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    The title on the lantern is a sentence: The Master said to Yan Yuan, use it to practice, leave it and hide it, but you and I are husbands!? The questions in the imperial examination can only be from the "Four Books", that is, "The Great Learning" and "The Doctrine of the Mean"  Find a paragraph, a sentence, or a few words from the original texts of the four books, "The Analects of Confucius" and "Mencius", and the county examination is no exception.  Although Cheng Zhong was familiar with the Four Books, he was still afraid that in the county examination, he would get questions that he didn't understand.  But fortunately, this is a "whole chapter question", that is, a whole sentence.  Hai Rui must have considered that this was just a county test after all, so there was no need to make the questions too unusual.  This sentence comes from "The Analects of Confucius. Shuer". It is what Confucius said to his best student Yan Yuan.  This means that when the country uses you, you use your talents to implement your own ideas according to your own ideas; when the country does not use you, you put away your ideas and ideas.  It seems that you and I are the only ones who can do this naturally and frankly.  In fact, the moment he learned that Hai Rui was the county magistrate, Cheng Zhong had already thought of the topic of this article!  Among all the young men who took the exam, he did not have outstanding literary talent, let alone a deep foundation. All he relied on was just a temporary cramming of more than a month of rote memorization. If it is put into the exam in later generations, it will indeed be of some use.  But in the imperial examination, this effect is minimal. If there is no chance, then the result of Cheng Zhong's county examination has undoubtedly been determined.  But now Cheng Zhong knows that his opportunity has come. If he can take advantage of Hai Rui, the result will be a lot more variable.  It can be said that understanding Hai Rui is Cheng Zhong's biggest trump card.  What Cheng Zhong didn¡¯t know was that in Hai Rui¡¯s heart, Cheng Zhong also left a deep impression on him.  "Not surprised by punishment or humiliation," was Hai Rui's first feeling.  If you put it on yourself when you are about forty years old, it will naturally be mediocre, but if you put it on such a young man who is not as young as a young man, it will be commendable. Young people are mature, this is what we call it!  If this son can enter an official career, his future may be limitless.  Of course, the premise is that he can pass the imperial examination, otherwise everything will be in vain.  Although he had already thought of the theme, Cheng Zhong still didn't write for a long time when he laid out a piece of white paper. Just such a simple piece of white paper may determine the trajectory of his future life. This is really a very special thing.  It was a ridiculous thing, but Cheng Zhong couldn't laugh.  After pondering for a long time, Cheng Zhong finally started to write - "It is better for a saint to hide it, but only to show it to those who can." Cheng Zhong solved the problem with this, and then used what he had learned for more than a month to understand the importance of integrity.  Elaborate.  Although the words are not very gorgeous, Cheng Zhong is somewhat proud of the rigorous logic and profound understanding.  At the end, Cheng Zhong added another paragraph by mistake, which generally means: As an official, it is not enough just to know how to be honest and self-righteous.  The first priority of a "parent" is to benefit the people of the other party, which cannot be achieved by integrity.  Therefore, integrity is only the first step and the foundation of being an official.  If you are not honest, you will not be a good official, and if you are honest, you will not necessarily be a good official.  When transcribing, Cheng Zhong was a little hesitant. Do you want this last paragraph?  If Hai Rui approves, this paragraph may gain a lot of points, but if Hai Rui does not approve, then this paragraph may be superfluous and have the opposite effect.  For Cheng Zhong, this is a gamble. If he wins the bet, he may pass the county examination. If he loses the bet, he can only go back sadly. The heroic words he said before are just a joke.  In the end, Cheng Zhong dipped the tip of his pen in some ink. Fortune or misfortune is determined by fate. Life or death is up to him. Damn it, take the gamble!  As he finished the last stroke of the transcription, Cheng Zhong let out a long sigh of relief.  Success or failure is up to him!  If it doesn't work, he really has to find another way out. He doesn't want to be like what is written in the ancient books. He is still studying for exams in his sixties or seventies. It is simply difficult for him to live with himself!  Although he still has no merit at all, he doesn't believe that he can't even settle down and make a living with his own abilities!  This county examination is a gamble for Cheng Zhong, but he has to take it, otherwise there will really be no hope at all.  Cheng Zhong turned in his papers not too late, but not too early either. Most of the people in Huating County were discussing in groups of two or three children who were preparing for the exam, and the topic was naturally the quality of the article's conception and language.  Some even started arguing with red faces.  In this regard, Cheng Zhong could only say that they really couldn't think about it.  The paper has been handed in, and it is too late to regret it now. Rather than discussing it here, it is better to find a place to take a rest.  The test hospital provides boiling water, so Cheng Zhong planned to go to the boiling water room to get a bowl of hot water and have a delicious meal with the already cold pastries.  However, after leaving the examination hall, Cheng Zhong saw Cheng Xueyi still waiting outside the door."What? Cheng Lian and the others haven't handed in the papers yet?" Cheng Zhong walked up to Cheng Xueyi and said with a half-smile.  Unexpectedly, Cheng Xueyi said: "They have already finished the exam and gone back. I listened to their articles, I'm afraid" Cheng Xueyi shook his head sadly. Even Cheng Lian, whom he valued most, was still far behind in the purpose of the article.  If you don't, I'm afraid there is no hope of passing the exam.  Seeing Cheng Xueyi¡¯s frustration, Cheng Zhong couldn¡¯t help but feel happy.  "Tell me your article." Cheng Xueyi said.  Although he knew that Cheng Zhong's hope was slim, Cheng Xueyi still wanted to hear what kind of articles Cheng Zhong would write after he regained consciousness.  Cheng Zhong was quite proud of his article, so he recited the entire article to Cheng Xueyi almost word for word.  When he thought about it, Cheng Xueyi would definitely be very surprised.  However, what surprised him was that after hearing his article, Cheng Xueyi turned around and left without saying a word.  What¡¯s going on with this?  What do you mean by being silent like this?  Now it's Cheng Zhong's turn to not be calm. Whether it's good or bad, you can give me a happy word.  Don't let us be as careless as fetching water from fifteen buckets.  From a distance, Cheng Xueyi just left a sentence: "You can do it for yourself." After listening to Cheng Zhong's article, Cheng Xueyi knew very well that the reason why Cheng Zhong wrote this was entirely to cater to the taste of County Magistrate Hai Rui's honesty, utilitarianism, and even bring about corruption.  Act shamelessly.  It seems that he didn't listen at all to what he said. In this case, it is useless to talk more. I can only hope that he can take care of himself in the future.  The results of the county examination will not come out so quickly.  After the candidates hand in the test paper, in order to worry that the examiner will know the candidate's handwriting and engage in fraud for personal gain, a special person will use a red pen to copy the test paper that the candidate answered in black pen, which is the so-called red paper.  Then the examiner can mark the paper.  It usually takes a few days for the results to be available.  Despite this, Cheng Zhong did not go back immediately.  This was his first time coming to Huating County, so he had to take a good look around, maybe he would find some good opportunities.  Although Huating County is still relatively prosperous, it is still far behind Cheng Zhong's expectation, which makes him a little disappointed.  At this moment, three young talents wearing long robes and scholar scarves walked towards them. It was obvious at first glance that they were scholars from the county school. They should have come out to watch the candidates' jokes.  The three of them were talking loudly, with expressions as if no one else was watching, especially the one in the middle, who was elegant and conceited, and was obviously the center of the three.  The candidates on the road unconsciously stepped aside when they saw the three of them.  There were also some people who tried to get close to each other, but the three of them didn't pretend at all, which made the people they talked to quite embarrassed.  "Brother Lu, Brother Li, Brother Meng, what a coincidence." At this time, a young man of eighteen or nineteen years old came up and greeted him.  Facing the young man, the three of them did not respond as indifferently as before, but stopped.
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