The heavens from Bailuyuan

Chapter 44 The Fool
Just walked out of the examination room, there was no brazier, and his clothes were cold, so he tightened his clothes and stepped out of the dragon gate.

Not long after he left, the front door closed.Candidates who are being collected inside have to wait until the gantry is reopened before queuing up to prevent stampede incidents.

This is the benefit of submitting papers early.

But Zhou Yuan and others who came with him were still in the examination room, and he was waiting at the door.

From time to time, several people walked out of the examination room.

I guess it was also in the mind of Bai Gui, to hand in the papers in advance when the scribes collect them, so that they can come out earlier.

"Brother, I don't know how you answered the questions in the Four Books? How did you break it?"

When a middle-aged Confucian student in a county was walking out of the dragon gate, he saw Bai Gui waiting with a test basket, his eyes lit up, and he hurried forward to ask.

The county is not big, and the four teenagers studying in the White Deer Academy are particularly eye-catching. Although there are some tricks to be able to stand side by side with the students, to be able to do this, as long as they are not mediocre, their knowledge must be poor. Not going anywhere.

So he wanted to ask Bai Gui how he answered the test paper, to give him a little more confidence.

"By the way, there are also historical topics..."

The middle-aged Confucian scholar walked up to Bai Gui and asked.

"Can not remember."

Bai Gui shook his head, how could these things in the examination room be easily revealed to others.Tang Yin of the former Ming Dynasty said that he would pass the exam after Chun Wei finished the exam.Everyone knows that Tang Yin is talented, but Tang Yin was still deprived of his fame and was involved in the imperial examination fraud case, and he never raised his head in his life.

In February of the 12th year of Hongzhi, Tang Yin, Xu Jing, Du Mu, and a group of Juren who had participated in the exam had a dinner to celebrate the end of the exam.Tang Bohu is the number one in the provincial examination of Yingtianfu, and the number one in the provincial examination of Yingtianfu, the gold content is too high.Then Tang Yin got drunk and said that he must be Huiyuan in the test, and Wen Wu is the first. When other candidates asked, Tang Yin would immediately tell the content of the test paper.As a result, when it was time for the exam to release the rankings, Tang Yin was not named on the rankings, and was arrested by Jin Yiwei and imprisoned in the Zhenfu Division, charged with fraud in the examination hall.At the same time, Cheng Minzheng, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, was also unlucky, and was tricked by Tang Yin.

After the exam, it's no good to have a big mouth.

This is a society ruled by men.

The middle-aged Confucian scholar's expression darkened a lot, but he still maintained his demeanor, and he bowed his hands to Bai Guixu, ready to retreat.

"What a crazy boy, senior asked, but he was so perfunctory?"

Some examinees got angry, thinking that this was contempt for middle-aged Confucian scholars, and immediately complained.But it was also limited to pointing at Bai Gui in the same place, and in a short while, he became a crazy student.

"Everyone, now that I have left the examination room, what is the benefit of thinking about the content of the paper?"

"It's better to let go of your mind and meet the next exam."

Bai Gui apologized to everyone and said.

He was not angry about this, he was worried about the lessons learned, so he had scruples, but other candidates were different.

Besides, although his tone is modest, the content is indeed a little too much.These candidates can help the middle-aged Confucian scholar to fight against injustice today, and they can help him fight against injustice tomorrow. They also have justice in their hearts, so there is nothing to blame.

Hearing this, the examinees who made the sarcasm just now also showed embarrassment and bowed to apologize to each other. For a moment, they were friendly and everyone's atmosphere became more harmonious.

Although fame and fame are fought by tens of thousands of people, it is not that everyone hates each other.

Discuss high and low by talent and learning!

Soon, the dragon gate opened wide.

At this time, the candidates who walked out were not as energetic as the previous candidates. Some candidates cried bitterly, covered their faces with their sleeves, and their relatives and friends who had been prepared for a long time came forward to comfort them.

A few elderly candidates looked concerned, shook their heads, sighed, and carried their shabby exam baskets to hide in the crowd alone, and disappeared after a while.

Back then, they were teenagers, and they had relatives and friends to comfort them.

Now, alone.

There are all kinds of beings, nothing but this.

"Brother Bai, I didn't expect you to hand in the paper so early, no wonder we didn't see you."

Zhou Yuan smiled and said something.

This county test, as long as the ancient county magistrate does not obstruct it, it will be sure!
"Go back first."

Bai Gui glanced at the three people who took the exam. Zhou Yuan looked the most smug, he was the most proficient in Confucian classics, and he had also figured out the temperament of the ancient county magistrate, so it shouldn't be a big problem. The rest of Bai Xiaowen was neither happy nor disappointed, Lu Zhaopeng was a little bit Worrying about gains and losses...

No matter how proud Zhou Yuan is at this moment, it is no less than sprinkling salt on a human wound.

Zhou Yuan also realized something, apologized to them apologetically, and then went to the academy with the exam basket in the dark.

Come to the gate of the academy. ,

Frustrated Lu Zhaopeng fell behind several others, and Bai Gui stepped forward to comfort him, "Zhaopeng, you just failed the county examination once, and your other knowledge is also excellent, and now you don't only have the way out of the imperial examination."

During the Westernization Movement, there were many changes in the imperial examination system, which was different from the previous dynasties.

For example, in the third year of Tongzhi, the provincial translation examination in Guangdong Province was established to train translation talents for the Qing court to communicate with foreigners. Supervisor.If there are people who are proficient in Western and Western languages, they can be directly transferred to Beijing for examinations and given official positions.

Also, when the Westernization Group held Westernization Affairs, they discovered that "the strength of the navy is based on the cannon, and the ingenuity of the cannon is based on mathematics." Therefore, in the ninth year of Tongzhi, Shen Baozhenlian and Yinggui proposed the establishment of a special department of mathematics. scheme.Those who are admitted can "inside the prime minister's national affairs yamen, household and industry departments, and outside the navy, guanyan, salt and grain yamen, and the bureaus of ships and guns." After the war, a special algorithm department was also established.

It's just that the arithmetic students of the arithmetic department have to learn not only modern literature and science knowledge, but also the words of sages in the Four Books and Five Classics, and the number of students admitted is quite limited.

In the Jichoenke Township Examination in 1889, there were only 20 applicants including students, and even the most basic requirement of [-] people for setting up the examination room was not met.

In addition, there are design and art subjects.

Later, the reform reform made many improvements to the imperial examinations and added a lot of special subjects.

It's just that compared to the above special subjects, the traditional stereotyped selection of scholars is the right way.

Of course, the current stereotyped selection of scholars is different from the previous dynasty. In the reform reform, it was mentioned that "combining the official science and the economic year, both of them are based on policy theory, and the theory is based on anecdotes; policy is based on current affairs, and based on specialized."

Song Bolu, the censor, wrote bluntly: "Those who came from imperial examinations have no knowledge of Western learning; those who came from schools are at a loss in middle school."

Therefore, in the current official examination, in the 24th year of Guangxu, the Ministry of Rites re-drafted the thirteen articles of the Township Examination Regulations: "Each person expresses his own opinion on the policy, and the style should be lenient. This is to test the scholars, and to emphasize economics and practical studies. In particular, the facts should be collected, and there is no choice." Empty words..."

but……

This is all related to the township examination and the general examination.

Whether it is the Westernization Movement or the Reformation, it is a top-down improvement.The provincial examinations and general examinations above have changed, but the county examinations, government examinations, and hospital examinations below are still the same, with only minor additions and changes.

For example, the just-concluded Zishui County Examination, according to the usual practice, does not have history topics, only four books, five classics, and test post poems.

Ming and Qing Dynasties did not emphasize poetry and fu, so the first county examination canceled the test post poems.

"Yes, Brother Gui, it's just an exam!"

Lu Zhaopeng murmured to himself, tears streaming down his cheeks, "Father Er and Father Er offered to go to school with Brother Er, just to be able to put a few strings of cannons on the grave of Erzu before his death, so that he could have the face to see his ancestors after going down." ..."

"I'm not a human being. I know the temperament of the ancient county magistrate, but...he just wrote the reform..."

"I'm sorry, my ancestors!"

He murmured softly, then turned to howling.

Bai Gui was silent, he could only gently caress Lu Zhaopeng's back, comforting Lu Zhaopeng with silent words.

Writing about this reform seems like an act of a fool.

But... just some fools.

Silly and cute.

Knowing it can't be done.

There was a saying in the previous life, which was very popular. It said: "The reason why the years are beautiful is that someone is carrying the burden for you."

(End of this chapter)