Beside the walls of the academy, there are some wooden tables.
Looking along the way, it can be roughly divided into three places.
One place is the outer room for application, one is the inner room for application, and the other is the place where recommendation letters are dropped off.
"Applicants can wait for the exam as long as they submit their certificates to the registrant."
"Do you have a certificate for the examination?"
Wang Sheng applied for the exam In the inner house, the queue is not as long as in the outer house, and it will be your turn soon.
The former sentence is Ji Shaohuai’s explanation, and the latter sentence is the registrant’s doubt.
Wang Sheng first submitted the certificates proving his place of origin, age, etc., and kept the certificate for the election in his pocket.
After all, at this time, Juren could already use the voucher to go on study tours in other places without having to go through the layers of review and approval in the village and then in the town.
They only need to hand their voucher to the guard for verification on the day of arrival.
Wang Sheng and Ji Shaohuai came here like this all the way. Xiaoya was a slave and did not need a certificate, while Wang Mao had already obtained the certificate from the village chief.
At this time, when he asked this question, it was nothing more than opening the certificate and seeing Wang Sheng's age.
"Standing here, there is something for sure."
Wang Sheng did not embarrass him and handed him the certificate of election in a calm manner. After he checked it, he handed it over to him. People were brought to an open space.
He and Ji Shaohuai were waiting and chatting: "I just saw the strange stone standing at the door, which was stained with ink."
Ji Shaohuai shook his fan and replied: "This is This is Yongzhou, a place with a prominent monument culture. Many literati have left calligraphy treasures here. It is not surprising that there is a strange stone standing at the entrance of the academy."
Wang Sheng smiled lightly: "It's above. If it was inscribed by Caosheng Huaisu or Mr. Liu Zongyuan, it would probably be attributed to it and it would become a famous landscape. However, before climbing the mountain, we did not know that there was a strange stone here. ”
Ji Shaohuai glanced at Wang Sheng in surprise, nodded and said, "That seems to be the case. Don't say anything else, just based on Mr. Huaisu's reputation, such strange rocks are left unattended outside, and there are people there at night It was stolen and the original is hard to find. "
"Therefore, I guess that this stone tablet is where a master or a student of the academy wrote. Shi. Yongzhou has a wonderful artistic conception and a strong cultural atmosphere. It is a good place to study."
Wang Sheng concluded.
Coming over mountains and ridges, it is natural to seek true knowledge.
Not to mention anything else, the strange rock in front of the door is enough for Wang Sheng to study for several days.
The ink above has a bold and indulgent air, but also a subtle and reserved meaning.
The true color of the stone cannot be seen because Wang Sheng’s eyes are full of the calligraphy on it. However, he was interrupted before he could study it thoroughly. Now he is confused.Think about it.
Ji Shaohuai was not as obsessed with calligraphy as Wang Sheng. He quickly jumped away from the topic, looked around, walked to another place to say hello, and then came back.
"Brother Wang, don't think about it."
Ji Shaohuai slapped Wang Sheng on the shoulder as a reminder.
"Guess who I just met?"
"Who?"
"Kong Nianwen and Yang Zimei."
" Oh."
Wang Sheng came to his senses and responded: "Didn't you already know that they would come here?"
You shouldn't be so surprised.
"Guess who I just saw again?"
"Thinking about it."
Wang Sheng helplessly cooperated.
"Smart."
"That's because you mentioned this before."
Ji Shaohuai took back the fan, snapped it again, and quickly opened it , waving his fan and said slowly: "I just guessed that they would come here, but I couldn't guess that they would gather in one place!"
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"In That. ”
This time Wang Sheng looked in the direction Ji Shaohuai was pointing in surprise, and actually saw the three people gathered together.
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However, Yang Zimei and Shen Sizhi were chatting happily, while Kong Nianwen on the side didn't seem so happy.
Not knowing what Shen Shenzhi said, Kong Nianwen turned around and left.
Of course, the most surprising thing was that Yang Zimei still stayed there and talked with Shen Shenzhi.
"When did the two of them get so close?"
Before the provincial examination, they were still quarrelsome, but after the provincial examination, they started talking about each other. The gap must be too big.
Ji Shaohuai sneered and replied: "For Yang Mansion, it is not important whether your own preferences have a future."
Wang Sheng understood this sentence.
"There is no conflict between preferences and future, at least for me, that is the case."
Wang Sheng did not comment on others, but reflected in his heart and replied.
He looked at Kong Nianwen's gloomy face, walked over and called out: "Brother Kong, I haven't seen you for a long time, are you okay?"
Kong Nianwen stood straight to the side, Suddenly he heard a sound coming from his side. He leaned over and saw Wang Sheng. He replied happily: "Anhao Anhao. Are you coming here to study too?"
"Yes, I happened to see you. I came here to thank you for your advice."
Upon hearing this, Kong Nianwen raised his eyebrows and couldn't help grinning, but he kept moving his hands and said: "It's not a problem, I can't help. What's the matter?"
Wang Sheng saw him walking out of the low pressure and said, "We want to stay here and wait, but we don't.There is a definite hour. If Brother Kong is bored here, why not talk about some books with me and Shaohuai? I think you have read some books recently and gained new insights. ”
“Okay! "
Kong Nianwen responded immediately.
Yang Zimei's voice paused.
Wang Sheng, Ji Shaohuai, and Kong Nianwen gathered together and talked about poetry and books. It's a common thing.
It was past midday when someone came over in a hurry and called everyone to draw lots.
Wang Sheng looked at the audience and saw that there were more than a hundred candidates. Of course, the number of candidates was uncertain.
According to what the Master said, only those who are able can enter, regardless of their forehead.
Wang Sheng asked Xiaoya to help look after Wang Mao, and took some dried fruits from the package and handed them to him. After giving instructions to the two of them, they picked up their writing tools and immediately followed the group.
Check, draw lots, wait, enter the examination room, and the examination begins.
The provincial examination is difficult, but except for pens and inkstones, other things are not allowed.
Without food, there is less pressure for the examination.
Moreover, there is no need to take off your clothes. The inspection is only done as long as there are no copying violations.
Only when Wang Sheng takes his seat will we know why the inspection is like this.
Because there are more than a hundred candidates, but all of them are. There were five examiners in charge of the exam in an empty room, and there were former students from the academy standing beside them.
Wang Sheng's eyes twitched and he didn't count them.
p>After all, it’s all human condition at first glance, there’s no need to count.
Come to think of it, someone who can pull out a cheat sheet in front of so many eyes is a ruthless person.
Wang Sheng sat where he was, waiting for the papers to be handed out, and turned his attention to writing the exam papers.
The admission test questions were not difficult, and were very different from those in the provincial examination. Bad, arithmetic is more difficult, but I can still write it.
Until Wang Sheng came to the last question.
Of course, the last question is not difficult, there are two questions. /p>
Question 1: Why are you here?
Question 2: Can the questions in this paper be improved?
These two questions are open questions. >
Wang Sheng thought for a long time and replied: "I have heard about the outstanding people here..."
He wrote some of the cultural landscape of Yongzhou that he had heard about, and added the strange rocks in front of the academy as evidence. Then he wrote: “I came here to study with all my heart. You want to ask yourself why? Be self-centered, understand the people's hearts, appeal to the people's sufferings, and achieve the people's wishes. Even though my position is low and my body is low, I still yearn for it. ”