Chapter 417: Scientific Examination

After coming out of the palace in a panic, Chen Ao had to go back to the Imperial College.

If you want to get a marriage, you have to pass the top scorer! Is the top scorer so easy to take? In addition to strength, you need luck. Chen Ao is not even sure of 30%. However, with this motivation, Chen Ao has more expectations for the imperial examination.

When he returned to the Imperial College, he met Wu Bi and others and came out whispered. It turned out that Wu Bi was admitted to the third grade and was very proud. He was rubbed to invite him to drink. He happened to meet Chen Ao and pulled him away without saying a word.

Chen Ao shouted: "Are you still good people? I am a scholar. How can I always hang out with you guys who don't learn well? I will never drink this wine."

"Hey, I agreed in advance that I don't go anywhere except Jixian Restaurant. The food there is very suitable for my taste."

He was pulled to the Immortal Restaurant. When the waiter saw Chen Ao, he immediately informed An Yan. An Yan hurried out and specially opened a room for them, saying, "Since Mr. Chen brought his classmates here, the drinks this time are free!"

"Free?" Everyone was happy, and none of them were polite. The suckling swallows returned to their nests, Xi Shi's tongue, the imperial concubine chicken, and a large table was ordered in a dazzling array. Di Sang'er happened to come in. Seeing that these people were extremely shameless, he stomped his feet and told Wu Bi and others that their necks were cold. They dared not lit them anymore, and they all kept silent.

Chen Ao felt aggrieved: "Miss Di, this dish was not ordered by me. I have a bad reputation and a debt..." He glanced at Wu Bi with some intentions: "Cough cough..."

"Hmph, shameless stinky scholar!" Di Sanger snorted heavily and left.

After drinking, a group of people returned to the Imperial College. Chen Ao slept for a while until early the next morning and started sprinting like an ascetic. However, the doctors were very concerned about him. After class, they asked him and Wu Bi to go to Chongwen Pavilion for tutoring. These doctors have rich experience in scientific examinations and said many things to note on the exam. Chen Ao was very serious and took out paper and pen to write down these words one by one, which made the doctors feel happy.

What a good student. Even the precautions for exams, he remembers so seriously that he wanted to take his words as an imperial edict. The doctors' self-confidence suddenly swelled up, and they were very happy to say one by one!

However, if they knew that Chen Ao wrote down these words to the editorial department of Suiya Weekly to become Chen Ao's money-making weapon and increase the sales of the weekly magazine, they were afraid that their self-feeling would not be so good.

On the ninth day of the eighth month, it was finally the day of the imperial examination. Students gathered and stepped into the examination room in the cool autumn wind.

The imperial examinations are a total of four exams, one exam for the Great Sutra, two exams for the combination of sutras, three exams for the theory, and the last exam strategy. In fact, whether it is the Great Sutra, the exams for the combination of sutras, they are all one of the meanings of the sutras, and they are nothing more than different test questions. For example, the Great Sutra, the questions must be the contents of the Book of Rites, the "Book of Rites", the "Zuoshi Zhuan" and the "Qingqiu", and the "Book of Songs", and the "Qingyi Li". As for the exams, they are actually just answering the questions in the form of the meaning of the sutras.

After all, it is still uneventful. As long as you can write the meaning of the scriptures, no matter where the topic comes from, just solve the topic according to the format, follow the topic, and start the lecture.

However, the last test plan was not taken in the examination room. Generally, only tribute students who were qualified to take the palace examination were qualified to take the palace examination, and the emperor personally dealt with it.

Chen Ao was full of confidence. When he entered the examination room and cleaned up his pen and ink, he waited for the test questions to be released. This time he was under a lot of pressure. There were as many scholars in the imperial examination this year. It was not easy to stand out among so many people. However, Chen Ao is a person who is getting stronger and stronger than the battle. When it comes to a critical moment, he has a great advantage in this regard. If it were other candidates, he would be nervous.

As a sound of chuckling came out, the first test question was finally posted. After reading the question, Chen Ao was stunned and couldn't help but say, "It's a pleasure to have friends coming from afar. Alas, this is a question like this."

This sentence comes from the Analects of Confucius, which comes from the Book of Rites, so it is considered a great sutra.

The meaning of the topic is very popular, that is, friends with like-minded people come from afar, aren’t it also very pleasant? The problem is that this topic has long been a mess. Chen Ao’s biggest advantage lies in his quick thinking, so the harder the question is, and his advantage is the greatest, but no matter what, he did not expect that the imperial examination would have such a mediocre question.

After sighing, he stopped thinking about it, pondered for a moment, and decided to solve the questions from a tricky perspective. Otherwise, the candidates' views on such questions were the same, and the examiners would probably be tired after reading them. If Chen Ao could extend some new ideas, it could produce refreshing effects.

Besides, Chen Ao also asked about the examiner's personality. He was Su Bo, the Daoist of the dynasty. He was quite old and had a high age for retirement. He loved to read the most in the articles and classics that won surprisingly. If he could stand out, it would be no problem.

It should be noted that although the Song Dynasty received many quotas, the grades were divided into third-class, the first-class was called Jinshi and the grade; the second-class was called Jinshi and the grade; the third-class was given the same Jinshi. Therefore, on the surface, there were as many as four or five hundred students admitted to each imperial examination, but there would never be more than ten people who could truly enter the Jinshi and the Jinshi. Most of them were from Jinshi and were given the same Jinshi. Only if they had to enter the third-class, it was possible to enter the Jinshi. Therefore, the first great sutra was particularly important. If something went wrong, it could not be made up for it.

Chen Ao didn't rush to start writing, sat on the stool and began to ponder. Time passed slowly, and after a while, he slowly lifted up his pen and wrote: My husband and friend came from afar. At this time, how could he be happy? He didn't know if he was interested in learning.

It means that friends come from afar. Is it worth having fun at this time? If friends are not easy to learn, it is actually just like that.

This sentence is extremely innovative and directly denies the argument that friends come from afar. Chen Ao couldn't help but smile faintly and continued to write: The Master returned to the beginning to be wise and kind, saying: The scholars' nature is restored; and emotions are the same nature, how many things are there to say, how many things are there to be happy.

This sentence follows the topic in a more twists and turns, but starts from learning and borrows Confucius's point of view to annotate it for oneself. It should be noted that this chapter on the Analects of Confucius is a principle that encourages people to learn. Chen Ao does not solve the topic of friends, but instead turns to learning, which means to be a red flag against the red flag.

After that, the dragon and snake wrote the poem in the format of the scriptures. After half an hour, a piece of flowers was completed. I checked it several times, and changed several typos and loopholes before I gave up.

After the exam was finished, the test paper was handed over, and the candidates appeared one after another. Everyone's expressions were different. Some were upset, some were excited, and some were secretly happy. Chen Ao returned to the Imperial College, and Tang Yan taught him how he was doing in the exam. Chen Ao had a good memory and recited his scriptures. Tang Yan pursed his lips and said without comment: "It's okay, whether he can be selected depends on the examiner."

Chen Ao laughed in his heart. He had already figured out the way the examiner came from and would not fight unprepared wars.

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In the lobby of the Ministry of Rites, Su Bo is too old and is already seventy years old. His life is rare in his seventies. Now that he is walking, he has to take a few more breaths. This time he is the chief examiner, which is quite a bit of taking care of him, an old minister. He was the last time he let him use his remaining energy before retiring.

Su Bai is old and has dizzy eyes. After only reading a few papers, he is already out of breath. Therefore, the papers are read by the examiners. When will he find a masterpiece be presented to him?

Just waited around, but the examiners did not present a single test paper. This year's Great Sutra questions were too ordinary, and some friends came from afar? Hehe, the sample essays of this kind of test questions were in the market, and there were no more than 800. The aesthetic fatigue, so many papers were all the same, which made people feel drowsy and drowsy. After choosing thousands of questions, they could never choose one that suits people's appetite. Therefore, not only Su Bai's face was unhappy, but even the examiners had dark faces.

After a while, a father-in-law from the ear room came over and asked, "Mr. Su, I'm afraid I'm in a hurry to wait, why haven't I picked out a few good articles yet?"

For the imperial examinations over the years, the palace would send a father-in-law to wait here. If you have any good articles, you would choose them and send them directly to the palace to read them. This is a gesture, and it is to tell the people of the world that the emperor respects literature and attaches great importance to students.

Su Bai smiled bitterly and stroked his beard: "Eunuch Liu is here for a moment." He felt a little uncomfortable. The articles submitted to the imperial examinations cannot be randomly selected. The emperor is not easy to fool. If the articles sent are not good, wouldn't it mean that you have no idea about the choice of the article? Therefore, no matter how urgent the father-in-law was, Su Bai would not dare to make a rash decision. Once the articles were sent, it means that the paper was qualified to pass the imperial examination and he had to bear the consequences.

Eunuch Liu was also a little tired, but he couldn't stay in the important place of the paper marking, so he went back to the ear room to drink tea and wait.

Su Bai held the teacup impatiently and blew at the teamo. It was at this moment that an examiner finally rose from the desk and came over with a paper. Su Bai suddenly felt energetic, took the paper, and said to the examiner: "Wait until you wait, can you finally read it?"

The examiner smiled and said, "The examiner just thinks this paper is very innovative and the words are very good, so please take a look at it."

Su Bai waved his hand and asked the examiner to continue to review the papers. He looked up and read the articles. He was *** Lake. He had served in academic administration and worked in the Ministry of Rites. He was the most familiar with the articles of the classics. When he looked up, he couldn't help frowning. He thought to himself, what kind of problem is this? He dared to overturn the words of the saints?

Then he looked at Chengtu again, his face relaxed a little, with a look like this, and he shook his head and murmured: "This person's thinking is very agile. I haven't seen such a genius for a long time."

It turned out that it was the answer to the question, but it was no longer the words of overthrowing the saints, but the words of the saints were used to explain the reason why friends came from afar and were not happy. At the same time, it also affirmed that the words of the saints only caused some deviation in understanding.

Su Bai continued to read the lecture, and read the whole text was very smooth, without a trace of tenderness, and the rhetoric was complicated, but he didn't think there was anything out of place. The theme of the whole scripture highlighted the word "diligence" and was quite popular. Su Bai couldn't help but shook his head and said, "The emperor has the world, not to take advantage of power to govern politics and education, but to explain his thoughts of diligence with the Tao and the wind. A gentleman's great deeds are not to meet the master and be honored by the master, but to have the joy of the Du Yu Baiyan. Having friends from afar, this is the time, but is there a different feeling from the other? Isn't it a joy... Good, a good emperor has the world and be joyful with politics and education, and a gentleman's great deeds are quite popular with the master and be honored by the world, and the great way of the world is explained by his conclusion."

Su Bai was so fond of this article. He read it several times and called a few good words, which even other examiners were alarmed. In fact, this article was mainly quick-thinking at the beginning. It was rare to extend it from having friends from afar to studying hard. The most rare thing is that in the end, he extended it to the principle of managing the family and governing the country and pacifying the world. This principle is almost the essence of the entire Confucianism.

Other meanings of the sutra are all about solving the topic as the main theme of the whole text, while this sutra is the opposite of the way, which shocks the world and turns around when following the topic, making people unable to help but applaud the author's agile thinking. Only the last sentence is the finishing touch, which explains the world's harmony pursued by scholars for thousands of years, which makes people respect it.

Su Bai hurriedly said, "Go and invite Eunuch Liu."

The servant immediately went to the ear room to ask for someone. When Eunuch Liu saw Su Bai coming, he came hurriedly. Su Bai said, "Immediately, I'll send this paper to the palace and ask Your Majesty to read it."

Eunuch Liu was a little reluctant and just took the paper into the palace. If there were good papers again, wouldn’t you have to go a few more trips? It would be easier to wait and send them to them together.
Chapter completed!