Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 197 The First Exam
[I have guests at home today and have been busy until evening, everyone is sorry! 】

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At a quarter of a hour, the preparatory bell for the imperial examination rang. At this time, the gate of the examination room will be closed and candidates will no longer be allowed to enter, but every time there will always be candidates who are late, or oversleep, or find the wrong place.

But no matter what reason they used to explain, the gate of the examination room would not be opened again. Many scholars squatted on the ground in despair and covered their faces and cried. If they missed this moment, it would mean that they would have to wait another three years.

The scholars in the examination room were also very nervous, and the examiners had already begun to hand out the test papers one by one.

There are [-] examinees, almost [-] big tents, and it is impossible for each exam tent to have an invigilator.

The invigilator used the inspection method to invigilate the examination, and there would be a soldier in front of each big tent. The soldier was not in charge of the invigilation, but dealt with some special matters, such as the examinee fainted, or took the examinee to the latrine, etc.

Many examinees discovered the loophole of lax invigilation, so they did everything possible to enter the exam with cheating materials.

As long as you pass the search at the gate, you will basically not be caught again.

Fan Ning has already obtained a set of exam papers, including two official answer sheets, two draft papers and two paste-out slips.

At this time, the test questions have not yet been announced, so the examinees first wrote their names, places of origin and test numbers on the two official answer sheets, and also wrote the roll number in the upper right corner, and then pasted their names and other content with the name strips.

Fan Ning looked at Liu Ran, but found that Liu Ran's seat was empty.

This made Fan Ning startled, seeing Liu Ran sitting upright on the seat just now, where did he go?

At this moment, Liu Ran walked into the tent with an invigilator and two soldiers. He walked all the way to Fan Ning and pointed at the candidates in front of Fan Ning.

"It's him who brought the cheating information with him!"

The candidate's face turned pale immediately, his thighs trembled, and large beads of sweat flowed from his forehead.

The proctor stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, "Get up!"

The examinee was trembling all over and couldn't stand up. Two soldiers stepped forward to lift him up and dragged him aside. The examiner immediately found more than a dozen pieces of cloth full of words from the examinee's arms.

He snorted heavily, "Take it away!"

The examinee suddenly burst into tears with all his strength, "Forgive me! I dare not, let me go this time!"

"take away!"

The invigilator shouted angrily, and two soldiers dragged the examinee away, and his cries were heard from a distance.

There was silence in the big tent, and everyone's eyes were on Liu Ran. Although everyone didn't like scholars who cheated, they were even more disgusted with those who stepped on others.

Liu Ran cast a disdainful glance at Fan Ning, triumphantly returned to her seat, and easily won the reward for exposing the cheating, of course he would not let go of this opportunity.

At this moment, a heavy bell sounded from outside.

"Boom-thump-"

The exam has officially started.

Everyone immediately concentrated their energy and stopped thinking about the cheater. A soldier walked in, holding a wooden sign in his hand. On the wooden sign was a piece of white paper, on which was today's argumentative essay test questions.

"The son asked Wen Shao in Qi, and he didn't know the taste of meat in March, so he didn't want to take pleasure in it. "

Fan Ning breathed a sigh of relief. The topic was exactly the same as he remembered, and history did not deviate here.

Ever since he learned that Fan Zhongyan had changed the trajectory of history and was re-transferred to the capital, Fan Ning was a little bit unsure of his memory. He was afraid that if he didn't notice it, he would see another history that was heading for a fork.

For example, the main examiner of the imperial examination this time should not be Ouyang Xiu, but history has changed here. Ouyang Xiu served as the main examiner, so it is not surprising if the imperial examination questions change.

But fortunately, the imperial examination questions were not set by the chief examiner, but by the emperor Zhao Zhen, and the imperial examination questions were not affected.

For top experts, this kind of article can be easily read without any effort.

Fan Ning can also do it in one go, but then he may not be able to compete with the talented teenagers from all over the Song Dynasty. He can only use his foresight to prepare in advance.

Fan Ning had written this question a few months ago, and after repeated deliberation and revision, some passages even borrowed from later famous historical articles, and had to be revised more than a dozen times before he was barely satisfied.

The key to this question is "xuezhi". Zhu Xi commented on this passage of Analects, ""Historical Records" has the word "xuezhi" in March.

To put it simply, I don’t know the taste of meat in March. It’s not because the music is so beautiful that I forget the taste of meat. It’s because I forgot to eat and sleep to learn beautiful music. .

Grasping this point, you can write a good argumentative paper.

Fan Ning discussed this article with Su Liang and Li Dashou a month ago. In fact, he told them implicitly, what is the core of this article?How should I write it?I believe that Su Liang and Li Dashou must be handy now.

Fan Ning pondered for a moment, then took a pen and wrote on the manuscript:
"In the past, the famous Shao music was written by Emperor Shun. For more than a thousand years, Qi was the only country in the world that could spread its music. Confucius heard his music in Qi Shi. He thought that his admiration for Shun's virtues was stronger than usual. Shun's joy is as good as it was at that time.

Therefore, don't hesitate to listen to it with your ears, but actually agree with your heart. "

Fan Ning wrote more than a thousand words in one breath, and finally picked up the pen to finish, pointing out the point of view of this article.

"A sage lives in a neighboring country and listens to ancient music. After studying for a long time, he is called Chunmei."

Fan Ning put down his pen and suddenly felt something. When he turned around, he found that the proctor was standing beside him, craning his neck to read his essay.

This made Fan Ning feel ashamed for a while, and after half an hour, he had already finished writing, which made the invigilator think.

It is no wonder that the invigilator pays attention to Fan Ning. The other scholars are biting their pens and meditating, but Fan Ning moves his pen like flying, as if his thoughts are flowing like a fountain, and he can't stop at all. He is completely different from other candidates.

The invigilator's eyes showed shock. He was obviously shocked by the high quality of this argumentative essay, and was also shocked by Fan Ning's high speed. He had never seen an examinee write so fast before. Candidates have finished.

The invigilator gave Fan Ning a strange look, and couldn't help tapping his paper, which meant that he wrote too fast, so he had to revise carefully.

In fact, the invigilator knocking on Fan Ning's paper was already a violation of the regulations. According to the regulations, the invigilator could not do anything to imply the candidates. Did he knock on Fan Ning's paper to indicate that it was not well written and needed to be revised?Or imply something else?This can easily confuse candidates.

The invigilator also realized that he violated the rules, turned around and left the examination room.

Fan Ning re-read the argumentative paper three times, corrected a few small flaws, and then wrote the argumentative paper on the original manuscript.

Speaking of it, Fan Ning would also like to thank Zhang Yi for the 28 tips for the imperial examination. These tricks are actually the experience of the candidates, and they can only be understood by participating in the imperial examination many times.

It is precisely because of this black technique of 28 strokes that Fan Ning has learned a lot of previous experience and made him avoid making some low-level mistakes as much as possible.

For example, for an article, before starting to write the original draft of an article, it must first be laid out, how much line spacing is, what is the word spacing, how many words should be written, and so on.

Only with advance layout planning can an article appear to have a reasonable layout, neither cramped nor wide, making the volume very pleasing to the eye.

Don't underestimate the layout of the papers. The examiners face hundreds of thousands of examination papers. A paper that looks tightly shrunk into a small ball will definitely affect the mood of the examiners. In many cases, even the content is not clear. Look, it's a death sentence.

An unsightly examination paper will never be admitted to Jinshi. This is the consensus of many examiners, the difference is only in which rounds they are eliminated.

Fan Ning copied the argumentative essay on the official answer sheet, and he checked it twice carefully to make sure that the wording was correct, so he put down the pen.

At this time, more than an hour had passed. According to the regulations, the papers were not allowed to be handed in until after noon, and it would take nearly two hours. For Fan Ning, it was really difficult.

While Fan Ning was struggling for time, Li Dashou's condition was not good. His nervousness, exhaustion and physical weakness made him almost unbearable.

His eyes were dizzy for a while, and he couldn't even read the papers clearly, and his vision became blurred.

Li Dashou worked hard to write an argumentative essay on the draft. The three of them discussed this article. He still remembered that Fan Ning repeatedly emphasized to them that the key is to learn.

As long as you grasp this key point, no matter how bad the article is, it will be the best.

Li Dashou forced to write hundreds of words. He only felt that all the strength in his body was drained, and his eyes began to blur, which became more and more blurred. Finally, he couldn't hold it anymore, and his eyes went black, "Pa Da! 'The pen fell on the paper and fell to the ground.

There was a loud bang, and all the candidates turned their heads in surprise, looking at the big black man who fell to the ground.

The soldier at the tent door heard the movement and rushed in. He saw the candidates lying on the ground at a glance.

The soldier was startled, and quickly called two companions, and the three of them carried the unconscious Li Dashou out of the tent. This was the first candidate who fainted this year.

(End of this chapter)