Different from the provincial examination, when I wrote Qingshi that time, I was so exhausted that I slept for a whole afternoon before recovering.
This time Zhou Bai wrote the poem Qingzi. Although he was very tired, taking a break for lunch would definitely not delay the second performance in the afternoon.
This is the difference between famous people and positions. There is a world of difference between a first-time scholar and a first-time scholar.
In addition, his savings made a big difference. After obtaining the title of Jieyuan, he had far more luck than before.
As soon as the officially recommended two hours ended, a line of text appeared on the large light screen.
Meals are provided in the examination room. Candidates are asked to pull the red thread hanging in the examination room three times, and the meals will be delivered immediately through the formation.
This is so as not to disturb the candidates who have not finished writing. If a good poem is missed due to this interference, it would be unworthy.
It is time for meals and lunch breaks, and candidates are allowed to continue writing.
Zhou Bai looked around the examination room and found a red rope on the inner wall. He followed the prompts and gently pulled it three times.
Within a moment, the blue bricks under the examination table silently opened a crack, opening wider and wider until a small storage space was formed.
Inside is a wooden lunch box. When you pick it up and open it, you will see that it is no longer the usual fried cakes, but steaming exquisite meals.
Zhou Bai secretly admired in his heart that the combined development of Taoism, science and technology and people's livelihood is not impossible, it just depends on whether the person in charge wants to do it.
Perhaps it is the Taoist and other extraordinary powers that are not deeply involved in the running of the dynasty that guarantees the dynasty cycle law of three to five hundred years.
After a full meal, Zhou Bai took a nap. One hour was equivalent to two hours, which was completely enough.
In the afternoon, the warm sun set in the west, and as soon as the sundial pointer reached Shen hour, all the sleeping candidates were woken up on time.
It's not the roaring and harsh bells, but the gentle breeze blowing on my face. The wind seems to be refreshing and refreshing.
Bachelor Zhang Xu stood at the front desk again and announced the start of the second exam.
The second question and requirement appeared on the light screen at the same time.
policy theory.
The first question: the relationship between heaven and man. Please explain the relationship between man and heaven, within 500 words.
The second question: the way of governing the country. Please explain the principles of governing the country, within 500 words.
The next exam will start on time tomorrow. Please complete the strategies and answers according to your own ability.
It’s very clear. There is no time limit for the two questions. You can also write them at night. You can allocate your time reasonably.
As for staying up late and causing poor performance in the third, most important exam, that's entirely his own fault.
It's less than five hundred words, which seems like a small amount, but it's not an ordinary slobbery article.
Every word and sentence is extremely concise, and you should explain yourself clearly around the theme.
The second question was okay, but the first question was very sensitive. Could it be that it depends on whether the candidate prefers the heaven or the imperial court?
But the emperor is the son of heaven canonized by heaven. This has been true since ancient times, and it is an unchanging truth.
Which one is higher or which one is lower does not need to be discussed too much, but how to grasp the degree is a difficult problem.
If Zhou Bai wants to take the imperial examination, he will naturally speak from the perspective of heaven, but he cannot offend the court too much.
After all, the reviewers are all loyal ministers of the imperial court, and Heavenly Court will only send Heavenly Officials to assist and supervise, and he will not stop Zhou Bai from being sentenced to a lower level within a reasonable range.
After wanting to understand this, Zhou Bai made an outline on the draft and soon started writing.
...The country will be immoral and defeated, but disasters will appear in the west to warn them; they do not know how to reflect on themselves, and they will show strange things to warn them; they do not know how to change, and they will be hurt and defeated in the west. This shows that Heaven’s heart is benevolent and loves people and wants to stop their chaos. This is not a world in a state of great destruction, and Heaven wants to support and keep it safe...
In this first paragraph, he directly points out that God is not against humans.
God treats monarchs with benevolence and hopes that they will check their behavior and prevent possible chaos in the country.
Except for those truly unrighteous monarchs, God will support them and protect them in various ways so that they can govern their country smoothly.
Hearing that the heaven is great and entrusted to the king, there must be something that cannot be achieved by human beings and come to him on his own. This is the talisman of the order. All people in the world should return to one another, just as they return to their parents, so the auspiciousness of heaven should come sincerely...
Zhou Bai then elaborated on the help given by God. This is the destiny, and everyone who becomes a king has destiny, which is also the origin of the legitimacy of the emperor.
The eloquent five hundred words were all dyed red gold by the rendered literary style, and even a few lines of core text appeared cyan.
Although this is a very good strategy, it is obviously incomparable with his poems in the first game, and it does not even have the appearance of breaking through the town's luck.
There was no other way. Zhou Bai didn't know the deeper meaning of this topic or the political intention behind it, so he could only maintain a certain degree of restraint.
To judge the quality of an article, we not only look at the level of literary style and luck, but the court marking officers also have a certain degree of scoring power.
The red circles drawn with cinnabar brushes on their hands are also a kind of score. The more red circles they get on the test paper, the higher the ranking will be in the first screening.
For example, in the provincial examination, Zhou Bai's test paper was placed in the first grade, which was the grade with a high probability of passing the exam.
But if it is the second class, his examination paper will need to consume literary energy and luck to advance to the first class.
Even if he succeeds in the finals, it will definitely not be the first one, but an ordinary lifter in the middle and later stages.
Policy theory is different from others. It is more difficult to show youthfulness than poetry, because it not only requires candidates to have unparalleled talents, but also has relevant practical experience.
As for the 30,000 people here, most of them are concentrating on the imperial examination and have not been distracted by being an official or experiencing too many mundane things.
Chi Jin Xian Qing's policy essay is enough to be placed in the first class. As long as it does not violate the examiner's taboo, it will not be placed in the second class, which is slightly worse.
For this reason, Zhou Bai even wrote such a short sentence in the first policy statement.
"If you force yourself to learn, you will learn more and gain knowledge; if you force yourself to practice the Tao, your virtue will rise and you will achieve great success..."
In short, although Heaven has great power and power, she will never bring harm to people at will. People's destiny can actually be determined by themselves.
In this way, although Zhou Bai was sitting on the side of heaven, he did not offend the court.
After answering the first question, he put down his pen and rested for a while. Writing policy papers continued to consume a lot of luck and energy.
At this time, Shen Shi was about to pass, and the sky was gradually darkening. Zhou Bai lit the oil lamp placed in the examination studio, and a strange aroma of oil came out.
The Central Plains dynasty had a vast territory and extremely strong national power. Whether it was white lotus in the snowy mountains or licorice in the dead desert, it could become a commodity in circulation.
Whales in the boundless ocean cannot escape capture, and their fish oil is the lamp oil used in today's examination halls. It burns brightly.
It can only be said that in order to retain more talents, the Daxu court has worked hard on every detail.
Zhou Bai now has an intuition. It’s hard to say whether the second-tier or first-tier teams will be recruited this year. The third-tier league will definitely expand its enrollment.
Drink water, go to the bathroom, grind new ink sticks.
After resting for a quarter of an hour, Zhou Bai, relying on his extraordinary soul essence, had a clear mind and immediately started writing the next question.
The way of governing a country.
This question has much more room for development, so Zhou Bai is ready to write a youth article with all his strength.
In the first question just now, he noticed green energy fluctuations in several places, which was far beyond him.
In addition to having practical thoughts on the way of governing the country in his past and present lives, he also integrated knowledge and action in the Dragon Palace scroll.
When he wanted to study and accumulate knowledge, he devoted himself to study; when he wanted to prove it in practice, he served as a county guard, governor, and even the aide of the prime minister. His journey of thousands of miles was not in vain.
Some followed his advice and achieved great results in their governance, while others, like the governor of Fang County, did not listen to the advice, resulting in floods in their jurisdiction and becoming a criminal official despised by the people.
To govern a country and what country to govern, we must first open our perspective and explain how to govern the country from the perspective of a unified dynasty.
The Tao is the road suitable for governance; benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, and music are all its characteristics.
Therefore, the sage king is gone, but his descendants will last for a long time, and he will be at peace for hundreds of years... It is all his contribution... Happy people change people's customs and customs, change people easily, and change people; therefore, the sound of harmony comes from harmony. , and is based on emotion, connected to the skin, and rooted in the bone marrow, so although the royal way is weak, the sound of the orchestra has not diminished.
What Zhou Bai wrote in the opening chapter is actually not very special. It is the view of most knowledgeable people to govern a large country with benevolence, justice, etiquette and music.
It starts with a moderate argument. Although the prose is very concise and beautiful, the style of writing is only golden, not even pure gold.
All the people are benefiting from it, just like the water flowing down, if it is not guarded by education and education, it cannot be stopped... The king understands this, so when he governs the world from the south, he must make education the top priority; he establishes the Imperial College to educate the country. Educate the people in order to transform them into the city, gradually treat the people with benevolence, educate the people with friendship, and restrain the people with etiquette...
Later, it was pointed out that education is the most important thing throughout the ages, and it is in line with the hearts of heaven and the imperial court, so the literary spirit has greatly increased.
Wisps of red gold air emerge from the paper, and there are even traces of blue flowing through the words. This is the foundation of green writing.
Next, it depends on how Zhou Bai finishes. If he finishes well, he will be Qingwen. If he finishes poorly, he will only be regarded as Jinqing.
As a king, he must upright his heart and upright the court, upright the court and upright the hundred officials, upright the hundreds of officials and upright the people, and upright the ten thousand people, upright the four directions, the four directions must be upright, and no one near or far dares to fail to be upright and perish, and those who have evil spirits to trespass among them...
Within the four seas, when they hear the holy virtues, they will all be loyal to them. All the blessings and blessings that can bring about good fortune will be achieved, and the kingly path will be completed.
Standardize the monarch himself, standardize the major policies of the court, standardize the governing behavior of all officials, and finally standardize the moral standards of all people.
The core behind all these norms is the righteous way that Zhou Bai wants to express.
Benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, music, education, and the righteous king's way. The combination of them is the way to govern the country according to Zhou Baice's theory.
A great country should be governed in a royal way!
The extremely dull green air began to become thicker, and finally the green color covered the golden color, dyeing through the paper surface.
It is a pity that no matter how Zhou Bai views this policy, there is no place to revise and improve it, and he can only sit back and watch the Qing Qi being suppressed in the article.
Without breaking through the Zhenyun blockade and without vision, this Qingwen article cannot come out on top.
However, when the two articles are added together, they are still ranked among the top two. Policy theory is more of a test of skills, but it is far less easy to score points than poetry.
After putting all the policy papers and poems away and placing them in the special storage cabinet next to the examination table, Zhou Bai pulled the red rope three more times.
At this time, it was already dark outside, and there was silence in all directions. The sundial on the light screen of the formation was already pointing at Xu hour.
The text reminding candidates to eat was also flashing slightly. It was obvious that most people were immersed in answering the questions.
Zhou Baike didn't care about that. He took out the hot food and started to eat it. After eating, he took the time to rest. The next two days would be the tough battle.
Zhou Bai then meditated on the small bed behind him, adjusting his body condition along with his breathing rhythm.
The breathing rhythm is based on the breathing method, but he did not draw on the power of the moonlight or anything, but simply adjusted it so that he could have a higher quality sleep tonight.
Taking two exams in one day is physically tiring and mentally draining. This is why many people have not finished the exam yet.
After meditating for an entire hour, Zhou Bai had naturally adjusted from a meditative sitting position to a sleeping position, and fell into a deep sleep with his whole body relaxed.
He still remembered that in his induction, there were green energy fluctuations coming from at least three examination booths, and there must have been some strange phenomena.
Mingyuan Tower and the examiners have been paying attention to Zhou Bai throughout the process. They want to witness the miracle.
This person can write Qingzi poetry, maybe he can also write Qingzi policy theory?
Even if it doesn't work, maybe we can still witness the birth of the number one scholar.
However, they were disappointed. Zhou Bai did not create another miracle, nor did he have the image of being the top pick.
"It's a pity that I can't see the specific content of the article. Adding up the first and second games, I can definitely compete in the top ten of the second class based on literary style, but looking at his luck...sigh."
"It is incomparable to the Jiangnan aristocratic family and the few from the Central Region aristocratic family. Their youthful fortunes are so majestic, and they are protected like a canopy. But Zhou Bai is only from a local clan in Dingzhou. To be able to be here today, our generation is already It's better to sigh."
"By the way, he comes from a small family, and he doesn't have any famous scholars as his disciples. He must not have studied the Taoist scriptures enough."
"You mean he might fall to the back of the second-tier A or even the third-tier A because of the third game?"
In the eyes of these high-ranking officials in the imperial court, it was ridiculous that Zhou Bai actually had hope of recruiting people again.
…
The next day, the time came and the third exam started on time.
The Taoist scripture questions began to reappear on the light screen. There were ten questions in total, which were large in volume and obscure and broad.
It’s really related to the Taoist scriptures, and everything can be tested.
There are many questions aimed at the beginning of practice, obviously to see if the candidates are ready.
Not to mention the top three, the court has arrangements, but once the top two are successful, they will immediately enter Taoism.
The Qionglin banquet of the heavenly people is a spiritual banquet in the spiritual land, which is the best place to enter the Tao.
Many people look embarrassed when they see the questions, even those with family backgrounds. If they are simple, they cannot be written simply, and if they are difficult, they must not be complex.
Only Zhou Bai had a rough idea of the questions, which was completely different from what the examiners had speculated. This was his weakness.
What is qi movement?
From morning to night, if you practice it constantly, you will live forever. For those who practice the Qi method, there is one type of internal Qi and six types of exhaled Qi. The air inside the cloud is called inhalation. Exhaling means blowing, hehe, vomiting, and vomiting, which means breathing out...
What is the meaning of Mingmu Jue?
Often use hands to press the eyebrows behind the eyes for thirty-nine times, then use palms and fingers to rub the eyes and face, use hands to rotate ears for thirty times... The main body transforms the eyes into brilliant, and Yingjing light, long pearls that penetrate the child, Bao Lian's eyesight is the way for a real person to sit up.
Zhou Bai can basically answer every question smoothly. Even if some of them are very biased, it is not difficult for Zhou Bai.
When he was bored, he didn't even let go of any side Taoist scriptures and miscellaneous books.
This smoothness lasted until the third day, when I encountered the final question, which I had to ponder for a long time before I could solve it.
What is Yu Zhe?
Zhou Bai replied: Tao.
There must be a Tao that cannot be expressed, but the inexpressible is the Tao. If there is no way, it cannot be thought, and if it cannot be thought, it is the way...but it cannot be done, cannot be caused, cannot be measured, and cannot be divided, so it is called heaven, it is called fate, it is called Shen, it is called Xuan, and it is called Tao.
There was no literary style to support the Taoist questions, so he couldn't guarantee that the last question was correct.
But this was his understanding, and he was wrong. The perfect answer in the previous game should also ensure that he would not fall behind in the third game.
The sundial showed that it was still noon, but Zhou Bai actually answered all the questions half a day in advance.
Looking at Zhou Bai, who was having a delicious meal in the light curtain and waiting quietly for the dragon gate to reopen, Prince Rui and all the bachelors were a little in disbelief.
"Including Zhou Bai, four people actually completed their answers half a day ahead of schedule. Is this a sign of a time of great strife?" a university scholar sighed.
"I can understand the other three, but why is Zhou Bai, he is only from the Dingzhou Township clan!"
Prince Rui couldn't stand it at this time. Wouldn't it be a slap in the face for Zhou Bai to do this? He agreed to fall to the top three and then be taken back to the imperial court.
"What did Li Zhenjun say?"
Zhang Xu, the chief assistant, had just received a reply and said with disbelief: "The examiner, Zhenjun said that although he could not see the content of the examination paper, Zhou Bai's answer revealed the Tao Yun, and the score will definitely not be low."
"This kind of person who rises against fate, try your best to arrange for him to get a court official position after you go out, and try to make friends with him."
"My husband cannot be young! Alas."
Prince Rui clasped his hands behind his back, feeling very sorry. If Zhou Bai could be a minister of the court, he might be able to help him break the deadlock in front of him.
Sipping fragrant tea and smoking royal sandalwood, Zhou Bai quickly spent the afternoon tea time in Gongyuan.
"The results will be released tomorrow, all candidates please don't leave Beijing yet!"
"Spring is over and the dragon gate is opening!"
