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Chapter 355 Scientific Examination

In order to prevent his father from asking questions, Wang Xian resolutely stated the reason for his return. Wang Xingye's expression changed, he raised his hand that had just pinched his foot, and said, "Hurry up and study hard!" He yelled: "Old woman, you take the old and the young back to Fuyang! Let's go now, hurry up!"

The old lady didn't hear the previous conversation, she came out with the child in her arms, and scolded: "My son just came back, and you drove me to my hometown, what do you mean?!"

"Do you know?" Wang Xingye blew his beard and stared: "The second child came back to take the Juren examination!"

"Ah, then I'll go quickly." Aunt Wang also changed her face, "Don't let the youngest cry and disturb the second child's study!" As she spoke, she asked the servant to clean up quickly and prepare to go back to the countryside.

"You don't have to do this..." Wang Xian said with a wry smile: "Everything will be fine as usual." It's really ashamed to say that since he passed the examination of scholar, he gave up the idea of ​​continuing the examination, and he didn't read the book for a day.Thanks to my parents, I thought I worked hard...

But my father and mother have a very strong desire for their son to become a dragon. Although he is now the companion of the grandson and the favorite of the prince, in the eyes of Zhejiang people with prosperous culture and education, this kind of luck is not as good as the solid and famous fame that he has obtained through his own examination!Even philistines like Father Wang and Aunt Wang think so.

So my mother went back to the countryside, and my father strictly ordered the family members not to speak loudly, and even coughing and farting were not allowed near the study.He also took the lead in person and tried his best to prepare for the exam... Wang Xian has grown taller and shoulders wider in the past year. If the money is poor, they will also be made into new ones.There are also test baskets, copper bars, horn tops, door curtains, stoves, candlesticks, candle scissors, roll bags, bedding, clothes, and even hammers and small saws, etc., all of which must be prepared.

Because the township examination is not the county examination, the government examination and the hospital examination, the previous examinations are all in the morning and out in the evening, which is very difficult.However, there are three consecutive exams in the township examination, and they have to stay inside for three days each time. This is a complete torture for the examinees.

The Wang family has never had any scholars, and Wang Xingye doesn't understand these things. Fortunately, there are good officials in his yamen who are from Juren, so he invited them to guide the preparation, only to realize that the food prepared earlier was not reliable. If you eat a bad stomach, the exam will definitely be greatly affected.Although the township test is better than the county test because there is no shit, but if you do well in your exams, you lose [-]% of your skills, and the articles you write are stinky.

Under the guidance of experienced people, Wang Xingye prepares the freshest moon cakes, honey orange cakes, lotus rice, round-eyed meat, ginseng, fried rice, pickled cucumbers, ginger, salted duck... All of them use the best ingredients and supervise the production with his own eyes , for fear that something might go wrong and eat up his son's stomach.

Little did they know that Wang Xian's iron stomach could even digest horse skin, so what if he ate something that had gone bad?
Because the time is too tight, the old man is very busy.But there is no need for Wang Xian to worry about these things, he just needs to take the exam with peace of mind...

The next day was the make-up exam day, and Wang Xian came to Tixue Yamen early.I thought I came early enough, but most of the others came earlier than him.Shuai Hui carried the test basket for him, and said with dizziness: "There are so many people..."

"Yes." Wang Xian replied casually, without taking his eyes off the chapters and sentences of the Four Books in his hand. He had memorized all these Zhu Zi's works before, but he hadn't read them for more than a year, and he had returned most of them to Sister Lin.Although the great master will take care of him, if he can't even solve the problem, or even forget the simplest sentence, it will be too unreasonable... If the great master deposes him for his own reputation, then It's really a chicken-and-egg fight.

He was struggling to sharpen his gun before the battle, when he suddenly heard a surprise call: "Master Wang, is it really you!"

"It's me." When Wang Xian looked up, he saw a face so handsome that people wanted to disfigure him. With the moon-white Confucian shirt and the long soap towel behind his head, he looked even more graceful. , Looks better than Pan An.It turned out to be Wei Wuque, the Wuque son!

"It's you!" Wang Xian said with surprise on his face: "Long time no see, Mr. Wuque, you seem to be a little more handsome!"

"Your Excellency, let's call you a villain." Wei Wuque smiled wryly, "I dare not call myself a son in front of you."

"Well, Cao Zi, are you also here to make up the exam?" Wang Xian said innocently.

"Your Excellency is making fun of the students again." Wei Wuque said with a bitter face, "The villain's cursive words are natural."

"It's perfect." Wang Xian praised: "It's worthy of the name!"

"My lord, I'm sorry." Wei Wuque smiled embarrassedly and said, "The students are here to take the make-up exam, so is your lord?"

"Yeah, what a coincidence, so you are gay." Wang Xian laughed.

"My lord, it should be the same year..." Wei Wuque thought to himself that you, an illiterate fellow, came to take the exam, didn't you bring shame on yourself?

"It doesn't matter, anyway, I look at you like a comrade." Wang Xian laughed loudly and said, "I haven't seen you for more than a year, what have you been up to?"

"What else can students do, just bury their heads in their studies." Wei Wuque said with a smile, "It's a really good year, my lord!"

"You're a fart, you've messed around and you've fallen to the same level as you." Wang Xianbai said with a glance.

"..." Wei Wuque was speechless, but fortunately he still felt that he was the only one in the world, so in the eyes of the surname Wang, he was so miserable.

Although it is seriously suspected that this guy is a high-level cult and has something to do with the recent right and wrong, but at this juncture, Wang Xian doesn't want to be troublesome. The two guys with their own ghosts are like old friends who haven't seen for many years. Let's chat.When the yamen opened, the two arched their hands, wished each other good luck, and entered the yamen with a test basket.

After entering the yamen, I saw rows of tables and chairs in the courtyard. All sentient beings paid homage to Mr. Tixue. That Liu Tixue was in his 40s, serious and serious, and his deputy ordered all the students to find their names and sit down.The scene was a little chaotic, some people even quarreled for the position, only to see the grand master frowned, and then some soldiers forked out the noisy people... If you want to take the exam, you can only wait three years later.

Under the gaze of the Great Master's cold eyes, hundreds of people dared not breathe immediately, found their names and sat down, hardly making any movement.

"A husband must learn, and he must be quiet." Waiting for all the students to sit down, Liu Ti Xuecai slowly taught: "So today's topic is 'knowledge and silence'."

After all the candidates knew the topic, they hurriedly began to grind ink and conceive ideas.This time, only one stereotyped essay was tested, but the so-called "one stereotyped essay determines a lifetime", although there are more than a dozen questions in three rounds of the imperial examination, in fact, only the first four-book question really determines success or failure!

Therefore, for the candidates, this exam is no easier than the formal Qiu Wei, and no one dares to take it lightly, even Wang Xian frowns and scratches his stomach.Fortunately, the title of the great master is not biased or strange. He knows that it comes from a sentence in "Great Learning", "Knowledge and stop, then there is steadiness, and then you can be calm, and then you can be at peace." 'It's not that you can't even break the title.

All the examinees also found it strange that this Liu Ti always came up with weird questions when he came to Zhejiang, but this time he gave them so easy. Could it be that he loves us and is afraid that we will fail the exam?
So with gratitude to the great master, everyone answered in a happy mood, and they all performed well. Even Wang Xian finished writing this article smoothly... He admired himself a little. He didn't study for more than a year. To be able to write this kind of hellish stereotyped essay, is it possible that he is really a genius?
In fact, he can only barely make any mistakes. Stereotyped essays are things that are used as dojos in the snail shell. You have to work hard for more than ten years to write something interesting. With his shallow skills, It can only have its shape but not its spirit. If you want to pass the test, you can only rely on the mercy of the great master...

The articles of the scientific examination are generally approved by the master in person, and the papers are directly judged.The volume is divided into five grades, the first three grades can enter the autumn chamber, and the last two grades are deposed.The same is true for the make-up exam, but Zhejiang, a large province of culture and education, has accumulated more than 700 students for the make-up exam.Therefore, those who are confident in their own writing, most of them finish writing quickly and strive to hand in the paper in the first place.Before noon, the line for handing in papers formed a long line...

The master's name was Liu Jian. He was a Jinshi in the fourth year of Yongle, and after that he was selected as a scholar. He studied in the Imperial Academy for three years. Learning...it can be said to be a step up to the sky.It took a full ten years for Jinshi to get out of his early years. He had made up his mind a long time ago that this time he would do his job well and select a group of talents for the country.It is worthwhile to sharpen my sword for ten years!
Sitting in the classroom, Liu Tixue saw that the students were eager to hand in their papers, so he felt displeased for the first time, and thought to himself that I couldn't take any of these people who were impetuous and took chances.They actually sentenced all those who submitted the papers early to be below the fourth class... Unless there are extremely bright ones, they are willing to take them at a low price.

Seeing that almost all the troops who handed in the papers first were wiped out, all sentient beings were too frightened to hand in the papers, and no one got up again for a long time.At this time, Wang Xian also finished answering the paper. After checking that there was nothing wrong with the paper, he went forward and handed it to the grand master... In fact, he was also a little nervous, fearing that the six relatives of the dead-faced grand master would not recognize him.

Seeing that he dared to step forward, Liu Tixue thought that this man had some courage, but when he read his article again, he could only say that it was barely smooth, and the fire was not very good.He was just about to draw a line on the candidate's name with a Chinese ink pen, but saw this person's name.Forcibly stopping the pen, he asked, "Your name is Wang Xian?"

"Yes." Wang Xian responded, "Students are."

"Let me ask you, why do you dare to come up when no one else dares to hand in the paper?" Liu Tixue asked with a straight face.

"Students have to hand in their papers after finishing their essays." Wang Xianxin said, are you talking nonsense?

"Your writing is not good enough." Liu Tixue continued to say with a straight face: "Supposedly it shouldn't be you."

Hearing the first half of his sentence, Wang Xian's heart skipped a beat, and he said to himself, "Do you really want to deny your relatives?" ’ But when I heard the second half of the sentence, I was relieved again, and thought to myself that it’s a “supposedly”!
"But your frankness is commendable, and your writing has a sense of righteousness, so let's give it to the third class." Liu Tixue said lightly, drew a circle with a brush, and picked him up...

(End of this chapter)