Although no one wants to be the governor of the palace in most cases these years, after all, everyone feels that it is not the right way to be an official, but the supervisor of the Guozi Prison Rope Hall is not like other scholars, he has never needed to be a scholar, and he has always been just a miscellaneous official! And since hanging the crown and going to serve as the king of Jiangdu, Xu Heiyu has been promoted from the seventh rank to the sixth grade, and this official has been promoted faster than Zhang Shou!

As the saying goes, wealth does not return to the hometown, just like a brocade at night.

If according to this sentence, Xu Heiyu came back to Guozijian this time, it should be eager to show off his might, and once he had the power in his hands, he would carry out the order, and shake his majesty in front of the scholars who looked down on him in the past. However, in the past, Xu Jiancheng, and now Xu Changshi, are not in the mood to waste their strength on these idlers.

After accompanying King Jiangdu to inspect the examination rooms—or, rather, according to his previous procedures in the monthly and quarterly examinations, and after checking the provisional examination status of those inmates in the six halls, he did not say a word of nonsense to his former colleagues who could only look up to him in the past, and directly announced the examination questions of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

As a result, as soon as the first question was announced, if it weren't for the silence of the exam, there would definitely be a wail in the six halls.

That is one of the original questions in the sixth volume of "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", and there is no change in the number of the questions: Today, those who do good deeds do one hundred steps, and those who do not do good deeds do sixty steps. Today, if you don't do good deeds, you will take a hundred steps first, and those who do good deeds will chase after them, and ask how many steps can you reach? Moreover, those who ask for a detailed solution and only give one answer can only give a comfort point.

Seeing that many scholars were also indignant after facing this question, he said lightly: "If students outside the capital say that "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" is difficult to find, then it is understandable, but Jiuzhangtang has been in the Guozijian for more than a year, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has not been in Jiuzhangtang for a day. ”

Seeing that several doctors wanted to refute angrily, King Jiangdu said with a smile: "Okay, okay, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince just hopes that the attendants of the East Palace can understand a little bit of arithmetic, everyone knows that he is extremely talented, and even Bachelor Zhang is full of praise." Isn't there a second and third question? ”

Xu Heiqi had already begged to go, and it was not that he didn't have the idea of going to the public school, but he was forced by the emperor to give the king of Jiangdu as an assistant, and he was reluctant at first, until he learned that he was asked to do such a thing, he agreed awe-inspiringly.

At this time, when he heard King Jiangdu playing a round game, he continued to announce the second question.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked: Agriculture is the foundation of the country, but if most of the wasteland has been reclaimed today, it is as rich as the southeast, there is less land and more people, and in the past, many farmers abandoned agriculture as workers, or abandoned agriculture as workers. Today, the people are several times more than the founding of the country, and in the long run, how can the limited land support the unlimited people? ”

Seeing that a group of scholars were facing such a detailed question, their expressions were already in a state of stiffness, and Xu Heiyu let the little officials under him take the paper with the title written on it to convey the topic everywhere, so he said the third question unhurriedly.

"The third question, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ordered to write an essay on the title of 'Three Years Without Changing the Way of the Father'."

The third question is the art of writing, and among the scholars, I don't know how many people can't hold their faces at all. Moreover, compared with those strange questions and deviations in today's imperial examinations, the topic chosen by the third prince, the crown prince, is the original text in the "Analects", which is not at all the kind that does not match up and down and deliberately embarrasses students.

Who can say that people don't have good topics? At most, I can only say sourly, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's question is in the wrong order, and if you change the order of the whole thing, it's pretty much the same!

But the king of Jiangdu didn't care about this.

His future son-in-law is not a person who likes the imperial examination, but he has a reputation for raising people, although he was not satisfied at first, but he finally figured it out everywhere, and now he can't help but feel unpleasant when he looks at some scholars who read dead books. At this time, when he saw that Xu Heiyu had announced all the three questions, and six more officials went to the sixth hall to announce the third question, he coughed majestically.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, these three questions, not only involve the history of the scriptures, but also involve the calculations, as well as agricultural affairs, it can be said that they are comprehensive, used to select the attendants of the East Palace, to be honest, it is really a pity, I only hope that the six halls will not live up to the hard work of the emperor and His Royal Highness the Prince, and can also select a few decent people to serve in the East Palace. You must know that several speakers in the East Palace are full of praise for His Royal Highness the Prince. ”

The lecturers who rotated on the fifth day were all instructed by the emperor before the class - but instead of intimidating the teacher, he reminded them very seriously that when explaining, they should not follow the script, but should be simple and concise and easy to understand, and do not move the set of lectures to adults to Ciqing Palace. If he is rigid, he can only change the lecture and read!

For fear that the prince would pick a thorn, the few people who were selected by the emperor tried their best, but they were all moved by the good learning attitude of the three princes, and they went around to publicize it when they left the palace. What to promote - His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is diligent in studying and studying, and his left hand is inconvenient these days, but he has not delayed his study!

As for the fact that the three princes were beaten, except for the sharp-eyed Chu Kuan, who lived together every day, and the four princes who couldn't hide it at all, the several elderly palace people who served their brothers in the Zhaoren Palace, and the emperor himself, who saw through it, no one else knew...... The attendants of the East Palace only learned the next day that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince accidentally dropped his left hand, but he was unwilling to delay the class a little!

Such a diligent prince has strict requirements for the attendants of the East Palace, how can this not be too much, right?

Zhou Saijiu and Luo Siye glanced at each other, but neither of them spoke. Both of them realized that if the four-book questions issued by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince were absolutely stable for some students who were excellent at the time, then the topic of "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" was a huge difficulty. In addition, that question is definitely not a dead book that can be written by a person who reads dead books and reads books, and the articles are full of flowers!

On this cold and windy day, of course the king of Jiangdu was not happy to be outside like this, and since the exam questions were announced, he said to Xu Heiyu in a big way: "Find a sheltered place and wait?" What about your former rope hall? ”

"The rope hall is a place to punish prisoners, and it can be said that it is the torture hall of the Guozi Prison, which is not suitable as a place of rest." Even in the face of today's top boss, Xu Heiyu still has a black face, and he doesn't care how weird those colleagues look at him.

And when he rejected the king of Jiangdu, Zhou Xijiu's eyes flashed, and he finally said cautiously: "Before, Banshan Hall also said that it would select people to serve as attendants of the East Palace, but I don't know the method and topic of this selection......"

Before he could finish speaking, King Jiang Du smiled and said, "Of course it's the same topic." His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that if there are different topics on both sides, it is inevitable that someone will say something unfair, so it will simply be the same topic. Among the three questions, if you can't do the question of "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", you have no ideas, then it doesn't matter. ”

"As long as Cewen and Shiwen do well, the results will always be passable. is not limited to the scriptures, among the three questions, if two of the questions are passable, that is also considered a talent. Moreover, the policy does not require writing, as long as there is something to say, other conditions can be relaxed. ”

In the face of this seemingly extremely broad condition, Xu Heiyu saw that none of the many scholars, including Zhou Xijiu and Luo Siye, showed a relieved expression, but the expression became even more stiff, he didn't know what these people were thinking.

Of course, there are no outmates who are all top-notch in the Guozi Prison, but at most one or two, but if you want to pick out those who are extremely good at writing art and time, you can always catch a dozen or twenty. But these people have really read the nine chapters of arithmetic, and they estimate that there are very few, maybe those who know arithmetic still can't write Shiwen.

And there will not be a few who can answer the prince's question about agricultural affairs well.

Of course, Banshan Hall is not much better, writing Shiwen is an almost difficult task for the children of Guijie who are mostly scumbags, and those who know nine chapters of arithmetic, that is just as worrying, although that question doesn't sound too difficult.

As for those who can answer the agricultural question, to be honest, he has no hope. If your children want to be promising, it depends on who teaches them.

Zhang Shou has not taught Banshan Hall for a long time, how good can those noble children be? Besides, Zhang Chen, who gradually has some means in practice, has already gone out to get a stall and is no longer in Jiuzhangtang!

From the moment he saw the three questions from His Royal Highness the Prince, he felt that the places of the East Palace attendants allocated by the emperor to the Sixth Hall and the Banshan Hall of the National Prince's Prison before might not be used at all! The intention of this is already obvious

Just when Xu Heikui made up his mind in his heart, feeling that he might not even be able to elect ten people today, King Jiangdu spoke unhurriedly in a gloomy and low-pressure gaze: "However, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that if you can't do two questions, if one of them can be outstanding, it is not impossible to consider." ”

"For example, Shiwen can be compared to Jinshi; The policy can be clearly knowledgeable about agricultural matters; What formula can be used for that sutra arithmetic question...... Ahem, all in all, if you are not a generalist, then you must at least be a partial talent who is proficient in one item. ”

It was only at this time that Zhou Saijiu and Luo Siye's two dry faces, which were like old vegetable skins, had a bit of brilliance. Shi Wen is comparable to Jinshi, which sounds very high, but the problem is...... Then you have to have the ability to mark the papers!

What is the level of those examiners who will be tested each year? Even if it's just a room official, it's all a Jinshi, and the chief examiner and deputy chief examiner are all high-grade bachelors of the Hanlin Academy. Who does the prince rely on to read these thousands of volumes? Is Zhang Shou a young bachelor?

These two were not enough to ask this question, however, there was a certain doctor of the Five Classics among the scholars who couldn't bear it, and asked directly: "There are thousands of prisoners in this country, and the three questions are answered one by one, and the papers are all too much, all of them together, they can probably fill a room, who will review them at that time?" ”

King Jiangdu smiled, and then it was the old god who was looking at Xu Heiyu on the ground. Seeing his scene, many scholars suddenly stared at Xu Heizi in unison, and saw that the person had a cold face as usual, but said lightly: "Shiwen scrolls, the lectures and readers of the East Palace are reviewed, and the agricultural papers about the policy are reviewed by Yue Shanchang, Zhaoming Academy, and the prince Zhan Shi Liu has a general view." ”

"As for the scripture scrolls, Bachelor Zhang and the East Palace Lu read and answered."

Speaking of this, the corners of Xu Heikui's mouth turned up slightly, and he smiled slightly at the group of scholars who had fallen into a state of stagnation again: "Of course, all rolls will be screened for the first time. The scrolls of the scriptures are easy, and the students of the Jiuzhangtang can sift them all at a glance. As for the current literature volume, there are more lecturers who read the papers, so there is no need for preliminary screening. As for farming, Chief Yue Shan brought several students to Beijing, and they were also useful. ”

"And after this selection, all the inmates who participated in the selection next time and even after that should bring their own pen and paper, so as not to let those who don't learn and have no skills take chances and waste the emperor's painstaking efforts to promote talents!" Save more time wasting pen and paper!

This kind of grading seems to be an additional burden for those lecturers in the East Palace. But both Zhou Xijiu and Luo Siye knew that among the many lecturers selected by the emperor this time, only half of them were Jinshi from Hanlin Academy, and even these Hanlin would definitely be happy to help His Royal Highness the Crown Prince screen the attendants of the East Palace.

As for the other people, Zhang Shou is more proficient in arithmetic, and no one can pick out the thorns in the review of the arithmetic questions. And Liu Zhiyuan, an old-timer who personally went to the field to plough because of his poor family when he was young, and was very familiar with agricultural affairs, plus Yue Shanchang, who was in charge of Zhaoming Academy and was good at farmland and water conservancy, could not deal with these agricultural papers?

So, seeing that everyone was speechless, King Jiangdu didn't bother to stay here, so he simply said with a smile: "Okay, Xu Changshi, the invigilation of Guozijian's side will be handed over to you." I'd better hurry up and go to the public school to see how those boys in Banshan Hall answered the papers. The national eunuch has such a sad face, I think those boys are hanging this time...... Gee! ”

King Jiangdu walked out with his hands behind his back as he spoke, but when he was halfway through, he stopped, but he didn't look back and said: "I heard that a few days ago, there seemed to be someone from the Guozijian who said that I, the main examiner, was afraid of favoritism, and what did he say that he would send his future son-in-law to the Guozijian to grab a place as an attendant in the East Palace?" ”

He paused, but he smiled, but the laughter was really not warm: "My own one-third of an acre of land will inevitably be cherished by the broom, but my future Chenglong Jia's son-in-law is a lifter, and he will not lower his status to come to the country to fight." If he really wants to serve in the East Palace, I salivate and beg the emperor, which is better than the bad idea of entering the country's eunuch! ”

"With this kung fu of being a long-tongued woman, it is better to rectify the style of study, don't look back When you were talking about reading and reading the papers, the sixth hall of Guozijian was shaved bald!"

In the face of such harsh words, Zhou Saijiu was almost so angry that he vomited blood. But the king of Jiangdu is a great sect, and the emperor trusts the clan, and he doesn't even have one, so he can only watch people go away. When Xu Heizi left the next sentence and went to patrol the field, he disappeared, and he couldn't help but glared viciously at the scholars in front of him with flashing eyes.

"It's okay to provoke the king of Jiangdu, is this not enough to make enemies? Think the clan is low-key and soft and easy to bully? Idiot! ”

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