Chen Yichen thought about it over and over again, and finally wrote a sentence to solve the problem on the grass book.

"The sages described the disadvantages of the people who valued literature at the time, and showed them the ultimate use."

The translation of this sentence can be roughly understood as what the Saint Confucius said, which was a disadvantage caused by people advocating "gentlemen" at that time, so the intermediate route should be chosen to solve it.

The "extreme use" to solve the problem is taken from the "Doctor of the Mean" "holding both ends and using them for the people."

The plain language translated literally means to control the two extremes of "over" and "under" and adopt moderate methods to govern the people.

Chen Yichen’s idea of ​​solving the problem, through the two sentences of the eight-legged essay, it can be clearly seen that he is on a completely different route from Zhang Juzheng.

Zhang Juzheng's style is pragmatic, pointing to those who only remember to learn rituals and music after becoming an official. Chen Yichen is a mixed bag, indicating that learning rituals and music first and then becoming an official is incorrect than becoming an official and then studying rituals and music first, so it should be better to deal with it with the right amount.

From the standards of later generations, it is obvious that Zhang Juzheng's pragmatic view is more attractive and also in line with his ruling concept after becoming the prime minister of the dynasty.

That is, in his position, he should do his own politics, not care about his reputation in front of him, but only seek to implement his own reform policies at the moment.

Chen Yichen is the kind of person who talks about big principles. His views are not wrong, but the content is a bit vague from the perspective of later generations.

But! I'm afraid of anything but!

Chen Yichen's core idea of ​​solving the problem firmly adheres to the highest Confucian moral standards and code of conduct, which is the doctrine of the mean!

No matter how you write the eight-legged essay, as long as it can conform to the moral spirit of Confucianism without biasing the topic, the results of this article will definitely not be much worse.

It is basically a foregone conclusion to be successful, and it is reasonable to have a high ranking. As for whether it can top the list, it depends on whether others have written shocking works.

To be honest, Chen Yichen has now completely integrated into the character of the imperial examination scholar, and he also feels the rigid and backwardness of the eight-legged essay. As he had no choice but to play these "flower jobs".

Seeing that the examiner is more pragmatic in his questions, the answering direction is politically correct, and all kinds of major principles are full of them. Strive to be unique among the similar standard answers.

If the examiner prefers to the big truth when giving questions, then just take the false and write something solid and practical, anyway, you cannot be lost in the public.

Of course, this kind of gameplay is very risky, because the examiner's question setting style often means his own literary preferences.

You just act against the rules, isn’t it disgusting the examiner?

Therefore, before doing this game, you must understand the examiner's personality and literary preferences. This is why, Chen Yichen chose to come to the capital to take the exam and seek help from the other party to recommend it.

Zhou Xu was a standard scholar-official scholar, obsessed with scholars, and was not interested in being an official or something.

Otherwise, with his second place in the 16th year of Yongle, and second place in the palace examination, he would not be surprised to enter the cabinet now. How could he still be a mere sixth-rank lecturer in the Hanlin Academy?

An article like Chen Yichen that conforms to the Confucian standard and doctrine of the mean will definitely meet the appetite of last week's Xu.

After writing the first question, Chen Yichen did not spend so much energy on other exam questions to make it unique.

Although there are three consecutive exams in the provincial examination, in fact, each exam is only one day, namely the ninth day of August, the twelfth day of August, and the fifteenth day of August. After each exam, there is a three-day rest time in between.

Therefore, these seven test questions must be completed within one day, and there is also a five-character and eight-rhyme poem to be written. If the writing is not finished until dusk, the candidate will be given three candles, and after the candle is turned off, it will be helped out.

Chen Yichen did not have so much energy to write every test question to the greatest extent. He could only choose one question for each of the Four Books and Five Classics to show the highest level of his knowledge. This was also the standard practice for the imperial examinations in ancient rural examinations.

However, after deducting personal thinking, Chen Yichen suddenly realized that writing eight-legged essays according to standard answers is too fast to write at his own memory level.

In the afternoon, other scholars were still preparing for the second half of the battle, and they had already finished writing all seven articles, leaving only the last five-character and eight-rhyme test poem.

Compared with the previous boy test, the requirements for posting poems in the country trial are higher, and the rhymes have been increased from six rhymes to eight rhymes. However, the proportion of weight has not changed. As long as you are not writing randomly and betting on the rhymes well, the content is not very important.

Considering that he was about to finish writing, Chen Yichen was too lazy to even make lunch, so he simply made a copy while the iron was hot, thinking that would be a good idea to hand over the paper in advance and have a meal?

In the eyes of the invigilator, his performance shook his head secretly. Other scholars were relaxed and knew how to eat well at noon so that they could have the energy to fight again in the afternoon.

The candidate in front of me was writing in a hurry. It seemed that he was not good at learning and was afraid that he could not finish writing the papers, so he could only hurry up every minute.

After copying, Chen Yichen blew dry the ink marks on the papers on the papers so as not to get dizzy after they were stacked together. There was no such unlucky man in history. He was anxious to fold the test papers together before the ink marks were completely dry. When the examiner reviewed the papers, he found that they were blurred.

No matter how wonderful the writing you write, the neatness of this surface is impossible to get, and you can only cry without tears.

"Mr. Jun, hand in the paper."

The soldiers in front of the gate of the Hoshe were subconsciously stunned when they heard Chen Yichen say he would hand in the paper.

Because in previous years, even if someone wrote the papers in advance, it would not be as early as Chen Yichen.

It was only two minutes later, and it was converted into a modern timeline at 1:30 pm. Including the overtime of the three candles, Chen Yichen's exam took less than half of it.

This kid either wrote a copy of the paper and copied it directly after writing a cheat, otherwise how could he be so fast?

Of course, this was just a muttering voice in my heart. A small guard soldier dared not say much. After reacting, he immediately reported to the examiner and asked him to take away Chen Yichen's answer sheet and file a case for investigation.

The official who received the paper did not know Chen Yichen. Seeing him handing in advance in this way, he persuaded him kindly: "Are you sure you have finished copying?"

Chen Yichen was sitting in the newly built brick and tile house in the middle. The examinee was very clear that the candidates who could be arranged in this house were either rich or noble. Generally, the children of such officials and powerful officials were young, frivolous and ignorant of the world and did not realize the importance of the imperial examination to them.

"The official who returned to the papers has finished copying."

After saying that, Chen Yichen submitted the test papers he was writing, which were already filled with articles.

If you just read the full text, there is still the possibility of writing randomly, but when the examinee clearly sees the extremely neat Taige style above, you will instantly realize that the candidate in front of you cannot have a frivolous and fun personality.

Because the words are like the person, without a calm personality and knowledge, you cannot write the word Chen Yichen.

So the official in charge of the paper stopped talking and took the test paper from Chen Yichen. Then he handed the test paper to Mi Feng official and confirmed the sealing status of the personal information such as the name at the beginning of the paper, the origin of the paper, and the sealing status of the personal information.

After confirming that the correctness is correct, the temporary registration will be sealed. After all candidates hand in the paper, the transcription officer will copy the test paper again to prevent the examiner from recognizing who the candidate is from his handwriting.

Moreover, during the copying process of the transcription officer, there will be a reading officer responsible for proofreading the text errors of the test paper, which must be accurate in every word. After completion, the words "Someone has no problem reading" must be written at the end of the paper.

Otherwise, if the candidate writes it himself without any problem and the transcription officer misrepresents and fails the exam, it would be so unfair.

It can be said that the entire provincial examination paper review process is extremely complicated, and various means should be used as much as possible to ensure the basic fairness of the imperial examination.

After Chen Yichen got up to hand in the paper, he led out of the examination room by the Bing Ding. When passing by other numbers, many candidates cast surprised eyes at him. The group of people couldn't help but wonder which great man was, and he could finish seven articles in just half a day.

Could it be that this guy treats the provincial examination as a boy? That's why he is so arrogant. He will definitely teach him a good lesson on the day the results are released.

Several examiners on the building on Mingyuan were a little sleepy after lunch in the hot summer. One of the examiners glanced casually, as if they had discovered something extraordinary, and immediately became energetic.

"Please look at all colleagues. Before that, a student handed in advance. This child is really frivolous!"

The provincial examination is not as good as the boy exam. It is not as good as the first time you hand in the paper, so many capable candidates will not rush to hand in the paper even if they finish the exam questions early.

You must carefully check your article over and over again to see if there are any typos and places where you are taboo.

If you hand in the paper a little bit in advance, you can say that you have the strength. If you have so much in advance, you may not have any serious examination process, so you can only be more arrogant.

After hearing this, the other examiners were also energetic. Several people even stood up and wanted to see who was handing in the paper.

Zhou Xu is older and has been a little presbyopic in recent years, so he only has a contour in the distance, so he cannot confirm who the paper is.

Since you can't see clearly, then ask if others know anything. So Zhou Xu said, "Dear colleagues, have you seen clearly who is the one who submitted the paper?"

"I see clearly. I am a young student, and I guess I am a teenager."

"I am unfamiliar with my appearance, not the famous young talents of this year."

"It's not a noble child, it should be from a poor family."

Listening to the talk of the examiners, Zhou Xu's curiosity that he had originally raised gradually faded.

Since I am not a candidate who is focused on it, I guess any candidate who is ignorant of his talent or who has poor psychological tolerance will resolutely choose to submit his papers in advance.

This kind of thing happened in the past provincial examinations, just like the college entrance examinations in later generations, there is still no need for someone to hand in the blank papers.

Wang Yining did not sit down, stared at the back of the paper attendant for a long time, and suddenly a person came to his mind.

So he quietly attached himself to Zhou Xu's ear and said, "Brother Gong Xu, the position of that number house seems to have placed Chen Yichen there."
Chapter completed!