Poor Family 1

  Chapter 119 Explanation of the Imperial Examination (7)

Unknowingly, the fourth and final exam finally came. There were originally four exams in the imperial examination, and Cehelun was divided into two exams. I took the criminal law and poetry exams, but the fourth round only took one day, so the amount will not be too large, and it is not important in the entire imperial examination.

  However, even if the weight is not heavy, it is enough to determine the final success or failure for this year's Xiangzhou Jie Examination, which only admits 15 people.

The addition of criminal laws and poems was only announced five months before the imperial examination. For all Xiangzhou native scholars, this is their greatest weakness. On the contrary, for Tai students and students of the four major academies, they themselves have studied criminal law And poetry, the two additional exams are not difficult for them, so one side is sad, while the other is happy.

When the two of them came out of the inn before dawn, Zhang Xian said to Li Yanqing with a mournful face, "I'm really done this time, the previous exam was a mess, I didn't read "Song Xingtong" at all, I only read a few cases, and I still need to read it." Kaoshi, I'm really confused! Why did you go to Cizhou with them?"

Zhang Xian has unknowingly become the role of Mrs. Xianglin, "It will be fine if you don't go to Cizhou that day..." He himself said it countless times. If there is really regret medicine in the world, he must be Zhang Xian. a guest.

Li Yanqing, on the other hand, was full of fighting spirit. He was bound to win the last exam, but he didn't want to appear strong in front of Zhang Xian, so he comforted him and said, "People who pass the Fajie exam for the first time are really rare, you see Those scholars from Linzhang County next door, who didn’t take the exam two or three times, this time it’s time to accumulate experience. Anyway, we have a way out, and if we really can’t pass the exam, we will go to the state to study and prepare for two years. Take the Fajie Exam again, and I believe you will be able to pass the exam then."

Zhang Xian actually had this idea, but he needed someone to comfort him, to make him feel that his choice was wise, and it was reasonable for him not to pass the imperial examination. How are you doing?"

   "I don't know, I'm a bit confused in the test, it's up to the examiner."

After a good night's sleep last night, Li Yanqing was really regretful. He found that he didn't think carefully about the countermeasures. He shouldn't write about the Jin Dynasty. The news of the Northern Song Dynasty court was blocked, and the examiner probably didn't know about the Jin Dynasty at all. However, if the content he wrote might be regarded as nonsense by the examiner, it would seriously affect the score, so he was a little uncertain about whether he could be admitted to Juren.

   "Don't worry about the past, just concentrate on doing well in today's exam."

  Li Yanqing shook off the worries in his heart, and walked quickly to the Gongyuan. Zhang Xian hurriedly followed, and he also made up his mind. After the exam, he went directly to the state school.

  When they came to Gongyuan Square, the two separated. Li Yanqing was looking for the Bing Lane team when he heard someone calling him, "Lao Li, this way! This way!"

  Li Yanqing saw a fat body at a glance, like a hippopotamus standing on its head and feet in the dark night, Fatty Zheng's eyes were poisonous, he could actually see himself in such a thick night.

Yesterday, Zheng Rongtai took Li Yanqing to dinner again, and brought Zhang Xian with him. After two friendships at the wine table, Fatty Zheng has already regarded him as a confidant. Although Li Yanqing is three years younger than him, his mind is stronger than his. He is still mature and tall, sometimes Zheng Rongtai unconsciously regards himself as a younger brother, in fact, it is normal for him to feel this way, Tang Huai and Wang Gui are both older than Li Yanqing, but they regard Li Yanqing as a leader .

  Zheng Rongtai heard Zhang Xian call Li Yanqing 'Old Li' last night, he thought it was easy to say, so he followed suit.

   There is actually an unspeakable secret in it. Yesterday, when the sergeant was delivering the questions to Zheng Rongtai in the middle of the night, he was seen by the examinee on the other side, that is, No. 77.

The examinee hated the fat man's snoring, so after the exam, the examinee wanted to report it to the examiner, but Li Yanqing patted his shoulder and squeezed his shoulder. The examinee didn't dare to say anything again. Zheng Rongtai is very grateful to Li Yanqing, and he also feels that Li Yanqing is a close buddy who can be friends with each other.

   "How about it, let's celebrate after the exam?" Fatty Zheng suggested enthusiastically.

   "No problem! Let's not get drunk."

   "I'm looking forward to it!" Fatty Zheng's eyes were narrowed into slits, seeing his expression, he wished he could have a drink or two now, eat a pig's knuckle before taking the exam.

  At this time, the entrance examination began at the gate, and the last examination was especially strict. Every scholar had to search his whole body, even his hair.

  A voice murmured from behind: "I heard that seven or eight cheating candidates were caught in the previous rounds, and the invigilator became ruthless."

  Li Yanqing turned around, the person who spoke was the scholar from Lin Lu County whom he had kindly reminded him yesterday. I wonder if this guy has figured it out? The examiner was originally the one who helped Zheng Rongtai cheat, but he wanted to seek skin from a tiger, wasn't he courting death?

The scholar glanced at Zheng Rongtai disdainfully, but when he saw Li Yanqing, his eyes were a little more fearful. Although he only knew the identity of the fat man after he went back yesterday, he was naturally more grateful to Li Yanqing for stopping him in time, but Li Yanqing's two pinches on his shoulders made him extremely painful, his fear of Li Yanqing overwhelmed his gratitude.

"Next!"

   It was Fatty Zheng's turn, and Zheng Rongtai grinned, "Lao Li, I'll go first."

   "Go! Go! Hurry up and squint for a while."

   Zheng Rongtai laughed loudly, "Old Li also knows me!"

  He dragged his fat body and walked up to the examiner, but the examiner waved his hand and told him to go in and search him without asking any questions.

"Next!"

Li Yanqing stepped forward, the examiner took a good look at him, he had a square face with thick eyebrows, his hands were close to his knees, and his body was five feet five inches, the examiner asked the soldiers to measure his height, and it was exactly the same, so he waved to Li Yanqing, "Next! "

   It is not allowed to bring any items to the exam today, not even food. Every candidate must be strictly searched. All the invigilators know very well that many people will definitely consider cheating in the last exam.

   "What are you?"

  A sergeant yelled next to him: "Do you dare to sew a note into the sole of your shoe?"

  A soldier next to him lowered his head, his face full of panic. The sergeant found two pieces of paper from the sole of his shoe, which were densely written with criminal laws.

  Li Yanqing was searched and walked into the examination room with disheveled hair. He didn't like the feeling of being searched. He heard that during the provincial examination, he entered the examination room after taking a shower.

  He tidied his hair hastily, and soon came to his own room. At this time, there was a thunderous snoring sound from the next door, and someone had already quietly taken a nap.

  Time passed by little by little, and all the scholars were patiently waiting for the exam time to arrive. At this time, the sound of the cloud board on the upper floor of the Quanxue Building sounded, and the exam time finally arrived.

  The invigilator of Bing Lane came over and poked the sleeping Fatty Zheng with a pointed stick expressionlessly

  After the test papers were issued, Li Yanqing didn't look at the criminal law first, but turned to the second test paper. He had to look at the poem questions first.

  The title is the first two sentences in Du Xunhe's "Hidden Living Books" in the Tang Dynasty: "On the window bamboo shadow shakes the book table, the sound of wild springs enters the inkstone pool."

This is a reading question. Candidates are required to write a poem about academic study. At least seven or eight poems about academic study after the Southern Song Dynasty popped up in Li Yanqing's mind. He breathed a sigh of relief and turned the paper over to the front, ready to do it first Criminal Law Questions.

The criminal law question is divided into two parts. The first half is the scripture posting, which is the designated "Song Xing Tong" written silently. There are five questions in total, and at least a thousand characters are written silently for each question. Five classics, today's "Song Xingtong" is not necessarily the case, at least 30% of the candidates will fall on these five questions.

Li Yanqing has the gift of photographic memory, but he also memorized it day and night for two months before he memorized the twelve chapters of "Song Xingtong" stacked as thick as two bricks. They are very uncommon. If you are not familiar with them, you will not be able to think of their origins. This is also a common problem of the testers. Try to use unremarkable exam questions to highlight your talents.

  The second part of the criminal law is beyond everyone's expectations. It is not a case question that everyone thinks, but a comparison of "Tang Law Shuyi", requiring candidates to write three differences between Song punishment and Tang law.

  At this time, there was a burst of exclamation from the examination room. It should be that this question stunned most of the scholars. This question was beyond the scope of the examination given by the imperial court.

  "Song Xingtong" itself is a copy of "Tang Law Shuyi", and it is not easy to write the difference between the two, not to mention the examinees, even the general magistrates may not know.

However, Li Yanqing does not think that this question is beyond the scope of the examination, but this question is very deep. These differences have actually appeared in the cases. The judgments of at least five cases involved the criminal law of the Tang and Song Dynasties. similarities and differences.

  Of course, there is no answer in the case given by the imperial court. Candidates have to do in-depth research to find out, but how can ordinary candidates have time to study?

  Speaking of which, Li Yanqing would also like to thank Zhou Chun for lending him the case compilation notes. Zhou Chun’s grandfather annotated more than a dozen differences in the criminal laws of the Tang and Song Dynasties.

  Li Yanqing felt that there was always a kind of providence in the dark, if he and Zhou Chun and others had not gone to the restaurant that day, they would not have been provoked by Zhao Yushu and other Tai students.

   And if he hadn't punched Zhao Yushu hard, Zhou Chun wouldn't have lent him the notes his grandfather had sorted out out of gratitude.

  Otherwise, he would also stumble on this topic today.

Li Yanqing did not hesitate to write down three points of difference on the straw paper. First, the Song law changed the "disrespect" in the Tang law to "great disrespect" because of taboos; The rod punishment was added; thirdly, Song Xing changed the slave-servant clause in the Tang law.

  After finishing the pasting questions, he will elaborate on these three differences in depth.

  It was already noon after finishing the criminal law questions. The sergeant brought tea. Of course, Li Yanqing knew what the tea delivery meant to Fatty Zheng next door.

  After drinking tea and wiping off some water stains on the table, Li Yanqing began to think about how to write the final title of the poem.

   Ask for a recommendation ticket! !

  (end of this chapter)