Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 388 The Correct Way to Open the List
Sun Xiangfu originally thought that the days of invigilation would be boring. Who would have thought that he would soon usher in the days of fighting wits and courage with the candidates. In order to get high scores, all kinds of cheating methods were thought up by the candidates. Especially candidates for Jinshi.

Because, after the first two sessions, they discovered that the daily questions are a routine, the first big question is to fill in the blanks, and the second big question is to write silently. They are basically from the Four Books and Five Classics. Not everyone is as well-known as Yu Shinan With the superpower of rote memorization, you can silently write seven volumes of "Biography of Martyrs". Most people can't memorize the Four Books and Five Classics, let alone dictation. Therefore, starting from the second day, more than 100 candidates who were currently arrested were disqualified for reference, and the search became more stringent, and even their clothes had to be taken off to see their insides.

Then, it is inevitable that there will be many conflicts between the search personnel and the candidates. After Li Shimin got the report, he came directly with an imperial decree. Any candidate who tried to bring him into the examination room will be directly disqualified from the reference qualification of the year, and anyone who plagiarized in the examination room Candidates who did this will be disqualified forever, and after that, the whole world is much quieter.

Playing with plagiarism, it is very likely that you will never be an official in this life, and all the candidates are scared at once. They have never thought about what they can do if they can't be an official in this life.

Three days passed quickly. I thought that after the exam, Sun Xiangfu would be able to play with the children at home for a few days, but when it came to marking the papers, many marking officers quarreled again, especially the marking officers of the Jinshi Department. It, each grader's understanding of the Four Books and Five Classics is different, and the scoring varies greatly. You accuse me of being wrong, and I accuse you of being wrong.

Take a simple "gentleman stays away from the kitchen" as an example. Some people think that it means that a gentleman should do less vulgar and contemptuous things and more noble things such as reading and understanding.

Some people think that the reason why a gentleman stays away from cooking is because a gentleman should maintain a benevolent heart and not see killing.

Some scholars even believe that a gentleman is far from cooking, which is to tell us that scholars cannot be cooks. Moreover, not only many candidates interpret the answers in this way, but also many examiners agree with this answer and give high marks.

This is embarrassing, and this is not the only place that is embarrassing. Almost all the compositions of the scriptures have various problems. This proves that within Confucianism in this period, the knowledge left by the sages is not unified. This situation made Kong Yingda very flustered, and directly shattered his desire to change the nature of Confucianism and cater to the rulers of the new era, because your internal thoughts are not unified yet!How to cater to the emperor's mind.

"Zhengming thinks, what is the solution to this matter?"

Xiao Yu didn't know when it started, and he would habitually ask Sun Xiangfu about things that he felt difficult to solve. Anyway, he could always get a reasonable solution from Sun Xiangfu, making Sun Xiangfu look like a problem like an expert.

Without much thought, Sun Xiangfu said conveniently, "Since the rules have already been set, let's follow the rules. The officials who mark the papers have the right to score questions with non-standard answers. The lowest score is removed, the highest score is removed, and the rest The score is the average score."

"No, points are given for those who understand completely wrongly. It's not fair."

Today, Sun Xiangfu saw another old man who had the same sharp ears as Yu Chigong. Kong Yingda suddenly interrupted from behind, which surprised him.

"At this time, it is fair to follow the pre-set system. Right or wrong is not important. If each candidate's understanding of the scriptures is limited by a standard answer, then I would like to ask Kong Jijiu, Where is the standard answer?"

Since the formation of Confucianism based on the Four Books and Five Classics, in the process of inheritance, people have been giving him new explanations. Dong Zhongshu of the Han Dynasty even mixed it with the theory of yin and yang and the five elements. Power and husband power run together to form a system of imperial theology. It can be said that the original Confucianism has been changed beyond recognition.

Your own school of thought has no position, so future generations will naturally learn what it is like, and interpret it in a way that is beneficial to them. After the literary fault of Wuhuhuahua, even if Kong Yingda is a descendant of Confucius, it may not be true. Can unify these miscellaneous thoughts at present.

After hearing Sun Xiangfu's words, Kong Yingda was dumbfounded.

In fact, he had noticed such a problem early in the morning, but he couldn't solve it.

In history, it was also because of the outbreak of such problems in the imperial examinations of the Zhenguan Dynasty that Li Shimin ordered Kong Yingda to recompile and annotate the "Five Classics of Justice" in order to eradicate the internal sects of Confucianism in the early Tang Dynasty. , asking each other endlessly, a chaotic situation.

However, this huge book was initially written in the 16th year of Zhenguan, and after some additions and deletions, the final version was officially promulgated in the Gaozong period after Kong Yingda's death. Moreover, it is a great tragedy in the history of education of this nation.

Because after it was officially defined as a unified teaching material, it became a scholastic dogma, which made Confucianism, from a think tank compatible with all schools, into a shackle that confines thoughts, which seriously affected the development of the entire literary education of later generations. Song, Ming, Even the Qing Dynasty was a dynasty deeply poisoned by imprisoned thoughts.

This is definitely not the original intention of Li Shimin and Kong Yingda, but even if they get out the "Five Classics of Justice" now, it will be difficult to imprison the thoughts of this nation.

Because of the appearance of Sun Xiangfu, a time traveler, Confucianism will no longer become the mainstream of education, and it can even be reduced to a side dish. From the proportion of the number of people who refer to this subject, it can be seen that the number of students who refer to other subjects is as high as 5000 There are only about 3000 people in the Jinshi Department, barely more than one-third of the number.

As for the number of references for the next session, it is estimated that there will not be even one-third of them, because the common people will refer to the difficulty level of the subjects to decide what books they should read and what skills to learn.

Now, the imperial court has a huge shortage of staff in engineering, business, clear calculation, clear law, and even medical science, and the range of candidates for scholars will be the largest. Then, in the next session, the number of people applying for these subjects will be the most, because participating The purpose of the people who take the scientific examination is to become an official. What they study is not important to them. If there is an easy path to promotion, why should they take a more difficult path?

"This old man wants to report to His Majesty, compile the Four Books and Five Classics to explain justice, and standardize the theories of Confucian children. Please stop grading these wrong answers for now." After thinking for a long time, Kong Yingda thought of a possible solution.

Sun Xiangfu smiled and shook his head and said, "Kong Jijiu, how long will it take you to compile your justice? Do you want all the students to wait for you for ten or eight years?"

"This······"

Kong Yingda's stubborn aura, followed by Sun Xiangfu's words, let it out. That thing can't be compiled in a day or two. Even with the support of the emperor, a large group of Confucian scholars must be summoned to pass countless dialectics. In order to define it word by word, Sun Xiangfu said ten or eight years, which is considered fast, but candidates have so many years to wait for a result.

"Okay, let's do what Zhengming said first! This matter will be reported to His Majesty together with Kong Jijiu later. I believe His Majesty will make a wise decision. It's just that this is an average matter. I'm afraid... "..."

"It's very simple. Let's first correct the examination papers of the Mining Calculation Department against the standard answers, and then let them participate in the calculation of the scores as new imperial examination candidates. If there are more people, the calculation will be easy."

"It's a good way, let's act in accordance with the righteous law! There are not many candidates in the math department, and there are standard answers. We can finish the examination papers in one day, and we will publish the list tomorrow, and let the successful candidates go to the Imperial College the next day." Calculate the average score for various non-standard answer papers."

For mathematics talents, the imperial court is extremely scarce, especially after the tax reform, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Finance, and cities like Shanyang and Weinan, which are gradually beginning to industrialize. When there were less than 500 people, he even wanted to take them all. As long as he can write and count, he can actually work in many departments.
Of course, in order to prevent everyone from congregating in the Mingshu Department in the next imperial examination, some professional knowledge still needs to be tested, and you can’t really get all of them. For example, some uneducated people who fish in troubled waters come to try their luck. , will be removed.

Before dusk, the test scores of hundreds of Mingshu science students were all counted. According to the rankings, Sun Xiangfu suggested that Li Yao, the No. 2 student, be the No. It is designated as Tanhua.

And give the three people brocade red robes, tall horses, let them enjoy riding horses into the imperial city, and eat a high-level banquet bestowed by the emperor and attended by the prime minister.

The meaning is to give them supreme glory to stimulate future students and make them more motivated when they study.

This suggestion was immediately agreed by Li Shimin. He even asked to come to the banquet and have face-to-face communication with the top talents in all aspects of Datang. If you are an expert in winning people's hearts, you will definitely get better results.

Therefore, when the banquet named "Qionglin Banquet" was finalized, the sound of gongs in Chang'an City that night resounded throughout the streets of Fangshi. The names of Li Yao, Wen Ji, and Qian Tong were in All the candidates in Chang'an City knew it overnight, which was beyond the expectation of all the candidates. The Ming and Arithmetic subjects, which were not the main subjects in the past, are now being paid so much attention by the imperial court.

And when many students came to Wubenfang to read the list the next day, Xiao Yu specially invited the three of them up, and gave them brocade red robes, tall horses, double-winged scholar hats, and a wedding ceremony. , the bridegroom officer will tie the big red flower on his chest, and announce in public that after the three of them have announced the list of each subject, they will be able to enter the imperial city together with the champion, second place, and Tan Hua of other subjects. Enjoying the banquet given by the emperor, when the time comes, the left and right servants will entertain them in person, and even the emperor may come to meet them in person at the banquet, but the three of them almost fainted with happiness.

And when he saw the flames of envy and jealousy in the eyes of those onlookers, especially the students, Xiao Yu was very comfortable, because he knew that if the next exam was retaken, not only the number of candidates, but also the level of the candidates would be certain. There will be a great improvement. Sun Xiangfu only needs a few clothes, a few horses, and a few banquet tables to greatly stimulate the enthusiasm of all students for learning. This is of great significance to the cultural and educational development of the entire country.

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