Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 300

This is an examination room, no matter what everyone thinks in their hearts, or how curious they are about Du Jinning, it is impossible to keep talking.After everyone said these few words to Du Jinning, they became quiet.After that, several people came in one after another. They were the county case chiefs from the small county, and they were arranged to sit in the second row.

After a full quarter of an hour, the sky outside gradually brightened, and the guards came in and took out the lantern. After a while, the cloud board sounded, and the gong also sounded.

The government test has begun.

Several servants came in and stood at the four corners of the room with their hands behind their backs. Then the magistrate in official uniform walked in surrounded by several people and said a few words as usual.

It is said to be handed out, but it is actually bought with money and traded in cash. Today's exam has three breaks, namely morning, noon and evening. During this time, the guards can also buy meals and go to the toilet.

The four treasures of the study and meals are bought with cash, and the price is more expensive than outside.This is done to prevent candidates from cheating in the four treasures of the study and the food they brought, and at the same time earn a sum of money for the government.As for whether the officials and subordinates were greedy for ink during the process of entering and exiting, that is an unexplorable question.

After Du Jinning got the Four Treasures of the Study, he checked them all carefully.

She heard that some of the subordinate officials who took the government examination were greedy for ink, so that these pens, ink, paper and inkstones were not easy to use during the government examination.For example, when I was writing, the nib of the pen suddenly fell out of the pen barrel, and the ink immediately stained the test paper and ruined the test.

Although after the exam, some candidates complained to the examiner, but because not everyone was like him, and the subordinates dared to be so greedy, it may be that the magistrate was there to reap the benefits together, and the matter ended naturally.

After checking it again, Du Jinning relaxed a little.Although these pens, ink, paper and inkstones are not very good, at least they can be used.The tip of the pen is not loose, the inkstone is also strong, and the paper is a test paper, which will be distributed in a while.It's just that the ink is not very good, not as delicate and oily as good ink.The ink is rough and not smooth, and it is not smooth when writing, which greatly affects the beauty of calligraphy.

In the imperial examination, whether the handwriting is good or not is still very important.This is why Du Jinning has been practicing calligraphy diligently since school.

But this is not difficult for Du Jinning.You must know that when she was in Taohua Village, because she had no money and needed to write scripts to earn money, she used these inferior pens, inks, papers and inkstones a lot.She is also a person who likes to use her brain, how to use these things well, she has also figured out some ways.

For example, the low-quality ink in front of me needs to be ground slowly, at least a quarter of an hour longer than other good inks, and the technique of grinding the ink is also particular.Although the ink produced in this way is not as smooth as good ink, the difference is not too big.

Knowing that the ink was not good, she did not grind the ink until she got the test paper like the county test.Here is a closed room and examination number, and there are no problems such as wind and rain knocking over the inkstone, so she immediately began to sharpen the ink.

When she ground the ink until it was fine and smooth, the guard just delivered the test paper to her.

After unfolding the test paper, Du Jinning was dumbfounded.Where is this test paper, this is obviously a blank sheet of paper, okay?

She was about to call the officer to stop, when she heard Zhou Zhi shout from next door: "Master, this paper is blank."

The guard didn't turn his head back: "The test questions will come later."

Du Jinning closed his mouth.

Printing test papers is easy to leak questions, so many examiners do not print test papers, and directly ask the guards to walk back and forth in the examination room with a sign with the questions written on them.

She was not in a hurry, she read the test paper first, and saw that the paper was not bad, there would be no problems, so she calmed down and waited.

This time, she didn't have to wait long. In a short while, an officer came over with a sign, stayed in front of her examination number for a while, and then walked to the next examination number.

Seeing clearly the title written on the sign, Du Jinning felt more at ease.

Two scripture questions, requiring no less than [-] words for each question.

Some candidates may find it difficult for such questions and requirements.It is not uncommon for them to spend most of the day writing a Sutra.But Du Jinning has always been quick to do the questions. He wrote one question in the morning and one in the afternoon. He probably didn't have to eat dinner here, and went back to the small courtyard to eat.

The first question is: What is the right of the people to be king and what is not enough.

This question comes from "The Analects of Confucius Yan Yuan".

Duke Ai asked Yu Youruo, "The year is hungry, and the use is not enough. What is it like?" Youruo said to him, "Is it thorough?" If the people are sufficient, who is the ruler? If the people are insufficient, who is the ruler?"

For a person who devotes himself to agronomy, "annual hunger and insufficient use" is a very happy topic to talk about.Agricultural research can only be carried out if the superiors attach importance to food issues and are willing to spend more manpower and material resources on food cultivation.As soon as scientific research results come out, production increases, and people's lives can be prosperous.

On this topic, Du Jinning has a lot to say, unlike other students who need to search their brains to think about the content of writing.

Because of this, not long after she got the title, she took a pen and dipped it on the inkstone, and then wrote on the draft paper: "The people are richer than the bottom, and the king is richer than the top."

This is to break the title, breaking the gist of the full text in two sentences.

Next is the continuation of the title, affirming the meaning of breaking the title: "The wealth of the king is hidden in the people. Since the people are rich, how can the king be alone in poverty?"

Although the classics and meanings questions in this era are not necessarily written in the form of stereotyped essays, who is the chief examiner of the government examination has long been known. Naturally, Du Jinning will not fail to do his homework in advance to study and understand the writing style and preferences of the prefect Zhou Dongping.

Zhou Dongping, in his forties, was born in a poor family in Hebei Province. He was once recommended to study in the Imperial College because of his excellent performance in the provincial examination.He has been committed to the promotion of the eight-part essay in the imperial examination, and he feels that this writing form is the fairest and the best way to test the intelligence of candidates.

In later generations, everyone said how stereotyped essays bound people's thinking and stifled people's ingenuity, making many scholars only focus on reading classics and delving into stereotyped essays instead of practical knowledge. After passing the examination and becoming an official, they became the emperor's loyal servants.Gu Yanwu, a famous thinker, once criticized stereotyped essays, saying: "The harm of stereotyped essays is equal to burning books, and the corruption of talents is worse than that in the suburbs of Xianyang..."

Could it be that the ancients were all stupid and could not see the harm of stereotyped writing?Why have they used such a style for examinations for hundreds of years?Of course there is a reason for that.

During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, officials were all nobles, and ordinary people basically had no chance to be officials.No matter how amazing and talented you are, if you want to be an official, you can only be attached to the gentry and be a low-level official.Liang Shanbo's father falls into this category.

Because of this, the power at that time was controlled by the aristocratic family, and what system the emperor wanted to implement depended on the face of the aristocratic family.The saying that imperial power is supreme did not exist at that time.

In order to break this situation, during the Sui Dynasty, the imperial examination came into being.Children from poor families finally have a way to get rid of their low status and realize their ambitions.

In the Sui and Tang dynasties, the content of the imperial examinations and examinations was still very practical, and they were all practical studies such as classics, military arts, and martial arts.But after running for a period of time, everyone found that as long as it is a practical subject, parents can pass on the experience to their children. The children of the gentry who have the experience taught by the previous generation have an overwhelming advantage over the children of the common people. This is extremely unfavorable for the children of the common people. Social mobility As a result, it will be blocked, and the hereditary technocratic family will be formed again, and the threat of the Confucian family to the imperial power still exists.This runs counter to the interests of the royal family.

Since the content of the assessment involves the inheritance of practical experience, wouldn’t this problem be solved by making the examination of the imperial examination practical?So the eight-legged essay came into being.

Stereotypes are actually similar to the ancient Mathematical Olympiad. It has little practicality. It is a near-pure intelligence test, which eliminates the influence of the examinee's parents or family skills to the greatest extent, so as to ensure its fairness and achieve the goal of fighting for the imperial power against the tyrants of the Confucian classics. Purpose.

Zhou Dongping is a person with a high IQ, and his road to the imperial examination was not smooth sailing.Starting from his own experience and class, he has been advocating for stereotyped essays on various occasions over the years.

Although she has reservations about Du Jinning's writing style of stereotyped essays, and she has only studied art with Yuan Xiuzhu for a short time, in order to hide her awkwardness, she did not plan to write stereotyped essays at first, but the reluctance and suspicion of those candidates just now still stimulated her .And when she entered the examination room, she found that the chief case was very useful for checking this level. If she had the opportunity to get the chief case, she would naturally not let it go.

She's going to give it her all.

So she had to choose what she liked, and she planned to write these two poems in the form of stereotyped essays.

　In fact, the college entrance examination was born out of the imperial examination. Practical knowledge was not taught and assessed before high school, and the intelligence level was simply assessed to minimize the unfair influence caused by the education level of the parents.After entering the university, in order to meet the needs of the society and the development of science and technology, it is mainly to teach and assess practical knowledge.

　　I have been very busy these days and have no time to save manuscripts.Last night, my mother and my younger brother’s family spent New Year’s Eve at my house. I didn’t have time to sit down and code words. I got up early this morning to code words. I wanted to catch up with the update at 2680 o’clock.But the difficulty of writing this chapter exceeded my expectations, and this chapter is [-] words, it is really difficult to break the chapter, so the code is now.I'm really sorry for being locked in a small dark room and unable to come out to send a delay notice.

　　On the first day of the Lunar New Year, I would like to wish you all a prosperous New Year, prosperous people, prosperous wealth and good fortune, and prosperity and prosperity.

　　
　
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