Jinyi champion

Chapter 399
Zhu Hao threw a few questions in front of Sun Ru: "I must write all the articles tonight, and I will explain it to you again tomorrow. I want to drink... wait until the township examination is over before drinking. At that time, you will be drunk to death. No one cares about you!"

"Woooo..."

After all, Sun Ru was in awe of Zhu Hao.

She almost acted like a baby in front of Zhu Hao.

Even if he pretended to be a grandson, Zhu Hao would not be moved.

"You and I wrote together, a total of twelve questions, which are very similar to the questions I gave Gongsun Fengyuan three years ago. Do you know what his results were in that session?"

Zhu Hao encouraged Sun Ru.

Tell him there is a good example ahead of him.

Sun Ru looked disheartened: "How knowledgeable is Mr. Gongsun? I can pass the college entrance examination, it is purely a blind cat and a dead mouse. Sir, can I go to the appointment first tonight and come back tomorrow?"

"no!"

Zhu Hao snapped, "If you don't listen to me these two days, after you return to Anlu, I will make you shut up and contemplate for half a year... let your mother lock you up in the attic, where you won't see the sun all day... Try it!"

"what?"

When Sun Ru heard this, he immediately faltered.

Thinking about it, just two more days of hard work can avoid being imprisoned in a small black room for half a year...it seems worth it.

So he picked up the blank paper with the title written on it, and began to study it with a bitter face.

"As a teacher, I won't go anywhere for the past two days. I will study with you. I have to hold the candle until late at night every day. If you haven't brought your belongings, I will ask someone to pick them up...you and I can enter the examination room together!"

What Zhu Hao meant, you don't leave these two days, our teachers and students just wait to enter the examination room together in the afternoon of the eighth day of August.

Sun Ru raised his head and stared at Zhu Hao with resentment, like a bad student who was punished by the teacher for wanting to go out to have fun every day, but in order not to be locked in the small black room for the next six months, he had no choice but to give in.

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Zhu Hao didn't know if it was useful to temporarily hold Buddha's feet.

According to "Records of the Township Examination", it should be effective until the [-]th year of Zhengde, but it may change due to the butterfly effect in the [-]th year of Zhengde. training.

If Sun Ru is expected to pass the provincial examination with his own knowledge, the chances are basically zero.

That is still the old way, give a topic, let him try to write an article first, and then point out the advantages and disadvantages, help him sort out his thoughts, or simply write a model essay, and teach him some sentences in the form of stereotyped duals...

In general, it is to let Sun Ru have his own ideas. Zhu Hao will give pointers on the outline and discussion direction of his article. The framework is Sun Ru's, but Zhu Hao will deliberate and supplement the details. I also memorized a few articles, the key point is... the few questions recorded in the "Record of the Township Examination", although it seems deliberate, it can only be so.

In this way, the two masters and apprentices retreated until the eighth day of the eighth month.

Early in the morning, the servants of the Sun family who followed Sun Ru to the provincial capital to take the township test came to deliver things, which were thick clothes and iron pots for Sun Ru.

In the examination room, the examination shed will be locked.

But the dormitories in the test shed will not be locked, nor can they be locked.

In the dormitory, charcoal braziers will be prepared for heating and cooking. Basically, no one will care what candidates do in the dormitory.

As long as you can hand in your own answer sheet when handing in the paper, even if you have the ability to include a cheat sheet and burn it in the charcoal brazier, you still have the ability.

Taking an article for which you don’t know the topic, bring a cheat sheet… I’m afraid it’s hard to find a way to cheat, right?

What to bring in?
With set note?
Or should I bring in all the Four Books?
Therefore, the biggest problem of fraud in the examination room is leaking the questions in advance. At the level of the rural examination, it is the collusion between the inner curtain officials and the outer curtain officials. Only when you write an article, will you enter the venue with a cheat sheet...

It's still the same problem, since you want to cheat, it's best to memorize the article.

Everyone has the ability to get the test questions in advance, and find someone to help you write the article, why don't you memorize it by heart, not to mention the great risk of entering the field, and leaving "criminal evidence" for others?
Daming, who has a cheat sheet in the stereotype, can almost be said to be the most stupid way of cheating.

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Zhu Hao and Sun Ru prepared a lot of things when they entered the arena.

Mainly the food for the first three days.

In addition to dry food, you also need to bring some soup and water, and you can eat it when the pot is hot. You need to bring a small pot, plus a fire shelf, and a fire bag. Candles are not allowed. At that time, the examination room will distribute them, but only one will be given for each examination, and the water bottle must be carried.

It is allowed to bring straw paper, but there must be no words on it, and no more than ten sheets, and handkerchiefs are not allowed... If you enter the examination room and feel uncomfortable, vomiting and diarrhea, you can only use the sleeves or hem of the clothes to solve it, or Simply solve it by the crotch... The best solution is to give up this township examination in time.

As for the food they bring, they are also particular about it. Generally, candidates bring dried rice, add a little water, and eat pickles as soon as it is hot. Eat enough before entering the venue. Basically, one or two meals a day during the exam. Dry food plus water to deal with ... Entering the examination room is not to enjoy life, it is more important to have the strength to answer the questions.

Zhu Hao's side.

He fried some eggs first, added dried meat, water, and vegetables, and originally wanted to bring some fruit, but he expected that during the inspection, the officers would pinch the fruit one by one... Zhu Hao lost interest in eating.

As for the rice soup... God knows if those officials will reach into the jar to see if there is any entrainment?Besides, the storage time of rice soup is relatively short, and it will inevitably spoil after three days.

Except for food that can be seen at a glance to see if there is something hidden, those flashy things are not brought.

Dressing is also important. It is rumored that some candidates in the Jiangnan Township Examination complained that the first exam was cold and they wore thick clothes, but it turned out to be as hot as a dog and sweated profusely. After the second exam, they learned to wear cooler clothes. It turned into rain, and I almost died of freezing...

Therefore, we should pay attention to the kind of clothes that are thin on the inside and thick on the outside, and can be taken off after entering.

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By the afternoon.

Zhu Hao and Sun Ru are about to enter the examination room.

Zhu Hao conducted a surprise investigation on Sun Ru in advance, and found that Sun Ru didn't say that he forgot all the articles he wrote two days ago on the spot, so he asked him to take a carriage with him to the Gongyuan.

Along the way, you can see many people going to the examination room.

Generally speaking, those who pass the examination as a scholar will have their family conditions improved to a certain extent. There are not a few people who ride in carriages, but more people walk. Candidates enter the arena, but not in an individual way, but are divided by candidates from the Confucianism Administration of each state and county, and enter the arena together.

The township examination is different from the ordinary children's examination, and there is no way to sing guarantees here, and there is no way to find someone to prove that these candidates are themselves.

Then we can only use the method of candidates to prove each other. How many candidates are drawn in a county, and each other can testify that they are themselves, which is tantamount to "mutual knot" in disguise.

But in the township examination, cheating is not a matter of course, and you will not be implicated by saying that any of your fellow countrymen cheated, but if the candidate who came with you is not himself, and you give false testimony, then you will be in big trouble. If you hit the board, you will cancel the opportunity for this exam, and in serious cases, you will have to be sent to the Yamen for judgment and emigration.

In the procedures such as guides and other procedures for each candidate, there will also be a description of the candidate's physical appearance. Unfortunately, there are no photos these days, and there is not even a portrait on the guide. It's easy to judge people with obvious marks, but if they don't... It's difficult to judge who is who just by looking at the description.

Entry went smoothly.

Zhu Hao and Sun Ru signed up at different times, and the exam halls for the first exam were not in the same place. This time, the Huguang Township Exam was attended by candidates who had been studying at the Imperial College in Nanjing for many years, and students who had passed the scientific exam and the legacy exam from all over the country. There are three or four thousand candidates...

Three or four thousand people compete for the [-] or [-] candidates, which in itself is like a thousand troops walking across a single-plank bridge.

Zhu Hao's dormitory is divided into "T-shaped Sanlu", a very long test room where you can't see the end at a glance. It is much larger than the test room for local children in Anlu. The road is very narrow and one-sided. That is to say, you can only see the wall of the dormitory on the opposite side, which is quite different from the wide layout in the middle of the test shed opposite Anlu.

In the afternoon, the gate of the test shed will be locked, while the dormitories are separated by brick walls and will not be locked. Candidates need to hang tarpaulins as curtains to block the wind and rain.

Before Zhu Hao came to the examination room that day, he had already eaten, so he didn't have to think about eating at night.

Put things in order and tidy up a little.

There are a total of four objects in the house.

A brazier, with charcoal in it, is estimated to burn for half the night if lit, unless it is very cold, or you need to answer questions overnight, otherwise it will not be used for the time being.

Two wooden boards, put together to form a bed when sleeping, one of which is placed on the low side as a stool when not sleeping, and the other is placed on the high side to become a table.

There is also a toilet in the cabin.

But the toilet can only be used for urination and is covered with a lid.

If you want to defecate, you have to go to the innermost part of the test shed, near the wall, and there will be a "hut" there.

The public hut is located in the corner of the test shed, perhaps because the temperature in August is still relatively high and the hut smells too strong, so no candidates are arranged in the innermost dormitory near the test shed. As for the only T-sized test shed, or This is the case for all test booths, so it's hard to say.

Candidates are arranged in the test shed and dormitory in advance, at least they don’t have to worry about the situation in which they enter the examination room late and are assigned to “dung” or “smelly” numbers, which will affect their performance in the exam, as in historical rumors.

After entering the dormitory, candidates should try to stay inside as much as possible until the end of an exam.

Eat less food and drink less water. It would be best if you can stay within three days of a tuba. If you have to go, you must get the consent of the people who patrol the venue before you can go.

The dormitory is very narrow, with a depth of about [-] meters and a width of more than one meter. An adult sleeps in it and has to lie curled up. This shows that the conditions are still quite difficult. Avoid this kind of catastrophe once every three years.

Cases of heat stroke, sudden illness and sudden death occurred in the rural examinations, which were not uncommon in previous rural examinations.

Legend has it that in the twenty-eighth year of Guangxu's Fujian Provincial Examination, due to the extremely hot weather, candidates fell ill due to heat stroke. Four people died in the examination room in the first round and three died in the second round.In the same year in the Zhejiang Provincial Examination, three candidates met the King of Hades, "one died of a snake, one stabbed himself with a candle stick, and the other shattered his testicles."

The situation in the Daming Township Examination was not much better.

(End of this chapter)