A powerful minister of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 207 Come on, fucking get the question out of the way!

"Then I think there's no problem for Fifth Brother to pass the hair release test."

"Hahaha."

Song Hao was not modest.

He still didn't take the small hair test seriously.

Moreover, during this period he had the assistance of the top scholar Song Qi.

Song Hao became more confident that he could pass the provincial exam.

What is the solution?
As for Jie Yuan, he had a goal to strive for, so Song Hao said:

"Twelfth brother, after this, you should also take a look at the top scholar's notes. They will really be of great benefit to you and me in the imperial examination."

"Song the Magistrate also gave me two books on the experience of the top scholar. They are extremely valuable. No one else has the chance to see them. If you just ask, Fifth Brother will send all the notes to you."

"Besides, with his guidance, Fifth Brother is determined to compete with you for the top spot."

Song Hao is using the method of provoking the opponent.

In fact, he was looking forward to Song Xuan saying that he also wanted to read the top scorer's notes.

Besides, this kind of thing is really beneficial to oneself.

How can you refuse just because of a small conflict?
That is not refusing help from others, but refusing your own future!
There's no need to gamble your future over a little unpleasantness.

In addition, in order to "atone" for his nephew Xu Zheng, Song Qi naturally gave Song Hao some good tutoring.

"Hahaha."

When Song Xuan heard what his fifth brother said, he couldn't help laughing out loud.

When Song Hao was laughing and felt a little unsure, he heard Song Xuan say:
"Fifth brother, you are the, uh, the number of people who want to compete with me for the title of Jieyuan."

Song Xuan put away his folding fan and said with a smile:

"Anyway, no matter who challenges me, I, Song Twelve, will accept it. We'll talk about it after this test."

Song Hao sighed secretly. He actually always wanted to repair his relationship with Song Xuan.

However, no matter how close he got, he would push him back with great discretion.

Friendly relations cannot be advanced at all.

Song Hao discovered that his relationship with his younger brother Song Xuan was not as close as that with some of his classmates he met in the academy.

There are quite a few young students standing beside him now.

Song Hao couldn't understand it. He wanted to act like an older brother to Song Xuan, but he couldn't.

The twelfth brother didn't even go home for the New Year. Instead, he celebrated the New Year in Songcheng with a group of beggars he had met.

Family affection is very indifferent!

"you!"

Song Hao wanted to refute, but he didn't dare to say anything harsh.

He didn't want to affect Song Xuan's morale before the exam.

Song Hao sighed heavily:
"Twelfth brother, you will pay the price for your stubbornness and youth."

"I chose it myself."

Song Xuan lowered his voice and said, "Fifth brother, what belongs to others is always theirs. It won't become your own. A cramming education won't necessarily lead to good grades."

Song Hao's expression changed for a while, and he finally left their small group.

"Twelfth brother, what happened?"

Lu Lejian, who was extremely gossipy, quickly jumped over and said, "I see your fifth brother isn't very happy."

"Hi."

Song Xuan didn't know if Lu Lejian was asking his cousin Lu Yijian for information, but when he thought that Lu Yijian wouldn't pay attention to a small character like him, he spoke without any defense:
"My fifth brother wanted to lend me the top-ranking scholar notes given to him by County Magistrate Song Qi. I was too lazy to read them, so he was unhappy."

"That's the top scholar's notes!"

Lu Lejian's eyes revealed an extremely gossipy look: "Even if you look all over the Song Dynasty, it's a rare opportunity, Shi Erlang, you don't care!"

"Yes." Wang Tai said with great regret:
"Although my father is the prime minister, it is extremely difficult for me to find a copy of the top scholar's notes and read it."

"What's more, I heard that Song Qi always brings your fifth brother to banquets and helps him with his homework. Such treatment is hard to find in the world."

Everyone was envious. How could Song Hao be so lucky?
Is it because Song Qi's nephew falsely accused Song Hao in public that he gave compensation?
"Yeah yeah."

Lu Lejian sighed heavily:
"Shi Er Lang, why don't you go and blackmail him a little, so that we can benefit our classmates who are studying so hard for the five subjects!"

"Yes, I will sacrifice you for the benefit of all of us."

"Hahaha."

"Oh, what a loss!" Song Xuan clapped his hands immediately:

"If you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have thought of this!"

The more they talked, the more amused they became by Song Xuan's words.

Such shameless words just now actually came out of my mouth, which must have been influenced by Shi Erlang.

However, this matter made Lu Lejian think secretly.

Could it be that Song Xuan really has the ability to win the title of Jieyuan?
Otherwise, why would you abandon the top scorer's notes?

You have to know that Song Hao is holding it tightly and won't show it to anyone.

Even if Song Qi felt that it was unnecessary, the person who got it would feel differently!
With this, it will be easy to rank high in the imperial examinations in the future.

"Shi Er Lang, tell me the truth."

Wang Tai lowered his voice and said, "If we follow you and do the exercises like crazy, will it really be useful?"

Song Xuan felt that the imperial examination was ultimately limited in content, especially in poetry and prose. As long as he practiced more, he would eventually encounter the answers.

And it is difficult for any variant questions to appear!

"You'll know after you take the test."

Song Xuan then spread his hands:
"As long as you take the exam enough times, your heart will be numb by now. You won't be so nervous that you pee your pants when you enter the exam room, and you won't be so confused that you can't answer the questions."

Several people laughed at what Song Xuan said.

After all, there really was someone who entered the examination room and was so scared that he wet his pants.

The mentality of these students who took the imperial examination was really not good enough.

"Forget it, forget it, let's go into the examination room."

Bao Zheng saw that the crowd had decreased a lot, and finally he could shorten the queue.

The person standing at the door and watching the body search was Song Qi, the magistrate of Songcheng.

He put his hands behind his back and looked at the students, feeling very emotional.

After all, he hasn't been away from this for long.

Song Qi saw Song Xuan being searched and took the initiative to speak:

"Twelfth brother, I've always asked your fifth brother to ask you to come home when you're free. Why haven't I seen you?"

"Let Magistrate Song know that my shop is quite busy, and Xunri needs to write more to keep it going."

"I know, it's the Romance of the Three Kingdoms."

Song Qi thought Song Xuan's writing was quite good, and then he smiled and said:

"But the imperial examination doesn't test writing these things. I always thought that Twelfth Brother was a smart person. How come he couldn't figure it out at the critical moment?"

"Whether you can clearly understand something like this depends on your personal opinion."

After Song Xuan took the exam basket, he smiled, nodded, and walked in.

Song Qi looked at Song Xuan walking past him with that neither humble nor arrogant attitude, and he couldn't like him no matter what he said.

On the other hand, he still admired his elder brother's fawning attitude.

I don’t have any special skills, but at least I have the ability to survive.

This alone makes him much better than many people.

The scholars were too arrogant and thought they would be able to make a name for themselves in the imperial examinations.

Unfortunately, most people will become bones in the imperial examination!

Song Qi didn't know Song Xuan's strength, but through his elder brother's description, he believed that Song Xuan had some talent for studying, but he didn't put all his attention on studying.

For example, running his shop and rectifying the ruffians in Songcheng.

A small "horse archer" was portrayed as so powerful in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms!
Song Twelve really has a lot of face.

Song Qi had read the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and his power shocked all of China.

He didn't have any stories about three heroes fighting Lu Bu, passing five passes and killing six generals, releasing Cao Cao at Huarong Pass, going to a meeting alone, etc.

Just writing nonsense.

Song Qi watched Song Xuan walking farther and farther away, and finally turned into the yard, then he looked away.

He had seen too many arrogant people like Song Xuan.

Song Qi was really looking forward to it. Would Song Xuan continue to hold his head high like today after learning that he had failed the exam again?

Song Xuan looked at the densely packed students. In short, there were really a lot of people, and the sound of discussions could be heard.

In this hot August, people are even more restless.

Many students were wiping the sweat from their heads. I don’t know if it was because they were afraid or because they really had a heat-prone constitution, but they were sweating profusely.

As the chief examiner, Yan Shu naturally invited many doctors to take charge to prevent accidents from happening to the candidates in the examination room.

This kind of thing is very common.

Yan Shu looked up early and saw Song Xuan entering the examination room, still so confident and calm.

Even though Song Xuan publicly announced that he wanted to pass the imperial examination and had worked hard for it for a long time.

But Yan Shu still didn't have enough confidence to believe him.

After all, among the students who can make it through the imperial examination, there will always be many hidden talents who stand out!

As the gate is closed, students who arrive late will not be allowed in.

The gong sounded.

As the chief examiner, Yan Shu began to announce the rules from the first examination room. The last point was that there were too many applicants, so the court decided to use the previous strategy.

That is, first poetry and prose, then policy essays, ink interpretation, and scripture examinations, etc., and the "stay or leave each exam" method is implemented, that is, only those who pass the poetry and prose exams are eligible to take the policy essay exam, etc.

Nowadays, the main focus is on poetry and prose. If you fail this one, you don't need to take the rest of the exams. It's a waste of everyone's time and the government's money.

Upon hearing this, many students couldn't help but wail again.

The number of people taking the exam was originally increasing, and now even the imperial examination method has become retro and more cruel.

Who made us catch up?

As long as you want to take this path, there is no point in wailing and you can only passively accept it.

If anyone dares to cause trouble in the examination hall due to this incident, he will certainly be thrown into jail and will be disqualified from taking the imperial examination.

So after listening to the rules explained by the examiner, many candidates became more anxious and uneasy.

Song Xuan sighed deeply. It turned out that the imperial examination mainly depended on the neatness of the poems and essays.

Even during the reign of Emperor Renzong, there was still no disturbance demanding reform!
However, Yan Shu had other intentions. This move was also to promote the progress of the imperial examination reform.

Shift the focus from poetry and prose to policy essays.

The people below were noisy, and only a few of their voices could be adopted by the court.

Song Xuan looked around casually, and seeing that everyone was so worried, he no longer had anything to worry about.

It seems that they have no confidence in poetry and are afraid that they will not be able to enter the second round!
"Just fucking put the question over here!"

"The brush in my hand is thirsty!"

Song Xuan wanted to start answering the questions immediately so that he could end this torture sooner.

Zhang Fang sat quietly aside, ignoring the noisy sounds outside.

At least under Song Xuan's influence, his mentality has become extremely good.

Amidst the buzzing sound and the silence of the examiners.

Yingtian Prefecture held an examination.

On August 10th, the exam finally began.

The poems and essays are respectively about nostalgia and autumn reflections.

Song Xuan watched the yamen runners walk by holding signs.

"call."

He let out a breath.

I have been practicing Xikun style for a long time.

Nostalgic poems.

That's a fucking free point question!

What’s the difference between this and Yan Shu telling himself the answer directly?
Wang Congyi even went to great lengths to get the test paper for himself to see in advance. Is it really necessary for him to go through the trouble?
So Song Xuan wrote directly:

The grass in the Jingu Garden has been growing since spring, and the willows on the Tongtuo Road are as new.

The song of Yushu ends and the king’s spirit is gone; the dream of Jinling is broken and the traveler is frightened.

The setting sun is slanting at the entrance of Wuyi Lane, and wild grass and flowers are blooming beside Zhuque Bridge.

Only the green mountains remain, and the valleys have turned into mulberry and hemp.

Jingu Garden, Shi Chong's villa;
Tongtuomo, an ancient street in Luoyang;

Jade Tree refers to the Jade Tree in the Back Garden by Emperor Chen Houzhu;
Wuyi Lane, the residence of the Wang and Xie families of the Eastern Jin Dynasty;

Zhuque Bridge, an ancient bridge in Nanjing;

Linggu, Han Tombs.

After Song Xuan finished writing, he read it through again without waiting for the ink to dry. He found that there were no mistakes or omissions. Then he looked at the poem "Autumn" and started writing again.

"The autumn wind rises, and the white dew turns to frost."

……

Song Xuan was writing there with great enthusiasm.

Yan Shu, who was sitting on the high platform, saw Song Xuan start writing as soon as he saw the topic.

Still a little surprised.

After all, during the last exam, Song Xuan copied the questions on the draft paper in an orderly manner instead of writing them directly like today.

It seems that he has been holding it in for a long time, just waiting to show his prowess in this examination room!

Thinking of this, Yan Shu touched his beard with satisfaction.

This kid looks like he has a real chance of winning the title of Jieyuan!

Wang Tai took a look and was surprised to find that it was this kind of question.

He had encountered this problem countless times in the sea of ​​questions given by Song Xuan, and this time he could write it easily.

It turns out that practicing questions is really useful!

Wang Tai even wanted to laugh out loud and hug Song Xuan and spin around.

What the hell is this top scorer's notes?

Under the bombardment of such a sea of ​​questions, it was completely wiped out!

Not only Wang Tai, even the most steady Bao Zheng felt that the questions asked by Minister Yan were too simple?

How can we select just a few dozen people from more than ten thousand candidates to be on the list?
Apart from the students who often studied with Song Xuan, most people actually found it difficult.

Even for students who don’t find the exam difficult, they may not be able to perform to their full potential due to interference from various factors in the exam room and their poor mentality!
Song Qi walked around the room slowly and found that most, or even many, students did not write, but sat there thinking silently.

He glanced at Song Hao, who was already writing.

This shows that he still has some talent. What's more, he has already passed the test, so taking the test again now will be a piece of cake for him.

Song Qi did not continue to look at him.

Compared with Yan Shu and others, this was Song Qi's first time to patrol the venue. In the past, he just sat there and was patrolled by others.

So he is very proud now, after all, their identities have been exchanged.

Those who are "surveilled" are his descendants and former peers!
Because Song Hao was of the same generation as him, but he failed the provincial exam, while Song Qi did.

With such a mentality, one is naturally extremely proud.

Song Qi quickly passed by everyone because he was looking for Song Xuan.

This boy said he wanted to take the imperial examination.

You don’t need your own top-scoring notes, and you don’t need your own tutoring.

It's really arrogant.

Song Qi looked at Song Xuan's back and saw that he did not write anything. Instead, he sat there with his head down.

A thoughtful look.

"Hey, everyone has a time when they are young and frivolous!"

Song Qi smiled secretly in his heart: "After all, difficulties will bring me back to reality, and I will know that I should give up my arrogance!"

But when Song Qi walked into Song Xuan's house, he found that Song Xuan had already finished writing both the poem and the fu!

How long has it been since this?

"Is this just random writing?"

Song Qi slowed down his pace and took a quick glance at Song Xuan's poem.

Reading the whole article, I find that every sentence is full of gorgeous words and allusions.

From the passing of prosperity to the changes of history, there are the sounds of the fall of nations and the decline of powerful families;
There is also the contrast between the desolation of the former prosperity, the eternal symbol of nature, and the disappearance of the prosperity of the Six Dynasties as the world changes.

With all these things, he really has some skills!

However, Song Qi did not have time to read the poem. He passed Song Xuan and continued to walk forward.

But the look of shock on his face remained unchanged, Song Qi couldn't understand it!

How come Song Xuan could finish the poem in one go and write it in such a short time!

If Song Xuan wrote a poem without antithesis, Song Qi would not doubt it.

But this is Xikun style, which is by no means a simple matter.

In addition, Song Xuan was dismissed by Yan Shu last time, so how come he suddenly became such a good writer?

Even though Song Qi was secretly the top scholar of the Song Dynasty, he never behaved like Song Xuan from the preliminary examination, provincial examination to palace examination.

Because he is not allowed to have such quick wit!

"how can that be possible?"

Song Qi shook his head. "He doesn't want my top scorer notes, nor does he need my tutoring. Could it be that he's so confident that he thinks the test will be easy?"

"That shouldn't be the case. If Song Twelve really had this ability, he should have been on the list when he first took the Fajie test!"

Song Qi was confused for a moment, and was shocked by the fact that Song Xuan answered the questions quickly and well.

Yan Shu saw Song Qi's little movements when he looked at Song Xuan's paper, and naturally saw the look of surprise on his face.

He was rather curious about what kind of poetry Song Xuan could write this time, which actually surprised Song Qi?

As for the matter of Song Xuan the quick shooter.

Yan Shu didn't care at all.

As long as Song Xuan is not taking the palace examination, this method can be used.

When Song Qi walked up to the platform, he even staggered and was helped by Yan Shu who was about to go down to inspect the venue.

"Thank you, Prefect Yan."

Song Qi looked at Yan Shu. He couldn't believe that Song Xuan was able to get the test paper in advance because of Yan Shu.

That's why he prepared in advance, and when the topic was sent out, he wrote it out immediately.

Especially since the chief examiner was Yan Shu, he locked himself in the room when setting the questions and did not see anyone before the exam began.

Song Qi suddenly thought of the story of Yan Shu again. That could only mean that Song Xuan had written this kind of nostalgic poem before and practiced it, so he could write it so well!
Yan Shu supported Song Qi, but asked in a low voice: "Why is it so?"

(End of this chapter)