As soon as the sky was dawn, Chu Ci was awakened by the sound of his memorials coming and falling.

After a night of autumn rain, the air was tide. Chu Ci heard someone shouting in the distance, saying that he was a rainy number and wanted to change the number room, and then he was taken back by the guards in the number room.

He made some water, rinsed his mouth, and wiped his face again. He also wanted to clean it up, but there was no way, and the conditions did not allow it.

He cooked some millet porridge like yesterday, and the students in the nearby room also took out their own things and started eating. Chu Ci saw a student in the room opposite eating steamed buns and pickled vegetables, and couldn't help but miss the pickled vegetables a little.

It tastes so good. His porridge is sweet.

"Brother, come here." The soldiers outside the Chu Ci Chao's room waved.

A soldier was responsible for five rooms. When the man heard Chu Ci called him, he walked over.

"Brother, can you help me ask if the student on the other side wants to change food?" Chu Ci's request was so weird that the soldier was stunned for a while. But Chu Ci's expression was too sincere, so

He went over and asked for him.

The scholar was also stunned for a long time. He turned to look at Chu Ci, and then handed out his jar of pickled cucumbers.

Chu Ci scooped a few pieces into his bowl. He saw them yesterday. For this kind of sauce jar, those soldiers stirred them with chopsticks. If they were also grabbed with their hands, they would not eat them even if they were greedy.

The jar was sealed again, and then poured a small bowl of millet porridge to the scholar. The two of them handed over each other, and the transaction was concluded.

This means that the exam has not started yet, so everyone can communicate. When the examiner arrives, no one can speak out again.

After eating, Chu Ci cleaned the food utensils with a little water, then put the things back into the basket, and then took out the four treasures of the study.

After the things were put together, he sat cross-legged on the board, closed his eyes and concentrated his mind, which made his mood settle down. This look was not so noticeable.

...

When it was dawn, the sound of gongs rang out in the examination room. Everyone sat upright, waiting for the examiner and the deputy examiner to inspect. Generally, the examiner was appointed by the court, while the deputy examiner was transferred from other provinces to supervise each other. There was no such group of people.

One is an official from Xijiang Province.

Because the examination room was very large, they also scattered away. Zhang Songnian walked in front with a stern face, followed by a few guards behind him. As long as he was passing by, the students did not dare to say anything, for fear of annoying the examiner.

He remembered it.

After a round of inspections, Zhang Songnian announced on the spot that the number room was closed and the examination was unlocked. Then several officials carried out several baskets, which contained the questions from the first provincial examination. The questions were sealed with wax and rolled into a ball.

, and then I handed in from outside the baffle later. The few people following behind me were holding white paper and answer sheets, each with one answer sheet and three white papers, and they were gone after they were used up.

When Chu Ci received the topic and paper, he couldn't help but take a deep breath. He carefully took the wax on it and then expanded the topic.

The first test of the four books and the four classics are tested in the first test. Because the students’ sutras are different, the question papers on the next day are very long, and everyone can just select the questions they want to do.

There are four books in total. Generally speaking, the titles are usually given in the order of "The Analects of Confucius", "Mencius", "The Great Learning" or "The Doctrine of the Mean".

The first session of the provincial examination is repeated, and the first session is repeated, so the first question is particularly important.

Today I was posting three and four books. When I looked at the topic of Chu Ci, I saw that the first question said: Poor but not flattery, rich but not arrogant. This question comes from the Analects of Confucius, which talks about Zigonghe Confucius' dialogue literally means that poor people do not flatter, and rich people do not be arrogant.

If you want to solve the problem from this place, you will be wrong, because Confucius said below: But, it is not as good as those who are poor and happy, and those who are rich and kind. This means that poor people enjoy the word, and rich people understand etiquette. The state of thought has improved a lot.

Chu Ci skipped this question and looked at the next question. The second question came from Mencius: Only when power can you know the severity; only when you know the length and shortness, everything is the same, and the heart is the most.

It means that things need to be weighed and measured before they can know their magnitude and length, and the same is true for people's hearts. In other words, everything must be practiced before they can get results.

Chu Ci had never done this question, and he had no idea at all, so he skipped it first and looked at the third question. The third question is the doctrine of the mean: everything is unsustainable, and if it is not unsustainable, it is abolished. , you must prepare in advance when doing things. If you prepare well, you will succeed, and if you are not prepared well, you will fail.

The questions of these three questions are not difficult to understand, and the sources are very ordinary. Basically, many people have done them before, but how to find a different approach and make your articles stand out better than others is a difficult problem.

Chu Ci remembered Zhang Songnian's preferences again. If he wanted to please him, he had to answer questions meticulously according to his thinking.

Chu Ci thought, is it really going to be like this? He has written several articles in imitating ancient Chinese writings these days, and he feels that he is okay, but if he wants to be outstanding, it may still be a bit difficult.

It would be better to draw a tiger than to become a dog. Instead of imitating the essence, he lost his character. It would be better to do a drastic move and write his favorite articles. He didn't believe that Zhang Songnian could press him down and not be able to make a comeback.

At this moment, Chu Ci gave up on his desire to compromise and devoted himself to making all his thoughts with his articles.

In the first question, he wrote a sentence to solve the question: Those who are content with poverty enjoy talking, while those who are content are often expensive. Then he cut into the article from the consequences of those who are not satisfied in history and started answering the questions. The article opens and closes, with gorgeous words and yet It shows its majestic atmosphere, profound intentions, and can speak in meaning, and the true chapter can be seen from the subtle points.

Chu Ci strengthened his beliefs and thoughts flowed like a spring. In less than half an hour, he finished the article. However, the number of words in the article exceeded, and a few more places would have to be deleted and modified later.

He put the written question aside and looked at the third question again. He also had an idea in this question, and wrote it in it: A gentleman is concerned about troubles and he is hesitant to prevent it. He quoted a sentence from the Zhouyi Let's solve the problem.

Then, he analyzed the importance of preparing from several classic ancient battles. He still made his point-of-sight and expressed his feelings directly, which made people feel heartbroken after seeing it and couldn't help but be amazed.

In fact, Chu Ci did the first three or two questions first, in addition to having no idea about the second question now, there is another reason, that is, a trick Mr. Xu told him.

That is to use human psychology. Because human thinking ability is limited, it is really not easy to write three wonderful articles in a day and a night, so the quality of articles of many people is from high to low.

This leads to the fact that when the marking officer marks the paper, your three articles are stuck together. When he opened the first article, he found that you wrote well, so he nodded and continued to go down. After looking again, hey, it's still good. So

If you go down again, you find that one article is worse than the other, and he will feel disappointed. The ranking will naturally not be too high in the end, because he will have a deep impression of the last article.

According to Mr. Xu's approach, when he read the first article, he thought it was very good. When he saw the second article, he found that the quality seemed to have dropped a lot. When he was patient and went to the third article, he would be surprised.

I found that the level of the article has come back.

This kind of experience that is like riding a roller coaster will make the examiner feel satisfied. Once he is satisfied, his ranking will naturally not be below.

After the third article was written, Chu Ci did not rush to revise it, but picked up the second article.

The ancients said that one thing will be done in one go, and then it will fade away. Instead of writing a post for a while, it is better to take advantage of this time to write all the articles and then check them slowly.

In the second article, Chu Ci thought about it for a long time, and then used Zhu Zi's words to solve the topic: I finally realized it from paper, and I must practice it myself to know it.

When the title is broken, the article will be easier to write. He thought about it and wrote a famous story on the Records of the Grand Historian - Talk on Paper.

Just as Chu Ci was working hard to do the exam, the officer who was on the exam passed by. He saw that other students in the row of numbers were thinking hard, and it took him a long time to write. Another student was writing hard, and the partition was already

After I finished writing two articles, I couldn't help but stop and watch.

As soon as he saw the beginning, he couldn't help but be amazed. The beginning of this article is well written, and I hope it's not a bad start. He was about to look down, but the examiner who was inspecting him suddenly came over and said that it was there.

Someone came to report to the room and asked him to go over and check it out together.

This inspection is done by two people. If it is a one-man inspection, if there is a fraud, it will be difficult for them to clear the charge.

The examiner had to go with him. It turned out that a student suddenly vomited, and the filth filled the entire room, which was foul-like, making the students next to him unbearable.

After carrying the student out, the man wanted to look back, but he no longer knew where he was sitting. And they had a lot of places to walk around, and the man couldn't help but look a little regretful on his face.

"Brother Zhou, why do you show such an expression?"

"I just saw a student's article, which was written very well, but unfortunately I haven't finished reading it yet. I feel so uncomfortable."

"Oh? It's so good? Is he imitating the past or talking about the present?"

"This, looking at his first two sentences, it seems to be imitating the style of the Tang and Song dynasties, with gorgeous rhetoric, and it makes people feel verbal and fragrant when read."

"Oh, then you probably can't see his articles. Who doesn't know that Mr. Zhang is so ancient?"

"That's right, it's a pity..."

Generally speaking, only the top five articles will be posted, and the others' seals will be kept. Unfortunately, he is not the inner curtain officer, so it seems that he cannot finish reading that article.

The author has something to say: Today is delayed again, because I have to check a lot of information in this chapter, and it is another day of baldness. Thank you for the little angel who voted for me or irrigated nutrient solution~

Thanks to the little angel who threw the [grenade]: 1 Canhe Tingyu;

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