Chapter 124: Winning the championship (Part 2)
Chen Jing had known for a long time that the middle between the Shaoxing Prefecture and the Shanyin County of Kuaiji was only a hundred feet apart.
By the time Uncle Yao sent him to the front of the government office, the sun was about to set, and under the golden brilliance, the prefectural government office looked particularly spectacular. In terms of regulations, a government office must be two levels higher than a county. In terms of architecture, it is bigger, more beautiful and more wasteful...
The screen wall in the square in front of the mansion is two zhang longer than the Kuaiji County Government Office, and is five zhang long. There is a grand four-pillar archway from east to west of the screen wall. The stone foundation diameter is six feet, made of white marble, and it is thick and noble; the columns are more than two zhang high, made of golden nanmu, and stand on the clouds.
Of course, there are also Jingshan Pavilion, Shenming Pavilion and the like, but time is too urgent to look closely. After a silent glance, he hurried to the main entrance of the government office. After handing the invitation, the door led him in. After entering, the yamen was divided into three routes. The middle route was the prefect's yamen, the Tonggong Mansion on the left was the Tonggong Mansion on the right.
Chen Si followed the gate from the main road to the second gate and entered the front courtyard of the mansion. There were still six offices in the offices similar to six bedrooms. After passing through, he arrived at the ceremonial gate that was exactly the same as the main gate.
When you enter the Yimen Gate is the lobby, and when you pass the lobby is the second hall, the prefect holds a banquet in the second hall.
When I went in silently, I found that the other four children had already arrived in their childhood, sitting restrainedly in the side hall, waiting for the arrival of the prefect. In addition to classmate Tao, there were two who looked very similar, one who was very short.
As soon as he saw him come in, Tao Yuchen stood up and smiled and said, "Three of the same year, my legendary senior brothers are here." The three of them stood up to correspond, and both sides politely ordered them, and introduced themselves. It turned out that the two brothers in Yuyao County were 27 years old, with the name Sun Yan and Wenzhong. The one who was three years younger than him was Sun Ying and Wenhe. The other shorter one was from Xiaoshan County, named Chen Shounian and Songling, but he was the largest of the few, and he looked like he was in his thirties.
It was another greeting, and the two convenient seats were discussed according to the county test results and year-old. Sun Yan was the first year-old in Yuyao case and sat in the upper seat; Silence was also the first person in the case, but he was young and could only sit in the second seat; Sun Ying and Tao Yuchen were both second-level and sat in three or four seats according to their seniority. Chen Shounian, the oldest, could only sit in the last seat because he was the fourth person in Xiaoshan.
Although the seats will be reordered soon, it is still unscrupulous at this moment.
After the five of them sat down, they smiled silently at Tao Yuchen and said, "I just heard you say, what kind of legendary senior brother am I?"
Tao Yuchen was about to speak, but Sun Ying laughed first and said, "I have heard about Brother Zhuo Yan's anecdotes for a long time. I have always admired him so much that I asked Brother Yuchen. I would like to forgive me." His behavior was calm and elegant, and even if he apologized, he was like a breeze and a bright moon... It was not deliberately pretending, but as if he was born like this. If he didn't, it would be strange.
'Youdao was a nobleman from three generations. I don't know what the Sun family is like.' Chen Si said in his heart, and said with a gentle smile: "Wenhe, I'm not happy yet." He said ashamedly, "It's just that I'm mediocre. Apart from the few times when I was a child, there is nothing worth mentioning."
Chen Shounian laughed and said, "Brother Zhuo Yan is too humble. I don't know anything else. Just talk about our Xiaoshan County, you are 'golded in the bottle', 'eliminate trees in the river' and 'breaking ropes in the bottle', and all women and children know that you are regarded as a prodigy like Cao Chong and Wen Yanbo." The scholars first look at the grades and then take the order, so Chen has to call everyone brother.
He smiled silently and said, "Fortunately, I didn't regard me as Zhongyong, Kong Rong."
His humble attitude made everyone feel good, and the atmosphere gradually became warm. I observed the three of them quietly and secretly... I found that although the two brothers looked like a good young man, Sun Ying acted like a young man in the turbid world, and he spoke like a spring breeze; his brother Sun Jing had a serious expression and was taciturn. Only when he had to say it would a few words burst out, but every word was very admirable.
As for Chen Shounian, who may be old and experienced, was eloquent and smooth, which made Chen Mo quite dislike, but he could not tell his love and hate on his face.
As he was talking about the excitement, a servant heard a loud voice saying, "The magistrate is here."
The five people quickly stood up to greet him, and saw that the prefect Tang, who was dressed in casual clothes, arrived in front of the hall accompanied by two officials in the same casual clothes.
After arriving at him, the five people realized that the two men were originally the Tongzhi and instructors of our residence.
Since Lord Mansion Lord has arrived, a servant asked softly, "Sir, can the banquet be started?"
The prefect Tang nodded and smiled, "Yes." Then he led everyone to the main hall.
The tables were already arranged in the main hall, and the tables were filled with ordinary dishes, not large in quantity, not large in quantity. The tableware was also made of ordinary white porcelain, which was very simple.
Seeing the surprise in the eyes of sentient beings, the Tongzhi smiled with emotion and said, "Our man in our house does not like extravagance and waste, it is really our example." It is obviously a point where we have flattered without thinking, and it is only one step away from becoming the ultimate fart spirit.
Tang Shunzhi smiled faintly and said, "Who doesn't love Chinese food, it will just destroy your will." While greeting the five candidates to sit down, he smiled and said, "If you can't get used to it, you can ask for extra meals in the kitchen." Silence saw through it, and this guy always looked hypocritical, but in fact he was very bad at heart.
The few people naturally shook their heads repeatedly, and Chen Shounian said humbly: "The adults' teachings are like enlightenment. After the students return, they will definitely lie on firewood and taste gallbladder to hone their will."
"There's no need." Tang Shunzhi still smiled faintly, "Everyone can eat first, let's talk about the main business later." Then he raised his chopsticks and picked up a dish with chopsticks.
The five candidates started to move, but they only had a deer in their hearts, pounding, and everything they ate was like chewing wax.
Silence is not nervous, but he is always gentle in eating and looks as unappetizing as those people.
The prefect Tang used some food for a while. Seeing that they were so nervous, he smiled gently and said, "It seems that this meal is not for everyone's appetite."
Everyone quickly shook their heads and said, "It's so delicious." Sun Ying added another sentence, "It's just that I'm nervous and can't pretend to be in the food." This made the prefect Tang laugh, and everyone laughed with him.
"Okay, let's do the job first and then have a meal!" The prefect Tang took a towel and wiped his hands, and said with a smile: "The entire case of this examination has been decided. I have selected 300 of the 5,000 candidates as candidates to participate in the examination. And you five have a deep foundation and good writing skills, so you can be the five masters of this year..." As he said that, he sighed slightly: "Shaoxing Mansion is indeed a brilliant person. The articles of you five, Chunlan, Qiuju, each of you is good at winning the game, and they are all qualified to be the first in the case. This is difficult for me to destroy."
The five of them didn't care about happiness, and they all held their breath and heard the prefect say, "So I decided to give you an additional test today, and you always have to get a ranking." As he said, he sipped the tea and said, "But the writing time was too long, and writing poetry was not the right way to the imperial examination, so it's better for me to solve the questions." He looked at the instructor of the prefecture and said, "What should I do if the old professor meant?"
The white-haired Confucian professor smiled and said, "I have read the articles of several handsome men. My foundation is very solid. I believe that as long as I can solve the problem, it is no problem to write a good article." As he said that, he gave a thumbs up to the prefect of the Tang Dynasty and said, "Mr. Master Fuzun is really clever!" It turns out that this is the top bullshit.
The prefect Tang smiled and said, "Okay, that's all." The only thing he pondered was that, he twisted his beard and said, "These are all veterans who have solved the questions millions. Ordinary sentences are naturally no problem, but you must have never broken this by me." As he said that, he picked up his pen and drew a circle on the white paper that had been prepared on the side.
Everyone calmed down and waited for his next move, but saw the magistrate put down his pen and smiled brightly, "Break it."
Everyone's mouths were like that circle, and the old professor even coughed and said, "Sir, it seems that the topic should come from the Four Books and Five Classics." The fart spirit also had the insistence of the fart spirit. Once he touched the family rules of the ancestors, he could only rank the prefect second.
But who is the Prime Minister Tang? He is definitely a person with excessive IQ. He asked someone to bring a book of the Analects of Confucius, opened the old professor and looked at it, "Look, there are every page."
It turns out that the books at this time were printed with a ‘．’ at the beginning of each chapter, indicating that they were separated from the previous chapter. All printings were in this format, and the Four Books and Five Classics were naturally no exception.
The old instructor's lips moved a few times, rubbed his head full of sweat and said, "I need to calm down." But he no longer stopped him.
Here, the prefect is the boss. If he asks you to break "ｏ", you have to break "ｏ".
The five began to rack their brains, each with their pens and drawing on paper to find inspiration.
The prefect Tang held the tea bowl and smiled at the five Tongshengs while drinking tea, adding: "I forgot to say that the limited time is one stick of incense, and now it has been burned for an inch."
Only then did everyone notice that the servant brought the incense burner but not a casserole. He thought, "Can you be a non-official? If you don't become an official, you will be played with the old official." Then he blushed and thought hard, hoping to pull all his hair off...
The effort of a stick of incense came in a flash, and the five handsome men each had their own answers.
The prefect of Tang saw that Shen Mo had broken the truth, "The sages set their words first, and they were able to obtain the celestial phenomena."
Sun Jing’s problem was: “The Master said it before he was empty.”
Chen Shounian's problem was: "The sages are the first to speak, but there is no square form."
Sun Ying’s problem was: “Let’s say something first, Zhong Ni’s day is the moon.”
Tao Dalin said: "The saint had said it before, and it was a Tai Chi."
After reading it for a long time, he finally ranked the ranking for this palace examination:
The five masters Chen Shounian is also.
The four masters are Sun Ying.
The three masters are Sun Jing.
The second master is Tao Yuchen.
Chapter completed!