Chapter 73 County Exam (2)
When Wang Qinian entered the examination room, there were more than a hundred people in front of him. He originally wanted to find a location closer to Chang Jin, but unfortunately when he found Chang Jin, he found that there were already people sitting in front, back and left and right.
In desperation, I had to find a new seat.
Soon, the door was locked and Zhao Magistrate announced the county test questions.
When Wang Qinian saw the sentence on rice paper, he was stunned and then was shocked. Chang Jin had invited him to practice eight-legged essays together, saying that he was to study and improve together, including the article "Li Xue".
Wang Qinian could not forget his exercises. At that time, Chang Jin had revised them twice for him and asked him to carefully consider them.
Could it be that Yunsheng got the questions for this county exam in advance? This idea came out of his mind and Wang Qinian dispelled it again.
Although this county examination cannot be compared with the hospital examination and the government examination, it is still relatively strict.
It is difficult for ordinary officials to get the title, let alone Chang Jin. Although he is talented, he has an ordinary family background and there is no one in the county yamen.
In this case, it is very likely that the question was guessed by accident. This possibility also exists, and the test questions cannot be separated from the Four Books and Five Classics. Therefore, every county exam, many students will memorize a few articles in advance, hoping to get into the great fortune. Moreover, this kind of good thing about getting into the great fortune is spread every year.
Could it be that this year he is working... Wang Qinian didn't think about it anymore. He carefully recalled the time he had done and wrote it smoothly on the draft paper. However, when it comes to the test poem, he was a little depressed and sat there thinking hard.
After solving the topic, starting with the topic, comparing the topics, and finally becoming a big bunch. In less than half an hour, Chang Jin had already written a piece of flowers according to his memory.
At this time, Chang Jin turned his head and burst into laughter. It turned out that in the examination room, the ancients were no different from those on the earth in later generations. I saw many people biting their pens and scratching their heads, obviously they had not yet thought of the source of the question.
Not far away, there was a student stretching his neck to peek at the draft of the seat next to him.
The students sitting next to him did a great job, just half-slanted, and stood up with their left hand to cover them. Of course, they would not let the other party copy. If the county magistrate found that the two articles were the same when he was reviewing the paper, he would definitely be strictly investigated.
What's more, they actually secretly passed on drafts and cheats to each other.
This is the county examination... it's too loose, right? Seeing the yamen runners coming and going, they don't seem to care much about the small actions of these candidates. Although Chang Jin's predecessor had participated in the county examination several times, it was the first time he had seen such a scene as a latecomer, and he was inevitably a little stunned.
Just as he was extremely surprised, he suddenly saw the leader's yamen run a few steps, pressing down a candidate's arm, then spreading the other party's left hand apart, and digging out a ball of draft paper.
"Please take him to see the county magistrate..."
Several subordinates received the order and immediately grabbed the candidate out. They killed one to warn him. After this incident, the atmosphere in the examination room became sober, and the actions of the candidates were much more restrained, and they were no longer as arrogant as before.
The article has been completed, but Chang Jin did not intend to show off. Instead, he checked in detail whether there were taboos in his steady state and confirmed that there were no mistakes. He copied it in one stroke and another on the answer sheet.
According to regulations, candidates need to first draft the text during the county examination, and then copy it neatly on the test paper with regular regular characters. This is called "repeat transcription".
The rules for copying are quite strict, and there are no traces of random smearing and filling on it, and there are no typos. Once similar problems are found on the test paper, the test paper may be rejected directly by the magistrate of the county magistrate.
In fact, with Chang Jin's level of writing in the past few months, even if he did not secretly give a secret, he would easily live in the county examination. He had a magic pen and writing spirit in his body, and he could be said to have reached the expert level in digesting and absorbing knowledge and summarizing rules.
After copying, it was almost noon. Chang Jin did not rush to check the test poem, but took out the pastry from the bamboo basket, and asked the yamen runners next to him to make a bowl of water for him, and then started eating it on the test case.
This movement attracted the attention of the candidates nearby. Many people watched the Red Sun reach the middle of the sky, and they took out their prepared meals.
After eating and drinking, Chang Jin opened the test paper again, and the title was "Sunny and Yin Summer Wooden Yellow Oriole".
On the earth in the previous life, this poem was written by Wang Wei of the Tang Dynasty. However, in this world, it has become a famous poem by Wang Zu, the prefect of the previous dynasty. The whole poem is "Rain accumulated in the sky, fireworks are late in the forest, steaming quinoa and cooking millet to pay for the east fry. Egrets fly in the desert paddy fields, and yellow orioles are shady in the clouds of summer trees. In the mountains, watching the hibiscus in the pine tree, and the dew is broken. The wild old man competes for the seats, so why do the seagulls even more suspicious?"
The poems in the test are the same as those in the current articles, and they are also eight-legged essays. Each rhyme is the first couplet, the first couplet is "breaking the topic", the second couplet is "inheriting the topic", the third couplet is "starting the stock", the fourth and fifth couplets "Chinese stocks", the sixth and seventh couplets "back stocks", and the connection is "bound stocks".
Each link of one strand combines eight strands, just like the beginning, inheritance, transformation, and combination of the article.
When writing test poems, the candidates must be able to recite characters with flat tones and rhymes, and there are generally no heavy characters in the poem; the characters on the title should be pointed out in the first two couplets.
These requirements seem very strict, but in fact they are very simple. As long as the poems made match the original poetic artistic conception.
Chang Jin thought about the incense stick of time and was already thinking about it. He picked up the brush and wrote it on the draft.
The long summer is a thousand chapters of wood, and the thick shade is a hundred orioles; the two collars are like embroidery, and the area is green as curtains.
The leaves are dark and the branches are high and the sound is slow; the tongue is sharp and the wind is cut, and the rain is shining outside the body.
Sitting like a cover of mica, singing can fight the snow; good sounds are hard to stop by themselves, and the flames are unknown.
The three willows are on the road of the three righteousness, and the cherry is in April; the quiet feelings are annoying, and the poems in the painting are written.
After writing it, I realized that there was nothing to change, so I re-copied it on the answer sheet.
At this point, all the answers are over.
There are many differences between the county examinations in this world and the college entrance examinations on earth, and it is more popular to submit papers in advance.
This shows that the candidates are quick-witted and have extraordinary abilities, so they will get a lot of impression points after submitting the paper in advance, and they can generally get the opportunity to interview with the county magistrate.
Of course, the premise is that the candidate does have real materials. If the candidate handed in a blank paper, that's another matter.
Once the interview is passed, the county magistrate will win directly, so there will be no need to take the second and third games again, which will make it much easier.
Chang Jin didn't want to show off, but he didn't want to delay too long, because only a dozen people were able to get the first interview with the county magistrate, so this time must be grasped.
Before long, I saw the yamen runner leading Song Jiechuan to the test room behind the examination room. Zhao Shouren, the county magistrate who was responsible for this county examination, sat upright inside.
The first paper handing in is naturally eye-catching. Song Jiechuan walked along the way, which attracted many candidates to turn their heads and look. If it weren't forbidden to whisper during the exam, I'm afraid everyone would have started talking about it now.
After Song Jiechuan handed over the test paper, Chang Jin waited for a while and finally waited for the second candidate to pass by with the test paper.
At this point, he also sorted out all his draft papers and test papers in order, raised his hand to notify the nearby yamen runners who were inspecting, saying that he wanted to hand over the papers.
When he entered the room, Chang Jin first handed over the test paper, then bowed to Zhao County Magistrate, and took a few steps back and stood there respectfully.
"Chang Yunsheng, the handwriting is very well written." Zhao Shouren nodded to him and looked in detail with a red pen in his hand. He used a red pen to circle the text from time to time during reading to show that the sentence is excellent.
After waiting for a while, he saw Magistrate Zhao raise his head and said with a smile: "Yunsheng, you have already won the title, your name must be on the list, so let's go ahead."
After saying that, he picked up his pen and wrote the word "ke" on the test paper in his hand.
Although Chang Jin kept relaxing from beginning to end, he couldn't help but sigh. This level... finally passed.
"Student obeys the order." Chang Jin bowed again, then retreated to the examination room and waited for the door to open.
According to the county examination rules, no ten people opened the door once.
About an hour later, finally gathered ten candidates who handed over the papers, and the yamen runners who guarded the gate were allowed to go.
After only staying in the examination room for half a day, when he walked out of the door, Chang Jin felt like he was a different life.
There were hundreds of people surrounding the door, and they were the families of the students who accompanied the exam. Chang Jin had previously advised Xiaoxiao and Xing Suer, and the two of them did not expect that he would hand in the papers so early, so they did not wait outside.
Wang Qinian's book boy Xiaosong was also waiting at the door. When he saw Chang Jin, he hurriedly greeted him and then wished him a pass.
It was still early, so Chang Jin and Xiaosong waited for Wang Qinian to leave the examination room.
I waited outside for about half an hour, and when he was impatient, he saw Wang Qinian walking out of the gate.
Wang Qinian was also very excited when he saw Chang Jin. He rushed over and hurriedly hugged his neck, shouting excitedly: "Yunsheng, how do you know..."
"Brother Qingyuan, be careful!" Before he could finish speaking, Chang Jin hurriedly stopped the conversation.
"Oh...oh..." Wang Qinian woke up and was so proud that he was so proud that he changed the subject: "I held it in the examination room for most of the day, but I didn't have enough food. Yunsheng, let's go to Lao Dong for a drink."
"Okay," Chang Jin nodded.
Fearing that his sister was worried, Chang Jin specially sent Xiaosong to his house to report the news.
Chapter completed!