Prime Minister

Chapter 314 Six Discourses
Five people who had taken the exam were present.

It is different from the test crowd of solution test, provincial test and palace test.The number of people who should be prepared is very small.

Zhiju originated in the Han Dynasty, such as Chao Cuo and Dong Zhongshu, both of whom were from Zhiju, and the Jinshi Department originated in the Sui Dynasty.

The biggest difference between Zhiju and Jinshike is that it is an extension of the Han Dynasty's Chaju system.

During the Warring States Period, it was the world official system, with father and son succeeding each other. The inspection system broke the father and son succession and became bottom-up. The emperor selected officials through the recommendation of officials.

Of course, the procuratorial system also brought about cronyism and the alternation of power in a small area, such as the Jiupin Zhongzheng system, but compared with the secular official system, there is no doubt that power belongs to the imperial court.

With the rise of the imperial examination system, nepotism was even less popular, and all talents were selected by examinations.

Of course, the imperial examination system also has disadvantages, but it belongs to the imperial court more than the imperial examination system, and it tends to be more fair to the common people.

In the Song Dynasty, the official titles of local government officials still retained the name of the investigation system. .

In the Song Dynasty, most of these officials were officials from the imperial examination system and were sent to the localities by the imperial court.

As for the Jiedushi in the Song Dynasty, most of them had the name of Jiedushi, but did not have the power of Jiedushi.

In addition, the system of yin officials and yin sons still has some legacy of the secular official system, but now the officialdom is dominated by officials with imperial examination background.

The Song Dynasty also retained the method of selection of talents, which can be regarded as the parallelism of the new era and the old era.

The reason for the examination is that the number of people is small but the quality is high. In fact, it takes a lot of time to hold the imperial examination, which not only delays the life of many people, but also takes up a lot of resources of the court. If the ministers elected are not selfish, this is actually better and more effective than the imperial examination system. way of selecting talents.

but……

When Zhang Yue was young, he liked Qian Mu's book on China's political gains and losses.In the book, Mr. Qian admired the politics of the Han Dynasty, and criticized the system of the Song, Ming and Qing Dynasties.

In fact, from the perspective of centralization and strong branches and weak branches, one generation is stronger than the other.

Therefore, when Zhang Yue first learned that Han Qi and Fu Bi recommended him to the emperor at the same time, he was a little surprised.

If you fail the exam, you can pretend to say to your colleagues that it’s not that you have to go, the main reason is that if you go, you won’t give face to the two prime ministers...

I am not Wang Anshi.

Han Qi recommended Wang Anshi for a trial position, but Wang Anshi refused.

Examinations for office positions are also examinations. It will be fun when even the promotion of an official position has to be tested.

But there is no doubt that the advantage of the imperial examination system is that the threshold is low, otherwise Zhang Yue's background, Fu Bi, Han Qi, and Ouyang Xiu would not be aware of themselves.

It is considered to be the leader of the two-class selection mechanism in ancient and modern times.

There were all five people present. At this moment, swords were not on the verge of drawing swords and arrows in front of the door of the secret pavilion, but there was an inexplicable atmosphere.

At this time, the door of the pavilion opened, and a court official who looked like a sweeping monk waved to the five people and said, "What are you waiting for? Come in!"

The five of them couldn't help being taken aback. Is this the legendary Six Tests of the Secret Pavilion, the most difficult in the world?

Don't talk about the slightest rules and pomp?
This made Zhang Yue, who had just passed the Jinshi examination, a little uncomfortable for a while.

It seems that the difficulty of the system examination lies in the recommendation, and the difficulty of the Jinshi examination lies in the examination.

One has a large number of participants and emphasizes ostentation, while the other has a small number of participants and does not emphasize ostentation.

Zhang Yue and other five people entered the room one after another.

But in the middle hall of the secret pavilion, there are five desk tables covered with the four treasures of the study. In the middle of the hall is a statue of a saint, and there are books on the high pavilions all around.

"What are you looking at, sit down!" The cabinet official who looked like a sweeping monk held a dust whisk while sweeping the dust on the books, and said to the five people.

The five people looked at each other, saluted the saint statue first, and then took their seats.

Soon there was a sound of footsteps outside the secret pavilion, but Wu Kui, Yang Tian, ​​Wang Chou, Wang Anshi and other four officials arrived one after another.

At the Qionglin Banquet, Zhang Yue met with the four of them, among them Wang Chou was his examiner in the provincial examination, and as for Yang Tian, ​​Wang Anshi was the official examiner in his palace examination.

As for Wu Kui, I have no impression.

Immediately, the examiners put the test papers to the candidates, and then took their seats in the southeast and northwest, as if they were guarding the five candidates to answer the questions like four spirit beasts.

Zhang Yue deeply felt that cheating in this exam was really difficult. The ratio of examiners to candidates was almost one to one.

It is also a bit difficult for Su Shi to remind his younger brother by standing upside down with the pen tube.

But no matter what, it was a worthwhile trip to see the legendary Six Trials of the Secret Pavilion.

This is an exam that does not focus on ostentation, but on process.

Zhang Yue browsed the test paper.

The above six questions are "On the King's Failure to Rule Barbarians and Dies"

"On Liu Kai, Ding Hong and Who Are the Worthiest"

"Etiquette, Righteousness and Faith Are Enough to Make Virtue"

"The Situation Is Not Virtuous"

"Etiquette Based on Nurturing People"

"Drunk and Prepared for the Five Blessings"

Zhang Yue glanced at it, and couldn't help but gasp, it really deserves to be the most difficult secret pavilion test in the world, it's really difficult.

Before Zhang Yue thought about it, he heard Wang Kui who was sitting beside him sway and fell to the ground.

The more chapters there are, the more regular meetings there will be.

Where is the difficulty in the Six Theories of the Secret Pavilion?

The difficulty lies in the vast reading surface.

Where does the theory that the king does not rule the barbarians come from?It comes from the second year of Yin Gong in "The Spring and Autumn Annals of Gongyang".

But if you look through the entire book of Spring and Autumn Gongyang Zhuan, you can’t find this sentence. Why is it because it comes from the commentary written by He Xiu.

Under the original text "Guild Rong Yuqian", He Xiu commented "The king does not rule the barbarians".

In the six theories, it is necessary to write the source "Chunqiu Gongyang Zhuan", which sentence "Guild Rong Yuqian", who commented "He Xiu", and finally quote the context skillfully.

This question not only comes from the scriptures, but also the annotations of the scriptures.

As for "Liu Kai, Ding Hong and Which One is the Best", it comes from "The Book of the Later Han Dynasty: The Biography of Ding Hong" and "The Book of the Later Han Dynasty: The Biography of Liu Kai".This comes from Hanshu, which belongs to the history in Jingshi.

"Etiquette, Righteousness and Faith Are Enough to Make Virtue" comes from "The Analects of Confucius Zilu Pian", Fan Chi Xuejia, and is annotated by Han Confucian scholar Bao Xian.

It is necessary to know that there are countless annotations for the Analects of Confucius, such as Kong Anguo, Bao Xian, Zhou Shi, Ma Rong, Zheng Xuan, Chen Qun, Wang Xiao, Zhou Liesheng, Wei Shiheyan and others published the "Analects of Confucius Collection" .

Song people read this edition more.

The original text is that Fan Chi learned how to grow crops, and then he was despised by Confucius. The commentary said that propriety, righteousness and faith are enough to make virtue, so how can we use crops?But very few people remember this line, and even if they know it, they don't know it was written by Bao Xian.

"The Situation Is Worse than Virtue" is also extremely difficult, with many sources.

For example, the sentence that the weather is not as good as the location, and the location is not as good as the harmony of people is enough to confuse you, and various schools have repeatedly mentioned it and quoted it.

But there is only one source from the historical anthology, and that is the Tai Shi Gong said in "Historical Records Biography of Wu Qi".

"Etiquette is based on nurturing people" comes from "Han Shu·Li Le Zhi".

"Jizui Prepares the Five Blessings" comes from "The Book of Songs Daya Jizui" and Zheng Xuan's annotations.

The Six Treatises of the Secret Pavilion come from the three classics and three histories, and the three classics are not the main text, but annotations.

To pass the pavilion, you must pass four or more questions, that is to say, to answer all four questions correctly, you must pass all of them. If you make a mistake or the original text is slightly unclear.

If it is changed before the palace examination, with Zhang Yue's ability, maybe he can only pass two or three courses.

But now after more than three months of hard study in the monastery, Zhang Yue can be said to be...

(End of this chapter)