The daily routine of the ancient imperial examination

In fact, it is correct not to go out and read at home.

In the next two days, because of the Wenhui, the two sides actually fought, especially Feng Jian, who took the lead, was directly disqualified from the exam.

Seeing the shop boy's vivid description, Lu Xiuyuan couldn't help but click his tongue.

They were all disqualified from the exam, which is so serious.

After gossiping about the news and seeing off the waiter, Lu Xiuyuan sat back on the table and continued to analyze the article he just wrote.

His lack of vocabulary at the beginning, plus the shortcomings of inaccurate words, made up for it when he recited a lot of other people's model essays.

And Lu Xiuyuan's unusual experience and novel views just made up for the craftsman's atmosphere of relying on reciting to improve his writing level, which made his articles look natural and smooth, with a few small highlights from time to time.

Holding the article in his hand, he encouraged himself in his heart: he must believe in his own strength and not be influenced by the outside world. What is his level, the results will naturally come out after the rural examination is over.

The third elder brother next to him woke up, and seeing Lu Xiuyuan's ready look, he couldn't help but ask.

"Brother Yuan, what are you doing?"

Seeing that his third brother had woken up, he quickly handed over the article in his hand and asked the only person around him to help him taste it.

"Third brother, take a look at how my article is written this time?"

The other party took his article, read it from top to bottom, and then nodded: "I think the writing is pretty good, but what are you doing writing this, Brother Yuan?" The third brother tilted his head and asked curiously.

Lu Xiuyuan stretched out his hand and pointed at the article: "This is a stereotyped essay. I am preparing for the provincial examination."

"Country exam?" The other party frowned and thought, "Brother Yuan, what are you doing in that exam?"

Seeing the thirst for knowledge on the third brother's face, he was idle anyway, so he talked to the other party about the sacred imperial examinations for scholars, as well as the theory of self-cultivation, family governance, state governance and world peace advocated by Confucius.

Although the other party didn't understand what it meant, but seeing Lu Xiuyuan's sparkling eyes when he spoke, the third brother couldn't help but frowned with a smile.

"Brother Yuan, third brother believes that you will succeed!"

Pfft, seeing the other party's reaction, he felt that the third brother was really silly and cute.

In the next few days, besides practicing calligraphy, Lu Xiuyuan was busy with registration. After everything was done, it was time for the township examination to start.

In the early morning of the eighth day of August, at Yinshi, the first round of the rural examination began to check for admission.Lu Xiuyuan also carried the test book basket he had prepared in advance, and followed the crowd to line up at the Gong Yuan.

Since there were so many people coming to rush for the exam, the third brother followed closely beside him to help Lu Xiuyuan cover the crowds on both sides. Even so, when they arrived at the gate of the Gongyuan, his bun was already crooked.

He wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve. The weather is hot and muggy now, and there are so many people outside the examination room, which makes it even more dry.

The third brother next to him saw that he was uncomfortably hot, so he kept fanning him with his sleeves.

Lu Xiuyuan looked at the other party who was sweating more than his own head, and stretched out his hand to help the third brother wipe off the sweat.

"Third Brother, there are too many people here, you should go back and rest early, I can just arrange the number here myself."

The other party shook his head after hearing this: "No way! I want to accompany Yuandi! Protect Yuandi!"

The third brother's voice was very loud, and the candidates waiting for the exam next to him all looked at him with unclear meaning when they heard the movement.

Lu Xiuyuan looked a little embarrassed, he hurriedly explained to the third brother, dumbfounded: "This is an exam, and I will come out after the exam."

After finishing speaking, he pointed to the Gongyuan in front of him: "Nuo, did you see that, it's right there..."

The other party looked in the direction of his finger and saw some people taking off their clothes for inspection. The third brother held his chin in thought for a moment, but insisted on staying here.

In the end, it was Lu Xiuyuan who persuaded the other party to leave with his good words.

When the third brother left, Lu Xiuyuan was queuing up alone with a bookcase on his back. He raised his eyes and looked around at the seemingly endless crowd, waiting with difficulty to be called to enter.

Waiting until dawn at Maoshi, Lu Xiuyuan saw that the crowd outside the Gongyuan hadn't decreased much. He roughly estimated the number of people, and felt that there were more people signing up for the exam this year than in previous years.

This is definitely not a good thing. There are more people taking part in the rural examination, but the number of admissions has not changed. That is not a disguised increase in difficulty.

You must know that there are quotas for the admission of candidates in the township examination, usually around 150 to [-], and the number is adjusted according to the situation of the provincial capital.

A large province with a lot of rich talents generally has 150 quotas, while a province with a slightly backward writing style like theirs only has [-] quotas.

Fifty people, so many people at the scene divided...

Forget it, refuse to be anxious, he can't continue thinking like this, he must stabilize his mind before the exam, so as not to perform abnormally, and put any unimportant things to the back of his mind, he only has the exam in his eyes now.

During the long queuing process, Lu Xiuyuan finally heard his name at Sishi.

Taking a long breath, he hurriedly carried the bookcase to meet the inspection.

When entering the arena, in addition to rummaging through the contents of the test basket, they also had to untie their hair and clothes for the soldiers to check carefully. Some scholars felt insulted, and passing this test was extremely painful.

Lu Xiuyuan didn't feel this way anymore. After taking off his clothes and the wind blowing outside, wouldn't that be much cooler than wearing clothes?

After checking all his shoes and socks, Lu Xiuyuan came to Yimen with his belongings to meet the second inspection.

After all the inspections were completed, he also took his number plate to the number room.

After entering the door, people outside locked it, and Lu Xiuyuan lowered his head and began to look at the small room.

There are only two wooden boards inside, the upper board is used as a table, and the lower one is used as a chair. When you go to sleep at night, put the two boards together to form a bed.

But because the boards are too short, even if they are put together, he still has to curl up at night to sleep.

Except for these two wooden boards and a toilet next to it, there is nothing else in this small room.

It's hard to imagine that he stayed in this hut all these three days, eating, drinking, and messing around, but he was more fortunate that the toilet had a cover, otherwise he didn't know how he would spend his days...

After getting acquainted with the environment, Lu Xiuyuan felt that it was still early, so he put together the planks, lay down on them and closed his eyes to rest his mind.

He didn't sleep all night and has been queuing up until now. Now he is tired and sleepy and needs a good rest.

Anyway, when he first came in, there were still a lot of people queuing outside, and it was estimated that it would not be possible to finish before dark.

It's just that the autumn tiger was really fierce, and the room was small, and it was stuffy and hot for Lu Xiuyuan to lie in, and he couldn't sleep because of tossing and turning.

In the end, he simply untied his clothes and lay there, only then did he feel a little better.

He squinted his eyes and let out a long sigh. He was really glad that he entered the arena before noon, otherwise when people were outside in the sun at noon, they might suffer from heat stroke.

Hearing the orderly calls of horns outside, his consciousness gradually fell asleep.

Lu Xiuyuan slept fairly well this time, and after waking up, he regained his energy.

Opening his eyes, rubbing his hungry stomach, he took the snacks from the test basket next to him and began to eat.

The township examination does not provide meals, and candidates must prepare all these things by themselves.

Northerners like pasta, so many people will bring steamed buns and pancakes as staple food, but because of their large size, it is easy to entrain cheat sheets inside, so the inspecting soldiers will completely crush the steamed buns and pancakes to search for any entrainment.

After entering the No. [-] room, the steamed buns and cake residues have whetted the appetite, so how can I continue to eat them?

Lu Xiuyuan originally wanted to bring some rice and bring a stove to cook porridge, but because the weather is too hot now, he gave up this idea.

So he finally made a compromise and chose to bring some snacks such as dried meat, longan and dim sum to get through the few days of the rural examination.

The ninth day of August.

All candidates entered the numbered room, and the first test of the township examination finally officially began.

Holding the paper in his hand, Lu Xiuyuan glanced at the questions first.

The first question is an intercepted question from "The Analects" and "University".

The second and third questions are those from "Mencius" and "The Doctrine of the Mean", which are simpler than the first question.

After reading the topics, he straightened his sitting posture, thinking about how to write in his heart.

The first test question was easier than Lu Xiuyuan imagined, but he didn't take it lightly, but seriously prepared it in his heart.

Since the examiner is biased towards realism this time, he started from the details to solve the problem that day, seeing the big from the small, and knowing the work from the small.

In this era where the Four Books are more important than the Five Classics, Lu Xiuyuan is well aware of the importance of the first exam, and he basically fails to pass it, so he only reads the first exam.

If the first Four Books article is not well written, no one will care about how well Jingyi writes later.

After conceiving in his mind, he picked up a pen and began to write the second question first on the draft paper next to him.

To answer questions, you must start from the simple ones, and then work hard. Even when you encounter difficult problems later, your thinking will be much more active, and it will be easier to think of a good way to solve the problem.

After finishing two or three questions in one breath, it was only noon outside at this time.

Putting the paper on a high place, Lu Xiuyuan started to eat, studying how to answer the first question while eating.

After lunch, he curled up on the narrow wooden bed and began to take a nap. He had enough energy, and his brain would be more flexible when answering questions in the afternoon.

By the time he had written all the topics on the draft paper, it was already afternoon.

Now that the days are long and the nights are short, some impatient examinees have already started to transcribe the papers, but Lu Xiuyuan feels that it is still early, so it is better to check the draft again, review it carefully, and wait until the next day to adjust to the state before writing.

And just as he was concentrating on revising the words of the article on the draft, a desperate scream came unexpectedly from the room next to Lu Xiuyuan.

"Ah!! My test paper is copied!!"

The voice was sharp and miserable.

Immediately, Lu Xiuyuan felt the wall next to him thumping loudly, probably because that person knew that he would definitely fail this time, and was hitting the wall regretfully.

Due to the suddenness of the incident, his sharp cry frightened many candidates around him.

Immediately afterwards, in a numbered room not far away, other people shouted in despair: "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!"

Well, one of these two copied the questions, and the other was implicated in the test paper. It seems that they will fail this time.

The two of them also knew that this time it was over, and for a while there were desperate cries and curses in the number room.

Sensing the commotion here, the proctor quickly led a few yamen servants over to collect the papers of the two people, and then dragged them out of the examination room with gags.

The next room returned to calm again, Lu Xiuyuan looked at the drop of ink on his draft paper, feeling terrified in his heart.

He was almost dragged down by that man too!

The author has something to say: Gan!Almost a trip in vain!