Shuntian Gongyuan is a courtyard with three entrances. The gate has five couplets on each side, which is called Dragon Gate, which means carp leaping over the dragon gate. There are horizontal plaques on the three middle gates. The middle gate is inscribed with "World Civilization" and the east gate is inscribed with "Yu Gate".

, the west door is inscribed "Zhou Jun".

Beyond the second dragon gate, there are thousands of houses made of wooden pallets on the east and west sides of the gate, which are the dormitories where the candidates answer questions. They are surrounded by walls made of thorns. This kind of examination shed with a straw mat and wooden board structure is the most popular.

For fear of catching fire, there were many large tanks filled with water in the courtyard to prepare for fire-fighting. However, as the fire spread, this little water was of no use, so fires broke out from time to time.

In the Shuntian Provincial Examination in the third year of Orthodoxy, on the eve of the first examination, a fire broke out in Gongyuan and burned down the test papers and dormitories. The examination date was eventually changed. The most serious one was the fire in Gongyuan in February of the seventh year of Tianshun. In this fire, all the people were burned to death.

More than ninety people.

Yan Yuxi, then the Prime Minister of the Imperial Academy, petitioned for the title of Jinshi for these deceased scholars. Although some people impeached him and was imprisoned for a time. However, the Yingzong finally took pity on the deceased scholars and awarded the title of Jinshi to all the more than 90 people who were burned to death.

Each deceased was given a coffin and buried in the open space outside Chaoyang Gate. A monument was erected "Tomb of the World's Talents", which was known as the Tomb of Juren.

Until the Wanli period, Zhang Juzheng, who served as the chief minister of the cabinet, decided to renovate and expand the Gongyuan. Construction officially started in March of the second year of Wanli and was officially completed in September of the second year of Wanli. After the reconstruction, the building area was increased, and the building area was 4,800.

It cost more than 49,900 gold. On the other hand, the original wooden building was changed to a brick structure to enhance the fire resistance. Since then, the Gongyuan has not been overhauled for a long time.

After a rigorous search, the sergeant looked surprised when he saw Li Jie's number plate. Thirteen-year-old Jie Yuan was really rare, but this did not make him lower his search requirements. It was still a routine search that treated everyone equally.

After the inspection, Li Jie entered the Gongyuan. The first thing that caught his eye was an ancient locust tree from the Yuan Dynasty. It is said that this is the place where Wen Guang shot bullfights, so it was called "Wenchang locust tree". It is said that this locust tree is related to the literary fortune of the candidates.

Related. Therefore, basically all the candidates who pass by the locust tree will bow solemnly. Li Jie bowed to this locust tree as the Romans do in the countryside.

In the Gongyuan, the Mingyuan Building is located in the center of the corridor, surrounded by watchtowers. The Zhigong Hall is located in the north of the Gongyuan. To the east is the Supervision and Examination Hall, where most of the outer curtain officials live. To the east of the Supervision and Examination Hall are the Mi Feng, Shouju, and Supply Houses.

To the west are two offices for reading and copying. The Sutra Hall is located in the north, where fellow examiners mark papers.

Li Jie found his dormitory according to the number plate. Li Jie looked at the examination shed. There was no obvious damage. Except for air leakage, which was inevitable, he was not afraid of water leakage. Li Jie had been lucky since the imperial examination. Like the rain number,

I have never encountered a bad number before.

Because Li Jie has practiced martial arts all year round, although he is only fourteen years old now, his figure is no less than that of an ordinary adult man, so the room is still a little small for him, but he had to endure it for the sake of the scientific examination, and secretly swore in his heart that

When I take power, I will definitely finish Zhang Juzheng's work in advance, and regard it as a benefit to the majority of candidates.

Li Jie first cleaned up the room a little, then took out an oilcloth and spread it on the roof of the room to prevent the rain from getting the exam papers wet. If the rain splashes on the answer sheet, the paper will be unclean and it will be judged as failed. Li Jie

Nowadays, it is not possible to release the internal force to the outside to form a Qi shield. According to Master Chen Xianzhang, only innate masters can release the internal force to the outside to surround the whole body and achieve a state of invulnerability to water and fire.

While Li Jie was cleaning up the examination booth, candidates from the surrounding examination booths also arrived one after another. There was no one they knew among them, but most candidates looked surprised when they saw Li Jie. Although Li Jie was tall,

He looks like an adult, but the childish look on his face is still there, and ordinary people can tell that he is not very old at a glance.

There are only a handful of people at his age who come to take the imperial examination, because the imperial examination basically determines life in one test. For example, if you pass the exam this time and you rank among the top three in the imperial examination, then the difference between the first, first and second place will be

When you get older, the first-level imperial examination candidates will go directly to the Imperial Academy. Although the second-level and third-level candidates can participate in the Shujishi assessment, the probability of being admitted to the third-level examination is very low.

Shujishi are affiliated to the Hanlin Academy, and those who are good at literature and calligraphy are selected as Jinshi. This has been the practice since the Ming Dynasty: non-Jinshi will not enter the Hanlin, and non-Hanlin will not join the cabinet, which is equivalent to the current "reserve cadres" (in the true sense)

, so Shujishi is also known as the "Preserver Prime Minister", so being selected as Shujishi also means that the chance of rising to prominence is greatly increased.

Therefore, these candidates were very surprised to see Li Jie taking the exam at such a young age. There were not many young Jinshi scholars in the Ming Dynasty. The reason was for a better ranking. A better ranking means a higher starting point, because

Once admitted to the joint examination or the palace examination, there is no chance for a second examination. Most prodigies often delay taking the joint examination for one or two years in order to be more sure.

Everything is ready, Li Jie is waiting for the test papers to be distributed. There is a sergeant guarding each candidate's examination booth. One person per room is more stringent than during the provincial examination. The sun slowly shines through the clouds. At this time, all candidates have been admitted to the hospital.

The examination booths have all been locked.

After a while, a powerful drumbeat came from the Mingyuan Building, and the Gengxu Science Examination in the third year of Hongzhi officially began.

The first test is the same as the local examination, there are three questions on the "Four Books", each of which is more than 200 words, and four questions on the meaning of the classics, each of which is more than 300 words.

After the clerk handed out the examination papers, Li Jie scanned them briefly and looked at the first question with the inscription "Unjust War in the Spring and Autumn Period".

For someone like Li Jie, who is well versed in the Four Books and Five Classics, he can tell at a glance that this title comes from "Mencius's Heart of the Heart". The original text is: Mencius said: "There are no unjust wars in the Spring and Autumn Period. If they are good at it, then they have it."

Those who conquer are those who attack from above, and enemy countries do not conquer each other.

The general idea is that there were no legitimate wars in the Spring and Autumn Period. Which country may be better than this country, but this situation does exist. The so-called conquest refers to crusade from above, and princes of the same level cannot crusade against each other.

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When Zhu Xi explained a chapter in the "Collected Commentary on Four Books", he said: "Every time the Spring and Autumn Annals are written about the wars and conquests of the princes, they will be ridiculed and criticized for the crime of being good at prosperity. No one thinks that it is in line with justice and approves it."

However, there are those who are good at this, such as the master of Zhaoling."

What Zhu Xi means is that the Spring and Autumn Annals have always had a very clear stance when describing the wars between princes, that is, they ridiculed wars and crimes that were not in line with etiquette and law, and were not in line with morality, but did not praise the situation that was in line with morality. "He

If you are good at this, you will have it." Zhu Xi cited the master of Zhaoling as an example.
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