Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 2177 Some people are happy and some are sad

Time is slowly passing by, and as the weather gradually gets colder, the imperial examinations for the second year of Zhengde are coming as scheduled, and the newly renovated Gongyuan is here.

More than [-] candidates from all over the Ming Dynasty lined up to verify their identities in a very orderly manner, check whether they were entrained, and then lined up to enter it one by one, and then the seat for the exam was drawn.

The whole process was very strict, and anyone who made a mistake in any link would not be able to take the imperial examination. The roads around the Gongyuan were closed, and officers and soldiers were on duty.

After the last candidate entered the examination room, the gate of the Tribute Academy was closed heavily. For the next three days and two nights, these fifty thousand candidates would fight here for their own future and future.

Hu Xiwen silently found his test room. The location was not very good, because there was a hut not far from it. In the past, this would be a bad name.

To get a stinky number can only be blamed for thinking that you are unlucky. In the stinky environment, your performance will be greatly reduced. After being stinky for a few days and nights, and then losing your name, this is probably the worst.

But fortunately, this time, the imperial court carried out a new rectification of the Gongyuan, focusing on the huts, adding running water flushing, drainage systems, and sewage systems to minimize the impact. Hu Xiwen's position is no longer affected by any.

Find the location, and then take a closer look at the test booth. Electric lights have been installed in the test booth. When the switch is turned on, the bright lights will light up, which is much better than using candles before.

At the same time, it can be seen that electric lights have been installed in many places around the examination room, which can illuminate the entire examination room.

However, the location of the test booth is still cramped, and it is better to sit. If you sleep at night, you can still only curl up, which is very uncomfortable.

There is no way, this is what every scholar has to go through. It is not an easy task for a carp to leap over the dragon gate. I don’t know how much hardship I will suffer during the whole process. What is the hardship right now? This is just the darkness before dawn .

"Clang! Clang!"

"Start putting questions!"

As many candidates found their own test booths and got ready for the test, it was time to start the test. Under the order of the chief examiner Wang Shouren, some yamen servants and officials started to put the questions, holding the test questions and walking back and forth around the test room. for every student to see.

Seeing the exam questions, Hu Xiwen was immediately overjoyed, because this happened to be the content that he had read and reviewed last night. Soon, he had a rough draft in his mind.

First write it on straw paper, and then carefully scrutinize and polish it to check for errors and inappropriateness. This imperial examination is not so easy, and there are many taboo things and content.

For example, the surname of the son of the Ming Dynasty is Zhu, and the word pig is a taboo. For example, the son of today is Zhu Houzhao, which is naturally a place to be avoided.

Another example is that Zhu Di snatched his nephew's throne. Such a thing must not happen, and even the slightest content of mapping cannot appear. There are also scandals such as the change of civil castles, which cannot be mentioned.

These are to be carefully checked and carefully avoided.

At the same time, we must write articles according to the examiner's preferences, etc., and write articles that conform to the examiner's political views and concepts, so that we can add points.

In short, there are too many things that need to be paid attention to in scientific research, especially in the kind of articles that determine the pros and cons, and personal subjective preferences have a great influence.

Time is slowly passing by, and when others are still scratching their heads and thinking about the source of the topic to solve the problem, Hu Xiwen has already finished writing it very quickly, carefully and carefully transcribing it, repeatedly checking and carefully pondering.

In fact, the time for the imperial examination is very sufficient. Unlike later generations who have limited time, candidates have enough time to ponder carefully and write slowly.

"Clang! Clang!"

"Hand in the exam papers, get ready for the new exam!"

With the sound of the gong, the yamen servants quickly began to collect the answers from the examinees, and the next thing was the newly added content of the new subject examination.

The content of the new school's scientific examination is different from the previous ones. The test papers are printed in advance and distributed on the spot, which is similar to the test papers of the new school's college entrance examination. Candidates need to fill in their identities in the prescribed places and then answer the questions. The pens used are also the fountain pens used by new students, of course, brushes can also be used.

Hu Xiwen got the new exam paper and browsed it very quickly.

After reading it, the whole person also laughed.

Perhaps it is the first time to add new exam content, so the questions this time are very simple.

For example, Mathematics Decent is just a simple elementary school question. Questions such as calculating area, geometry, and unit conversion are very simple, and you can easily answer them as long as you learn a little new content.

There are also some content related to physics and chemistry, which are also very simple questions, all introductory questions, as long as you learn new relevant knowledge and content, you can easily answer them.

On the contrary, some questions related to geography are a bit difficult. Regarding longitude and latitude, climate, terrain, etc., it requires a good study of geography to know and answer them.

But it can also be seen that this knowledge is indeed very important. To master this knowledge, you can have a certain concept and understanding of geography, and you will not know nothing.

Hu Xiwen answered these questions very quickly.

For him, these topics are very simple. He taught himself to teach his younger brothers and sisters before, and he is already familiar with these topics. He has learned a lot of content.

"There is even some knowledge related to medicine."

Constantly answering, Hu Xiwen soon saw some medical-related exam questions.

The content of this new learning exam is really a lot and complicated, covering various aspects, and there are indeed many things to learn, but these knowledge are very useful knowledge, which can be used in daily life and work.

Compared to Hu Xiwen's easy answer, everyone else was scratching their heads and feeling at a loss, especially those who only read the Four Books and Five Classics.

Looking at the above questions, each one is dumbfounded, and those who don’t care about it, without Confucius saying Chengren and Meng Yue taking righteousness, many things will not be answered at all.

However, there are still many scholars who, like Hu Xiwen, answered the questions very smoothly.

These people are either these two people who are learning very quickly and honing their guns temporarily, or they usually pay attention to some new content, have read some new books, and have learned some related knowledge.

There are a lot of scholars who like to read books. They will read all kinds of books. With the development of new learning, there are many kinds of books, so they will naturally read them.

At least let’s go back and pick some of my favorite ones, and now I can use them naturally.

"Clang! Clang!"

"The exam is over!"

"All candidates stand up and hand in their papers!"

With the sound of the gong sounding again, the examinees stood up one after another. The yamen servants and officials quickly collected everyone's test papers and stood them up.

After the examinee's test papers were handed in, the examiner on the spot confirmed it again and again, and then ordered someone to open the gate of the Tribute Academy.

A large number of examinees immediately walked outside in groups of three or four, discussing the questions of the imperial examination with each other. Outside the Gongyuan, there were already servants, book boys and the like waiting, and there were also various newspapers. of reporters are waiting, waiting to interview these candidates.

"Sir, I am a reporter from the Ming Morning Post. Can I interview you?"

"of course can!"

"Do you think the questions in this imperial examination are difficult?"

"The questions this time are quite difficult, and the answers are very biased. In addition, the new questions are also very difficult, and many of them cannot be answered."

"Then do you think you can go to high school this time?"

"I'm afraid high school will be difficult. If you don't answer the exam papers for the new students, I'm afraid you will lose your name."

"How do you think you did in the exam?"

"It's not ideal, especially the newly learned exam content, it's really too difficult."

"The key is that we haven't learned a lot of content."

As the candidates came out one after another, the outside of the Tribute Court suddenly became lively, and reporters from major newspapers kept interviewing the candidates.

At the same time, these candidates are also constantly discussing with each other.

"Brother Hu, how did you do in the exam?"

Sun Yun and Chen Maoyi found Hu Xiwen and asked quickly.

"I think it's okay, especially the newly learned content, which is very simple."

Hu Xiwen said with a smile.

"You think it is easy, but we find it difficult, especially the content of geography, such as latitude and longitude, climate, etc., I haven't answered any of them."

"Yeah, the content of this new study is too difficult, it seems that Brother Hu must be in high school this time."

When Sun Yun and Chen Maoyi heard this, they immediately became envious.

"No one dares to say that he must be in high school before it is announced."

Hu Xiwen smiled and shook his head, and then said: "Let's go, go back and have a good rest, rest, the next thing is to wait for the announcement."

"Call and talk to the family first."

Sun Yun suggested.

"Yes, yes, call home first."

Chen Maoyi also followed suit.

After speaking, the two of them hurried to the telephone booth outside the Gongyuan. There were already a large number of people queuing up to make calls here.

Obviously, everyone is going to talk about the imperial examination with their families as soon as possible. Although the result has not come out, many people already know that they must lose their names.

Hu Xiwen didn't call his family because the phone bill was too expensive, so he had to wait until after the list was announced, and then call when he was in high school, to announce the good news to his family.

As for now, Hu Xiwen is really tired. After several days and nights of exams, he is very tired in the cramped exam room. Now he just wants to have a good meal and then sleep well.

As for other things, we will talk about them later.

PS: Ask for tickets~~
(End of this chapter)