Su Chen walked slowly into the examination room and sat in the examination room. This was a row of long buildings with walls on three sides and empty on one side. There was a table and stool inside, which was about a few square meters of space.

The candidates are separated by walls and cannot see each other's test papers at all.

Moreover, there are no standard answers for this kind of literary exam, and copying is useless.

Several examiners entered the venue. Xu Xuan, the Minister of Rites, accompanied by Wang Yuechao, the governor of Runzhou, and the new magistrate of Runzhou, sat on the high platform of the main seat of the examination room, counted the test papers, and explained the rules and details of the autumn examination to the examiners in a routine manner.

"The autumn examination of the Tang Dynasty has been once a year in recent years, in order to select more talents and bring benefits to scholars. This is the great grace of the imperial court!"

The lament of the new magistrate of Runzhou weighing the pros and cons.

This person comes from the Quan family of Runzhou, a scholarly family. His ancestor Quan Deyu was originally from Lueyang, Tianshui. Later, he moved to Runzhou and reproduced and lived here. Quan Deyu was the son of Quan Gao, a writer, prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, and a son of Quan Gao, a living in the Tang Dynasty.

In the ninth year of Quan Deyu, he was appointed as the prime minister of the imperial court in the ninth year of the reign of the emperor and was famous for his time in the Zhenyuan period.

The Tang Dynasty declined and the Five Dynasties changed. The Quan family stayed in Runzhou for two hundred years. Although it gradually declined and was not as prosperous as that of the past, it was also a scholarly family in Runzhou. During the Li Jing Dynasty, several members of the Quan family passed the imperial examinations, and this was one of the weighing factors.

The governor Wang Yuechao said to Xu Xuan, the Minister of Rites, and said, "It is a great importance that Lord Xu can come to Runzhou to invigilate the examination in person."

Xu Xuan smiled and said, "This year, the Runzhou imperial examination, even the officials, the imperial palace, and all the civil and military ministers of the court are watching, and there is no sloppy at all."

Feng Hengzhi smiled and said, "Haha, that's because the number one talented man in Jiangzuo participated in this imperial examination in Runzhou. To be honest, I can't wait to write some beautiful articles and excellent poems in the examination room this year."

Xu Xuan showed a hint of worry and said: "The imperial examination is mostly a topic-setting essay. Even the literary masters such as Li Bai and Du Fu in the previous dynasty may not be able to win the top scorer, and they can't even enter the first grade. The imperial examination articles are not only based on rhetoric, but also on praises and current political views. Together, the rhymes and formats of articles must be standard to have a chance of winning."

Zhengzhi nodded and said, "This depends on whether Su Chen can transfer his talents into the imperial examination article, and he needs to change his thinking. However, if the article is written with great literary talent and amazingness, then no matter what content he writes, he will be on the list."

"Let's wait and see!"

Xu Xuan smiled. He believed that Su Chen's ability could write so many classic lyrics and words, and his talent could be said to be no less than those great poets of the previous dynasty. It should be difficult to write articles on imperial examinations.

At this time, all the candidates had already sat down and were nervously waiting for the test papers to be issued.

The autumn examination is the most important moment in life for candidates. If they can successfully pass the Jinshi, they will jump into the dragon gate, and from then on, they will be glorious and enter Situ, and will be rewarded.

If you fail the exam, you can only return to your hometown in silence and prepare for the next year's provincial examination, the imperial examination, and the imperial examinations are sometimes once every two years, and sometimes once a year. I don't know how many people's years will be worn away.

"The auspicious time has arrived, and I'll send it to you!"

At the moment, the test papers began to be issued, allowing the candidates to get the papers.

Su Chen was in a very complicated mood when he took this ancient exam for the first time.

Originally, as a soul-walking writer, he had modern thinking and should take feudal examinations and fame indifferently. He should be proud and not enter this great official career, and be alone in keeping himself free and happy.

However, Su Chen soon discovered that the idea was too simple; in ancient times, the people did not fight against the rich, and the wealth did not fight against the officials. This was an official-oriented society. Without fame and fortune, no official status, and no protection from the court, it was easy for people to squeeze and had no place to argue.

Therefore, after careful thinking, if Su Chen wants to achieve financial freedom and dignity, he must participate in the imperial examinations, obtain fame and talent, and then go around the career path and gain power, so as to protect the interests of himself and his friends from harm.

To a larger point, if Su Chen wants to protect his Su family, Bai family, Peng family, etc., he must defend the Southern Tang Dynasty. Otherwise, if the Southern Tang Dynasty is destroyed, the Bai family, Peng family, Su family, Zhou Jiamin and others will be hard to say.

Perhaps Su Chen himself would be protected in the Northern Song Dynasty because of the talent and reputation of Su Lang in Jiangzuo, but it was not enough to protect the interests and safety of these families.

"Young Master Su, this is the test paper!" A yamen official who gave the test paper had seen Su Chen, so he politely handed the test paper to Su Chen.

"Thank you!"

"Come on, Mr. Su, I will entrust you to Jieyuan, three hundred taels!" The minor official in the prefect's office said in a low voice, clenched his fists, and made a statement of cheering, hoping that Su Chen could win Jieyuan.

"Sure!" Su Chen smiled bitterly in his heart. He had bet 5,000 taels. Whether he could double the profit depends on the test questions.

If the test questions have nothing to do with the articles you have memorized, it is difficult for you to get to the end of the third grade.

Su Chen quickly opened the test paper and saw this year's Southern Tang Qiu Examination test questions: One word and one article!

The lyrics are selected with the title "Ode to Flowers". The general meaning is to use flowers to describe people, revealing a quality or other ideas, which can be used to describe flowers blooming and falling, things in the world are impermanent, and can express a state of mind, etc., and to express yourself.

The title of the article is to write a "travel note" and express a concept of governing the country through travel notes or the education of sages. The content is not specific, but the style of the article should be in parallel prose format and requires neat parallelism.

When Su Chen saw the travel notes, he smiled knowingly and was immediately overjoyed!

This autumn exam is stable!!

Han Xizai is still reliable in doing things!

After Su Chen finished laughing, he began to think about which poem to write.

There are some good poems about flowers, such as Li Qingzhao's "Yi Jian Plum", which has been famous throughout the ages, but it is more like a woman's thinking and is not suitable for the imperial examination.

"Well, Lu You's "Bu Suanzi-Yongmei" is very suitable!"

After Su Chen helped his pen, he pondered for a while and now he wrote it on the draft paper, but it was not done in one go, but wrote a few typos and sentences, pretending to be temporarily conceived, and finally wrote the finished product. This way, it looks realistic enough.

Then, write it neatly on the answer sheet.

"Bu Suanzi-Yongmei:

Beside the broken bridge outside the post station, lonely blooming without a master. It was already dusk and sorrowful, and the wind and rain were even more.

I have no intention of fighting for spring, and I let the flowers jealous. The scattered scattered into mud and dust, and only the fragrance remains the same."

After Su Chen finished writing it, he read it. It was quite in line with his current situation. It was envied by others. It would be better to use this poem to respond to the world.

"Now I start writing travel notes, just use Mr. Fan Zhongyan's article "Yueyang Tower Inscription"!"

Yueyang Tower is located in Jinghu, north of Dongting Lake, located on the wall of the west gate of Yueyang Ancient City, close to the shore of Dongting Lake, overlooking Dongting, and looking at Junshan in front. It was built in the 20th year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty and has been rebuilt repeatedly over the years, and is famous all over the world.
Chapter completed!