Chapter 739 - Fighting a War While Conducting the Imperial Examination
In the fields of Datang all over the world, the bell gradually stopped, and the students who took the exam were already sitting safely, silently waiting for the examiner to send the exam questions.
There are only three imperial examinations in total, and because it takes a short time from preparation to start, almost all of them are improvised.
This subject is not like the one examination booth per person as seen on TV in later generations, but similar to the examination room of the college entrance examination, where dozens of people are in the same big room.
It is said to be a big room, but it is actually a big shed.
Before the walls of the examination room could be built, several large pillars were erected in an emergency, and the roof was attached to the pillars to provide shelter from the rain, snow or sun.
In front of the gate of the branch field in Lujia Town, the black-faced mayor guarded the door with a knife.
The black-faced man would look back at the shed behind him from time to time, and his dark face obviously had a trace of regret, and he said secretly: "Time is really short, if there is a next imperial examination, I Lao Lu said that I will build a good science field for the dolls, even if this science field can only be used once in three years, I will bring someone to build a big place......"
When he was full of emotion, suddenly a figure flashed in the field, but he saw two little gentlemen walking out slowly, followed by ten soldiers holding pen, ink, paper and inkstones and began to distribute.
Mr. Xiao is a student of the research institute who arrived in Lujia Town in a hurry not long ago, and the ten soldiers are the soldiers of the court who are responsible for escorting Mr. Xiao, who is not only responsible for escorting Mr. Xiao, but also responsible for escorting pen, ink and paper.
"It's about to start ......"
Mayor Lu, who was black-faced, hurriedly cheered up, and his wrist holding the big knife trembled slightly.
The students in the field who were taking the exam were also a little nervous.
Many children from peasant families have grown up so big, not to mention seeing the scene, they don't even have the experience of leaving home and walking out of the five miles, and several of the boys' heads are full of sweat, and one of them is even soaked behind his back.
"Don't be nervous, it's not difficult to take the township test today......" Finally, the two little gentlemen spoke.
One person comforted the students present with a warm voice, and the other coughed lightly and said, "You have received the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and now listen to this invigilator to give you questions." ”
The students who took the exam subconsciously sat upright, and many of them did not know that they had straightened their bodies.
Mr. Xiao's eyes slowly swept over the audience, and suddenly took out a piece of paper from his arms, and said with a smile: "There are three township exams, the first one, the topic is very simple, please write a hundred words." ”
"Huh!" The students who were taking the exam subconsciously made a noise.
Although everyone's voices were very weak, the hundreds of students added up to a buzz. The reason why everyone is suspicious is because the topic is so strange.
Don't take the Book of Poetry? Don't test poetry and songs?
I didn't ask about the Confucian scriptures, nor did I ask about the words of Confucius and Mencius......
The title of the first session turned out to be a hundred words.
"A hundred words? Don't know what to write? Countless people were confused in their hearts, and their eyes looked at the little gentleman in a daze.
The little gentleman who invigilated the exam smiled mildly and continued: "This question is loose and there are no requirements, the principal told us when he came out of the question, as long as you write a hundred words, you can decide what to write, whether it is to write the simplest one, two, three, four, five, or to write the more difficult ghost, in short, you can write whatever you want, as long as you write a hundred words, your exam question will be answered......"
A little boy couldn't help but light up his eyes, and hurriedly asked in a crisp voice: "If I write a hundred words all the same, will it be considered complete to make up a hundred?" ”
A hundred words, all the same?
The scholars in the field were stunned, feeling that this little boy was really messing around.
The little boy also seemed to realize that he was wrong, and blushed and twisted: "There is no private school in my village, it is the blind old man who teaches me to write with my hand......"
I understand that this is because the village is really poor, and I don't even have books, and literacy is taught by others.
The two little gentlemen laughed, and suddenly pointed to the little boy and nodded: "Okay, then you will write a hundred of the same words, no matter how you write it, the first question will count you as passing." ”
Wow –
There was an uproar in the audience, and the scholars looked sluggish.
The dignified imperial examination and township examination, is it such a child's play?
Mr. Xiao smiled leisurely and said lightly: "The principal once said, words are like people, the township examination is just the basic selection of the imperial examination, and you don't understand too esoteric topics, so just look at everyone's words, which is counted as the first selection on the road to the imperial examination......."
Speaking of this, he glanced at everyone, pointed to the little boy with a scared face and said: "Although this doll has to write a hundred of the same words, but the same words can also see the basic skills of writing, the most important thing is that he can be the first to think of the loophole of writing a hundred identical words, and this spirit alone can be qualified to pass the test." ”
Speaking of this, he stopped again, raised his wrist sharply to look at the time, and said in a deep voice: "The hour has come, answer the question quickly." ”
What questions to answer?
It's nothing more than writing a hundred words!
But writing is not easy, especially writing a hundred brush characters.
Ancient writing should pay attention to holding your breath and concentrating, although the text is written by the wrist, but between the strokes is a reflection from the heart, if all the 100 big characters are written, whether it is mental strength or physical strength is a test.
The unmath student holds the pen in his hand, takes a deep breath and dips it in thick ink.
The little boy also held the brush, and learned to beg his students to do so, inhaling deeply, and contemplating quietly, no longer frolicking in his eyes, but respectfully putting the pen on the paper.
Although he only needs to write a hundred repetitive words, the little boy is solemnly writing every word, which is a devotion to learning and a respect for the township test.
The two little gentlemen were actually not invigilators, the real invigilators were the ten court soldiers, as well as several deputy mayors and clerks in Lujia Town.
The two little gentlemen walked around the examination booth with their feet raised, and one of them walked up to the little boy and took a look, and suddenly a thoughtful look appeared on his face.
But seeing that this little doll has begun to write the fourth word, the four words are really the same word, although the font is the same, but horizontal and vertical, this word is not a simple 'one, two, three, four' and other fonts, but a serious writing of a 'mother' mother's word.
"Very good, this little doll is really good!" The little gentleman nodded secretly, and he had a little love for this doll in his heart.
A hundred words, all written by his mother's mother, seeing that he is writing respectfully, it is clearly from the heart. The little doll should not be very literate, and may even be able to write only this one word.
The little gentleman suddenly realized that the doll had just proposed to write a hundred repetitive words not because he was clever, but because he could only write this one word.
But this word is very good, and this one word alone is enough to pass the test.
Mother's mother.
People come from their mothers.
The first bite of food a person eats is given by his mother.
The world is full of hardships, who knows how to hurt my parents, if a person always remembers his mother, he will not be bad in his conduct, just now Mr. Xiao said that let this little doll pass the test directly, and now it seems that there is no abuse of the rights in his hands.
The principal once said, even if you are rich and rich, if your virtue is too bad, then I'm sorry, this kind of person will get out, the court won't want it, Datang doesn't need it......
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it is half an hour, and many scholars' examination papers have been written densely, and it is obvious that a hundred words are about to be completed.
The two little gentlemen kept walking around the field, and gradually understood the students' examinations, and they quietly glanced at each other and reached a tacit understanding on marking the papers after the examination.
This Lujia town is obviously very poor, the students' knowledge is relatively poor, and many people choose a hundred big characters relatively simply, not to escape or steal and play tricks, but because they have not learned the more difficult characters.
"According to the headmaster's hint, this kind of poor town will have to relax its requirements......" The two little gentlemen looked at each other again, and nodded silently.
As time progressed, the 100 characters of the students were completed one after another, and the ten soldiers began to collect the papers with serious expressions, and then distributed new papers to the students.
The little gentleman coughed lightly and said gently: "There are three township exams, the first one is completed, if you are hungry and thirsty, you can drink water and eat, because the second question takes a little longer, so you are allowed to go to the toilet on the way to the exam, but you need to apply seriously, and there will be soldiers to follow you over......"
The examiners nodded again and again, someone really took out the barbecue and began to chew, writing brush words in ancient times is a physical work, writing a hundred words in a row, not only testing people's arm strength and bowl strength, but also testing people's physical strength and patience.
After writing 100 words, the second question will begin, and many smart students have begun to drink water and eat to replenish their strength.
Time passed for a while, almost all the students were fully prepared, the two little gentlemen nodded, and one of them reached out and took out another piece of paper from his arms.
He was about to announce the title of the second question, and the students present were also sitting and listening, but at this most tense moment, they suddenly heard a shout of killing outside the field......
The shouts of slaughter were far away at first, but in the blink of an eye, they came close at a rapid pace, as if the people were howling in panic, and the mob was laughing wildly.
"Ah......" There was another miserable howl in the distance, the cry was particularly harsh, and then I heard someone laughing wildly, and roared: "Rush into the scientific field, kill all the scholars, and destroy them in the imperial examination, which is known as the national selection talent." ”
"Kill!" It seemed that there were hundreds of thugs outside roaring, and the roar was vaguely mixed with some unintelligible language.
Of course, more of them were still roaring the words of the Han people, and the roar was clearly full of madness and excitement, and rumbled: "The enemy of the Tang Dynasty, the blood and the sea of hatred, kill the light of the scholars, and restore the country of Goryeo!" ”
The students in the examination booth were stunned for a moment, and then their faces became panicked.
Ninety percent of the people who participated in the township test were children, and these children were born in peasant families, not to mention any big scenes in their lives, and there were not many people who were even five miles away from home.
In the township test, how could there be Goguryeo people? Haven't they already destroyed the country, how dare they still kill people on the land of Datang......
The dolls were visibly frightened and scared.
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