After leaving Duzhi Tower, Chen Yichen went to the No. 1 under the leadership of the officials, but this time the officials who led the road could no longer be described as polite, and it is not an exaggeration to call it pleasing.

He greeted Chen Yichen with a smile throughout the whole process and brought Chen Yichen to the best "Lao She". He didn't know whether this was the treatment of the head of the county trial or whether it was related to the prefect Li Min, but it was unusual anyway.

After entering the account room, Chen Yichen arranged the study supplies as usual, and then waited for the sign to post the test questions in the military service.

The government examination is placed in the three exams in the primary stage of the imperial examination. It is an over-examination in the middle. The content of the project is the same as that of the county examination, but there are only two games, and the first game is still the focus.

Also, the second session of the provincial examination is very casual and can be regarded as a thorough make-up exam. In theory, if the first session is won, there is no need to take the second session, and you will jump directly to the final exam stage.

While Chen Yichen was waiting here, Zhu Qingyu and others also entered the account room. However, unlike Chen Yichen's first placement of the study supplies, Zhu Qingyu attached great importance to the test basket containing food and cold clothes.

While the patrol soldiers were walking away, Zhu Qingyu freed up all the items in the exam basket, then found a few specially woven bamboo strips and carefully pulled them out.

If you have a magnifying glass at this time, you will find that these bamboo strips are densely carved with fonts, comparable to modern micro-carvings.

Although the imperial examinations were strictly supervised in ancient times and the punishment after fraud was found was also severe, the frauds in the imperial examinations were still emerging one after another.

After all, as long as you pass the threshold of the imperial examination, it will not only bring about money and fame, but also the improvement of the entire social class. With such great temptation, it is impossible to stop the fraud of the imperial examination.

The cheating method is a bit stupid, such as cheating, and you will basically be found when you enter the examination room and search. Then you will be removed from the list on the spot and show your shackles to warn other candidates.

For those who are more high-tech, use salt water or squid juice to write the answer in the interlayer of the clothes. After entering the examination room, just bake it with a candle and the handwriting will appear. This method is called "silver salt development".

The squid juice technique is higher. After all, in addition to physical knowledge, chemical theory is also used. The method is to mix squid juice with special transparent fish bone glue and write it on the clothes half a year in advance. As the protein decomposes, the ink marks will turn into transparent color.

When the exam is over, the sweat on your body will restore the glue properties of the fish bone glue. As long as a little dust is sprinkled, the handwriting will be revealed.

Originally, this cheating method was top secret, but when he met Qianlong, a ruthless man, he ordered the candidates to soak their clothes in water for three days in advance. No matter what salt water or squid juice you have, they are useless.

The more technical technology is like Zhu Qingyu now, using the "miniature" and "mike" methods.

"Minigram" means using mouse thorns to make special "rat hair" and then write a super small font, so that it can be easily entrained. "Rice Carving" is micro-carving, popular in the Ming Dynasty and was called "ghost craftsmanship" in the early days. The most powerful one can carve a complete poem on a grain of rice, the price is to look blind.

Of course, there is also the last simple and crude flow, which is to simply bribe the chief examiner, invigilator, inspector, military service, etc. with money or power.

All the exam rooms are my people, so what do you use to check my fraud?

With the sound of a "clang" ringing, the government examination officially began, and all the candidates were on guard. Zhu Qingyu quickly hid a few bamboo strips. After all, he was not as good as me. If he was discovered by patrol and military service, the consequences would be very serious.

The military service began to travel between the account houses with signs, and Chen Yichen soon saw the questions of the house.

The first four books title: Everything is unsustainable, and if it is unsustainable, it is abolished.

When Chen Yichen saw this question, he was really surprised. The reason was not how difficult the question was, but how easy it was.

This question comes from Chapter 20 of "Doing the Mean" Ai Gong's question about politics. It translates it into meaning that no matter what you do, you can succeed if you prepare in advance, otherwise you will fail.

Such a simple and straightforward truth, even in later generations, as long as it is not a fish that misses the net for nine-year compulsory education, it can understand that its opportunities to express are reserved for those who are prepared.

In the imperial examination, this kind of test questions that are not ambiguity and quote clearly can be called a score-free question.

Just when Chen Yichen thought about why the question was so simple, he glanced down and saw the second test question, and instantly understood the reason.

Because this second test question is a fucking question from underworld!

The test questions are: Mrs. Yang’s desire for goods.

According to the understanding and thinking of ordinary people, this sentence is divided into paragraphs for Mrs. Jun, Yang~ Goods, Desire. If you continue to write this idea, you will get a complete piece of eight-legged little yellow text.

The problem lies in the important examination room such as the imperial examination and the imperial examination. Will the examiner give you a question about a small x-text?

So there is no doubt that this seemingly nonsense test question is definitely a few of the words from two completely different sentences, and then mix them together.

If you want to solve the problem, you must find the original text.

Even if he is as strong as Chen Yichen, he has memorized the Four Books so well, and suddenly he wants to think of this sentence. It is difficult for him to think of any of the Four Books and which ones come from.

Other candidates complained when they saw such questions, and could vaguely hear all kinds of muttering and sighing.

"quiet!"

A majestic shout sounded, accompanied by a warning from the gong, suppressed the complaint.

In Duzhi Building, several examiners vaguely felt the sorrow of the candidates. Professor Sima Yun of the Prefecture turned to Li Min and said, "Mr. Gong, it seems that the second interrogation question is really a bit off-the-shot, and the candidates can not answer much."

"I know."

When Li Min said this, there was a helpless smile on her lips.

As the chief examiner and also the question setting officer, how could he not know that such interrogation questions are considered underworld questions?

But the problem is that Li Min feels bitter and he has no choice.

According to the regulations on the imperial examination, all test questions must be selected from the four books. As a result, after thousands of years of examination, all the test questions can be answered have been basically all.

Think about it, you will have to find ten four-book questions in the county test, four-book test, and several more in the college test. How many counties and prefectures have to be obtained in the entire Ming Dynasty? On average, it is not too many to find thousands of questions every year?

Not to mention after passing the scholar exam, there are more advanced provincial examinations, imperial examinations, palace examinations, etc., and you also need to find various test questions from the Four Books.

The Analects of Confucius, "The Great Learning", "The Doctrine of the Mean", "Mencius", etc., are only a few tens of thousands of words, so the more we go to the future, the more difficult it is to get the questions normally.

Forced to do nothing, the title officials could only find ways to put together the four books and create the so-called interrogation questions.

Many times, it seems that the underworld questions are about enforcing the candidates. In a sense, the rigid examination system of the eight-legged essay in the imperial examination is about everyone.

"The test questions are indeed a bit difficult, but they can better test the students' skills. They all have their own advantages and disadvantages."

The prefectural chief Du Shi helped Li Min say that he also came step by step as an official. When he was a magistrate, the most headache was that the county exam was given every year, so he could deeply understand the pain in the hearts of the prefect.

The examiners can also find some reasons to explain, but for the candidates, they have no choice. No matter how many interrogative questions are, they must find a way to write them out.

Chen Yichen thought for a long time in his mind and finally understood how he got this test question.

Mrs. Jun comes from "The Analects of Confucius: Ji's Chapter". She does not represent a certain wife, but refers to the wife of the king, so she is simply called Mrs. Jun.

What the Analects of Confucius originally wanted to express was that the rituals and music in the Spring and Autumn Period were broken, and the titles of legitimate concubines of the princes were chaotic, and there was no distinction between superiors and inferiors. All wives were collectively called Mrs. King.

The word Yanghuo is relatively simple, and comes from "The Analects of Confucius: Yanghuo Chapter". Here it refers to a person's name, not something indescribable. His name is Yanghuo.

The original text of the Analects of Confucius was that Yang Huo wanted to see Confucius, but was turned away because Yang Huo was originally a retainer of the Ji family, but eventually seized the power of the head of the Ji family. Confucius was very disgusted with such a thing as a matter of usurpation and naturally did not want to meet him.

In fact, after careful analysis, this interrogation question is not particularly in the underworld. The reason is that the word "yang goods" is a unique name in the Four Books and Five Classics, and it is easy for people to think of the source.

The most feared thing about interrogating questions is synonyms. There are many chapters in the entire Four Books, and you don’t know which one the title officer refers to.

Take the term "官网" as an example. If you want to use this word to interrogate the question, it will be a life-threatening person. Because the sons of the princes in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were all called various princes, and you can find ten or eight. Can you know which prince the examiner refers to?

Chen Yichen combined the correlation between these two nouns and first responded that the key to solving the problem lies in the word "ritual".

Whether it is a matter of no superiority or inferiority or a person who is a person who is prone to transgression, it is a matter of no "ritual".

It can be said that if you study the ancient eight-legged essay thoroughly, it will not be as mysterious as you first saw. You can find the key to solving the problem by carefully selecting it.

However, Chen Yichen vaguely felt that there were other ideas to solve the problem, because the "ritual" was too ordinary, and he could think of it himself and others could think of it.

If you want to write a good article, in addition to your good writing style, you also need to have excellent intentions. At the same time, you cannot make the examiner think that you are biased.

So after thinking about it, Chen Yichen decided to start with the word "order", which can also echo the test questions of the collapse of rituals and music, and it also comes up with unique ideas.

In a sense, Chen Yichen is a gamble. If you bet correctly, you can pass the palace examination, or even the head of the high school office. It ends his embarrassing identity as a school child after years of studying.

The worst result of a wrong bet is to get out of here. However, Chen Yichen won the county case before, and there will be preferential treatment in theory. As long as it is not outrageous, the examiner will still win the pass, but the ranking will not be too high.

The idea of ​​"order" to solve the problem is not too outrageous even if it is biased. In addition, he is familiar with the examiner Li Min, so he should not be stuck.

It is precisely because of this guarantee that Chen Yichen decided to gamble and take a try to see if he could turn a bicycle into a motorcycle.

After all, in addition to the "big three yuan", the county examination also has the title of "little three yuan". No scholar can resist the temptation of winning three yuan in a row!
Chapter completed!