Bachelor

Chapter 41
Sun Hao's handing in the paper so quickly not only surprised Sun Dan, but also surprised Zhang Zhixian.

Sun Dan frowned slightly when he saw Zhang Zhixian took the paper and looked at it a few times.

Sun Dan secretly laughed in his heart, he knew the level of Sun Hao best in his heart, he was an idiot.However, these two questions are all about memory, depending on his mastery of basic knowledge.Besides, Li Meiting had asked Sun Hao and the others to do these two questions several times before, so they should have been able to memorize them all.

If Sun Dan's guess is correct, Sun Hao should have no problem passing today's exam today.It's just that these two compositions of his certainly don't have any readability at all, only the format is acceptable, but they can't find any faults.

In a sense, Mr. Li Meiting’s pre-instilled writing methods to the schoolchildren are somewhat similar to the eight-legged essay written by Huang Hongxian from the Qing Dynasty that Sun Dan copied before. It is boring, but it can get high marks.

Zhang Duan and his eldest brother Zhang Cong had a long history of family education. They were also well-known talented scholars in Zhejiang at the beginning, and they valued scholars who were talented in literature and style.

When I saw Sun Hao's article today, I felt a little displeased.But the test is not judged by his subjective will. After looking at it twice, he had no choice but to draw a circle on the paper.

Sun Hao was overjoyed, "Plop!" He knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and sang a fat promise: "Thank you, parents. "

It turned out that the county examination in the Ming Dynasty was not strict, and the examiners could admit them on the spot when they encountered papers that they could read well.Just now Zhang Zhixian took up his pen and circled on Sun Hao's paper, even if he let Sun Hao pass the test.

Zhangzhi County let Sun Hao pass the test, firstly because Sun Hao is the eldest son of Sun Hao, and secondly because there is really no fault in his test paper.With a wave of his hand, Sun Hao was let out of the examination room.

When Sun Hao went out, he winked at Sun Dan, signaling him to hurry up.

It's a pity that Sun Dan didn't want to show off the limelight, so he just smiled and buried his head down again.

Time passed little by little, and after a while, people kept getting up to hand in papers, most of them were Sun family children.

Zhang Zhixian is worthy of being a talented person. He took the paper and read it at a glance. When he met the one he liked, he accepted it point by point on the spot.In less than an hour, six people were allowed to pass.

Sun Dan was surprised to find that five of the six people were students of the Sun Family Academy. It seemed that Mr. Li Meiting was going to be proud this time.

Of course, Zhang Zhixian's brows were frowned and he seemed very impatient with the dry and boring articles written by the Sun family's children.

Seeing Zhang Zhixian's impatient expression, Sun Dan couldn't help but realize that any teacher would naturally have such students.Mr. Li is an exam freak, a monster created by the exam-oriented education system, don't expect him to be able to cultivate talented scholars, beautiful ladies, and Confucian scholars.

This was Sun Dan's first time taking part in the ancient imperial examinations. The boy's examination was not difficult for him at all, but it was also good to take this opportunity to train soldiers and get familiar with the atmosphere of the examination room.

With this mentality in mind, he copied his hands and sat by the side to watch the excitement.

It was already daylight, and although the boy's test was the first level of the imperial examination, it was also very difficult for some schoolchildren.The examination room gradually divided into two levels, and most of those who passed the test handed in the paper within an hour.The rest of the crooked melon cracked dates were biting their pens and sitting in the examination room thinking hard.

Only Sun Dan looked left and right in the examination room alone, looking very prominent.

It didn't matter that he looked around randomly, but it caught the attention of Zhang Zhixian.

Zhang Zhixian heard that Li Meiting highly praised Sun Dan before, and remembered that he came to participate in the boy's test after only a little more than a month of enlightenment, so he paid attention to it first.Seeing him sitting in the examination room for a long time without starting to write, he felt a little displeased, and secretly said: "If you can learn something in a month, come to take the children's examination, this Li Meiting is too worried."

Then he walked slowly in front of Sun Dan with his hands behind his back, poked his neck and looked over, only to see that there was only one word "Min" written on Sun Dan's paper.

Zhang Zhixian shook his head, and asked in a low voice, "Do you think this question is a bit difficult?"

Seeing that he had attracted the magistrate's attention, Sun Dan knew that he had played too much.If I had known earlier, I would have slept on the table first, but it was a pity that it was still cold, and I was afraid I would catch a cold if I slept in the examination room.

He whispered: "My lord, the students don't think this problem is difficult, and they can finish it in a short time. However, it is still early. If they hand in the papers and go out now, the students will have nowhere to go. It's freezing outside, so it's better to stay Come warm inside the examination room."

Zhang Zhixian was very unhappy, thinking to himself, so he came here to keep warm.The students taught by Li Meiting are all disgusting, and their articles are useless.Marking their papers is simply a kind of torture.These scholars and schoolchildren in the north are really dull, and the things they write are not very spiritual.

Thinking of this, Zhang Zhixian felt a little angry: "Sun Dan, you should do the exam right away. Mr. Li told me earlier that you are a rare talent, and the county is standing by your side today, waiting for you to write. Have a look. How are you different from the other students of the Sun family? The things written by your Sun family are really ugly. Mr. Li must have asked you to do a lot of similar essays in advance. You also wrote something like this this time to insult me eyes, not at all."

Sun Dan was very helpless, being guarded by someone like this, it was impossible not to attract attention.

Forget it, let's hurry up and finish the questions and go to Sun Hao and the others.

Sun Dan thought for a while, and immediately understood that Zhang Zhixian already had an opinion about him.Moreover, the examination papers handed in by the students of the Sun family just now made him very depressed.If I write honest articles step by step, I am afraid that the score will not be high.

Okay, since you want to read beautiful words in Zhangzhi County, I will write beautiful articles for you to read.

After thinking about it, he immediately remembered that there were two articles with the same title in "Tong Zhi Tang Ji" by Nalan Xingde of the Qing Dynasty.Nalan Rongruo was a well-known talent in the Qing Dynasty, plagiarizing his articles should make Zhang Zhixian's eyes shine.

Zhangzhi County is from the south of the Yangtze River, so he must like this kind of graceful and elegant style of writing.

So, Sun Dan picked up a pen and wrote after the word Min: "The people are richer than the bottom, and the king is richer than the top." This is a break-through.

Then there is the question.

"The wealth of the king is hidden in the people. Since the people are rich, how can the king be alone in poverty? You Ruo deeply said that the king and the people are one, to mourn the public."

This time, Sun Dan didn't hide his clumsiness, and he didn't care about using the square and dignified style of the pavilion. The pen was like Su Shi's "Cold Food Posts" like flowing clouds and flowing water.

This calligraphy was hidden in the Taipei National Palace Museum in later generations. Sun Dan copied it countless times at the beginning, but now he wants to show off in front of Zhang Zhixian, and he doesn't hide his clumsiness. The pen is two lines of big characters.

"Okay!" Seeing these two lines of big characters, Zhang Zhixian suddenly shuddered, and couldn't help shouting: "The meaning is forgetful, and the writing is very thin, but Mr. Dongpo's writing style? The writing is also wonderful, Zhong Lingshuixiu, faint There is water vapor and spiritual energy coming out through the paper. A good disciple trained by Mr. Li!"

Sun Dan didn't speak, and with a sullen face, he wrote the article without hesitation.Needless to say, this article is full of flowers and flowers, but this hand Su Dongpo's "Cold Food Post" is old and vigorous, which complements the ancient meaning in "The Analects of Confucius". Suddenly, it seems to be hovering from the paper.

Flick the paper to the side, put on another clean white pepper paper, pick up the pen and start the second question.

Zhang Zhixian loves Sun Dan's talent, but he doesn't care about Sun Dan's rudeness, and thinks that he can write such good words and articles after only more than a month of enlightenment, and he is shocked: ordinary people want to write such good words I don't know how much hard work and how many famous scriptures I have to copy.Naturally, the Sun Mansion has no shortage of authentic works by famous masters, so we can figure them out day and night.But Yiyue was able to read and write, and his writing was self-contained, but he could only be described as a genius.

Sun Dan picked up the pen and wrote a line on the paper: "There is no name for future generations, which is the worry of the saint."

This time, he changed to Mi Fu's "Shu Su Tie" running script.

This line of characters is more in line with Zhang Zhixian's wishes than Su Dongpo's "Cold Food Posts" before. After reading only two characters, he sighed softly: "This is a novel and dangerous, and it does not follow the mistakes of the predecessors. It is especially wonderful in calligraphy, and it is calm and free." , got Wang Xianzhi's brushwork. But Mi Dian's brushwork?"

"It's exactly Mi Yuanzhang's characters." Sun Dan nodded, distracted, and the last word "Ye" was suddenly broken because the ink was dry.

At this time, Zhang Zhixian only felt very uncomfortable in his heart, and couldn't help saying: "It's a pity, it's a pity. For example, when a strongman uses a jackhammer, the hammer falls, but it falls to the empty place, what a pity!"

Sun Dan pointed to the inkstone: "The ink is dry."

"No hurry, no hurry." Zhang Zhixian refilled the inkstone with a smile, rolled up his sleeves and rubbed the ink for Sun Dan: "You can get the first place in this subject with your good handwriting, and write slowly. I haven't seen such a good word for many years."

The house owner over there hurriedly said: "Sun Dan, you still don't kneel down to thank the county magistrate, you have already passed this subject."

Zhang Zhixian laughed loudly: "It would be strange if you can't pass like this, Sun Dan, you don't have to get up and kneel to thank you, you finished the article, such good writing, such good writing, you can't see it in ordinary county exams. I am also lucky It's up, but it's a pity that I don't have wine in hand, so I can't make a big white."

Although it was expected, Sun Dan breathed a sigh of relief. The county test was over, and the next step was the government test at the end of April, and then the Dao test.

It seems that the boy's exam is also very simple, and it is not much different from the college entrance examination of later generations.

(End of this chapter)