Chapter 49 The Examination of the Prefecture School
Li Fengwu walked into the Imperial Book Hall with the complicated eyes of many talents, found his seat, put down the bookcase, and began to grind the ink with his eyes, nose and heart, leaving Zhong Yuxiu stunned in place.
The conscience of a scholar is not insignificant, but if a scholar has a little gentleman's spirit, he will think of himself as high and take his character and conscience very seriously.
Glancing at the many talents in the Imperial Library, Zhong Yuxiu seemed to see a legendary shadow in Li Fengwu: the self-proclaimed "teacher of Confucius and friend Meng Ke, Qi Yangxiong and shoulder Han Yu" Crazy Confucian Liu Kai.
The mad Confucian Liu Kai of the Great Song Dynasty left a good story in Shilin, of course, his descendants are also brilliant enough, mention one of them, probably everyone knows it, Liu Yue'e, the prototype of the Hedong lion's roar, and a certain author in later generations even created a popular historical novel based on Liu Yue's husband Chen Jichang as the prototype.
Now in the Southern Song Dynasty, the Liu family in Hedong has declined, and the Liu family in Hexi who is in the side branch was disgraced by Li Fengwu before the Spring Festival, which is really ironic.
Zhong Yuxiu sighed secretly, Liu Xiangzheng is now attached to Shi Xianggong, if he didn't want to be an official in Lin'an, why bother with today's things, the conscience of the reader...... It's really embarrassing to be said by this shaft.
Walking up the front steps of the Imperial Library, ringing the small bell hanging under the eaves, from time to time someone brought in many test papers, Yang Fengxian and another gentleman in charge of the invigilator of the school also arrived one after another, Zhong Yuxiu announced many examination rules, distributed the test papers to announce the start of the examination.
This is quite similar to the entrance examination of later generations, and there is a huge gap between it and the Xie test, the provincial test, and the palace test.
Xie Exam, Provincial Exam, and Palace Exam are mainly to study talent and talent, understanding of the Four Books and Five Classics, and views on the current situation, such as the Gaozong period, if the palace exam wrote extreme remarks about going north, although it is not depreciating, it is almost impossible to have a good ranking.
However, during the period of filial piety, the wind direction changed greatly, and if those strategies were still in a corner of the palace examination, there was little hope of getting a good ranking.
This exam, after all, is facing a lot of talents, not the selection of people to enter the office, so the examination is mostly some basic knowledge, there are very few subjective questions, most of the original texts and interpretations of some thousand poems, poetry classics and Analects Mencius.
The talent of the Great Song Dynasty is the same as the lifter, and it is also worthless.
The so-called lift, after the Xie test is, but it needs to be tested again every three years, unlike the Ming and Qing dynasties, which means that the lintel can be glorified, and Xiucai is just a title in the Song Dynasty.
Li Fengwu, a person who has studied for two or three months, can also be called a showman.
Which is like the Ming and Qing dynasties, all talents can enter the office.
From this point of view, although the Great Song Dynasty is a paradise for scholars, it is only a paradise for those who are outstanding.
After the test paper was distributed, Li Fengwu took a cursory look at it, and immediately smiled, your sister, with such difficulty, it will be at the level of the junior high school graduation language exam in the later generations, in the popular words of later generations, dozens of fill-in-the-blank questions, ten reading comprehension questions, and one more composition.
This is not at the same level as the fu, poems, treatises, and current affairs of the Xie test and the provincial test, after all, it is just a government school exam.
Of course, at this time, there is no such thing as a fill-in-the-blank question, but it is called "Tijing", reading comprehension is called "Jingyi", and composition is called "questioning".
The scriptures are not difficult for Li Fengwu, after all, he is a man who will never forget.
Grinding the ink and picking up the pen like brushing the circle of friends, brushing and brushing all the way to write wildly, almost without any blockage, whether it is the Book of Poetry or the Analects or Mencius, Li Fengwu has long memorized the melon.
wrote very happily, and Li Fengwu also regained the pleasure of scolding Fang Yu when he was studying.
In fact, in that life, Li Fengwu was a top student from elementary school to the first year of high school, but he was hooked on online games in the second year of high school and plummeted, and finally took a year of tutoring before being admitted to a second-rate university.
Zhong Yuxiu sat in the teacher's seat, quietly watching the life of many candidates, some people raised a pen and wrote a book, some frowned and pondered, some looked around, and some people probably ate heavy food in the morning, at this time the stomach was uncomfortable and did not dare to be arrogant, I was afraid of losing Sven, and then after all, I couldn't hold it back, and released a stinky fart that made the surrounding Xiucai curse their ancestors in their hearts......
Yang Bong-hyun and another gentleman walked around the Xiucai table, beware of cheating.
Zhong Yuxiu glanced at Li Fengwu and found that this kid's pen was like flowing water, almost never paused, and he couldn't help but be secretly surprised in his heart, didn't it mean that the little officials of the Li family were all demented before the age of sixteen, and they were only eight or nine months old, how could they have such a level.
Yang Fengxian walked to Li Fengwu's table, and couldn't help frowning after seeing Li Fengwu's scroll clearly, the Li family's petty officials answered the scriptures perfectly, and there was no mistake, but this word ...... I can't compliment it, it's very different from a six-year-old child!
At this level, even if it is a sage like Su Xian, who attaches equal importance to talent and talent, it is estimated that he will have to fall into the top three jinshi to participate in the palace examination, and it is even impossible to be a top four and five jinshi together.
After Li Fengwu finished answering the scriptures, he knelt on his legs and sat a little uncomfortable, intending to move, he straightened his legs and rubbed them, and Yang Fengxian on the side whispered: "On the school, you must not lose your manners." ”
Aiwu and Wu, because of Yang Mai, Li Fengwu still has a good impression of this gentleman, and when he heard this, he shook his head slightly and said, "Students are taught." ”
Continue to sit on your knees, rub it for a while, and then pick up the pen and answer the question.
The next is the Jingyi, which is a subjective question, which takes a paragraph or a sentence of the same theme in different chapters of the Confucian classics as the title, and asks the test taker to write an essay to explain his understanding and knowledge, similar to the after-reading feeling in later reading comprehension, which is generally more flexible. In this kind of school examination, there is no need for outstanding opinions, nor for unconventional views, but in line with the prevailing views of the world.
Of course, in the Great Song Dynasty, the so-called bright and correct is nothing more than the high gentleman's character, the correct ethics and benevolence.
Li Fengwu still had no difficulty answering.
Yang Fengxian only nodded, the Li family's petty officials have mature views, excellent opinions, and talent, it seems that Mengxue knowledge is quite solid, and he should be the best in this government school examination......
The reason why Yang Fengxian has this view is only because Li Fengwu's answering speed is far faster than others, and he has already answered seven questions of Jingyi, and most of the other students have begun to answer Jingyi...... After all, it is a talent who has not passed the Xie test, and not everyone has the ability to enter the school.
The purpose of the exam is to select the good and the bad.
After answering the scriptures, and finally the current affairs policy theory, Li Fengwu glanced at it and knew that the current affairs policy theory should be a question from Zhou Bida, a professor in the West Hall, so that the candidates can speak freely according to the situation between the Jin State and the Great Song Dynasty.
Doesn't this just depend on the candidate's opinion on current affairs, whether it is the Northern Expedition or continue to be in peace, express their own views and argue it.
This is not difficult for Li Fengwu, after all, he can now be said to be standing in God's vision, the next Northern Expedition of the Great Song Dynasty is certain, but whether the Northern Expedition is right or wrong, history has been decided.