The first batch of hundreds of people from Team A took part in the scientific examination. When all the hundred scholars got the examination papers, they began to read the contents of the examination papers curiously.

On the far side of the examination paper, there are two large and eye-catching words, which are the words "Classics".

Then, go over this word and look down from the upper right corner. The words that appear are, place of origin, state, followed by, and then county, followed by another bracket.

Most people took a look at it and thought about it for a while, then they understood what to fill in and picked up the pen to fill it out.

There were also a few people who couldn't understand and looked around helplessly.

At this time, the soldiers on guard with swords on the left and right came over, leaned over and pointed at the brackets and said, "Where do you live in what state, what county, what county, what is your last name, please fill in the boxes."

The soldiers may not be literate, but before they came to help preside over the examination room, they had been given instructions by Li Mengxi. Li Mengxi, who had taken countless examinations, was very clear about the situations they might encounter in the examination room, so he was well prepared.

After the reader has written down his place of birth, name and other information, someone begins to prepare to write further.

At this time, the soldiers on the left and right stopped the scholar who was about to write.

The soldier came over, took out a long black paper from his sleeve, tore it into pieces, then took out a bamboo tube from his waist, put his fingers into the bamboo tube, rubbed some noodles, and put the noodles

Hu smeared the back of the black note and painted it facing Hu. The soldier handed the black note to the soldier.

When scholars received the note, they were generally at a loss as to why they were given a black piece of paper.

The soldier explained, "There is an order from above that people's names and their place of origin are in Huzhu. When marking the papers, they read the papers blindly without looking at their names and places of origin. This is to eliminate favoritism and ensure fairness."

It turned out that it was for the sake of justice. When the scholars heard the word justice and looked at the black and white test paper in front of them, they suddenly felt that the paper was full of light.

How many scholars smiled, picked up the black slips of paper, and pasted them in the column of their birthplace and name, but their names and birthplaces were completely blocked.

The official question answering begins.

The scholars looked down at the question and saw another line of slightly larger characters. They looked at it and saw that it was, [The first major question - fill in the prose of the Analects of Confucius]

Many scholars looked down at this so-called prose sentence of the Analects of Confucius and laughed in their hearts.

Without him, it would be too simple.

Like, what is the next sentence of "Learn and practice from time to time", what is the next sentence of "A scholar must be ambitious", and so on.

Many scholars who took the exam were worried before taking the exam, but when they saw the questions, many of them shook their heads and laughed while writing.

Most of the hundreds of scholars are people with solid knowledge. As for whether there are people who can't even recite simple Analects of Confucius, maybe there are, maybe not. We will know after taking a look at the papers.

After a period of time, the scholars had mostly finished answering some of the essays on the Analects of Confucius. In addition to feeling that it was simple, the scholars also felt that the person who asked the questions was somewhat qualified.

Every sentence is the essence of words.

It goes without saying that the person who asked the question, Mr. Li, has never read the full text of the Analects. He only learned a few sentences, which are also the most essential parts carefully selected by educators. He does not need to think about it. As long as he reads it

If you write down what you learned in school, it must be the essence.

The prose part is not difficult and surprisingly simple, which boosted the confidence of the scholars.

Someone has finished writing and looks down. Below is, [The second major question - dictation]

Then there are a bunch of numbers and parentheses.

Someone was puzzled and asked the soldier next to him in a low voice, "Hey? What is written in the sky?"

The soldier glanced at it and explained in a low voice, "Wait a moment while General Guan reads the question."

At the front of the examination room, Guan Yu looked solemn. He crossed his arms and held a large piece of paper folded several layers in his hand, standing there meticulously.

On the side, Li Mengxi was also invigilating the exam. He glanced at the test papers of the candidates in the front row and had almost finished answering the Analects of Confucius question. Li Mengxi turned to Guan Yu and said, "General Guan, please read the questions."

Hearing this, Guan Yu nodded, glanced across the audience, and shouted, "The dictation begins, everyone prepares!"

Immediately after Guan Yu gave the order, all the soldiers in the examination room shouted at the same time, "The dictation begins, everyone, get ready!"

"The dictation begins, everyone is ready!"

…

After shouting three times in a row, the soldiers also stopped those who were cleverly rushing to write the third topic at the end and told them to stop writing and prepare quickly.

Seeing that all the hundreds of people in the field stopped writing and leaned their ears to look over, Guan Yu unfolded the large paper in his hand and read the first word. He raised his voice and shouted, "The first word, sword, write the word [sword]!"

Immediately, the soldiers in the field repeated in unison, "The first word is the word sword!"

…

"【forage】"

…

"【horses】"

At the end of the Han Dynasty, I wanted to take a test on practical vocabulary. However, the vocabulary in Confucian classics such as the Four Books and Five Classics was not completely practical. Therefore, the only way to take the test was dictation. And for dictation, the problem of sound transmission must be taken into consideration.

There was no loudspeaker, so we had to use people to transmit our voices.

At this time, outside the examination room, after the first batch of a hundred reference persons entered, the remaining hundreds of people were all taken away to a distance so far that the examination room was no longer visible.

Li Mengxi, who was well prepared, would leave no chance for leaks.

During the exam, when the questions are read out, if a candidate outside the venue gets too close and listens to the questions, someone might not know how to write certain characters. When he hears them and realizes that he can’t, he quickly asks the person next to him and he can do it as soon as he asks. Isn’t this right?

Not too unfair.

It was two miles away from the examination room. From such a distance, nothing could be heard. The scholars outside the examination room sat cross-legged in the field, chatting and guessing about the content of the examination.

Liu Xuande was not in the examination room, just hanging around.

To say that Liu Bei is a man of the world, there is no need for Liu Bei to guard the people outside the court. The first imperial examination is such an important matter, and it would be better to watch it on the court.

However, the scholars on the sidelines were to be taken to the wasteland. Liu Bei was afraid that the scholars would feel slighted and neglected, so he stayed with the scholars to wait in the wasteland.

Liu Bei was wandering around, and Jian Yong was also among the crowd. Liu Bei sometimes passed by Jian Yong, but without saying anything, he smiled at Jian Yong, nodded, and walked over.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! This is a move to avoid suspicion, and Jian Yong knows it well.

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After a long time, maybe two or three moments, maybe even longer, Guan Yu finally finished reading the dictation phrase.

After shouting at the top of his lungs, he felt thirsty after reading Guan Yu.

At this time, a water bag was handed to him in time. Guan Yu smiled at Li Mengxi, took the water bag and drank a few gulps.

In the examination room, the next stage of the examination begins.

In the volume of Confucian Classics, the content is divided into three parts. The first part contains some prose sentences from the Analects of Confucius, the second part contains a large number of practical phrases, and the third part examines commonly used official document notices, letters, memorial documents and other writing formats.

This question is considered a semi-open question.

One of the reasons why Li Mengxi did not strictly stipulate how many calligraphy formats there were was that he did not know exactly how many calligraphy forms there were in ancient times and in the Han Dynasty.

The candidates were immersed in writing. Li Mengxi walked down the field to look, looking left and right, and wandering around. After a while, he returned to the front, and Guan Yu reminded him in a low voice to stop him from wandering around and disturbing other people's writing.

When Li Mengxi thought about it, it was indeed the case, and he resisted his curiosity and stopped wandering around.

After just taking a look around, Li Mengxi discovered something he had never noticed before - calligraphy.

I just saw that among the many people taking the exam in the examination room, some people's handwriting is more beautiful, while some people's handwriting is as ugly as a stick.

Pulling Guan Yu's sleeve, he pulled Guan Yu to the side of the examination room far away from the candidates. Li Mengxi looked at Guan Yu and said, "General Guan, do you think this calligraphy should be tested? That is, if someone has handsome handwriting, he should

Shouldn’t there be extra points?”

Guan Yu didn't even think about it. "Of course!" Guan Yu nodded, "Writing well is also a skill."

"But..." Li Mengxi frowned, "If someone comes from a poor family, and although he is knowledgeable, he has no money to buy pens and ink to practice calligraphy, his handwriting will naturally be extremely ugly.

If people are judged by their names, wouldn't it be a great injustice to the humble people?"

Guan Yu was asked, and he hesitated a little. He said, "But if you are not good at writing, how can you be qualified for official documents and notices? If you are not qualified, how can you be an official?"

Li Mengxi felt that what Guan Yu said was reasonable, but after thinking about it again, he felt that it was wrong, "That's not the case. Official documents and notices only need to be written clearly, and there is no need to have beautiful handwriting."

Guan Yu thought for a while and said, "But if a person with beautiful calligraphy and a person with sloppy handwriting are looked at at the same time, wouldn't this be unfair to the person with beautiful pen and ink?"

Listening to Guan Yu's eloquent remarks, Li Mengxi thought for a moment that Guan Yu was sophistry.

What kind of logic is this? Let a handsome person and an average-looking person take the exam at the same time to compete for a position. As a result, some people say that it is unfair to handsome people to be treated the same as average-looking people. How can this be done?

Does this make sense?

Guan Yu's theory made no sense. However, Li Mengxi thought about the brilliant art of calligraphy in China. There is no doubt that the art of calligraphy began after the prosperity of papermaking, and together with the imperial examination, calligraphy was sought after from top to bottom.

If the imperial examination focuses on calligraphy, there is no doubt that it will greatly promote the art of calligraphy.

But at the same time, as mentioned before, there are a few poor scholars who can write well. Poor scholars cannot even afford a pen, but there are a few who can practice good calligraphy.

Calligraphy is art, but art is of little use.

But asking Li Mengxi to give up calligraphy and not giving any preferential treatment to those who can write excellent calligraphy but have no knowledge at all, Li Mengxi felt that this was also a waste of talent.

So, after thinking about it carefully, Li Mengxi came up with a solution that would have both ends.

First, in the exam, handwriting beauty and ugliness are not included in the scoring criteria, but at the same time, you can add a calligraphy subject. If someone is really outstanding in calligraphy, then based on calligraphy, whether he is teaching or responsible for printing calligraphy

Versions are all of great use.

Therefore, thinking about this matter, Li Mengxi felt that he had to add another subject.
To be continued...