Wu Haowen had already found his seat at this time, which was a rather dilapidated case, which was used by students of the Imperial College and Tai students in daily life, and is now used for tribute students.

There was also a small bucket of water on the side of the desk, which contained half a bucket of water for the tribute students to grind ink. The four treasures of the study were all prepared by the tribute students, and Wu Haowen brought the stationery he used daily, which were quite ordinary things. Of course, books were not allowed to be brought into the examination room. I checked it when I was taking a shower and changing clothes just now.

Now the martial arts and literary exams are the Jinshi. Before the Shenzong Dynasty, there were not only one Jinshi exam in the liberal arts exam, but also the Nine Classics, Five Classics, Kaiyuan Literature, Three Histories, Three Rites, Three Transmissions, Scholars, Mingfa and other subjects. However, now all the subjects are gradually abolished, and only one Jinshi is the only one remaining.

The Jinshi exam is very long, basically from the early morning to the lights, and of course it is allowed to hand in the papers in advance, but few people will do this. For such a long time, of course, you have to eat in the middle. Every candidate brings dry food when entering the examination room. Before entering the examination room, clerks and soldiers check to prevent entrainment.

The exam questions have been posted, which are different from the practice of posting papers in later generations. The imperial examination in the Song Dynasty put all four exam questions into the hall where the exam was held at one time, and the examiner also had a copy of the test. If a juren has good eyesight, just look at the test questions that were hung out. If he has poor eyesight, he can ask the examiner for the copy of the test.

Before officially starting to answer questions, the tribute students will first copy all the test questions one by one on the paper they brought or sent out in the examination room, and then start to answer them. The so-called four tests are actually one. Anyway, they will take one day and leave after the exam, and they are not allowed to leave in the middle. The big and small tests must be solved in a temporary toilet with dedicated guards.

Wu Haogu, who had ground ink, opened the paper and used his pen to fly. He quickly copied all the questions for this imperial examination competition. Among them, there were thirty questions in the "One Jing" and "Merical Jing", which were tricky and unpopular. However, for Wu Haowen, answering questions is not difficult. The question was only he could only answer the comments in the "Tai version" of the "Three New Sutras". As for whether it fits the "latest spirit of the court" at present, it could only be left to fate.

"Theory" and "current affairs" are both writing. "Theory" is similar to a topical composition, usually requiring tribute students to comment on an allusion or a historical figure recorded in the classics and history. The test is actually about writing style and familiarity with classics and history. The writing style of martial arts is very good, and the classics and history are also very familiar with classics and history. As long as you perform normally, you should be able to pass the test.

What really worries Wu Haowen is "current affairs plan". "current affairs plan" is similar to the "essay" in the civil service examinations in later generations. Generally, the examiner raises specific questions about current affairs and asks candidates to express their opinions, so it is also called "strategy questions", and the candidates' answers are called "countermeasures". This is difficult, because most tribute students are hard-working students who turn a blind eye or rarely learn about things outside the window. They don't know what the current affairs are going on? Therefore, the well-written "current affairs plan" is usually found in the official family or is just an official. The ordinary people who are suffering and cold often fall into the current affairs plan.

Although Wu Haowen is now a family of officials, how long has Wu Haogu been an official? Basically, he is also a hard-study scholar, young and has no experience at all, so he has good insights on current affairs? So when copying the "physical strategy" question, he was very worried.

But when he finished copying, he was already confident. Because the title of "State Affairs" this time was almost guessed by Wu Haogu! At first glance, although the title was about how the Eastern Wu in the Later Han and the Three Kingdoms periods would get along with Shu Han, it actually reflected the current relationship between Liao and Song, or how brothers coexisted, and how brothers should save each other or profit from it when they were in trouble.

If it weren't for the "country of brothers of Liao and Song" that Wu Haogu said to him before, Wu Haowen might have solved it from the way of the Sun-Liu alliance to attack Cao Xinghan. If you want to write this way, you might be able to go to high school, but it is difficult to be outstanding. Because everyone will think of such a route, the rest is to practice writing. It seems that this question is the key to determining who can enter the first grade in this subject.

It seems that I will not only win this subject, but also be able to win a first place!

Wu Haowen is now confident, and has temporarily put "theory" and "current affairs" aside, and has begun to concentrate on writing the answers to the "One Jing" and "One Jing" test questions.

...

Ji Yi, who was sitting in another examination room, started answering questions from "current affairs". His skill in the classics is far greater than that of martial arts and good literature. He can correspond freely regardless of "new or old", and can also find the common answers between the two to the greatest extent. After all, no matter "new or old", he is all Confucian.

His "must win this subject" is not a brag!

Of course, he could see the essence of the question "current affairs plan" at a glance. He also thought of the "brother country", and he was a participant in a series of negotiations in the Liao and Song dynasties recently! So as soon as he saw the question, he immediately got inspiration and started answering the questions from "current affairs plan".

The countermeasures of current affairs (answer, the meaning of the composition) are usually around a thousand words, but Ji Yi is planning to write a long countermeasure of more than ten thousand words today, explaining how the Eastern Wu should preserve Shu Han, how to use Shu Han, how to strengthen himself when the defeat of Shu Han is inevitable, etc.

Among them, how to reap the benefits of the fisherman during the Northern Expedition of Guan Yu to seize Xiangyang and use the dangers of the rivers to complete the rivers; and how to seek the East River to become the solidity of the mountains and rivers when the Shu Han collapsed, it has become the top priority in the whole article.

The article was finished quickly, with more than ten thousand words, all of which were synthesized in one go, and it was very wonderful. Putting down the brush, Ji Yi let out a long sigh. Looking at the article she just wrote, thinking: You can clearly understand the emperor based on your articles, so why should you learn martial arts and be a villain? It's really a miscalculation! It seems that you should be down-to-earth and less trouble!

...

At this time, Fan Zhijin was taking the exam with a group of tribute students from Hebei East Road. He was still coughing constantly, and while answering thirty sutra questions, he wrinkled tightly.

It’s not that the meaning of the classics cannot be answered, but the question of the current affairs is unexpected. It actually talks about the present in the name of the Three Kingdoms. In fact, it is to say that most people in the Song, Liao and Xia do not regard Liao as the "Shu Han", but regard Western Xia as the "Shu Han", and Fan Zhijin is no exception. So the focus of the answers on how the Eastern Wu wins over Shu Han to fight against Cao Wei... So, a current affairs affairs question focused on politics, economy, and diplomacy was finally written by Fan Zhijin as a half-baked military affairs strategy! He thought he was taking the Wu Jinshi exam?

Of course, the article is good. Fan Zhijin is an expert in writing compositions! But the content is a bit unreadable. What military he knows? Isn’t it just nonsense? Fortunately, he has read the Seven Books of Martial Arts and still knows some grand strategies and many terms for military tactics. So he also quoted classics and wrote three or four thousand words, which still looks quite similar.

If you meet an examiner who does not really understand military affairs, you can probably give him an evaluation of "knowing the army"? So his answer to the countermeasures is OK. After all, now about 500 Jinshi are selected from five or six people, and only how many people can truly understand the questions?

What? Some people say the question is unfair?

It is originally a "current policy"! Those who are familiar with current affairs will naturally have high scores. Those who only know how to read the scriptures should answer it casually. As long as their writing skills are good enough and their writing is reasonable, they can still win, but their ranking is a little worse... This "current policy" is actually to "open the back door" for the children of officials who are familiar with current affairs and current officials.

...

Fan Zhiwen, a brother of Fan Zhijin, also began to write "countermeasures". Like Fan Zhijin, he also regarded "Xixia" as "Shu Han". But he thought that Xixia was a nominal vassal of the Song Dynasty... And isn't the relationship between Eastern Wu and Shu Han?

How should I write this? Should I write "Shu Han" as a vassal of "Eastern Wu"? This... during the Battle of Red Cliffs, coerce Liu Bei, or simply let Eastern Wu learn from Cao Cao, find someone named Liu (of course not Liu Bei) to be the emperor, and then use the emperor's order to Liu Bei? It seems that is not right?

As the last star of hope in the Fan family in Yanggu, Fan Zhiwen was actually stumped by a current policy and didn't know how to start writing for a while!

...

When Fan Zhiwen didn't know how to write an article, the white-bearded old man Wu Zhongyi wrote quickly, as if he had found a feeling. His answering direction was the same as that of Wu Haowen, Ji Yi!

Of course, it was not that he was familiar with the great affairs of the world, and could see through the weakness of the Liao Kingdom and the dangers faced by the Song Dynasty at a glance. Instead, the day before the imperial examination competition, Wu Haowen once discussed the current "Liao-Song relationship" with him, and informed him of the weakness and possibility of collapse of the Liao Kingdom.

Of course he knew who Wu Haowen’s brother Wu Haogu was? So he carefully recorded the content of the conversation. Today, he saw the questions of the current affairs plan and immediately knew how to solve it. Although his article was mediocre, the key to the current affairs plan was to find the right direction. If the direction was right, you could read the article a little worse.

This is really God's blessing, I want to get myself in high school!

The old man with white beard was so excited! This is really a long time to become a Jinshi! He really wanted to make a name outside Donghua Gate, the king above the Golden Palace, and the son-in-law under the Golden List, and then the one party’s parents! One party’s parents’ official probably can’t get in, but the fourth and fifth schools are also Jinshi! A county lieutenant who catches thieves is stable...
Chapter completed!