How to make a famous minister

Chapter 9

As I said before, Master Fan Jingwen was a scholar at the age of 14, a scholar at the age of 22, and a scholar at the age of 27.This resume is not particularly good in the imperial examination circle for thousands of years, but it is much better compared to more old scholars who can hardly even pass the exam. Among other things, compared to the eternal name of the same surname Fan Jinju, Naturally, more sense of superiority can arise.

What's more, the Fan family has passed down the scholarly family for generations, and Fan Jingwen certainly doesn't want his children to fail the imperial examinations for half their lives, and in the end they can only rely on their shadows to make up for their shadows.

Zhang Weixian once said that he would help Fan Xuanchao to study in the Imperial College, but even if he entered the Imperial College, there would be Gong students who were excellent in learning, Yin students from Yu Yin who had a cute ancestor, and donated students who donated money to the Imperial College.In the case of Yin Sheng, my father Fan Yongnian, as the magistrate of Nanning, can naturally have Yu Yin alone, but after all, he is not satisfactory.

Naturally, Fan Jingwen hoped that Fan Xuanchao and Fan Xuanlang would go to high school early, and he would have a bright face.So he paid close attention to the studies of his two sons.Considering that he is a talented student at the age of 14, the eldest son is 11 years old this year, and he can finish after two years of preparation. At worst, he will practice his hands for the first time and pass the exam after three years.

From Master Fan's mentality, it can be seen that he is very proud of being a 14-year-old scholar...so much so that he feels that it is impossible for his son to surpass him, and he does not have the expectation that the blue is better than the blue.

Thinking that the eldest son will end in two years, and the second son should also be enlightened, Fan Jingwen thought about finding a Mr. Zuoguan for his family.The Zhang family's studies are naturally good, but if they want to cultivate a Jinshi who is excellent, the university is still not as good as a small study.

The ordinary Mr. Fan Jingwen looked down on him, but he didn't know where to find a good Mr. Fan Jingwen, so Mrs. Zhang had to come forward to ask the British government for help in this matter, and only then did he find a satisfactory one.The three sons of the British government, Zhang Zhiji, Zhang Zhichu and Zhang Zhirang, are all still studying, so there is naturally Mr. Zuoguan.Mrs. Li asked Mr. Zuo Guan of the British government if there was anyone he could recommend, and the gentleman recommended a good friend of his own——Chen Fanyue.

This Chen Fanyue was one of the top 25 Scholars in the [-]th year of Wanli. He just saw the filth in the court and didn't want to be an official.Now that he is old, he naturally wants to find a place where he can live his life.The Fan family is a scholarly family with a good reputation, and it is also a relative of the British Duke. It seems that it will not fall soon, so Mr. Chen is naturally willing to teach Fan Xuanchao and Fan Xuanlang.

After Mrs. Li met Chen Fanyue, she nodded again and again, and invited Mrs. Zhang to come and see him. Mrs. Zhang shook her hand and said, "I don't think people are as good as my sister-in-law, and my knowledge is not as good as officials. The officials have to see how knowledgeable he is. Look at it again, I'm afraid that Mr. Chen will be suspicious, so I'd better invite Mr. Chen to come to the house directly."

Mrs. Li thought about it, Mr. Chen was able to become a Jinshi and not be an official back then, and it seemed that he had a bit of a temper just now, which was indeed a bit bad, so he agreed.

When Fan Jingwen met Mr. Chen, he also knew him late, and admired his knowledge and character.Speaking of which, Fan Jingwen was one of the top 41 Jinshi in the 85st year of Wanli. He was not as good as Chen Fanyue in terms of time and ranking, so Fan Jingwen also called Chen Fanyue "Mr." All the servants are respectful to Mr. Chen.

Mr. Chen was also very pleasantly surprised when he saw Fan Xuanchao and Fan Xuanlang.Fan Xuanchao has a solid foundation, a photographic memory, and is just around the corner. The final result is probably higher than him and Fan Jingwen. How can the teacher be unhappy when he meets such a student?And although Fan Xuanlang does not have the photographic memory of his elder brother, he is extremely intelligent, he can draw inferences about what he has learned, and he is even more likable.Mr. Chen regards Fan Xuanchao as a student, but Fan Xuanlang as a grandson.What's more, Fan Xuanchao is 11 years old this year, and Fan Xuanlang is only four years old this year. At least he can still teach Fan Xuanlang for more than 20 or [-] years. This is a long-term meal ticket for more than ten years!

Fan Jingwen said that he hoped to let Fan Xuanchao go to the stage to test the waters in two years. Mr. Chen also agreed very much. In the next stage, there will be no loss of meat, and it is better to accumulate more experience.Therefore, the focus of Fan Xuanchao's study is to learn to do stereotyped essays.As for Fan Xuanlang, he is still young, let's learn to read sentences first.

Therefore, Fan Xuanchao could still find the joy of learning in the dazzling novels in traditional Chinese characters, but since he started to learn stereotyped prose, his whole life has been gloomy.

Before he crossed over, he knew that stereotyped essays were terrible, and he had a faint intention of resisting in his heart.But I have passed the college entrance examination with thousands of troops and horses crossing the single-plank bridge, how could I not learn stereotyped essays, and how could I not pass the Jinshi exam?

However, there were few scholars in ancient times, and it seemed that there was not much competition. Fan Xuanchao forgot that although there are many people taking the college entrance examination in modern times, there are also many places. It's hard to say.

As soon as Mr. Chen arrived, he asked him about his studies and began to teach him stereotyped essays.Before it was time to pick up the pen and learn to write stereotyped essays, but only learned to break the titles and recite excellent essays, Fan Xuanchao wanted to shout: What the hell is stereotyped essays!

The titles of stereotyped essays are only from "The Analects of Confucius" and "Mencius", but how many sentences can be given the titles, and how many years have you been in the imperial examination?After so many years of imperial examinations, all the sentences that can be used have been used, and the examiners can't come up with questions, let alone good questions?But when they passed the exam, they forgot how they scolded the examiner back then, and pieced together sentences from various places in the book, holding back some questions that were not considered questions, just to embarrass others.

To write a stereotyped essay, you only need to know the format, but having a format does not mean it is a good stereotyped essay.Even though stereotyped essays are notorious, "essence, energy, and spirit" are still indispensable if you want to write them well. This is the essence of all articles, and stereotyped essays are also articles.

Mr. Chen said that he has a good foundation, but only a good foundation in Confucian classics. Under his guidance, Fan Xuanchao bit the bullet and began to read the masterpieces of the past dynasties and various schools of thought.

After Fan Xuanchao began to study the pronouns systematically, under Mr. Chen's explanation, he was able to read the beautiful rhythms from those ancient prose that seemed to be just rhymes and words piled up.

Mr. Chen saw that Fan Xuanchao had started to learn, so he was satisfied with outlining the key recitation items for him.There will be a township examination next year. Both Fan Jingwen and Mr. Chen think that it is better to get off the field first to test their skills, and wait four years before officially entering the field.

Mr. Chen can memorize Fan Xuanchao's reading at most two times, and he is given a lot of homework for poetry and prose, which reduces the time for reciting and more time for carefully pondering the articles.Fan Xuanchao was immersed in good poems all day long, and suddenly one day he blurted out two lines of new poems. Before Mr. Chen could applaud him, he was taken aback. I, a science student, can actually write poems?

While Fan Xuanchao was stunned, Mr. Chen had already chewed these two lines of poems repeatedly, and praised: "Although it is not exquisite, it has the grand demeanor of Tang and Song Dynasties. Unexpectedly, you are also quite talented in poetry.'"

Fan Xuanchao smiled proudly and embarrassingly, and then thought of flattering the teacher: "Mr. taught me well." Mr. Chen also felt that he taught well, so he rubbed his sparse beard with a smile, satisfied Extremely.

When Fan Jingwen got home, he learned these two lines from Mr. Chen, and recruited Fan Xuanchao, "Your poem only has the first two lines. I'll test you. Now write the last two lines."

Fan Xuanchao was no longer in the mood at that time, so he made up a few sentences to prevaricate.Fan Jingwen scolded with a smile: "It can be seen that these two sentences are not yours, they are rewarded to you by Wenquxing.

Fan Xuanchao opened his mouth to retort: ​​"Articles are made naturally, and they are obtained by chance, who is not rewarded by God."

Fan Jingwen laughed loudly, "You talk too much. Forget it, poetry and prose are just small talk. If you study with Mr. Chen seriously, you will be admitted to the imperial examination."