Chapter 717 My brother’s business is my heart’s business

Then Xu Shenxiu ordered someone to take out a tube of sticks, all of which had numbers on them.

He simply asked someone to pour the sticks on the ground and light a fire.

The skewers were made of wood and soon began to burn with a crackling sound. After burning for about half a quarter of an hour, Xu Shenxiu ordered someone to pour a bucket of water on it. The fire was extinguished, but there were still a few unburned skewers left in the fire.

Then he ordered another person to blindfold himself, go over and feel around, and when he found a stick, he would put it on the tray.

I continued like this until I had touched all the remaining numbers, arranged them in order, and removed the ones with no numbers left, leaving only four numbers.

The first one is used to select books, and the following ones are used to select book pages.

For example, if the first number is two, and the Four Books are "The Analects of Confucius", "Mencius", "The Great Learning" and "The Doctrine of the Mean", then we would pick out "Mencius" and then turn to that page at the back of the book to discuss a topic.

You know, the Gongyuan is very large, and people far away can't see this side, they can only hear it.

But it doesn’t matter, all the real talents who ranked high in the exam are here, and you can see them all with your own eyes.

Therefore, leaving aside leaked topics and embarrassment... His Royal Highness the Emperor's grandson relies on real ability, and everyone will see how the article turns out in the end.

Really confident.

But young people are full of energy, and since there are reasons for their actions, they are particularly admirable.

More than one person looked at Yan Shirong quietly.

Yan Shirong stood with his hands behind his back, his face calm.

He was born extremely handsome, and when he wore gorgeous clothes, he looked even more majestic... Once he stopped pretending to be humble, his whole body was full of noble air, and he didn't look like a half-born grandson of the emperor who came from the countryside.

Soon, the title was decided, "The wise man uses his brightness to make others bright."

The full sentence is: "The wise man uses his brightness to make others bright; now he uses his dimness to make others bright.

The general idea is that wise people first understand themselves, and then they direct and teach others so that they can also understand. But people nowadays are confused themselves, but they want to make others understand, which is actually misleading others.

This sentence is very common, but because it is so common, it is rarely used as an essay topic and has never been used as an exam question.

The candidates were thinking about it, and the examiners also breathed a sigh of relief.

This topic is actually not bad. They are really afraid that if they do this, they will draw something that is taboo and difficult to come up with, so they can only come up with a patchwork question.

There were three rounds of the imperial examination. The first round, on the Four Books, and the second round, on the Five Classics, were all written in this way, openly and honestly.

After the exam, the chief examiner will lock the room in the hall to mark the papers, and the results will usually be announced before the tenth day of March.

After the exam, some candidates fell seriously ill, some slept for three days, and then the streets suddenly became lively. Various literary gatherings and hometown associations were held in various restaurants. Many people wrote their own examination essays, appreciated each other's essays, and guessed the rankings privately.

More people will post their articles on the wall, anonymously or not, to hear the opinions of strangers.

The literary wall is a place for scholars to communicate. It could be a house, a wall, or a board. After the imperial examination, many Hanlin scholars would go to the literary wall to read the essays of the candidates and leave comments.

This is a scene after every imperial examination.

Because the topics of the Four Books this time were plain, a lot of good articles were produced. Many people waited in front of the wall of articles early in the morning and read all day before going back.

After seven or eight days, several articles gradually came to light.

There was a person named Lin Qingxu who used his real name on the literary wall and received a lot of praise. There was another person named Fu Zhen, I don’t know if it was a pseudonym, but he also received a lot of praise.

There are a few others, each with their own supporters, but none of them can surpass the popularity of these two.

Lin Qingxu is also a junior fourth place winner. He is from Qingzhou and has just turned twenty this year. He is a dashing man with a handsome appearance and is very famous.

But no one knew Fu Zhen... Everyone secretly guessed whether the people who appeared in the spotlight were Yan Shirong, but no one was sure.

It was not until Lin Qingxu heard about this and came to the article wall to read his article that he laughed and said, "Your Highness is very talented, Lin is far inferior to you!!"

Regardless of whether he was really not up to the standard or not, as soon as he showed his "admittedly not up to the standard" attitude, Yan Shirong immediately became very calm.

This shows that he is a smart man.

Because of what Lin Qingxu said, everyone immediately confirmed it. No one expected that Yan Shirong would use the name "Fuzhen" as a pseudonym, so they couldn't confirm it for a while.

But when Fu Zhen was mentioned, everyone immediately remembered, whose article was it?

Well, that person... Even if Chen Jingtao never counted his own articles, he found that they seemed not as good as others.

But if he wants to back down, others have to be happy about it!

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

The princess fans/local tyrants headed by Chen Sande had been holding back for so long, just for this day. As soon as he finished writing it, Chen Sande got his hands on it and asked people to take a look. When he heard that it was not good, he immediately asked people to copy several copies and post them everywhere.

You know, in those days, those who could pass the exam to become a scholar would be considered college students in the future, and those who could pass the exam to become a juren would be considered experts. Precisely because they were experts, they could especially tell the good from the bad...After this article came out, many people who thought they were going to fail the exam really regained their confidence.

If there were more articles like this around, maybe I could even make it to the bottom of the list? ?

So how could this person have the nerve to write like this, to be fair to the grandson of the emperor who is the god of literature? It's like a nose drawn in the sky, what a big face! ! Because the grandson of the emperor was taking the exam, the examiners were surprisingly quick, and the list of apricots was announced on the third day of March.

This time, a total of 186 people were admitted. The emperor's grandson Yan Shirong topped the list, Lin Qingxu only got third place, and the second place was Wang Kangning, who was also famous, but it was said that he was in poor health and fell ill after the examination, so he never posted any articles on the writing wall.

Needless to say, Chen Jingtao failed the exam.

This will really be nailed to the pillar of shame for the rest of your life. As long as there is an imperial examination, people will bring up this matter.

This result was not surprising to anyone.

Because there is a special military examination this year, the palace examination is very close, scheduled for March 16th.

But since there was no chance of failing the imperial examination, as long as one passed, one could rest assured, so everyone was in a relatively relaxed mood.

Yan Shirong also came forward and prepared to invite his classmates to a banquet.

But Wang Kangning replied to the post, saying only that he was seriously ill and could not keep the appointment, and asked Your Highness to forgive him.

At this moment, everyone's articles have been published. Wang Kangning's articles are quite grand, with a very clear vision and open-mindedness. He is definitely not a narrow-minded person, so he must be really sick. He has not shown up for such a long time, and I am afraid that his illness is quite serious.

So Yan Shirong came to find Tuanzi: "Xinbao, can you do me a favor?"

Xinbao's little teeth have already erupted halfway, and the other milk teeth are already a little shaky. Xinbao has to check them several times a day. When Yan Shirong came in, she was startled and covered her mouth, saying in a muffled voice: "Why is the fish not delicate? " "I was wrong," Yan Shirong stepped back, knocked on the door, and said with a smile: "Xinbao, can I come in?"

Xinbao grabbed the mask and put it on: "Okay."

"Yes." Yan Shirong then walked in and said with a smile: "Xinbao, can you help your brother?"

Xinbao waved his hands generously: "What's the point of helping or not helping? My brother's business is Xinbao's business!!"

(End of this chapter)