Jinyi champion

Chapter 309
March sixteenth.

For Tang Yin, Lu Song and others, the most important thing on this day is to welcome Wang Shouren who is coming.

For Zhu Hao and Yuan Rulin, this day is the day that decides their fate... the government exam.

The process of the government examination is similar to that of the county examination.

Before dawn in the morning, I had to go to the Confucian Temple with my test basket to prepare for the entrance exam. There seemed to be not as many people queuing up for the county exam as before, but because the prefectural exam had already passed the first-level selection of the county exam, the average knowledge of the participants was even higher. Gao, and because there are old Confucian scholars who have not taken the exam in the past ten or even decades in the government exam, the average age of the reference personnel for the government exam is much older than that of the county exam.

When Zhu Hao and Yuan Rulin lined up, there were Confucian students in their [-]s and [-]s. Their faces were tense, their bodies trembled slightly, and they looked very nervous.

After decades of study and exams, this is just a government exam, not a college exam that can ultimately determine whether one gets fame or not.

Zhu Hao understands that there are many people who take the public examination in any era, especially in this feudal era, only with fame and fame can one foot step into the gentry class.

It's time to enter again.

For candidates like Zhu Hao and Yuan Rulin who had already taken the county examination in Anlu, they were familiar with the road, and even the search and inspection were still the same group of people, and the procedures for entering the arena were basically the same.

However, after entering the arena, the treatment enjoyed by Zhu Hao and Yuan Rulin was different.

As the leader of the Xinke County Examination, as well as the top ten candidates in the county examination in the two counties, they will be assigned a seat number and allocated to a separate examination room for the examination, which is the A-rank examination shed.

As long as Zhu Hao showed his identity, a government officer would show him the way to the examination shed in No. Jiazi. As for Yuan Rulin, he could only stay in the examination shed in No. Bingzi.

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Admission went smoothly.

When I sat down, the genius brightened.

The lantern hanging at the end of the test shed was removed.

There were originally sixty seats in Zhu Hao's Jiazi examination shed, but the top ten candidates from the two counties sat in, but there were actually only twenty seats.

These candidates are generally young, mostly in their twenties, and they noticed Zhu Hao when they entered the arena. The candidates from Changshou County naturally knew who Zhu Hao was, but although Jingshan County had also heard of him, most of them were It was the first time to see Zhu Hao in person.

They felt disdainful when they saw that such a naive child had been admitted as the chief case of Changshou County.

This is equivalent to an examination room specially prepared for top students. According to the usual practice, there are [-] places to pass each government examination. It is convenient, but the case is basically among the twenty candidates.

Sit down.

There is still no process of acknowledging and singing the guarantee. As usual, it is necessary to check the documents such as recognizance and reciprocity brought by the candidates.

The Ming Dynasty was very polite to the scholars, which was completely different from the Qing Dynasty when it strengthened the control over the scholars, strictly guarded against them, and humiliated the examinees to prevent any possibility of cheating.

The government test is a little different from the county test, that is, candidates do not need to bring draft paper.

The government will send a few pages of paper, and it can be seen that the salary has been greatly improved. It is no longer an exam that everyone can take, and the government will bear all the expenses for the test papers and straw paper used in the government exam, and candidates do not need to pay. Money, this can be regarded as the convenience given by the government to candidates who want to enter school.

"Be careful, Master Zhizhou will come to the examination room today, if anyone makes noise, just drag him out to beat the board!"

A leader of the Yachai came out to intimidate the candidates present.

The leader of the Yacha was very imposing. He walked around the examination shed of Jiazi. When he saw Zhu Hao, his face changed, and his head was no longer as high as before. It was obvious that he had seen Zhu Hao appear on the top of the city during the first battle against bandits. I recognize this little staff member who is always with the commander-in-chief of the palace "Lu Gaoshi".

When he reached the end of the test shed, he raised his head again, and walked away without a word of extra nonsense.

Except for Zhu Hao, the candidates did not see any difference.

Everyone is waiting for the exam.

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Examination papers are still issued but not questions. All candidates first write their names and the names of the three generations of their ancestors, and then wait for the questions to be released.

Because there is no official fame involved, the exam looks very formal, but in fact it is just a situation. For the candidates of the Ming Dynasty, the real challenge is the college exam. Before that, they have to pass the children's exam. For those who have received systematic education That said, it's just a matter of time.

But the problem is...

There are really not many people who have received systematic education these days. Most of them belong to Yeluzi. When they were young, they went to private schools for a few days. They read all the characters of "Four Books" and "Five Classics", roughly understood their meanings, and roughly knew how to write articles. , Start farming and working at the age of [-] or [-], and everything you learn later is "self-taught", and the level is naturally uneven.

Zhu Hao is no longer a newcomer to the examination.

I was a little bored while waiting for the questions, so I took a brush and twirled it between my fingers.

Candidates in the test booth across from him saw that this kid had some skills, how could the writing brush do so many tricks?

Many people want to learn, but because they want to start writing as soon as possible after curling up for a while, many brushes have already been dipped in ink, so they definitely can't play like Zhu Hao.

The ten examinees on the opposite side, especially the four or five in the middle, all looked over with fierce murderous intent.

Zhu Hao is very curious, who is the county chief in Jingshan County?Just because I was a child and took the top spot in Changshou County, where the state government is located, are you going to suffer so much?

Finally put the question.

It is still two questions and four books.

In the imperial examinations for scholars in the Ming Dynasty, the four scriptures were the main assessment items. As for the five scriptures and strategies, they were not used as the main selection criteria until the provincial examination...

Of course, the test and palace test are excluded.

There is usually no assessment of poetry and prose.

Two questions, the first question: "A gentleman can't bear to see his life and hear his voice and can't bear to eat his meat when he sees its life."

Mencius question.

On the rule of benevolence.

For the second question, when Zhu Hao saw the content on the question board, he couldn't help smiling.

It is not the "big topic" from "The Analects" and "Mencius" in the traditional sense, but the "small topic" from the Four Books "The Doctrine of the Mean": "When a country is prosperous, there must be auspiciousness, and when a country is dying, there must be evildoers."

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The topic is out.

For the two questions, I wrote a stereotyped essay of three or four hundred characters each in one day. The name was still vague but the paper was not transcribed, which was similar to the mode of the county examination.

Zhu Hao wasn't in a hurry to write an article. Right now, he still had leisure time to observe the status of the candidates in his field of vision.

obviously……

These two questions are a bit "over the outline" for even the top ten candidates in the county test.

After all, the government test is just a small test for children, and it does not involve whether you are admitted or not. For candidates, the preparation for the test must be based on preparing for major topics. Candidates with ordinary talents do not have so much energy to study "The Doctrine of the Mean" and "Great Learning". As a result, there are very few articles prepared for these two Confucian classics.

Since I haven't written the corresponding article, or even read the relevant model essay, the difficulty will naturally increase linearly. I can understand the literal meaning, and I can memorize the notes... But there is still a gap between writing a complete argumentative essay. Not a small gap.

After simply looking up and observing, Zhu Hao also had to seriously review the questions.

The literal meaning is not a problem, the two questions belong to the kind that is easy to learn at first glance, but makes you unable to find the direction of the discussion.

The first question is relatively simple.

It means that King Xuan of Qi... is the king of Qi State who "has nothing to do, Zhong Wuyan, nothing to do with Xia Yingchun". He is not very confident in himself. He asked Mencius, do you think a person like me can govern the country well?Mencius explained to him how to govern the country with morality and benevolence.

Mencius said, I heard that King Ni of Qi saw someone pulling a cow to sacrifice. After you asked the purpose clearly, you wanted to let the cow go. If your subordinates asked you, would you not sacrifice?You say to use a sheep instead.Is there such a thing?King Xuan of Qi said yes.

Mencius said, with this benevolence, you can govern the country well.

King Xuan of Qi said, I am not out of benevolence, but because I am stingy. I think it is a pity to use a cow to sacrifice, but using a sheep can save money.

Then Mencius smiled and said that this is enough, throwing out the theory that "a gentleman is like a beast, he can't bear to see his life, he can't bear to see his death, and he can't bear to eat his meat when he hears his voice", which means that it is only because you see a cow running in front of you. In the past, you let go because of your benevolence. If a sheep passed by your eyes, you would not be able to bear it. This shows that you are very lenient and you will definitely become a wise king.

In the imperial examination, there is nothing wrong with governing the country with benevolence, and it is a basic examination question.

Who didn't write a few articles about the rule of benevolence and virtue when practicing writing articles?
Just deal with a few sentences, and the first article will be there.

It's just that Zhu Hao has to think a little deeper.

You said that Kuang Yangming had just quelled the local banditry, so he threw out such a test question. Did you mean that he couldn't bear to kill those captured bandits?
Or do you think that the current emperor is not "benevolent" enough in governing the country, and use this to express your emotion?
Even if Zhu Hao carefully figured out Kuang Yangming's state of mind at this time, it was not easy to grasp this question.

Then his eyes fell on the second question...

This topic is more interesting.

When the country is prosperous, there will be auspiciousness, and when the country is dying, there will be monsters... You, Kuang Yangming, are really good at pointing out the current problems. Compared with the questions you set in the county exam, your questions this time are more radical.

First look at what questions you asked in the county test?
One is to express your indignation at the courtiers' chaos in rituals and music, and you want to pat your chest to the emperor to ensure that you have nothing to do with Xing Wang's mansion; It means that you no longer have any expectations for official career, and hope to study hard after the age of [-] and spend your whole life...

Take a look at the exam questions in your government exam.

First talk about governing the country with benevolence, and then talk about the rise and fall of the country, as if you are about to enter the central government as a minister, worry about the direction of the country, and pretend to be the most capable minister in the world.

The exam questions illustrate a shift in your mindset.

You were disheartened at the beginning, and you were about to leave the officialdom. Mingzhe defended himself and showed that he had nothing to do with Xingwangfu.

Now you are thinking about how to govern the country.

It's all about you putting down the bandits, making great contributions, and feeling that there is nothing wrong with being promoted to the magistrate or even the chief envoy to participate in politics and councils, and the future has become bright again, so now you are old and ambitious.

Then I write articles to cater to your change in mentality, and help you discuss how to govern the country!

(End of this chapter)