The daily routine of the ancient imperial examination

The locations of the Wu Mansion and the Gong Yuan are exactly the opposite, the roads are not blocked, and Lu Xiuyuan arrived at the destination very quickly in a carriage.

After getting out of the car, the concierge led the carriage to the backyard familiarly. Lu Xiuyuan didn't let anyone inform him, and went directly to the study to find someone by himself.

After crossing the Chaoshou corridor and bypassing a garden, he came to the door of the study.

"Brother! I'm here."

He knocked on the door lightly twice, and after getting permission from the inside, he opened the door and went in.

Master Wu seemed to be analyzing something with Shen Congzhi, and now he heard this familiar voice and turned his head with a smile and said: "Junior brother, you are here, I just wanted to find someone to invite you."

Lu Xiuyuan smiled embarrassedly: "Before I came, I was delayed by something."

"No problem, no problem." The other party waved his hand, expressing that he didn't care about it, "I saw your ranking, and it seems that you have been suppressed a lot."

Lu Xiuyuan didn't care too much about these, 69th place is not bad, this is not a palace test, so what's a difference of dozens of places in the test?

"I didn't have time to go to the Gongyuan just now, how many people have passed the exam?"

"My test was about the same as what Master estimated, No. 40 and five." Shen Congzhi replied.

It turned out to be similar to what his senior brother guessed.

"Well...it's pretty good, keep working hard, and strive for the ranking in the palace examination for two days before moving forward."

"I will. These two days are a critical period, uncle, don't relax too much." Shen Congzhi replied with a good temper.

After the two of them finished speaking, his senior brother also spoke.

"Junior brother, the palace exam is only a few days away. Senior brother is busy with business during the day, so he can only spare some time to give you some questions at night. Why don't you stay at the house for a few days, so you don't have to travel back and forth."

As soon as his master said this, Shen Congzhi also quickly echoed: "Yes, uncle, the palace test is the most important thing, it's better not to go out, just stay here."

Lu Xiuyuan knew that they had good intentions, but it doesn't matter if he still lives in the General's Mansion like before, he will come here if he comes here, but what happened today, they want to live outside, he must be worried about the young master alone.

So he roughly talked about the misunderstandings during the day today.

"Ah Chen is not safe, I have to be with him."

He thought this reason could persuade them, but his senior brother put down the paper in his hand after hearing this.

"The capital is in chaos right now. Why do you live when you go out? Hurry up and move things in the afternoon. Both of you will come to live in the house."

Well, his senior brother really doesn't think there are too many people in the house.

Lu Xiuyuan smiled helplessly: "Ah Chen is a brother, after all, it is not very convenient to have so many people in the house."

"It won't be inconvenient. The west wing of the three entrances is all empty. I'll let my servants clean it up for you. I don't have an order not to let those people walk around there."

After finishing speaking, he went out to greet the people below to clean up the room.

This speed is really resolute.

Before Lu Xiuyuan could say no, the servant had already walked away.

"Brother..."

His senior brother glared, "It's fine to live in the general's mansion before, but now that you're out, where do you want to go if you don't come to live with senior brother?"

Well, he guessed that the senior brother would not change his mind, so he didn't struggle, he just asked the guard to go back and inform Shi Yunchen, by the way, to see what the other party thought, if the other party felt uncomfortable, he still had to fight for it.

After arranging the accommodation, his brother began to arrange their itinerary for these days.

"The palace examination will be held in seven days. You all have to stay at the mansion these days, don't wander around, and I will come back when I am free to bet on your questions."

If the questions of the palace examination were given by the old chief assistant and the others, it would be nothing more than some current affairs and politics that affect people's livelihood.

For example, the previous barbarians invaded the border, winter snowstorm, summer rainstorm, Yellow River flood, common people's taxation, etc...

His senior brother chose the topics that the old emperor might choose according to his personality, and found them out one by one for them to practice, and then corrected them and gave explanations when he had time.

"Junior brother, your ranking was lowered in the examination. During the palace examination, you must try to improve as much as possible. Although the junior and senior scores are both second-class Jinshi, the palace examination still attaches great importance to ranking."

Lu Xiuyuan nodded in response: "I understand."

There is no way for him to take the test, who let the Ministry of Rites be in charge of the charcoal fire and who happens to be the same examiners of this test?Unlucky, the article is in the hands of the other party and it is good enough that it has not been suppressed to the minimum, and he is quite content.

After instructing what should be instructed, the other party asked a few questions, and then began to explain the palace examination etiquette and various precautions for entering the palace examination.

Although they will have someone specialize in etiquette training the day before their imperial examination, after all, they only teach the general idea, and there is no time to talk about some details, and sometimes a little detail can cause the emperor to lose his manners, and three years of hard work may be in vain.

They didn't want to gamble either. After all, they would eat in the officialdom in the future, so it wouldn't hurt to know more.

After several days of hard preparation in the Wu residence, the time finally came to the day of the palace examination.

These days, in order not to be rude in front of the emperor in the palace, Lu Xiuyuan and Shen Congzhi had a light diet for several days, and he also controlled his water intake the day before the palace examination.

On the day of the exam, they gathered in the Hall of Preserving Harmony early in the morning. After roll call, unraveling papers, praise, salute and other etiquette, the old emperor began to give a routine explanation.

After the morale of the students below was boosted, he ordered the eunuch next to him to start issuing policy questions.

There is only one question and one question in the palace examination. Generally, the questions are a few hundred words long, and the answer is not limited to the number of words, but it is best not to exceed [-] words.

After getting the test paper, Lu Xiuyuan's first reaction was to browse the questions first.

Well, the topic of the policy this time turned out to be to control the floods of the Yellow River and draw up a proposal.

However, Lu Xiuyuan breathed a sigh of relief. Although he doesn't know how to control water, he still has some thoughts on how the Yellow River floods will be managed in future generations. This question is not too difficult.

After everyone finished handing out the papers, everyone sat down to grind and conceive the article.

The old emperor thought that it would not be good to just stand on the top, so he simply walked down the steps and started wandering around the circle of students.

Their current seat order is ranked according to the test results, and the seats in the front are also in the front.

When the old emperor got down the steps, he walked around the people in the first row, and when he saw the clean-looking people, he would stop and take a look at them from time to time.

The other party thought of his princesses who had reached the age of [-], and it was time to find a son-in-law.

The old emperor is choosing candidates in his heart, but the students he is staring at are more miserable.

Ancient times were not like modern times. In ancient times, the imperial power was greater than the sky, and the emperor was an awe-inspiring god in charge of life and death to them.

As soon as the old emperor stopped beside these students, those people couldn't help but start to panic.

When the old emperor took a closer look at his appearance, those with strong psychological endurance could barely maintain their composure, but those with poor resistance to pressure were pitiful. After being stared at for a few times, their hands couldn't help shaking. Under the trembling, the spilled ink accidentally stained the paper.

Now the man was even more desperate. The palace examination papers were not transcribed and directly collected for review. Such a big stain on the paper meant that even if he wrote well, he would not be selected.

Obviously he has passed the general examination, as long as there is no accident in the palace examination, he will be a second-class Jinshi, but this accident happened!

The other party wanted to cry in despair, but he thought that he was in the Hall of Preservation and the emperor was next to him, and he had no place to cry, so he could only hold back his emotions and continue to kneel quietly there.

As for the instigator of this accident, the old emperor not only didn't feel that there was something wrong with him, but felt that the student just now was incompetent and really useless.

After making a few students lose their manners in front of the imperial court, the old emperor finally felt bored and began to sit on the dragon chair and read the memorial.

Seeing that the old emperor finally stopped wandering around, the people below breathed a sigh of relief, and finally calmed down.

Lu Xiuyuan was still concentrating on answering the question, and he didn't know anything about what happened just now. He himself didn't have much respect for the imperial power, let alone be afraid of the old emperor.

The ink was finished, he looked at the topic on the paper, and fell into deep thought.If you want to do this question well, you also need to understand the current background of the times and what the current governance strategy for the Yellow River is.

The Yellow River, the mother river, is an important part of Chinese civilization, but it was also the biggest natural disaster that people faced in ancient times.

How to manage the Yellow River has been a headache for the rulers of all dynasties. In the past, the way to repair the Yellow River was nothing more than digging ditches or building dams to contain it.

But the technical difficulty of these two things was not so high in ancient times.

Either the painstakingly built dams were washed away by the roaring flood, or the speed of manpower digging could not keep up with the speed of the flood.

Fortunately, a few days ago with his senior brother, his senior brother talked about this problem again, and they discussed it together.

According to the senior brother, a hundred years ago, they had a flood control general, and the other party discovered and proposed a famous water control strategy: blocking the north and dredging the south.

Build dams around the area to the north of the Yellow River, dig a few more small canals in the area to the south of the Yellow River to relieve the flood pressure, and connect other waterways near the Yellow River to flow into the sea through the Huai River.

They have done an experiment on the theory of diversion and flood discharge. For two water tanks of the same size, the water tank with a large hole is not as fast as the water tank with several small holes of the same area.

In the same way, this can also be applied to controlling the Yellow River.

But in this way, although the mainstream of the Yellow River was controlled and diverted, the Huaihe River accepted below could not bear the pressure, and floods began to occur frequently.

Later, several river diversions were built on the Huai River side before the pressure was relieved.

Under the other party's method, the Yellow River has not flooded for a hundred years, and the people have been stable for a hundred years.

As for the frequent floods of the Yellow River in recent summers, it is also because that method can only work for a hundred years.

Thinking of this, Lu Xiuyuan found that the imperial court paid more attention to this question, and even put this question directly in the palace examination to examine them.

After clarifying the current water control plan, he began to think about the current problems and modify the plan.

The Yellow River is yellow and turbid, and a bucket of water is [-]% sand. Even if there is a diversion, the pressure is temporarily relieved, but the sediment accumulated at the bottom of the river will continue to raise the riverbed after years of flowing, which has caused the current flood to flood again. Case.

Lu Xiuyuan came from modern times. Standing on the shoulders of giants, he knew that to control the water of the Yellow River, he must first control the sand. Although the diversion methods of the past dynasties are good, they are all ways to control the Qingshui River, which is not applicable to the Yellow River.

How to deal with the sediment of the Yellow River, the most he has heard are theories such as building dikes and breaking them, collecting water to attack sand, storing clear water to clear mud, and silting banks to strengthen dikes.

The water of the Yellow River is no longer diverted, but is blocked to form a main channel. At the same time, a small embankment is built to fix the riverbed of this channel. Wash away so as to achieve the purpose of sand control.

This is a usual method of water control, and the yellow sand of the Yellow River in summer and autumn accounts for almost [-]% of it, and it will definitely stagnate on the way. At this time, the clear water of the Huaihe River is introduced to neutralize it, and it will naturally enter the sea safely.

In addition, the silt washed to both sides of the river can be reversed to strengthen the embankment. Under the limited conditions in ancient times, this is also the best way to control water.

Having probably conceived an idea in his mind, Lu Xiuyuan began to pick up his pen and ink, and decided to practice on the draft paper first.

With an idea in mind, the writing will not be stuck. While others are still struggling to think about the management method, Lu Xiuyuan has already started to record on the draft paper with a pen in his hand.

His actions could be seen clearly from the hall, the old emperor was bored in approving the memorials, but when he saw Lu Xiuyuan's actions below, he became curious again, so he simply put down the memorials and walked down the steps.

When the others heard the slight sound of footsteps, they unconsciously slowed down their breathing, and their thoughts, which were still stuck, were even more blank now.

Lu Xiuyuan was immersed in his own thoughts, and he didn't realize that there was another person standing behind him at all, so naturally he wouldn't be affected by the other person.

The old emperor just stood behind him and watched him write for a long time, until Lu Xiuyuan finished the first draft, and before he picked it up to measure it, the other party directly stretched out his hand and took it.

Lu Xiuyuan, who was still immersed in the article, almost reflexively wanted to take it back, but at the last moment, he realized that this was something the old emperor did not lose his composure.

The first piece of paper was taken away, he didn't think too much, and continued to write the rest of his content on the second draft paper.

Until he finished writing the article, the other party did not return the first piece of paper to him. Instead, seeing him stop writing, he reached out and took away the remaining draft paper.

After waiting for a while, Lu Xiuyuan didn't wait for the old emperor to return the draft paper, he complained silently in his heart.

Both drafts have been taken away, how is he going to transcribe it on the paper?

The author has something to say: Thanks to the little angel who threw the grenade: 475368761;

Xu Youzhen was the one who did the water tank experiment, Bai Ang was the one who suggested that the north would be blocked and the south would be dredged, and Pan Jixun was the one who carried out the water collection to attack the sand, store up the clear water, clear the turbidity, and silt the embankment. Part of the description about the Yellow River came from Baidu.