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Chapter 4 The candidates ranked third

When Zhang Yu sat down, a man sent a stack of test papers. Zhang Yu looked at it and found that there were about ten. These ten were all posted scriptures.

There are three exams for scholars and juren, and the first exam is to post scriptures.

The so-called posting of scriptures means that the examiner selects a page from the scriptures and picks one line and prints it on the test paper.

Based on this line of text, candidates must fill in the context associated with it.

To put it bluntly, it is the fill-in-the-blank questions and dictation questions that Zhang Yu had in the previous life exam.

Of course, it is not that easy for scholars to take the imperial examination. You should know that the Four Books and Five Classics have added a lot of comments on them by great scholars over the years.

But compared to the three exams, this is simple.

As long as you read carefully and be familiar with the scriptures, you can basically pass the first session.

But there are also failures, because there are ten test papers, and there are tens of thousands of words before and after these test papers are added together. Not only do you have to answer these tens of thousands of words, but you also have to be good at every word.

This is not an easy task. There is no chance to modify the brush calligraphy. If there are really typos, you can also draw circles and write regular characters on the edges. However, in this way, the evaluation will naturally be low.

Especially this kind of exam is simply related to the future of life, so many people are nervous and become useless when they are nervous.

Although Zhang Yu is also very nervous, she is different from other candidates.

This is because he really doesn't care much about this exam. Secondly, the knowledge and calligraphy he inherited from this body are really good.

Zhang Yu finished writing a page, grind the ink once, and then wrote another page. Each page was placed on the table and waited to dry itself so that the ink would not be wet and dirty the test papers.

Soon Zhang Yu finished writing ten test papers. The exam was completed.

After examining the scriptures, we will examine the meaning of ink. The so-called meaning of ink is a simple question and answer question based on the meaning of the scriptures and the annotations.

That is to say, you need to recite the corresponding paragraph and write it on it. This will make the assessment of memory more obvious.

For the first day, this is very difficult. Who knows where to take the Four Books and Five Classics, and memorizes them all without any word, it takes real effort.

And the so-called entrainment is actually entraining this scripture.

However, in Zhang Yu's opinion, this is not very difficult. Zhang Yu had to sigh that the knowledge of the body he inherited was indeed very powerful.

However, the word meaning of the ink is much smaller than that of the scriptures, because the number of words is smaller, only about 3,500 words, which is much easier for Zhang Yu.

Therefore, Zhang Yu finished the middle volume in one go, and it was not yet evening.

After writing, the sky turned dark. Zhang Yu lit a candle, opened the food box to eat, and then lay on the bed for a while to rest.

The third game is the most difficult, this game is the test of the Scriptures

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The so-called meaning of the scripture is a discussion around the meaning of the book, which is to look at the level of the scripture based on the core explanation of the scripture.

Naturally, citing scriptures and classics is indispensable. There are three questions in total, that is, three volumes.

Zhang Yu opened the first question and saw that it read: "Dare to be the first in the world."

This is the question, and the candidates are asked to use this sentence to quote the classics to explain the meaning of this sentence.

This year's topic is strange. This sentence is written from a sentence in Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching".

The original sentence is: "I have three treasures, so I can keep them and protect them. One is kindness, the second is frugality, and the third is not daring to be the first in the world."

It has nothing to do with the Four Books and Five Classics.

In fact, Zhang Yu did not understand the attitude towards Taoism in the Ming Dynasty at this time. It was during the Jiajing period. Emperor Jiajing advocated Taoism and liked mysterious talks.

As the saying goes, the superiors have something to like, the subordinates must be even more so. Therefore, officials during the Jiajing period also had a mysterious conversation.

However, this exam is not simple. This exam in Shaanxi is a reformist official.

He made this question, which was obvious to Emperor Jiajing, and in fact, he wanted to use it to select the reserve force of the reformists.

However, Zhang Yu didn't know these secrets in the officialdom. He looked at the topic and thought for a while.

He picked up the pen and wrote: "The winner of Qin dared to be the first in the world. The six countries in the past,,,,,,,,,"

Zhang Yu wrote and stopped, so Zhang Yu finished answering the first question. However, he used the "Theory of the Six Kingdoms" to prove his article.

Zhang Yu finished writing the following two questions in a bumpy way. After finishing writing, Zhang Yu read them carefully again.

This time, the examination is not about whether the question is correct or not, but about whether there are any words that are infringed. If you fail the exam because you have violated the taboo, it would be a pity.

After reading it carefully, Zhang Yu did not find any taboo words, so he handed in the paper.

"Don't you need to think about it?" the examiner said to Zhang Yu.

"Thank you for your care, the students have completed the inspection."

"Since that's the case, then you go out."

"Students sued their leave" Zhang Yu turned around and left the examination room.

"Young Master, how are you doing the exam?" After leaving the examination room, Zhang Gui asked about this when he saw Zhang Yu.

"It's okay, let's go back first," Zhang Yu replied casually. The two walked towards the inn.

Not to mention that Zhang Yu left the examination room, but after the examiner took the paper from Zhang Yu, he became interested in Zhang Yu.

"Let's see, how is this kid's article so confident." The examiner thought about it, and opened Zhang Yu's paper and started to study it carefully.

"Okay, okay!" When Zhang Yu wrote: "If you want to strengthen the country, you must be the first in the world", the examiner couldn't help but shout.

"It's just that my literary talent is a little bit bad." The examiner couldn't help but shake his head and mutter to himself.

"Mr. Zhang, if you have good articles, how can you enjoy yourself? Why don't you let us all take a look together?" An invigilator next to him obviously heard the cheers of Mr. Zhang.

"Since Lord Li said that, let's take a look."

Lord Zhang passed Zhang Yu's test paper to other invigilators, and other invigilators also watched Zhang Yu's test papers one after another. Soon Zhang Yu's test papers were circulated.

"What do you think?" Mr. Zhang asked several invigilators.

"Mr. Zhang, according to the official's opinion, this person's article deviates from the saint's general care and is not advisable." At this time, another invigilator said this.

"Oh, Lord Zhao, why is it not advisable?"

"This person is talking nonsense and tampering with the saint's carelessness. Of course it is not advisable." said Lord Zhao.

"Oh, I think this student is right. If Qin can unify the six kingdoms, it is because he dares to be the first in the world. Why does Lord Zhao still think that Qin has done something wrong?"

These words were skillful. After hundreds of years of reforms in Qin, the Qin State had already concluded, but Lord Zhao was unable to refute it.

"Zhang Juzheng, how dare you deviate from the righteousness of the saints so much, you,,,,,,,"

"How about me? A joke, I am the chief examiner, I think I will take this person as Jie Yuan." Zhang Juzheng made the final decision.

"No, Lord Zhang, this person is indeed very knowledgeable, but the official said that this person has a little less literary talent. If he is selected as the first, it would be a little unfair to other students. I think it would be better to position him as the third place." Lord Li came out to smooth things over.

Zhang Yu is indeed not good at writing, which is an undisputed fact, and Zhang Juzheng is not good at saying anything else.

He had to nod and said, "Then according to Lord Li, it should be the third one."

At this time, Zhang Yu didn't know that he had been named third, and he was worried.

After the exam, you must go home. Although the parents with this body passed away, there are a lot of relatives. Zhang Yu really doesn't know how to deal with it.

After rushing to use up the meal, Zhang Yu had already rested, and after Zhang Gui served Zhang Yu, he also went to rest.

The next day, before Zhang Yu got up, a sound of firecrackers came from the entrance.

Then I heard someone shouting downstairs: "Who is Zhang Yu? Mr. Zhang is the third in high school."

"Young Master, you won, you won the third place." Zhang Gui, who was serving Zhang Yu, was very excited.

"Okay, Isn't it just a juren? You go down and reward the officials who announced the good news first."

"Hey, I'll go now." Zhang Gui left Zhang Yu and went downstairs.

Thank you for your hard work, so you can take the money to have a drink." Zhang Gui ran straight to the public.
Chapter completed!
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