Future library

Magistrate Cheng Yun'an went to the lower office before returning home in a rickety sedan. He was a very self-disciplined person. Although his administrative ability was average, he would always go to and from get off work on time. Even if he had a cup of tea, he would not miss work at will - this was the only requirement of the Great Xia Dynasty for aristocratic officials.

By the time he got home, Cheng Jinzhou was already busy copying.

As a typical example of a young man who likes to be idle and indolent, copying books has always been a huge test for Cheng Jinzhou. For a diligent person, in order to preserve a little secret, they may do everything by themselves and never rely on others. But when it comes to Cheng Jinzhou , you can’t leave it to others, it’s really an extremely sad thing. Therefore, he would rather recruit five or six people to read the book like a code book.

However, you now have to copy various books into the ring, but you can't find anyone for help. Sitting on the chair, looking at the boxes of "Rural Examination Records", Cheng Jinzhou's pain can be seen at a glance.

The imperial examination rules of the Great Xia Dynasty were very different from those in ancient China. Every year after the rural examination, each state government would allocate funds and send personnel to publish the "Rural Examination Records", which included the examination essays of all local scholars. This was not only to promote the articles, but also to show Although the content of "The Role of Justice" may be mixed, but overall, it is above the standard.

However, the book is engraved, and everyone has their own ideas on how to use it.

In the history of China's imperial examinations, there have been more than one instance of plagiarism from the "Rural Examination Records". There was even a case where the entire text was written on it verbatim and obtained the title of "Xiangyuan", which caused an uproar. Although successive dynasties took precautions against this, it was difficult to get rid of its evil deeds. There are hundreds of scholars from dozens of provinces across the country, and each state has hundreds of talents every year. Over the past few decades, the number of articles in the provincial examination records has reached hundreds of thousands. Add in the candidates from other subjects, and which examiner can read all the articles? . If the students recite the chapters and recombine them, they will be even more difficult to detect.

This was also the case in the Great Xia Dynasty, but what made Cheng Jinzhou even lazier was that he didn't even bother to recite. The scope of the imperial examination was still wide, and at least he had to memorize hundreds of articles to be basically prepared, and he had to memorize thousands of articles. A child student with 800 articles is not worth showing off. This can be regarded as a major intellectual expenditure for the candidates during their ten years of poverty.

It is difficult to memorize, but it does not necessarily make it easy to copy. Fortunately, Jiezi does not limit the number of entries, which makes people worry a lot. However, Cheng Jinzhou will still protest to customer service 010 from time to time: "With such advanced technology, you don't even have a scanner." Don’t know how to do it?”

In this case, customer service 010 always says: "Please wait for your Star Alliance level to increase..."

The sentences were as dry as fried dog meat, and Cheng Jinzhou even suspected that he had used a recording device.

The process of copying is endless.

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When Cheng Yun'an pushed the door open and came in, he happened to see his son writing furiously at the desk, his fingers moving in the air as if he was having an epilepsy, and he immediately said angrily: "What are you playing at again?"

"It's just practice..." Cheng Jinzhou Qiao felt aggrieved.

Father Cheng was unmoved and frowned: "Don't you have pen and paper at home? Shu boy!..."

"I sent them out." Cheng Jinzhou shrugged and said, "I sometimes practice star magic."

"The Imperial Examination of Astrology is the right path, but you can't have both." Speaking of this, Cheng's father's voice suddenly became louder: "Don't waste it wantonly thinking that you have some talent now. In just a few years, your talent will no longer be available." Can’t find it.”

Faced with the truth, Cheng Jinzhou had no choice but to bow his head and admit his mistake and keep saying "yes".

The prefect was also very busy. He only said a few words, then stopped, shook his clothes with both hands and sat on a chair and said, "Let's start memorizing the Three-Character Sutra."

That posture was clearly like one who was going to suffer if he couldn't carry his back well.

Cheng Jinzhou laughed twice in his heart, stood up with a sad face, opened the ring, and the original text of the Three Character Sutra that he had prepared jumped out.

"...Qi Doulu, sun, moon and stars..." Looking at the Three-Character Sutra in the void, Cheng Jinzhou's reading speed increased rapidly, and there was no omission.

Cheng Yun'an's brows widened when he was halfway through the story. He waited patiently until Cheng Jinzhou finished reading the entire article, and then he said, "Yes, at this rate, you can officially take part in the provincial examination when you are still young."

"I want to take part in next year's provincial examination." Cheng Jinzhou didn't want to waste so much time on things he couldn't use. After all, a scholar in the provincial examination still had an ancient diploma. Speaking of which, in a Chinese-style society, diplomas are always useful, and Cheng Jinzhou seems to be immersed in it leisurely and contentedly.

"Can you understand "Zhu Lue"?" Father Cheng made the same request last time.

Cheng Jinzhou touched his nose and used this action to gently rub the display on the ring. Although it can store almost unlimited bytes, the library requirements are in a page, so it becomes difficult to find something that was previously stored.

Cheng's father raised his head slightly, thought about it for a moment and said, "What's the meaning of 'The world has the same goal but is divided, and the whole world is unified but has hundreds of worries'?"

Interpreting the text is a very difficult question. Although in people's minds, it seems extremely difficult to obtain talents in the provincial examination, the content they study is actually a fixed textbook, just like middle school Chinese, which is very detailed and in-depth. After the questions, it is often difficult for people to obtain high scores, but the selection of scholars is based on ranking. Therefore, although there were many talented people in Jiangnan, they did not dominate in terms of total number of meritorious titles. It was not until the nationwide examinations that their superiority became apparent.

"That means the whole world..." Cheng Jinzhou spent a busy day, typing in part of the Three Character Classic and "Zhu Lue", and after a short search on Jiemen, he answered fluently.

In low-end assessments, the requirements for memory are often higher than intelligence. The content of the provincial examination usually has so-called standard answers - whether they are fully standard or not, but Cheng Jinzhou answered with them, and the level of performance was still Much higher than ordinary scholars.

Cheng Yun'an was naturally very surprised. When he asked two or three more questions, Cheng Jinzhou also answered them with ordinary results.

After a few questions and answers, it felt like the answers were flowing.

"The answer is just a formality, but it's not bad." After five questions in succession, Cheng's father stopped still. From his experience, it seemed that with this level of familiarity, he would be successful in going to the provincial examination.

Thinking about it, he asked again: "If you send people to all directions, you can't be specific. Even if there are many, it's a joke. Where does this sentence come from?"

This kind of question immediately stopped Cheng Jinzhou. There was no way to search for the content he had not entered. After hesitating for a few words, he simply said: "I don't know."

Cheng Yun'an did not show any disappointment. After thinking for a moment, he said: "If you only want to be a scholar, it is not impossible to take part in the provincial examination next year."

"Thank you, dad." Cheng Jinzhou jumped up, smiling like an ostrich after eating an egg, his beak slipped on both sides, and then asked: "Whether you want higher fame or not, you have to be a scholar. start?"

"Concentration is the most important thing. 'Strive for it in one go, and then it will be exhausted, and it will fail after three times.' This is the sentence in Liu GUI's debate. The same is true for the imperial examination. If you fail in one year, you will study hard for three years, you will be disappointed for six years, and your chances will be slim... "Cheng Yunan shook his head.

Cheng Jinzhou felt relieved and began to rub his wrists with half-closed eyes to prepare for future plagiarism. The imperial examination requires a detailed discussion, and long speeches are more complicated to copy, and cannot be solved by a simple one-vote answer.

At that time, the professionalism of Dr. Cheating will naturally be reflected.

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