Chapter 2316: Staring Means Hatred, Two Strategies in the Examination Room
It was pitch black outside the window. It was the darkest, darkest and coldest moment before dawn. While Wei Yan was leading his people in the Daba Mountains, a group of people in Guanzhong were also going to their battlefield.
After several years of large-scale examinations, the examination model under Fei Qian's rule has gradually matured, and there are some prototypes of later imperial examinations.
For today's exam, both the city and the tomb have opened their gates in advance, torches have been set up on the streets and stone bridges, and patrols have been added. At the same time, there are many soldiers standing on the lookout, everywhere Looking around and inspecting, it was quite the attitude of later generations that everything was deliberately made to make way for these reference personnel.
This is a deliberate arrangement by Fei Qian, and it is also to show the glory of these people, and of course it is also a spur.
In any age, knowledge is precious.
In the Han Dynasty, perhaps knowledge was just the words on books, but in later generations, knowledge was expressed in more than just books, such as various information, and even big data on the Internet...
Whoever possesses enough knowledge has the ability to change some things. Just like these candidates, whether they are flying into the flames without knowing their own abilities, or whether they are reborn as phoenixes, it is all on this day.
This is the day that determines your own destiny.
In the inn or in the courtyard, no matter what your life experience is or what your family background is, on such a day, you must get up early, tidy up, take your things and go out to take the exam.
Of course, those who are connected and powerful will have more decisions and choices than ordinary people, and they will definitely be more relaxed, but at least for now, the examination system established by Fei Qian can allow more ordinary people to , generally poor families have the opportunity to run on the same line as the nobles.
In the streets, students and scholars walking slowly are either anxious or complacent. Of course, there are also expressionless and calm faces, or they are greeting each other and handing over each other, as if they are participating in an outing. same.
Tian Yu also went out at this moment, bringing a small bamboo basket with him. In addition to some pens, inks, paper and inkstones, there were two steamed buns and a small bamboo tube of water.
Because the Cavalry General posted a notice that the exam will be taken all day long today. The candidates for the physical examination got up early and may not have time to eat breakfast. However, the candidates are allowed to bring some food and drink...
Not far in front of Tian Yu, there were some teenage gentry boys gathered together, laughing and joking in a lively manner. They even looked at each other’s food brought by others. When they got to the back, they even started to share some with each family. It's like an autumn outing. Tian Yu moved his eyebrows slightly but said nothing.
Perhaps in the minds of these gentry children who don't have to worry about food and drink, this exam is just like playing. It's not that these gentry children can be sure of being among the best, but that these people don't take the exam seriously at all, and they are still used to it. I think that taking the exam is just one more channel. If it doesn’t work, I still have my father and my family. Do you want to take the exam today? In one word, "play"...
Tian Yu was walking forward slowly, looking at the appearance of all living beings, when he suddenly heard someone shouting from the side, "Hey, isn't this Brother Tian Xian... Why, looking at Brother Tian Xian's appearance, he actually looked a little nervous and apprehensive?" It doesn’t have to be like this. The Cavalry General has a grace test every year. If he fails this time, he will take the test again next year..."
When Tian Yu heard about the reputation, the person who started to say that Tian Yu failed the exam was Liu Ping, whom he had just met a few days ago. The Liu family is the surname of Hedong County. Jia Qu's sister married the Liu family. When Jia Qu was in poverty, she also received some care from the Liu family. So now the Liu family can be regarded as a big local family. Because of Jia Qu's relationship, Liu's family is gradually becoming stronger now.
It's just that as the forest gets bigger, all kinds of birds will show their heads, so the same goes for people. When the family gets bigger, there will be people of all kinds. Some people will feel that they need to seize the opportunity to work harder when they have resources, and the same Some people also think that the key point in life is to have food, drink and women to play with.
Liu Shizi was obviously the latter type of person. Even though he was about to take the exam, his neck was crooked and he smelled of alcohol and makeup. It was obvious that he had not had a good rest last night.
After Tian Yu met Liu Shizi once, he never got close to these people again, but the problem is that Liu Shizi thought Tian Yu was useful, at least that skill of throwing pots, if he could use it for his own use, he would show it off like this when going out to eat and drink. , that one who plays hut is not convinced?
Therefore, Tian Yu avoided it, while Liu Shizi was thinking about it, which led to the previous scene. To be honest, Liu Shizi really hoped that Tian Yu wouldn't pass the exam...
Tian Yu's expression was calm, but he didn't have any fluctuations because of Liu's words. He just cupped his hands and said, "Seeing that it's getting late, why hasn't Brother Liu left yet?" 』
Hearing Tian Yu's doubts, Hedong Liu's son seemed to be floating in the air as if he had drank three bowls of soju in one go. His face was red with excitement, but he pretended to be indifferent, showing his nostrils and said: "With the grace of General Hussar, I can postpone the entrance examination and take the examination in a single college, which is not the same as you." 』
Liu Shizi from Hedong stroked his beard, his face full of pride, waiting to see Tian Yu's envy, jealousy, and hatred.
"Oh, then my little brother is just one step away." Tian Yu didn't care at all about Liu Shizi's pride. He replied lightly and followed the others with a small bamboo basket.
What?
Just say "oh"?
Liu Shizi from Hedong couldn't react for a moment, and looked at Tian Yu with some confusion as he walked away. Then he felt a little unhappy and let out a sigh. However, he did not curse out loud because of his pretentiousness, but his expression turned unpleasant. I got up, thinking that if Tian Yu failed the exam this time, he would have to find some people to deal with this kid...
There is no way, some people just think that they are stronger than others, and others will lick them in a low voice. The reason is not anything else, but these people lick the backs of others in front of more powerful people, so it is not possible. Just think this behavior is normal.
Tian Yu, who ignored Liu Shizi, followed the crowd out of Lingyi, crossed the bridge, and arrived in the west of Chang'an City.
This place was originally a market. Later, Chang'an's business grew larger and larger. Not only did the market in the city cost a lot of money, even the market outside the city was overcrowded. Later, in order to avoid some water and fire problems, Fei Qian decided to He simply ordered the construction of a larger market in the west part of Chang'an, which was specially used as a place for cargo transfer and caravan trade. It was equivalent to the logistics transfer loyalty of later generations, and all the shops and businesses here were transferred there.
The market here was gradually transformed into an examination center, and because examinations were often held here, there were some Four Treasures of the Study type shops here, called "Collections", and the other new one. The logistics center is naturally called "Wu City"...
After having a fixed test center, instead of being crowded in the front yard of the square in front of the Hussar General's Office as before, on the one hand it can be more spacious to accommodate more candidates, and on the other hand it is more formal and standardized.
Tian Yu slowly moved forward with the crowd. The shops on both sides of the street selling pens, inks, paper, inkstones, books, calligraphy and paintings had already put up lanterns beside their shop fronts, lighting them up for the candidates taking the exam. Liang, while giving a soft advertisement for his store, he also sent his own waiters to wait at the door of the store, boiling hot soup and drinking water as you go. There are also long benches where you can sit down and rest. They don’t charge a penny, just save the money. good karma.
The streets have been cleaned long ago, and now you can't see a trace of debris when walking on them. The examination room is at the end of the street. A huge examination booth has been built, facing north and south. There are east and west gates in the far south, surrounded by wooden fences, and a large courtyard. The north of the courtyard is the main gate, called the dragon gate. Behind the dragon gate is a large courtyard for candidates to wait for their names to be called. There are three halls further to the north, with an aisle in the middle. The examiner sits in the west room and faces roll call in the east. Further north, there are many simple multi-row seats for candidates to write.
In front of the fence of the examination shed, soldiers were directing the students to line up and checking whether the students were passing by themselves. Of course, at this stage, the examination room is not as strict as in later generations. We only take a look at the items we carry. If the books are not with words, they will be let through, so the passing speed is not slow. After a while, Tian Yu is Walked into the examination room.
It’s not that there are no cheaters at this point in time, but in addition to the policy question that I knew was required for this exam, there is another policy question that will be sent to me by the hussar guard personally. Anyone who wants to cheat will have to wait until today. I don’t know where to put my efforts, so I might as well polish the policy that was announced early, and then come here to do the second policy question.
As for the so-called fill-in-the-blank questions in later imperial examinations, they purely test recitation and memory. When the test becomes more and more biased, there will be more and more cheat sheets.
Policy theory is an argumentative essay. How to copy it?
After entering the main entrance, a clerk with some knowledge of writing checked Tian Yu's identity and resume. After checking, there were no problems, so Tian Yu was led to an open space to wait.
There were already many candidates standing in the open space. Even if there was no need for soldiers to remind them to patrol, no one had any intention of talking loudly. After waiting for more than half an hour, most of the candidates entered the examination room, including the Liu family member. After the last group entered the fence of the examination shed, the sky gradually became brighter, and then Pang Tong arrived.
The waiting candidates were a little restless. They thought it would be someone like the secretary of the General's Mansion, or Sima Yi, or Wang Chang, or at most Xun You, but they didn't expect it to be this...
When Pang Tong stood on the steps with a shy, fat face, and glanced left and right, the remaining restlessness among the candidates immediately disappeared.
It has to be said that Pang Tong has actually done some things in the past few years, and he holds a lot of power. It is not like when he first entered Guanzhong, it seemed that that person dared to laugh at Pang Tong's ugly appearance. At any time, appearance is a bonus item, not a basic score. As time goes by, the score of appearance becomes less and less. The basics are the important support for whether you can stand upright or not.
Pang Tong obviously didn't get the same bonus points as appearance, and even in Pang Tong's case, it was still a negative point.
Pang Tong stood on the steps and said an inevitable cliché, which of course also meant "courtesy first and then attack", to announce the opening of the exam.
Then Pang Tong, the uncle, entered the main hall, and his subordinate clerks began to take roll call. Several loud-voiced etiquette officials kept repeating the precautions in the examination room, including the prohibition of whispering, prohibition of plagiarism and cheating, etc., and then led the students. Everyone entered the examination booth one by one and took their seats.
Tian Yu followed the clerk and sat down at his own examination desk. He looked up at the number plate hanging on the pillar and couldn't help but be slightly startled, then smiled.
Ding Chou fourteen.
Today happens to be the 14th, Ding Chou Day.
Shortly after sitting down, the first policy exam began.
Many candidates around Tian Yu started sharpening their ink in a hurry after the drums sounded, then took out the paper and started writing quickly...
It's not that these humanistic thoughts are pouring out, but the first policy discussion is the topic publicly announced by Hussar General Fei Qian earlier, "On Pastoralism." Most of those who are urgently writing policy papers have been written a few days ago. Regardless of whether they wrote it themselves or had others polish it, they have memorized it anyway, so naturally they have to rush to write it down first. Memorize it and write it down silently, otherwise you will forget it after a while, and you won’t even have a place to cry?
Tian Yu was calm. He just put the paper aside and stabilized it with a paperweight. Then he took his small bamboo basket, then took out the steamed buns from the basket and ate them with relish.
He woke up so early in the morning and didn't even have time to have breakfast. This exam will take one day, so Tian Yu thinks it's not too late to write after breakfast.
The steamed buns were stuffed with pickles. They weren't very tasty, but they weren't hard to swallow either.
Tian Yu ate calmly, but the candidates on the side did not see it that way, especially those sitting around Tian Yu, who were basically from humble families without any connections or influence. Ordinary students, of course they did not eat the preserved meat. Then I was trying my best to write down the strategy in my memory while listening to Tian Yu's grunts. If the eye dart could kill people, it would be a lot to poke more than a dozen holes in Tian Yu's body.
However, some people think that Tian Yu has given up on himself. In this examination room, that person didn't memorize the strategy that he had written several times, and then quickly wrote it down silently while his memory was deep. Like Tian Yu, he came up first and had a full meal. , how much can you still remember? It’s not too late to eat after you finish writing.
As a result, they felt disgusted, regretful, and regretful. Basically, everyone shook their heads slightly at Tian Yu, and even looked at him sympathetically. They felt that this kid was a fool. The first thing he did when he entered the examination room was to eat...
Ignoring the looks of people around him, Tian Yu ate and drank enough, then wiped his hands and started to prepare himself.
After pondering for a long time, Tian Yu abandoned the beginning of the strategy he had written before, and instead thought about it again...
"The husbandry of Fuzhou has its origins, but it is unknown. However, the state's animal husbandry is fruitful, but it does harm to its success. The ancient sage kings Yao, Shun, Yu, Tang, Wen, and Wu all had no state pastors. Is there a reason for this? If it is not the beginning, there will be no results. The state pastor is not what the sage intended. 』
"Everything in the heaven and earth is fertile and nourishing. Grass and trees grow hazelnuts, and deer and hogs grow wild animals." However, if a man cannot fight tigers and leopards, cannot eat feathers, and cannot run like dogs and horses, how can he stand in the world? Goodness and falsehood are true in things. Therefore, people must have things, and when things are born, there is competition. When there is competition, there will be interruptions. When there are interruptions, there will be growth. Those who are wise and clear will be attacked by many people. If they tell them straight and do not change, they will be hurt and fearful. This is the result of being an old man in the country and being punished. 』
"If there are old students from the countryside, they should gather together as a group." Groups must have their own divisions and strive for their own advantages. Either peace or war, peace leads to fighting in the wild, war leads to swordsmanship. There are also great ones who gather the leaders of the masses to make them obey orders and make them belong to the people. Then there is the legend of Yan and Huang, and the rule of the kings of Zhou. Those who have great virtue in the country are governed by the elders of the village. After Li Xu, there are county officials to control them. After the county officials, there are counties. After the counties, there are princes. After the princes, there is the emperor. Therefore, the subordinates are undecided, and they seek to be determined by the superior. If the upper level loses its control, the lower level will be in chaos. 』
"With the rise of the Han Dynasty, the emperor's government was implemented in the counties and counties, but not in the country." We only control the governors, but do not control the princes and kings, so chaos arises..."
Because Tian Yu himself was also a person who experienced this turmoil personally, he wrote the strategy very smoothly. Unconsciously, time passed quickly. By the time Tian Yu finished writing the last word, it was already nearly noon. The surrounding candidates also handed in their papers and left one after another, and went to the courtyard to drink water, eat and rest, because there was another policy discussion in the afternoon.
"I said...that Brother Tian Xian..." When Tian Yu also handed in his papers and walked out of the examination room to take a breath, he met Liu Shizi in the corridor, "Why did you come out so late?" You don't know it by heart, do you? 』
Liu Shizi smiled half-heartedly and looked at Tian Yu. He felt that Tian Yu must have failed the exam.
This is Liu's taken-for-granted thinking mode. In his opinion, everyone is the same as him. They memorize an article first and then write it out silently in the examination room. The more skillfully they memorize it, the sooner they can write it down silently. , and those who came out later were basically those who were unprepared, or whose memory was not very good, and even struggled to write from memory.
Liu Shizi felt that if Tian Yu was smarter, he should come over now and wag his tail, give himself a good lick, and then reluctantly accept this courtesy. After all, there are many dog slaves, but there are some special ones. There are still not many talented slaves.
But Mrs. Liu didn't expect that Tian Yu ignored him at all. He just smiled, cupped his hands, apologized, and left...
This time, Liu Shizi was completely angered. In his heart, he lowered his face and called out Tian Yu twice. As a result, Tian Yu didn't give him any face. That was to say that he was completely toasting and not having to drink wine as a penalty! If she hadn't been in the examination room, it's hard to say that Mrs. Liu would have had a fit on the spot, just like those people in later generations who got furious after being looked at a little less by a salesperson, a saleswoman, a girl selling a car, and a girl who was selling cars. His face suddenly darkened, and he secretly began to prepare to give Tian Yu a look.
But no matter what Liu Shizi planned, the planning for the second game in the afternoon began.
After everyone returned to their seats, only a few civil servants were seen standing in various places holding a wooden sign covered with red cloth. When the drums sounded together, the red cloth covering the title was unveiled almost at the same time.
Tian Yu took a closer look and saw four big characters written on the wooden sign.
"Meat eaters are despicable"!
Suddenly there was an uproar in the venue!
Almost everyone's eyes were focused on the towering Pang Tong...
These four words, after Mi Heng arrived in Chang'an, for a period of time, they became secretly used to ridicule Pang Tong in the streets and alleys. They were like secret codes for underground organizations. As long as they could say these four words, they would It was just a knowing laugh, and the appearance of being close to each other immediately, but it was later diluted by the successive military intelligence from Longyou and Hanzhong.
Unexpectedly, in today's exam, Pang Tong would openly use these four words!
At this moment, a huge problem is placed in front of these reference students...