Hu Hai was extremely satisfied with what Ji Ming brought back. Knowing the proposition person's preferences was like being highlighted. →Book≥In this way, there are very few things to review.
As long as you memorize these contents thoroughly, it will be difficult to get a high score.
Hu Hai glanced at Ji Ming appreciatively: "Thank you for your hard work."
Ji Ming bowed his body and said with a smile, "This is what a slave should do."
As soon as he bent down like this, he exposed the fortune stone hanging from his neck.
Ji Ming was in a hurry and quickly stuffed the transport stone back.
Hu Hai asked curiously: "What is that?"
Ji Ming said oh and lied casually: "It's for safety."
Hu Hai nodded, and without delving into it, he took the materials and returned to the study to memorize them hard.
As for Ji Ming, he held the transport stone and walked away with a smile.
He also thought that if he didn't want to be Hu Hai's master, then he wouldn't do it. In fact, there is another advantage of not being a master, that is, you can secretly help Hu Hai. When Hu Hai becomes prosperous in the future, he will definitely miss his old friendship. If Hu Hai is unlucky, he will not be implicated.
Ji Ming felt that he was getting smarter and smarter. So he walked to Xiao B's room door with a smile and knocked lightly a few times. Tonight, the two of them are going to have a long talk.
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Deep in the palace, there is a courtyard surrounded by guards. It is completely isolated from other places, not even a bird can fly in.
And those proposition people live here.
Apart from eating and drinking, they spent the rest of the day discussing how to come up with questions.
It was the first imperial examination in the world, and these people had no experience. So I didn’t have any idea of dividing the questions into different subjects. I simply followed the order and asked the literature questions first, then arithmetic, common sense, and policy...
The literature question is the simplest, it is nothing more than the classics of ancient sages and sages.
When Zhou Qingchen came up with the topic, he deliberately avoided the Analects of Confucius. When others accidentally read The Analects of Confucius, he found an excuse and deleted the relevant topics. In this way, the facts will not be true.
Zhou Qingchen's actions did not cause dissatisfaction from others. Because everyone seems to be doing the same thing.
Zhou Qingchen looked at his colleagues in confusion. All of these people seemed to have quirks. Some didn't like Shangshu, and some didn't like Zhuangzi... It was really strange.
After the literature questions were completed, everyone began to solve the arithmetic questions.
These people are all well-read in poetry and literature, but they are a bit blind when it comes to arithmetic problems. This is not to say that they do not know how to settle accounts, but they have never considered settling accounts as a knowledge.
After a final discussion, everyone decided to follow Zhou Qingchen's suggestion. Divide the arithmetic problem into three parts.
The first part is easier. They are all addition, subtraction, multiplication and division questions. As long as you are serious and can count, you can get these points. This part accounts for thirty points.
The second part is of medium difficulty and consists of application questions.
For example, Cao Cao led tens of thousands of troops, and in the battle of Chibi, ninety-nine percent of them were wiped out. When they took the Huarong Road, only 300 troops were left. May I ask how many troops Cao Cao had before the war?
Or, a certain granary can store a hundred dan of grain, and a farmer brings in one dan of grain every day, but there is a nest of giant rats in the barn that eats one dan of grain every day. How long does it take to fill the granary...
And so on.
This part of the question is also worth thirty points.
To be honest, if you can answer these two parts, you will basically pass the exam.
As for the third part, the score is 40 points and the difficulty is relatively high. Most of them are about chicken and rabbit in the same cage. 】eight】eight】Reading】book, 2√3￠o
In order to come up with these questions, the questioner went through countless ancient books, took out the questions from them, and studied them carefully. They did not directly ask the original question, but changed the question to avoid being guessed by the candidates.
After finishing the math questions, everyone felt like they had lost a lot of hair.
Then there are the general knowledge questions.
These people began to worry about ancient books again. Sometimes, they wish they could invite a few alchemists to come. After all, those alchemists have spent their lives traveling around the world and have seen a lot.
But in the end, the proposition man held back.
Except for Zhou Qingchen, none of them are from Li Shui. Naturally, he refused to invite the alchemist. Almost all of those alchemists took refuge in Shangjun Courtyard. If they invited alchemists to come up with questions, Shangjun Courthouse would be taking advantage of them.
After the first three items were finally finished, it was finally the turn of strategy. At this time, the proposition man breathed a sigh of relief.
What they are best at is analyzing world affairs eloquently. And for policy analysis, just ask a question.
Finally, they used the Three Kingdoms as the background and combined with the problems encountered in the governance of the Qin Dynasty to come up with a policy topic.
The question was solved, but the questioner could not leave this small courtyard. So I had nothing to do every day, just sitting there and chatting. They can only go home after the imperial examination is over.
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In Wang's mansion, Wang Heng was like an ant on a hot pot, pacing back and forth in the room.
The imperial examination is coming soon. As soon as the imperial examination was over, His Majesty became energetic. When the time comes, I will definitely ask about Xiang Liang's rebellion.
But until now, there has been no movement from Xiang Liang in the south.
What to do then? Did he deceive His Majesty and falsely accuse Xiang Liang of treason? The Wang family is no longer useful and will be killed by His Majesty?
Wang Heng didn’t dare to think about it anymore.
At this time, a burst of gentle footsteps came behind Wang Heng.
Wang Heng turned around and saw his grandfather Wang Jian.
Wang Jian pointed to the mat and said, "Sit down. It won't help if you stand here."
Wang Heng sighed and sat opposite Wang Jian.
He couldn't help but said: "Xiang Liang has accepted our money and has not rebelled so far. What does he want?"
Wang Jian closed his eyes slightly and said calmly: "Xiang Liang is a smart man. Today, he is so famous that people from all over the world are afraid of him. He has little chance of success at this time."
"So Xiang Liang is waiting, waiting for His Majesty to die, or for other troubles to occur in Xianyang City. Only then will he be willing to suddenly rise up and fight for the world. Now he is probably still recharging his energy and secretly Recruit troops and buy horses.”
Wang Heng stood up and stamped his feet anxiously: "He can wait, but we can't wait any longer."
At this time, a servant ran in panting from outside. This person was a confidant sent to the south by Wang Heng, named Wang Jia.
Wang Heng asked Wang Jia: "How is it? Have you seen Xiang Liang?"
Wang Jia wiped the sweat from his head and said, "Yes, I have seen Xiang Liang."
Wang Heng asked nervously: "What did he say?"
Wang Jia said with a sad face: "Xiang Liang is very arrogant. He keeps saying that he is not fully prepared. He also says that if he is asked to start a rebellion in a hurry, he will be fooling around with the lives of Jiangdong's children. Therefore, he has to wait."
Wang Heng stretched out his hand and slapped his forehead hard: "I am going to die. Xiang Liang, this shameless villain..."
After cursing, he suddenly opened his eyes and said to Wang Jia: "Immediately, bring some reliable people with you, as well as gold, silver and jewelry. Take as much as you can."
"You go to Chu Land immediately, whether you recruit poor people or contact thieves. You must quickly gather a team, and then burn, kill and loot in Chu Land."
"When you do something bad, if you want to publicize it widely, just say that it is Xiang Liang's men. If you want to make a noise known to everyone, just say that Xiang Liang has rebelled against the court."
Wang Jia looked at Wang Heng in surprise.
Wang Heng urged: "What do you think I'm going to do? Why don't you go quickly?"
Wang Jia scratched his head and said doubtfully: "So, those people were not sent by your Excellency?"
Wang Heng was a little surprised: "What are those people?"
Wang Jia said: "Now there is a group of people in Chu. As your Excellency said, they burn, kill, loot, and do all kinds of evil, and they are indeed under the banner of Xiang Liang. His Majesty's envoy must have heard the news. He will return to the capital soon. I may have to report to His Majesty.”
Wang Heng was immediately overjoyed.
Suddenly, he turned his head and looked at Wang Jian, who had been silent. He said with great admiration: "No wonder Taigong has been sitting firmly on the diaotai. It turns out that he has been prepared for it."
Wang Jian smiled slightly: "You took my Wang family's money, but you don't want to do anything. Is there such a cheap thing in the world? If Xiang Liang doesn't want to rebel, he doesn't dare to rebel, so I will force him to rebel."
Wang Hengshen nodded in agreement.
Wang Jian paused with his crutch and said calmly: "Heng'er, just pack your bags these days. I estimate that after the imperial examination is over, His Majesty's envoy will come back from the south. By then, you too It’s time to go to war.”
Wang Heng cupped his hands and said, "My grandson understands."
Afterwards, he rewarded Wang Jia with a piece of gold and went to pack his things with great ambition.
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Tomorrow is the imperial examination. Shangjun Courtyard finally released the noble children.
When these people came to study, they all felt that they were the successors of Da Qin. Now that he was released from Shangjun Courtyard, everyone was dejected and felt that they had no chance to meet the officialdom of Great Qin.
The people who were waiting to greet them outside saw their son's appearance and suddenly understood everything.
They thought sadly: The worst thing has indeed happened. Such a good child was delayed by Shangjun Courtyard.
I will enter the examination room tomorrow, and even if I want to make up for it, I don’t have time.
In this gloomy situation, the laughter of Li Xin and Li Ji suddenly came.
Li Xin patted Li Ji on the shoulder and said, "You can do it. I've only been here for ten days, and you've gained so much weight?"
Li Ji said with lingering thoughts: "Shangjun Courtyard is really nice. You don't have to do anything when you stay there. The people there are nice to talk to and all of them are talented people. I can't bear to leave."
"Second uncle, I just hope that I don't pass the exam this year. After I pass the exam, I won't be able to come to eat for free. I will come again when the next class is held by Ban Xian."
Li Xin said with a smile: "Of course you can come. But the name needs to be changed. You are not here to take the imperial examination, nor are you here to eat. You are here to support the banished immortal. In this way, Not only are you eating and drinking for free, Huai Guzi is also grateful to you."
Li Ji suddenly realized it, and then said with a smile: "Second uncle, my father often said that you are honest and not good at scheming people. When I saw you today, that was not the case at all."
Li Xin chuckled and thought: Can I scheme against people? I just stayed with Huaiguzi for a long time and learned a little bit about him.
Li Xin and Li Ji talked loudly about getting such low marks in the examination room and sneaking into Shang Jun's Courtyard in the coming year.
The noble children not far away were almost crying.
Finally, the dignitaries of Xianyang and the tycoons of Guandong pulled their children into the car and drove slowly towards Xianyang City.
They did not urge their children to review their lessons, because they also guessed that they would not be able to take the imperial examination this time.
Even the most studious Jing Gao has now completely given up. He sat in the carriage and stared at the pedestrians outside in a daze.
As they passed the city gate, the guard cast a sympathetic look at them. It seemed that he had also heard about what happened in Shangjun Courtyard.
The nobles felt that this was simply a shame, so they quickly passed through the city gate, hurried back to their homes, and never came out again.
That night, many people didn't sleep.
Hu Hai and the others were burning the midnight oil to review their lessons.
Jing Gao and others who came out of Shangjun's courtyard slept soundly. They have given up, so why should they be nervous?
The next day, it was getting dark and everyone got up.
Jing Gao freshened up, had breakfast, and then went to the examination room.
The examination room was located next to the palace, and the examination was jointly invigilated by Prime Minister Wang Wan and Internal Secretary Zhao Teng.
It was still early and the door to the examination room had not yet opened, so the candidates gathered together in twos and threes to chat.
After Jing Gao arrived, he soon discovered that many people's eyes were focused on him.
There was sympathy and gloating in this look.
Soon, a young man named Xiong Pi came over.
Xiong Pei was the son of Xiong Da, a powerful man from Chu State. His family was powerful and he was highly educated. He was considered an outstanding one among them.
Xiong Pei walked up to Jing Gao and said with a smile, "I have already heard about Brother Jing."
Jing complained, feeling that this topic was awkward and not interesting at all.
Unexpectedly, Xiong Pi refused to give up and continued to say with a smile: "Brother Jing, don't worry, it doesn't matter if you don't pass the exam. It's just a visit. If we pass the exam, we can still benefit Guandong Haoqiang."
Jing Gao frowned and said calmly: "I haven't taken the exam yet. It won't be too late to say this after the results come out."
Xiong Pi laughed loudly: "What? Brother Jing hasn't given up yet? I wonder what you learned in Shangjun Courtyard? Have you learned all the characters of the Exalted Immortal himself?"
Suddenly, a fist stretched out from the side and hit Xiong Pi on the face with a bang, causing Xiong Pi's nose to bleed.
Xiong Pi was furious and shouted: "Who doesn't open his eyes..."
Before he finished speaking, the fist turned into a palm and slapped Xiong Pu hard on the face.
Xiong Pi's face suddenly became red and swollen.
Only then did he realize that the one who beat him was Mr. Fu Yao.
Xiong Pei couldn't offend Fu Yao, so he just gave Jing Gao a hateful look.
Jing Gao saluted Fu Yao and called out with embarrassment: "Senior brother."
Fu Yao said angrily: "Someone insults Master, are you indifferent?"
Jing Gao reacted for a while and then realized that the master Fu Yao was talking about was the banished immortal.
Fu Yao had already turned his head and spoke to Xiong Pei: "It seems that you think that even those who came out of Shangjun Courtyard will fail the exam?"
Xiong Pi didn't speak, and didn't dare to speak either.
Fu Yao thought for a while and said, "Do you dare to bet? Among the top ten, there must be someone from Shangjun's courtyard."
Xiong Pu thought to himself: Aren’t you destined to lose?
So he asked: "How to bet?"
Fu Yao said: "Bet on life, if you lose, cut off your head."
Xiong Pei touched his neck and said with a dry smile: "Young Master has a body worth thousands of gold. How dare I chop off your head?"
Fu Yao thought for a while, then suddenly pointed at Jing Gao and said, "Then you two will bet."
Jing Gao's face turned pale and he almost collapsed on the spot: Is there anyone so deceitful? 11
