The road test is conducted for every twenty people, and it is already evening when all the more than 300 candidates have finished the test. According to the regulations of this unified examination, the literary test will be completed on the second day.
After a night of silence, Wei Yuan was taken to a brightly lit hall early the next morning. Tables, chairs and the Four Treasures of the Study had already been set up in the hall. Just like Daozhao, as soon as Wei Yuan entered the hall, he saw a table with flashing lights on it.
own number.
Wei Yuan walked over and sat down, feeling as if an invisible wall had risen around him, blocking out all sounds and noise. He couldn't hear other people's voices, and the surrounding scenery became blurry. Even if he was at the table, he couldn't see anything.
What is written on the clear paper.
The furnishings on the desk were very simple. There was a piece of white paper in the middle. On the right side of the desk was a pen holder with a fine regular script brush. There was an inkstone and a bowl of water in the center of the desk. Then the Taoist Master's clear voice spoke to Wei Yuan.
There was a voice nearby, briefly explaining the application of various stationery. The main magic thing is the bowl of water. If you write a wrong word, dip a pen in the water in the bowl to erase it, and then write again.
After explaining how to use stationery, the Taoist priest's voice turned majestic: "The literary test begins!"
Following the Taoist Priest's voice, densely packed lines of handwriting appeared on the white paper in front of Wei Yuan. Wei Yuan originally grabbed the pen, but was startled when he saw the test paper that appeared. There was basically no blank space on the paper.
A place for him to write his answers?
Wei Yuan composed himself and read the questions carefully. The first question was:
In the thirteenth year of Jingxuan's reign, () stopped Emperor Hui's carriage and presented "Eight Policies of Ping Liao".
A: Zhongheng B: Ding Shu B: Highway transport road far away Ding: Xianju Taoist priest
Wei Yuan has never seen such a question, and Zhang Sheng has never mentioned it. Fortunately, the question is not difficult, and this matter is also a major event in the history of Tang Dynasty. Wei Yuan has solid basic skills. After searching in his memory, he wrote on the word "D"
Ticked it.
Then comes the second question: In the thirty-fifth year of Mingde's reign, () led 8,100 soldiers and defeated the mountain people at Ji, killing 273 of them.
A: Maogong B: Xu Chubing: Master Huihai Ding: Hanikez
This question couldn't help Wei Yuan, who knew the history of Tang Dynasty by heart. He glanced at it and saw the word "Xu Chu", and then put a check mark on the word "B". After answering this question, Wei Yuan's heart was pounding.
Only then did I gradually calm down. Although the question types were weird, they were actually not very difficult. If they were all questions like this, this would be the essay test.
However, a strange idea suddenly came to Wei Yuan's mind: What if this question was not about Xu Chu, but about thirty-four Mingde, thirty-five or thirty-six years, or even worse, the number of soldiers in the army was eight thousand and one.
It's still eight thousand two, even if it's two hundred and seventy-three, it's still seventy-four...
Xiao Weiyuan suddenly shuddered, quickly put this terrible thought out of his mind, and then laughed in his heart, thinking who could be such an idiot and ask such a stupid question?
Wei Yuan gradually calmed down and answered fluently. However, the following questions did not contain the content that frightened Wei Yuan.
After answering a page of paper, Wei Yuan puts it aside, and a new white paper will appear on the table, and new questions will appear.
Soon, Wei Yuan encountered another problem that he had never seen before: in the 21st year of Xuanwu, Tang Taizong conquered the Northern Liao Dynasty in (), took over seven thousand miles of land, and established the state of ().
There are no options for A, B, C, and D this time, so you have to fill them in yourself.
This battle was the Battle of Tang Dynasty. Taizong fought continuously for seven months, and finally defeated the Northern Liao Dynasty in Wuyang. He killed two of the three great national divisions of the Northern Liao Dynasty and established seven counties in Yanzhou. Of course, Yanzhou now has 22 counties.
That's something for later.
Wei Yuan couldn't be bothered by such a big thing. Wei Yuan started writing with his pen, and his words were straight and vigorous. He found that the pen in his hand was also very mysterious. The strokes he wrote could be extremely fine, even if the words were as big as a grain of rice.
The pen used by Wei Yuan when he was a child was not good enough, and the words as big as a bean would easily blur into a ball.
Wei Yuan wrote hard and fast, and the test papers on the table were getting higher and higher. After answering more than ten pages in a row, only one line of words appeared on the white paper, and the rest were blank:
On Xu Jie Xianmingzong's "Book of Naxian".
Policy discussion!
Wei Yuan suddenly became energetic, and something familiar finally arrived.
Xu Jie was a famous prime minister in the early Tang Dynasty. He presented a letter of invitation to Tang Mingzong who had just succeeded to the throne at that time. He suggested opening more channels to recruit talents and establishing a prosperous age for the next hundred years. This question actually tests the strategy of employing people and advocates
It is a question of whether to employ people for virtue or for talent.
Wei Yuan thought for a while, then started writing in a hurry. When Zhang Sheng taught, he not only asked Wei Yuan to memorize the book of Na Xian, but also carefully interpreted it one by one, and combined the historical facts of the time to describe the actual occurrence of each one.
Finally, Wei Yuan was asked to think about how the influence of the strategies in the book would change if they were placed in different eras, and he would not give up until he answered all of them.
There is no certain answer to this kind of question. According to Zhang Sheng's teaching, the answer needs to be combined with the general trend of the time to be qualified. Anything divorced from the current situation is empty talk.
In a short while, Wei Yuan had finished writing the article. He put the page aside and started reading the next question:
In the 10th year of Xuanguang, there was an earthquake in three counties of the Western Jin Dynasty. In March, the hungry people revolted, and in May, the mountain people from the south invaded. General Fan Yuan led 50,000 troops to leave Beijing. Should he march west or south?
This question tests whether to fight against the outside world first or pacify the inside first. There is actually no conclusion. According to historical facts, Fan Yuan marched westward to suppress the victims, beheading hundreds of thousands, but the turmoil was not over. The mountain people took advantage of the chaos to invade and approached the capital, and finally forced the Western Jin Dynasty to sign an alliance under the city.
As a result, the Western Jin Dynasty's national power was greatly reduced, from being one of the three major princes to being the last among the nine kingdoms.
This question is more difficult. Wei Yuan pondered for a moment, looked for some real cases in history books as a reference, and began to discuss the pros and cons.
If you really want to answer well, in addition to learning from history, you must also be familiar with the geographical environment of the Western Jin Dynasty, the characteristics of the monarchs and ministers, and the trends of the surrounding countries. However, this is far beyond Wei Yuan's ability. Even if you are not a historian, you cannot answer this question well.
A piece of white paper was filled with writing and then placed next to it. Unknowingly, nearly two hours had passed, but Wei Yuan did not feel tired at all. The chair he was sitting on kept coming from the slightest bit of cool air, which kept him able to
Clear mind and full of energy.
When Wei Yuan filled another piece of white paper and put it aside, there was no new white paper on the table. Wei Yuan exhaled, put the pen back on the pen holder, picked up the paper he had finished answering, and read through it again.
Once. Throughout the entire exam, Wei Yuan did not encounter any questions that he could not answer. However, there were a few questions in the policy analysis that were inconclusive. Wei Yuan remembered to justify his explanations and answered satisfactorily.
Judging from the strategy alone, the questions Zhang Sheng gave Wei Yuan in the past were much more difficult than this exam.
A bell rings, and the literary test is over.
The candidates left their test papers on the table, filed out of the hall, and returned to their dormitories to rest.
After leaving the main hall, Wei Yuan immediately felt obvious tiredness welling up in his heart. The three-hour literary test, even with the support of the treasure chair, exhausted Wei Yuan's energy. The other candidates also lost interest in talking and hurried back to their rooms to rest.
Chapter completed!