Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 144 Nine Strategies for Xingnong
Soon the three of them returned to the exam hall. At this time, the bell for the end of the exam had just rang, and a large number of candidates poured out of the exam hall.

Most of the examinees looked relaxed, with smiles on their faces, and it seemed that they generally felt that they did well in today's exam. As Zhao Xiuwen commented, today's discussion questions are relatively easy to learn.

"Fanning!"

Someone shouted in the distance, Fan Ning saw Su Liang and Duan Yu at a glance, and then saw Li Dashou, who was waving to this side.

The three hurried forward, Dong Kun and Lin Hong were also there, and at this time Lu Youwei also rushed over.

"Everyone did well in the exam today!" Fan Ning asked with a smile.

"It's not bad, at least checked it a few times and found no typos."

"Today's questions are not difficult, easy to learn, and they seem to have done well in the exam."

At this time, Su Liang suggested: "Fan Ning, let's find a place to eat! We haven't had enough at noon, we're going to starve to death."

Fan Ning smiled happily: "Let's go to Wushan Restaurant, I invite everyone!"

Wushan Restaurant is not far from the Examination Institute. Generally speaking, after noon, the restaurants are closed and become the world of teahouses.

However, the imperial examination was an exception these days. During the imperial examination period, the restaurants in Pingjiang Mansion had a booming business, and they served food and drinks from morning till night.

A group of people came to Wushan Restaurant, and there were already many scholars who had just finished their exams sitting in the restaurant.

The crowd set up three tables near the window on the second floor, and nine people sat in a circle.

A bartender stepped forward and asked, "Are all petty officials candidates for the imperial examination?"

"Exactly! But candidates have preferential treatment?"

The bartender smiled and said, "There are regulations in the government office. It is not allowed to sell alcohol to candidates during the exam. The shop will give you a good dish."

Fan Ning waved his hand and said: "I won't drink the wine. I will serve two of the eight immortals from your store, sweet and sour perch, steamed mandarin fish, broiled mutton with books, braised hoof, stewed chicken, steamed big crab, and some seasonal vegetables." ,about there."

"How many crabs do you want?"

"Two for each, female crab!"

The bartender was a little embarrassed, "Usually there are male and female crabs in half, and all the officials want female crabs, so it's hard to manage in a small shop!"

"Okay, half of the male and female."

"Thank you for your understanding, little official. I don't know what drink you want? The shop has lychee cream water, red bayberry water, sugarcane water, ginger honey water, mung bean water, and sweet bean soup."

Fanning asked the crowd, "What would you like to drink?"

"Drink the sugarcane water!"

Dong Kun said with a smile: "The sugarcane water here is good, very sweet."

"I want sugarcane water too!" Su Liang also laughed.

"Me too!"

Fan Ning saw that the opinions of the people were unified, so he smiled at the waiter: "Then let me have nine glasses of sugarcane water, and I want a big one."

"Okay! Sit down, everyone, and I'll be here right away."

The bartender went down, only to hear him yelling on the stairs: "Nine big glasses of sugarcane water on the second floor!"

Fan Ning asked Lu Youwei beside him with a smile, "Why are you listless?"

Lu Youwei shook his head, "Today's discussion paper I wrote a bit off topic, the title is "The Unjust War of the Spring and Autumn Period", but I spent too much pen and ink on the Battle of Changping, and wrote it as "The Unjust War of the Warring States Period", this time I am sure Planted."

"Are you writing about the war?" Fanning asked again.

"Yes!"

Lu Youwei lamented, "I mainly wrote about Wuyue's struggle for hegemony and the battle of Changping. I wrote about [-] words, and the battle of Changping alone was [-] words. Later, I felt that it was too long-winded, and I wanted to write about the long-term battle. The War of Ping was deleted, but if it was deleted, the framework of the whole article would be messed up, the key is that there is too little time..."

At the end, Lu Youwei was so sad that he burst into tears, sobbing and wiping away his tears, "I failed the first exam, this time I really have no hope!"

Everyone looked at him sympathetically, the Battle of Changping actually wrote a thousand words, no matter how tolerant the examiner was, they would not accept this article anyway.

Everyone knew that Mingren and Mingli would be eliminated first, but they didn't expect that the third person to be eliminated was actually Lu Youwei.

Ming Ren, who was sitting on the other side, put his arms around Lu Youwei's shoulders and comforted him, "I want to be more open. When the list is released, there will be more than 700 people crying with you."

Although this statement is exaggerated, it is true. More than 780 people took the exam, and only 55 people were admitted in the end. It is not that more than 700 people will cry along with them.

Fan Ning also comforted Lu Youwei with a smile, "It's your first time to take the imperial examination, so it's normal that you can't pass the exam. People have to take the exam many times and accumulate experience before finally passing the exam. Think about it, the last exam Only two of our county school students passed the exam, and all the others failed the exam, and we didn’t see anyone crying bitterly, so we should calm down a bit.”

Li Dashou also sincerely persuaded him, "Ah Lu, I never thought that I could be admitted to Juren. The key is that I want to know what the test is and what kind of atmosphere it is. After this experience, I will have confidence in the next imperial examination.”

Everyone persuaded Lu Youwei one after another, and Lu Youwei stopped crying.

At this time, two bartenders walked quickly with large plates. Their sugarcane water was squeezed, and two large plates of red and yellow crabs were brought up.

Everyone poured ginger vinegar and picked up a big crab, twisted its legs and peeled off its shell. The crab roe and crab paste were full of mouth watering.

At this time, a group of scholars came up from the stairs, there were as many as seven or eight people.

Only someone laughed and said: "Everyone feel free to eat today, I'm treating you!"

"Old Fan is generous today!"

Fan Ning stopped chewing the crab and looked up towards the stairs. He saw his fourth uncle Fan Tongzhong at a glance. He had a happy face. It seemed that he felt good about himself today.

"Yo! You are here too."

Fan Tongzhong's eyes were vicious, and he saw Fan Ning at a glance. He stepped forward and said triumphantly, "A'Ning, you did well in the exam today!"

Fan Ning smiled, "I didn't do well in the exam, so I probably didn't do well in the exam!"

"That's right! You don't have enough experience in imperial examinations. If you accumulate a few more times, you should be almost done."

At this time, Fan Tongzhong turned his eyes and saw Mingren and Mingli brothers again, he immediately laughed, "What a coincidence, you are here too!"

Ming Ren and Ming Li didn't have Fan Ning's confidence, they quickly got up and said with a smile, "Fourth Uncle, long time no see."

"You two come here, I happen to have something to ask you for help."

Fan Tongzhong couldn't argue, and dragged the two brothers downstairs.

Fan Ning shook his head. The two brothers were like two small flying insects bumping into a spider web. They were caught by the spider, the fourth uncle. The consequences could be imagined.

After a while, Fan Tongzhong went upstairs with a smile on his face, and waved to Fan Ning, "A Ning, eat slowly, let's go upstairs to the elegant room, if you have any difficulties, just come to me."

A group of government students laughed and went up to the third floor. At this moment, Ming Ren and Ming Li came upstairs slowly. They were like leaves beaten by frost, their whole spirits were withered.

The two of them sat down on their seats with gloomy faces and said nothing.

"Ming Ren, Ming Li, what's the matter?" Everyone had never seen such a depressed moment between the two who were always optimistic.

Fan Ning asked with a smile: "How much was he blackmailed this time?"

Mingren sighed, "The five liang of silver I just took was borrowed by him, and so is Mingli!"

"Since it was just borrowed, it must be repaid, after all, he is your fourth uncle!" Lin Hong couldn't understand the frustration of the two of them.

Ming Li also sighed, "Forget it! Forget it! Family ugliness should not be publicized, this time we are unlucky."

After he said this, everyone laughed. It seems that the fourth uncle of the Fan family brothers is also a Pixiu, and he can only go in and out.

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The next day, the imperial examination continued.
Today's exam is the most important thing. Countermeasures and countermeasures account for the largest proportion of points in the entire imperial examination, accounting for nearly half of the points.

Therefore, there is a saying that those who get the countermeasures get the imperial examination. This sentence does not only refer to the examination, but also the provincial examination and even the palace examination.

However, if you lose too many points in other subjects, it doesn't matter how well you answer the countermeasure questions.

Fan Ning had already told all his companions more than two months ago that this time the countermeasures would be a test, and Fan Ning didn't know how his companions were preparing.

Others don't know, but Fan Ning knew that Su Liang and Li Dashou followed his advice seriously, and spent a full month going deep into the fields to understand the sufferings of farmers.

Before dawn, the front of the examination hall was filled with lanterns, brightly lit, illuminating the entrance of the examination like daylight.

There is no identity verification today, the progress of the team is much faster, and you can enter the examination hall after the body search.

"Fanning!"

Su Liang quickly caught up with Fan Ning from behind, and laughed softly, "To be honest, I'm looking forward to it!"

Last night, Zhao Xuezheng gave his argumentative paper a first-class score, which greatly encouraged Su Liang. In addition, he had been investigating the countryside for more than a month, and he had a thorough understanding of the agriculture of the Song Dynasty and the sufferings of farmers.

Make him full of confidence in himself.

Fan Ning smiled slightly and said, "I will give you two words, calm down! Grasp these two words well, I believe you will definitely get a high score today."

Su Liangliang nodded, "I remember, Fan Ning, I also wish you a high level performance today!"

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A little bit of time passed, and Fan Ning sat in the examination room patiently waiting for the bell to start the examination. The inkstone on the table was full of ink, and the pen was also placed on the inkstone.

The name and roll number are already written on the paper.

The morning sun penetrated the dark clouds, faded the thick night, and dyed the earth with a hazy gray light, and a ray of blue appeared in the gray light.

Fanning liked the feeling of the morning very much. He took a deep breath of the clear air, and the deep coolness in the air made his mind extraordinarily refreshed.

'Boom-thump-'

The bell for the start of the exam finally rang, and the bell in the examiner's hand also rang immediately.

Almost all the examinees held their breath, waiting for the questions to appear in front of their eyes.

Finally came, the soldiers came holding the wooden board, and Fanning could clearly see the title on the wooden board.

"Nine Strategies for Xingnong"

Fan Ning's heartstrings suddenly loosened, and he let out a soft breath.

(End of this chapter)