Time passed quickly. In the afternoon, the first day of the exam was over. The basic skills were tested on the first day. Everyone felt good about it, especially the Mingjing Economics subject's postscript and the Industrial and Mathematical Miscellaneous subjects were tested on the last day.
It's their boss.
Today's literature questions are all the same. With "Rain" as the title, write a poem or a poem. The poem requires four sentences of seven characters, and the poem requires the poem "Die Lian Hua".
The three of them gathered at the meeting point. Yu Shou saw that Xu Pei was in high spirits and had completely lost the depression in the morning, so he smiled and said: "It seems that Brother Xu did well in the exam!"
Xu Pei lowered his voice and laughed: "To be honest, brother, I succeeded in this literary question. I wrote several poems with the theme of rain, "Butterfly Loves Flowers", and gave them to Jianzhou Daru for comment. He chose the best one.
One of the poems says that although it is about rain, it is actually about people’s mood on different rainy days.”
Yu Shou nodded, somewhat proficient, that’s what he really meant, writing about rain is not about the rain, but about the people.
"Where's Wang Pu!" Yu Shou asked, looking around.
"Here!" Wang Pu rushed over excitedly. It seemed that he did well in the exam.
"I'm hungry, where should we go for dinner?"
"Of course we go to Jiang Laosan Soup Cake Shop!" Xu Pei made no secret of his thoughts.
The three of them looked at each other and laughed together.
However, the female owner of the soup cake shop was away today, so her mother-in-law served the noodles instead.
In the afternoon, Chao Qing presented a copy of the pigeon letter to Chen Qing, which was sent by Hu Yun from Lin'an. Chen Qing looked at the pigeon letter and ordered: "Go and invite Counselor Jiang!"
Chao Qing hurried away, and not long after, Jiang Yan walked into Chen Qing's official room and said, "See you, Your Highness!"
"Counsellor Jiang, please take a seat!"
Jiang Yan didn't know what King Yong wanted to do with him. He sat down on the chair next to him. Chen Qing handed him the pigeon letter, "I just received it!"
Jiang Yan first took the copy and glanced at it, frowned and said: "What does Qin Hui mean? If Jiangling Mansion is divided into two, what's the point of such a negotiation?"
Chen Qing said coldly: "I think I was too kind to them, but I was shameless in giving them face. I had to slap them a few times before they woke up."
"What do you plan to do, Your Highness?"
"Please ask Counselor Jiang to send an ultimatum to the state governments on Jinghu South Road in the name of the Internal Affairs Hall. Even if I will visit Sichuan Road at the end of this month and the beginning of next month, I can meet them. If you have time, you can go to Chengdu to meet them."
Jiang Yanxian immediately understood that King Yong was planning to seize Jinghu South Road by force. The state officials who came to Chengdu were willing to be loyal, and those who refused to come were loyal to the imperial court and would be expelled without hesitation.
Jiang Yan nodded first, "I understand, I will issue an urgent ultimatum tomorrow!"
Chen Qing pondered for a moment, and then ordered Yang Zaixing to deploy 30,000 troops in Dengzhou. At the same time, he ordered Liu Qiong to lead an army of 30,000 to go south to Chengdu. After the two military orders were issued, Chen Qing began to make arrangements.
The imperial examination is coming to the third day, which is the last day. Today is also the most important exam. The Jinshi subject will test strategies, the Ming Jing subject will test Tie Jing, and the Industrial Calculation subject will test miscellaneous items.
Today's three exams each account for 60% of the score. Whether you can pass the imperial examination depends on your performance today.
Everyone was very nervous. Xu Pei's eyes were red from the sleep. He stayed up all night last night and worked hard to recite topics, which affected the sleep of Yu Shou and Wang Pu. Although they were both very dissatisfied, it was hard to say anything.
Fortunately, most of the scholars were very nervous last night and had difficulty falling asleep. Everyone did not sleep well, so that everyone felt listless and took a nap in the carriage.
Xu Pei was in high spirits, his hair was disheveled, and he was sitting in the carriage with his mouth pursed and said nothing, looking highly nervous.
"Today must be successful!"
Jumping off the carriage, Xu Pei suddenly waved his arm and roared loudly, which woke up the sleepy scholars, and everyone quickly cheered up.
"Two worthy brothers, see you in the afternoon!"
Xu Pei waved his hand vigorously, turned around and left with a rather tragic expression.
Yu Shou and Wang Pu looked at each other and shook their heads secretly. They really didn't think highly of Xu Pei.
"It might be difficult for him to go home!" Wang Pu asked in a low voice.
"Why?"
"He cried for a long time in the middle of the night last night, slapped himself in the face, and said he was too embarrassed to go home to see his wife and failed to live up to her expectations."
Yu Shou sighed and said: "Actually, I don't blame him. He has been a civil servant for ten years and has long forgotten all about it. If he takes the county government practice test, he will definitely have no problem."
Speaking of this, Yu Shou suddenly thought that Xu Pei was actually a very good helper.
"The time is almost up, let's go!"
Before Yu Shou could think about it, he broke up with Wang Pu and followed the flow of people into the examination room.
Today's Jinshi subject was a test on policy theory. When the test papers were handed out, Yu Shou glanced at the question nervously and couldn't help but be startled by this question.
"Strategies for the Revitalization of Bianliang", his father told him about this topic! He also specifically taught him how to write this article. He analyzed it from all aspects and talked about it all night. He has always been confused. Why did his father teach him this?
Only now did Yu Shou realize that his father had known the imperial examination questions for a long time, so he specially taught him how to write this article.
Yu Shou's heart was pounding. The deal between his father and King Yong was true. He was guaranteed to be a Jinshi and appointed as an official in his hometown of Yuchi County.
He calmed down and wrote: "The rise and fall of Bianliang is a general trend, and it cannot be changed by human power."
Other candidates were racking their brains to think about how to develop Bianliang's advantages, such as opening canals, promoting trade, etc., but Yu Shou saw it more clearly. Kaiming Zongyi wrote that Bianliang could no longer prosper.
It prospered because of the construction of the capital, but it will also decline after the abolition of the capital. This is the general trend. It is impossible to prosper like the Xuanhe period. The wealth of the entire world was used to support Bianliang. Unless the Yongwang Palace moved to Bianliang, otherwise
The decline of Bianliang is inevitable.
Of course, decline is also relative. Compared with the period of the Jin Kingdom, as long as it is allowed to cultivate and thrive, it will gradually get better and the people's lives will also improve. However, this is not revitalization, but recovery after it has been extremely weak.
When it returns to the normal level of Kaifeng government, its recovery will slowly stagnate. If the Henan Road Shangshu Xingtai is placed in Bianliang instead of Luoyang, then Bianliang's recovery will rise until the level of prosperity
Matching its political status, its recovery ceases.
The great prosperity of the national capital, the prosperity of all roads, and the vitality of government governance. If we spare no effort to allocate resources just to revitalize it, it will eventually lead to a lot of waste of resources. Therefore, the revitalization of Bianliang must have a clear mind.
Understanding, then a clear plan, then appropriate support, and finally allowing it to make blood on its own, relying on its own ability to recover step by step, and never encourage the growth.
Yu Shou wrote three thousand words in one breath, basically following his father's rhetoric.
He felt confident that he would pass the imperial examination for the first time.
"Dang! Dang! Dang!" The bell finally rang for the end of the exam. As batches of candidates appeared, some were happy, but most of them were depressed and sad.
You can't see it in the Jinshi subject. After all, everyone can write strategies, it's just about their level, not to mention everyone thinks they write well, so most of the candidates in the Jinshi subject look relaxed, talking and laughing.
The Ming Jing Department and the Engineering and Mathematical Department are both happy and sad. Their exams do not have high or low levels, only right and wrong.
When Yu Shou saw Xu Pei, he was like a defeated rooster, with a dull expression and a lost soul.
"Brother Xu!"
Yu Shou stepped forward and asked with concern: "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine!"
Xu Pei smiled bitterly and said: "I basically memorized the questions and finished them all, but I don't know if they are correct or not."
"That should be good! Go back and look through the book to see if there are any tacit answers."
Xu Pei shook his head, "The problem is that I have forgotten what I wrote down. There are too many questions. I took the exam for fifty questions. I have no time to think about it and no time to check it. I can only leave it to fate."
Wang Pu, who had just ran over, smiled and said, "Brother Xu, your luck has always been good!"
Xu Pei grinned widely and said, "Thanks to my two brothers, I believe I will have good luck. Let's go! Let's eat soup cakes. I'll treat you."
Yu Shou and Wang Pu looked at each other and said in unison: "Let's switch to another company!"