I have a fortune book

Chapter 130
Different from the rural examination, when I wrote the green poems that time, I was so exhausted that I slept for a whole afternoon before recovering.

And this time Zhou Bai wrote the poem of blue and purple, although he was also very tired, but having lunch and taking a rest, he would definitely not delay the second session in the afternoon.

This is the gap between fame and status. There is a world of difference between a scholar at the top of a case and a scholar who is a scholar of Xie Yuan.

In addition, the savings are also very different. After obtaining the title of Jieyuan, he has obtained far more luck opportunities than before.

As soon as the two hours suggested by the government ended, a line of text appeared on the large screen of the light curtain.

Meals are provided in the examination room. Candidates are requested to pull the red thread hanging in the test shed three times, and the meals will be delivered immediately through the array.

This is to not disturb the candidates who have not finished writing. If a good poem is missed due to this interference, it is not worth it.

Weishi is the time for meals and lunch breaks, and candidates are allowed to continue writing.

Zhou Bai looked around the test room, and sure enough, he found a red rope on the inner wall. He followed the prompt and gently pulled it three times.

Within a moment, a crack was opened in the green bricks under the examination table without a sound, and it opened wider and wider until a small storage space was formed.

Inside is a wooden lunch box. Pick it up and open it. It is no longer the usual oil cakes and pastries, but steaming and exquisite meals.

Zhou Bai admired secretly in his heart, the combined development of Taoism and science and technology and people's livelihood is not impossible, it just depends on whether the superiors want to do it or not.

Perhaps it is Taoism and other extraordinary powers that have not been deeply involved in the process of the dynasty's operation, which guarantees the law of the dynasty cycle of 300 years and at most 500 years.

After a full meal, Zhou Bai began to take a lunch break and take a nap. One hour is equivalent to two hours, which is quite enough.

In the afternoon, the warm sun was slanting towards the west, and as soon as the pointer of the sundial reached the hour, all the sleeping candidates were woken up on time.

It's not a bell ringing harshly, but a gentle breeze blowing on the face, which seems to contain a fragrance, refreshing and eye-catching.

University scholar Zhang Xu stood at the front desk again, announcing the start of the second exam.

The second question and request appeared on the light curtain at the same time.

policy theory.

The first question: the relationship between heaven and man.Please explain the relationship between man and heaven, within [-] words.

The second question: the way of governing the country.Please explain the principles of governing the country within [-] words.

The next exam will start on time tomorrow, please complete the strategy and answer according to your ability.

It's very clear, two questions, no time limit, you can write at night, and allocate your time reasonably.

As for staying up late and causing the third most important exam to fail, that is also to blame.

Within five hundred words, it seems very little, but it is not an ordinary slobber article.

Every word and every sentence is extremely refined, and you must explain your own things clearly around the theme.

The second question is okay, but the first question is very sensitive. Does it depend on whether the candidate is inclined towards the heavenly court or the imperial court?
But the emperor is the son of heaven canonized by the heaven. This has existed since ancient times, and it is an unchanging truth.

Which is higher and which is lower, there is no need to discuss too much, but how to grasp the speed is a difficult problem.

Zhou Bai wanted to be a Jinshi, so he would naturally speak from the perspective of the heavenly court, but the imperial court should not offend too much.

After all, the examiners were all loyal ministers of the imperial court, and the Heavenly Court would only send heavenly officials to assist and supervise, and he would not stop Zhou Bai from giving Zhou Bai a low sentence within a reasonable range.

Wanting to understand these things, Zhou Bai crudely made an outline on the draft, and soon began to write straight.

...The country will suffer failures due to wrongdoing, but Tian Nai will first issue disasters to condemn them;From this, I can see that the benevolence of Tianxin loves others and wants to stop their chaos. I am not a person who is in a world of great perdition. Heaven will do everything I can to support and make him safe....

In the first paragraph, he directly pointed out that God is not against the Lord.

Heaven treats the monarch with benevolence and hopes that they will correct their behavior and stop possible chaos in the country.

Except for those truly innocent monarchs, God will support them and protect them in various ways so that they can govern their own country smoothly.

Wen Tian is so great that the king entrusted to him must have someone who is beyond the reach of human power, and this is the talisman of destiny.People in the world should return with one heart, and if they return to their parents, Tianrui should come sincerely...

Then Zhou Bai elaborated on the help given by God, which is the destiny, and all those who become kings have the destiny, which is also the origin of the orthodoxy of the son of heaven.

Five hundred words were eloquently written, all of which were dyed red gold by the exaggerated literary style, and even a few lines of core text appeared blue.

Although this is a very good strategy, it is obviously incomparable with his first poem, and it doesn't even have the appearance of breaking through the township.

There was no way, Zhou Bai didn't know the deep meaning of this topic, and didn't understand the political intention behind it, so he could only keep a certain amount of restraint.

Judging the quality of an article not only depends on the level of literary spirit and luck, but the court marking officer also has a certain degree of right to score.

The red circles drawn with cinnabar brushes in their hands are also a kind of score. The more red circles they get in the test paper, the higher the grade will be in the first screening.

For example, Zhou Bai's examination papers were placed in the first class in the township examination, which is the class with a high probability of passing the exam.

But if it is the second grade, his examination paper will need to consume literary energy and luck in order to rush into the first grade.

In the end, even if it wins the case, it is definitely not the head of the case, but an ordinary candidate in the middle and late stages.

Strategies are different from others. Showing youthfulness is more difficult than poetry, because it requires candidates not only to have unconstrained talents, but also to have relevant practical experience.

As for the 3 people present, more than half were concentrating on the imperial examinations, and were not distracted from being an official or experiencing too many mundane things.

Chi Jin Xianqing's policy essay is enough to be placed in the first class, as long as it does not violate the examiner's taboo, it will not enter the slightly inferior second class.

For this reason, Zhou Bai even wrote such a short sentence in the first topic of policy theory.

"If you force yourself to learn, you will learn a lot and you will know better. If you force yourself to practice the Tao, your virtue will rise and you will make great achievements..."

In short, although the sky has great power and power, it will never harm or bless people at will. In fact, people's fate can be determined by themselves.

In this way, although Zhou Bai sat on the side of the heaven, he did not offend the court.

After answering the first question, he put down his pen and took a rest for a while, writing a strategy theory continued to consume a lot of luck and physical strength.

At this time, the application time was about to pass, and the sky gradually dimmed. Zhou Bai lit the oil lamp placed in the test booth, and a strange oily fragrance came out.

The Central Plains Dynasty had a vast territory and extremely strong national power. Whether it was snow mountain white lotus or dead desert licorice, they could all become goods in circulation.

And the whales in the boundless ocean are hard to escape from being caught, and their fish oil is also the lamp oil used in the examination room today, and it burns forever.

It can only be said that in order to retain more talents, the Daxu court has worked hard on every detail.

Zhou Bai now has an intuition that this year's top two and one top are not good, and the top three will definitely expand their enrollment.

Drink water, use the toilet, and grind new ink sticks.

After resting for a quarter of an hour, relying on his extraordinary soul essence, Zhou Bai had a clear mind and immediately wrote down the next question.

The way of governing the country.

This question has much more space to play, so Zhou Bai is going to write an essay with all his strength.

In the first question just now, he noticed that there were green energy fluctuations in several places, which was far beyond him.

The way of governing the country, in addition to his practical thinking in the past and present, is also the unity of knowledge and action in the Dragon Palace scroll.

When he wanted to study and accumulate, he devoted himself to research; when he wanted to prove it in practice, he had served as a sheriff, governor, and even the staff of the prime minister, and traveling thousands of miles was not in vain.

Some followed his advice and achieved great results in governance, while others, like Fang County Sheriff, did not listen to advice, resulting in floods in the jurisdiction and becoming criminal officials who were reviled by the people.

To govern a country, what kind of country to govern, we must first open our perspective and explain the way of governing the country from the perspective of a unified dynasty.

Taoists are suitable for the way of governance; benevolence, righteousness, propriety, and music are all possessed.

Therefore, the sage king is gone, but the descendants are long-lived, and the peace is hundreds of years old... all of them are due to their merits... the happy ones, so the people's customs and customs are changed, it is easy to change the people, and it is also easy to change people; so the voice comes from harmony , but it is based on emotion, connected to the skin, and stored in the bone marrow, so although the kingly way is weak, the sound of the orchestra has not faded.

Zhou Bai's writing in the opening chapter is actually not very special. Governing a big country with benevolence, righteousness, ritual and music is the view of most insightful people.

Starting with a moderate argument, although the sentences are very refined and beautiful, the style of writing only shows gold, not even pure gold.

The benefit of all the people is like water flowing down. If you don't use education to guard against it, you can't stop it... The king understands this, so when he rules the world from the south, he must take education as a major task; establish Taixue to teach in the country, The preface of the teachings is transformed into the city, gradually the people are benevolent, the people are friendly, the people are polite...

Then it was pointed out that enlightenment is the most important thing in the ages, and it fits the hearts of heaven and the court at the same time, so the literary spirit has greatly increased.

Wisps of red gold floated out of the paper, and there was even a trace of light blue running through the words, which is the foundation of green writing.

The next step is to see how Zhou Bai finishes it. If it is well received, it will be Qing Wen, if it is not received well, it can only be regarded as Jin Qing.

To be a king, one should upright the court, upright the court with hundreds of officials, upright a hundred officials with upright ten thousand people, upright ten thousand people with upright four directions, four squares upright, far and near would dare not to be upright and perish those with evil spirits...

Within the four seas, everyone who hears of the sages and virtues will be courtiers, and all blessings and things that can bring auspiciousness will all come to an end, and the king's way will end.

Standardize the monarch himself, standardize the policy of the court, standardize the governing behavior of hundreds of officials, and finally standardize the moral standards of the people.

And the core behind all these norms is the righteous and kingly way that Zhou Bai wants to express.

Benevolence, righteousness, rites and music, enlightenment, and righteousness, the combination of them is the way of governing the country that Zhou Baice discussed.

Governing a big country should be done in a dignified way!
The extremely light green air began to thicken, and finally the blue covered the golden color, staining the paper.

It's a pity that no matter how Zhou Bo looks at this theory, there is no place to revise and improve, and he can only sit back and watch his youthful spirit be suppressed in the article.

Without breaking through the blockade of the township movement, and without visions, this Qingwen naturally cannot be the champion.

However, the sum of the two articles is still in the top two, and the policy theory is more tested, but it is far less easy to get points than poetry.

Put away the theories and poems, and put them in the special filing cabinet beside the examination table, Zhou Bai then pulled the red rope three times.

At this time, it was already dark outside, and the surroundings were silent, and the sundial on the light curtain of the formation was already pointing to Xu Shizheng.

The text reminding candidates to eat is also flickering slightly. Obviously, most of them are immersed in answering the questions.

Zhou Baike didn't care about that, he took out the hot food and started to feast on it. After eating, take the time to rest, the next two days will be the hard battle.

Then Zhou Bai meditated on the small bed behind him, adjusting his body state along with the breathing rhythm.

The breathing rhythm is based on the breathing method, but he didn't use the power of Yuehua, but simply adjusted it so that he can sleep better tonight.

Taking two exams a day is physically tiring and mentally exhausting, which is why many people haven't finished the exam yet.

After sitting in meditation for an entire hour, Zhou Bai had naturally adjusted from the sitting position of meditation to the sleeping position, and fell into a deep sleep in a relaxed state.

I still remember that in his induction, at least there were green energy fluctuations from three test booths at the end, and there must have been some visions.

Mingyuanlou and the examiners have been paying attention to Zhou Bai all the time, they want to witness the miracle.

This person can write Qingzi poetry, maybe he can also write Qingzi policy theory?
Even if it doesn't work, you may be able to witness the birth of the champion.

But they were disappointed, Zhou Bai didn't create another miracle, and he didn't look like a champion.

"Unfortunately, I can't see the specific content of the article. Adding up the first and second rounds, I will definitely be able to compete for the top ten in the top ten just by looking at the style of writing, but judging by my luck... Sigh."

"It's not comparable. Those from the Jiangnan family and the Zhongyu family are so magnificent. They have a canopy to protect them. And Zhou Bai is only from a village in Dingzhou. To be able to have today, my generation is already It's better to sigh."

"By the way, he came from a small family, and he didn't take any famous scholars as his teachers, so he must have not studied the Taoist scriptures enough."

"You mean that because of the third game, he might fall to the second-tier or even the third-tier?"

In the eyes of these high-ranking people in the court, Zhou Bai actually had hope of attracting him again, how absurd and ridiculous.

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On the next day, it was time to arrive, and the third exam started on time.

Daoist scripture questions began to reappear on the light curtain. There were more than a dozen questions, which were large in number and obscure and broad.

It is really related to Taoism, and everything is possible to test.

Among them, there are many questions aimed at the beginning of practice, obviously to see if the candidates are ready.

Not to mention the top three, the imperial court has arrangements, but once the top two and one top are won, they will immediately enter the Tao.

The Qionglin feast of the heavenly people is a spiritual feast in the spiritual place, and it is the best place to enter the Tao.

Many people look distressed when they see the topic, even if many have family traditions, the simple ones must not be written simply, and the difficult ones must not be written complicatedly.

Only Zhou Bai had a rough look at the questions, and he knew the bottom line, not at all as the examiners speculated, this is his weakness.

What is it?

From dawn to dusk, constant practice is endless, that is, longevity.For those who use the method of promoting qi, there is one internal qi, and six exhaled qi.The air in the cloud is one, which is called inhalation.Those who exhale, that is to say blowing, hee, hee, Tao, shush, and swallowing, are all out of breath...

What is the solution to Mingmu Jue?

Often press the small acupoints behind the eyebrows three to nine times, rub the palms and fingers on the face of the eyes, and twist the ears with the hands for thirty times... The master transforms into eyes, which are bright and bright, with long pearls piercing the pupils, protecting the eyes. Refining the eyes is the best way for a real person to sit up.

Basically, Zhou Bai could answer every question smoothly. Even if some questions were very biased, Zhou Bai couldn't help it.

When he was bored, he didn't even let go of any miscellaneous books.

This smoothness lasted until the third day. When encountering the final question, it took a long time to solve it.

What is Yu Zhe?
Zhou Bai replied: "Tao also."

There is no way to speak, and what cannot be said is the way.Unless there is Tao, one cannot think about it, and if one cannot think about it, one is Tao... but one cannot do, cannot be caused, cannot be measured, and cannot be divided. Therefore, it is called Tian, ​​Mingming, Shen, Xuan, and Tao together.

There is no literary style to prove the Taoist scriptures, so he can't guarantee the accuracy of the last question.

But this was his understanding. He was wrong. The perfect answer before should also ensure that he would not fall behind in the third game.

The sundial showed that it was not yet noon, but Zhou Bai actually finished answering all the questions half a day ahead of schedule.

Looking at Zhou Bai who was enjoying his meal in the light curtain and quietly waiting for the dragon gate to reopen, Prince Rui and the other academicians couldn't believe it.

"Including Zhou Bai, there are actually four people who finished their answers half a day ahead of schedule. Is this the harbinger of a world of great contention?" a grand scholar sighed.

"I can understand the other three people, but what's the reason for Zhou Bai? He is only from a villager in Dingzhou!"

Prince Rui couldn't afford to put on airs at this time, so Zhou Bai was slapping them in the face, saying that they would fall to the top three and then be used by the court.

"What did Li Zhenjun say?"

The first assistant Zhang Xu just received the reply, and he also said with disbelief on his face: "Examiner, Zhenjun said that although he can't see the content of the exam paper, but Zhou Bai's answer shows Dao Yun, the score will definitely not be low."

"This kind of person who rises against fate, after you go out, try to arrange for him to take an official position in the court, and strive to make friends."

"Husband is not too young! Alas."

Prince Rui held his hands behind his back, feeling very sorry, if Zhou Bai could become a minister of the court, maybe he could really help him to break the dead situation in front of him.

Sipping fragrant tea and smoking royal sandalwood, Zhou Bai soon spent the afternoon tea in the Gong Yuan.

"The results will be released tomorrow, all candidates please don't leave Beijing for now!"

"The spring is over, and the dragon gate is open!"

(End of this chapter)