My life skills in Daming Liver

The imperial examination is really difficult.

If there is no system, Su Ze estimates that even if he studies hard for ten years, he will definitely not be able to pass the exam.

After sitting in the test booth, the sentinel will distribute the test papers to each test booth, but at this time, it is not possible to answer the questions in advance.

The inspecting officials are all staring at it, and if someone answers the questions ahead of time, they will be expelled from the examination room immediately.

After all the test papers were distributed, the sound of the clapper sounded again, and all the candidates immediately opened the test papers and began to answer the questions.

There are seven questions in total, three questions, four books, and four questions and five classics, all of which must be answered with stereotyped essays.

Among them, three questions and four books are basic questions, and candidates only need to answer in a satisfactory manner.

Because the Four Books are compulsory subjects that all scholars must study, the requirement for these three questions is "common", as long as there are solid arguments in the words, taboos are not wrong, and there are no typos.

But it is not easy to answer these three points and four scriptures correctly, and the ranking is still close to the following four points and five classics.

Scholars in the Ming Dynasty only needed to curate one classic. Although the "Spring and Autumn" selected by Su Ze was the least number of people, there were 400 people in the province who governed the "Spring and Autumn".

According to the "Five Classics", the examination papers were sent to five rooms, and the examination papers were corrected by the examiners drawn from the whole province.

In just one day, Su Ze needed to complete seven stereotyped essay answers, and also needed to copy them verbatim into the examination paper.

If it weren't for Su Ze's imperial examination skills to reach Lv10, and his passive skills to increase his imperial examination skills by +2 in the examination room, his imperial examination skills as high as Lv12 would only be completed before dark.

Su Ze thought of those fierce people who had passed the provincial examination in their teens, and those quick talents who finished answering the questions in half a day. Sure enough, those who were in their twenties and won the Jinshi were all perverts.

The second and third exams were held the next day, and these two exams were relatively easy. Su Ze quickly finished answering the questions and handed in the papers. The township exam is an important ceremony of the imperial court, and it is impossible to be as casual as the boy's exam. The general principle of selecting a scholar with stereotyped classics will not change. The last two exams are really a formality. Su Ze finished answering and handing in the papers in a regular manner, and finally ended the rural exam.

After all the exams were over, the whole Gongyuan began to get busy.

The transcribers will transcribe the examinee's ink scrolls into vermilion scrolls. The system of different-color pens is to ensure that all examination papers are transcribed. Only those transcribed with vermilion pens will be sent to the examination papers.

The transcribed papers have to be proofread by the readers, and then sent to the reviewers non-stop.

After five days of the exam, all the paper marking work must be completed, and then the chief examiner Wang Daokun will arrange the rankings.

In the Spring and Autumn Room, Sun Jiaoyu, a student of Putian County, was looking at the examination paper.

There are not many scholars in Fujian Zhichunqiu, and Sun Jiaoyu's original scriptures are not Chunqiu, but he has also read Chunqiu for several years, so he was selected into the Chunqiu room.

He read the paper in front of him twice, and only felt that the writing was smooth, but he was not sure how to judge it.

The papers judged by the marking officer, whether they pass or fail, must be sent to the same examiner in the same room.

If you dismiss the good papers or pass the bad papers, you will be reprimanded by the house official.

Sun Jiaoyu read it again, and there were still a few allusions he could not determine, so he had to ask another examiner beside him for help.

"Wu Jiaoyu, please take a look at this paper. How many allusions are there?"

"Spring and Autumn" has many words and many annotations, so it also has the most allusions.

Every year during the township examination, it is a feast for Zhichunqiu candidates to fabricate allusions.

If the test papers with fabricated allusions are sent up, the examiners will be ridiculous.

Wu Jiaoyu took the paper that Sun Jiaoyu couldn't grasp.

"These allusions are all from "Spring and Autumn". These allusions are used so relevantly, they are terrifying for future generations."

Sun Jiaoyu was relieved now, Wu Jiaoyu was the one who governed the Spring and Autumn Period, he was born as a Juren, and after taking part in a general examination and failing, he chose to become an academic officer.

Sun Jiaoyu picked up a pen, drew a circle at the top of the test paper, and wrote the word "High Recommendation".

The examiner sent the papers up, and then the same examiner in charge of the Spring and Autumn House marked the papers.

The same examiner must judge all the papers in this room, so the time is tight and the task is heavy, and most of the papers are also read on a whim, and then judged according to the grader's judgment.

But after seeing the "high recommendation" sent up, the house official of Chunqiu House picked up the paper and began to recite it.

"Highly recommended" means not only passing, but also being strongly recommended by the examiner, and can be included in the previous ranking papers.

The examiner wrote the "highly recommended" paper, and the room officer also wrote down his own recommendation level and a one-sentence comment.

The words in this paper are plain, but this way of writing is the most powerful.

There is no gorgeous rhetoric, but the profound truth can be written. After checking that there are no other problems in the paper, the house official also drew a circle on the paper, but hesitated when he raised the pen.

After Wang Daokun took office as a school inspector, academic officials from all over Fujian studied Wang Daokun's writing style.

This inspector Wang can be regarded as a Tang and Song classical literary school, who admired the plain and meaningful writing style the most, and didn't like the majestic discussions of the Qin and Han Dynasties.

This article should satisfy Governor Wang's appetite.

Up to now, the house officer has not seen a better article than this one, so he wrote "Can be learned" and sent it up with comments.

"Tong Jinglun", in the previous dynasty, meant to have a complete grasp of this sutra, and the judgment of "Can Tong Jinglun" on the paper means that the same examiner agrees that the paper can be ranked among the top five in this room.

This paper was sent to the deputy examiner.

The deputy examiner is Fujian Xuezheng's envoy, as the deputy examiner, he only needs to read the papers sent by the same examiner.

Of course, the deputy examiner also has the right to check the dismissed examination papers, but in fact, basically no deputy examiner is willing to do so.

The assistant examiner had to look at all the papers submitted by the fifth room, unless it was an obviously unfavorable paper, the assistant examiner would agree with the papers that passed in each room, and sent them to the chief examiner for adjudication.

The deputy examiner of this rural examination is also weak in character, basically the papers sent down are also sent up according to the previous verdict.

By candlelight, Wang Daokun was grading papers.

Wang Daokun frowned, and said to the little official beside him, "Go, find out the examination paper of Xuanzi Bingdingxinhao."

The little official was amazed at Wang Daokun's erudite memorization. The examiner's memory was really abnormal. He picked out several allusions and mistakes that the examiners below had not found. It was as if the Four Books and Five Classics were engraved in his mind.

Even the deputy examiner had to admire it, no wonder he was a Hanlin official, and his memory was not ordinary.

There are also three circles drawn on the paper of Xuan Zi Bing Ding Xin, which means that the examiner, room officer and assistant examiner all approve of this paper. Generally speaking, there can be three circles. As long as the chief examiner nods, this paper is considered to be on the list .

The little official quickly brought the examination paper of Xuan Zi Bing Ding Xin, and Wang Daokun picked up the examination paper in his hand and checked it with this examination paper one by one.

The deputy examiner looked at this paper, and he also had an impression of this paper. The seven articles were all well-behaved, but it was better than the rules.

The structure of the article is rigorous and the writing is smooth.

Don't underestimate this smoothness. You must know that the imperial examination is a time-limited exam, and articles written in a short period of time will inevitably have bumps.

All seven articles of this candidate seem to have been conceived for a long time, and such articles are rare in the imperial examination room.

But Wang Daokun said after reading the article: "Go and get the examination booklet and manuscript of the candidates of Xuan Zi Bing Ding Xin."

The test book is the book that the officials register the answer status during the exam, and it is the book used to record the answer status of the exam paper.

The officials patrolling the examination room check in every half an hour, and the progress of the candidates in answering the questions can be seen from the notebook.

Wang Daokun looked at the manuscript and the attendance book, and said to the assistant examiner, "The answer to this scripture in the two papers is similar."

The assistant examiner shuddered, could it be a case of fraud in the examination room?

He quickly picked it up and took a look, and sure enough, the stereotyped essays in the two articles were very similar.

However, these two papers are in different examination rooms, and the assistant examiner said, "Isn't it normal to think the same way to solve the questions and answer the same questions?"

Wang Daokun shook his head and said, "But there is something wrong with this examinee's paper."

"It's fine if the idea of ​​solving the problem is the same, but it's rare for the examples cited to be so similar."

"He used very little manuscript paper, and answered the questions very quickly. This question does not seem to be answered on the spot, but it seems to have been prepared in advance."

"This Four Books is the most difficult, but this examinee didn't draft much, and he answered this question first."

The deputy examiner took it, and sure enough, in the candidate's test booklet, he answered the questions very quickly, and there were not many traces of drafting on the manuscript paper of the answers.

The assistant examiner said again: "Maybe it's because this candidate is good at drafting, and the two papers are so far apart, so it's impossible to plagiarize and cheat?"

Wang Daokun said, "Maybe I'm worrying too much."

The assistant examiner breathed a sigh of relief. If these two people sat close together, they would definitely be judged as cheating. The two articles are so similar.

Only then did the assistant examiner remember his work, and presented the paper in his hand.

Seeing the three circles and the comments of "Highly Recommended" and "Knowledgeable", Wang Daokun knew it was a good test paper.

Picking up the paper and reading it, it turned out that the writing was very good, and more importantly, every question was solved very cleverly, which made Wang Daokun feel refreshed.

Moreover, the words used in the paper are plain, which is exactly the style of writing advocated by Wang Daokun on weekdays.

"This paper is good, it can be listed as the head of the house."

Each room of the Five Classics releases a house head, and after all the papers have been judged, the chief and deputy examiners and all the fellow examiners will judge the papers together to determine the ranking of the top few.

If the top ten in the township examination land in the examination, you can enter the Imperial Academy directly, or you can get preferential treatment if you go to the Ministry of Officials to be an official. In the imperial examination system, which is based on academic qualifications, your ranking in the examination determines everything.

After clicking this paper as the head of the Spring and Autumn House, Wang Daokun began to carefully examine the paper again.

However, his intuition still believed that there was something wrong with the Xuan Zi Bing Ding Xin, but Wang Daokun couldn't tell what was wrong. After thinking about it carefully, he still drew the Xuan Zi Bing Ding Xin to the last place.

After five days of intense examination, a total of 90 papers were arranged in the Xulun hall. Wang Daokun led the assistant examiner and fellow examiners to evaluate the final ranking.

Wang Daokun said first, "Xuanjiashenwu is the leader."

"This son's article looks simple and unpretentious at first glance, but he can find another way to discuss it with allusions, which has the style of ancient Tang and Song Dynasties."

All the examiners nodded. It is this style of essay that is popular nowadays. Everyone can write this kind of essay, but it is the most difficult to write well.

Gorgeous rhetoric can be piled up, but it is the most difficult to write the truth in plain words.

After clicking on the leader, the other times were set in order.

At the end, Wang Daokun pointed to the paper with Xuan character Bing Ding Xin and said:

"There are two scriptures in this paper that are similar to others."

All the examiners were shocked, and Wang Daokun said again: "But these three candidates are not in the same examination area, nor are they all the same, so they are all judged as the last, what do you think?"

Everyone picked up the papers, and the Xuan Zi Bing Ding Xin's article was not too brilliant, it could only be said to be quite satisfactory.

This time the Fujian Provincial Examination was already full of strong people, and his normal test paper could only be judged in the middle.

Although the other two papers were good, everyone nodded in agreement when the CEO spoke.

Everyone said: "Then the chief executive's opinion shall prevail, and he shall be judged as the last."

"Check the papers for the second and third rounds again, and the rankings will be released tomorrow."

Many examiners felt a sense of relief. The imperial examination not only tortured the examinees, but also tortured the examiners.

In the past few days after the exam, Su Ze checked the water conservancy materials sent by Eunuch Tao in the monastery abode.

There are five rivers and three streams in Fujian, and the Minjiang River is named after Min, which is naturally an important river running through the whole province.

It is the consensus of the ancestors of water control in the past dynasties to rule Minjiang first.

Improving the upstream water storage capacity and clearing up the silt in the middle and lower reaches, this is Su Ze's idea of ​​harnessing the Minjiang River.

Flood control is both difficult and easy to say.

Nature has its own laws. Floods often occur because human activities have encroached on the area where river water flows and have been backlashed by nature.

The idea of ​​water control is to return the encroached areas to nature and give the river more water storage capacity.

The principle is simple to say, but the biggest problem in river management is not the river, but people.

To build a dam, part of the farmland must be submerged, and the land that has invaded the river must also be cleared. These are fertile lands, and the owners of these lands are powerful local people.

Even if it is a parent official, the scalp is numb in the face of these people.

Fortunately, Eunuch Tao is a eunuch!