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Chapter 636 Incarnation Inspection Tour

It wasn't the first time that Lu Chengqi took the inspection tour, this time he was more familiar with driving.The Gong Yuan is the most common architectural style in Dashun. Because it is the Gong Yuan of the Ministry of Rites, it enshrines the Confucian Temple.In addition to the Examination Institute, there are also sacrificial buildings such as the East Veranda, the West Veranda, the Yushu Pavilion, and the Guangxian Temple.The veranda refers to corridors and gallery houses.Generally, there is a Dacheng Hall, and there is a statue of Confucius in the hall, and there are statues of Mencius in the east and west verandahs. The term "Dacheng" comes from "Mencius Wanzhangxia": "Confucius called the collection of great achievements", which means that Confucius sorted out the knowledge of three generations to Zhou Gong, and he was a scholar who collected great achievements.

The Gongyuan is the front temple and the back school, that is, the Confucius Temple, the lecture hall, and the library are a central axis, and the houses are distributed on the left and right sides.It's just that he can teach and listen to books in the Gongyuan, and he is no longer an ordinary student.Since the establishment of the Gongyuan, except for the emperor's decree, who dares to give lectures here?
Lu Chengqi looked at the building of the Tribute Court curiously, and walked into the Examination Court.Some candidates were thinking hard about how to answer.Lu Chengqi found that among these cases, there were people in their teens, some in their twenties, and even those in their 50s and [-]s were not uncommon. "They still take the imperial examination at such an age, what do they do for a living?" Lu Chengqi felt a little strange in his heart, and also felt that the imperial examination had some drawbacks.Now the way out for literati is too narrow, and the only way is to take the imperial examination.However, Dashun already has a lot of candidates for imperial examinations, if the conditions are relaxed, wouldn't it become a redundant official?It was hard for him to control the redundant officials within a certain range. Did he want to slap himself in the mouth?

While thinking about it, a student was invited on the roller blind in the examination room, Lu Chengqi was taken aback: "What is he going to do?"

I only heard that Juzi said softly: "Inspector, I have a problem!"

Lu Chengqi understood, he really thought of himself as the invigilator.On a whim, he also lowered his figure, walked over with interest, and said in a low voice, "What's the matter? No noise is allowed here, don't you know?"

The examiner bowed deeply, and then slowly said: "Examiner, I have some questions about the test questions, I wonder if I can answer them for you? If not, then I can only ask the chief examiner..."

Lu Chengqi said lightly: "I'm not very talented, I'm afraid I won't be able to help you."

The examiner was stunned for a moment, and said with a wry smile, "Don't be joking, inspector. If you have little talent and learning, how can you be an official?" In his opinion, all officials are from the imperial examination. Otherwise, how can you be an inspector? ?You know, inspectors are randomly selected.If it weren't for the emperor's trusted person, I'm afraid I wouldn't have the opportunity to be the inspector, right?
Lu Chengqi probably knew what he was thinking, and said with a frown, "Well, what's the problem?"

The examiner turned the test question upside down, pointed to one place and asked: "Shun was born in Zhufeng, moved to Negxia, died in Mingtiao, and was a man of Dongyi. King Wen was born in Qizhou, died in Biying, and died in Xi The barbarians also... I remember, there are obviously more after this, why not list them all?"

Lu Chengqi said angrily: "If the list is over, what else will you test? This question is for you to silently write the next paragraph. I said, you haven't read "Mencius", so you want to copy my answer? ?”

The Juzi said embarrassingly: "It turned out to be like this. I misunderstood it. I thought I wanted to explain the meaning, so I wrote it in a poem."

Lu Chengqi was a little amused: "Since the last spring, there are no more poems and prose, only the scriptures, theories, and policy questions."

The candidate said awkwardly: "I haven't taken the exam for a long time, so I made such a joke..."

From Lu Chengqi's point of view, he is only in his 30s and hasn't taken the exam for a long time.It's not like bragging. I glanced at his name and it was written neatly. "Cheng Hao?" Lu Chengqi couldn't help reading out, "Are you Cheng Hao?"

"Inspector, this is indeed Cheng Hao, what questions does the inspector have?" The examiner raised his head, and only then did Lu Chengqi realize that he was indeed young, but he already had some wrinkles.Maybe it was because of thinking about it all day, which led to this.The face is quite good, with a broad forehead and sword eyebrows, and his eyes can be regarded as divine.

Just as Lu Chengqi was about to leave, he suddenly couldn't help asking: "Your teacher is Zhou Dunyi, and you have a younger brother Cheng Yi?"

Cheng Hao was taken aback, and blurted out: "You... how do you know?"

Lu Chengqi gave him a meaningful look, turned around and left without answering.Although the surface is calm, there are turmoil in the heart: "Preserve the principles of nature and eliminate human desires, this is what this person proposed! I'll make a fuss, do you want to kill him?" Thinking of future generations, the thoughts of the Ming and Qing Dynasties were imprisoned. Lu Chengqi wanted to kill Cheng Hao in the cradle.Those who don't plan for the world can't plan for a moment, and those who don't plan for the overall situation can't plan for a region.Now that you know the disadvantages of Confucianism, why not nip it in the bud?

But after thinking about it, the reason why Confucianism flourished was to cater to the needs of the rulers.Throughout the history of the Song Dynasty, Confucianism has always been in a tepid state, and it did not rise suddenly until the Ming Dynasty.This is all because the thinking of the Song Dynasty was relatively liberal and could accommodate more novel theories.In the Ming Dynasty, "official learning" was stipulated, and even "Mencius" was castrated by Zhu, which can be seen.After figuring this out, Lu Chengqi didn't act harshly: "This Cheng Hao is considered a talent. As for how to use him, it's up to the ruler."

After patrolling all the examination institutes, my feet were sore, and I returned to the main hall resentfully.Wen Yanbo got up quickly and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty!"

Lu Chengqi nodded, and suddenly said: "I've seen it, there are many great talents in Enke this time. Wen Qing, you have to carefully review their articles, no matter how absurd, as long as they are well-educated, anyone can enter The imperial examination. As for how to appoint an official, that's up to me, you know?"

Wen Yanbo is only a political governor, how could he dare to disobey Lu Chengqi's will, he nodded quickly and said: "Your Majesty does not need to make an order, and the minister will definitely select scholars impartially!" good chance?If he could go one step further and become the chief official of the six ministries, he would have no regrets in his life, and he could be regarded as a general and prime minister, an extremely human minister.

Lu Chengqi took a deep look at him and said nothing.The monarch and his subjects stood quietly for a while before Lu Chengqi said: "It's getting late, I'm going back to the palace. This time, Enke will be handed over to Wenqing."

Wen Yanbo made a long bow and said, "I will live up to your Majesty's trust!"

Lu Chengqi nodded, and slowly walked out of the tribute courtyard.Outside the tribute courtyard, Gao Hao hastily greeted him, holding an umbrella to cover him from the sun.Wang Yanchen, the head of the Imperial Guard, also followed, one on the left and one on the right, fearing that others would not know that Lu Chengqi is a big shot.

(End of this chapter)