The release test is customary in the Mid-Autumn Festival, and there are no accidents. Yang Ningguo is the first, and many people are rumoring that he may be the first in this session. Guozijian sent a total of more than 100 people, Su Song and Han Jiang were both within the top ten, and Du Zhongxiao was twenty-one. Generally speaking, those who are within the top 10 in the Guozijian Liberation Examination will basically end up in the Jinshi, with few exceptions. Twenty is the dividing line, between the two.

After reading the list, Du Zhongxiao felt a little heavy, and he was still struggling on the line of life and death.

Su Song, who watched the list together, comforted: "Why are you depressed? In these imperial examinations, there are twenty or thirty people on the list of Guozijian, as long as the provincial examination hall examination is better, it is also possible to take the first subject. ”

Du Zhongxiao shook his head: "I know my own affairs." Although it is said that he has been taught by his father since he was a child, his foundation is shallow, and he is naturally not as good as those who have family history. This time, it can be seen that according to my current knowledge, I can barely get into the jinshi, but if I am not careful, I may miss it. Originally, after this exam, I wanted to go home and take a look, and then enter Beijing in winter. If you succeed in the exam, you can only give up. ”

After more than a year of intensive practice, Du Zhongxiao has been able to write poems in a stable manner within the prescribed format. However, there is no intensive reading of classic historical books, and there are always omissions in the article, and it is often impossible to fully explain the meaning contained in the title. In particular, he can't be like today's scholars, who have everything to do with the emperor's behavior and rhetoric, and the courtiers' discussions, and he is even weaker in the interpretation of the induction of heaven and man. Although I know these shortcomings, I can't correct them in a short time.

This is a major lack of political theory, and at the level of the Jinshi exam, the induction of heaven and man is an important content. This is not a simple sentence of feudal superstition that can be clearly explained, but a systematic theory from the millennium after the Han Dynasty. How to make a theory, how to play, and how to combine it with reality is a university question. Just like Du Zhongxiao's political exam in his previous life, the final essay question is almost inevitably related to the basic principles of Marxist-Leninist theory, plus the analysis of specific problems, in order to get a high score. When doing the answer, as long as you list a few basic principles in the standard answer, the score of the subsequent analysis will not be too low. The Jinshi exam in this era is actually the same. What's even worse is that the Confucian scholars at this time were not only influenced by the theory of heaven and man induction, but also did not believe it. It is almost impossible to grasp the proportions in the meantime, and it is almost impossible for Du Zhongxiao, who is not solid in theory.

Du Zhongxiao can work hard to prevent all the small mistakes in the exam, ensure that there are no typos, and there will be no rhyme, but the theoretical development in the poems and arguments has not been able to turn around freely, and it always gives life a hard feeling. The questions in the Jinshi examination are often from the classics and official history, and a sentence is extracted from them, and history and reality should be linked. The content to be tested in this era is exactly what Du Zhongxiao's education in his previous life abandoned, where can he turn this corner in a short time. I want to turn around, but I don't know where to start.

After walking a short distance, I met Han Jiang and Han Jin.

After greetings, Han Jiang said: "Everyone has successfully resolved, why don't you go to the restaurant to drink two glasses of wine to celebrate?" ”

Du Zhongxiao was not good at sweeping the interest of a few people, and nodded in agreement.

When I sat down in the restaurant and drank a few glasses of wine, the topic unconsciously turned to this test.

Han Jiang said: "Brother Du is the least old among us, and he also solves it with a high rank, if there is no accident, it is not difficult to be a high school jinshi." At such an age, to be able to enter the Shi and the first, the future is limitless, congratulations! ”

Du Zhongxiao drank a glass of wine with him, and shook his head with a wry smile: "To tell the truth, I have done my best to take the exam this time, and I estimate that no matter how I take the exam, I can only do so." Judging from the number of the last junior officers in the past years, I am listed twenty-one, which is just between the first and the second. This time, I finally want to be a jinshi, but I'm afraid that I will have more luck. ”

Han Jiang said with a smile: "I have read Brother Du's articles these days, and he is stable and stable, and he is a young man, and it really doesn't look like it was written by a teenager who is less than twenty years old." If you want me to say, your article is too flat and stable. Examiners read thousands of papers, and they are naturally tired of reading this kind of article. Another shortcoming is that the idea is too narrow. As soon as the idea is narrow, there will be a sense of procrastination. ”

Du Zhongxiao arched his hand: "Brother Han is reasonable. I can feel these two problems myself, especially in recent days. It's just that the foundation of knowledge is shallow, and even if you are willing to work hard, it will be difficult to make up for it for a while. ”

"It's okay, there are still a few months left and right to dissolve, and we will always get better if we discuss knowledge together every day. As long as you stabilize yourself in the later exams, it will not be difficult to enter the Shi and the first. ”

Du Zhongxiao nodded again and again, and raised his glass to thank him. It is precisely because he clearly understands what he lacks and the results come out that Du Zhongxiao is extremely distressed, because what he lacks is something that is difficult for him to make up for in a short time. At my current level, if you are lucky, you can get into the Jinshi, and if you are unlucky, you will fall behind. But who can say for sure that there is such a thing as luck?

Thinking of this, Du Zhongxiao was a little envious of Su Song. He has a family history, not only dabbling in yin and yang, the five elements, geography, and astronomy, but also has a strong interest in machinery, and is a rare all-rounder. The miscellaneous sciences he learned happened to be what he lacked.

After chatting for a while, he said that the steam engine came up. Han Jiang said: "There are still a few months before the provincial examination after the New Year, and it is inevitable to be depressed when reading every day. Why don't you Brother Du and Zirong help us make a steam engine you said, and exchange knowledge in our spare time? ”

Du Zhongxiao naturally couldn't ask for it, so he couldn't wait to agree. In the past year, he has been studying behind closed doors, and his mind is all about making qualified articles. In the next few months, you need to strengthen your weaknesses. The Han brothers and Su Song are both from the big family, and what they lack is their strengths. The most difficult thing to make up in the study is the basic theory, which must be built from the foundation little by little. It doesn't matter whether you believe it or not, whether you believe it or not, the important thing is that you have to take the imperial examination.

It is not difficult to take the exam, Du Zhongxiao knew that he could easily pass the test from the beginning of his determination to take the Jinshi exam. But he still overestimated himself, and he couldn't help but be a little upset at this time. In this exam, I can't die and get stuck at the demarcation point, which makes people even more relaxed.

Seeing that Du Zhongxiao had been uneasy, Han Jiang smiled and said: "Brother Du, how old is you in Xiaxu, seeing that you have been worried about this explanation, I will persuade you as a person who has come over." Looking at your article, everything is seeking a stable word, and it can be seen that you are extremely obsessed with Zhongjinshi. People, if the obsession is heavy, it is inevitable that you can't let go of doing things. The imperial examination is the most important, and the endowment should be at the beginning, breaking one or two sentences. If you insist on seeking a stable word, you will lose the momentum of breaking the topic at the beginning. As soon as the momentum is lost, the full text seems soft and dragging. In the months that followed, you worked the opening of Fu, and there should be an unexpected surprise. ”

Du Zhongxiao is now listening to these people, and it makes sense as soon as he says it, and he is right in his own shortcomings, so he naturally thanked him again and again. He has been a human being for two lives, and he knows that the only way out of this world is Zhongjinshi, and the obsession in his heart is naturally heavier than others. All the efforts in the past were on not making mistakes, and finally faced the current dilemma. It's just that to break the game, this time it's even more difficult than before.