Since the advent of the imperial examination, the content of the examination has been constantly changing.

From the beginning, there was no standard, and it was divided into different subjects, and finally it was combined with mathematics, and finally there was a normal imperial examination that is more familiar to later generations.

There are also endless debates about the origin of the imperial examination. Anyway, it developed in the Tang Dynasty. At that time, the scientific examination was quite casual. In the Song Dynasty, there were standards, and the writing format of the articles gradually became fixed.

However, the eight-legged essay, which is often said in later generations, only appeared in the middle of the Ming Dynasty.Although prior to this, there was already a roughly fixed format, this is just a formal proposal of this format.

If the examination format was as casual as the early Song Dynasty or the Tang Dynasty, Ye Changling would not have considered the imperial examination at all.Because I was competing with a group of ancient scholars to compose poems and essays, just thinking about it is very cruel.

The first two rounds of the township examination are mainly about the direction of students' learning and their understanding of the article.However, because the content of the exam is just that, after so many years of development in the imperial examination, the regular questions that can be asked have long been good enough.In order to give the questions something new, the chief examiners of the Ming and Qing dynasties had no choice but to develop the test questions to "weird", such as intercepting some words of the saints, adding punctuation and sentence breaks, and then asking the candidates to answer.

Anyway, there is no punctuation in the Four Books and Five Classics, and it is not considered tampering with the words of the sages.

Of course, there are always a small number of difficult problems. Most of the routine questions, if the question bank is large, there will be repetitions or similarities.

Therefore, Shen Tianlu didn't know how he passed the first and second scientific examinations.

When he came back to his senses, he realized belatedly that he had finished writing all the questions.

Shen Tianlu was a little ashamed, he knew that compared to Yu Gaoluo and the others, his knowledge was very low, his mind was still dull, and he had also taken the exam several times as a scholar, and barely passed the exam the year before last.

Therefore, I only thought that I was possessed by a demon, and didn't pay attention to this matter.

Soon the third test began.

The third exam mainly examines policy theory.

Of course, the difficulty of policy theory in the rural examination will naturally be lower than that in the general examination.

However, this time the questioner was Zhang Taichu, the chief assistant.

At that time, the chieftain rebellion had just been put down.Chu Chenyao is only in charge of fighting, and when he wins, he packs up the army, takes away "some" spoils, and returns to the court, leaving a lot of chicken feathers behind.

The rebellion has been quelled, but the chieftain's problem has been around for a long time, and it still needs to be resolved by the court.The cabinet has been busy with this matter for a while.

So Master Shoufu incorporated this current event into the exam questions.

Of course, he didn't expect to get answers from these candidates who had only read some sage books and never solved the actual problems. The court was still hesitant about the chieftain issue, but it had already begun to appease and govern.

Of course, the exam questions are not only about chieftains, but also about people's livelihood. "Agriculture" is the foundation of the country, so it is naturally on the list.

In fact, Mr. Shoufu prepared several questions, but when he made a decision, he showed it to Emperor Yongjia, who determined the questions for the exam.

This can be regarded as the wisdom of Mr. Shoufu as an official. Compared with Mr. Kong Xiewen, who is too upright, the evaluation of Mr. Shoufu among the eunuchs is still very good.

Shen Tianlu was completely stunned when he got the questions for the third exam.

Because it was so impressive.

Toast problem.

In the box Ye Changling gave, there was a discussion on this issue.

Handwriting is immature like a child's age... Well, in ancient times, scholars began to practice handwriting when they were young, and it is normal for Ye Changling's calligraphy to not be as good as a child's.

There is no literary grace in the writing.

Yet this article is locked in the box.

Shen Tianlu is an honest man, and Ye Changling asked him to write every article, even though Yu Gaoluo, Chen Kejin and the others thought that this piece of paper including this box of articles was just Ye Qianhu deliberately punishing them, Shen Tianlu still read it seriously.

Later, Chu Zhengji saw this piece of paper, and deliberately asked Ye Changling about it.

Change the soil and return to the stream.

It is very natural to think of these four words.

With almost no thought, Shen Tianlu began the process of solving the problem, inheriting the problem and citing scriptures.

This is the final format of the eight-legged essay.

With the development of the imperial examinations to this day, if there are no accidents, it will be completely confirmed in this or the next dynasty.

It was also required to be written in this way since the big box of exam questions was handed over to them.

And Shen Tianlu's being admitted as a scholar shows that his foundation is still good.

A similar situation happened to Ye Changyu.

Registration is away from the scientific examination, and there is not enough time to do the questions.

But Ye Changling knew who the chief examiner this time was the main tester.

It's fine if it's the other ministers, but this time it's Mr. Shoufu who asked the question.

Shoufu also worked as an examiner before asking questions.

Ever since Ye Changling decided to help Ye Changyu pass the Juren exam, Changling began betting on the questions.

If you want to know which aspect of Master Shoufu's knowledge is more important, there are ready-made candidates in Jingzhong who can answer.

The only bad thing is that His Highness the Crown Prince is too smart. After Ye Changling asked a few questions, Chu Chenxi guessed what Ye Changling was thinking, and wrote down the possible questions that Mr. Zhang might ask overnight, and handed them to Ye Changling.

After all, Master Zhang is also Chu Chenxi's teacher.

As for policy theory, Ye Changling pressed a few questions, but he didn't expect the chieftain question to come up.

But these are enough for Ye Changyu.

On the contrary, there was an episode on Cheng Zhongyu's side.

Because one of the questions is "farming".

Cheng Zhongyu planted the fields for several months, and spent seven or eight hours a day in the fields. When he saw such a topic, he was so moved that he took up a pen and wrote a book of thousands of words.

Even once shocked the examiner.

It was all passed on to Emperor Yongjia.

In those early days, Cheng Laoshangshu was always floating when he walked.

Then there is the revision.

Still presided over by the chief examiner Zhang Taichu.

Before grading the papers, Zhang Taichu had already made up his mind.

After all, Cheng Zhongyu’s grandson Cheng Zhongyu’s "Book of Encouragement to Farmers" is too amazing. Considering his No. 2 score in the Shuntianfu Township Examination last year, if nothing unexpected, he will be the one to solve the problem in Shuntianfu this time.

Then Zhang Taichu was confused by an answer sheet that answered all the questions handed over by other examiners.

The point is, the front is all right.

The answer has something to say and fits the main points.

Zhang Taichu can assure you that even if other ministers in the court are asked to answer, they may not be able to do half of the test paper.

Because there are specialties in the art industry.

Because different ministers have different academic directions in governing the classics.

Otherwise, there would be no sects in the court, and there would be no sects in various academies and places.

Zhang Taichu felt a little dizzy.

Then he looked at the answer sheet for the third round.

In an instant, I was attracted by the words "reform the soil and return to the stream".

This... This person actually coincides with his point of view.

Zhang Taichu also had his own selfish intentions in using this question as a test question.

In fact, reforming the native land and returning to the local people has been carried out in a small part, but it has been put on hold all the time.

Zhang Taichu was filled with emotions at the first moment.

This article is about reforming the soil and returning to the stream.

Full of vigor.

But it also expresses Zhang Taichu's thoughts.

When I looked at the other topics in this paper, the more I read, the happier I became.

He is old, and older people like steady young people best.

All the answers in this volume are in good order, and the format of the answers is even smoother.

Zhang Taichu put down the answer sheet.

This time, Xie Yuan is probably going to ask the Holy One to make the decision.

Even so, Zhang Taichu also understood which answer sheet this name would belong to.

It's a kid from the Cheng family, what a pity.

……

Release day.

Song Qing, the shopkeeper of the teahouse, and the waiters of the teahouse woke up early to send Liu Xiran to watch the list.

After all, Liu Xiran was Xie Yuangong last year. Although it was a re-examination this time, Liu Xiran still had a great chance of winning, because some well-informed people came to make friends even after the scientific examination.

Ye Changling finally remembered that Shen Tianlu and the others also participated in this scientific examination.

Ye Changling rode a horse, and the carriage of the Ye Mansion carried four anxious scholars and Yang Wendong, a confident scholar.

The six of them came to the ranking place together.

This place has already been crowded with scholars participating in this scientific expedition.

The results of the township examination.

Yang Wendong took the lead and saw his name at the end of the list first.

No more, no less, No. 95.

Yang Wendong felt complacent in an instant.

Although he despises Ye Changling, a dude, he has been recuperating in Zhuangzi for more than half a year, but he has also been lucky enough to meet the gentle and pleasant maid Hong Zhu. Yang Wendong has already decided that after he wins the election this time, he will ask Ye Changling to marry the maid. In his capacity as a candidate, Ye Changling would definitely agree.

At that time, it is not impossible to call Ye Changling 'Master'.

At this moment, he saw that Shen Tianlu and the others beside him were staring at the list in a daze.

Yang Wendong knew the level of Brother Shen and the others. Brother Yu Gaoluo and Yu Xian had the highest level among them, but the heat hadn't come yet, and he was a little worse than him.Yang Wendong also looked at the rankings behind, but there was no Yu Gaoluo's name.

Sure enough, seeing Yu Gaoluo showing disappointment.

Seeing this, Yang Wendong just wanted to say something to comfort Shen Tianlu and the others, when he heard the youngest Chen Kejin shout.

"I hit it!"

Almost laughed out loud and jumped three feet high, "No. 40."

The place was crowded, Chen Kejin bumped into Ye Changyu with a jump, and woke Ye Changyu up.

"Fight?" Ye Changyu couldn't help but pinch himself when he heard the word, it hurt, and then he realized that he was silly. "It's not a dream, I hit it, I hit it, and it's No. 30 five."

Hearing this, Yu Gaoluo and Yang Wendong immediately checked the rankings, and sure enough, they were on the list.

Yu Gaoluo was in a bad mood immediately, and then he didn't give up and went to look at the rankings, wanting to see if he had missed his name, after all, he didn't dare to think about the previous rankings, so he just glanced at them hastily.

But Chen Kejin is already No.40, maybe.

When Yang Wendong saw that Chen Kejin and Ye Changyu, whom he was not familiar with, had won the competition, and his ranking was higher than him, his expression turned pale for a while.

However, Chen Kejin is young and talented, so if he wins, it wouldn't be too much of a surprise.Ye Changyu didn't recognize him, and he wasn't familiar with him, but he could congratulate him later and set up a friendship.After suppressing the various emotions in his heart, he turned to look at Shen Tianlu who was still in a daze.

He knew about Shen Tianlu, the scholar who was a year ago barely passed the exam, and he passed the exam, probably... Yang Wendong was a little sympathetic for a while.

Even Chen Kejin, the youngest, won the prize, so I'm afraid she's feeling uncomfortable right now.

"Brother Shen." Yang Wendong said, and Shen Tianlu turned to them.

His face was pale and he was in a daze.

Seeing this, even Chen Kejin, who was pleasantly surprised, calmed down.Afraid of irritating Shen Tianlu.

"Me, me, me." Then I saw Shen Tianlu's expression of being so frightened that he almost fainted. "I hit it!"

When everyone heard this, they thought Shen Tianlu was crazy, and then they heard someone around shouting, "Shen Jieyuan is here!"

The author has something to say: I was so thick that I wanted to write a [-]-word full-time essay this month...

But the data is too bad, it's boring... I can't hold on, let's try it first.

Ask for some support, okay? QAQ

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