On the eighth day of the eighth month, day and night were almost the same as the same time. In Gongyuan Street in Chongwenmen, there were crowds like bees and ants, and the autumn wind was bleak. Jia Cong, who was standing in the Imperial College tribute student team, slapped the sheep horn lantern, wore a cotton jacket with a crack, looked up at the dragon gate, and his eyes gradually became firm.

After the establishment of the Grand View Garden, the Jia family's revival was just a flash in the pan. In less than two years, Jia Zheng would return from the position of the academician of another province. His temperament changed drastically. Yuanchun had not left the palace again. The Zhen family was confiscated, and the Jia family was defeated. Time was very urgent. After passing the imperial examination, it was the top priority for Jinshi. As for whether to join the Hanlin or choose a foreign position, he would be happy and avoid being implicated by the family to the minimum. Confiscating the house does not mean extermination of the clan. Once he opened a government office and built a yamen, he would always have some way of going.

"Wang Pengju, the senior high school scholar, failed the Jiaxu exam, and has returned to Wanping to study hard in the past few years." Kuang Liuhe said in contemplation: "Did you see who is the deputy chief examiner this year?"

"Who else? The newspaper was published in the province early tomorrow, and the left deputy censor of the Censorate, Lord Liu." Zhang Maocai was envious and jealous: "I heard that this Censor Liu was promoted to the position in recent years. Three years ago, he was still a Zhili scholar. I was promoted to Zhuozhou by him. If you want to talk about the provincial examination students of Guiyou and Bingzi, no one has more than Liu Jingshi. After three years of office, he will be promoted to the adjutant of the Censorate... Zili was also promoted by him, so how could he not win?"

"Don't be careless. There is a student in the Imperial College who is particularly powerful. He is not a student who is a tribute. He failed the examination in the government. He took grain to the Imperial College and entered the Imperial College. It is said that Imperial College, calligraphy, law, mathematics, and subjects are excellent. Jia Zili, what is that person's name?" Kuang Liuhe asked on the other side that they were sent by the Wanping County Office, while Jia Cong was sent by the Imperial College.

"Dai Fengxiang is a fellow villager of the old minister, Eunuch Dai, from Suining County, Hejian Prefecture..." Jia Cong frowned. Some people failed the county government and courts, but they donated the supervisory students, but they could rush into the Golden Palace in one go. Dai Fengxiang is a strong enemy, and he has the strength of himself, and Dai Quan, the supervisory supervisor, is also included.

Under the onlookers of the supervisor Dong Anguo and others, and the search of the officers of Shuntian Prefecture, Jia Cong and other people carried the examination basket and lanterns, led by the 18th room officials, entered one after another, and entered the "Open Astronomy" dragon gate, the inner dragon gate, and passed the number to the second entrance hall.

The guards closed the door, and the autumn wind blew the Wenchang Huai outside the window, and placed a brazier, candlestick, pen, ink, paper and inkstone. Jia Cong took out the wheat cake from the test basket and chewed it. From time to time, he boiled the cool water. This autumn is dry and cold. The prison-like house gives people a sense of security, but it also gives a sense of boredom and irritability. Especially this kind of sitting is still watched by people. Outside the window, there are officers and soldiers patrolling back and forth in Mingyuan Tower, Lookout Tower, and aisle.

When several officers walked back and forth with billboards, the three and four books that represent the first stage came out.

Question 1: "Isn't it true that there are friends?", the topic is divided into chapters.

Question 2: "Not taking rules", a question.

The third question: "The Master said: "The Tao is used to govern, and to govern the people with punishment, and to avoid shameless people; the Tao is used to govern, and to govern the people with etiquette, and to be shameful and stubborn. The Master said: I am determined to learn at 150, established at 30, not confused at 40, know the destiny of heaven at 50, and to be obedient at 60, and to be obedient at 70, and to follow my heart and not exceed the rules." The chapter titles are all in the chapter.

"The first question is bad, and it is difficult to write a famous work. The second question Shen Hao happened to give me a question, and the third question is a big chapter..." Jia Cong made a paper, and like thousands of candidates in the autumn examination, frowned and thoughtful, and scraped his stomach. Fortunately, the time for each provincial examination was enough. At most, no one could eat, drink or sleep for three days and three nights, and anyone could write three eight-part essays. However, the provincial examination was the beginning of the three Yuan, and Jia Cong also had the intention to win the championship.

Unlike others, Jia Cong's thinking and understanding are far beyond his peers. When the officers and soldiers came in and closed the door, Jia Cong had already abandoned three pieces of manuscript paper and figured out the outline of his thinking. From "Records of the Grand Historian", "Book of Han", "Book of the Later Han" to "Collected Notes of Zhu Xi", countless dense words passed by his mind. The officer and soldier did not disturb him. He turned around, checked the bedding mat, closed the door and went out, and stayed outside.

Without one person, Jia Cong didn't feel awkward. His mood was like a silent wilderness. He picked up the lake pen and dipped it ink, and wrote it as if there was a god:

"Isn't it true that there are friends."

"If you study deeply, you can determine the friend."

"Is it necessary to be born from the habits of the times and to be born from learning. It is impossible to learn and have friends?"

"If the lady can talk about all her heart and think about it, how can she think about it with friends? Although she has relish and enjoys it, she is able to achieve the merit of closing a house, but she has no disciples. Why should she gather the meaning of going out? Don't say: It's my wish; so there is no need to say: I'm with you."

".........I can feel disgusted by the feelings, but feel happy. I have been diligent in the path of learning and travel better. I have an invisible judgment of fishing. Even though I am a friend, I am not as happy as this kind of love."

"This is not aware that the meaning is very bitter, but it is very sweet. It is diligent in the place of practice, and it is relaxed. It is often too much and lingering. Even if you enjoy and drink with friends, it is not as profound as this meaning."

“…Speak deeply with friends…simplely with friends…”

The structure is clear and the context is clear. He thought about the second question for a little and added changes to the past:

"No rules."

"...In general, the way of heaven is the rules, and the way of earth is the rules, and even though the two qualities are separated from the rules, they are formed. In small terms, the sleeves must be the rules, and the selves must be like rules. Even if a single garment cannot abandon the rules, they should be engaged in..."

"Who is the rule but not?"

"How can we achieve a perfection without rules?"

The third question is difficult to write in a series of questions, and this is the real selection and elimination. If the seeds are put into the sieve, the inferior ones will be sieved.

First of all, the comprehensive thinking of solving the questions can eliminate a large number of candidates. Although they have been trained before the exam, ancient candidates, like people today, will forget and break the questions, and can see through the essence of the questions at a glance. They not only need to study hard but also have super high understanding. Secondly, it involves historical materials, governing the country, the Four Books and Five Classics, and can make people study for a lifetime, and they must also be proficient in the Spring and Autumn Period, the Warring States Period, the Qin Dynasty, Han Dynasty, Sui and Tang Dynasties, which is really difficult for many people.

When Jia Cong started writing the third chapter, it was already tenth day of the lunar month and it was longer:

"The political credits are divided and the world is in chaos, so the Legalists and military strategists flow, driving away the ruthlessness of a lifetime and enduring the harshness of the terror. The principles are reduced, the four dimensions are corrupt, and the nine streams are turbid. Therefore, the three generations of virtue, virtue, courtesy and concession will be reduced."

"Political studies are combined and the sky is governed by the sound of heaven. The emperor is benevolent and sage. There are great scholars in the dynasty who are kind and kind for the rest of their lives. So they raise the outline and are neat and customary, and the style of the three generations has slightly returned to the old view."

"... Confucius entered the university at the age of fifteen, and Meng Lizi belonged to him and went to learn rituals. At the age of thirty, he asked about rituals and historians. At the age of thirty, he went to Jing of Qi forty-two, and turned against Lu and Zhao Duke died, and Ding Gong was established..."

This article has a rigorous and elegant style, inheriting Jia Cong's previous central and plain style, and also mentions two-part, middle-part, and last two-part formats. The reason for this is that the most taboo to write the six-part, which is a bit like a strategy question. The usual eight-part format is not common in the chapter questions. It is really a pity for candidates to play with people in the provincial examination.

The second eleventh session was held, five chapters of the scriptures were held, and the third eleventh session was held, and five questions were held. Jia Cong's poems were still in line with the rules. However, in the story, he made an in-depth analysis of "spending acres to acres", and destroyed from the height of land in the Ming Dynasty. Zhang Juzheng's one-whip method was revived, and more than 10,000 words were spoken about the benefits of abolishing the capitation tax outweighed the disadvantages. After the sixteenth episode, Jia Cong and other sentient beings felt that they had been in prison for three years, and they felt that they had seen the light of day again.
Chapter completed!