The daily routine of the ancient imperial examination

Before entering the numbered room, Lu Xiuyuan bought enough charcoal and two quilts from the guard.

Although it has not been cold in the past two days, the examination will last for nine days, and it will be bad if there is a cold spring during the period.

Carrying three large baskets into the number room, the door was locked by the guards outside.

After lighting the candle next to him, he began to survey the small space.

The size is about the same as that of the rural examination, two long wooden boards, a lamp, and a wooden barrel for use.

Putting down the test basket in his hand, Lu Xiuyuan began to put the bed boards together.

The meeting when he entered the arena was just at the beginning of the day, and now the weather is short and the night is long, and it is still some time before dawn, so it is better to continue to sleep and recharge your energy.

After resting for about an hour or two, Lu Xiuyuan reckoned that it was almost the same time, so he took out the top snack and ate it.

In fact, the young master helped him prepare the meals for the previous two days, and he could bring them in and eat them directly, but the prepared meals were carefully checked by the inspecting guards, and they must have been messed up, and he lost his appetite, so he might as well have some snacks.

He has already made a plan. When he just entered the number room, he will eat snacks for two days first, and cook for himself after he gets tired.

Lu Xiuyuan had just finished eating snacks, and almost all the candidates had already entered the venue.

So the guards started distributing breakfast, one hardbread and one bowl of water per person.

He did not eat the bread, but drank the water anyway.

When the time came to Si, the scientific examination had officially started, and Lu Xiuyuan took the papers handed out and began to study them carefully.

The first title of this year's Four Books: "If it comes, it will be safe."

This question comes from "The Analects of Confucius?"Ji Shi" is a dialogue between Confucius and his disciple Ran You. The original sentence is "If the husband is like this, if people from far away are not convinced, then they will cultivate literature and virtue. Once they come, they will be safe."

To do this question, you must first clarify the meaning of the question. It is not that you are not used to a certain place when you first arrive in modern times. Others advise you to come here, so you should settle down and adapt slowly.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were many vassal states, and the people in each vassal state could migrate at will.

The original meaning of this sentence is that Confucius suggested that the kings around you should practice benevolence and righteousness, and convince others with virtue, so that the people of other countries will come and submit to you. The church and state came to entertain them.

Now that they have come, they must be settled down with peace of mind so that they can live a good life.

Having figured out the meaning of the question, Lu Xiuyuan rubbed the center of his brows with his index finger.

Although this question is simple, sometimes the simpler the question, the more difficult it is.

Because the question is so simple, the answer is also this simple answer. If you want to answer new ideas, sometimes it is more difficult than those remote and alternative questions.

But Confucianism, after all, still revolves around the common people. Coupled with the character of the chief examiner this time, it would be good to focus on people's livelihood when answering the questions.

After finishing the draft in his heart, Lu Xiuyuan began to copy it on draft paper with a pen and ink.

On the first day, he wrote out the drafts of the three questions in the Four Books, sorted out and revised them the next day, and gradually copied them on the papers.

In the examination room of this general examination, no one copied the paper backwards like in the last rural examination. Everyone concentrated on writing their answers in silence, and the entire examination room was filled with the sound of brushes rubbing against paper.

Three days later, the first exam was over, and the guards collected the papers, and they continued to distribute the second exam after dinner.

Lu Xiuyuan took the scriptures for the second round and didn't do it. He just skimmed through the topic and put it away carefully.

In the first exam, he spent a lot of energy in order to make the essay look more natural, but the hard work of these two days of sculpting was not in vain. When he wrote the pen, he knew that he would definitely pass the essay this time.

Lying on the narrow bed in the number room, Lu Xiuyuan blocked the light with his arms and began to close his eyes to rest his mind.

Regardless of whether it is the general examination or the rural examination, the first four books are the most important. If he has made a good start, he will not be in a hurry for the following scriptures.

On the fourth day of the examination room, after getting up, Lu Xiuyuan moved his body a little, then turned the wooden board on the bed back into a table, and bent down to take out the papers for the second round from the test basket on the other side.

In the early morning, when his brain was most active, he took advantage of this to quickly write out the draft of the Spring and Autumn Classics.

After finishing all this work, he hurriedly prepared to have lunch again, and after eating a few snacks, he was a little tired, so he planned to cook by himself today.

He first asked the guards for some water, added almost two handfuls of rice that had been washed in advance, and started to cook.

After the waiting room was covered with a strong smell of rice, Lu Xiuyuan opened the lid of the pot, picked up a few slices of bacon from the test basket next to it with chopsticks and spread it on top.

Not long after, under the action of the steam, the aroma of bacon also floated out and diffused in this space.

In the nearby numbered room, there were a few sleepers who were almost drooling when they smelled the fragrance, so they simply sat up and cursed.

"Which room does the cooking? It's an exam! It's not going out for fun! Why do you eat so good!"

After that person protested, Lu Xiuyuan obviously heard the sound of people around him breathing in through their noses, and couldn't help but feel happy inside.

There are no government restrictions on people who bring their own food, and he didn't intentionally release poison.

The man's protest was heard by the inspector, who knocked on the other's door warningly, telling him to be quiet.

However, when the inspector smelled the aroma of the bacon bibimbap, he swallowed uncontrollably, and began to order the guards behind him to prepare lunch.

The lunch provided in the examination room has one more hardbread than the breakfast, and there is no difference in the others.

Those who didn't bring any food around could only smell the aroma and gnaw on the hard cake in their hands.

When the lunch was sent to Lu Xiuyuan, his steamed rice with bacon was almost ready. After it was out of the pot, he dug a large spoonful of beef sauce into the rice and mixed it. It was a simple lunch with a good taste That's it.

After lunch, he was a little sleepy again, so he planned to take a nap for a while before getting up and continuing to answer questions.

But when I fell asleep, I felt that my body was getting colder and colder. I touched the two quilts I bought from the guards and covered them, but I still felt the cold wind piercing through my bones.

Now he couldn't fall asleep, so he just sat up.

I checked my body and found that there was no fever or chills, so it seemed that it was because of the outside. I didn't expect it to be so warm before, but it turned out that there was a spring cold on the fourth day of the examination room.

The quality of the quilts bought in the examination room was also very deceiving. The thickness of two folded quilts was not as warm as the one quilt in his room.

Without much hesitation, he quickly wrapped the fox fur on the other side around his body again, and it took a while for his hands and feet to finally regain their temperature.

The candidates in the other rooms also noticed the ghostly weather, and they all added clothes and things to arm themselves.

In addition to these people, there were many candidates in the examination room who hadn't prepared in advance to keep out the cold. Those people could only rub their bodies non-stop, and then complained in a low voice about the horrible weather.

People are not allowed to speak during the inspection tour, even whispering.

After warning those people, the patrol was stepped up.

Lu Xiuyuan didn't have the time to take care of others at the moment, he couldn't stand the cold just now, now that he was wrapped in fox fur, his body was warmed up, but he started to feel sleepy again.

He wanted to take off his clothes and use the cold to wake himself up, but he was worried that he might accidentally catch the cold, so he had no choice but to pinch his thigh hard to keep his mind awake.

His eyes were clear, and he hurriedly prepared the answer sheet. This would be the most exhausting time in the afternoon. He did not choose to copy the scriptures, but first wrote the fixed-format "cha", "gao", and "table". These are the legal provisions of the Qing Dynasty, which are official documents, and they are equivalent to sending sub-questions, so there is no need to think too much.

After writing the astronomical table, it was afternoon again.

In such a cold day, he should eat some hot food. He continued to make steamed bacon rice, and the smell of the rice wafted out, which was another kind of torture for the students around his cell, and it could be said that it was another kind of hunger and cold.

After dinner, it got dark early outside, so Lu Xiuyuan went to bed early to get ready to rest.

He first carefully wrapped the fox fur around his body, and then covered it with two layers of quilts. The quilt provided in the number room was spread on the bed by him. After finishing all this, he fell asleep warmly.

He sleeps comfortably here, but other people who don't have enough warm clothes will feel uncomfortable. Those who don't have money can't afford it, and there's nothing they can do about it.

And those rich sons and gentlemen, because they find it troublesome or simply don't take it to heart, it will be hard for them.

In addition to food and drinks in the number room, other services are out of the question.

The seventh day of the rural examination.

When Lu Xiuyuan woke up and moved his body, he heard that the person in the next room was frozen to death at night.

In the past two days, due to the cold spring, more or less people couldn't hold on physically and had no choice but to give up the exam, but he insisted not to call the tour to give up the exam and was frozen to death. This was the first time he saw it.

And just when he looked outside curiously, he happened to see two guards carrying him out.

The man was wearing thin clothes, and the fabric was also the cheapest cotton and linen out there. Few scholars still wear this kind of clothes now, so it seems that he is also a farmer.

Because the other party was frozen to death, the body also kept a curled up posture, and two guards carried him past his cell, which made Lu Xiuyuan's heart tremble.

Can be admitted to Juren, come to the capital to take the exam, how can knowledge be so bad?

The exam will be held every three years, how many three years can students from poor families last?

The other party may have the hope of the whole family on his back, but he was frozen to death in the examination room because he couldn't afford something to keep out the cold. This is really a pity.

Spreading out the paper in his hand, there happened to be a similar question in Policy Theory.

Asked whether the charcoal basin for keeping the children warm should be cancelled?

The examinations of all dynasties were held in early February. Later, because it was too cold, charcoal fires were used for heating, and several fires were caused in dangerous places like the number room.

The most serious thing is that in the seventh year of Tianshun, more than 90 Juzi were burned to death in a fire, which is so distressing.

Later, in order to avoid similar incidents, the charcoal basins for collective heating in the number rooms were cancelled, and the examination time was changed from February to March.

Lu Xiuyuan was a little hesitant about this question, he didn't know whether to write it truthfully.

The charcoal basin for heating was not the only factor that caused the huge loss of the Gongyuan. Could it be that the high-priced charcoal strips sold to the officials would not cause the fire?

This problem is obviously caused by the relevant responsible personnel of the Ministry of Rites who refused to renovate the tribute courtyard or strengthen fire prevention measures!

Sitting in front of the short wooden table, thinking of all these factors, Lu Xiuyuan's pen was delayed.

The author has something to say: If you come, you will be safe. The meaning comes from Baidu, and this article is empty. Some of the rules of the test are privately set, so there is no need to be true to the real history.