected.

It's not that Su Mu didn't think about doing all the questions.But after thinking about it, he gave up the idea.The main reason is that his habit of composition is to seek stability, and the speed is very slow, so he doesn't have so much time to waste.

Well, let's choose the topic honestly.

The first thing he read was the "Book of Changes", which had four questions in total: "Gentlemen use their knowledge to preface and act, and animals have their virtues", "Speaking and Xun Fu is transforming the state", "The vastness matches the world", "The sage The great treasure is called position, how to keep the position is called benevolence, how to gather people is called wealth, and the right way to manage money is to say that prohibiting people is called righteousness."

Among them, "Great Matching World" is the easiest, and it is estimated that the most people will do it, so they will give up first.

"Say Er Xun Fu Naihua Bang Ye" is the most difficult, but Su Mu has never done this question before. Even though he has taken a sea of ​​questions in the past few months, he still missed this question, so he has to pass it.

"The great treasure of a sage is position, how to keep the position is called benevolence, how to gather people is called wealth, and the right way to manage money is to say that prohibiting the people is righteousness."It involves politics and financial management, and involves a wide range of areas, which is not suitable for Su Mu's performance, so it is also put aside.

Then, among the remaining topics, "A Gentleman Acts with More Knowledge, and Lives with Virtue" is neither too difficult nor too difficult, and has been done before, with limited consideration.

So, Su Mu drew a circle on this question as a mark.

Then it was time to examine the five "Book of Books" questions. These five questions were easy. Not only Su Mu had done it before, but other candidates probably were no exception.Therefore, I randomly chose a minister to be the superior and the moral, and the inferior to the people. It is difficult to be cautious, but there is only one knowledge."

The four questions of "The Book of Songs" are the simplest among all the exam questions. Not to mention the ancients, even Su Mu before time travel is very familiar with this book.So I chose the topic "From the valley, moved to the tree".

This poem is a famous line in the Book of Songs. It comes from "Xiaoya? Logging". This is a song for nobles to feast their relatives and friends.The poet believes that frequent gatherings of relatives and friends can enhance emotions, eliminate barriers, and make life better.It is written that the bird flew out from the deep mountains, landed on the tall trees, and chirped, it was looking for friends.

Of course, writing stereotyped essays with this line has nothing to do with the art of poetry.Shiwen has its own format.

Although Su Mu has never written this question before, but he knows the general idea of ​​the poem and how to write a composition, so he naturally chooses it first.

The following "Spring and Autumn" and "Book of Rites" Su Mu also quickly selected a topic each.

There are only a few key points in the choice of topic selection: the difficulty is not high or low, and the ones that have been done before are given priority.If you haven't done it, the one you are most familiar with will be given priority.

After choosing the topic, Su Mu thought about it for a while, and there was no problem with the third topic of the "Four Books".For the remaining five questions, as long as you do it carefully, there should be no mistakes. I dare not say a perfect score of [-], but I should be sure of [-] to [-].

As long as you reach the pass line and get full marks in the next two rounds, this time the rural exam will be considered complete.

So, he tried to do a question and found that he was in a very good state today.

Immediately, I wrote all the way, even ignoring dinner.

The sun was shining for two consecutive days, and the weather suddenly became hot. This is really a bit like the college entrance examination in later generations, and it is just as unbearably hot.At this time, Su Mu somewhat missed the autumn rain of the previous few days.

The night was already deep, and a half moon appeared in the sky, shining bright light on the ground, and the examination room was all silvery white.

It was only then that Su Mu remembered that the fifteenth day was still a few days away, and the day the exam ended was the full moon, which was a really good omen.

The oil lamp had long run out of oil and was put away.

Su Mu patted the writing board and asked the examiner on duty to borrow a lantern, saying that he wanted to write overnight.

It is strange to say that the examiner who was called Lord Quan by the yamen servants no longer wanted to be so aggressive on the first day of the exam, but instead spoke a word to Su Mu kindly, because it was a Jiangsu-Zhejiang dialect, Su Mu could barely hear it. I don't understand, but I still borrowed the lantern.

The clothes on his body were already soaked through with sweat, and he hadn't showered for two days, so he was very dirty.Take it off and twist it, but it is a puddle of dirty water.

Wash the clothes with water, hang them on the top of the head to dry, and write again while it is cool.