Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

For Su Mu, this government test is a sure thing to win, but the problem is that the difficulty is too high, if you don't take the first place, you will fail.

If the topic of the scriptures is done perfectly, this test is considered to have passed.The key is the eight-legged essay. This kind of subject is the most important part of the imperial examination. How many masters and celebrities have broken their halberds on it, and how many people have been woken up again and again in the middle of the night by the nightmare that it is impossible to write a pen.

When later generations mentioned the ancient imperial examinations, the first thing that came to mind was stereotyped essays, rather than scriptures, test poems, and policy questions. This is already very illustrative.

The problem is that Su Mu has absolutely no confidence in stereotyped essays.

It was already very late after finishing the scriptures, and my stomach was rumbling with hunger. When the topic paper came out, Su Mu didn't care about eating, so he picked it up immediately and looked at it intently.

He didn't know why, he knew all the words above, but they could be combined together, but he didn't know what it meant.

There was a blank in my heart, as if it had been completely hollowed out by someone.

The two questions gradually became blurred in front of my eyes, and they slowly rotated to become one.

The scene in front of me is also near and far away, unable to focus.

This feeling was very bad, Su Mu knew that he was too nervous to calm down.

He also encountered this situation when he took the college entrance examination. At the beginning, he could hardly think, and he sat in the examination room for about 3 minutes before recovering.

Taking a deep breath, he turned his head to the side.

Wait for the mood to calm down completely, and then turn your eyes to the topic paper again.

After seeing it, I finally saw it clearly, and I saw it clearly. There was a sudden shock in my heart, as if lightning flashed through my body, illuminating the inside and outside of my body.

"It's just too..."

"too easy!"

Things really happened as Mr. Shao had expected in advance, and the two topics were from "The Analects of Confucius".

Same as the county test, it is also a small question.

The first question is: Its obsession with Austria.

From "The Analects of Confucius", the upper and lower two sentences have been cut off by the examiner.In the original sentence, Wang Sunjia asked, "What does it mean to be flattered by Zao rather than flattering Ou?" The Master said, "No way. If you are wronged by Heaven, you have nothing to pray for."

The general idea is that instead of flattering the gods who are thousands of miles away from our daily life, it is better to have a good relationship with the Stove Lord who is in charge of our food and drink. The county magistrate is not as good as the county!

Judging from this sentence, Confucianism is actually a very realistic learning.

The second question is: which one is eager to learn.

From the Yongye chapter of "The Analects of Confucius", the original sentence is: Ai Gong asked: "Which of the disciples is eager to learn?" Confucius said: "There is Yan Hui who is eager to learn, and does not vent his anger, and does not make mistakes. Unfortunately, he died short-lived. Today he will die, not yet. He also smells good scholars."

This is a question and answer between Duke Ai of Lu and Confucius in his later years.This passage expresses that Confucius' definition of "study" is "not to vent anger, not to make mistakes", which is completely focused on the cognition and practice of moral cultivation.

The first sentence is okay, and most modern people probably haven't seen it much.However, this sentence is one of the essence of "The Analects", which embodies the flexible spirit of Confucius and Confucianism to keep pace with the times.

The second sentence is a famous sentence in "The Analects of Confucius". As long as the Chinese people basically know the three words "Don't vent your anger", they are also used as a rule of conduct.

Su Mu has done both these two questions, and they are among the twenty questions given by Mr. Shao.

Not only did Su Mu repeatedly add, delete, and modify, even Mr. Shao personally reviewed it several times.In the end, these model essays had been revised beyond recognition by him.It can be said that among the twenty questions, Su Mu only gave one idea, and the words and sentences in it were created by Mr. Shao.

"They hit them all!" Su Mu was stunned, and a clump of hair on the back of his neck stood on end: "This... this Mr. Shao is too amazing!"

The questions were all guessed correctly, and the model essays were revised several times. Now Su Mu only needs to copy the articles that he has memorized in advance.The standard of Mr. Shao's stereotyped essays is in the whole world. Su Mu dare not comment, but as far as the whole Baoding Prefecture is concerned, it should be regarded as the first class.

He has won both fame and fame, and has been teaching in the county school for many years.

Among this group of boys, if he still can't get the first name, he can only say that Zhifu Liu is blind.

"This is a famous teacher, this is a famous teacher!" Su Mu was so happy that he almost danced, and in this way, the suspense of this exam was completely lost.

With his heart completely relaxed, Su Mu didn't rush to write the paper, but instead took out the steamed buns that Boss Lin had prepared for him in advance, and ate them unhurriedly.

The steamed buns were already cold, but they were extraordinarily sweet in the mouth.

After lunch, I grinded another pool of ink, then picked up the pen, collected myself, and copied word by word.

That's it for the government test, as long as you don't make low mistakes, such as writing typos and leaving dirt on the paper, you should take it properly. At this moment, maintaining a stable state of mind is the most important thing.

Su Mu's every move just now fell into the eyes of Liu Zhifu. The scriptures have been read and asked, and the sentences in it are very precise and accurate. Many places coincide with what Liu Zhifu learned, and there are some details that are different. But ingenious and refreshing.

The more he read, the more Liu Zhifu liked the knowledge of the teachers and students of Shaotai, and he naturally became interested in Su Mu's next stereotyped essay, eager to see it quickly.

Before he knew it, he had forgotten the idea that Su Mu had to take the first place, and he didn't even realize this change.

But when he saw Su Mu holding the eight-legged essay question paper, his hands trembled slightly, and then he was holding the paper in a daze, Liu Zhifu felt a little bit in his heart: since this is the first time that the government has hosted the examination, it is the first time for the scholars in Baoding. The level is not very clear, so the difficulty is intentionally lowered, and there are no strange questions.With such a simple question, why did Su Mu look embarrassed? Could it be that he couldn't do it?It doesn't make sense!

When Su Mu looked at the question again, Zhifu Liu saw the excited smile on Su Mu's face, and felt relieved for no reason.Knowing that Su Mu can do these two questions, it's just that he was too nervous just now.

But Su Mu's next performance made Liu Zhifu slightly annoyed, but this Su Mu was not in a hurry to write the paper, but started to eat.After eating, I rubbed the ink in a leisurely manner, and it took a long time to write. I had to stop before I finished writing a word, and looked up and down, left and right for a long time before I was willing to write again.

Even embroidery is nothing more than that!

Time passed little by little, and soon it was time to put up the sign for the first time. In the hall, about a hundred people handed in the test paper.

Prefect Liu could only give up paying attention to Su Mu, and picked up a pen to mark the examination papers.

He was born as a Jinshi, but he was one step away from becoming a Shujishi, so he has a lot of knowledge in his chest.As soon as the paper is in your hand, you can judge its quality with just a few glances.

In just one hour, the more than 100 papers were read.

However, the level of culture and education in the north is low, and the articles on the papers are not very good. After reading it for so long, there are only a few interesting articles among them.Most of them are unsightly fabrications.

Sure enough, it's a boy's trial, but if you want to find a good article that will refresh your spirits, it's like digging for gold in the sand.

What's more, I read too many nonsense articles like this, and I feel like I'm walking through a busy city, smelling stale from head to toe.

Governor Liu couldn't help being a little envious of those examiners who could preside over the provincial and general examinations. The chances of reading good articles were much higher than those in the boy's examination. That was a kind of enjoyment!

However, not to mention the general examination and the rural examination, even the final examination of the boy's examination has to be presided over by a senior official from the central government, but it is not something that a small fourth-rank magistrate like him can covet.

After reading the papers, it was time to release the cards for the second time, and this time more people handed in the papers ahead of time.When the papers were collected, there were only a dozen or so people left in the hall.

Liu Zhifu was too lazy to read the papers this time. In fact, he didn't think he could read any good articles. That's the way it is in Tongziqian. Those who can write good stereotypes have already won fame.And in recent years, Baoding doesn't seem to have any new talent, except for Su Mu...Su Mu...cough!

Su Mu was still writing slowly like an old cow pulling a wrecked cart, and Liu Zhifu was so angry that his beard turned up. He couldn't help coughing, and said, "This government examination will end in half an hour."

As soon as he said the words, he couldn't help but laugh in his heart, thinking to himself: I am worried about whether Su Mu can finish writing and closing the house, it's strange, strange!

However, this Su Ziqiao is also strange in making papers.Other people's answer papers, especially Shiwen, would make a draft first, and then transcribe it after revising.But he just filled in the words one by one, as if he already had a draft in advance.

Curious in his heart, Prefect Liu Ti restrained his restlessness and waited.

Fortunately, after another pot of tea time, Su Mu finally finished the paper, and sat there quietly with his hands folded, waiting for the time to release the cards.

Liu Zhifu breathed a sigh of relief for him, it can be regarded as finished.

Just walked over, picked up Su Mu's paper and read it.

There are two questions, about [-] words each, which means you can read them in a blink of an eye.

But Zhifu Liu looked at it, but it took a long time.

Su Mu suddenly felt a little uneasy.

I have to admit that Mr. Shao Tai's articles are top-notch in Baoding Prefecture, and it is no problem to use them to deal with a mere government examination.

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