The official road of the farmer

Ye Junshu had a sweet short sleep, and was suddenly awakened by the noise outside.

At this time, the sky is already bright, and the light in the number room is not bad, and it does not affect the line of sight.

Ye Junshu left the warm bed, put on his clothes, stretched his waist, and his whole body was full of energy and radiant.

There were many sounds of people walking outside. After listening to it for a while, he guessed that it was soldiers walking around, with relatively steady and orderly steps.

After a while, he heard footsteps stop in front of his door, only heard three knocks on the door, and then two bowls were passed through the external window one after another. Ye Junshu stepped over. The bowl contained a bowl of water and a bowl of pancakes There are only two palm-sized pieces, which is the simple breakfast provided by the examination room.

Ye Junshu took it over and put it on the table. The weather was so cold that it was already cold when it arrived. Although he had already had a full meal before going out, he didn't feel hungry at the moment, but if he didn't eat something at this time, he decided not to last until noon.

There was only a quarter of an hour for breakfast. Ye Junshu simply rinsed his mouth, then put water in his mouth until it was not so cold, and then swallowed it. After drinking a small bowl, he seized the time to eat two pancakes.

Don't even think about the taste, it's good if you can eat it.The big pot cake is the same as the big pot rice, only the quantity is not the quality.

Not long after Ye Junshu finished eating, there was a knock on the door, and Ye Junshu pushed out two empty bowls.

About a quarter of an hour later, Ye Junshu was refreshed when he heard a deafening gong beating, and the exam was about to begin.

Not long after, two stacks of test papers came in from the window. As soon as the person left, Ye Junshu couldn't wait to take the papers over carefully, put them on the table and began to check the condition of the papers.

Two papers, one on draft paper and one on test paper.

The type of the general examination is similar to that of the rural examination. The contents of the three examinations are four books and five classics, five-character eight-rhyme poems and policy questions, arithmetic laws and miscellaneous studies.

In the past, the test was relatively simple, and the questions in the test were more in-depth.

According to Ye Junshu's habit, he was not in a hurry to answer the questions. He first glanced at the content of the test paper. The first question should be easy, while the other questions are a bit more difficult.

Ye Junshu settled down and began to grind.

The title of the first question in the examination paper is: Swaying, the people are incompetent; towering, it has success, and it is brilliant, it has articles.

This sentence comes from "The Analects of Confucius Tabor". The translation is that Confucius praised Yao and said that he was a sage, mighty and radiant, just like "the east is red and the sun is rising". The common people don't know what language to use to describe him.

To answer this question well, you must at least write about why Yao was so loved by the people and what he did, and then sing praises to the great leader—the emperor, if you flatter him, this question will be considered complete!

Ye Junshu was thinking about how to write out of the ordinary flattery without any trace, it was too unintentional to stand out from the crowd.Too much exaggeration will not do, you have to have something to say.

But this is not too difficult for him.

It was only the second question that made him embarrassed. There was only one word in the question: "Two"

And there is a special four-character reminder from the examiner: from "The Analects of Confucius"

Seeing this question, Ye Junshu seemed to feel the infinite malice of the chief examiner. The questions in the first imperial examination were all selected from the Four Books and Five Classics.

Since the examiner reminded that this sentence comes from "The Analects of Confucius", there are really many sentences with "two" in "The Analects of Confucius", so which sentence in the Analects of Confucius is it?

Ye Junshu really racked his brains, and it took him a while to think of the answer. The stem of the question should come from the following sentence:

Duke Ai asked Yu Youruo, "The year is hungry, and the use is not enough. What is it like?" Youruo said to him, "Is it thorough?" If the people are sufficient, who is the ruler? If the people are insufficient, who is the ruler?"

Ye Junshu pondered for a long time, making sure that he did not deviate from the direction of the answer, and then continued to think about the next question. After all the questions had a draft, he wrote down the answer in the draft.

Why is it that there are so many sentences?Ye Junshu thinks that the key is that the "two" in this sentence is an independent sentence.

Although there are many sentences with "two" in the entire "Analects of Confucius", this sentence is the only one. When severing sentences, there is only this word "two", which can be used as an examination question alone...

Therefore, the question "Second" requires candidates to answer the relationship between tax burden and people's livelihood... It is really difficult for this examiner. I guess he has to read "The Analects of Confucius" to come up with such a question.

The reason why such questions appear in the imperial examination is because the scope of the imperial examination is limited, and the questions can only be drawn from the Four Books and Five Classics.And the contents of the Four Books and Five Classics are only so much. Although the imperial examinations are held every three years, after hundreds of years, the contents of the Four Books and Five Classics have long been used up in the township examinations, general examinations, palace examinations, and various mock questions.

If you follow the normal routine to ask the questions, the probability of candidates betting on the questions will be very high. In order to prevent such a situation from happening, the examiners are really painstaking and full of tricks in the way of writing the questions.

After Ye Junshu thought about the answer to the question, and wrote the answers to the first two questions, it was time for lunch. At noon, there was rice and one meat and one vegetable, which were also cold. The rice might have been stirred again and again. It seems very loose, maybe it is because the outsiders and the insiders are afraid of collude and cheating.

People with weaker spleens and stomachs would definitely not be able to eat cold food and cold dishes in cold weather. Ye Junshurao thought he was strong, so he didn't dare to gamble with his body at this time.

Therefore, he always holds the food in his mouth and waits for it to become normal temperature before swallowing it. Eating like this not only takes time, but also is very painful. After all, the taste of the big pot of food is really hard to describe.

After eating, Ye Junshu walked on the same spot for a while, which can be regarded as moving his hands and feet for a walk to digest.

After waiting for a while, I lay down on the small bed to warm up my body, took a nap, and continued to answer the following questions in the afternoon.

By evening, his answers were almost written.

Dinner is also two pancakes and a bowl of water.

To be honest, Ye Junshu didn't have enough to eat at all, and his appetite was quite large, but he had no choice, and he couldn't give any opinions.

These topics are generally not too difficult for him, so he wrote a general idea on the first day.At night, the temperature was lower than during the day. Even Ye Junshu, who had such a strong firepower, felt cold all over his body at this moment, especially his hands that had been writing for a whole day were almost frozen.

Ye Junshu thought about it, and got into the bed to warm his body.

Anyway, there is still plenty of time, so let's go to bed early tonight to save calories.

On the second day, Ye Junshu re-polished the answer, added what he didn't think of yesterday, and adjusted the word order by the way to make it look more fluent and natural as a whole.

Because he thought of the answer faster, he was not stumped, so he still had a lot of time to copy the answer.

After Ye Junshu finished his lunch, he kept rubbing his hands to warm them up and restore their natural flexibility, before he began to copy the answers on the test paper.

Ye Junshu has also focused on practicing fonts in recent years, and has formed his own characteristics. Even the teacher praised his font style.

Ye Junshu was also very satisfied, and was very proud of his good handwriting.

In modern times, he could be a master of calligraphy.

After copying two-thirds of the answers in the afternoon, the sun had already set, so Ye Junshu stopped copying. At night, the oil lamp was flickering, and his vision was dim. To be on the safe side, it was better for him to copy during the day when there was sufficient light to avoid mistakes.

There is still most of the day tomorrow, and there is still time.

Ye Junshu sat aside, waiting for the test papers to dry. During this time, he heard the sound of the examinees next door turning over the papers. The noise was a bit loud. It should be that the questions were not finished.

After a while, he carefully collected the papers, put them in the bookcase, and went to sleep.

Although the bed was too small, he had to curl up and couldn't stretch out, and it was difficult to turn over, but because of the quilt on the bed, it wasn't too uncomfortable.

On the third morning, as soon as Ye Junshu finished his breakfast, he began to copy the unfinished answers without stopping.

In the morning, he copied all the test questions, put them in a sealed bag, and just waited for the paper to be collected.

As soon as the afternoon passed, a long sound of a gong was heard.

Ye Junshu knew that this meant that the first test was over.

He just waited for the soldiers to come and open the door for them after the test papers were collected, and they could go out.

The man on the right didn't know whether he hadn't finished writing it yet or something else, and he could still hear the sound of the test paper being flipped desperately. Ye Junshu felt anxious for him.

After the test papers were taken away, someone opened the door outside not long after, and Ye Junshu walked out after hearing the noise.

There was still a key hanging on the door bolt. Ye Junshu turned around and locked the door, and walked out with the other candidates with the key in hand.

Because there are two exams to come, their personal belongings are still in the number room, and they will be taken away after the exams are over.

The exam room will not change, and the keys of the respective rooms will be kept separately. If they are accidentally lost, they will not be able to take the next two exams, and they can only be responsible for themselves.

Because in the past three days, the man on the right has made a lot of noise, Ye Junshu was quite curious, so he took this opportunity to glance at the man.

He is a young man in his early 20s. He may have failed the exam, and he is in a bit of a depressed state.

Ye Junshu didn't know this person, so he pretended he didn't see him. He just wanted to go out quickly, take a hot bath, eat a hot meal, and sleep comfortably.

Candidates from all directions gathered at the gate of the Tribute Academy. Ye Junshu glanced around and went out without seeing Yu Maolin and the others.

There are also many people who come to pick up people outside, and the two sides gather together, it is almost a sea of ​​people.

Ye Junshu stopped at the door when he heard a familiar voice shouting hoarsely, "Big brother! Big brother!"

It was Xiao Shan's voice, and Ye Junshu looked over to him.A few familiar figures stood in a conspicuous place, waving desperately at him.

Ye Junshu showed a smile, walked across the crowd and walked in front of his relatives.