Chapter 732: The Third Examination (2)
In the cold wind, the same plot, the same steps, Sun Shan appeared in front of the Imperial Examination Hall again.
We lined up in the middle of the night, waiting to enter.
The requirements for the second exam were simpler than the first. You only had to take a shower, change clothes, find your own exam room, and wait for the papers to be distributed at dawn to take them.
The position remained unchanged. Sun Shan had a gloomy face and walked forward step by step, returning to his stinking cellar very familiarly.
Lengmojun from next door arrived early and was busy setting up the shed.
After each exam, the dormitories are cleared out, so everything starts over again.
The only consolation is that the toilet next door is also cleaned every three days, so the toilet is now empty, with only a slight lingering smell.
Sun Shan sighed, thinking that Ye Xianglang did not do his job carefully and did not clean the toilet from inside to outside. There was even a faint smell of stench.
Sun Shan gave it a one-star bad review.
Actually I don't want to give it even one star, but the lowest is one star, so I have no choice.
Sun Shan immediately jumped into the examination room and put on three thin pieces of clothing.
Why did it feel like the weather in the second game was even colder than the first game? This shouldn't be the case.
Spring is getting closer and the weather should be getting warmer.
Sun Shan shuddered, then sneezed, and immediately covered himself with a thin quilt before he recovered a little.
After a while of adapting to the environment again, Lengmojun next door had already set up his shed.
Really fast, really efficient work.
Lengmojun doesn't look like a country boy, but surprisingly he is better at working than Sun Shan, a country boy.
The world is becoming increasingly incomprehensible.
Sun Shan resigned himself to his fate and walked out to set up the shed.
As for asking Lengmojun for help? It's not that I don't want to ask, but I just want to avoid being bored.
From his cold expression in the first scene, I knew his character a long time ago.
And when he walked in just now, Leng Mojun still glanced at him, and then didn't even look at him, just busying himself with his own things.
Anyone who is not a fool would know his attitude by looking at this action.
If it was Li Xinjun or Xie Ziyu, they would have come over to chat with her a long time ago and would have explained everything about both parties clearly.
It should be a rare fate for the candidates who draw bad numbers or those next to bad numbers, and the correct way to deal with it is to cherish each other.
Sun Shan was very surprised that Lengmojun chose to be indifferent. This only proves the diversity of biological species.
Sun Shan was short and had great difficulty in setting up the shed. He tried throwing it up several times but still couldn't get it right.
Looking outside from a distance, I found that there was no one patrolling.
I don’t know if they were too lazy to come and inspect, or if they didn’t inspect here, but this time I wasn’t as lucky as last time and no one helped me.
Sun Shan had no choice but to take out the bucket, turn the bucket upside down, stand on the bottom of the bucket, and try to put the oilcloth on it.
This height was higher than before, but the bucket couldn't be placed levelly. Sun Shan stood on the barrel, swaying left and right, and finally lost his balance and fell to the ground.
It hurts~ It really hurts~
What's wrong with this world?
Sun Shan was in so much pain that he almost cried. It was physical pain, not because he was just being delicate.
As for Leng Mojun next door, he was still hiding in the cell. I don’t know whether he didn’t know that Sun Shan outside had fallen to the ground, or he knew that Sun Shan had fallen to the ground but had no intention of helping.
Finally, Sun Shan climbed up by himself and continued to build the shed.
After four or five attempts, I finally got the roof done.
Although it was not very flat, it could at least block the wind. As for whether it could block the rain, Sun Shan didn't know and had to experiment to find out.
After finishing the roof, Sun Shan then fixed the surrounding areas. When everything was done, he was already sweating profusely.
Although I had good experience the first time, the second time was not so smooth either.
Sun Shan looked at his thin arms and legs. He grew up in the village but could not do heavy work. He must have been born in the wrong place.
The lady's body depends on the maid's life.
Fortunately, I am not stupid and was able to take the imperial examination, which gave me a good background. Even if I do nothing in the future, I will have no worries about food and clothing.
After tidying up the cell, I lit a charcoal fire and my whole body felt much warmer.
Then boil a pot of Mrs. He’s secret ginger tea, drink it, and you’ll feel a lot better.
Sun Shan thought that after the exam, he would ask the old lady out for tea and dinner.
Haha, thank you for her caring.
Sun Shan fell into a snoring sleep while thinking about all sorts of things. When he woke up, it was already dawn.
Then a bell rang and breakfast was served.
The breakfast was exactly the same as the first one. Sun Shan felt a little hungry, but he didn't mind. He finished his breakfast in no time and went to the toilet.
I walked out feeling nauseous.
Tsk tsk, it was so stinky and was ruined in just one night.
Tsk tsk, these students are really too much. They are here to take the exam, not to use the toilet, why don't they know the priorities?
The bell rang, and soon the test paper was presented.
The content of the second exam was similar to that of the provincial examination.
The test is:
"Essay" should be more than 300 words.
One "imperial edict" each.
There are four “judgments”.
Some mathematics.
There is also a poem.
"Lun" can be simply understood as an argumentative essay. The topic comes from the "Four Books and Five Classics", but there is no requirement to answer it in eight-part essay. You can express yourself freely.
"Edicts", "proclamations" and "biao" can be simply understood as official documents, requiring candidates to imitate the words and deeds of officials and write corresponding edicts, proclamations and memorials.
They are generally Han edicts, Tang imperial edicts, and Song memorials.
Simply put, edicts are usually used to announce important government decrees or admonish officials; imperial edicts are used to appoint officials or grant honors; and memorials are used to express respect or requests.
To examine students' familiarity and mastery of official documents. If they are successful in the exam, they will often become officials. These are things that officials use in their work.
"Judgment" can be simply understood as comments on submitted documents, which examine the scholars' familiarity with legal provisions such as the "Daqian Code".
Sun Shan found that the proportion of mathematics and poetry was still very small.
It seems that the current emperor, to be on the safe side, has continued with the contents decided by the previous emperor without making any changes.
However, this is understandable. After all, it is the first term, and the position of the emperor is not very stable yet. It is best to remain unchanged in the face of ever-changing circumstances.
If you want to change, it is best to do it little by little in a "silent and subtle" way rather than making drastic changes.
The late emperor had a good reputation, and everything was developing in an orderly direction. The successor should not make trouble right from the start. It is safest to follow the policies of the late emperor.
Sun Shan shook his head. These were not the issues he should think about right now. He had to finish the paper first before he could think about them.
Sun Shan first looked at mathematics. The questions were very simple and he could understand them at a glance.
It is surprisingly as difficult as the provincial examination. If you do well in the provincial examination, you will naturally do well in the metropolitan examination.
After taking a few glances, Sun Shan quickly figured it out.
For example, there is a question: One hundred steamed buns are given to one hundred monks. Three senior monks have no dispute over one bun. Three junior monks share one bun. How many buns are there for each monk?
The question is: There are one hundred monks, and they eat one hundred steamed buns. The big monk eats three each, and three little monks eat one. How many big and small monks are there?
Sun Shan quickly figured out the answer.
I thought to myself: As expected, wherever there are people, there is the world of martial arts, and even the sacred Buddhist place is not immune to worldly affairs.
The big monk eats so much, and the little monk eats so little, this is definitely bullying!