Prime Minister

Chapter 221 Night Rain in the Examination Room
Morning Tower, the ancient bell of the Buddhist Temple.

The whole Kaibao Temple is as quiet as sleep, and the autumn wind gently blows over the bodhi leaves.

At this moment, Zhang Yue's heart was extremely quiet.

In the left and right monk's rooms, some candidates are still lying on the desks and sleeping, some are already writing essays, and some are still thinking hard.

Zhang Yue looked at the title, the title of the poem was "Shang Shan Ruo Shui Fu", the title of the poem was "Poems of Osmanthus Boughs Born by the Autumn Wind", "Poems of Lotus in the Morning Sun", the title of the policy was "The Strategies of Yu Ji to Help the World", and the title of the poem was "Which of the Words Come First" ".

The content of the Guozijian monthly quiz and the annual major exam is the same. Zhang Yue has already experienced many battles, and after a night of deliberation, Zhang Yue has already prepared a draft for each question in his mind.

Start with the best strategy theory first.

The first is "Which Comes First in Literature and Practice", which mostly refers to articles and conduct. At first glance, it seems to refer to articles and conduct. What comes first?
It seems to be easy to understand. Generally speaking, character is the first priority, of course, character is the first.

But think carefully that this question comes from the Analects of Confucius.

The original text is "Ziyi four teachings, writing and acting faithfully".

Text refers to culture and education, and practice refers to practice.

Zhang Yue thought a little bit, and immediately took up his pen and wrote down "the teaching of a sage, know it before you do it." '

Knowing and then acting is the purpose of Neo Confucianism.

Before Wang Yangming appeared, this was the most mainstream view at that time, and it was slightly ahead of the times.

With the beginning, Zhang Yue wrote without hesitation, "Knowledge and action are always necessary, such as eyes without feet can't do it, feet without eyes can't see."In terms of sequence, knowledge comes first, in terms of severity, behavior is important. '

After writing this, Zhang Yue knew that the question was stable.

The imperial examination does not allow you to play freely, it must conform to the views of the majority of people.

After Zhang Yue finished writing this thesis, the examinees on the side woke up one after another, but at this time, the official brought hot rice soup and said to the examinees: "The chief examiner treats you all with a bowl of soup."

Well, although it is rice soup, it is better than nothing.

A bowl of rice soup was brought from the lattice window, and Zhang Yue couldn't wait to take a sip.

Well, the rice soup is very thick. For Zhang Yue who ate cold food all day yesterday, this bowl of rice soup made him feel comfortable.

The next chapter looks at the next topic "The Strategy of Yuji to Help the World".

Many examinees scratched their heads at this sentence, and Zhang Yue gasped when he asked this question for the first time.

Because this question is too biased.

But having said that, Zhang Yue, who was a strong memorizer of Bo Wen, was not able to pass the test.

Why did this question pass the test?Because this question is not in the Nine Classics, but in the Book of Jin.

This sentence comes from what Du Yu said, "Yuji's merits are expected to help the world, and the common people are few."

Yuji is the Houji of the Great Yu.

Dayu's water control and Houji's farming all made great contributions to the common people in the world.

The book of Jin mentioned that Du Yushi "predicted the affairs of the public, and knew everything he could do."Everything that is built must be tested from beginning to end, and there are few failures.Or those who ridiculed his broken intentions, said in advance: "Yuji's achievements are expected to help the world, and he has a lot of people."

Du Yu must do what he knows about the affairs of the public, and he must examine and approve everything he creates, and he seldom fails.Some people laughed at him for being trivial and planning too carefully.But Du Yu said that the merit of Yuji lies in helping the world and the people, and I think the same.

However, it is also possible to answer according to the idea of ​​controlling water from Dayu and farming in Houji.But it must be downgraded.

Therefore, the core of this question must revolve around 'preparing the affairs of the public, knowing everything.Everything that is built must be tested and always answered.The problem is that very few people know how to read history books. As for reading history books, few people will read Du Yu's biography, and even if they read it, they may not remember it.

Therefore, for this question, Zhang Yue guessed that in the past, many people would answer it in terms of "current affairs of the country" and talk about Yu Ji's achievements in water control and farming.

But the point is not here.

Of course, knowing the meaning of the question does not mean writing well.

But Zhang Yue really likes Du Yu and Du Wuku, so he writes with spirit.

After finishing writing, Zhang Yue breathed a sigh of relief.This question is like the existence of the last question in mathematics in the college entrance examination.

Generally speaking, it is almost enough to write out the first sub-question of the biggest answer, and you don’t need to read the rest to save time.

But Zhang Yue seemed to have solved all the problems.

The following is poetry.

As for the poem that the autumn wind produces osmanthus leaves, it is not difficult.

There was an article by Luo Yin in the Tang Dynasty, trying to test the autumn wind to produce osmanthus branches.

This topic was also tested once in a private examination when I was in Taixue.

On the other hand, the "Yu Ji's strategy for helping the world" is a question of pulling points.

As for "Poetry of Asahi Lian", this topic is also very wild.

This Asahi Lotus poem was not written by poets of the Jin and Tang dynasties, but by Zhang Yong and Zhang guaiya.

Zhang Yue very much liked a poem written by Zhang Yong when he was young, "Xuanmen is not closed, but hard work should open itself".He is a role model from humble family to prime minister.

And this man's personality is just like his nickname Guai Ya.What is obedient, obedient is contrary to the public, and the cliff is not good for things.

In short, he is a very humble prime minister with character.

It is a tribute to the big brother to get his "Asahilian Poem" in such a short test.

By the time the two Fu-style poems were finished, the sun had already set, and it was almost evening.

Zhang Yue has the last question left, 'The Fu on Goodness is Like Water'.

The highest goodness is like water comes from the Tao Te Ching.

Don't be surprised, that's the case with the Jinshi examination questions.The point is that the readers are eclectic and can read all kinds of books.

Therefore, Taoist books are also included in the list.

In the imperial examinations of the Ming Dynasty, it was necessary to strictly find sentences from the Four Books and Five Classics to formulate questions, which narrowed people's horizons.

Besides, Song Zhenzong advocated Taoism, and it is not surprising that the solution of the test is based on the Tao Te Ching.

But the problem is that Zhang Yue has two answers to this question in his mind.

One has the word '耑', and the other has no word '耑'.He didn't know how to answer this question.

The more Zhang thought about this, he suddenly felt a little hungry, gurgling and screaming.

It was too late.

The night is like black ink, and the iron-cast Kaibao Temple Pagoda is more integrated into the dark night.

I wrote for a day today, and I was so engrossed in Zhang Yue that I couldn't pay attention to other things.Hungry, he couldn't help saying to the father-in-law, "Come here for a bowl of noodles."

"Consistent money!"

Zhang Yue took out the silver and put it in the hands of the gentleman.

Not long after, a bowl of hot noodle soup with a little oily flakes was brought to the examination room, Zhang Yue couldn't help but still took a piece of pancake, broke a little and soaked it in the noodles.

Although it is not very delicious, for Zhang Yue at this moment, it is already a delicious meal.

After eating a bowl of noodles, Zhang Yue has a lot of energy in him. He first read the few topics he wrote before and was very satisfied.

Poetry and fu are not his strong point, but these two poems just happened to be cheap for him, and the two strategies and discussions made him more confident.

Looking at the whole article, there is not a single typo, the scroll is extremely clean and tidy, and with the addition of calligraphy, it is almost like seeing the number one scholar scroll in a later museum.

How many people want to achieve such beauty?

But this gift of goodness is like water in front of me, how can I answer it?

At this time, the wind blew outside the window, and then an autumn rain began.

Zhang Yue immediately covered the windows with an oilcloth to protect his face from the rain, while he lit a candle and meditated in the monk's room.

ps: Tomorrow will be longer.

(End of this chapter)