August 18th, the autumn weather is crisp and clear.

On this day, a large area was set aside in the east city of Guangzhou City, and a simple examination shed was built. Officers and soldiers surrounded the place. Only two gates in the north and south were left, and the government officials maintained order.

Ten prefectures in Guangdong will conduct exams in three batches, and Gaozhou Prefecture, where Lin Haoran is located, is the first batch.

Lin Haoran was wearing a Confucian scarf and a student uniform, carrying an examination basket, and was lined up among the candidates in Gaozhou Prefecture. The names of people, the shadows of trees, whether they were new or old candidates, all made this bamboo gentleman stand in front of him.

The front.

After the examination of the candidates from Guangzhou Prefecture and Zhaoqing Prefecture was completed, it was the turn of the candidates from Gaozhou Prefecture, and they also needed to be "searched."

Along the way, Lin Haoran resisted strongly from the beginning, but now he has become numb. Even if his balls were pinched, he just rolled his eyes and pretended that these two bastards didn't have eggs.

The scientific examination is a qualification test for participating in the provincial examination. The elimination rate is relatively low. In previous years, it was conducted in various prefectures. However, this year's situation is special, and everyone gathered in Guangzhou Prefecture for the assessment.

Some students who know that there is no hope in the provincial examination will voluntarily give up the scientific examination, but more students choose to come here to try their luck. After all, the imperial examination is very unpredictable. If you really win the examination, you can become a rural squire in one fell swoop.

class.

After the "search", the identity of the student needs to be verified. The identity is no longer verified by the guarantor, but based on the previous "student status file". This is the "physical examination" that once made Lin Haoran extremely dissatisfied.

Weak and thin, pale face without beard" and other information.

Lin Haoran entered from the Nanyuan Gate. The examination room area inside was filled with tables and chairs, with a corridor in the middle. In front of it was a high platform, which was naturally the special seat for officials such as Song Tixue.

After the candidates were admitted, the gate was closed, and Song Tixue, wearing a fourth-grade official uniform, led a group of officials onto the high platform to invigilate the exam.

Lin Haoran's seat was near the front, and the test papers were quickly handed out.

The test papers are divided into three categories, which are divided into Linshan students, Zengguang students, and epiphysics. Since Lin Haoran is a Linshan student, he took the test paper with "Linshan" printed on it, and the number was twenty-nine.

Unlike the previous children's examinations, names are required to be written in the scientific examinations.

These examination papers are now presented to Song Tixue, and the candidate's information is also exposed to him. He can completely review the examination papers based on the candidate's previous performance.

For example, Li Shizhen's three scientific examinations all ended in failure, which probably offended the then academic master.

With the sound of several gongs and the Yamen carrying wooden signs to and fro, the exam has officially begun.

There are only two questions, one is an eight-legged essay and the other is a policy argument.

But when the eight-part essay was released, all the students couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, and some even cursed in their hometown dialect, because the title of the Four Books only had two words: Confucius said.

Compared with the circle of the last college examination, this time it seems to be better, but that's all.

These "Confucius said" are undoubtedly the two most familiar words. What everyone has learned is the words of the sage, and thus they understand many, many great principles. But it is like a teacher who has taught you for several years and suddenly asks you what you have learned.

What.

You want to talk about it one by one. Not to mention that there are not so many test papers, and you are afraid that you will not be able to finish it in a few months. But if you only choose some principles to talk about, this naturally cannot be regarded as a standard answer.

Lin Haoran frowned slightly, looked up at Song Tixue on the high platform, and found that this man looked like a traitor.

All along, he had actually been worried that the Songti Society would not give him any more troubles, causing him to stop in the scientific examination and miss the opportunity to participate in the provincial examination.

Now there is an unoptimistic side. Everyone knows that nerds like him are not good at interception and matching questions, but now Song Tixue actually asked the interception and matching questions in the scientific examination, and this type of questions is so tricky.

Realizing that Song Tixue might be thinking of knocking him down again, his expression was stern. This time he was more serious, even when polishing ink, he seemed to be meticulous.

Grinding ink is like sharpening a knife. Good ink can make the words fuller and more elegant. Lin Haoran picked up a piece of high-quality Hui ink, held the ink strips on both sides with his thumb and middle finger, placed his index finger on the top of the ink, and pressed it gently

Put it in the Duan Inkstone and grind it carefully with even force.

The ancient ink is lightly rubbed and filled with fragrance, and the new bath in the inkstone shines brightly.

Good ink and good inkstone, the inkstone pool is like a pool of ink, with a faint fragrance of ink floating around. This preparation is considered to be the best.

"One man can be a teacher for hundreds of generations, and one word can be a law for the world!"

Lin Haoran rolled up his sleeves and splashed ink, and with the ink on his pen, he answered on the white rice paper. He concentrated on writing without any distracting thoughts, as if there were only test papers and him in the whole world.

Fortunately, he had seen this article with a question before in order to pick up girls.

This is praised by later generations as the most exquisite solution. The "zi" here corresponds to "an ordinary man can be a teacher for hundreds of generations", and the "yue" corresponds to "one word can be the law of the world", which lifts an ordinary man to the saint.

status.

The clever thing here is that we did not fall into the trap of what Confucius said, but focused on promoting the status of Confucius as a saint. Whether the topic is good or bad depends not only on whether it is appropriate, but also on its momentum.

"One word makes the world law", how domineering this is, who in the world dares to do this?

After solving the topic, Lin Haoran continued to take up the topic, starting, starting, starting, middle, back, and ending, and a very standard eight-part essay appeared in front of him.

Perhaps because of worry, perhaps he was really not hungry, or perhaps there was some laxative mixed in it. He watched the clerk hand out the lunch, but he had no intention of moving. He looked at the policy topic again, and then started working on it seriously.

Policy theory will become more and more important in the provincial examination, general examination and palace examination, and even in the palace examination only policy theory will be tested. However, in the provincial examination, the Four Books and Five Classics are still the main subjects, so the policy theory questions in this scientific examination will not be too tricky.

"The way to secure a country and an entire army!"

This is the title of this scientific research paper, which comes from the Fire Attack Chapter of "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu.

The full text is: "Therefore it is said: A wise leader will take care of it, a good general will be lazy, he will not move unless it is beneficial, he will not use it unless it is necessary, and he will not fight unless it is in danger... This is the way to secure the country and the entire army."

It means that you should not launch war easily when there is no danger. A monarch should not launch a war easily because of temporary anger, and a general should not send troops to fight because of temporary displeasure. Only participate in war when it is beneficial to the country.

Emotions replace reason, improper consideration, and poor planning will inevitably result in failure. A wrong decision by the monarch will lead to the loss of the country, and a wrong order by the general will lead to the annihilation of the entire army. Anger can be eliminated, anger can be calmed, and anger can turn into anger.

I am happy, but once the country is destroyed, it will no longer exist, and those who died in the war will not be able to live again. As a monarch and general, you must not act on impulse or act rashly. You should put national affairs first, the overall situation first, and be calm.
Chapter completed!