I have lived forever since the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 415 Release of List

The next day.

Whether it is at the gate of Taixue or near the palace city, there are countless scribes wandering around.

The official did not tell where the admission results of Taixue Ph.D. will be announced.

So they could only wait at several guessed places based on the story of Weixin Hou escorting the paper into the palace yesterday.

"Zhong Shu, I see you are not nervous at all. You must be confident." Among the crowd, Gongsun Hongxiao turned his head to look at his companion and teased with a smile.

You must know that anxiety, expectation and desire are clearly written in the eyes of most scribes.

But such an expression could not be seen on Dong Zhongshu's face.

In Gongsun Hong's opinion, there are only two possibilities for why he is so calm.

The first is that Dong Zhongshu doesn't care about this exam or its final result at all, so it doesn't matter whether he passes the Imperial Examination or not.

But he traveled thousands of miles from Zhao to Chang'an, how could he not care about whether he could be selected as a doctor of Taixue.

If you are really indifferent to fame and fortune, you probably won't even pay attention to the request for talents.

Then only the second reason remains.

Dong Zhongshu was extremely satisfied with his answer and felt that it was certain that he would pass the assessment.

It's like getting up early in the morning to wash up and eat. For such a sparse and ordinary thing, who would be prepared for it and carry out some mental construction with a serious look before completing it?

Now Dong Zhongshu may think that this imperial examination, like daily affairs, is not worth worrying about at all.

"It's not that I'm confident. It's just that I came to Chang'an from Guangchuan and stayed in Chang'an for so long. No one has really convinced me. On the contrary, most of them were speechless by my argument." Dong Zhongshu slowly said Open your mouth and state the facts.

He is constructing his own theory.

But this theory is not perfect.

It just so happens that stones from other mountains can attack jade.

Therefore, Dong Zhongshu tried to constantly improve his theory and fill the loopholes in it by debating scriptures with others.

But the results are minimal.

Every time he debates scriptures with others, he often involves his opponents into his own theoretical system, and then relies on his rich theoretical experience to defeat his opponents one after another, from Guangchuan to Chang'an, plus the previous days. After selecting eighteen restaurants and teahouses, Dong Zhongshu carefully recorded in his mind that he had defeated a total of 857 different opponents, and they belonged to various schools of thought.

Of these 857 people, most of them were won by him on the day after the exam.

You must know that the number of talented people who came to take the imperial examination in the entire Han Dynasty was only a thousand or so. Dong Zhongshu defeated four-fifths of them head-on. Faced with such a situation, he was not arrogant or arrogant, and he could be considered modest and kind. Cultivated.

Even according to the laws of statistics, it is obviously impossible to find fifty-five people stronger than himself among the less than two hundred people left.

Of course, debates in teahouses and restaurants cannot fully prove a person's academic level.

After all, some people are more accustomed to written writing, and it is difficult to express all their inner thoughts through verbal expression.

This type of person is more suitable for exams than for head-on debates.

Maybe they left some shocking articles on the imperial exam paper, but that's not certain.

However, if you want to reach the "sage" level of establishing a sect, you must not lose your eloquence and literary talent.

Confucius traveled around the country to promote the school's ideas in front of many monarchs, and to face his three thousand disciples, he taught students in accordance with their aptitude and passed on his ideas.

Mencius was unparalleled in his eloquence, and when he cursed, he even reached the level of philosophy.

Mozi seemed to be low-key and silent, but in fact he was the only person in the same era of Mencius who could make more noise than him.

As for Zhuangzi, who seemed to be happy and content with his fate, seeing that he could no longer win against Huizi in an argument, he quickly changed the subject and changed the subject.

The founders and pillars of each school of thought all have first-class eloquence.

After all, most people are illiterate and can only come into contact with doctrines and ideas through preaching, thus clarifying their first impression.

If during the publicity debate, those teachers started to stutter after being criticized by their opponents, racking their brains and unable to utter a few complete sentences.

Even if what he said was more reasonable, he was actually completely defeated.

The onlookers have already finished all the impressions in their hearts.

It is difficult for such a master to recruit disciples. If he cannot recruit disciples, he will not be able to pass on the school, and he will not be able to pass on the school. No matter how profound their thoughts in the classics are, they are just rubbish in the pile of old papers that no one has rummaged through. Perhaps Following a military rebellion and a fire, it was completely lost, lost in the torrent of history, and unknown to future generations.

Dong Zhongshu understands this truth.

Therefore, while constructing his own theoretical system, he did not give up on training his ability to express his ideas.

By working together, he became what he is today.

Gongsun Hong smiled and said, "You are right. If your name is not included in the list of selected Taixue doctors, it would be unconvincing, unless Taixue does not pay attention to our Confucianism, or does not recognize our Confucianism. Sheep School.”

This was probably the only possibility he could think of for Dong Zhongshu losing the election.

If the imperial court did not pay attention to the Confucian school and drastically reduced the number of places for Confucian disciples, then Dong Zhongshu might not be selected.

After all, in the battle of routes, what really matters is not talent and ability, but which side your butt sits on.

And Gongsun Hong's political sensitivity is not low.

In the past few decades, the Han Dynasty has been recuperating and advocating the Huang-Lao theory.

It’s just that he noticed that the emperor and the leaders of the Imperial Academy were not interested in Huang Lao’s theory. Otherwise, the emperor would not have promoted the imperial examination system, announced the establishment of the Imperial Academy, issued an order to seek talents, and summoned thousands of people. The scribes came to Chang'an.

This is a sign of working hard and doing great things.

Then using Huang Lao's theory to govern the country is obviously against the original intention of the emperor.

However, Gongsun Hong could not see a clear tendency for the time being due to the performance of the reformist marquis since he became an official.

Submitting a letter to the King of Jiaoxi is in line with the saying of Mencius in the Confucian school, "If a king treats his ministers like dirt, then his ministers will regard him as a bandit." It is also consistent with the theory of revenge in the Gongyang School.

As for his proactive work in providing disaster relief and rescuing people in the south, he did not hesitate to offend the Lujiang prefect.

No matter which school of thought he is from, they will all agree that he is doing the right thing.

Oh, except for the Huang-Lao school, which may think that this behavior is not in accordance with nature.

Gongsun Hong narrowed his eyes slightly, and his thoughts continued to diverge, and he contacted Chen Luo's other identity, that is, he was a descendant of the Chen family in Yangxia.

The Yangxia Chen family was very close to the Mo family, and many people knew about it.

However, this Weixin Marquis belonged to the Chen family of Yangxia who recognized his ancestors and joined the family halfway, so he did not necessarily have much influence from the Mohist family.

What's more, the Yangxia Chen family will not forcefully restrict the thoughts of their children. No matter which school they believe in, there is no problem. In general, it is difficult to see the ideological propositions of this reform prince for the time being, but he certainly does not belong to the Huang-Lao school.

Then there is no problem.

As long as the emperor and the emperor are not clearly inclined to Huang Lao's technique.

Other schools of thought were ambitious and eager to challenge it until it overthrew its dominance in the field of Han thought and took its place.

For a long time, various schools have been coveting the status that Huang-Lao theory has now.

At this moment, Gongsun Hong was thinking, Dong Zhongshu also remained silent, and the two of them fell into silence.

But they were used to this silence.

Dong Zhongshu didn't talk much except when debating. He preferred to hold classics in hand and study quietly.

Gongsun Hong, on the other hand, is accustomed to analyzing the current situation and discerning the core decisions of the imperial court from some simple information. For example, he deduced from Liu Che's tone in the order to seek talents that this was a good opportunity to get ahead, so despite his age, Gao, but decided to leave for Chang'an.

Therefore, the two of them usually don't talk to each other, and are always surprised by any trivial matter. In addition to exchanging academic issues, they often discuss key ideas when they have them.

The two were quiet for about a quarter of an hour before they heard the crowd making a huge noise in their ears.

when!

"The results are released!" A middle-aged man in dark clothes walked out of the Imperial Academy and sounded the gong in his hand to remind the onlookers.

Behind him were two people who posted red letters on the wall, with names densely written on them.

After the red paper was posted, the onlookers crowded forward and pushed to the front, all wanting to see early whether they were on the list.

"Come back later?" Seeing this, Dong Zhongshu turned his head and asked Gongsun Hong.

The scene in front of me is too crazy.

After a quarter of an hour or two, there probably won't be so many people crowding in front of the red list.

When the time comes, I will come over and look at the list, and I will obviously feel more comfortable.

Seeing his indifferent expression, Gongsun Hong smiled bitterly and said, "You really don't fight or grab. Okay, let's go sit in a nearby teahouse for a while and come back when there are fewer people."

However, Gongsun Hong obviously did not expect that the wait would take half an hour.

After so long, the crowd watching the list became slightly thinner.

After all, after the scholars who first looked at the list left, the common people who joined in the fun continued to come up, curious to know the names of the big names who would appear on the list. Although they did not know them, in the tavern in recent days, More or less, I still heard some inside information.

So people came and went, and it wasn't until half an hour later that the front of the list seemed a little empty.

"Let's go." Gongsun Hong, who was sitting in the teahouse and looking sideways from time to time, said.

You must know that he is not as calm as Dong Zhongshu.

After all, whether you are admitted to the Taixue Ph.D. program is related to the direction of your future life, and you cannot afford to be careless.

The group of scholars who had just looked at the list frequently burst into cheers of congratulations, and those who were congratulated left happily.

But correspondingly, more people remained silent, bowed their heads heavily and walked out of the lively crowd alone.

After seeing the prosperity of Chang'an, Gongsun Hong was naturally not willing to be the lost one. He wanted to gain a foothold in this most prosperous city in the Han Dynasty in the next ten or twenty years.

"Okay." Dong Zhongshu nodded and then stood up.

Stepping out of the teahouse door, Gongsun Hong saw that he was still calm, so he asked curiously: "Has Zhong Shu ever thought about what would happen if he fails to pass the exam?"

Sometimes life doesn't go smoothly.

Even though Dong Zhongshu killed everyone in the wine shop and teahouse a few days ago and rendered all the scholars speechless, the grading work of the examination is judged by real people, and there will always be various accidents.

Under such circumstances, no one may be 100% sure of being selected to become a doctor of Taixue.

Hearing this, Dong Zhongshu smiled and said, "If I fail the exam, it may be that my strategy is too sharp, which makes the examiners unhappy. When the next exam comes, I will cover it up with simple words. No more superficiality.”

It's not that he hasn't thought about the possibility of losing.

The previous Bible exegesis questions are really simple for me, and there is almost no possibility of deducting points. If I fail, it can only be because my score on strategy is too poor.

Dong Zhongshu didn't think there was any problem with the purpose of his policy. The only possibility was that his words were a little fierce and the graders didn't like it.

Gongsun Hong pondered for a moment and said, "If you have such a mentality, I don't have to worry about you."

If you have not thought about the possibility of failure and do not seriously think about your own shortcomings after failure, then after such a person falls once, he will still fall in the same place for the second or third time, and his head will be bloody. .

Many young people are high-spirited when they are just starting out and face the world. However, after experiencing several setbacks, their spirits become depressed and they no longer look like they were as energetic as before.

This is because they fail to face up to their shortcomings and make the determination to correct them.

After a few questions and answers, the two of them had already reached the red list, so they stopped talking and carefully searched for their names on the list.

Gongsun Hong looked at the list from bottom to top.

After all, I know in my heart that it will be difficult to compete for the top ten or even top twenty positions, so I won't set my expectations too high.

He looked up row by row, and when he saw the middle position, he saw "Xue County Gongsun Hong" listed at the 23rd place. With his place of birth and name, there was basically no mistake, it was him.

For him, this ranking was an unexpected surprise.

When Gongsun Hong turned his head excitedly, he found that Dong Zhongshu had already completed the search, and said in surprise: "You've already found it?"

Seeing it so quickly, he must have found his name.

If you don't see your name on the list the first time you look for it, you will definitely check it a second or even a third time to confirm.

Once you find your name, just confirm it once.

Dong Zhongshu raised the corners of his mouth slightly, raised his hand and said, "My name is easy to find. You can see it at a glance."

Looking along the direction, Gongsun Hong saw the words "Guangchuan County Dong Zhongshu" written on the top of the list.

Seeing this, he suddenly fell silent.

Unexpectedly, the passerby he met when he came to Chang'an could actually rank first in this imperial examination.

It can be said that people are pitted against each other, which is really annoying.

Fortunately, he was also on the list, so it didn't seem so embarrassing.

(End of this chapter)