Wanli Xinming

Chapter 106
On the twentieth of the tenth month of the second year of Wanli, in the west wing of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.Several of the new Jinshi Jinshi, who were recruited into the Imperial Academy this spring, and who were later awarded the official title of "Secretary Lang" newly established by the imperial court, were sitting around chatting together.

In the small wing, four sets of tables and chairs were placed facing the door.Sitting inside were Yu Menglin and Lei Yingzhi, the tanhualangs of this year's Spring Festival, and the two in front were Zhang Guofu and Wu Zhongqian, both of whom were second-class jinshi.As for Yin Yingyuan, the champion of the same department with them, he was selected by Zhang Juzheng to compile "The True Records of Sejong" because he was awarded Hanlin to write.

The Spring Festival of the Jiaxu Branch, which began on February [-], the second year of Wanli, has three major topics, all written by Zhu Yijun.The three questions are: "It's hard to have sex, there's something to do", "The great respect and respect for relatives, the second is to be humiliated, and the subordinates can support", "In the beginning I was a man, listen to his words and believe his actions; now I am a man, listen to him. Watch what he says and what he does.”

Thousands of people in the world, 90.00% of the exams said that this question is too difficult.Moreover, the first and second questions are all about filial piety. If you don’t practice a hundred of these questions, you will be ashamed to say that you are a scholar when you go out. ——It seems that the examiner is not good this time.

Before waiting for the trial to publish the list, it was rumored that the three questions were all written by Zhu Yijun.This time, Shilin no longer said that the question was not good, but instead said that when today Zi "governs the world according to benevolence and filial piety, the governance of Wenjing can be expected."

Today, the four scholars in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, two of them are all wise men.When they reviewed the questions in the exam room, they all saw that this simple question hides the mind of the question maker—let the candidates answer in a link, and there must be an organic connection between the three essays.

This method of questioning is the first time since the imperial examinations came into being.It seems simple, but if you follow the previous method of answering questions and write three papers that are not related to each other, you will basically not be on the list.The writing is really good. For example, Sun Jigao, the champion of the original time and space, ranked at the bottom of the top three, which surprised those who knew his strength in the same year.

The translation of the first two questions by Zhu Yijun is "serving your parents, you should be happy from your heart"; "filial piety to your parents is the best way to respect and obey, and the second is to not insult your parents; nurture".

If the examinee can think deeply, extend it, and connect these three questions, they can find that the core of the last question is "filial piety to parents and doing things should be realistic, not superficial."

It's a pity that none of the ten really understood the question.Of the four in this room, Tanhua Yu Menglin performed the best, directly connecting these three questions and writing three good articles.

Yin Yingyuan, the champion, is even more powerful. In the third article, he directly points out that the support of parents should be generous and burial, instead of being snarky and formalistic.

When Zhu Yijun was nominated for the top spot, he broke the convention and asked for the top ten exam papers. He saw that in the third paper, there was a sentence: "Those who sleep on bricks are filial piety, but they are not as good as they are when they are relatives. When the "heart", directly point it as the champion.

As a rule, when the tribute list was posted, the tribute paper was also printed at the same time and circulated all over the world.In particular, the Huiyuan scroll should be pasted on the edge of the tribute list to show the imperial court's intention to take scholars to the public.

Of course, Huiyuan's writing is excellent, but the juren who failed the list were strange at first, and they all asked how to post all the three major questions of this exam?In the past, admission was only based on the first volume.

When I looked closely at the content, I found that there was an organic connection between Huiyuan's three articles. They all slapped their thighs in annoyance when they discussed filial piety from different perspectives.There is that hot-tempered one, looking everywhere for someone who had previously preached that the exam questions were easy, and wished he could beat him up.

Not to mention that the unsuccessful Juren secretly scolded the emperor as a chicken thief in his heart, the official examination of the world's academic officials also opened the door to a new world by the emperor's hand.Oh, can the question come up like this? !The examiners, who have almost ripped through the four books and five classics, burst into tears-finally, they can get to the point!

With the number one exam country in the world as the chief examiner, and the scope of the exam is very narrow, the person who asked the question simply can't do the exam master who has studied the eight-gu "craftsmanship".

The eight-part format developed maturely in the Chenghua period, but in the early days of Jiajing, there were dozens of sample essays for each question that could be asked in the world, and thousands of tutoring materials - it was impossible for the examiner to read all of them, and almost every test Candidates who can be beaten by a certain question can use the sample essay to steal chicken successfully.

Later, the examiners were forced to have no choice but to invent interception questions, that is, first choose a sentence from a certain paragraph in the Four Books and Five Classics, and then choose a sentence in other places that are completely irrelevant to this paragraph. The two sentences are combined to form a question, called interception question. Also called subtitles.

Although the meaning of these two sentences is wrong, it can be tested for the candidate's ability to adapt, or the ability to connect blindly - and the permutations and combinations are endless, which immediately swept the world.

However, quizzes can be done in this way, and the imperial courts in the Spring and Autumn Periods do not allow examiners to give such quizzes as "splitting the meaning of the scriptures".Therefore, it is not easy to be a teacher in Daming, at least in the stage of questioning, you have to lose a lot of hair.

Now these examiners have discovered that if they use the emperor's method, the permutations and combinations cannot be endless, but they are quite a lot!Although the burden of grading was increased, the first three major questions had to be read carefully before, but it was not as troublesome as reading the first volume.

If you follow this method, the difficulty of the test questions will increase linearly.Three questions demonstrate a topic, and candidates who can use up the argumentation angle in the second paper are basically primary school bullies. If they can write flowers on the third question, there is no problem on the list. This is the workload of grading. Actually it didn't increase much.

The turbulent discussions continued for more than half a year.The changes in the examination questions of Jiaxu Chunwei not only affected the scholars, but the major bookstores had already hired famous teachers to study the next questions of the imperial court, and began to write model essays - it is estimated that they can make a lot of money.

Only a very small number of extremely smart people in this world can see the emperor's intention for two years to come out first for the hometown exam and then for the meeting exam.When the emperor proposed the question, he had to express his inclination towards certain major policies to Shilin, which had already begun to emerge at this time.

Although these Hanlin Xinnen members of the Hall of Mental Cultivation have been employed for more than half a year, there has been nothing wrong with them.When I was in the Hanlin Academy, I could spend half a day reading at leisure.

Although he entered the attendant's room this month, the shelf of the attendant's room was not finished at this time, and there were fewer things than when he was in the Hanlin Academy.As a result, in their spare time, these few could not help but sit together, writing poetry or discussing current affairs as if they were reading a book.

Zhang Guofu, a second-class Jinshi, is a descendant of Zhang Shi and Zhang Qinfu, the "Seven Sages of Stone Drum" in the Southern Song Dynasty, and a native of Mianzhu, Sichuan.At this time, he is 45 years old, but he still has to respectfully call Yu Menglin, who is eight years younger than him, his brother.

He asked Yu Menglin: "Brother Boxiang, in the undergraduate course, I heard that Xu Huating's grandson Xu Yuanchun ranked in the top three in the exam, but was removed from the list by the emperor, is that true?"

Yu Menglin shook his head and said he didn't know.Lei Yingzhi, who was beside him, heard it and said, "This is the real thing. I heard that the deputy chief examiner, Wang Xilie, didn't take the teacher, but the teacher, Yu Suo Gong, took the exam when the papers were dropped."

Another secretary named Wu Zhongqian said: "Before the palace exam, the emperor usually doesn't read the papers, how can he cross it out? Rumors."

Lei Yingzhi listened and said with a smile, "I heard that it was the teacher who presented the list of candidates for the concert. The emperor saw Xu Yuanchun's name, and he didn't ask for the paper, so he dismissed it. It seems like—" said After finishing this sentence, he showed a playful expression and looked at the other three with a half-smile.

Wu Zhongqian sucked in a breath and said, "The emperor did this, how could Yuan Fu's feelings be so bad? Is this... is it necessary to start a court battle?"

Yu Menglin was also a native of Songjiang. Hearing Wu Zhongqian's words, he laughed and said, "So long has passed, what kind of court battle is there? Although Xu Jie is the teacher of Yuan Fu, but his family is rampant in the countryside, and Yuan Fu can protect him for more than one day. home forever?"

Lei Yingzhi listened, showing curiosity.Asked: "Listening to Brother Boxiang, Xu Huating's family is going to be bad?"

Yu Menglin sneered: "I don't know exactly how, but I heard yesterday that Cai Guoxi has been revived by the emperor, and Su Song will be the soldier!"

　Lao Mo forgot Wanli Spring Festival, is it a chicken thief to write like this?In addition, I would like to thank my classmate Jinxue for pointing out the fallacy of Lao Mo - in fact, Lao Mo knows the difference between the general examination and the palace examination, but the writing was very messy when he wrote it, and now he has adjusted it.

　　Also, the book "Fuyan Han" is a book written by a friend. If you are interested, you can go to see it and give support to the new author. ——Lao Mo's virgin push, just go with the wind~

　　
　
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