Chapter 204: Filling the Confucian Field
Before the township examination, in addition to the annual examination, which has been sent to the examination room, the student officer also has to preside over two supplementary examinations, which are called the subject examination and the big harvest, and finally select the candidates to participate in the final township examination. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
The examination is divided into one to six grades, and the students who take the first and second grades will also be supplemented or rewarded, and those who have taken the fifth or sixth class will also be dethroned.
However, unlike the annual examination, which is compulsory for everyone, the subject examination is relatively free, and students who feel that they are not prepared enough can not go.
The annual examination and the scientific examination are all for students, and there is a last one called the big harvest before the township examination.
All students who fail in the scientific examination and the annual examination, or Confucian students who do not have the fame of the students, can participate in this examination. There is no threshold limit for the big harvest test, so there are a lot of people who participate, such as the big harvest test in Jiangxi Province a few years ago, reaching the point where 20,000 scholars signed up for the test.
The case was sent and received, and the candidates for the township examination were finally decided, and now the scholars from all provinces of the province gathered together. Suddenly, the business of the Qinglou and the inn was booming again.
A few days before the township examination, the classmates who originally participated in the township examination of Lianjiang Academy got together.
Lin Yanchao and others sat in a teahouse in the tea pavilion in the south of the city to drink tea, this teahouse has three floors, like a circle like a tulou, and in the middle of the low-rise hall, the children of the Lejia are playing ten times there.
Suzhou people like to listen to bullet reviews in teahouses, while Min people like to listen to juban in teahouses.
Everyone listened to Shiban and chatted about the sky, Lin Yanchao, Chen Yinglong, Ye Xianggao, Gong Zinan, and Chen Xinggui were the disciples who went to the township test in the academy this time. As for Zhou Pingzhi, who entered the school last time, his results in the annual examination and the scientific examination were not good, so he did not qualify for the township examination.
As for Chen Xinggui, although he is only a child. is not yet a student, but he has passed the record, that is, the test of the big harvest, obtained the qualification of filling the Confucian field, and took the township test solution.
Chen Xinggui's example broke the common sense before Lin Yanchao's crossing, which the Ming generation has always flaunted. The imperial examination must be carried out by the school, and he was slapped in the face. Among the 3,000 candidates who participated in the township examination this time, there were more than 1,000 Confucian students.
Moreover, the admission rate of Confucian students is not low, and every year in the township examination, the number of Confucian students often accounts for as many as two or three percent. For example, Tan Lun, the former governor of Fujian, obtained the qualification to participate in the township examination by filling the Confucian field. Finally, he entered the court and ascended to the Jinshi.
Chen Xinggui and Lin Yanchao were of course very happy to be able to participate in the township test.Everyone hasn't seen each other for a long time, and they talked about speculation, and the most talked about was Wang Shizhen as the president of the township test, as well as some tips for the township test.
Gong Zinan said: "Everyone, I heard my uncle say, do you want to hear some talk about the experience of the township test?" ”
Uncle Gong Zinan is the champion Gong Yongqing. Zhuangyuanlang's experience, how could everyone not want to hear it.
But everyone laughed and scolded: "If you have something to say, say it quickly." If there's a fart, let it go! ”
Gong Zinan said with a smile: "My uncle said that there are a total of seven articles to be tested in the first session of the township examination, and everyone is not energetic after writing the seven articles, so when writing the first article, the spirit is the best and the best writing." The second part is second, and the third part is again. In this way, the examiner looks worse than the other at a glance, and he doesn't like it. Therefore, those old talents are the first article first, and then the third article. Finally, the second article is made, so that the examiner reads the article and thinks that the first article is the best, the second article is slightly worse, and the third article is good. ”
When everyone heard Gong Zinan say this, they all laughed, and Ye Xianggao said with a smile: "I thought it was a secret, it turned out to be this, we have all heard the old Xiucai in the county school say it a long time ago." ”
Lin Yanchao and Chen Yinglong also nodded, before they came to the exam, the teachers had told them this, each teacher here teaches differently, and each family also has its own strengths, and everyone understands some.
In fact, these exam room tips, such as three short and one long choose the longest, three long and one short choose the shortest, choose B if the length is different, and choose D if it is uneven, these exam secrets Lin Yanchao also learned a lot in his last life, but it turned out that it was useless.
Everyone talked and laughed and chatted happily, Gong Zinan lowered his voice and asked Lin Yanchao at this time: "Yanchao, I heard that your family has an adopted daughter-in-law, why is it not married for a long time?" ‘
Lin Yanchao said: "The success has not been achieved, the fame has not yet been achieved, and it is too early to marry a wife." ‘
According to the concept of the previous generation, Lin Yanchao still does not accept the custom of getting married under the age of sixteen in this era, although Lin Yanchao also has a lot of times with Lin Qian's ears and temples on weekdays, but the last step has not passed.
Of course, Lin Yanchao's words sounded another truth in Gong Zinan's ears, just as he was about to continue to inquire.
Suddenly, someone on the side smiled and said, "Oh, isn't this Brother Lin?" What a place you don't meet in life! ‘
Lin Yanchao turned his head, but it was Zhou Zongcheng, this person was proud of the county test last year, but he failed in the government test, and it seems that he still failed in the government test this year.
But now, seeing him calling friends and calling friends, the spring breeze looks proud, but there is no decline at all.
The two have never been on good terms, and Lin Yanchao didn't bother to say politely: "It turned out to be Brother Zhou, let's talk to a friend below, if you have nothing to do, please!" ‘
Zhou Zongcheng folded the fan, but instead came up and said: "Brother Lin, don't you reject people thousands of miles away, let's go to the township together to take the test, since we meet to learn skills together, isn't it very good?" ‘
Lin Yanchao said: "Could it be that Brother Zhou is also participating in the township test as a Confucian scholar?" ‘
"Exactly," Zhou Zongcheng said proudly, "Brother Lin, you didn't expect it, the imperial examination is just the beginning, and the children's examination is just the qualification." You have worked hard to win the show, and I don't need to take a test, but I can also participate in the township test with the recommendation of Confucianism, do you have one or two grievances in your heart? Ha ha! ‘
Hearing Zhou Zongcheng's words, everyone was angry in their hearts.
There are two classes of so-called Confucian scholars, the first class is such as Chen Xinggui, who is not a student, but he passed the recording examination and obtained the qualification for the township examination. It's better to say something like Chen Xinggui.
But there is also a first-class Confucian scholar recognized by the government and the people. What is a Confucian scholar recognized by the government and the people? It's hard to say.
At the beginning of the dynasty, when the imperial examination was not perfect, the magistrate listened to public opinion and recommended virtuous people to participate in the township examination, which was regarded as a material for the country.
But in the Wanli year, this has become purely that the magistrate will decide whether to do it or not, that is, if I say you can do it, you can do it, and if you say you can't do it, you can't do it.
If the governor, prefect, and county governor all have quotas in their hands, they can directly recommend candidates and obtain the qualification to participate in the township examination without going through the promotion of the school officer.
And Zhou Zongcheng is a relative of Zhou Zhixian, who is waiting for the official, and he has been recommended by Zhou Zhixian, and as a child who is not even a child, he does not take a test to fill the field with Confucianism and participate in the township examination.
Hearing Zhou Zongcheng showing off there, Ye Xianggao said to Lin Yanchao disdainfully: "Brother Zonghai, don't talk about being a Confucian scholar, if you let some people directly participate in the examination, the result is the same." (To be continued.) )