The number that Fang Yingwu was assigned to was the row of four characters. This four is not the four of fourth, but the four of the "four major and five constants" in the Thousand Characters. // Visit to download the txt novel //◎◎
Fang Yingwu was an outsider in Kung Fu. He did not do anything in the examination room, and his cell was randomly arranged. After being separated from his two friends, Fang Yingwu held a lantern and looked for his cell.
In the Gongyuan, the density of dormitories is extremely high. Each row has dozens or hundreds of rooms, and each room is only three or four feet long and wide. At the same time, there is only four feet between each row, forming a narrow alley of tens of meters.
At first glance through the moonlight, it looks like layers of fish scales. Looking closer, Fang Yingwu reminds Fang Yingwu of chicken coops in a chicken farm. Yes, it looks like a chicken coop. The actual area of each cell is
It's not much bigger than a chicken coop, and a person will be crammed into it before dawn.
Fang Yingwu slowly found the row number 4. There was an old sergeant standing at the entrance of the narrow alley. After Fang Yingwu confirmed that it was correct, he walked through the door and walked into the alley.
In the open space outside the alleyway, there is moonlight above the head, and there are torches and lanterns around. The brightness is not bad. But once entering the narrow alleyway, which can only accommodate one person, the light suddenly dims, making people feel extremely lonely.
Suddenly thinking of Xiang Chengxian's ghost story, Fang Yingwu couldn't help but shudder, and then hurriedly drove him away. After taking two more steps, he suddenly found half a human leg in front of him, parallel to the ground, hanging straight in the air.
On the roadway, the night wind kept shaking...
Damn it! Fang Yingwu was a bold man and didn't believe in ghosts and gods, so he felt very frightened when he suddenly saw this scene, and couldn't help but take two steps back.
As soon as he retreated, he exited the alley. The old sergeant at the door gave Fang Yingwu a strange look, then looked into the alley, and suddenly realized, he shouted loudly: "The husband inside pulls his legs! Block it."
Others are on their way!"
But he saw that the half of the leg shrank, leaving most of the alleyway. Fang Yingwu's eyes had adapted to the dark environment in the alleyway, and he could see clearly now. It turned out that the half of the leg was sticking out from a certain room.
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The room is too small. It's only a few feet long and can't accommodate a person's height. If you want to sleep in it, you really have to stretch your legs out...
Fang Yingwu smiled bitterly, he was really scaring himself. Then he found his room with a lantern. Fortunately, it was quite far from the toilet in the alley, so he didn't have to take the exam for three days with the smell of the toilet.
Fang Yingwu made a few gestures and found that the front of the room was about one meter wide. The depth inside was no more than one and a half meters, and the area was as big as a phone booth in a lifetime. It would be really hard to sit in here for a whole day.
This imperial examination is indeed a very painful thing.
Two wooden boards have been set up in the room. The higher wooden board on the outside can be used as a table. The lower wooden board on the inside can be used as a seat.
Remembering Hong Song's instructions, Fang Yingwu threw the test basket in the corner of the room, then removed the upper wooden planks and put them up again at the lower places, so that the two wooden planks were on the same plane, which was barely enough.
Have someone lie on it.
After working hard for most of the night, Fang Yingwu was indeed a little sleepy, so he climbed on the wooden board and took a nap. He also stretched out half of his legs from the room, hanging in the alleyway...
The sky was bright, the examination questions were handed out, and the Zhejiang Provincial Examination in the 16th year of Chenghua officially began.
The provincial examination is divided into three sections. The first section is about classics and meaning. The second section is about practical essays, and the third section is about current policy. But only the first section about classics and meaning is the most important. It can be said that you did well in the first exam. The second section is about practical essays.
No matter how bad the game is, you can still win.
The so-called eight-part essay selection refers to the reason that the imperial examination only focuses on the classics and meanings of the first session. The examiner also decides whether to admit or not based on the first essay. The next two official documents and current policies are basically just a foil for the show.
There are seven questions to be asked in the first session, including three questions on the Four Books and four questions on the Five Classics. These three questions on the Four Books are the same for all candidates, while the four questions on the Five Classics require the candidates to choose from twenty questions based on their own classics.
Choose four questions to answer.
There is a saying that the first of three exams is the most important, and the first exam is the four books. Often three essays of the four essays, especially the first one, can determine the fate of the examinee. Generally, examiners do not have that much energy to carefully read all the essays of everyone.
After the questions were distributed, most of the candidates took a few glances at them, then after a little thought, they started writing a draft on the paper.
There is only one day to answer the questions, and the paper must be handed in before dusk. During this time, seven articles must be written, and each article must strictly conform to the eight-legged essay style. It can be said that the exam is quite intense, and even if you are not smart enough, you will not be able to connect.
I can’t even finish the answers.
Fang Yingwu was not in a hurry. He read the questions carefully twice and had a good idea. Of the three four-book questions, two were known to him in advance and he was prepared for it at this time, while the other was unprepared.
Fang Yingwu also remembered the tips taught by exam master Shang Xianggong: "The three four-part essays are particularly important. You should write the first one first, then the third one, and finally the second one.
Because the further you go, the more tired you become, and the worse your writing becomes. If you follow the normal order, and one of the three articles is not as good as the last, it will be boring, look dispirited, and leave a very bad impression on the examiner.
If you follow what I said, after reading the three essays, the first essay is the best, the second essay is the worst, and by the third essay it becomes slightly better, then you will feel much better in the eyes of the examiner."
Fang Yingwu concluded that the first article should have a **, the middle article should be suppressed, and the third article should have a small **...
This time he was really lucky. The first and third questions were carefully prepared in advance, and only the second question needed to be written by himself. In this way, the combination of the three papers naturally formed the final question with ups and downs.
Good rhythm.
The exam lasted from dawn to dusk, which lasted about six hours. It was only an hour before Fang Yingwu finished the three questions on the Four Books, so he had a lot of time.
Then he calmly did four more questions on the Five Classics, but I don’t know the specific quality. Anyway, he “had someone inside.” As long as he could answer the three questions on the Four Books, and he didn’t forget to use secret notes in the article, that would be fine.
The Four Books were a little faster than others, and the Five Classics were a little slower than others. As dusk approached, Fang Yingwu handed in his papers and wandered out of the Gongyuan with the examination basket. Wang Ying, the chief attendant, was already waiting outside the door.
After sitting in a palm-sized space for a whole day, Fang Daxiucai was completely exhausted at this time and did not want to go to his two friends. He just threw the examination basket to Wang Ying and said feebly: "Go back home quickly!"
After resting for two days and two nights, I regained my strength. On the evening of the 11th, I set off to take the second exam. At this time, Qingyun Street and Gongyuan were very lively and crowded, and it was not as dull as last time.
The reason is also very simple. The most important first exam has ended, and the next two exams are mostly formalities. Of course, they are not as serious and nervous as the first exam.
The inspection procedures are the same. The second exam will be completed in the evening of the next day. Then the third exam will be completed on August 15th. This time the provincial examination is over, and we are just waiting for the results.
Ninety-five of the four thousand candidates were admitted, which is less than 3%, and the probability is like buying a lottery ticket. It is conceivable that when the time comes, scenes of human tragedies and comedies will definitely be staged.
But Fang Yingwu couldn't think about it anymore. After the exam, he just wanted to lie still. Even his little brother couldn't stand up for the time being. The provincial exam was simply too tiring.
It was torture both mentally and physically, but he still turned on the plug-in. I really don’t know how other people endured it.
