After some tossing, it was already noon, and Lin Jue took out the sugar cake and dim sum prepared by Lu Wu again. Although the sugar cake has been cut into pieces, the taste is still the same. After baking and heating on the stove, I ate a few pieces of tea and my stomach was full. At this time, Lin Jue packed up and began to assemble the tables and chairs for answering questions.

Because the room is extremely narrow, there are no tables, chairs, benches, beds or anything in it, only a few long and short wooden boards, and candidates need to set up their own tables, benches and beds. Because of the small size of the place, these planks had to be built into bookcases and sitting boards during the day. In the evening, it is disassembled and put into a bed to sleep.

The specific method is to choose the appropriate length of wood planks to be embedded in the walls on both sides according to the grooves specially left between the bricks on the walls on both sides. There are two floors, one is a bookcase, the first is a sitting board, and there is a special place next to it to place an oil lamp or candlestick. When you go to bed at night, put a wooden board on the groove at a certain foot from the ground as a rung, and then use a long wooden plank to stand on the rung, and spread a bunk to make a bed for sleeping. I don't know whose ingenuity used such a method in this small space to maximize the use of the space of this small house.

The Moyi of the Sutra is not too difficult for Lin Jue, it is nothing more than filling in the blanks silently from memory, and Moyi requires reading comprehension to answer the question, which is not difficult. As long as you read and memorize by heart, and your ideas are not too extreme and alternative, basically these topics will not become an obstacle. Moreover, the text of the scriptures and the meaning of the scriptures do not account for a large proportion of the big exam, unless there is a too outrageous mistake, it will not have a decisive impact on the final test result.

Lin Juezhi completed the ten scriptures and twenty-five Moyi questions in one hour, and after carefully checking the writing format and the rules of answering the questions, this first exam was over. Obviously, for the vast majority of candidates, the first day of the exam was relatively easy, and many of them finished answering the questions and began to boil water to boil tea and eat dry food. At this moment, there was some noise and anger in the house.

But this ease only lasted until the end of the Shen period. It was getting late, and when the lights were lit in the houses, the titles of the poems began to be distributed. This is the content of the exam for the next two days, but because of the large number of questions to be answered and the need for careful consideration, the test questions are given on the evening of the first day, so that the candidates can think about it on the first night. This point is still quite humane.

As expected, the topic of poetry is a completely new topic, which is not related to the exam questions of the previous life. Lin Jue was also mentally prepared for this.

Looking at the title, the poem must be seven rhythms, and it must follow the prescribed rhyme. The words are selected from the eight types of words such as "Qingping Le", "Butterfly Love Flower", "Qinyuan Spring", "Bodhisattva Man", "Xijiangyue", "Rumengling", "Remembering Qin'e" and "Nian Nujiao", each of which stipulates a designated rhyme. It's already very difficult.

You must know that the rhyme is actually very complicated, especially in today's big week, special attention is paid to the rhyme of poetry, almost to the point of some nitpicking. Although the literati are a little relaxed in writing poems and lyrics on weekdays, as long as they basically rhyme, no one is picky. But in the imperial examination, it is meticulous and needs to strictly follow the rhythm.

To use an inappropriate analogy, it's like the people of the earth in the future who learned English. When you talk on weekdays, you don't need to pay too much attention to grammar and words. However, in the case of the exam, it is necessary to strictly regulate the use of grammar, the difference in the degree of tone in the same meaning, the distinction between spoken and written language, and so on. Otherwise, you won't be able to score.

The complexity of the rhyme rules in the literary system of the Great Zhou Dynasty can be said to make people's scalps explode. Someone has summarized the classification alone, and there are as many as thirteen categories. What is the flower rut, Gusu rut, Suobo rut, Jiangyang rut, Huailai rut and so on. To put it bluntly, the end of each sentence of poetry and other rhymes must be the same word, so as to achieve the effect of rhyming and rhythmic. Writing poetry is a difficult thing to do, and it is even more difficult because it has to be limited to a fixed rhyme.

A short poem seems to be the easiest to write, but once you put all kinds of rules in place, it is a very difficult thing to do. The word card itself limits the length of the words and the relationship between them, and with the fixed rhyme, it is like putting chains on a person's whole body and then asking her to dance. Because of this, the reason why the Great Zhou Dynasty attached so much importance to poetry was precisely because in this short period of length and a few sentences, a person's literary literacy and talent could be displayed in form. If the content is more impressive, then the person will be highly regarded. This is also one of the reasons why many celebrities in the Great Zhou Dynasty can sometimes become famous all over the world with just one word.

If it is said that poetry is a test of literary literacy and literary brilliance, then a strategy essay is a test of the candidate's insight. Although the policy essay does not need to pay attention to rhyme, it requires candidates to have something to say, to reason to the point, to support the viewpoint, and to make people think. In short, it is to express opinions on historical events or the policies of the imperial court today. It doesn't have to be positive, the key is to be reasonable and convincing. This is a test of the students' thinking ability to become officials and governs in the future, to put it bluntly, it can't be only literary talents who don't have the ability to do things, and they can't have high scores and low ability.

In the autumn examination, there will be no policy questions about the current government affairs, after all, this is a qualification exam, and these people may not be able to finally enter the office. Moreover, the number of candidates is huge, and the good and the bad are uneven, so it is not permissible for some stunned young people to write some shocking and rebellious words about current affairs. Therefore, the policy topics of the Autumn University Examination are all about historical events, and candidates are asked to comment.

At this moment, the topic of the test question in Lin Jue's hand is: "The law is ancient, and the etiquette is innocent." Is it Jephiah? 》

If you are not a real reader, you will be dumbfounded just by seeing this topic. They don't know the source and allusion of this sentence, so naturally they can't know the background of it, and if they want him to talk about 'yes and yes', I'm afraid they can only talk nonsense and don't know what to do.

It can be seen that the previous examination of the scriptures and Moyi is simply an appetizer, and the examination of the poems and even the essays in the back is the real time to test the teaching style and knowledge, and see the real chapter.

When he saw this topic, Lin Jue was a little surprised. The phrase "there is no fault in the ancient law, and there is no evil in following etiquette" comes from the biography of the historical records of Shang Jun. Shang Jun is Shang Ying, the greatest contributor to the reform of the Great Qin Dynasty more than 1,000 years ago, so that the Qin State finally unified the Central Plains and established the first unified empire in China. This sentence is actually what Gan Long and Du Zhi, the nobles of the Great Qin State, said when they opposed the change at the beginning of Shang Ying's reform, which means that there will be no fault in following the ancient rituals. Shang Ying refuted this statement, and finally eliminated the pressure to change the law, so that the Qin State finally became stronger.

Knowing the source of this sentence, then the intention of this topic can be seen at a glance. Obviously, this policy requires candidates to analyze this sentence, which is actually a kind of thinking and discussion of social change, whether it is 'yes or yes', they must have their own opinions and support it, which is the superficial purpose of this question.

But Lin Jue felt surprised for two reasons, one is that Lin Jue has seen similar policy articles, when helping Fang Dunru sort out the manuscript, Lin Jue has read Fang Dunru's articles expressing the pros and cons of various changes in history more than once. This made Lin Jue feel that what Fang Dunru was most concerned about was the drawbacks of reforming the imperial court. Before the autumn exam, in order to train his ability to write policy articles, Fang Dunru also recommended this kind of articles to himself, intentionally or unintentionally. This made Lin Jue feel that it seemed that Fang Dunru had already guessed the direction of the imperial court's policy proposition in his heart, so he would do so.

Another reason that surprised Lin Jue was born from the first reason. When Yan Zhengsu talked to himself that day, he had left Lin Jue with a foggy topic. The meaning of Yan Zhengsu's words implied that he would shoulder some kind of mission when he was transferred to the capital this time. But Yan Zhengsu didn't say it thoroughly. But since Fang Dunru knows the direction of the exam questions, and the purpose of this policy is very clear, can this prove that this is actually a kind of wind direction? All kinds of clues are connected, and Lin Jue feels that the wind of change seems to be rising in the DPRK and China. Perhaps this is the mission that Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru are about to shoulder when they are transferred to the capital.

Lin Jue didn't know if his association was right or wrong, but he had always trusted his instincts. All kinds of signs are connected and summarized, in fact, they give Lin Jue an unusually clear signal. The reason why Fang Dunru was willing to return to the court was actually solved. If he could not realize his political ambitions, Fang Dunru was even willing to live in seclusion at Songshan Academy for twenty years. What kind of reason makes him willing to go out of the mountain, it must be the possibility of political ambitions. The political aspirations of Fang Dunru and Yan Zhengsu are obviously different from those in power now, and many of the policies of the current imperial court are officially criticized by Fang Dunru in many articles. How can we achieve what Fang Dunru wants? There's only one way: change.

Thinking of this, Lin Jue couldn't help but feel quite worried in his heart. Lin Jue understood what it would mean if he really wanted to change the government. Change is by no means a smooth sailing thing, from ancient times to the present, countless changes have been recorded in the history books, which are accompanied by many bloody storms. To put it bluntly, change is to break the old order and establish a new one, and this will move the interests of many people and attract many attacks. Once the interests are related, it is actually a matter of life. Change means turmoil, change means strife and bloodshed, and that's something that almost certainly goes hand in hand.

But soon after, Lin Jue laughed dumbly, he just made a conjecture, and now he was worried about this idea, which was simply unfounded. Maybe your conjecture is wrong, or maybe even if something happens, it may be a gentle improvement. In short, these things have nothing to do with me, and I don't know what I'm thinking. And what I should be worried about at the moment is actually how to write a few poems in the autumn exam is the right reason, which is really too much.