prosperous age

Chapter 30 30 Exam Treasures
"This gathering is actually hosted by Zeng Yuanshu. He has a distant relative who came back to worship his ancestors. He is a Huguang Chengtian man. He just passed the examination for a scholar this year. His name is Zeng Xingwu. He is about the same age as us. It seems to be two years older, less than twenty. It’s a talent too.”

Wu Dong began to introduce. In fact, this gathering, on the one hand, was for the Zeng family to introduce their children to other scholars, and on the other hand, it was also to show off. There are capable people among my relatives.

It is very powerful in ancient times to get the honor of a scholar when you are less than [-]. If you are lucky, it will be more reliable to take the exam for a Jinshi in the next few years.

The Ming and Qing dynasties were the period when the imperial examination system was perfected. From the most basic county examination to the final palace examination, there were actually very few middle school scholars under 20 years old.

Yes, but very few.

Most Jinshi are on the list when they are three or 40 years old, and when they are 20 years old, many of them are still rolling up their sleeves to test for talents.

"By the way, cousin, do you have any sample papers for outstanding candidates in recent years?"

When going out this time, Wei Guangde knew very well that the main job of his parents and elder brother was to finalize the marriage, and when he came here, naturally he was looking for more excellent stereotyped essays.

Although he only wrote stereotyped essays for two months, Wei Guangde still realized that it is really important to read more, remember more and write more.

Read more excellent articles by others, memorize the viewpoints and words and sentences in them, and use them when writing stereotyped essays. This is what Wei Guangde is going to do now.

Stereotype essay is difficult to say, but it is not difficult.

For people with excellent memory, if you see the questions given by the examiner and know the meaning and source of the questions, then the rest will be easy.

According to the structure of the eight-legged essay, and the problems that have already appeared, my own view on the topic is to do it.

The reason why Wei Guangde has to write more is actually because he is extremely uncomfortable with the current culture.

Although the soul of little Wei Guangde has been integrated, it is Wei Guangde of later generations who occupies the dominant position.

In later generations, Wei Guangde's compositions from elementary school to middle school were all in vernacular, who the hell could write those sloppy sentences.

Since I don't know how to write, I can only write more. By writing more, I can enrich the languages ​​in my mind and form a kind of memory.

In fact, most of the stereotyped essays are fake nonsense, because everyone basically has similar opinions, the only difference is how to use words, which makes people feel novel.

Most of the examiners in the Ming Dynasty advertised that they were truth-seeking and upright. Candidates were only allowed to write thick and old-fashioned rigid articles, and they were not allowed to use gorgeous rhetoric like poems and prose, and they were not allowed to quote any other books other than classics.

The last one is true, Wei Guangde has read a lot of stereotyped essays and rarely quotes other books.

Of course, it may be that most of what he reads now is related to the county examination papers, after all, the level is there.

But the rhetoric, in Master Sun's mouth, depends on what kind of person the examiner is. Not all stereotyped essays have to be made into a pool of stagnant water.

If the examiner likes poetry-style writing, then use gorgeous words.

What Sun Fuzi taught Wei Guangde was more about exam-oriented education, and he tried every means to pass the exam.

Of course, Wei Guangde is not disgusted with these opportunistic things.

Well, having said so much, in fact, Wei Guangde needs to find more excellent stereotyped essays to memorize, at least to figure out most of the topics, how to solve them, and to understand the views of scholars in this era.

After all, the current Wei Guangde actually thinks about many issues that are incompatible with the people of this era. He doesn't want to show it, so let's be like the light.

As for the solution, that is copying, copying other people's opinions, and writing them in another way. It is not obtrusive.

At this time, Wei Guangde only thought about fame and fortune. In ancient times, a beautiful wife and concubine, a drunken man and a rich man were what he wanted at this time.

But Wei Guangde's current family background is like that, if he wants to get these, he has to work hard on his own.

If future generations want to live a good life, they have to work hard from elementary school to high school. Only by entering a good university can they have the opportunity to enjoy it for decades.

Now it's the Ming Dynasty, if he wants to live a good life, Wei Guangde also plans to work hard for 12 years and strive for fame.

Now Wei Guangde's goal, the minimum requirement is to be a scholar, and when he nests here in Madang, he can still be a domineering person for a lifetime.

The second goal is of course to raise people, and of course there is the ultimate goal, which is to pass the test and participate in the imperial examination, get a Jinshi and become an official.

Wei Guangde didn't plan to become an official if he only passed the exam, because the official is too young after all.

In the past two months, Wei Guangde remembered that there was such a great man in the Ming Dynasty, and that was Hai Rui, but Master Hai's life was definitely not what he wanted.

But Wei Guangde did remember that Hai Rui didn't seem to be a Jinshi, but just an official.

There are naturally great obstacles to raising someone to become an official. Fortunately, Mr. Hai insisted on his own characteristics, and he persisted until his later years.

Wei Guangde neither wants to be a corrupt official nor an honest one, so naturally it is best to stay in his hometown.

If he can win the title of Juren in these 12 years of struggle, Wei Guangde also intends to give it a try.

Of course, these are a bit far away for Wei Guangde now, but he still has to make preparations.

The first step in preparation is, of course, to collect excellent articles and memorize them by rote.

As for saying that such an article has no thought and no connotation, it really doesn't matter to Wei Guangde, he doesn't expect to be able to go crazy like three yuan or six yuan.

I remember that in the novels I read in later generations, it was said that in the era of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, if you won the first prize and got the second place in the first place, you would cause trouble and be punished by the chief minister of the time. Life cannot take care of itself.

Whether it's true or not, Wei Guangde has no way of judging, but he doesn't want to be the first bird, enjoying life is what he wants to do.

Wu Dong naturally has some articles like this, and there are quite a few, except for some repetitive ones, there are many that Wei Guangde does not have.

Just looking at it, reading it several times, can be remembered, but this is not what Wei Guangde wants to be safe, it is better to have a copy in his own hand, just look at it if you have nothing to do.

It's a pity that most of the articles collected by Wu Dong here are manuscripts. After all, the grade of these articles is a bit low, but there are no bookstores to print and sell them.

Looking at the article on the table that Wei Guangde had dug out, Wu Dong smiled and said, "I'll just find someone to copy it for you later, it's a few taels of money, some scholars are rushing to copy it for you.

However, copying by yourself is actually the best, not only to deepen memory, but also to practice calligraphy.

By the way, at the party the day after tomorrow, you can also ask other people, I dare not say anything else, the Zeng family must have collected a lot of articles like this."

(End of this chapter)