Zhang Yu sat down and a man handed out a stack of test papers. Zhang Yu looked at them and saw that there were about ten of them. These ten were all sutras.

There are three exams in the scholar examination, and the first exam is on sutras.

The so-called pasting of scriptures means that the examiner selects a page from the scriptures and prints a line from it on the test paper.

Based on this line of text, candidates must fill in the context associated with it.

To put it bluntly, it was the fill-in-the-blank and dictation questions from Zhang Yu’s previous exam.

Of course, the examination of scholars is not that simple. You need to know the Four Books and Five Classics, plus the comments on them by great Confucian scholars throughout the ages, which adds up to a lot.

But compared to the three exams, this is simple.

As long as you study carefully and are familiar with the scriptures, you can basically pass the first session.

But there are also those who fail, because there are ten test papers, and these test papers together contain tens of thousands of words. Not only must you answer these tens of thousands of words, but you must also be good at every word.

This is not an easy task. There is no chance to correct the calligraphy in calligraphy. If there are really typos, you can also draw a circle and write the correct word next to it, but in this way, the evaluation will naturally be lower.

Especially this kind of exam is related to the destiny and future of life, so many people feel nervous and give up when they get nervous.

Although Zhang Yu was also very nervous, she was different from other candidates.

Firstly, he really didn't care much about this exam, and secondly, the knowledge and calligraphy of the body he inherited was really good.

After Zhang Yu finished writing one page, he rubbed the ink once, and then wrote another page. He placed each page on the table and waited for it to dry to prevent the wet ink from stacking and staining the examination paper.

Soon Zhang Yu finished writing ten test papers. The test was completed with this post.

After the examination of the scriptures, the next step is to examine the Mo Yi. The so-called Mo Yi are simple questions and answers based on the meaning and annotations of the scriptures.

That is to say, when a question is asked, you have to memorize the corresponding paragraph and write it down. This test of memory is even more obvious.

For the first day, this is very difficult. The Four Books and Five Classics, who knows where to take the test, and memorizing them all word for word requires real effort.

The so-called entrainment actually means entrainment of this scripture.

However, in Zhang Yu's opinion, this was not difficult. Zhang Yu could only sigh that the knowledge of the body he inherited was indeed very powerful.

However, Mo Yi has much fewer words than Tie Jing, because the number of words is less, only about 3,500 words, which is much easier for Zhang Yu.

Therefore, Zhang Yu finished writing the middle volume in one go, and it was not yet evening.

After finishing writing, the sky turned dark. Zhang Yu lit the candle, opened the food box, ate something, then lay on the bed and took a short rest.

The third game is the most difficult. This test is about classics and meaning.

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The so-called meaning of the scriptures is a discussion centered on the meaning of the scriptures, which is based on the core interpretation of the scriptures.

Naturally, quoting scriptures is indispensable. There are three questions in this chapter, that is, three volumes.

Zhang Yu opened the first question and read: "Dare to be the first in the world."

This is where the question comes in. The examinee is asked to explain the meaning of this sentence by quoting scriptures.

This year's question is strange. This sentence originally comes from a sentence in Laozi's "Tao Te Ching".

The original sentence is: "I have three treasures, hold on to them and protect them. The first is compassion, the second is frugality, and the third is not daring to be the first in the world."

Speaking of which, it has nothing to do with the Four Books and Five Classics.

In fact, Zhang Yu did not understand the Ming Dynasty's attitude towards Taoism at this time. This was the Jiajing period, and Emperor Jiajing advocated Taoism and was fond of mystical talk.

As the saying goes, if something is good at the top, it will be bad at the bottom. Therefore, officials during the Jiajing period also liked to talk mysteriously.

However, this exam is not easy. This time the Shaanxi local exam is for reformist officials.

When he raised this topic, he was obviously trying to curry favor with Emperor Jiajing, but in essence he wanted to use it to select the reserve force of the reformists.

However, Zhang Yu didn't know these official secrets. He looked at the title and thought for a while.

He wrote as soon as he picked up the pen: "The victor of Qin really dared to be the first in the world. In the past, the six countries,,,,,,"

Zhang Yu stopped writing, and just like that Zhang Yu finished answering the first question. But he used "Theory of Six Kingdoms" to demonstrate his article.

Zhang Yu also finished writing the next two questions with great difficulty. After finishing, Zhang Yu read them carefully again.

This time the check is not to see whether the questions are answered correctly, but to see if there are any taboo words. It would be a pity if you failed because of taboos.

After reading it carefully, Zhang Yu found no taboo words, so he handed in the paper.

"Don't you need to think about it?" the examiner said to Zhang Yu.

"Thank you for your care, sir. The student has been checked."

"In that case, then go out."

"Student, please leave." Zhang Yu turned around and left the examination room.

"Master, how did you go in the exam?" After leaving the examination room, Zhang Gui saw Zhang Yu speaking and asked about this.

"It's okay, let's go back first," Zhang Yu replied casually. The two of them walked towards the inn.

Not only did Zhang Yu leave the examination room, but the examiner became interested in Zhang Yu after taking the paper from Zhang Yu.

"Let's see how confident this guy is in his essay." After thinking about it, the examiner opened Zhang Yu's paper and studied it carefully.

"Okay, okay!" When he saw Zhang Yu writing: "If you want to strengthen your country, you must be the first in the world." The examiner couldn't help but exclaimed.

"It's just that my literary talent is a bit lacking." The examiner couldn't help but shook his head and muttered to himself.

"Sir Zhang, how can you enjoy a good article alone? Why don't we all read it together." A proctor next to him obviously heard Mr. Zhang's cheers.

"Since Mr. Li said so, let's all come and take a look."

Master Zhang passed Zhang Yu's exam papers to the other invigilators, and the other invigilators also looked at Zhang Yu's papers, and soon Zhang Yu's exam papers were circulated.

"What do you think?" Mr. Zhang asked the invigilators.

"Master Zhang, in my opinion, this person's article deviates from the sage's general meaning and is not advisable." At this time, another invigilator said something like this,

"Oh, Mr. Zhao, why is this not advisable?"

"This person is full of nonsense and tampering with the saint's ideas. Of course it is not advisable." Master Zhao said.

"Oh, I think what this student said is right. The Qin State can unify the six countries because it dares to be the first in the world. Why does Mr. Zhao still think that the Qin State has done something wrong?"

These words were skillful. After hundreds of years, the Qin State's reform had already been finalized, but Mr. Zhao was unable to refute it.

"Zhang Juzheng, how dare you deviate from the righteousness of the saints, you,,,,,,"

"What do I do? It's a joke, I'm the examiner and I think I'll take this person as Jieyuan." Zhang Juzheng made the final decision.

"No, Mr. Zhang, this person is indeed good at knowledge, but in my opinion, his literary talent is a bit poor. If he is chosen as the first place, it would be unfair to other students. I don't think so, so I will place him at third place."

Mr. Li from before came out to smooth things over.

It is true that Zhang Yu's literary talent is not good, this is an indisputable fact, and Zhang Juzheng cannot say anything else.

He could only nod his head and said: "Then let's go with what Mr. Li said and let him be ranked third."

At this time, Zhang Yu didn't know that he had been ranked third, and he was worried.

After the exam, I must go home. Although the parents of this body have passed away, there are a lot of relatives. Zhang Yu really doesn't know how to face it.

After finishing the meal in a hurry, Zhang Yu went to rest early, and Zhang Gui also went to rest after serving Zhang Yu.

Before Zhang Yu got up the next day, there was a burst of firecrackers at the door of the inn.

Then I heard someone shouting from downstairs: "Who is Zhang Yu? Mr. Zhang is third in high school."

"Master, you won, you won third place." Zhang Gui, who was waiting on Zhang Yu, was very excited.

"Okay, it's just a matter of raising people. You go down first and reward the few officials who announced the good news."

"Hey, I'll go right away." Zhang Gui left Zhang Yu and went downstairs.

Thanks to the hard work of the brothers, take this money and go have a drink." Zhang Gui ran straight to the gentleman.
Chapter completed!