Prime Minister

Chapter 19 Jinshi and other subjects
In Fujian, there are dog days, and heaven and earth are steamers.

It was only in the morning, the sun was not high, and after a short walk back from the house, I was covered in sweat.

In the thatched hut where the three Zhang Yue studied, the windows were wide open, but they couldn't stand the heat.

In the afternoon, Guo Lin and Miao San were still sitting in their huts and reading.Zhang Yue couldn't eat the heat, so he asked the lame slave to borrow Zhang Zhuta and moved it under a tree shaded by a pine forest, then set up a mosquito net to rest.

Zhang Yue slept beautifully for an hour or two at noon under the forest, and did not go back to the hut to read, but went to the riverside to swim.

Zhang Yue immersed himself in the cold stream, and suddenly felt that Fang was exhausted by the sun, and then he was alive again.Zhang Yue had been swimming by the stream for nearly half an hour, and when the heat had subsided for the most part, he put on his clothes and walked back to the cottage with his shoes and socks barefooted.

Every time at this time, Zhang Yue couldn't help snickering when he saw Guo Lin being tortured to an impersonal appearance.

On weekdays, Guo Lin could wear shorts or middle clothes when he was studying in the thatched hut, but when Miao Sanniang was there, he would have to wear long shirts and socks, and he had to be tight-fitting, not showing any skin except his face.

Even if Guo Lin wanted to take it off, but the tall servant outside stared at him, he didn't dare.

It was still bright at this time, and Miao Sanniang had already packed up her sack and prepared for her servants to go home together.

Zhang Yue did not know that Miao Sanniang and Guo Lin had such a conversation in the house today.

In the hut, Miao Sanniang looked at Zhang Yue's hands as pillows and stilted legs in the distance. She was wearing a short shirt covering her belly, covered only by a fan, and she couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

"Senior Brother Zhang, he actually sleeps during the day?"

Guo Lin, who was on the side, shook the palm fan and recited the paper while sweating like rain. Hearing Miao Sanniang say this, he replied, "Junior Brother, he has always been like this."

"In winter, the days are short and the nights are long. As soon as it gets dark, you can afford a candle. If you don't read books in summer, when are you going to wait?"

Guo Lindao: "Junior brother is lazy, but his talent and intelligence are beyond my reach."

"How clever?"

"How many days did the junior sister memorize the filial piety scriptures?"

Miao Sanniang also studied women's school, and most of the women's school courses were to go out to the boudoir and teach children, and at home, she was filial to her parents.Miao Sanniang has read "Biography of Lie Nu" and "Nv's Commandments", and she has also read "The Classic of Filial Piety" and "The Analects of Confucius".

But generally speaking, women can only read here, but Miao Sanniang also read "Book of Rites" and "Book of Songs".

She is only a little short in arithmetic, but in terms of reading, the average person is really inferior to her.

Miao Sanniang thought for a while and said, "When the lady teacher taught me, it took three or four days."

"Junior sister is really smart. I also used it...for three days. But Junior Brother Zhang only took one day!"

Miao Sanniang's eyes flashed strangely, and after a moment she said relieved: "No wonder... Junior Brother Zhang is self-sufficient, so he doesn't have to study hard. Chi Qian Yiying, this is not enough, not a real scholar."

Guo Lin was stunned: "Then what's the point? He is a real scholar."

Miao Sanniang said leisurely: "Of course she is a scholar who is talented, willing to work hard, and can be humble and respectful... just like..." The voice behind her was like a mosquito.

Guo Lin didn't know what he was referring to at first, and then lowered his head with a flushed face, so he put on his clothes more tightly and continued to read while sitting upright.

Seeing this, Miss Miao San smiled and glanced at the servant outside the door, thinking that in a few days, Ah Qi would not be here.

Soon, the two of them in the house heard Zhang Yue and said, "Sit down in a white shirt and put on yellow straw shoes. After eating and washing up, slowly walk down the steps."

"The summer wind changes slightly, and the hours of the day gradually increase. The courtyard is quiet and shaded, and the birds sing the new leaves."

"Walking alone and sleeping alone, Xia Jingshu is not yet twilight. If you don't sleep at noon, the day will last long."

Seeing that Zhang Yue was already awake, the two of them didn't take advantage of the summer heat to go into the house to read, but wore short shirts and went to the riverside to swim.

Miao Sanniang said: "It's a pity to waste time so wasted."

It was extremely hot in the afternoon, and Guo Xueyan only taught in the morning, and went back to the house to rest after class.

As usual, the part of the Analects of Confucius was dictated to Zhang Yue by Guo Xuejiu. Zhang Yue has studied the Analects for nearly half a month.In fact, it only took Zhang Yue five days to memorize the whole chapter.

When Zhang Yue memorized the Analects within five days, Guo Xueyan and Guo Lin were truly convinced that Zhang Yue was talented, or at least recited.

The homework that follows the Analects is all about annotations.

Song people commented on the oral meaning of the Analects a lot, the most famous one being Zhao Pu's saying "Half the Analects govern the world".

It is said that when he was prime minister, he encountered difficult political affairs that could not be resolved, so he took out the Analects and looked it up to find the answer.

However, this sentence is from Song Ren's notes, and there is no real historical data to prove it.Song history records that Zhao Pu did not learn skills in his early years. After he became prime minister, Zhao Kuangyin repeatedly persuaded you to read more books.In his later years, Zhao Pu couldn't put down the scrolls, and when he returned home, he read books from the crates.

After Zhao Pu's death, his family found that there were only twenty Analects of Confucius in his bookcase.

Later, the phrase 'the half of the Analects governs the world' and Song Taizu's phrase 'the prime minister must use a scholar' has always been a beautiful talk of Confucian scholars. In fact, no matter what book you read, the most important thing is the human being, not the book.

After Zhang Yue had memorized the Analects of Confucius, Guo Xueji often couldn't sleep at night. He was fortunate to have such a "good talent and beautiful jade", but he was afraid of ruining it in his own hands.

On this day, after Zhang Yue had been familiar with the Analects, Guo Xuejie personally found Zhang Yue, first with a serious look on his face, and then made a call.

"The Master said, he is a human being, gentle and gentle, and he teaches poetry; sparse and distant, he teaches calligraphy; he is broad and easy to play music, and he teaches music; he is respectful, frugal, and respectful, and he teaches etiquette; he is clean and subtle, and he is easy to teach. Comparing things, the Spring and Autumn Teachings are also."

Zhang Yue listened to Guo Xuejian's meaning, and he enumerated what Confucius said about reading "Poetry", "Book", "Ritual", "Yi", "Spring and Autumn" Five Classics.

However, Zhang Yue understands that the front is the foreshadowing, and the latter is the content.

So Guo Xueji asked seriously, "What are your plans for Yu Gongjuyi in the future?"

Zhang Yue said: "Students don't understand, ask Mr. to help the students clear up."

Guo Xuejiu said: "This tribute is divided into regular divisions and system divisions. As the name suggests, the system division must be specially set up by the emperor to recruit talents.

"There are very few records in the system, and it's not set according to the time, so this old man has never heard of any scholar who uses the system..."

"Isn't it the first time to reach Wu Xianggong in this township, isn't it precisely because of the system of disciplines and officials?"

Zhang Yue couldn't help but say, he was ETC when he was on the forum in his last life, so he couldn't help himself.And the Wu Xianggong mentioned by Zhang Yue was the ruler of Wu Yu.Not long ago, Zhang Yue also met his nephew in Peng County Wei.

Guo Xuexue nodded and said: "Exactly, I was negligent as a teacher. In the past 200 years of this dynasty, Wu Xianggong was the only one who entered the third class in the system! Wu Xianggong is the only one in the third class of the department, do you think it is more difficult to make the department than the regular department?"

The Chang Ke mentioned by Guo Xueyan below is the well-known imperial examination method.

And Changke is a fixed number of years for one tribute, but it is not very common. For example, there are two years of one tribute, four years of one tribute, and even five years of no tribute.But in recent years, it has been set as a tribute every two years.

Guo Xueyan also said: "Chang Ke is also divided into two categories, Jin Shi Ke and Zhu Ke. The so-called Zhu Ke is the Ming Jing Section in the Tang Dynasty, but the Jin Shi Ke has always been called the same."

"Jin Shi Ke discusses the strategy of poetry and fu and the meaning of the classics and Moyi. But all the disciplines don't need to talk about the strategy of poetry and fu, just the meaning of the classics and ink. I'll tell you about the disciplines first!"

The so-called pasting scriptures is the original text of the test book, such as "three people walk, there must be my teacher", cover the last sentence for you, let you write the next sentence, or cover the previous sentence and write the next sentence.But Zhu Keli will not be so simple, usually cover several words.

Mo Yi is to explain the meaning of 'Three people, there must be my teacher'.All subjects only test the scriptures and Moyi, to put it bluntly, it is to test your endorsement skills!
The various disciplines of the Song Dynasty included the Nine Classics, the Five Classics, the Kaiyuan Rites, the Three Histories, the Three Rites, the Three Biography, the Academics, the Mingfa and so on.

Zhang Yue wanted to use Guo Xuejiao's words to imply that it was more obvious that he was admitted to various subjects.However, Jinshike's poetry and fu policy theory depends on talent, and there is no unified standard.

As far as the children of the Han family are concerned, there is no one who spreads your articles and recommends you to Gongqing.Only the rote subjects have greater hope.

Guo Xuejia asked, "Is the three rituals acceptable?"

The three disciplines are "Book of Rites", "Zhou Li" and "Ritual Regulations".

Zhang Yue shook his head and said, "Too little."

Guo Xueji was very pleased that he was actually 'asking his will' just now.Zhang Yue did not choose academic subjects just to be lazy, nor did he choose the three historical subjects, Kaiyuan rituals, and Mingfa subjects without 'respecting the classics'. This shows that this son can be cultivated.

Guo Xueyan asked again, "Is the three biography okay?"

The three biographies are "Chunqiu Zuozhuan", "Gongyang Biography" and "Guliang Biography".The three rites add up to about 20 characters, but the Zuo Zhuan alone is 20 characters.

"It's still too little!" Zhang Yue did not hesitate.

Guo Xueyan was even more happy: "Is the Five Classics OK?"

Before the Five Classics, he mentioned Mao's poems, Shangshu, Book of Rites, Zuozhuan, Zhouyi Five Classics, Kong Yingda once wrote "Five Classics Justice" to expound these five classics, and then they were established as official imperial examination books. regarded as heresy.

Although there are many drawbacks, the Five Classics of Justice eliminates the disadvantages of Confucianism with multiple disciplines and complicated chapters and sentences, and has a common standard.

Zhang Yue understood that the jinshi subject was too ethereal and had no standard answers. It was up to the examiners to decide.As a child of the Han family, he has a weak foundation, and it is too difficult to try his luck, and his chances of success in the future are also small.But Chang Ke can do it, here is a reward for every effort, and the right answer is clear at a glance.Therefore, what Guo Xueyan meant was that he hoped that Zhang Yue would be able to choose the five classics subjects.

Zhang Yue thought of this and continued to shake his head: "Too little."

Guo Xuejia was taken aback and asked suspiciously, "Which subject do you want to choose?"

Zhang Yue asked back, "Which subject do you want to choose?"

Guo Xueyan was silent for a moment when he heard the words, and then he said: "Your senior brother... I taught him to read the Analects at the age of five, so that he could one day be able to pass the nine classics subjects."

Then Guo Xueyan said to Zhang Yue: "But the Nine Classics Department is the most rare of all the disciplines, so you don't have to force it."

As Guo Xueyan said, the most difficult of all disciplines is the Nine Classics.

Candidates who read the nine classics should read "Book of Changes", "Book of History", "Mao Shi", "Book of Rites", "Zhou Li", "Ritual", "Spring and Autumn Zuo Zhuan", "Gongyang Zhuan", "Gu The Biography of Liang, the Nine Classics.

The content of the exam is also the most, with 120 answers to the book and [-] answers to the Moyi.

In the Tang Dynasty, the five classics subjects were the most difficult after the jinshi subject, and the examination scope was also in these nine classics.

However, the Tang Dynasty listed "Book of Rites" and "Zuo Zhuan" as the major scriptures, "Mao Shi", "Zhou Li", "Yi Li" as the central scriptures, "Book of Changes", "Shangshu", "Gongyang Biography", "Guliang Biography" is a small classic.

During the examination, the two major scriptures are compulsory, and then three scriptures are selected from the middle and minor scriptures to make up the five scriptures.

But all nine subjects in the Song Dynasty had to be tested!
Guo Xueyan looked at Zhang Yue deeply, and the implication was that you really want to take the Nine Classics Department?
"I heard that the background of the Nine Classics Department is above the other departments?" Zhang Yue asked.

Guo Xuejia heard the words and thought, this son is too utilitarian, he does not ask whether he is willing to learn or not, but asks where he is from?Correct it later in the future!
Guo Xueyan sighed: "That's right. The background of the nine disciplines is indeed higher than that of all the disciplines. In the jinshi award, the top five in the jinshi first class, the top five and the second in the list are first-class."

"And the sixth person below the class A and the "Nine Classics" and the first are the second class. The other classes are from the same background as the fifth class of the jinshi, and they must be selected."

Zhang Yue had a calculation in his heart, and the jinshi subject was divided into five grades.

The top five in the first class of Jinshi Ke are first-class backgrounds.

The Jiu Jing Ke and No. 6 and No. [-] of the first class are second-class backgrounds.

Next is the Jinshi Division B, C, and so on.

The so-called election-holding means that you cannot be immediately appointed to an official position, and you must participate in the election as a candidate three years later, and you have to take the exam again.Those who were born in other disciplines and the fifth class in the Jinshi discipline are treated as the same.

From this, it can be seen how difficult it is for the Nine Classics Division and the first chapter, even more unexpected by Zhang Yue.

"Could it be that you want to study Nine Classics?" Guo Xueyan asked.

ps1: Thank you Xiqiu Shuyou for being the third leader of this book!

ps2: What subjects do you want to choose more and more?

(End of this chapter)