The National Examination is a national examination hosted by the Ministry of Rites, also known as the Rites.
In the second year of the provincial examination, it will be held in the next year.
At this time, candidates from all over the country were taking examinations in the capital, and the examination period was in February of spring, so it was called Chunwei.
The general examination is the same as the provincial examination and is also divided into three sessions, held on the 9th, 12th and 15th of February respectively.
Today is the ninth day of February, and it is also the first day of the examination.
After entering the dormitory, Huang Tinghui complained for a while about how old and small the dormitory was.
However, complaints are complaints, Huang Tinghui still cleaned the dormitory well.
After all, he will spend the next period of time in this dormitory.
When cleaning the dormitory, Huang Tinghui accidentally discovered dense handwriting written in the dormitory.
Out of curiosity, Huang Tinghui looked at the handwriting carefully.
But he was surprised to see a line of words written in the dormitory.
"Zhang Yanyi, Taiping Village, Qiantang County, Hangcheng, Jiangsu and Zhejiang Prefecture, has three trials here!"
Zhang Yanyi!
This name was so familiar that Huang Tinghui searched the information stored in his head without thinking.
"Zhang Julu, courtesy name Tingyi, Haojie'an, was born in Taipingli, Qiantang County, Hangcheng, Jiangsu and Zhejiang Prefecture."
"My ancestral home is Kaocheng. I was the first scholar in the sixth year of Emperor Renzong's reign. He is the chief minister of the cabinet of this dynasty and the chief teacher of the emperor of the dynasty!"
At this time, Huang Tinghui was shocked.
I am living in the same house as Zhang Julu, the chief minister of the current cabinet!
What kind of luck is this?
Although Huang Tinghui has never admired anyone, he still admires this chief and assistant minister of the cabinet who has preserved the life of the Dasheng Kingdom, tried to fight against the bureaucracy of the Dasheng Kingdom on his own, and strived for the best interests of the common people.
Huang Tinghui is still full of respect.
I saw Huang Tinghui take a step or two back, and after clearing a distance, he bowed to the line written in the dormitory.
"Master Chief Assistant, student Huang Tinghui!"
"I am honored to share the same cell with Mr. Chief Assistant during the examination!"
"I hope I can borrow some of the luck of Lord Chief Assistant to help Tinghui get named on the gold list!"
“You get what you want!”
Huang Tinghui considers himself a common man, and he is also candid at this juncture.
He actually "made a wish" against the handwriting of Zhang Julu, the chief minister of the cabinet.
If Zhang Julu, the chief and assistant minister of the current cabinet, knew about this matter, he would definitely be dumbfounded by Huang Tinghui's actions.
After all, Zhang Julu, the chief and assistant minister of the cabinet, has not seen many such shameless people.
However, although Huang Tinghui paid homage to the handwriting left by Zhang Julu, this does not mean that Huang Tinghui is like Fatty Gong and wants to pass the Jinshi examination by relying on such heresy.
In the final analysis of the imperial examination, the only one you can rely on in the end is yourself.
Naturally, Huang Tinghui would not be stupid enough to believe these nonsense.
However, there is an old saying that goes well, "If a soldier wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his weapons."
So Huang Tinghui carefully used oilcloth to make the roof, and he also carefully made a door curtain to prevent rainwater from entering the examination room and getting the test papers of this examination wet.
This will then affect your performance in this exam.
After all, if the paper gets wet with rain, it will be considered unclean and will be marked by the examiner, and eventually it will be marked as a blue paper by the examiner.
And if the examiner judges it as a blue paper, even if your essay is extremely brilliant, it will basically be regarded as a failed paper.
If it is just because rain fell on the test paper that it was judged to be a blue paper, and ultimately led to failure.
Then Huang Tinghui is at a loss?
So where it is time to be cautious, Huang Tinghui will still be extremely careful and prudent.
After setting up the examination room, Huang Tinghui quickly lit up the charcoal stove.
Although it is spring now, the weather is still extremely cold.
Only by lighting up the stove will there be a little more warmth in the dormitory.
Firstly, it can keep Huang Tinghui away from the cold, and secondly, Huang Tinghui's hands will not be frozen.
After all, if your hands are frozen, your writing style will be worse than before.
The imperial examination papers of this era had extremely high requirements on candidates' fonts.
If you have great talent, your writing skills will be as good as flowers.
But if your calligraphy is not good enough to read, you probably have no chance of becoming a Jinshi.
In his previous life, Huang Tinghui loved practicing calligraphy and once saw an authentic calligraphy left by the number one scholar in the imperial examination.
The number one scholar was Zhao Bingzhong, who was a number one scholar during the Ming Dynasty. The authentic examination articles of this number one scholar at that time have been passed down to the 21st century.
When Huang Tinghui saw Zhao Bingzhong's handwriting and neat scroll for the first time, he was very amazed.
In the 21st century, probably only the printing press can make the test paper as smooth and neat as his.
Of course, at this time, Huang Tinghui's calligraphy skills were not inferior to those of Zhao Bingzhong, the number one scholar of the Ming Dynasty.
Not only is he not inferior to Zhao Bingzhong, he is even a step higher than Zhao Bingzhong.
But the examination room is different from the usual calligraphy practice. If something goes wrong, all the previous efforts may be wasted.
So you have to stay extremely focused to do it well.
Huang Tinghui used the charcoal fire to roast his hands, and then he heated up a pot of tea for himself.
He poured the tea into the cup he had brought with him and after taking a sip, he felt relaxed and a warmth was flowing through his body.
Huang Tinghui actually felt comfortable in this dormitory.
If others knew about this feeling, they would probably scold Huang Tinghui a few times.
After doing all this, just wait for all candidates to enter the examination room.
After that, wait until the exam officially starts.
The guard guarding the door handed over the questions for this exam.
From this moment on, the examination can be considered as officially started.
The first examination of Dasheng Kingdom was to test the two principles of Jing Jing and Yi, and the one of Four Books and Yi.
The second session is a trial discussion of one subject, five judgments, imperial edict, hao, biao, and internal medicine.
The third session is to test the Five Ways of Confucian Classics, History and Current Affairs.
The so-called test of the two meanings of the scriptures and the one meaning of the four books is actually to translate the candidates' understanding of the meanings of the scriptures.
The test question is to randomly select a passage from the Four Books and Five Classics, and then ask you what it means, and the explanation must be able to be written into an argumentative essay.
Huang Tinghui took a closer look at the test questions. They were not difficult and Huang Tinghui had done them before, but how to do them well required some thinking.
After all, if everyone in these thousands of test papers is written from the same template, what's so new about them?
When the adjudicator sees the same articles, how long will he stay for them?
"The Master said: "If one's body is upright, he will act without being told; if his body is not upright, he will not follow orders even though he is told."
Confucius said: "Those who are above must behave righteously, so that those below can do it without giving orders. If they do not behave righteously, even if they give orders, those below will not obey."
This is the superficial meaning of this sentence. Huang Tinghui needs to find a way to break the problem in this sentence. This angle must be in line with the psychology of the scholar-bureaucrats of the dynasty, and it must be novel enough.
This is how you can achieve success.
Fortunately, Huang Tinghui is well-read and has experienced the era of information explosion in later generations.
After thinking for a moment, he finally found the key to solving the problem.
Huang Tinghui picked up the brush very excitedly, put the pen on the scroll and started writing.
I really feel like I am a god when I write.
He didn't know how long he had been writing, but Huang Tinghui was immersed in this test paper.
Perhaps because he was too focused, Huang Tinghui didn't feel his stomach growling until he finished the last word on the test paper.
The consumption of this kind of mental thinking is probably not much less than the consumption of physical energy.
But it was getting late now, and Huang Tinghui could hear the candidates in the next door dormitory pouring cold water on them, tearing up the white-flour buns and stuffing them into his mouth.
For candidates, this examination is a top priority.
And every minute during the exam is naturally extremely precious.
Swallowing the white flour steamed buns with this cold water can replenish your physical strength in the shortest possible time.
Some candidates who focus on the exam are naturally willing to do this.
However, Huang Tinghui is different from these people.
Although it is efficient to eat white flour steamed buns with cold water, it is so dry in such cold weather.
Not to mention the discomfort of eating, there is no guarantee whether you will get sick after drinking this cold water.
Fighting for a minute or two is not safe enough and is not worth it.
So Huang Tinghui actually set up a pot in the dormitory and cooked the noodles over the charcoal fire.
After the noodles are put in the pot, take them out and eat them after a while.
However, now that he is in the examination room, Huang Tinghui naturally has no chance to show off his superb cooking skills.
After scooping up the noodles, blanch some cooked beef.
At the end, Huang Tinghui even dropped some sesame oil into the bowl of noodles.
In an instant, the little smell suddenly started to tickle.
A scent of fragrance wafted in the examination room.
All the candidates raised their heads involuntarily, as if trying to find where the scent came from.
"Where does this guy come from? He eats hot food and adds sesame oil during the exam. Is he here to take the damn exam?"
"You are such a great person. You can do this even in such exams. I am so impressed by you!"
"In this exam, even one minute and one second is extremely precious. How can it be used for such squandering? It is really not an ordinary person."
"I don't know who this person is. If I have the chance, I will definitely interact with such a free and easy person. He is really an interesting person!"
In the examination room, the candidates who smelled this smell and heard the sound of Huang Tinghui eating noodles were speechless in their hearts.
Although everyone had all kinds of strange thoughts, they all recorded the room number of the examination room where Huang Tinghui was.
Although I couldn't see Huang Tinghui, I couldn't help but be very curious about the candidates in this examination room.
Naturally, Huang Tinghui didn't know that he just took a bite of food and made such a big fuss.
As a foodie, he ate the noodles with the beef in three strokes.
At the end of the day, I took another sip of soup and it was complete.
After eating and drinking, Huang Tinghui packed up everything.
Then he picked up the brush again and answered another question.
At this time, the night was slowly getting dark. Huang Tinghui yawned. He felt that his energy was a little low.
Since returning from Zheng County, Huang Tinghui has developed a good habit of going to bed early and getting up early.
The sky was only slightly darker now, but I couldn't stop feeling sleepy.
Huang Tinghui also knew that in this state, he might not be able to produce any good articles.
So he simply took the two number boards off the brick supports and laid them on the ground to use as bed boards.
It's the beginning of spring right now. If you just lie down on the ground to sleep, you think you didn't get sick in time.
The charcoal fire burned "crackling", and occasionally sparks splashed out.
With the warmth of the charcoal fire, Huang Tinghui quickly fell asleep.
As for the other candidates, most of them fought at night by candlelight, seeing that there was no light in the examination room where Huang Tinghui was.
Many candidates shook their heads again and sighed: "You are really awesome!"
Aren't you awesome?
When other candidates come to take this examination, most of them are racing against time and are serious and nervous.
The examinee in this special examination room does not look like he came here to take the examination, but more like a tourist "just here for a visit".
Can a candidate who can use the examination room as a "playing" area have to be a "good person"?
Huang Tinghui, who was already asleep at this time, didn't know that he had become a god in the eyes of other candidates.
It was late at night, and there was a cold wind blowing sharply and whistling.
There was a warm feeling in the dormitory where Huang Tinghui was located.
Anyway, Huang Tinghui had plenty of charcoal, and the dormitory was not airtight. Huang Tinghui was not worried about burning the charcoal indoors and giving himself carbon monoxide poisoning.
If so, could it be that he died unjustly?
Other candidates are not as ambitious as Huang Tinghui. In order to be in good spirits on the first day, they just want to write more articles to make the subsequent tasks easier.
After all, not everyone is like Huang Tinghui, who can sleep soundly in such an environment.
As for the extremely shabby environment in this dormitory, not many of these candidates can endure it.
Therefore, they can only focus most of their tasks on the first day, so that they can produce high-quality articles.
"call!"
After a candle burned out, bloodshot eyes appeared in some candidates' eyes.
I can't hold it anymore.
In desperation, the candidate could only blow out the candle.
I was going to rest for a while in that simple examination room.
One after another, the candles were blown out.
The candidates also fell asleep in this night.
I don’t know how long it took, but there was a "crackling" sound.
Huang Tinghui, who had been asleep for half the night, woke up after hearing the "crackling" sound in his sleep.
I raised my head and looked outside. It turned out that the weather was not kind and it started to rain heavily at this time.
Although there is an old saying that spring rain is as precious as oil.
But at this time, it is raining heavily. This is not a spring rain that is as expensive as oil. This is purely to cause trouble.
After all, most of those candidates who were already tired had already fallen asleep before they had time to put away the test papers for the exam.
Now the sudden heavy rain not only disturbed their sweet dreams, but also raised their hearts to their throats.
If the test paper is destroyed, then all your hard work on the exam will be in vain.
If you wait for the next test, then you have to wait another three years?
How many three years can there be in life?
Therefore, after hearing the rain, the candidates who had just fallen asleep opened their bloodshot eyes and hurriedly put their test papers into their test bags.
As for those candidates who were not well waterproofed, they could only suffer the torment of the heavy rain and feel like they wanted to cry without tears.
Looking at the scene in front of him in confusion, Huang Tinghui stretched himself and yawned.
Looking at the busy scholars outside, Huang Tinghui was not in a hurry.
But speaking of it, his protection work was already done before the exam started.
The wind can't blow in now, and the rain can't come in.
Just when I was sleeping, my height was a little too long compared to my dormitory, so I was a little uncomfortable sleeping.
But there was so much noise outside right now that Huang Tinghui couldn't sleep.
However, Huang Tinghui had slept for most of the time, and now he had some energy.
If you can't sleep, then there's no need to sleep.
Take this opportunity to complete an article of your own.
Anyway, Huang Tinghui already has a draft in his mind. If he completes an article, he will be able to feel more relaxed the next day.
Thinking of this, while others are busy resisting the sudden heavy rain.
Huang Tinghui had already lit a candle, and with the light of the candle, he picked up a writing brush.
I started writing it on the test paper.
Time passed bit by bit, and after the candles were burned out, Huang Tinghui did not feel that his eyes were getting dark.
He raised his head and looked outside, and it turned out that it was already broad daylight.
The heavy rain last night was like an episode and had no impact on Huang Tinghui's arrival.
On the contrary, other candidates all had big dark circles under their eyes.
The whole person is depressed.
After all, they slept late yesterday, and then had to fight against the sudden rainstorm.
It’s already amazing that I can still open my eyes and continue taking the exam.
It is said that several candidates who did not take protective measures suffered from wind chill early this morning.
His forehead was as hot as a stove. Under such circumstances, the examinee still insisted on finishing the test paper.
But seeing that the candidates can no longer hold on, the examiner will naturally not sit idly by.
After all, if something happens in the examination room that a candidate fails to seek medical treatment in time and dies suddenly.
Then all the blame will be placed on the examiner.
So under the examiner's compulsory order, the guards pulled the candidates whose heads were so hot they could roll eggs out of the examination room.
However, the examination has its own express regulations. Since these candidates have been taken out of the examination room, they have no chance to return to the examination room to take the examination.
In other words, everything they prepared for this exam was in vain and was of no use.
If they still want to participate in the examination, apart from the emperor setting up Enke, they can only wait another three years to participate in the next examination.
However, as a result, their chances of passing the Jinshi examination will be reduced by a few points.
After all, their probability of winning the Jinshi next time will be lowered by a few points.
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Chapter completed!