Section 21 Interesting stories in the imperial examination (4)

In the nearly twenty days of waiting for the release of the list, it has always been a time for the students to be unrestrained and indulged in luxury.

Some have been working hard for three years, and when I get here, I always feel that I have to compensate the woman to be worthy of myself; some have been issued a list and the prosperity and death are determined to be judged, and the fear of gains and losses can only be relieved by watching flowers and drinking; some have traveled thousands of miles to Beijing, and I feel that if I don’t appreciate the scenery of the Eight Great Hutongs well, I will be vain. Some have already planned to go around Beijing, have a big view of the flower list, remember the wind and moon, and have a name and boast about it.

Chongshi grew up by his father and wandered around, and he had no place to live. Of course, he knew the mellow wine woman of Yuzhong's uncle who watched the flowers and drinks, but he was not enthusiastic. The fellow villagers who came to the trial together did not allow him to be alone, and he had a few new friends who came to invite him to eat and drink every day. Even if he had no need to pay money, everyone welcomed him. If he refused, he seemed to have won the money and was stingy, and he would be criticized. In desperation, he had to expel wine and food every day. But when he woke up in the middle of the night, he couldn't help but worry: the big and big restaurants had a lot of accounts. If the people who often ate dreams together, only their own dreams came true. Where did the amount of money came out?

On the day of the list, Chongshi also won and won the 127th place. Such a score is hard to say. Although the score in the imperial examination will not be brought into the final palace examination, there has never been a precedent for a tribute 100 to swing the ranks in the palace examination. Not to mention the three tripods of the Yuan, even if the three-level masters were awarded the same Jinshi, they would not have been selected. If that were the case, they would definitely not be selected as a Shujishi, and it would be even more impossible to enter the Hanlin. After the palace examination, the identity of his bannerman was placed in the local area and guarding the maid side. Thinking about this, the 127th tribute tribute was not as good as the one who failed!

Therefore, Chongshi's face looked so terrible that it seemed every day. When the people around him thought that he was worried about the account and kept sneering. However, he did not know that his inner pain was not worthy of being a lesson for outsiders.

Another thing is that the place where people go to Beijing for love. They are both young people, and they are full of interest when talking about such natural and beautiful appearances. Many people have been here for the first time. They have heard of the famous "Eight Great Hutongs" in Beijing, but they didn't expect to see it here. They were disappointed. In the words of a student from Jiangnan Province: "The woman here is not born well. She has two pairs of trouser legs, her head is full of paper flowers, her chest is erect, her head is full of fat, her head is full of flour, and she eats onions and garlic and drinks a knife. There is no trace of "compilation of writing, singing, wiping, and waiting for the banquet".

After listening to the speech of the same year, everyone was in a short while and began to seize the time to write the "big test" in Guanyi. The palace examination has very high requirements for writing, which is also one of the crucial factors. Chongshi did not have such a mind, and his ranking would not improve. It would be better to take this opportunity to go to Liulichang and make a good trip, and it would not be in vain to come to the emperor's feet.

The palace examination was held on April 21st. At dawn, the new Jinshi arrived at the palace gate one after another. When he arrived at Maozheng, a group of princes and nobles with brilliant feathers came and stood in front of the middle left gate. The one sitting in the front, wearing a gem top, inserted a huge double-eyed feather feather, a sky-blue satin robe, and a yellow jacket. He was about 63 or 64 years old, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and looked extremely majestic. It was the emperor's uncle, Prince Hui Mianyu, who was in the fifth place. He had to wait until he nodded before he started to call.

Click one and put one. After receiving the big paper, he crossed the high threshold. The middle left door stood on the two-meter-high hall foundation. There were eleven rooms and eleven meters high. The Hall of Supreme Harmony, which was the head of the "three halls", was also the emperor's main yamen, Long Ji Dan Bi, with a grand atmosphere. However, Chongshi and others did not care about their careful observations, staggered and followed the crowd over the Hall of Supreme Harmony and Zhonghe Hall, climbed up three stone steps, and stepped dozens of steps to the Baohe Hall, where the palace examination was located. They were so tired that they sweated like slurry and were breathless.

Just as the examination tools were put down, the Honglu Temple officials were scheduling for them, the ministers of the reading documents had already been in court. There was a long table in the east of the hall, and ten bundles of papers were neatly placed. Qi Junzao walked up in a regular manner, picked up all the papers, walked to the front of the Huang case in the middle, and said, "Greatly accept the Qin's decree to make a question!"

Sun Ruizhen, the Minister of Rites who had stood in front of the Huang case, then put his knees on the ground, raised his hands high, knelt down and took the paper in the middle of the Huang case. Then the officials of the Honglu Temple praised him. The princes, ministers, deacons, and more than 200 new scholars all performed the ceremony of kneeling three or nine kowtows. The ministers read the papers returned to Wenhua Hall to rest; officials of the Ministry of Rites began to distribute the papers.

After taking the paper and showing the paper, Chongshi was stunned for a long time. Just like Qi Junzao's original doubts, this kind of text without scope and completely empty content is the most difficult to answer. Looking around, everyone had the same expression as him, and seemed to be unprepared for such a question.

Chongshi thought about it and decided to write a question about the topic of "If you are poor, you will change. If you are changing, you will understand." He used what he saw and heard from his father for many years in Jiangnan to find out the main theme of "The pros and cons of Yancai River engineering, how can he achieve perfection?"

After careful consideration, I have 70% sure. I focus on the topic of Qinshi's destiny. I look at the thoughts in my eyes and think in my heart. I feel that my thoughts are surging and I can get along everywhere. However, the countermeasures of the Golden Palace are very strict and the number of words is limited. I also need to practice and practice, from broad to concise, and seek to streamline them. After having a draft, I must carefully examine them and look up. If I quote the Hadith, I must look up. If I meet the imperial name, I must lack writing. This is a great taboo. If I make a mistake, I will make three years of work to go through!

When writing about the rise, Chongshi asked the question of "barbarians and foreign countries, lightly invading the seas" in the topic, and wrote it like flowing water: "I am right, I heard that the most important thing is to save blessings, those who know others are the foundation of peace of the people, those who learn from ancient times are the key to officials, and those who consolidate the army are the key to winning... Your Majesty the Emperor... spreading his reputation and prestigiousness, but he has no respect for three things, but one virtue is in harmony; all eight knights are promoted, and the six teachers are in charge."

There are certain regulations when the new gongshi answered the palace. No matter what the content of the policy discussion is, the first and last sentences never change. The beginning is "I am right. I heard..."; the end is "I am new to learn and learn, I am not aware of the taboos, and I am strict in my life, and I am not able to win the tremor of Yunyue. I am right to answer." It echoes the previous question, which is the so-called countermeasures of the Golden Palace.

After I checked the draft properly, it was already noon. I ate two pieces of Manchurian dessert called "Keshi", stood up and relaxed my muscles and bones, took out the paper from the roll bag, and started copying the paper - the palace examination paper, which was framed with seven layers of rice paper, with a 60% fold on the front and back, except for the bottom and the surface, a total of ten pages, which was called ten openings; each opening was one foot and four inches high and three inches wide, which was much larger than the average song paper, so it was called a large paper.

The paper is drawn with silver vermilion and straight lines, and every twelve lines are opened, with twenty-four characters per line. The skill of writing a large paper is arranged in twenty-four characters from top to bottom. However, there is also a trick to draw straight lines. I will first draw the straight lines of paper, take the draft and copy it, and then copy it on the large paper. Chongshi has spent several years on it, and the pot of ink paste on this day is particularly well-made, neither thick nor light, nor dry, and not wet. I write the characters, which are black and bright, and are paired with the Baiting red silk bar, which is extremely colorful. This character has a special name: Guange style.

As usual, the palace examination did not give candles, but the daylight was very long. Chongshi finished writing the paper and read it carefully again. The words were good, and there was no need to make up for it. But... this last paragraph seemed to have a big problem! Oops!

He calmed down for a while and felt that the words were ridiculous and difficult to be included in the eyes of the Fang family. Such words did not need to be presented to the emperor, but fell into the hands of a Neo-Confucian minister. Give him a point, and all his previous efforts would be wasted.
Chapter completed!