The first assistant of the poor family

Chapter 241 Trial, Trial!

While stroking his beard, he said: "That's the reason, it's not too late to reunite after the big competition. My nephew is talented and knowledgeable, if the time and place are right, and even the six yuan may not be impossible."

Hearing this, Xie Shen's heart sank.What does it mean?An old pedant like Wang Hua started to create momentum for him?
After chatting with Wang Hua for a while, Xie Shen got up to leave.

When dealing with an old pedant like Wang Hua, one must be careful.

It's too late, Xie Shen doesn't want to arouse old man Wang's dislike, he still wants to be brothers with Wang Yangming.

Back in the Xu Mansion, the little bookboy Chen Hu'er leaned in front of him and said, "Master, I have delivered the clothes. Miss Xu is very happy."

Xie Shen smiled faintly, "That's good."

Next, he will also study behind closed doors, in order to find the rhythm of the exam.

Throughout the history of Ming Dynasty, Huang Guan seems to be the only one who can achieve even the middle six yuan, and this is still a matter of the Hongwu period.

If Xie Shen can win six yuan in a row as Wang Hua said, then I'm afraid it will really shock the government and the public.

Of course, Xie Shen will not put so much pressure on himself, his primary goal is to get a Jinshi, and on this basis, the higher the ranking, the better, and it is naturally the best to be able to select Shujishi.

As for the matter of winning six yuan, it is all about luck. There are many things that no mathematician has never done, how can he be so lucky to fall on his head.

In a blink of an eye, it was the day of the test.There were also three examinations in the Ming Dynasty, usually held on the ninth, twelfth, and fifteenth day of February.

Immediately after the general examination is the palace examination. The palace examination only examines a policy theory, and the emperor himself proposes a question.

Before the later period of Chenghua, the palace examination was always held on the first day of March, so the palace examination had to be taken within half a month after the general examination, which was very cramped and nervous.

But since then, the imperial court decided to postpone the palace examination to March [-]th, and also gave the tributes enough time to digest their joy and welcome the examination with full emotions.

Once you pass the Gongshi examination, you will securely get a Jinshi quota, because there is no selection of candidates in the palace examination.All the tribute scholars on the list will eventually be born as Jinshi or have the same background as Jinshi.

So Xie Shen put all his energy into the test.

In addition to doubling the number of examiners, and all being presided over by the Ministry of Rites is more stringent, at first glance there is no difference between the general examination and the rural examination.

However, the Gongyuan in the capital city is still more luxurious than the one in Hangzhou, and all kinds of hardware facilities are a level higher.

Xie Shen was really frightened by the harsh environment during the rural examination, and he still has lingering fears.

If the Gongyuan in Beijing is still as bad as the Hangzhou Gongyuan, Xie Shen will really have sympathy for the scholars of the Ming Dynasty.

On the ninth day of February, Xie Shen brought the examination basket to the front of the Gongyuan to take the examination.

Compared with the nervousness and youthfulness during the provincial examination, most of the candidates who came to take the general examination looked relaxed.

It's no wonder that the high proportion of eliminations in the rural examination is simply outrageous.Those who can stand out from the provincial examinations are the elites of each province, so naturally they don't worry too much about taking the examination.

Moreover, the examination environment of the rural examination is generally not as good as that of the general examination, so after the rural examination, most of the candidates will feel relieved to see the high-ranking Beijing Gongyuan.

Also feel gratified are Wang Shouwen and Xie Pi.

Both of these two came from famous families, so their tolerance to harsh environments is naturally not as good as that of poor families like Xie Shen.

How can Wang Shouwen and Xie Pi endure the exam environment that even Xie Shen dislikes?The two of them finally passed the provincial examination and came to participate in the grand competition at the feet of the emperor, so they were naturally very happy.

The examination content of the general examination is similar to that of the rural examination, the only difference is that the chief examiner has been replaced by the most honorable courtier of the holy family.

For example, the chief examiner in the sixth year of Hongzhi was Li Dongyang.The head of the three virtuous prime ministers of Hongzhi later served as the chief assistant for many years, and his good partners Liu Jian and Xie Qian have both retired and are still shining for the Ming Dynasty, so they should be commended.

But these are gossip.

The information of the examiners was only released before the exam. The examiners of the Hongzhi Ninth Year Examination were Zhan Shifu Zhan Shi and Attendant Lecturer Xie Qian and Attendant Bachelor Wang Jia.At this moment, Xie Shen suddenly realized.No wonder when he went to meet Xie Qian that day, the disciples of Xie's family kept saying that his master was not there. It turned out that Xie Qian was avoiding suspicion.This boss must have known the inside information in advance, so he avoided seeing Xie Shen.Otherwise, if rumors spread, the reputations of both of them will be tarnished, even if they jumped into the Yellow River, they won't be able to wash them off.

Xie Shen and two friends were checked and entered the Tribute Courtyard, and then entered their respective houses for examination according to the established rules. Everything was so peaceful.

However, Xie Shen paid special attention to the location of the dormitory this time, and confirmed that it was not around any drainage ditch, so he breathed a long sigh of relief.

Accompanied by a clear sound of clappers, the first round of the Hongzhi Nine Years Examination started.

The first test is the Four Books and Five Classics.

The examination mode of the general examination is the same as that of the rural examination. The four books have the same questions, and the five classics are distributed according to the selection of "Poetry", "Book", "Li", "Yi", and "Spring and Autumn" by each candidate.

Xie Shenxiang chose the "Book of Songs" for trial, so naturally he couldn't change it.

Moreover, Xie Shen's knowledge reserve does not allow him to change the test category in a short period of time.

Anyone who studies literature and history knows that learning becomes narrower and more refined.

If the practice is too complicated, unless you are talented, you may end up being useless.

Of course, the main energy should be put on the Four Books Examination.

Xie Shen opened the test question carefully, and analyzed how to answer it according to the source of the question.

The key to getting good grades in the Four Books Examination is to be able to understand Zhu Zi’s views on The Analects, Mencius, Great Learning, and The Doctrine of the Mean, and to be able to give sharp insights within a certain range.

This range is strictly defined, and it must not be crossed, otherwise not only will the grades be miserable, but it may also be characterized as disrespecting a saint.

The three questions in this four-book test come from "The Analects of Confucius", "Mencius" and "The Doctrine of the Mean".

The reason why there is no "Great Learning" is because the length of "Great Learning" is really too small, in other words, there are only a few thousand words in total, so you don't need to press the questions to suppress it, and you can directly memorize the whole text so that it remains unchanged and adapts to all changes.In this way, there is no problem in the examination process.But it will inevitably give the impression that the examiner is lazy and not level.

You must know that the examiners of the examination are the elites among the elites, and they are the most important ministers of the emperor. How could they lose face at such a time.

That is not only losing face, but also losing face of the emperor.

Therefore, in the Four Books Examination, there is an unwritten rule that the "University" is generally not tested, and only questions from "The Analects", "Mencius" and "The Doctrine of the Mean" are taken.

Of course, there will be exceptions, but in this case, there is generally no gap between candidates.

　ps: The main examiner of the general examination is still different from the examiner of the palace examination. The reason why the princes of the palace can only be called the examiner of the examination paper is because there is only one examiner for the palace examination, and that is the Son of Heaven~
　　In addition, everyone, don't guess whether Xie Shen will test the results?
　　
　
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