My diary of transcendence from the heavens

Chapter 10 10. Three assessments, rapid progress

The imperial examinations in this world are somewhat different from those in the previous life, but they are similar in many places. There are three main tests, namely the "Poem Test", "Ci Test" and "Classics Test"!
The "Poetry Test" tests the ability to write poetry, and the "Ci Test" tests the ability to write lyrics.

The name of the country is Northern Wei. Although it is not any country recorded in Chinese history, its various systems and culture are almost the same as those of ancient Chinese countries, and its customs and culture are also generally the same. It is obviously a parallel world to the main world.

In addition to the different histories, there are also three religions and nine streams here. There was an emperor named Emperor Wu of the Tang Dynasty who "deposed hundreds of schools of thought and only respected Confucianism." There was also Emperor Wu Shi who "destroyed the six kingdoms and unified the eight wastelands."

The historical trajectories are very similar, and the development of poetry is also very similar. However, those celebrities in Chinese history and the poetry through the ages are not. Zhao Xuanqi can completely plagiarize the poetry.

Don’t be afraid of “poetry test” or “ci test” at all!
With 5000 years of Chinese poetry in his mind, he was not afraid of these two exams at all.

However, these two exams account for a relatively low score, accounting for only half of the score. The more important assessment is the third "classic test".

The so-called "classic test" mainly tests some history, culture and famous works. You need to thoroughly read the works of the world's great scholars and saints, and then ask you to fill in the blanks and explain and answer from the perspective of the saints.

This assessment requires candidates to have a good memory and to thoroughly read countless Confucian books.

According to statistics, there are dozens of books that need to be memorized. Each of them is as thick as a fist, and stacked together is higher than a building. It is no less difficult than the ancients in previous generations who memorized the Four Books and Five Classics.

Moreover, from the vast text, you have to extract a single obscure and remote sentence for you to fill in the blanks. You can imagine the requirements on memory.

Finally, I have to answer this sentence from the perspective of a saint. This is very tricky. I can only use various scriptures and quotes from various great Confucian annotations to understand this sentence thoroughly, and then write my own understanding at the end...

People who don’t have strong understanding ability can’t write at all!
The "Classic Test" is a test of memory and analytical skills, both of which are indispensable. Only by thoroughly reading countless books can you obtain a relatively high score.

In addition, there are "additional questions", which can be answered or left unanswered. Points will be awarded if answered, and points will not be deducted if no answer is given. It is very difficult.

Additional questions usually look like this: "If you are a certain official and encounter such and such a problem in a certain place, please list the solutions of various predecessors, evaluate them, and finally use your own method. ,solve this problem……

It's very deceptive. The method of evaluating the officials of the ancestors can easily offend the ancestors. The additional questions are still an important assessment that determines whether a person can be a high official. It is very important.

If you don't answer, someone else will answer...

In addition, additional questions will also test "arithmetic", "art of war", etc.

Zhao Xuanqi analyzed the pros and cons: "I'm not afraid of the poetry test at all. Just plagiarism. No, how can we say that it's plagiarism when it comes to scholars? I'm quoting!"

"And I am not afraid of the classic exam and the additional questions. I have the gift of photographic memory and a very strong memory. I can easily recite the content that needs to be memorized. The content of books that other people have difficulty remembering in their lifetime, for me It’s totally not a big deal!”

Zhao Xuanqi is extremely lucky to have a "photographic memory".

Otherwise, even if his poetry is amazing, it will not make him go far in the scientific examination. After all, "reciting poetry correctly" is just a small skill, and "full of knowledge" is the key. Poetry accounts for too little, and there are additional questions in the classics exam. This is the key to deciding to become an official.

If he didn't have this talent, if he wanted to memorize so many books, the time it would take would definitely be calculated in several years, or even more than ten years.

With this talent, he can gain fame and transcend social classes in the shortest possible time!
……

Time passes slowly.Six months passed in the blink of an eye.

The rain gurgled and fell in torrents.

"This rain is too heavy. I hope it stops soon, otherwise it will be the hard-working people who suffer..."

On this day, Zhao Xuanqi got up very early, walked down the corridor, and headed towards the school with pen and ink. Today was a very important day for the thorough assessment, which could rank the students' results.

He walked into the school.

All kinds of eyes came together.

Chen Buhuan and others looked at the poor man with complicated eyes, swallowing their saliva and not daring to look at him.

In the past few months, they have been shocked by this poor man. It is so desperate to study!
Except for class time, I spent all the other time immersed in the library, learning all kinds of knowledge and practicing writing like crazy.

Studying hard is one thing, but the problem is that you are making too much progress!
There are countless students who study seriously in the college, but Zhao Xuanqi is the only one who has made such rapid progress.

Progress at a speed visible to the naked eye!

At first, I couldn't read and it was difficult to write calligraphy with a calligraphy brush. It looked like a chicken symbol and looked ugly. However, in just six months, I learned all the characters and thoroughly mastered the calligraphy brush, making my handwriting neat and tidy.

At the beginning of class, they understood nothing and had not even read the most common books. They were completely illiterate. However, in the past few months, they witnessed Zhao Xuanqi memorizing the books one by one and memorizing all the knowledge in the books. As pure as fire.

Even the page of which book a certain sentence is on is clear, my memory is like a monster!

Master Zhou first called Zhao Xuanqi by name, but Zhao Xuanqi couldn't answer at all. Now he answers fluently, quoting all kinds of scriptures, his understanding ability is amazing, and his analysis ability is simply terrifying!
Even if you have a good memory, your understanding ability is so good?Doesn't this allow people to live?

The most frightening thing is that this guy's ability to write poems and lyrics, with gorgeous words and natural context, is like coming from the sky, completely knocking everyone in the academy to the ground, even the teacher is ashamed...

It only took six months to transform from an illiterate person to a knowledgeable person!

In this short period of time, he crushed the students in the entire academy with a crushing attitude!
You must know that these students, who come from a privileged family, have studied poetry and books since childhood. From the age of four or five to the current age of fifteen or sixteen, they have studied culture for nearly ten years and spent countless days and nights to gain the capital of pride.

Now, their pride has been shattered to pieces. From the beginning, they tried desperately to chase Zhao Xuanqi, until they were left behind and could no longer see his back, out of reach...

No matter how hard you try, more than ten years of studying poetry and books are not as good as six months of hard work. All the efforts seem to be meaningless, like a bubble, which makes people despair and suffocate.

A lifetime of pursuit is not as good as six months!

The students looked at Zhao Xuanqi, their eyes full of complicated light.

Maybe...this is genius? !
That's right, if hard work is useful, then what else does a genius do?
In the classroom, everyone watched Zhao Xuanqi take his seat, and then they all breathed a sigh of relief. The feeling of oppression was too strong, and they felt like they didn't dare to breathe in front of him.

(End of this chapter)