After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Jia Huan suddenly became quiet, and no one in the Jia family was allowed to disturb Jia Huan.
Because the examination is approaching, the examination is held in February every year and is divided into three sessions, one every three days.
The first game is on the ninth day of the lunar month, the second game is on the twelfth day, and the third game is on the 15th day. The first game is entered on the first day and the last day is played out. The three test items, four calligraphy essays, five character and eight rhyme poems, five scriptures and policy questions, are the same as those in the provincial examination.
The examination is approaching, and the entire Jia Mansion is preparing for Jia Huan's examination.
Well, actually there is not much to prepare, just prepare some items for Jia Huan to enter the examination room.
On the other hand, except for Jia's mother and his wife, everyone in the Jia family is either a master or a slave.
Everyone should hold their breath and concentrate when passing in front of Tingfengxuan's door, and be more careful, lest they disturb Mr. Huan's study.
At this time, Jia Huan also obtained the information of the two examiners.
The examiner of the general examination is called "president" and is usually a cabinet bachelor or a minister of the six departments.
The co-examiners are the room officials, who are served by officials of the Hanlin Academy. There are eighteen in total, known as the "eighteen room officials". The room official is in charge of grading papers, and the president is in charge of examinations and deciding on the candidates to be admitted.
The examiners of this subject are Zhu DaShi and Cheng DaShi respectively. Zhu DaShi is called Zhu Shouli and Cheng DaShi is called Cheng Zhiren.
Soon, the Jia family collected articles from two bachelors and sent them to Jia Huan.
After seeing the articles written by the two bachelors, Jia Huan couldn't help but frown slightly.
Because these two bachelors are from the old school, they advocate sticking to the old ways and resolutely reject all new things.
Their views are completely contrary to Jia Huan's.
Fortunately, I knew the preferences of the two bachelors before the exam and saw their collected works.
Otherwise, I am afraid that it will be difficult to pass the exam, and even if I pass, I will not be able to get a good ranking.
Time passed by unconsciously, and soon it was the eighth day of February.
On this day, Jia Huan got up early. As for how Jia's family prepared various festive breakfasts and various farewell arrangements, I have no memory.
Not long after, Jia Huan was sent to Gongyuan.
After Jia Huan left, Aunt Zhao placed three sticks of incense in front of the Bodhisattva statue in her room, knelt down and worshiped.
"Blessed by Bodhisattva, bless me, Huan'er, who is the top scorer in high school! If I really succeed, the believer will reshape the golden body for Bodhisattva! Blessed by Bodhisattva! Blessed by Bodhisattva!"
In Mrs. Wang's Buddhist nunnery, Mrs. Wang knelt down on the futon devoutly and prayed: "Bodhisattva bless you, please protect my bastard son from failing in this subject. He is so young, and it will not be good for him to get the exam too early. It will not be good for him anymore." If he wins again in thirty or twenty years, he will be able to stand up."
Mrs. Wang is not really Bodhisattva-hearted, and she is not really devoted to Jia Huan.
She had also prayed to the Bodhisattva during the previous few Jia Huan exams, but it never came to fruition every time.
This made Mrs. Wang suspect that prayer is a bad spirit that does not work well. Bodhisattvas are inherently kind and compassionate. If she prays for bad things from others, most of the time Bodhisattvas will ignore her.
Therefore, this time Mrs. Wang came up with a good idea. She prayed for Jia Huan's good. I'm afraid it won't work.
If any of the concubines really waited thirty or twenty years before winning again, the family property would have been divided by then, and which of the concubines would be older, so it would be irrelevant.
The process of the general examination is the same as that of the provincial examination. You enter the venue one day in advance and exit one day later.
On the eighth day of the lunar month, I got up early and the weather was very cold.
Fortunately, Jia Huan wore sparrow fur. This top-grade fur was made of peacock feathers and was very warm. Jia Huan did not feel cold at all.
On the other hand, some children from poor families, although their clothes were thick, could not withstand the cold wind and shivered in the wind.
After working for most of the day, Jia Huan went through various inspections and entered the examination room.
Next, you have to wait patiently in the examination room for half a day and one night, and wait until the next day before taking the first examination.
At night, the weather became colder and colder.
Fortunately, Jia Huan also brought a large money python mattress this time, so he wouldn't feel cold even at night.
Until the morning of the ninth day of the second day, the answer sheets and question sheets with test questions that had been deposited in advance were distributed.
Jia Huan picked up the test questions and looked at them. This time, he found another surprise.
The title of the first test question is: People with lofty ideals and benevolent people.
This topic was once solved by an outstanding person in the Ming Dynasty.
This outstanding person is Wang Shouren, a Confucian master and the founder of Xinxue.
This man, together with Confucius, Mencius, and Zhu Xi, is called King Kong, Mencius, and Zhu Xi.
This article written by Wang Shouren is very good, and it happens to be one that Jia Huan has recited and has never appeared in this world.
Next, Jia Huan started writing quickly on the scratch paper.
Of course, it cannot be completely word for word, there are always a few modifications, and it is obvious that it has been revised a lot.
After the revision was completed, Jia Huan carefully wrote this article onto the test paper.
A saint has a master in his heart, and he can decide whether his heart and virtue are complete.
All people with lofty ideals and benevolence have their own minds and will not be confused by selfishness. Therefore, when people are about to die or live, I can only see that their pursuits are not ashamed of their hearts and ears, but what does it mean to me? This Master is the regret of those in the world who have no ambition and are not benevolent. So I say this and show it.
So I say this and show it. Ruo said: Things in the world are unpredictable, and life and death are closely related. There are those who try to avoid danger and seek life to harm benevolence; there are also those who see danger and are ordered to kill themselves to achieve benevolence. This is the reason for wrong decision, and it is also the reason for perseverance and perseverance. I owe it to people with lofty ideals and benevolence!
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Having written this article, Jia Huan was determined.
In the next few test questions, Jia Huan did not have such good luck.
However, these articles were nothing to mention to Jia Huan at this time.
However, the following article requires careful consideration.
There are three days left, so there is no need to rush.
Next, Jia Huan turned on the stove and started to make a fire to cook.
After eating, making tea, taking a rest, and drinking hot tea, Jia Huan continued to answer the following questions.
The first exam took three days, which was enough time for Jia Huan.
Soon, three days passed. Jia Huan handed in his papers and then left the examination room along with everyone who handed in their papers.
After leaving the examination room, he had less than a day's rest before entering the examination room again.
Jia Huan got on the carriage. When Jia Huan entered Jia's house, all the maids, women, and boys he met along the way saluted respectfully and called him Third Master.
Unknowingly, Jia Huan's status in Jia's mansion was getting higher and higher, and his majesty was faintly surpassing that of Baoyu.
As soon as they returned to Tingfengxuan, three little girls, Qingwen, Caiyun, and Xiao Jixiang, hurriedly came to greet them.
"My slave, I wish Third Master the best in high school!"
Jia Huan laughed, hit Xiao Jixiang's head and said, "Without learning and skills, this is how you can take the exam! Even if you are the first in high school, you are just a good person."
"However, if the third master wins this time and wins the first place in the palace examination, he will really be the number one scholar."
Xiao Jixiang asked angrily: "Third Master, I'm not the only one who said this, so why am I the only one playing?"
Qingwen and Caiyun had already heard this and ran away, warning: "Xiao Jixiang, just wait, you have a lot of them."
Jia Huan smiled and said: "You two older ones can't bully her younger one."
(End of chapter)
