Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 499
The scripture chosen by Gao Yushi is "Yi".The meaning of Benjing is that besides the Four Books, one "elective" subject from the Five Classics will be excluded from the other five classics during the exam, and only this one will be tested.

This year's Henan Provincial Examination for this subject, regardless of the other rooms, only the room of "Yi", a high-level practical book, has a total of four questions, namely "Gentlemen use knowledge to speak and act, and animals have virtue", " It is said that Xunfu is the Huabangye", "The vastness matches the heaven and the earth", "The great treasure of a sage is the position, how to keep the position is called benevolence, how to gather people is called wealth, and the right words to prohibit the people is called righteousness". This is the first Among the seven articles tested in the day.

In the second session, there was a discussion topic: "Why the Holy King Causes Governance".There is also an imperial edict on internal medicine: "The second year of Emperor Wen's second year of Han Dynasty granting the land rent to the world this year", "The 13th year of Zhenguan's imperial edict to Jiafang Xuanling, Prince Shaoshi in the Tang Dynasty", "Suzheng written by the auxiliary ministers "Chengjin Presentation" is an optional question.There are five judgment questions: "Officials have taken office beyond the limit of their term", "Get rid of gold and silver feet", "Private servants carry sedan chairs", "Children and grandchildren violate the teaching order", "Repair bridges and roads".

Then the third game is five questions about strategy.The first question: The meeting of Yi Xi Zunba Shu, Ming Liang, and the officials is a once-in-a-thousand-year time...

The second question: There are many gods in ancient times, but there are three of them who are the most talented...

The third question: Confucianism governing Dao is external and internal...

Question [-]: The river has been suffering for a long time...

The fifth question: It is inevitable that the sage will come to the holy world...

The exam in Henan is not as strict as that in Jiangnan, so this policy question is also optional, and the high-practical one directly chose the question about the trouble of the Yellow River.Gao Wushi felt that this question was most closely related to Henan. It happened that he had been worried about the disasters in Henan in recent years, so he chose to do it.

Originally, the original intention of the three exams was to first use scriptures to explain the subtle words of sages and sages, so as to observe their minds; His ability to do things.The three are complementary and should be treated equally.

However, up to now, in fact, only the seven stereotyped essays of the first scene are emphasized, and the current essays only emphasize the first art (four books), plus some unspoken rules, such as only emphasizing the second and third essays, so it is gradually biased.But this is not something Gao Wuzhen can change now, he just finished the exam silently.

In the next few days, Gao Yushi lived comfortably. He neither visited various officials in Kaifeng, nor attended any celebrity gatherings, but just quietly waited until the day when the results were announced.

There is no need to wait for the day when the list is released, because most of the list is released on Yin and Chen Rizhi, and Chen is a dragon, and Yin is a tiger. Also commonly known as the Xiangbang Guibang.

The listing of the Henan Provincial Examination is very interesting. First, the top five candidates will not be listed, and the subsequent candidates will be announced according to the normal rankings.Gao Wushi learned a good lesson this time, and brought eight servants by his side, surrounded him and stood in a good position.

But Gao Wushi didn't hear his own name until the roll call finished.

The servants around him were a little anxious, and Gao Yu, who still went out to accompany him to the exam in person, saw that Gao Yushi was sweating on his forehead, and comforted him: "Young master, don't worry, with your ability, you must be in the top five classics."

The four books of the township examination are all tested, so there is nothing to score here, but the candidates all have their own scriptures, so they are graded according to the "Five Classics". It is the so-called Kui of the Five Classics, which is also the will of the Song Dynasty's "hard work to get one classic".

The chief examiner will select one person among the five classics, which is No.1 in the province, which is Jieyuan; and the assistant examiner will also select one person, which is No.2 in the province, which is Yayuan.

At this time, Qiu Huhu still had some prestige, and Gao Yushi stood still and listened to the roll call for a long time, and his spirit was a little dazed. The Five Classics Kui read it backwards from No.5 until he read No.2 Yayuan. Only then did Gao Pragmatic wake up a little bit.

Perhaps when they arrived in Yayuan, the scribe who called the roll was refreshed and raised his voice, almost yelling: "Jimao Henan Township Examination No. 2, Yayuan——Zhang Zili, Ruyang County!"

The candidates and idlers who were watching hurriedly looked around, and Gao Yushi couldn't help but look around too. Unexpectedly, not far from him, Gao Yu and others, a person raised his hand high and shouted: "It's me, it's me, it's me. It's Zhang Zili, the magistrate of Ruyang County!"

Gao Yushi followed the prestige, but saw a middle-aged scribe in his early forties with a happy face, pushing his thin body away from the crowd to look at the list.

Everyone saw that he was not young, but the clothes on his body looked rather shabby, so they couldn't help laughing, but there was less teasing and more envy, and some idlers shouted: "This scholar won the prize of Master Yayuan, he should change it tomorrow." Brocade!"

Someone shouted: "What a brocade dress? That must be Husi! You don't have to wait until tomorrow, I don't know how many people will line up to give money and land to him!"

Gao Wushi took a deep breath, and he also became a little nervous. The top managers of the other rooms have already come out, and only the room of "Yi" is missing. If he is not the top manager of this room, he will fail the ranking!
Gao Yu seemed more nervous than Gao Yushi, holding his belt tightly with one hand, and pushing away the people who were rushing towards Gao Yushi with the other hand, he said in his mouth: "Young master...don't worry, it must be Xie Yuan, it must It's Xie Yuan, it must be..."

Gao Wushi said angrily, "I wasn't nervous at first, but I'm getting nervous when you talk about it!"

But before Gao Yu could answer, the clerk who was calling the roll had already opened the list with a swipe of the floor, and shouted: "Jimao Henan Township Examination No. 1, Xie Yuan-Xinzheng County High Pragmatism!"

Gao Wushi breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that his feet were a little weak, and he almost couldn't stand upright. This is really the situation that he didn't have when he was captured by Cao Gan, who was still the "Bald King"!
Seeing Gao Yushi's figure swaying, Gao Yu thought he was suffering from heatstroke, so he quickly supported him, and at the same time raised Gao Yushi's right arm, and agreed loudly for him: "Gao Wushi is here in Xinzheng County!" Then He hurriedly turned his head and said to Gao Wushi in a low voice: "Eldest young master, don't blame the younger one for being abrupt. As usual, you should promise louder."

Of course Gao Yushi knew that the reason for Gao Yu’s pleading guilty was not to help him answer his questions, but to call him by his name directly, but Gao Wushi didn’t care too much about these, and shook his head slightly, saying: “Since I’ve finished reading the list, I’d better Go back, as usual there will be a Luming Banquet tomorrow, and I am waiting for the new imperial examination candidates to pay homage to the master and house master, this matter can not be sloppy."

The onlookers and idlers around had already started booing, but Gao Wushi had already recovered, and he frequently bowed to his surroundings to express his thanks.

However, although Jie Yuan in high school is a good thing, but this year's Henan Jie Yuan has a problem, which makes him feel a little tricky.

Because the chief examiner of the Henan Provincial Examination this year is Yu Shenxing, a Jinshi in the second year of Longqing, and Zhang Juzheng was selected and regarded very highly.

(End of this chapter)