The morning breeze blows over, and it is a little cool. The mist is blown over by the wind, and it swings over, like silk yarn dancing.

The shouts kept ringing in the faint fog. The development of business led to Tokyo City now, like later generations, where some people do morning business, and some do evening business.

"Big buns, just released big buns!"

Hearing this shout, the voice was very familiar. Zheng Lang looked up from the carriage and said, "Brother Song, stop."

Bo Song stopped the car, Zheng Lang jumped out of the carriage, walked over, and shouted: "Brother Soldier."

It was the old man who gave him two big buns in the examination room. In the examination room, he was an injunction soldier. He took off his clothes and was the common people. He couldn't support the family with his wife. He opened a snack shop on the roadside with his wife, selling buns and steamed buns to help his family.

The veteran put down his white sweat towel, ran out of the store in surprise, rubbed his hands and said, "It turned out to be the Duke of Shengyuan."

"Don't call me, I also want to thank you for those two big buns last time."

"I dare not, it's a small honor. It's a small honor to let the Guanyuan eat my buns."

"Maybe I was so fed with your buns. When I saw you, I remembered it, so I brought two buns to taste them. Maybe I could get a good ranking."

"Thank you so much, thank you so much." The veteran was really happy. He couldn't hear what Zheng Lang's words would be sold if they were spread. It worked on the spot. Some customers blinked when they heard it. It was so magical. I originally bought three steamed buns, but they changed them to ten buns on the spot, and then stood there with the buns to look at them.

The old man still doesn't want money, and the wife is happy and laughs.

Zheng Lang looked at the shop and found that it was a three-no building. He built a small shed on the side of the road. There were several large steamers, two tables, and a stove with large leaves and tea. He said, "Xinger, take the pen, ink, paper and ink."

Many people also had too low evaluations of the soldiers of the Song Dynasty and misinterpreted them. This was the bravest group of people, often at a disadvantage. They defeated cavalry that was equal or several times more than their own. They were just incompetent in the commander again and again, which made many soldiers hate the battlefield. They didn’t necessarily have to be commander like Yue Fei. As long as the national policy was slightly reversed, there were Dangxiang and Khitan. What a pity. There was also the help of the two righteous men in the last time, which made Zheng Lang feel good about the soldiers, so he did what he did today.

"Here."

Sier grinds the ink and Zheng Lang said, "Brother Bing, I ate your four buns. I'll give you four words."

"How can this be done?" The old man rubbed his hands embarrassedly. The word "Sales" was about selling it. No matter how much money it was, he couldn't buy it. He either went to the Khitan emperor or wherever he was today. It seemed that his brothers were also a little. Could it be bought?

More than this value.

Passers-by looked at the old man with a confused look on his face and envied him. The old man had good luck and actually asked the name of Shengyuan to give him the word "Shangyuan".

Zheng Lang wrote four big words: loyalty to the country.

"Good characters, good characters," almost all passers-by who stopped to watch looked at the four big characters to cheer. There were not many people who could really tell the good and bad characters. However, at this time, Zheng Lang's calligraphy gradually became more and he could indeed afford to comment on good characters.

Continue getting into the car and heading towards the palace.

Wang Anshi sighed in the car and said, "Sima Sanlang, Shengyuan also has one disadvantage."

"what."

"He has softened his heart. He has also commented on Lu Yijian, saying that those who have done great things are not care about minor matters, and has also criticized His Majesty for being too soft in his work. He can't let go of anything when it's his turn."

"You want Save to be a ruthless person?"

"That's not. It's just that after the Yuan Dynasty, he will also be a big deal. It's not a good thing to be a weak person."

Sima Guang remained silent after hearing this, but did not argue with Wang Anshi this time. The little teacher's personality is almost perfect. Don't think that he is behind closed doors to greet guests, but he is with him day and night and knows his greatness. Being too soft makes it very comfortable to follow him, but wanting to do big things is indeed a weakness.

First, we reported to the capital hall. The six departments of the Shangshu of the Tang Dynasty, including the three departments of the official and the rituals in the east, and the three departments of the military, punishment and engineering in the west. The left and right ministries of the Shangshu Province were all under the jurisdiction of each department, called the capital province. The location where its chief office was located was called the capital hall. The Song Dynasty had many reforms, but the function of the capital hall continued to be maintained. In addition, officials were led outside the Donghua Gate and began to search their bodies, otherwise it would not be good to search them when they entered the palace. It cannot be said that there was no one, but there were very few. At least Zheng Lang did not see any scholar being searched for this term.

However, in order to prevent cheating, the palace examination system is also very strict. Three days before the palace examination, the official registration was prosecuted, and the examiner went to the bachelor's academy to lock the academy system. These relevant officials could not be released until the list came out.

Before Zheng Lang had arrived, searched one by one, and from outside the palace wall to inside, there were many forbidden soldiers guarding it. Otherwise, these soldiers would run around in the palace, and the little emperor would be shocked before noon.

Zheng Lang looked up boredly. Jiang Xing'er and Si'er were standing not far away, just separated the injunction. However, he laughed. The third son of the Lu family came at some point and was whispering to the three boys.

I looked at the back again and saw my third brother-in-law standing behind, with a wonderful expression on his face, either happy or ashamed, and he talked to some congratulatory students from time to time. But it was far away and it was difficult to say hello. Zheng Lang didn't want to say hello anymore. His father-in-law was awesome, but he had not yet taken the exam, so he got a Jinshi.

However, there were some old and shabby dressed in the crowd, which made him sigh. No wonder the little emperor felt soft-hearted, and he felt pitiful when he saw their appearance. At this time, he thought of a sentence in "The Great Learning": To be honest, self-cultivated and self-govern the country and pacify the world. Suddenly, why did the Master put the family in front of governing the country? How to govern the country? These students were just trying to lose their roots and ends. How many students across the country planned to rotate in forty years, normal and abnormal years, the tenth grade of scientific examination, and the average number of Jinshi and Jinshi was 500 or more per class, and only 5,000 to 70,000 to 70,000 or more. In the past 40 years, the number of students will not be less than one million, or even more. Is it worth it to gain the probability of one-two percent with a lifetime destiny?

But it’s hard to say anything. Didn’t Li Shimin say something? All the heroes in the world are in my hands. These educated people are only concerned about studying science and technology. So are they still interested in treason? Take it seriously?

Thinking about his thoughts, it was his turn and he started to search his body. However, the Injung Soldier was still very polite to him, so he simply searched and put it in.

It was led all the way to Chongzheng Hall.

Zheng Lang came to the palace several times. He was familiar with it, but other students were not, so he looked at the buildings in the palace curiously.

But this place is definitely not a tourist destination. As the pace slowed down, the injunction immediately came to urge him. The soldiers rushed to Chongzheng Hall one by one like sheep. However, after the provincial examination, there were about 700 people left, and the number was not as large as the provincial examination. This was a relatively large one, and when it was a small one, there were only two or three hundred people.

It needs to be eliminated.

They sit down one by one. They are not provided for breakfast, they have eaten all on the road or in the inn, but they provide a lunch and they are handed out in the afternoon. The test is a test for one day, and the test is a poem and a poem. After a while, the test paper is sent out. Now it is a poem, so there is no main civil servant, and later there is a discussion. Humanized examination. In order to prevent scholars from occasionally not knowing the source of the question, they can ask the main text for the purpose of the question through the curtain. This system was established in the provincial examination.

Zheng Lang opened the paper and still wanted to copy the name of the name, but Zheng Lang didn't understand very well. Since the name of the name of the name was copied, the system was also very strict. After the first examiner was evaluated, he would then hand it over to examiner Xia to re-rated the level, and finally sent the detailed position to determine the level. Then the young emperor looked at it and observed it with his own eyes. Most of the subsequent processes were fake. Did the young emperor have this time to read it one by one? Just take a look, okay, I have read it, and all the Jinshis in the record became my disciples. Then the young emperor later changed the name of the name of the Jiying Hall to the Jiying Hall to dismantle the number on the spot, and the name of the name on the spot. So how could the young emperor cheat?

have no idea.

But the little emperor wanted to cheat. I guess no one who could win this lawsuit.

However, looking at the questions on the test paper, Zheng Lang suddenly became stunned. The questions were very simple. The poem was a gentleman's poem, and the poem was chosen among the plum, orchid, chrysanthemum and bamboo.

The little emperor would not appear in the palace examination. However, many eunuchs assisted in supervising the examination. Zhao Zhen listened to the eunuch's report and said that Zheng Lang's facial expression was surprised. Zhao Zhen laughed. This was also a kind of care. He had been preparing to issue a fu, but he just wanted to issue a fu. It seemed that no one had published this fu in the palace examination. But when he thought that he was too conspicuous, the censor could speak, he gave up.

Zheng Lang understood that this was the care of the little emperor for himself.

But these two questions were very successful.

Don’t think they are easy to do. Don’t talk too much about the gentleman’s words. But this is a fu, not a theory or strategy, so you can’t explain what a gentleman is, so it’s easy to get off topic. But the word “gentman” is easy to get off topic.

How to do this question correctly is the key to proportion. You can explain what a gentleman is, and you must explain it. You should not have too much weight. Then talk about some examples and styles of gentlemen, express some thoughts and sighs, and do some writings, and a essay with clusters of flowers will come out. The difficult thing is to start. The Master said a lot about the words of gentlemen, such as water is a true gentleman, a gentleman is not a tool, a gentleman is harmonious but different, a villain is the same but not harmonious, a gentleman is carefree, etc.

The first sentence must give a gentleman a clear positioning, not one-sidedly. After positioning, the whole essay should be rotated around this positioning. Don’t use essays as just a pile of styles, but also have a central idea, otherwise the result will be bad.

After thinking about it, he finally chose the proposition that water is a true gentleman to position it and conceive the full text. As for the poem, he chose bamboo without thinking. Although chrysanthemums are good, they have hidden cold and killing spirits, and although plum blossoms are good, they are too arrogant and suitable for Fan Zhongyan, but they are not suitable for him. If you want to be an orchid and bloom in a valley, you can't help it. It's a dream. You have to be a bamboo, which can grow in the deep mountains and valleys, and you can also appear in the imperial palace and noble gardens. No matter where you are, you can sift the wind and the moon, and you are noble and elegant.

But it still makes some students obsessed with it. Don’t think that if you choose a blind choice, you don’t read the poem yourself, but the examiner, and your majesty, then which one of the four gentlemen is liked by the examiner and the emperor?

Thinking about this way can easily lead to students being possessed by evil ways.

After setting the theme of poetry and essays, Zheng Lang began to arrange it in his mind on a chair. It was not surprising that many students knew about it. But without his cheating device, he wanted to learn it but couldn't. But his approach won the praise of many big shots.

Be vigorous and decisive, and act in one go, but what is it before? Think twice before you act, and then plan and then move!

Since you don’t have extra points for handing in the paper early, why do you need to handing in the paper early?

Wouldn't it be better to have this time to make the article perfect? ​​This is also a manifestation of a steady politician.

Some students started writing. Zheng Lang still didn't move, and continued to sit cross-legged, looking at his nose, looking at his mouth, and looking at his mouth, like a master monk. Several officials who visited the court saw his expression, even though they heard it before, they were still surprised.

Almost entered into a solid state.

Zheng Lang didn't move a word for a whole morning. This is not something other students can't learn, without his strong memory. Even if they combine in their minds, they forget it for a while, and they can only write it on paper while thinking and combine it on paper. If they play like him, except for a few students such as Han Qi, most of them will not be able to afford it.

When it was time to give food, a picket next door asked whisper: "Save Yuan, why don't you write?"

I felt a little tasteful. However, after reaching a certain level, the taste was useless and I could only look up to Zheng Lang.

"I've started writing here long ago," Zheng Lang pointed to his head.

The disciple is frustrated and he doesn't say anything. He is a freak and cannot compare himself to him.

In fact, it is not difficult, one poem, five or six hundred words. After all, my man was a man who could go to work while spending more than ten thousand a day. That kind of life was hard, and the end of the year was hard, so he might only buy a fake and play with it.

Now that I have everything, I seem to be gradually seeing it indifferently. It’s really strange.

The main thing is to carve the words, the number of words is not large, but the requirements are the essence. I have been doing this in my mind all morning.

If you talk about poetry and essays, he will complete them within half an hour, but that cannot be written on the test paper.

After lunch, he revised it three times in his mind. He started writing after handing over the paper. Seeing him start writing, several officials in the field were relieved. It was indeed different.

He started writing very quickly. After writing, he was done and blowing the ink marks. He could be said to be the last person to write the paper. It is very likely that they were the last person to write the paper in the palace examination since the imperial examination in the Song Dynasty. However, instead of the last scholar who handed in the paper, he handed in the paper, and one-quarter of the scholars left in the examination room to continue thinking.

In fact, Zheng Lang already knew how the little emperor cheated. The eunuch who brought tea and water to deliver food came in and out. After all, in early March, the weather was a little hot. So many scholars gathered together and dared not be careless. These eunuchs didn't know how to read it? But the eunuch sent lunch to his table, with a very depressed expression and blank scrolls. About the other side, I saw the third brother-in-law's paper.

Later, I sent tea again. This time I saw my own paper, and I seemed to lose my attitude. I looked at my paper and couldn't bear to leave. I read it for a few minutes before leaving. Don't take it seriously, there is something strange in the middle.

As he said, after delivering tea from the little yellow gate, he ran out and quietly recited the article written by Zheng Lang, wrote it on the paper, and handed it to the little emperor for a look. It is not called cheating, but for a sneak peek. Zhao Zhen looked at it and said that a gentleman was like water, and he was very satisfied. Not only Zheng Lang's personality, but also Zhao Zhen's personality is also very gentle. If divided by gentleman like water, Zhao Zhen is also a gentleman. When he saw the poems of bamboo, he was even happier and said, "Bamboo is good, it is not beautiful, it is not charming, it is straight, it is not lonely, it is not arrogant, it is not vulgar, it is like it."

I wonder if those scholars who chose the other three gentlemen would faint after hearing this?

After walking out, Si Xiao and Xing'er came over, Wang Anshi and Si Ma Guang asked, "How did you do the exam in the Yuan Dynasty?"

"It's okay."

"I have it," Sima Guang looked at Zheng Lang's expression, and heard it was okay again. He knew that it must have it, so he jumped up happily.

The other scholars shook their heads. Zheng Lang had already given them a sense of oppression, and then they shouted that there was no one else who dared to think about this top scholar.

Zhang Fangping walked over and said, "Congratulations in advance."

"Don't listen to Sima Sanlang, how did Brother Zhang do in the exam?"

"I feel it's okay, but I don't know if it's right or not."

"If Brother Zhang is not angry, come to the inn to speak."

"Okay," Zhang Fangping said happily. He admired Zheng Lang very much. Anyway, the top scorer is only one. It is better to fall into the hands of a nerd, so that he will have greater confidence to contribute more to the country in the future.

After the palace examination, Zheng Lang ignored the number of rankings, and he could not control it. There were no hurry. There were many things. The book he proposed was too wide and there was a few small help. It would not be possible to complete it in a few years. This is only part of Confucianism. In addition to the doctrine of the mean, benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, loyalty and forgiveness, saints and wisdom, integrity, shame, filial piety and friendship, etc., as well as a joy that Zheng Lang is very confused now. He also likes joy, but he doesn't know that the effect is really as big as Confucius said? Another person rarely pays attention to it, three points! This three not only expresses the doctrine of the mean, but also many aspects. If you don't talk about three points, you won't think about talking about Confucianism.

And your own way.

The milling survey in the next few years will be about the task in the next few years, and this is also a process of cultivating the body and mind.

But without scientific examinations, there is no sense of oppression.
To be continued...