Bachelor

Chapter 77 The Dust Settles
It turns out that although there are excrement buckets in the examinee's dormitory, the examinee's urgent needs can be resolved on the spot.In order to prevent candidates from cheating, each candidate needs to be watched by a special person when they go to the toilet.However, there are more than 2000 candidates in the examination room, and everyone takes turns to show respect. I am afraid that it may not be their turn to wait for half an hour.

Moreover, a large amount of manpower is involved in the latrine problem, so how can we talk about maintaining order in the examination room?

Besides, a scholar has the dignity of a scholar. When he undresses and unties, a government servant will stare at him, visually measure his size, and lament his latitude and longitude.

Therefore, after many years of experimentation, the imperial court decided to equip each candidate with a toilet.

In this way, the irritating problem of hands-off is solved.

However, new problems emerged.

The hospital exam is okay, and the weather is not hot.

But when it came to Qiu Wei, the tiger was rampant, and it was the hottest few days of the year.Thousands of people defecated and urinated inside, not to mention the stench, which may cause a major plague.

Therefore, there is a new rule in the examination room. After the examinee defecates, he can ask for instructions and then carry the toilet bucket to the latrine to rinse.Before entering the arena, each examinee will get a number plate with the words "Chu Gong" in the hands of the yamen. Once the toilet needs to be empty, just hang the sign on the door, and someone will come to open the door.

Seeing Sun Hao put up the sign, a yamen servant came and opened the door of the dormitory and let him out.

Sun Dan was carrying the toilet, but because he didn't dare to speak, he could only stomp his feet heavily, and then coughed.

"Don't talk, or I'll blow you out!" A yamen servant shouted angrily in a low voice.

Fortunately, this little movement finally surprised the sleeping Sun Dan. He straightened his neck, smiled at Sun Hao, and picked up the flint and scythe to light the oil lamp on the table.

Sun Hao breathed a sigh of relief, kept shaking his head, and said to himself, "Mother, you finally got up and answered the questions."

"Don't look around, go, go." The yamen servant was still urging.

When Sun Hao came back from the hut, it was completely dark, and all the numbered rooms had already been lit, illuminating a tribute courtyard like daylight.

Gongyuan is located on the edge of Daming Lake. The sun rises during the day, and the lake water evaporates. At night, when the temperature drops, it condenses into a vast white mist, which diffuses in the examination room. When illuminated by the lights, it becomes milky white and sticky. flipped in the air.

It feels like a dream, giving people an unreal feeling.

Sun Hao saw that Sun Dan was looking up at the white mist blankly, not knowing what he was thinking.

"It's time to answer the question, my brother Dan, what time is it, and you are still in a daze!" Sun Hao sat back in the dormitory, suddenly wanting to cry.

Finally, Sun Dan started to move.He poured out a bowl of tea from the teapot, raised his head and swallowed it with a "gudong", his eyes sparkled.

He put down the bowl, picked up the pen, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

After sleeping all day, he dreamed that he was back to modern times, back to the office full of documents, back to the era when he read a cup of tea, a cigarette and a newspaper for half a day.

How beautiful it is, just sit in the office every day, and you will have a good salary at the end of the month. If there is a paradise in the world, then China in the 21st century is a paradise for the ancients.

Everything is so unreal, as if in a dream.

There, he saw another self living as usual.

There, because of his outstanding work, he was transferred to the Tourism Bureau as a deputy chief staff member.There, he fell in love and met a primary school teacher.There, he and his girlfriend paid the down payment for the house and brought his parents from the countryside into the city.

Yes, there, another self is completing his unfinished life.

So, what is there to worry about?

Yes, all of that was in a dream. In contrast, everything in front of me seemed real.It's as if the modern self is just a dream of Sun Dan in the Ming Dynasty.

Cherish the present and live well.

Sun Dan took a deep breath, picked up the pen and wrote on the paper:
"There is no one who does not test himself from time to time to push the heart of inner seeking.

What can be lost is also because people's hearts are ears for those who gain and lose.Those who know the sun but never forget the moon, how can they have the time to swim!

Today, the time accumulates and the sun, the sun accumulates and the moon, and the moon accumulates for a lifetime, so no one can do it!
......"

This is Lu Liuliang's "Know Your Place Every Day", and it is also a famous article in stereotyped essays through the ages.

Mr. Lu Wancun was the most outstanding scholar and thinker in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. He was able to write at the age of eight.Most of the later generations' understanding of Lu Liuliang comes from the literary inquisition in the tenth year of Yongzheng. Lu Liuliang was implicated in the case of Hunan Confucian Zeng Jing's rebellion against the Qing Dynasty 49 years after his death. His descendants, relatives, and disciples were widely implicated in the punishment of Xiao Xiao, and none of them were spared.

However, it is the legend of Lv Siniang's assassination of Yongzheng that really let ordinary people know the name of this person, which is also the subject of many martial arts novels in later generations.Of course, legends are just legends, and nothing remains true.

But it is undeniable that Lu Liuliang was the most famous academic master in the late Ming Dynasty. Compared with him, the so-called modern masters of Chinese studies are not worth mentioning at all.

Could it be that the master's masterpiece can't even handle this small courtyard test?
It was getting late, and Sun Dan still wrote without haste, using the standard pavilion style, for fear of being copied by the book office when transcribing.

Every test paper in the college examination had to be transcribed by a special person. In the Ming Dynasty, there were not many scholars, and the literacy rate was only [-]% or even lower.In addition, many schoolchildren have never seen famous copybooks, nor have they practiced calligraphy.As far as Sun Dan knows, many people's handwriting is still in a mess of my handwriting, which is too scribbled to be seen.

Some people copied the wrong words and sentences when transcribing because their handwriting was too sloppy, and they lost their names in the end.

Sun Dan has full confidence in what he copied in this article, but the reason why accidents are called accidents is often due to a small negligence.

Details determine success or failure, and Sun Dan will never let such a thing happen to him.

Lu Liuliang's article is very long, about 2000 words, and it takes a lot of time to copy it.

But Sun Dan still copied it unhurriedly, looking at Sun Hao on the opposite side, sweating all over.

……

"My lord, candidate Sun Dan has already answered the exam questions." An examiner ran into the room with a relieved smile on his face.

Wang Yuanzheng chuckled: "Sun Dan, who slept in my examination room all day, finally got up to answer the questions now. Crazy students, crazy students! If it was my temperament, even if such a person is no longer talented, None."

The examiner said: "Master Wang, I think this Sun Dan really has the demeanor of an ancient Wei and Jin Dynasty!"

"What kind of demeanor?" Wang Yuanzheng was suddenly a little angry: "Arrogant, unrestrained?"

"is a bit."

Wang Yuanzheng: "The imperial examination is for the country to select scholars. In the future, you will be an official. What is an official? It is to act on behalf of the emperor, to harmonize the four peoples, and to reconcile yin and yang. If you really want to be a good official trusted by the court and supported by the people, you really have to be a good official." Temperament must be rounded, and fire nature must be removed."

"My lord is right, I have been educated in a humble position." The examiner said sincerely: "However, Sun Dan's talent has shocked Shandong, and his five-character poem has been sung endlessly by the common people. It would be unfair if he is not selected. "

"Who said he won't be taken?" Wang Yuanzheng smiled: "A gentleman should act in the right way. With Sun Dan's talent, I guess there should be no problem with the current case. However, he is young and vigorous. A small three yuan, I'm afraid it will be bad for him in the future, so he will get No.2, or No.3 just right."

"But my lord, the examinee's papers have to be transcribed with anonymity, how can we find out which one is his paper?"

"It's not difficult." Wang Yuanzheng stroked his beard: "A few days ago, I transferred Sun Dan's answer sheet from Zouping County and Jinan Prefecture to read it. It is very rigorous, and it is easy to find his papers from inside. At that time, when you encounter such an article, you don’t have to think too much, just put it in No.2. As for Sun Yue from the Sun family, his essays are eloquent. Gorgeous, you can put it first, let Sun Dan down."

"Master is wise."

Glancing at the hourglass, Wang Yuanzheng said, "The time has come, let's close the paper!"

"Dang!" A crisp bell rang, and the dust of the undergraduate Shandong Institute examination was settled.

At this time, Sun Dan had already finished copying the article.He let out a sigh of relief and sat quietly behind the table.

(End of this chapter)