Sitting in front of Feng Ziying was a slightly obese man.

The loose robe was draped over the body, there was no belt, and even the hair was pulled so casually, and even sitting in the official hat chair was so unimpressive.

"Feng Keng has met Professor Zhou." Feng Ziying bowed deeply very well.

"Feng Keng, Feng Ziying, Shenwu General Feng Tang Feng Gong's son-in-law, well, Uncle Feng Qin Hulunsai died in the first battle, and was awarded the title of Uncle Yunchuan, the second uncle Feng Han, the then chief soldier of Datong died of illness, but the court did not have an explanation, hmm, your uncle because he had no children, Uncle Yunchuan actually had no one to attack the lord? This doesn't make sense, the court has no reason to treat heroes like this. ”

The short and fat man sat there casually, with nothing on the bookcase, and the two annoying rat whiskers gave the man a little more of a philistine.

spoke harshly and bitterly, but Feng Ziying could hear that the other party did not have much sarcasm.

He didn't speak, waiting for the other to continue.

On the second day of admission, Qi Yongtai specially checked Feng Ziying's Jingyi skills, which was slightly better than expected, but there was a considerable distance from the level of the students in the second house of the college, which meant that the monthly exams and quarterly exams would put Feng Ziying under pressure to drop out.

According to the rules of Qingtan Academy, if you fail to pass two consecutive monthly exams or three monthly exams in total, you will be dismissed.

Once you get two excellent results in the quarterly examination, you can enter the first house, and once the students of the first house fail once they fail the quarterly examination, they will be automatically demoted to the second house.

Over the years, the number of dismissals has not exceeded 50, with an average of less than one per year, but no one dares to flout this rule.

Almost every quarter, some people will be promoted from House B to House A, and some people will be lowered from House A to House B, although this does not affect learning and participating in the township examination, but it is a symbol of qualification and glory, and no one will give up easily.

The monthly examination of the scriptures and the quarterly examination of the strategy are already the basic routines of each academy, and Feng Ziying is poor in the foundation of the scriptures.

He has long been familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics, but this degree of familiarity is still far from that of students of the same age in the academy.

Especially when people have been fighting against the truth and the truth anyway, the effort they have put into since childhood is not something that a martial arts family like Feng Ziying can provide, so in this area, Feng Ziying knows very well that she must work hard.

It can even be said that he doesn't need to spend much effort on this part of strategy, because the various observation, understanding, analysis and judgment skills brought to him by modern education are not comparable to these ancient students.

The key is that you have to write a policy theory, and you have to narrate and explain it according to the foundation of the scriptures, so if you don't have the foundation of the scriptures, you are a tree without roots, or people will not recognize what you write at all.

Therefore, in the past two years, Feng Ziying estimates that her main thoughts will be spent on the understanding and infiltration of the scriptures and meanings of the four books and five classics.

How to be handy on each exam question and how to expand the discussion, and to use the current standard of the form of discourse, in order to meet the rules of the examination room and the examiner's mind, this is the key.

Fortunately, the Great Zhou Dynasty does not attach too much importance to the various rigid standards of this scripture and meaning as the Qianming Dynasty, and the requirements are not so strict, but pay more attention to the interpretation of the discourse, which is also some changes in the Great Zhou and the Qianming scientific examination, but on the whole, it is still in the same line.

"It stands to reason that there is no need for a family like yours to participate in the scientific expedition, right? You are a prisoner of the country, so it is not difficult for you to find an official, right? Even if you don't want to go out of Beijing, it's very simple to find a way to take a position in the Dragon Forbidden Lieutenant. The short and fat man had an intriguing smile on his face, a little inquiring, "Is it so attractive to raise people and jinshi?" ”

"If it's not attractive, why do so many people flock to Qingtan Academy every year, and they still want to be turned away?" Feng Ziying asked rhetorically: "For example, if the territory of Great Zhou is not a government-run college, there are thousands of such academies, right?" Why are there so many students? ”

"Most of them are different from you, either for the glory of the family, or purely for life, of course, there are also some people for the benefit of the official party." The short and fat man surnamed Zhou spoke very casually, and he did not have the reserve and bearing of the literati of this era, giving Feng Ziying the feeling of being more like a businessman.

"You don't have to worry about this, it's still not a problem for a certain idle official position after Wuxun, right?"

Feng Ziying shook her head.

"Am I a mean person?" The short and fat man laughed, Feng Ziying's calm and calm still gave him a good impression, and the disappointment in the field made him over forty years old have already lost other ideas, how to make his family live more comfortably is his greatest pursuit.

There are also many professors and teaching assistants like him in the academy, but many of them are only teaching here temporarily, or they just use the academy as a step, waiting for the right time to be re-appointed as officials.

He was the only one who couldn't.

"Teaching, disciples also have reasons for disciples." Feng Ziying replied calmly: "Just like Jiao Xi also chose to teach disciples in the academy, there may be a last resort. ”

There are no superfluous words, and there is no explanation, but it makes the short and fat man Zhou Chaozong feel a lot more comfortable, at least this son is neither hypocritical nor arrogant, and his previous aggressiveness seems to have fallen into the inferior.

"Well, since Brother Chengfeng asked me to tutor you in the scriptures, I will first test how well you read the Four Books and Five Classics, how well you solve the problems, and then talk about how to learn." Zhou Chaozong exhaled a breath of turbidity, and wiped his palm casually on the bookcase: "Have you ever read the "Notes on the Four Books and Chapters and Sentences"? ”

"Annotations to the Four Books and Chapters and Sentences" is a work by Zhu Xi, and it is also a special collection of annotations for the four books, which has been used as a classic work of the four books from the beginning of the Ming Dynasty to the Great Zhou Dynasty, and many viewpoints and topics have been derived from it or extended from it.

"Slightly." Feng Ziying didn't dare to trust it, he still studied this book seriously, and at the same time, the teacher asked him to read it repeatedly.

"Hmm, have you ever read Mr. Yi Chuan's "Interpretation of the Mean"?" Zhou Chaozong was a little surprised, but he didn't expect that the other party would dare to say that he could understand the "Notes on the Four Books".

"It took me three months to read through it." Feng Ziying replied honestly.

"Oh?" Zhou Chaozong was even more surprised, and nodded: "Brother Chengfeng told me that you are still shallow, where is the shallowness?" ”

"Teaching, I am only familiar with these works, but it is very difficult to understand and comprehend and how to apply them to solving problems,...... Feng Ziying bowed her hand and said: "I also ask Xi to teach more to his disciples." ”

Zhou Chaozong generally understood.

This guy still spent some thought on studying, but it may be limited to the guidance of unknown teachers, especially in the face of the township examination, if there are not many ordinary children with scientific examination experience, then it can only be a blind man touching the elephant and answering randomly, but for himself this is not a problem at all.

Thinking of this, Zhou Chaozong couldn't help but laugh bitterly at himself, he took the township test five times, and he would try four times, who could have such an old qualification?

And until now, he is still an idle person, and he actually has to rely on teaching to eat, and he will be so poor with that person's background?

Feng Ziying noticed that the lonely and bitter look on this Zhou Jiaoxi's face flashed, but she pretended not to see it.

Everyone has their own difficulties and difficulties, and people may not want to let others know about it, and maintaining a certain distance may be more helpful to maintain this relationship.

When Qi Yongtai introduced this person, he only said that this person was a person who tried to raise people in Nanzhili Township in the 28th year of Yuanxi, but in the 29th, 32nd, 35th, and 38th years of Yuanxi, he was never successful, and finally had to choose to be awarded an official, but he was dismissed after less than two years of being an official, and he came to Qingtan Academy to teach.

This Zhou Jiaoxi should be in his early forties, which also means that the other party is about thirty years old before he is promoted.

In this era, the township examination is generally started at the age of fourteen, so this person has at least four or five township examinations before he is successful, and then he has failed the four general examinations.

It took nearly 30 years to take this scientific expedition alone, and I have to say that this person's scientific journey has been bumpy.

It is no wonder that Qi Shanchang said that this Zhou Jiaoxi is the most suitable for him, and he is also the best teacher to help him improve his level of scripture and righteousness.

The experience of these four or five township examinations alone is incomparable to others, and as for saying that the other party did not be able to pass the Jinshi examination, it did not have much impact on Feng Ziying.

Nowadays, the current policy theory is dominant, this is exactly what Feng Ziying is best at, and it can even be said that it is a halo of talent, as long as it can be consolidated on the foundation of scripture and righteousness, then he will have to take advantage of himself in the future examination.