When answering the question, Bai Erlang was stunned, "Although I came here to learn more, it's too far away."
Bai Shan frowned and said, "This year's topic is too difficult."
He has done the questions of Jinshi subjects five times before, and none of the questions he gave was so difficult and biased.
Bai Dalang also found it difficult, and the two cousins looked at each other, thinking that this time it might really be an experience.
Because of this idea, Bai Shan and the others were completely relaxed when they entered the examination room on the last day. Even Bai Dalang, who always cared about the examination, waved to them with a relaxed expression, "See you this afternoon."
"See you in the afternoon."
The three people's desks are separated, and I don't know how they are divided, anyway, they are not in the same place, Bai Shan's is in the second row, very close to the position of the chief examiner in front.
Today's test was about current affairs policy, and when the papers were handed out, Bai Shan only had two words in his mind, "Sure enough".
He stared blankly at the titles on the scroll, and only after a while did he raise his hand to pour some water into the inkstone, and then grind the ink with a grinder.
Grinding his hands neither fast nor slow, his mind turned rapidly. He felt that he should have no hope for this exam.
Not only him, but also the eldest cousin and Bai Er, no matter how famous he is, Bai Er is the future consort of the first princess, and the examiner can't give them high marks regardless of the content of the paper.
But since it's here, the paper still needs to be done well. Just do it as if it was an assignment assigned by your teacher.
Bai Shan pondered, how should I start
The examinees in the same examination room were also devastated, and some of them had already begun to travel far and wide, not to mention writing essays, and they hadn't even started to grind ink, as if they were already planning to give up.
Although Bai Shan didn't feel that his ideas were mature, and he didn't feel that his ideas could be recognized, he still wrote two big sheets of paper eloquently.
Bai Dalang and Bai Erlang also filled a piece of paper after their sluggishness passed.
I especially remember that when they first started writing policy theories, they couldn’t start. Mr. Zhuang taught them that no matter whether they can start a paper or not, first you have to understand the topic and then have your own ideas.
You can write after you can think. Even if you can’t start, you can use allusions, and your literary talent is average, but as long as you write down what you have thought about, it will count as some points. Sir, I won’t think that you have no ink in your belly.
The three of them kept this in mind all the time, so even though their hearts were guilty, they wrote a lot eloquently, left and right biting their pens in distress, and in the eyes of the examinees who waited for a long time to write two lines, these people are very powerful ah.
But this was all appearances. The three of them spent the afternoon in a daze. After lunch, they revised and added carefully. After confirming that there was no increase, they began to copy the contents of the manuscript to the paper, and finally packed up their things and went out dejectedly. Walk.
The gong sounded, and everyone handed in their papers and went out.
When they arrived at the gate, Feng Zongping and the others also walked in. Everyone looked at each other, and finally confirmed that everyone seemed to be in the same place, so they breathed a sigh of relief.
Feng Zongping said: "My father said that I will take the exam again next year. If I still fail the exam, I will go to the Mingjing exam. Do you want to go together?"
Bai Shan refused, "I want to go on a study tour first, and I will take the exam again after two years. If I fail, I will think about whether to take the Jinshi or Mingjing."
Feng Zongping looked at his face, nodded and said: "Yes, you are still young, even if you take the Mingjing again in three or four years, you will still be young."
He can't do it anymore, he will take the Jinshi exam for a few more years and then go to Mingjing, even if he is admitted by Mingjing, he will be considered old.
Yi Ziyang also sighed, "I knew that the Jinshi exam was difficult, but I didn't know it was so difficult."
Bai Dalang nodded approvingly, it was really too difficult.
It’s okay for them, after all, they are still young, and there are tributes from all over the country, and they are not too young. As soon as they left the examination room, they leaned on the wall and wept silently.
I don't know who cried first, so everyone couldn't hold back, and just burst into tears at the entrance of the examination room.
When Man Bao ran over to pick them up, he saw many people standing, squatting or sitting beside them crying, ranging from old men in their fifties and sixties with gray beards to young people in their thirties.
She didn't know what happened, so she couldn't help looking at Bai Shan.
Seeing that Bai Shan also had a concerned look on his face, and his eyes seemed to be a little red.
Man Bao immediately ran forward and asked, "What's wrong?"
Bai Shan sighed: "This year's topic is too difficult."
Man Bao: ... So this is hard to cry
A family member of the examinee came forward to pick him up, and comforted him: "It's okay, I failed the exam this year, and I will take the exam next year."
"I failed the exam this year, and I won't pass the exam next year," a gray-bearded candidate wiped his tears and said, "Forget it, I won't take the exam, I will go home and teach my grandson."
"...Father, why don't you take the Mingjing test, your grandson will take the Mingjing test next year."
"I'm in my fifties, and it's too embarrassing to study Mingjing."
Bai Zhi and Feng Zongping, who are planning whether to change the exam of Mingjing:...
Everyone hurriedly turned around and left, deciding to leave here first.
Most of the crying ones were rural tributes. To qualify for the examination, they first had to pass the examination in the county seat, then the examination in the prefectural city, and finally they had to go to the capital to take the re-examination by the Ministry of Officials before they could get the examination qualification.
Therefore, the age of Xianggong is generally not young, at least twenty.
Unlike the students like them, because they are students in Fuxue, Guozijian, and Chongwenguan, they are still very young. To get the qualifications for the exam, they only need to pass the exam once in the school.
However, there are quite a lot of students in the Chongwen Hall. Zhao Liulang and his group had no idea of taking the exam at all, so Bai Shan and the others didn't even take the exam. Those who wanted to take the Jinshi exam directly reported their names, and Kong Jijiu gave them the quota. They are gone.
As for Bai Dalang, he took the exam once in the Imperial College. At that time, he felt that he was quite good, so he was full of confidence.
After all, the entrance examination for students in the Imperial College is equivalent to the pre-examination for the Jinshi examination, and he ranks not low in it, so he should be very promising.
But as soon as the examination papers on Confucian classics and current affairs policies were handed out, he knew that he had thought too much.
However, even if they didn't do well in the exam, they couldn't lose their momentum. Therefore, when a classmate from the Imperial College asked them how they did in the exam, all three of them, including Bai Shanbai Erlang, said that they did well in the exam. They have written a lot.
As for whether the examiners will give points or not, it is not certain.
After seeing off these unfamiliar classmates, Feng Zongping turned his head and asked Bai Shan and the other three, "Are you really doing well in the exam?"
Bai Shandao: "Do you believe it? Our classes are the same."
Feng Zongping breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "I thought Mr. Zhuang and Kong Jijiu would give you a small talk. This time, the current affairs policy is about the policy of equalizing the land. I wonder if he will ask about the important military town next year. Who came up with this topic?"