Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

As the chief and deputy chief examiner, you don't have to be as careful as the outer curtain officer and the examiners of each room.

In fact, the room teachers below have the final say on who will be admitted and who will not be admitted. The chief examiner and the deputy chief examiner are just to supervise at the end to see if any unqualified papers are put in, and finally rank the candidates. It didn't bother me much either.

He Jingming is from the Hanlin Academy, and Han Xuezheng was also a Jinshi. One eye and ten lines are the basic skills of a scholar.

They didn't speak at the moment, each picked up the paper and read it quickly, and finished one volume in just a moment.

Pick out the ones you like, and throw aside the ones you don't like.

Even so, it will take a lot of time to read more than 200 papers.

Soon it was midnight, and the two finally finished reviewing the articles in their hands, and each picked out three and put them aside.

One hundred papers for one person, each with more than 1000 words, after such a long time, both of them felt a little tired.

Then there is the exchange review.

Generally speaking, in this exchange of reading papers, the principal and deputy examiners are very sloppy, just read it hastily.If you show the same earnestness as before, it will appear to have doubts about other people's level, and it will appear unattractive.

Therefore, He Jingming didn't pay much attention to it, and just read it without a hitch. He just waited for the more than 100 papers to be read, and then selected the top three from the six selected papers.

In this way, this courtyard test is considered to be a successful conclusion.

He Jingming just got a position in Shaanxi Province, and changed from a deputy to a chief officer.Although he left the capital to go to a remote place like Shaanxi, he was still very happy in his heart. This time he came to Baoding to be his last post in the Beizhili Xuezheng Yamen, and he just wanted to get this done as soon as possible and take up his post. .

In addition, it was dawn again, even though He Tixue drank strong tea, he still felt his eyelids were fighting and his head was still a mess.I know every word in the paper, but I don't know what it means.

Especially the paper in hand is even more boring to death.

This paper belonged to Qingyuan County candidates. The first question, "Therefore, a gentleman uses everything to the extreme", was written in a smooth manner, with boring words and no bright spots.

He Jingming was originally a literary and romantic person. He hated this kind of article the most in his life. He was suddenly annoyed and thought to himself: This kind of plain water paper was also selected, and the examiner who reviewed the questions was too perfunctory. Brush down this scroll.

But after thinking about it, just because the article was well written, it was dismissed. The examiner responsible for reviewing this paper must have a bad face, and he has to find a fault to convince others.

Thinking of this, He Jingming cheered up and read the paper again.Looking at it, I didn't find any loopholes.

He Jingming smiled wryly, and thought again: the exam for this paper must be an old boy, this essay is really watertight, there is nothing to change it to anyone else.Let it go, let me look at his test post poems again, if there is a copy that is desirable, just pretend not to see it, and let him get a reputation as a scholar.

He was already a master of poetry. In his early years, he shocked the entire capital because of a five-character poem. Coincidentally, the title of that poem was "Dao Yi" and the title of the poem in this issue.

He Jingming is very proud of the poem he wrote before, even though it happened more than ten years ago, he still remembers it now.

The poem is written like this: "The cool rustle blows the boudoir door, the evening dew is sad and brocade. It is said that there are no clothes in the year, and the cold invades at the end of the year. The wrist is about long sleeves, and the steps are decorated with Mingjin. The cold machine cracks the frost, and the pestle knocks Qing Anvil..."

So, he turned to the last page of the examination paper, and when he saw it, he was immediately furious, and couldn't help cursing: "This is also called poetry, it really stinks."

This person's test post poems are completely written as stereotyped essays, and the beginning is something like "I can't distinguish things from the depths, but I can hear the sound."

Then he wrote, "Together three months, who knows the love of thousands of households. The cold clothes are new, and the old stitches are stitched together."

It's just saying a sentence over and over again, just like a monk who recites scriptures, he doesn't have to coax people to sleep.

This, this... must be an old boy in his forties who has tried and failed, otherwise it would be impossible to write such meaningless rubbish.

Hearing this scolding, Han Xuezheng looked up at He Jingming, then lowered his head again.

He also shook his head in his heart: Mr. He is Hanlin, and he has a high position and authority. If he wants to get rid of one person, it is just a matter of one sentence. It seems that this candidate from Qingyuan County is in trouble!

After a while, suddenly, He Jingming shouted again: "Okay, okay, okay, this volume should be the first." He knocked the toilet paper on the table.

Startled, Han Xuezheng raised his head again.

However, what He Jingming was holding was still the same paper as before.

He also felt strange, this volume had been demoted to nothing by He Xuetai just now, how could it be named the top case by him in a blink of an eye?

But looking at it again, this paper was clearly not among the top three I picked.

He Xuetai did this, but he didn't give me face!

He Jingming's face was full of brilliance, and he shouted, "Han Xuezheng, come and have a look, this paper is well answered!"

It turned out that he was pissed off by the examinee's test post poem just now, and in a rage, he couldn't help tearing up the paper.But if you want to brush him down, you have to have a solid reason.Although people read this poem as if they were in the wild of abalone, they should be avoided for fear of being too late.But the format and content are still hopelessly stable.

I have no choice but to go to the second question to find the mistake.

But he only glanced at it, and was immediately shocked by this extremely beautiful article.

I just feel that every word and sentence in it speaks to my heart.

The second question is "Use the lower to respect the upper, and call it expensive."It is called respecting the virtuous by respecting the superior and the inferior.Noble and noble, honoring the virtuous, and its righteousness is one."

"Respect everyone, great sages can tell what they mean." He Jingming read aloud, "The part of solving the problem is good, but it seems old-fashioned. Han Xuezheng, this sentence alone is not good, but the following The title is excellent."

Someone patted the table lightly, and read: "There is a difference between the superior and the inferior, but they are all about respect, noble and noble, and respectful and worthy, can't they be distinguished?"

This is the title.

Then, "Mencius meant that I counted the predecessors when discussing friends with my son, and pursued the ancient emperors. It is probably a matter of passing on the past, and it is difficult for the superiors. It is not because of the beauty of the ages. Say it from the bottom of your heart. Respecting the virtuous and supreme friend of the Son of Heaven, I really respect my subordinates, although those who respect me are from above and below, I will try to speak with you from the bottom of my heart.”

That's right, this is exactly Su Mu's exam paper, and it is copied from Feng Guifen's No. [-] essay on the same topic in the Qing Dynasty.

Needless to say the quality of Feng Guifen's articles, he was a top-notch artist during the Daoguang period.What is even more rare is that this person is a pioneer of the Westernization Movement, who first advocated "Chinese learning as the body and Western learning as application", demanding to break through the barriers of the Tongcheng School.Advocate "satisfaction".He declared in "Fu Zhuang Health Book" that he "does not believe in the theory of righteousness and law", and pointed to the "orthodoxy" of Confucius, Mencius, Cheng, and Zhu advertised by the Tongcheng School, which is also vaguely reflected in this article.

And this point coincides with the study of the mind's study of things to learn, and how to manage the world for practical use. How could it not make He Jingming happy.

As I was reading, I felt a gust of fresh air rising from the soles of my feet and rushing straight to my forehead, making my whole body feel comfortable.

After staying up all night, it is not in vain to get such a good article.

Seeing the highlights, I couldn't help asking Han Xuezheng to come and watch it together.

Hearing the applause from Chief He, several academic and political officials from Baoding Prefecture School nearby knew that the top paper of this issue had come out, and they gathered around eager to have a look.

After seeing it, they all applauded repeatedly, saying that it was Mr. He Tixue who had a sharp eye and picked such good papers. I am convinced.

When Han Xuezheng saw that He Jingming's top paper was not among his choices, he felt a little unhappy in his heart, so he also walked over and picked up the paper to read.He was not careful when he read this paper before, but now he frowned after paying attention.

The other examiners disagreed: "Han Xuezheng, this paper is so exquisite, you have monopolized it, what else should I read?"

"Don't worry, I haven't read the finale yet!"

……

He Jingming laughed loudly: "Don't be upset, bring me the original scroll, and I will have a look at this person's calligraphy."

The examiner cheered, ran out of the room, and quickly took the original.