After saying this, Mr. Han stroked his beard and looked at Su Chen, and smiled faintly: "Su Chen, your future is all in your thoughts today, making a name for yourself and bless yourself with your identity. Don't be a rich man who has no ability to fight back, otherwise, you may become a burial object for the country at any time!"

Su Chen fell into silence. After a long time, a bitter smile appeared on his face, and the corner of his mouth twitched and said, "Do I have any other choice?"

Unless Su Chen fled to the northern land early and defected to Zhao Song, his future would be worrying in the Southern Tang Dynasty.

The method Han Xizai told him was just a way to protect himself from the dangerous land, which was equivalent to taking millet from the fire, and it was still a bit dangerous. If you prevent problems before they happen, it would be the best way to escape early.

However, the Yangtze River has long been blocked. The north bank is the Song army and the south bank is the Tang army. There are many warships, and the Jinling Ferry ships will not go north. All boarders have to go north through careful searches and identity verification. It is also very difficult for him to go north to the Song land silently.

Besides, I already have some wealthy family background in Runzhou, with Bai Susu's cooperation, with friends like Peng Qingqing, Liu Monong, and Han Yunpeng, and suddenly I was reluctant to leave. Besides, with so much money and jewelry, it is not easy to cross the river. When I arrived on the other side, it is hard to say whether the Song army would be treated as a spy.

Moreover, he is now a registered residence in the Southern Tang Dynasty and is a black householder in the Northern Song Dynasty. Where to gain a foothold is also a problem.

Seeing that Su Chen had already moved, Mr. Han was secretly happy. After all, the other party was also a smart person. He would not fail to consider his own situation and gradually introduce the path he designed for him.

"I think that your next step is to participate in this year's autumn examination and conduct the palace examination. For more than ten years, you have used poetry and prose styles. Sometimes a poem and prose, sometimes a word and prose. In poetry, your talent is soaring to the sky. I am not worried, but I just haven't shown it in parallel verses. At this time, I can tell you truthfully, have you learned the articles of the Wei, Jin, Sui and Tang dynasties? "

Su Chen thought about it and said that the classical Chinese texts he memorized in junior high school and high school were originally a little blurred, but after traveling through time, his memory seemed to become much clearer in his mind. At this time, he answered truthfully: "I have read some of them, but I have not planned to enter the imperial examination, so I did not study parallel prose and classical examination points according to the imperial examination thinking. They all read them extensively according to their own preferences. They are relatively complicated and not systematic."

When Mr. Han heard this, he nodded slightly, thinking that Su Chen's words were logical and consistent with Su Chen's situation. So he asked curiously: "For example, what specific articles have you read and said them, so I will have a clear idea in my heart."

Su Chen pondered for a moment and said, "Mr. Meng's "Born in distress and death in peace", Mr. Zhuge's "Memorial to the Master", Tao Yuanming's "Peach Blossom Spring", Liu Yuxi's "Inscription on the Humble Room", Du Mu's "Afang Palace Fu", Wang Bo's "Preface to the Pavilion of King Teng", etc., as well as some articles in "The Analects of Confucius", "Zuo Zhuan" and "Tao Te Ching", such as "Zou Ji's ridicule of King Qi to accept advice."

These articles have been passed down through the ages and are very famous. Later generations have gradually come into contact with classical Chinese from elementary school, junior high school and high school textbooks. As long as people who have been to school are probably tortured by ancient Chinese, it is common to punish those who cannot memorize them in class.

Han Xizai smiled faintly and said, "You are good at taking advantage of your mistakes and memorizing some gorgeous works, but you ignore the unpopular Confucian classics and other knowledge points."

Su Chen smiled and said, "Some articles are too boring. I just flip through them, but I can't remember them well and remember them all. Therefore, there are not many things that can be remembered and memorized. When writing poems, there is no need to quote so many classics, so I can just use them. If I am allowed to write parallel prose properly to deal with the imperial examination, it will be difficult."

Han Xizai sighed softly, pondered for a long time, and suddenly asked, "If you were asked to write an article, what topics are you best at writing?"

Su Chen's parallel prose quickly appeared in his mind. It seemed that the most familiar ones were Zhou Dunyi's "Love Lotus" and Fan Zhongyan and Ouyang Xiu's travel notes and that travel notes. So he replied: "I am good at writing lotus articles, or travel notes. Because I usually travel around, I am good at writing travel notes."

Han Xizai's eyes lit up after hearing this. Finally, he had a good topic, so it was easy to deal with. He breathed a sigh of relief: "What kind of travel notes?"

Su Chen blurted out: "For example, I can write such as XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

At this time, he was looking for excuses to be perfunctory for himself. The real reason was that of course, there were not so many famous Song Dynasty articles in the school's Chinese textbooks, and he only remembered so many.

"Well, I know." Han Xizai's heart moved. He had already thought about what kind of minister he should choose from after returning to Beijing to resume his official position.

Su Chen was a little puzzled and thought it would be useless for you to know. The autumn examination and the spring examination in the provincial examination must be really tested!

Han Xizai said at this time: "You can go back and review and prepare with peace of mind. There are still four months left before the spring exam after the Mid-Autumn Festival. I will practice writing lotus and travel notes more. Other aspects will be done by me."

"Cough cough!" Su Chen coughed a few times when he heard this, thinking to himself, Mr. Han was about to give the exam questions?

However, the imperial examinations in the Southern Tang Dynasty were indeed simpler than those in later generations. They only tested the talents of poetry and articles, unlike when they were in the Song and Ming dynasties, they had to write policy and theory.

Of course, compared with the Song and Ming dynasties, the imperial examinations in the Tang Dynasty were even more difficult. Because the number of admissions in the Tang Dynasty was very small, the imperial examinations were divided into six subjects, namely Mingjing, Jinshi, Mingfa, Mingshu, Mingshu, Mingshu, and scholars. Among them, the Mingjing and Jinshu focused on examining the mastery and understanding of the Four Books and Five Classics. The other four subjects were offered by people with specialties in certain aspects, and were often not held, which was a form of form.

Therefore, the Ming Jing and Jinshi were also two subjects chosen by most scholars in the Tang Dynasty.

The Ming Jing exam questions are divided into three parts: posting scriptures, oral examinations, and current affairs. The first two items test the candidates' familiarity with the Four Books and Five Classics, and they can memorize them by rote and pass.

"Currential Affairs Policy" is the real difficulty, focusing on examining students' level of combining theory with practice and applying what they have learned. Usually, there are three questions about the strategy theory of Mingjing subject. They set questions for various realistic problems faced by society at that time, and asked candidates to come up with solutions. It may be how to try a case, an economic problem, a military problem, or a diplomatic dilemma. The "Current Affairs Policy" of Jinshi subject has five questions, two more questions than Mingjing subject.

Even when Li Bai and Du Fu came, they failed many times, which shows how difficult it is.

In the "Complete Tang Literature", some of the titles of "current affairs" in the Tang Dynasty for the past years are retained in detail. One of them is: "There is a war without war, and the way retains the opportunity to control the control; the evil killing is good for life, and the principle of refining the pavilion and education is transformed into pavilions. After a while, the soldiers cook in the morning, and the city and the river source are still in the north gate. The spring snow snuggles in the sun, and the cold huts are easy to scroll. Now I want to lead the way to lure the troops and punish the soldiers and punish them temporarily, write arrows and send them to the foreign ministers, blow the slaughter and return to the captive cavalry. The family talks about planning, what should I do? "

The general meaning is: when a country faces a border crisis, it must use troops to fight. But the people and soldiers are both disgusted with the killing and losses caused by war and have a depressed attitude. When facing the provocation of the enemy country, should we fight back with force at all costs, or do our best to avoid war and compromise and resolve the problem through negotiation? Will you come up with a solution to the best of both worlds?

For a young scholar who grew up in a study, he turned a blind eye to the outside world and only read the books of sages, and had no actual experience in governing the country and using military forces. It is really difficult to answer such profound and complex practical questions. It is not difficult to understand that even the immortals and saints cannot pass the test.

During the reign of Li Jing and Li Yu of the Southern Tang Dynasty, they reformed the content of the imperial examination. The two of them were kings who loved poetry, prose and essays. They were not very interested in those "posts, oral examinations, and current affairs". They did not want to talk about the international situation in vain, because the Southern Tang Dynasty only sought stability. In order to reduce the difficulty of scholars in the imperial examination, they proposed to use poetry and articles to select the types of Jinshi they liked.

"That younger generation has surrendered." Su Chen bowed and said goodbye.

Han Xizai waved his sleeves and said, "Go back, remember what I said today, and prepare for the exam with peace of mind. You are a student in the school. I will ask someone to help you complete it. As long as you take the exam during the autumn examination, you can take the exam."

Su Chen expressed his gratitude and said, "thank you Mr. Han."

He thought to himself that as long as I can take the exam, I can recite the original text and be a copywriter, and I can take a shortcut.

"Hahaha, as long as you can get a high school first place, it will be a waste of my operation." Han Xizai smiled slightly. Today, he was able to convince Su Chen to participate in the imperial examination and become a Jinshi, which was already a great achievement.

"My younger brother, do your best!" Su Chen bowed again, then left the study room, passed through the corridor and prepared to leave the Han Mansion.

At this time, Han Yunpeng came over from the corridor to greet him: "Brother Su, have you finished talking to my father?"

Su Chen nodded and said, "I'm about to go back."

Han Yunpeng said curiously: "You are mysterious, what are you talking about in the house?"

Su Chen did not hide it and said dryly: "About the imperial examination, your father asked me to participate in this year's autumn examination!"

Han Yunpeng glanced at him and said, "Do you want to take the top scorer?"

"That's not, is it so easy to take the exam as a top scorer?"

Han Yunpeng smiled and said, "Others are in trouble, but Brother Su, you go to the exam. I think it will be useless if you don't get the top scorer."
Chapter completed!