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Chapter 402 The Second and Third Scenes

The second round of the township examination officially started on the morning of August [-]th.

The test papers are issued.

One of the five classics, because each examinee chooses a different book of the five classics, so the five questions in the five classics will be listed in the examination paper at the same time, and candidates only need to choose one of the questions to answer.

From the perspective of candidates' topic selection, there are more people who specialize in "Book of Songs", "Book of Changes" and "Shangshu", while fewer people choose "Spring and Autumn" and "Book of Rites".

Especially for "Book of Rites", generally among the more than [-] applicants admitted each session, usually only single digits choose the topic of "Book of Rites", while forty or fifty people choose "Book of Songs", almost accounting for the total number of candidates. half of.

This reflects the difference in the selection of scriptures in the Five Classics, and it is also the tendency of almost all candidates to choose topics.

The title of "The Book of Songs" is naturally the most important among the titles of the Five Classics: "The state is stable, and the scholars and the people are happy."

The phrase comes from "The Book of Songs Zhanying", which means: "There is no peace in the country, and scholars and common people are killed."

Here we are talking about the dangers of natural disasters and man-made disasters. It is a sentence of compassion and compassion. The "heaven" in it is not only the heaven that human beings cannot conquer, but also generally refers to the ruler. Benevolent government, and the world's catastrophe.

This topic...

Zhu Hao's first impression was that you are very courageous as the author of the question!Aren't you insinuating that today's emperor is not cultivating benevolence and morality, which leads to the result of "the state has a fixed scholar and the people are poor"?
But then I thought that it is precisely the civil servants with pens who control the discourse power of the government and the public and the direction of public opinion. Perhaps Yang Tinghe and his party members like to criticize the current emperor's injustice when they publish questions in the local area. To put it bluntly, it is called persuasion... Not only will the topic not be banned, but it may even be respected by high-ranking civil officials.

Zhu Hao felt that this topic was okay, and it was exactly what he wanted to write, just to criticize the absurd emperor openly, to satisfy the preferences of all the inner curtain officials.

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Except for the Pentateuch.

Then there is a topic of theory, imperial edict, table, and judgment.

Because imperial edicts, tables, and judgments are all application questions, relatively speaking, they only allow you to write practical essays in a fixed form. There is nothing to say, which is equivalent to filling in the blanks in the imperial examination. You can’t write them out to show your attainments Not enough, as to whether it will affect the final admission...

After all, the rural examination is still mainly based on the first three essays and four books. As long as you perform well in the first round and answer the questions in the last two rounds well, you will pass.

However, the title of this discussion is quite special: "Discussion: The way of civil and military affairs, those who have a country must not neglect it."

This question was not included in the "Huguang Township Test Record" that Zhu Hao had seen in his previous life. It can be said that it was a new question caused by the butterfly effect.

The concept of the way of civil and martial arts comes from "The Analects of Confucius Zi Zhang Pian": "The way of civil and martial arts has not fallen to the ground. Among people, the sages recognize the great ones, and the unsages recognize the small ones. There is no way of civil and martial arts."

There is also a related discussion in "Book of Rites": "One piece and one relaxation, the way of civil and military affairs is also."

This question is in the topic of current affairs, which just happens to be contrary to the previous question in "The Book of Songs".

Everyone knows that the current emperor belongs to the type of "military and militaristic". It is clear that there are conflicting views among the questioners.

First of all, I feel that many things Zhu Houzhao has done are outrageous, but I also admire his achievements in martial arts.

Because the township examination did not consist of one person, but more than a dozen people from Neilian officials jointly set the questions, and finally the main examiner and fellow examiners made the choice. it is good.

You don't practice martial arts, and King Ning rebelled against him. Could it be that you just watched King Ning's rebel army drive straight in, go down to two capitals, and take away the throne?Is this the rule of law advocated by civil officials?
The inner curtain officer's self-contradictory mentality made Zhu Hao carefully consider whether he should criticize the current situation as worthless when answering the question...

It seems that you just acted as an "angry youth" and thought that you catered to the preferences of the civil servants. In the end, the inner curtain officials may think that you are not mature enough in politics, and it is difficult to get good grades in the rural examination.

From this point of view, it is better to have a neutral point of view.

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The second exam was conducted in a relatively peaceful atmosphere.

Perhaps the examinees feel that the first four-book essay is the most important thing, and it doesn’t matter whether the second round is good or not. It will be recorded in the total score... Then do you answer the questions carefully, or do you scribble and get away with it?

No matter what the choice is, at least in terms of answering the mentality, it is not as tense as the first round.

But there was still no abnormal sound in the examination room.

The three-day and two-night exam ended in a blink of an eye. On the morning of August [-]th, there were many people submitting papers. Two or three hundred people rushed out of the exam room. The candidates hurried back to take a rest and prepare for the third exam. take an exam.

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After suffering three days each in the first two exams, Zhu Hao got used to it more and more in the third exam.

The five policy theory is divided into economic policy and current affairs policy.

The policy of classics and history is to discuss the present with the past, and the policy of current affairs is to discuss the current situation.

To Zhu Hao's disappointment, only the last topic of the five policy topics is vaguely regarded as a current affairs policy to criticize current problems, but it is very cryptic. It is impossible to carry out grain and grass in the south of the Yangtze River, but Huguang borders Henan and Shaanxi, so it is more convenient to mobilize grain, grass and soldiers...

After reading the question, Zhu Hao felt that the questioner was referring to Su Xigui.

Because in the past few years, because of Su Xigui's traveling back and forth, the grain and grass were directly transferred from Huguang to the north, which was better than the previous transfer from Jiangnan to the Grand Canal, which not only saved the distance, but also allowed the grain and grass in Huguang to maximize its effectiveness.

There are also similar titles in the classics and historical policies: "Ask, in ancient times, those who were a country must train farmers. , and concurrently serve as the duty of persuading the farmers, but in the fields, the land has power, and many people are wandering..."

Policy topic has a notable feature, that is, the topic is relatively long.

Say a long sentence first, bring a point of view, and finally let you try to discuss it, and finally conclude with something like "Please try to say it". A paragraph makes your argument more in line with the habit of writing argumentative essays in later generations.

And there is an advantage in answering this policy topic without using stereotyped essays.

Basically, it is free to play, have a purpose, and be able to express the point of view clearly and unmistakably.

However, if you start from the literal meaning, the answer direction of this question is close to "training farmers", then it is biased, because just the first half of the sentence, you can see that the questioner pointed out that the biggest problem in persuading farmers is "land training". There is energy left behind, and many people are distracted", which tells you clearly that in fact, the land can produce more food, and the situation of food shortage is caused by "many people are distracted", which means that some people do not produce, but Specially thinking about doing business, in the eyes of scholars, business is extremely harmful to farming and needs to be vigorously curbed.

Therefore, it is necessary to "suppress the end", not to put the cart before the horse, to pursue agricultural production, and to put down those businessmen.

Zhu Hao really wanted to say, you so-called great Confucians, have you ever thought about who transported the grain from the fields to your mouths?Is it your family?Or the farmers themselves?

Businessmen who are not engaged in production, but criticize and communicate with each other...

China has been in the embryonic stage of capitalism and has not broken away from feudal autocracy. It is because you scholars have suppressed merchants too hard.

If Ming Dynasty could enter capitalist society early, why would it encounter catastrophe hundreds of years later?

Relying on farmers alone can fill your stomachs, but it cannot bring about scientific and technological changes and promote the overall progress of society.

Zhu Hao should have criticized these nerds... But the problem is, I'm taking an exam.

Am I going to lash out at the examiner?

Am I fucking crazy?
This left Zhu Hao speechless. I am clearly opposed to your point of view, but I want to write an article that agrees with this discussion, and I have to say it in detail, criticizing myself...

The imperial examinations are really depressing, and you have to follow the rules of the question maker...

Examining classics, history and policy may not be as good as examining the Four Books, at least it will not violate conscience.

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Three exams are over.

Back at the residence, Zhu Hao didn't think about anything, he just wanted to catch up on a good night's sleep.

These nine days of torment made me go crazy, thinking that if I failed the exam, I would have to come to the provincial capital every three years to experience a cruel test that almost took off three layers of skin, it was really a desperate and suffocating experience... But this is also the most terrible part of the feudal imperial examinations.

In fact, when I think about the future, I have to go through various exams, and I still need to read at night and write hard.

It seems that there is a bird in any era.

No one is better than anyone else.

Then simply have a dream to solve a thousand worries, and there is everything in the dream.

Zhu Hao slept soundly, but a visitor who didn't know the current affairs disturbed his sleep. When Zhu Hao dragged his tired body out to meet the visitor, he heard Lu Song who came to visit insisted on going back to Anlu first.

"Lu Dianzhan, if you want to leave in a hurry, you can go back first, but that lady can't go with you," Zhu Hao said.

Lu Song hastily explained: "Now that King Ning's rebellion has subsided, there is no way to talk about the contact between King Xing's Mansion and Huguang Chief Envoy and Dusi Yamen. If I stay in Wuchang Mansion for a long time, people will be suspicious."

Zhu Hao said: "But your original task was not to accompany me to the provincial capital to take the imperial examination? Before the results were released, I said I would leave... If I win, I don't care if I don't eat the Luming Banquet, but will I? Does it make people think that I was worried about failing the exam and fled back to Anlu with my tail between my legs?"

Lu Song shook his head and smiled wryly.

Before, he had been waiting for Zhu Hao to take the exam, but now that Zhu Hao has not left after the exam, he said that he would wait for the results to be announced... In his capacity as a prince in the palace, he came to the provincial capital to take the provincial exam with a prince's companion, which made him feel like he was leaving without authorization. Duty does not know the so-called feeling.

As for protecting Lou Suzhen...he never thought it was his duty, even the Xing Palace was used by Zhu Hao.

He really couldn't understand why Zhu Hao wanted to save an irrelevant Lou Suzhen, not to mention causing trouble to Xing Wangfu, would Tang Yin appreciate it?
In the end, it caused a commotion for no reason...

(End of this chapter)