Chapter 25: The sword is sharpened
In order to facilitate candidates to find their own location as soon as possible, when sending the papers, the Gongyuan provided each candidate with a quick look at the seat numbers, which indicated the location of each font number house.
Chen Si followed the guidance and arrived at the ninth row. He stood in the corridor and looked inside. He saw seventy or eighty houses lined up in a long south alley with a gate at the entrance of the alley. After checking the names of the soldiers guarding, he let Chen Si enter.
I was silent and saw that the alley was less than five feet wide, but it was very long, quite like a hut in a house. There was a military guard outside each house... In fact, the reviewers and the supervisors did not go directly to the examination lane to patrol the field. The ones who were responsible for the invigilance were actually these illiterate soldiers. This is because, first, there were not so many invigilance officers, and second, they could also prevent the invigilance officers from colluding with the candidates.
In fact, this kind of one-on-one invigilator is indeed not difficult. As long as you are prohibited from asking questions, attending sessions, and exchanging test papers, it is fine.
The test lane is also equipped with several large tanks filled with water, which are mainly used to extinguish fires and allow candidates to drink.
After looking deeper, I saw the toilet at the end of the mailhouse, so I looked back and found the seventh mailhouse. As Xu Wei and the others said, there were walls on three sides, open on the south side, and there was no door. The size was very similar to the toilets on trains in later generations. You can imagine what the mailhouse should be like.
Chen Si reached out to lift the board embedded in the brick holder, then wiped the dust from his hand. When he looked closely, he saw that there were spiders falling into the house, and a thick layer of dust was accumulated on the ground. He just came into the Gongyuan and saw that everything was clean and water was sprinkled on the ground. He was still happy for a while, but unexpectedly, he only swept the streets and had to do personal hygiene.
There is no way to take the exam! I had no choice but to roll up my sleeves and fetch water, clean the voyage and talk about it... Of course, it was not only him, but the other candidates in the voyage were also doing a major cleaning... When cleaning the voyage, I saw that there were many messages from seniors written on the walls, such as XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Chen Si rubbed his eyes hard and confirmed that he had not seen a ghost. He could not imagine that this was the place where the sage had fought. Looking at the following, there were still several candidates who had written a poem of worship in the past twenty years. Only then did Chen Si believe that before a hundred years, the sage had also cleaned up here... I couldn't help but feel much more balanced.
But excessive coincidence revealed traces of axe and chiseling. Silence felt that this was probably the arrangement of those Wang Xuemen. He couldn't help but shiver and exclaimed in his heart: "It's so terrible, it's too easy to play me to death." He couldn't help but respect those guys who were not very focused and never dared to look down on them again.
What should these people do? They closed their eyes and thought for a moment, and felt that it was not a bad thing anyway, so they stopped caring for it and continued to clean it.
When the number house was completely cleaned out, it was already setting sun. I couldn't help but curse: "Three days have passed, and the test paper has not even been opened." So I just wanted to talk about it tomorrow, stuff the paper directly into the roll bag, and prepare to cook... Because the paper cannot be damaged at all, and it cannot be wet or dirty. So I should put it in a roll bag with greased paper in the middle, which can be moisture-proof and moisture-proof.
Silent took out the small small boiler from the examination box and brought it to the Alley. The number house was too small. Everyone wanted to cook and got it from the alley four feet wide. But when he came out to work, there were almost few people in the Alley.
Because from the beginning of entering the gate, there is no follower to follow. Whether it is moving the exam box or scanning the exam room, everything must be done by these scholars who are powerless. I am afraid that many people will only understand what "tiring their muscles and bones" means at this time. They are exhausted early and don't even want to eat... Of course, it is more likely that they are too lazy to do it.
Of course, there is a high possibility that you can't cook. Scholars are all without touching the spring water, and the hot food they make may be more harmful to their bodies than cold food.
In such an environment, it is really not just about learning. If you can’t even take good care of yourself, and you will vomit and diarrhea, and your mind will be dizzy, how can you write a good article to please the examiner?
But they can cook when they are silent and have a child. During their tour last year, they have been sleeping in the open and suffered a lot, but they have strengthened their bodies and will. They can take good care of themselves at this time.
Therefore, it is not possible to just study, not help parents with housework, or exercise.
Make a pot of sticky rice porridge, break the brought mozzarella and put it in a bowl, and then pour the rice porridge on it. The crispy mozzarella and the soft stool of the hot porridge are mixed together, making it fragrant and eye-catching.
With Xiaocai and others' envious eyes, he ate two big bowls of porridge. He felt much more comfortable both physically and mentally, so he returned to the honour house and moved his body in an extremely limited space, waiting for the digestion to be almost done before he went to bed... The tribute court only sent three candles, and he was not going to waste it today.
This strategy is right because he didn't sleep well last night and has been struggling for a whole day today. Even if he wants to seize the time, his mind will not turn around. It is better to sleep well and nourish his energy and start answering questions tomorrow.
When he felt almost done, he laid the board, put it on the bedding, opened the mosquito repellent medicine, got into the bed and prayed: "Your Majesty Yangming, please don't come to me." Then he fell asleep.
It was so good that Yangming Gong was also conscious of the fun and did not disturb him. As a result, he woke up naturally when he opened his eyes and stretched. When he saw the sergeant in the prison, he remembered that he was in the tribute courtyard.
He saw the soldier with admiration and looked at the sky. It was already midday. He couldn't help but blushed. He quickly packed up the bedding, took the pot and put down the noodles, and did not forget to pack two eggs... The sergeant in the prison couldn't help but secretly contempt: "I ate, slept, slept, and ate, and I had a good skin, but it turned out to be straw."
Chen Si didn't know that he had been despised. After tasting the noodles a little light, he added some soy sauce. It turned out to be much more delicious, and he couldn't help but fall in love with Miss Yin more and more.
It was not until he had enough food and drank it and wiped the number board clean, that he slowly sat back, finally opened the bag and took out the test paper and answer paper.
The test paper is loaded in a sealed envelope, and after opening it, there are three, four books and twenty questions of the Five Classics. Of course, it is not all done, otherwise you will not be so calm if you are silent... Three questions of the Four Books are equivalent to a must-answer question, but only one of the five classics needs to be answered, that is, four questions, which means that a total of seven articles are written.
Of course, it is not that you can choose which sutra you read on the paper, because you wrote the answer sheet three days ago what the candidates should choose. Of course, this is not a premonition of the Gongyuan Academy, but two days before the exam, all the candidates went to the yamen of the governor's office to report their names, year, origin, three generations, and the first sutra to be prepared for the exam, and put them in the yamen sealed the paper, that is, the information is written on the answer sheet, stamped with a seal, and then sent to the candidate himself.
In other words, they took the answer sheets to take the exam, which saved the trouble of tribute colleges' on-site registration. Just distributing the same draft papers and test papers to everyone, which can naturally greatly improve efficiency. Moreover, candidates no longer need to fill in their names. It is okay to read the questions and conceive them when they come up, which is a win-win situation.
Silently selected four questions in "Spring and Autumn", but he already knew that since many years ago, the competition had formed a "four books" that only focused on the first test paper, especially the first one. As long as the "four books" paper is taken, the examiner will not be serious about the other few test papers.
So he devoted most of his energy to the titles of the three and four books, and then considered the four questions of the "Spring and Autumn Annals" after he was perfect.
After reviewing the title of the Four Books, I had to admit that compared to Tong Sheng who tried the interrogation questions with the wrong lips, the upright questions could better test a person's talent. I saw that the questions of the three questions, the sentences and the meaning of the text were very complete. In order to prevent confusion, the whole paragraph was also excerpted. As long as those who memorized the Four Books would know where the paragraphs were, completely avoiding the pain of guessing the question.
After reading the three questions briefly, I was silent and devoted myself to it. I focused on the topic and grasped the slightness of the subject and the main points of the question, and grasped the relationship between the front and the back sections very accurately before I started writing the topic. Since the question was true, everything I could do was in line with the rules of the writing. Although I never tried to be novel, my articles and the title were all in line with the ancient literati and upright. They were all based on the ancient essays. Every word was invented with the rhyme of ancient sages. They were winding and twisted and had the style of great men, and were outstanding among mediocre students.
After finishing the three questions, it was noon the next day. I spent another half a day in silence to finish the four sutras. Although my level of care cannot be compared with the four books, he was too high after all. He did the same thing, and he was in the true pharaoh, with flowers and flowers, and handed in the paper without liting a candle.
Chapter completed!