The public examination on the 13th and 18th is crucial for Taixue students, but it is especially critical for Zhang Yue, because the result of the public examination determines whether Zhang Yue can continue to study at Taixue.

Therefore, Zhang Yue worked hard to prepare for this public examination. If he failed in the examination and had to ask Yang Zhongnan to plead in front of Li Gou, not only would he be embarrassed, but his teacher Zhang Youzhi would also be embarrassed.

On the day of the exam, it snowed heavily.

Zhang Yue, Huang Haoyi, Liu Zuo, Xiang Qi and others were covered with a layer of white frost on their brows even though they held umbrellas when they walked from the studio.

Zhang Yue couldn't help but his legs were shaking with the cold. He waited until he arrived in front of Chonghua Hall and shook off all the falling snow on his shirt.

After arriving at Chonghua Hall, Zhang Yue sat down on the table with his knees bent, and everyone whispered to each other for a while. Only after other imperial students arrived one after another did they become quiet.

Everyone was very cold, so the lecturer asked his servants to bring braziers from all over and put them on the Chonghua Hall, and things got much better.

Zhang Yue held the hand stove in his hands.

The brazier next to him made the room gradually heat up, and a little bit of snow on the clothes between his eyebrows began to melt, and a little sweat broke out on Zhang Yue's face.

After the exam started, the hall was silent except for the sound of the pen tip licking the paper.

The exam on the first day consisted of two five-character and six-rhyme poems and three policy essays.

Zhang Yue answered with concentration, and soon finished the first poem. As for the second poem, he had no clue about it at the moment, so he left it blank and wrote three policy essays first. When the policy essays were all written, Zhang Yue had a rough idea in his mind before he went back to writing. The last test poem.

Just as he was writing the last poem, Zhang Yue saw that many Tai students had already gotten up early, bundled their papers and walked out of the hall.

There are hidden dragons and crouching dragons in Taixue. For many people, the test poem that took Zhang Yue to ponder for half a day can be understood in just half a moment.

However, in the last private examination, Zhang Yue's poem was unprecedented. For the first time, he got "low" instead of "no".

It's a pity that in the past, I always had a strong grasp of the meaning of the scriptures, but I got a "middle", because one article in the policy theory did not perform well.

Now Zhang Yue only hopes that the test poems can "enter his eyes", so that he can get another "low", but he doesn't dare to ask for "mid".

After Zhang Yue finished writing, he walked out of Chonghua Hall and handed the paper to Li Gou.

Li Gou glanced at Zhang Yue, and first read his two test poems. This time, Li Gou's face was no longer as ugly as before, but he said: "Go down!"

Finally, I didn’t show any shame to myself.

Zhang Yue was secretly glad that he was much more stable this way. However, the public examination was not as good as the private examination. In the end, Hu Su, the Gongju candidate, had to approve it.

On the 18th, I examined the scriptures, and there were still three policy essays.

In the second year of Jiayou's reign, Ouyang Xiu took the exam to test the weight of policy theory, which was increased by the tribute examination. Therefore, the Jinshi Department in Taixue all took the policy theory test in the private examination on March 82, which can be regarded as keeping up with current events.

When it came time for the public examination of Tie Jing, Zhang Yue did not pay attention to Tie Jing at all, but focused most of his energy on the three policy essays.

After finishing writing, Zhang Yue almost felt exhausted, but overall he was quite satisfied.

After the exam, the Taipei students also had expressions of relief on their faces, just like the relief they felt after finishing the last subject in the 'final exam'.

At this moment, Li Gou walked into Chonghua Hall, and the students in charge said: "Quiet!"

All the students stopped talking.

It was dark outside the window and snow was flying heavily. There was no snow when everyone came for this exam, but during the exam, it was covered with snow.

It was windy and snowy, and even though everyone was inside the house, they all felt the chill of the Northland.

It was dark outside, so candles were lit in the examination room.

Li Gou, who was always serious, stood in the lecture hall and looked at everyone. College students knew that Li Gou was strictly prohibited from studying, so many people were a little afraid of him. After the last subject exam today, everyone was worried about being reprimanded by him again.

Unexpectedly, Li Gou said, "It's very cold today, so we've prepared mutton soup and steamed buns for you in the dining hall."

After hearing what Li Gou said, all the students cheered.

Li Gou had a slight smile on his face: "There will be wontons tomorrow!"

The cheers were even louder.

"It's the Chinese New Year, so you should also tidy up your apartment, put your clothes in order, and comb your hair on weekdays. Even if you don't have a teacher to supervise you on weekdays, you should be careful to be alone. When it comes to the Lantern Festival, I will not supervise your studies.

, but you should also cultivate yourself in the fasting room.”

This is equivalent to saying that before the Lantern Festival, everyone can have as much fun as they want.

The cheers of the crowd almost overturned Chonghua Hall.

Zhang Yue looked at this scene, and it seemed to all the students of the past and present.

Li Gou looked at the cheering students and felt a little emotional.

These students gave him the biggest headaches on weekdays, but in the end they were the ones he worried about the most.

"What are you going to read at the end?"

In the past, after every private and public examination of Taixue, Hu Yuan would call all the Taixue students to gather in Chonghua Hall, then order people to play elegant music, and finally everyone would sing in unison.

Or teachers and students can throw pots or shoot arrows together.

For many college students, these are the bright spots in their hard study life.

After Li Gou Guan Gou Taixue, of course he also inherited this traditional art.

"Everyone, let's chant together, Li Taibai will enter the bar!"

All the students cheered loudly and immediately chanted in unison: "

I don’t see you, the water of the Yellow River comes up from the sky and rushes to the sea never to return.

Don't you see, the bright mirror in the high hall has sad white hair, and it looks like blue silk in the morning and turns to snow in the evening.

If you are happy in life, you must have all the joy, and don't let the golden cup stand empty against the moon.

It is my nature that my talents will be useful, and I will come back to you after all my wealth has been spent.

…

Zhang Yue was among the crowd. Although it was not the first time or the last time, his mood was different when he recited the song "About to Enter the Wine" among so many people.

It was snowing outside the hall, the candlelight inside was dim, and the young people's spirits were all mixed up in the wine, as if they were going back to Li Taibai a hundred years ago to raise their glasses and sing together.

Li Gou in the hall was also moved and recited "Journey into the Wine" together with the students.

…

"The five-flowered horse and the golden fur will be exchanged for fine wine, and I will sell the eternal sorrow with you."

After hundreds of Tai students recited "This Will Be Drinking" three times, everyone laughed, and many even slapped the table, just like the wild mood in the poem.

Li Gou looked at the students and said, "How difficult is it to recite another poem about the Road to Shu!"

"yes."

"Ahem, how dangerous it is! The road to Shu is as difficult as climbing to the sky!"

Silkworms and yufu, how confused the founding of the country is!

You are forty-eight thousand years old, and you are not in the vicinity of Qin Sai.

There is a bird path in Taibai, Xidang, which can cross the top of Mount Emei.

…

Zhang Yue saw many old students raising their sleeves and crying. For these people, graduation may be around the corner. Zhang Yue thought of his past school days, but what impressed him the most were sports games, recitation competitions, social practice, etc., often

It was just a small thing that seemed meaningless at the time.

As for girls? That is out of reach...

Youth is like a flowing river. Once it goes, it never comes back and there is no time to say goodbye...

Under the chanting of everyone, Zhang Yue felt that he had ended his first year of study at Taixue in such a muddle-headed way and passed through his rookie period.

After the public examination, at the end of the new year, there is one more thing for Zhang Yue and other imperial students, and that is to offer sacrifices to the stove.

On the morning of the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, Imperial College students worshiped the stove.

Each room must offer sacrifices to the stove.

The chief of the restaurant, Liu Ji, and everyone laid out stove sugar and sweet wine, which are necessary. In addition, there were three fruit plates, jujubes, lychees, and polygonum sugar candies.

Jujube, lychee, and polygonum flower sugar are the top priorities. Why?

In order to get good luck.

Because Zao Li Liao is divorced early.

If you fail to pass the Jinshi exam, you will have to die of old age in Imperial College, so everyone hopes to "leave early."

Jujubes are easy to get, but as for lychees, candied fruit or dried lychees can be used instead.

Polygonum flower sugar is made by grinding glutinous rice into powder, scalding it with hot water until soft, adding sugar and oil, kneading it into dough, cutting it into long strips, slurrying it with maltose, sprinkling it with sesame seeds, sticking it with green and red silk, and finally frying it in oil.

.When taken out, it is crispy and crispy, just like the flower spikes of Polygonum flower, so it is called Polygonum flower candy.

After the sacrifice to the stove, the first school year is really over.

Of course, the most important thing is the public examination results. Zhang Yue's poems were "average", and his classics and meanings were "excellent". Finally, they were combined with his craft and current status.

Zhang Yue got a 'middle'.

Not only did he keep his status as a Taipei student, but he also had further possibilities...
To be continued...