From dawn to noon, Wang Yuan had answered three and four books and one and five classics. His speed was only considered to be average.

I was so hungry that I ate before going out last night, but I didn’t eat anything when I got busy in the morning.

Wang Yuan took out a few steamed buns from the food box, poured another bowl of clean water, then picked up the ham and smashed it on the table, and slowly sliced ​​the meat with a knife. He cut the steamed buns in half, grabbed the ham meat, drizzled it with some jam, and the ham sandwich was done.

Although the provincial examinations in the Ming Dynasty were of high intensity, they won’t make trouble. One day, you only need to bring lunch.

It was really nonsense in the Qing Dynasty. Three days of one test, candidates had to bring a stove to cook in the examination room. For example, Mr. Duxiu, who was often asked by his classmates to sit down, had eaten uncooked noodles for several days and a half when he was taking the imperial examination. He cooked water himself and cooked noodles by himself. He swallowed them all in one go with any sauce.

After eating ham sandwich, Wang Yuan continued to write an essay.

I rushed to hurry up and finally finished the last Five Classics in half afternoon. This topic was selected from "Book of Rites: Prince Wen of Kings": "So he was very happy, respectful and gentle."

To translate it together with the omitted previous text, it is: "Three generations of kings must use rituals and music to educate the prince. Music can cultivate sentiment, and etiquette can beautify appearance. Etiquette and music permeate the heart and manifest it outside, and the prince can grow up healthily and develop a humble, respectful and gentle temperament."

This question can be discussed from many aspects, discussing education, rituals and music, and discussing teacher ethics.

Wang Yuan chose to combine the three, and the central idea was: "The teacher who educates the prince should be virtuous and use his words and deeds to infiltrate and guide the prince. The same should be true for the teachers of public schools at all levels, and all scholars in the world can become gentlemen."

"Rites and music can please the hearts, and virtues and appearances are inherently beautiful, which is why rituals and music combine the internal and external ways."

After solving the question, Wang Yuan's thoughts flowed and he finished this article smoothly.

After I finished writing all seven eight-part essays, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon, that is, four:30 p.m.

Wang Yuan spent another half an hour to polish the seven articles and modify the details a little before he began to copy them on the official answer sheet.

It is almost three o'clock in the hour of You, that is, at 6:30 p.m.

The summer is long and it is still early before dark.

Wang Yuan said that he wanted to hand over the paper. The soldier immediately communicated with the inspector and took his answer sheet, draft paper and admission ticket to the chief clerk.

The official of the book is very important and must be a clean and honest official. As for how to be honest, only ghosts know. His responsibilities are: distribute the test papers, store the test papers, and send the answer sheets to the sealed office. After the copying officer has copied the red papers, the reader will compare the red papers and ink papers word by word to prevent the copying error. After the reading is finished, the red papers will be handed over to the prefecture officer for preservation, and finally sent to the reviewing officer for correction.

Wang Yuan could not leave immediately after handing in the paper, and he was too lazy to leave, so he lay down on the exam table and slept.

I spent all night last night and did the exam for a day today, and my mind was as dizzy as if it was a paste.

By the evening, it was getting darker.

Hao Jun came to wake Wang Yuan up and signaled that he could leave.

Wang Yuan picked up his exam clothes and yawned out of the room. At this time, nearly half of the papers left the venue, and everyone rushed out of the exam room and chattered about the content of the exam.

The end time of the exam is the fourth hour of Xu, that is, from 9:00 pm - Xu is dusk (7:00 pm to 9:00 pm).

The official candles for those students who have not finished the exam. The papers will be collected after one hour. If they have not completed the exam, I am sorry, and they will be directly forked out by the number soldiers.

Zhou Chong was waiting outside. When he saw Wang Yuan coming out, he immediately went up and said, "My second brother came out early and he must have done a good exam."

Wang Yuan smiled and said, "According to what you said, wouldn't you be the best in the exam after handing in the blank paper?"

Zhou Chong yelled: "Second brother is in the mood to joke, he must have done a good job in the exam."

Wang Yuan stopped joking with him and asked, "Who else has handed over the paper?"

Zhou Chong replied: "I just saw Tian Qiutian's husband. He said he was very confused and went back to bed first."

It seems that Li Yingzhusheng is still taking the exam, and Wang Yuan is too lazy to wait any longer, so he takes Zhou Chong back to have a meal and rest. He will only take the second exam three days later. He will have a good sleep tonight, relax in the next two days, and basically adjust.

It was not until the morning of the next day that Wang Yuan finally realized that Li Ying was actually out of the examination room by the army.

"I haven't finished writing the last sutra, so I will definitely not be able to pass the imperial examination this time." Li Ying said with a sad face.

Zou Mu shared the same destiny with him and said with a wry smile: "I have finished writing it, but I don't have enough time. The last article was written in a nonsense."

"It's better to write nonsense than not finishing it." Li Ying was even more depressed.

Wang Yuan asked Yue Zhen: "How is the literary test?"

Yue Zhen said: "Fortunately, I finished writing it with the time."

The main reason is that Guizhou scholars can pass the scholarship without going through the storm. How could they encounter a high-intensity test of writing seven eight-part essays in one day? And they didn’t sleep all night last night, and they were confused until noon until the exam. The more they were confused, the more they couldn’t write it. The more they couldn’t write it, the more confused they became. The vicious cycle could cause people to collapse.

Among the more than ten students who came to Yunnan, only Wang Yuan and Tian Qiu handed in the paper before dusk, and all the others failed the exam.

But, if everyone collapses, it depends on who collapses less severely. Anyway, there will be twenty-one Guizhou Juren this year.

...

Generally speaking, there are two examiners in the provincial examination, and the governor hires talented people to serve as the director.

It is best to invite respected people. If you really have no choice, then ask teachers from all over the country to be examiners - at least at the professor level.

The chief examiners of this year's Yunnan-Guizhou provincial examination are named Wen Shu (shu) and Zou Qing.

Zou Qing won’t mention it. He is an old scholar and a professor in Kunming. He is completely a sequel to the running.

Wen Shu was a Jinshi in the second year of Chenghua. He is already 76 years old this year. He served as the prefect of Chongqing and Sinan. When he was the prefect of Chongqing, he had provided relief to tens of thousands of hungry people, allowing thousands of bandits to automatically disband, and obeyed the resettlement work of the government. When he was the prefect of Sinan in Guizhou, Wen Shu had an unhappy relationship with the eunuch and resigned so much that he has been retiring to retire.

Wen Shu also settled in Taoyuan County last year. Half a year ago, Wang Yangming passed by Taoyuan and specially visited Wen Shu who had been famous for a long time.

The two were a few decades apart, but they chatted very well and had a full half month of exchange. Wen Shu specially rented a boat and accompanied Wang Yangming to visit the Peach Blossom Spring. Wang Yangming wrote two poems, "Taoyuan Cave" and "Late Mooring in Yuanjiang". Historically, Wen Shu's epitaphs were written by Wang Yangming.

Not long ago, Wen Shu returned to Yunnan to handle family affairs and was personally invited by the left governor of Yunnan to be the chief examiner.

"Mr. Juan, the Guizhou papers have been read." Professor Zou came over with a stack of red scrolls.

Wen Shu nodded and said, "Let's go."

After the first exam, the review and correction work will be started.

In addition to the two examiners, there are several other test candidates, all of whom are the reviewers.

These paper markers are called curtain officials, and are only responsible for setting questions and marking papers; the invigilator is a curtain official, and is only responsible for supervising the exam.

The inspector and the censor are also responsible for the inside and outside the curtain, and have the greatest rights, but they cannot participate in the review of the papers.

Wen Shu was already dizzy and had to stick to the test paper to see clearly. His speed of correcting the paper was so slow that it was so panicking.

After finally finishing the Yunnan volume, Wen Shu took the golden red volume, nodded and smiled, "This boy is very talented, and the Four Books and Five Classics should be the best in Yunnan."

When Wenshu took the provincial examination, Yunnan and Guizhou were still ranked in the same ranking, and the quotas of juren in the two provinces were also calculated together. Now they have long been separated, each with their own quotas, and two rankings need to be posted.

After reading Jin's article several times, Wen Shu was still unsatisfied. Professor Zou could only remind him: "Mr. Ju'an, I will be the second exam tomorrow. You haven't read the Guizhou paper yet."

"I'm so confused." Wen Shu laughed at himself.

The Guizhou paper has been corrected by several reviewers, and good articles are ranked first.

Each marker will use circles, squares, crosses and other marks to indicate his rating of this answer sheet. The more circles you get, the better the article is written, and you will throw it directly to the bottom of the forks.

As the chief examiner, Wen Shu only needs to read the dozens of papers in the front row, and the two or three hundred articles at the back are purely eye-catching.

Wang Yuan's answer sheet was ranked first in Guizhou.

This is also thanks to the inspector Zhang Yu, who supervised the inside and outside of the curtain throughout the whole process to eliminate any links that could cheat, otherwise someone would definitely ask the gunman to write articles on his behalf.

"As a good article!"

Wen Shu couldn't help but exclaim when he saw the first eight-legged essay. He communicated with Wang Yangming for half a month and had already believed in the theory of "integration of knowledge and action", and Wang Yuan's article just faintly reflected "integration of knowledge and action".

This is the candidates and examiners who are on the channel!
Chapter completed!