Chapter 118 The candidates were confused
Hai Wenyou didn’t know what to say when Zhao Xing said this.
After all, Zhao Xing is the examiner, and he is the one who provides the money and food.
And he can more or less guess Zhao Xing's intentions, let alone object.
Zhao Xing asked Sanshui to arrange the matter, and he and Hai Wenyou walked around for a while before going back to the house to rest.
Soon, the news spread that rice porridge would be provided during this trial.
The students referred were full of praise for His Royal Highness’s move.
It’s just unclear how sincere this is.
But Zhao Xing doesn't care. Literati have a common problem, they like to use morality to flaunt everything.
No matter whether they are sincere or fake, even if they know that Zhao Xing is selling people's hearts, they will still praise Zhao Xing's behavior.
I just don’t know if they will scold him in their hearts when they see the policy topic.
Thousands of students were busy until noon before they all completed the verification and search and entered their respective examination rooms.
The examination room is a very narrow hut, about the same size as a toilet in later generations, with only half of the door, making it easier for patrolling soldiers and invigilators to understand the students' conditions and add hot water to the students.
After the students entered the dormitory, the noisy Gongyuan became quiet.
The candidates are busy packing their things and preparing for the exam.
Some candidates came in early and had already packed up, thinking that rice porridge would be provided as previously announced. When they saw soldiers patrolling by, they quickly picked up the bamboo tubes for water and came to the door to wave.
After a while, two soldiers came over carrying a steaming wooden bucket with a bamboo tube. They scooped up a bamboo tube of rice porridge for the student and handed it to the student.
Both parties didn't say a word during the whole process, and the two soldiers carried the barrel and left.
The student came to the bed with rice porridge and sat down to drink it.
The rice porridge was not as thin as he thought. Although it was not thick, there was still a lot of rice.
It still burns your mouth when you drink it. After finishing the rice porridge, not only your whole body is filled with warmth, but your stomach also feels full.
Even the somewhat worried and hesitant heart has calmed down a lot.
The scholar clenched his fists and encouraged himself, feeling grateful to Zhao Xing in his heart.
At the end of the day, the test papers were handed out, and the first round was about classics and meaning questions.
After the candidates got the examination papers, some did not rush to answer after reading the papers, while others started writing furiously.
The entire Gongyuan was very quiet except for the occasional footsteps of patrolling soldiers.
During the examination, the entire Gongyuan was closed, and Zhao Xing and a group of invigilators also had to live in the Gongyuan.
However, their conditions are much better than those of the candidates. Not only do they live in a single room, but they also have a small stove to eat.
Zhao Xing had lunch and went back to his room to take a nap.
I didn't wake up until Shen Shizheng, washed my face, and wandered around accompanied by Gu Tingye.
Looking at the students writing furiously in the small examination room, Zhao Xing did not bother them.
Time flies, six days passed in the blink of an eye, and the poem and prose exams were all over.
Tomorrow is the final policy topic.
"Zhong Huai, do you think they will scold them after reading the test questions tomorrow?" Zhao Xing said with a smile.
Gu Tingye looked a little strange and didn't know how to answer this question.
The imperial examination has already begun, and naturally there is nothing to hide in the examination questions.
Zhao Xing was bored these days, so he told him the test questions and asked him to write an article.
When he first learned about the test questions, Gu Tingye was stunned for a long time, feeling like a dog biting a bastard with nowhere to bite.
Anyway, if he is a reference candidate, after seeing the test questions, he will definitely greet the person who asked the questions in his heart.
Of course, these must not be said.
"It's getting late, go back to bed alone." Zhao Xing did not embarrass Gu Tingye and said with a yawn.
To be honest, the ancient imperial examination was a bit too grueling. He couldn't stand it even after invigilating the examination for several days.
As for those candidates, in the narrow examination room, there was no room for movement and they couldn't even talk. I really don't know how they persisted.
Zhao Xing also saw many old men with silver hair and beards among the candidates. At this time, Zhao Xing finally understood why Fan Jin went crazy after winning the exam.
If these old men pass the exam, they probably won't be much better than Fan Jin.
Many people have been sick these days, but fortunately no one died.
Once the examination begins, the gate of Gongyuan will not be opened until the end, unless there is an imperial edict.
If you get sick, you can only survive until the end of the imperial examination. If you don't survive, you can only wait to die.
Such a difficult environment really fulfills what Hai Wenyou said before: working one’s muscles and bones and starving one’s body.
Those who have been taking the exam for decades would be crazy if they suddenly pass the exam.
Shaking his head and putting aside these distracting thoughts, Zhao Xing quickly fell asleep.
Although the imperial examination has many criticisms, it provides a relatively fair opportunity for common people all over the world to change their destiny.
Before the imperial examination, civilian children almost never had the opportunity to become officials.
Almost all are monopolized by aristocratic families.
The so-called children of poor families are not the children of common people as many people think.
Children from a poor family belong to a down-and-out family, so they are qualified to be called a poor family.
There is a word called poems and books passed down from generation to generation. Common people want to study, haha...
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On the evening of the sixth day of the general examination, I collected the answer sheet. The test questions for the policy essay will not be distributed until the morning of the 7th.
Therefore, the candidates had a good night's rest. Early the next morning, after drinking hot porridge, the candidates were in good spirits.
When the sound of banging the paper was heard, the candidates took a deep breath and began to study ink.
After ten years of hard study, or even decades of hard work, it’s just this last shudder.
Policy essay questions account for a very high proportion of the score. Even if you perform poorly in the first two rounds, as long as the policy essay essay is well written, you still have a chance to pass the exam.
After the candidates got the test questions one after another, they immediately looked at the test questions to see if they were betting on the right question.
When they saw the title, everyone was dumbfounded.
What the hell is this? What is this topic? Can this also be considered a test question?
This is what most candidates think after seeing the test questions.
Had it not been for the ban on talking in the examination room, I am afraid someone would have loudly asked if I had made a mistake.
The test question is a circle, not words but pictures.
There are no Arabic numerals now, otherwise candidates would have to distinguish whether it is a zero or a circle.
The candidates were all a little confused. Do you want us to write an egg?
To be honest, the topic of monad strategy has not appeared before.
The candidates should follow the normal way of solving the problem. First, they have to recall where this word appears in the book.
Then contact the context to determine the meaning of this word, and finally expand the discussion around this point.
But let them answer the question right now.
Policy theory simply means strategy and discussion. Just draw a circle, not even a word, how do you ask them to answer?
Some candidates had no choice but to ask the clerk who handed out the papers if they had made a mistake in the question and had forgotten to print it.
According to the rules, candidates are not allowed to have any communication with the patrol soldiers or the clerks who hand out papers, but they can't care about that much at this time.
As the saying goes, the law does not punish the public, and those petty officials also felt that they had made a mistake, so they did not hold anyone accountable, but reported the matter to the police.
In fact, they don't need to report it. The invigilators also get a copy of the exam papers when they are distributed.
Although they were invigilators, they did not know the test questions before.
Everyone who knows the test questions, including those involved in the printing, is under strict surveillance and will not be released until the end of the examination.
In previous years, when the proctors were idle and bored, they would write an article based on the test questions when they knew the policy questions.
One is to relieve boredom, and the other is to show off one’s talents.
(End of this chapter)