It's fine in the Gongyuan during the day, but it's more difficult at night.
The breeze was blowing in the middle of August of the lunar calendar, and Zhang Zhou's clothes were still relatively thin. At night, he huddled in the corner of his cell and shivered.
True to what he said, the imperial examination is the most destructive to people's hearts. Was it so cold in the eighth month of the lunar calendar in the Ming Dynasty?
The dry food I brought was eaten with water. It was just leftovers, and my stomach felt even more uncomfortable after eating it.
The second exam will start on time the next day.
The two chapters of the Five Classics have four meanings, one theory, five judgments, and one edict, one edict, and one table each.
The original scripture of Zhang Wu Jing is Shangshu.
Zhang Zhou opened the paper and felt a little anxious. Even if he had read the historical questions of the Yingtianfu Township Examination in the eleventh year of Hongzhi, he only knew three questions on the Four Books. He had no idea what the next test would be. After he had read the four questions on "Shangshu" After reading the Five Classics questions, I realized why the Ming Dynasty’s rural examinations used the Four Books in the first session as the main scoring criteria.
After the second session, the questions were so complicated that it was difficult to distinguish between them.
The first question: "Yu said: Du! Emperor, Shen. Emperor said: Yu."
What comes up is a question. The original text of this paragraph is "Yu said: Du! Emperor, Shen is in power. The emperor said: Yu!"
The absence of the three words "Nai is in power" does not affect the expression. It means "Yu said, ah, Emperor Shun, you must answer your ministers in office carefully and honestly. Emperor Shun replied, OK."
This is about the ministers directly admonishing the king, and it is also about what kind of virtue the king can teach the world, which is still in line with the Confucian essence of observing etiquette and understanding benevolence.
The second question: "Since Qiju follows, Fengshui is the same."
This is about the importance of building water conservancy and the importance of Guanzhong in Chinese history and civilization.
The third question: "Since King Zhongzong of Yin, four people named Di Zhe."
This is not a cut-off, but an omitted question, or a cloze, or rather, starting from King Zhongzong of Yin, which four emperors were wiser?
The original text is "Since King Zhongzong of Yin, and Gaozong, and Zujia, and I, King Wen of Zhou, here are the four Dizhes." In fact, it is to discuss why these four people are so awesome.
Question 4: "Therefore, it is clear that one is in punishment and enjoys it below."
This is a topic that is omitted in the middle. It talks about the officials in charge of punishment and prison. They should no longer be arrogant and arrogant, but should be benevolent, so that they can shoulder the virtues given by God and be worthy of having a position in the world.
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Among the four questions on the Five Classics of "Shangshu", the difficulty is in the first question, and the focus is on the fourth question.
As for the questions after the meaning of the Five Classics, most of them are practical essays, which are equivalent to testing the candidate's ability to handle government affairs after becoming an official. There is no detailed list.
This time, Zhang Zhou had three full days to deal with it, but in fact, he had already finished the paper in less than one day.
For nothing else.
I want to go home early, go back to my own bed, pick up my phone and study history again, and brag to the stranger behind the screen while drinking a lot of wine...
Just have this mentality.
Completed the second exam.
Three exams and five current affairs strategies.
On the seventh day of the exam, Zhang Zhou almost finished his dry food. On the eighth day, he could only stuff the last bit of rice balls into his stomach at noon. He was so hungry at night that he simply drank water from the basin all night. He was sleepless, thinking about the white light that would take him away.
It was finally dawn. It was the last day of the provincial examination. According to the rules, papers could be submitted in advance.
Zhang Zhou couldn't wait to hand in the paper.
He finally walked out and locked up his Gongyuan for five days and six nights.
The moment he walked out of the Gongyuan, he felt that the free air was sweet, and everything that made people feel like living in groups was beautiful...
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Outside Gongyuan, there is another world.
The weather was clear and sunny, and the streets and alleys were crowded with people. They were all low-rise buildings with one floor, and it seemed like you could get a panoramic view of the whole city just by jumping on the spot.
Nanjing Gongyuan is located in the south city of Yingtianfu, near Confucius Temple.
Zhang Zhou came out of Gongyuan and was basked in the warm sun. He was a little confused and didn't know where he should go. After the exam, he should go home, but which home?
It's good to go back to your original home.
But where is the white light?
If I go back to my home in the Ming Dynasty, and there are four people waiting to be fed after I go back, can my small body be able to withstand it?
But if I didn't go back, I would be so hungry that my chest would touch my back, and I would almost belch.
"Hey, isn't this Bingkuan?"
Just when Zhang Zhou was hesitating whether he should wander around the city in search of ways to support his family, a voice with a male duck's throat sounded behind him.
Then a very unpleasant face appeared in front of him.
He had a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, a hunched back, and a sinister smile... His voice was so unpleasant. Zhang Zhou searched his mind and couldn't remember the name of this guy. Obviously, for the original owner of the body, he didn't need to remember it. Names are things that can be ignored.
"Who are you?"
"Brother Bingkuan is really a noble man who forgets things. I am the one who pooped in the same latrine as you in the Imperial College, so I should be fine."
Sure enough, bad people like to talk about bad things.
"Oh, Brother Ying."
"My surname is not Ying, I mean my surname is Yingxing, my real surname is Bai."
Zhang Zhou almost wanted to ask, your original surname is Bai, what is your current surname? But considering that ancient people spoke differently from modern people, and probably used more modifiers, maybe this guy... still has the last name Bai.
Zhang Zhou said: "Brother Bai also came out of Gongyuan? Thank you for your hard work. Let's meet again when we have time."
"Excuse me, don't we have time now? All the Gongsheng students have agreed that when they come out of the Rural Examination Gongyuan, they will go to Nanjing Jiaofangsi to have a good time. Speaking of which, you haven't attended an old friend's cultural gathering in quite some time. , I don’t even know where you live now, you..."
Bai Yingxing was originally willing to start a fight with Zhang Zhou, but he might have thought that Zhang Zhou was a playboy who spent money like water.
But when he carefully looked at Zhang Zhou's shabby shirt, he seemed to understand that there was a reason why Zhang Zhou had not shown up for some time.
Zhang Zhou didn't shy away from it. He pointed at his clothes and sighed: "I'm not doing well. I'll never patronize a place like Jiaofangsi again. I'm sorry."
The flattering smile on Bai Yingxing's face disappeared, but he said with a hint of regret: "Bingkuan, what have you experienced recently? Don't you have a big house and hundreds of acres of farmland? How come you are so depressed? Your father is from Nanjing. You are a well-known good person here, don’t you have a brother? It is said that the girls in the Jiaofang Division are still thinking about you. They are still singing the obscene lyrics and songs you wrote for them before, and they also say that you are their The most knowledgeable young master I have ever seen in my life..."
Is my father a great philanthropist? Me too, otherwise, why do so many prostitutes remember me? This shows that I am universally philanthropic.
It turns out that the original owner of the body is so "talented" that writing articles is nothing but nonsense, but he can actually do a lot of work?
Does this provide me with a way to make money?
No, that’s because I was so happy when I gave money before, so they remembered me, and maybe they wanted to wait for me to sing to me the next time I went there, so that they could give me another fortune!
Don't be fooled!
"Really? Say hello to them for me."
"Don't go. Did you hear that when we came out just now? There is a melon egg inside, hanging around the neck in the dung room of Gongyuan! Hahahaha... Are there such people in the world? You laughed me to death! You think it's funny? No?"
Like your mother, do you know that the person you are talking about is standing in front of you?
Can you speak?
"Bingkuan, where do you live now? Let's discuss knowledge again when we have time. It's okay to pass on some of your skills to me."
"Definitely next time."
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After finally getting rid of his classmate named Bai, Zhang Zhou walked in the direction of his home based on the impression in his mind.
He only roughly remembers that he lived in Jian'anfang, which is in the southwest of Nanjing City, because this is not his old residence, the yard is temporarily rented, and the roads are unfamiliar. In addition, when he goes home, he mostly relies on intuition and subconscious mind. There are too few memories of home in my head.
Zhang Zhou was stunned and walked around Jian'anfang several times, but he couldn't find which alley his house was in.
There were a lot of stalls set up on the roadside. It was almost noon, and there were a lot of stalls selling food. Zhang Zhou was so greedy when he saw them that he almost drooled.
At this moment, an old man carrying a pole patted Zhang Zhou from behind.
"Isn't this a high-ranking official of the Zhang family?" The old man was quite polite to the scholar.
"you……"
Only then did Zhang Zhou realize that the original owner of the body was really not very sociable and could not even recognize who was who in his head.
"Really Mr. Zhang? You should go back and take a look. It's so busy in front of your house. Someone is trying to snatch your wife and children. Everyone is here, and they can't hold them back."
The old man's words made Zhang Zhou take a breath of cold air.
Zhang Zhou was about to run to his home when he suddenly thought of a very serious problem. He had not yet found his way home.
"Um...old gentleman, may I ask, where is my home?"
Zhang Zhou could only ask his neighbors with a shy face.
The old man was obviously startled.
Zhang Zhou hurriedly added: "I mean, where is the shortest way back? You also know that I just moved here not long ago. I rarely go out to prepare for exams and I am not familiar with the road."
"Oh, then come with me quickly, let's take a walk, this is it!"
