Patriarch, he doesn't want to take the imperial examinations

Chapter 39

County schools are government-run schools, corresponding to private schools, and only those who have obtained the qualifications of students (scholars) are allowed to enter school.

A total of 32 students entered the county school this year. On the day of enrollment, Meng Zhen and a group of students paid homage to the statue of Confucius, and by the way, the statue of Zhu Xi.

The county is divided into two major areas, the Xuegong and the Confucian Temple. The Xuegong is a teaching place, including Minglun Hall, Zunjing Pavilion, Shepu, Nunnery, Zhaishe, etc.

Minglun Hall is the teaching place for instructors, Zunjing Pavilion is the place for collecting books, Shepu is the place for students to learn archery, the nunnery is the resting place for instructors, and Zhaishe is the residence for students.

The Confucian Temple is the Dacheng Hall, where Confucius is worshipped.After worshiping Confucius, the newly enrolled students were led to Minglun Hall.Ming Lun Hall was divided into several halls, and every time a test was taken, a group of rookies were recruited, Meng Zhen and their group were placed in the outermost hall.

After being seated, each person was handed out a copy of "Four Books Collected Notes". In fact, "Four Books Collected Notes" really existed. Everyone has a copy.Now the school has issued another copy, presumably to ask them to review it all over again.

After the students got the new books, Instructor Yang gave a speech for everyone.Instructor Yang, whose real name is Yang Yi, is the teacher who teaches them. The reason why they are called instructors is because the county school is a government-run school, and the teachers in the school are all given official names, also known as Xueguan.

Instructor Yang is about in his early 30s, and he looks serious. When he opened his mouth, he pointed to the rural examination in the next year, "Since everyone came here, there is only one purpose, and that is to win the gold medal in the Toad Palace in Japan. "

"Everyone must keep in mind that there is no shortcut to learning, only hard work. If you want to become a master, you have to endure all kinds of hardships, and this is how you come to the end of all hardships."

Instructor Yang also said that after half a month, the Student Affairs Committee will come to the school for assessment, and the students will be divided into three grades according to the test results. supply of food; the third is epiphytes, that is, epiphytes.There is a certain quota for lin students and extra students, but there is no fixed number for epigenetic students.

The content of the test includes stereotyped essays, test post poems, policy questions, and rhyme and poems, etc., which are all the content that everyone has tested in the childhood examination stage. You don't need to be overly nervous when answering the questions, just treat them with a normal mind.

After instructor Yang finished speaking, he distributed several sheets of rice paper to everyone and asked them to write a stereotyped article.

Meng Zhen couldn't help but frowned, stereotyped essay, no matter where he went, the first lesson of this school must be stereotyped essay, practice every day, almost throw up.

Instructor Yang explained that stereotyped essays account for a very large proportion of the entire imperial examination, especially in the upcoming provincial examinations.

The first question in the first round of the township examination is stereotyped essays. In fact, no matter what stage of the exam in this dynasty, the first question at the opening is stereotyped essays, and often the examiners only pay attention to the first round. If the stereotyped essay is done well, it will leave a good impression on the examiners, and the possibility of passing the exam is very high. If it is not done well, no matter how well the questions in the next two exams are done, it will not be in the eyes of the examiners. The possibility is naturally smaller.

The so-called stereotyped selection of scholars is just like this. A single stereotyped examination question can determine the life and death of a candidate.

After Mengzhen got the test paper, Instructor Yang dictated the test questions in the lecture hall. The test questions came from a passage in the Four Books "The Analects of Confucius Liren":

The Master said: "Wealth and honor are what people desire; if you don't get them according to the way, you don't want to live there. Poverty and lowliness are what people hate; if you don't get them according to the way, you don't want to go. The gentleman goes." Benevolence, is it evil to become famous? A gentleman will never end up violating benevolence.

Instructor Yang said that the stereotyped essay questions in the rural examination are very different from those in the children's student examination.Most of the stereotyped questions in the children's examination stage are "small questions".The so-called small question means that the title is a few words or a sentence. This sentence is usually cut from a paragraph in the Four Books, or cut up or down or cut up and down, and some even cut a small sentence from this paragraph or another paragraph. , and the two small sentences are put together into one sentence. This is called an interception question, and most of the small questions are interception questions.

The township examination is just the opposite. There are many "big questions" in the township examination. The so-called big questions use a few sentences or a whole paragraph from the Four Books as the topic, and there are also two or three paragraphs and four paragraphs. In short, the big topic is the topic. It means a lot of words.

The meaning of the big questions is clear and easy to understand, so many candidates prefer the big questions to the small ones.

According to legend, there was a candidate in this dynasty who passed the Tongsheng Examination seven or eight times before passing it. Afterwards, he passed the Provincial Examination in one go. on topic.

The question Meng Zhen is going to do today is a big one. Stereotype essays have a fixed format. Candidates can basically write well as long as they are well-trained. It just depends on whether the writing is good or not.The exam questions this time are different from the previous exam questions, and the number of words required for the article is more than before.

With the title of this test question, the next step is to clarify the meaning of the question, that is, to break the question.Meng Zhen wrote it down according to the structure of the eight parts of the eight-legged essay, and before he knew it, it was already noon.

Like most students, he checked and handed in the test paper after writing it, then packed up his books and prepared to go home.When they left the gate of Minglun Hall, Meng Zhen was good at tandem with Chen Qiushi, that's right, it was the Chen Qiushi who did not get along with Meng Zhen, and he also passed the examination as a scholar and came to study in the county.

Chen Qiushi glanced at Meng Zhen, his face was worried, and he left without saying a word.Meng Zhen didn't pay any attention to him, and walked towards the gate on his own, with Deng Bowen following behind him, "Uncle Meng, let's go together."

This time, they won four scholars in Qingshan Academy, Xue Mingqi and his classmates surnamed Feng went to the prefectural school to study, while Meng Zhen and Deng Bowen came to the county school.

At this moment, the two came out of school and sat in the carriage home. Deng Bowen asked, "How does Uncle Mong feel about today's exam questions?"

Meng Zhen said "It's okay" and stopped talking. The big questions of the stereotyped essay are relatively neat and clear.

The curriculum of the county school is quite different from that of their academy. In the past, there were two classes a day in the academy, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. The county school only had one class in the morning, and the afternoon was for self-study. Although it was self-study, the school required students to come to school .

Mengzhen, their batch of newly enrolled scholars is alright. Regardless of whether they are supervised by instructors or not, everyone basically enters the school on time and on time to study. Those talented students in the past are not so self-conscious. It seems that they have stayed in school for a long time. Tired, unless there are some major events or important exams in the school, they come to make up the number. The rest of the time is either at home or busy with making a living, otherwise they seldom come to school every day, but there are only a small number of such students, most of them are regular Be well-behaved and come to school every day.

There is a Scripture Pavilion in the school, which is a place for collecting books. It is located behind Minglun Hall. In addition to Confucian classics related to the imperial examination, there are also a large number of historical books and ritual books. The county school mainly focuses on classics and history. Mainly, supplemented by ritual education, the atmosphere of Confucianism is very strong.In addition, Zunjing Pavilion also has a small number of military books, but few people read them.

In addition to the stereotyped essays in the rural examination, policy questions are also a major test site. The policy questions in the rural examination are often derived from a passage in the history book, and then the candidates are required to analyze and discuss the events that happened in this passage. Reading historical books will prevent you from knowing which historical books and events the questions come from when you go to the examination room in the future, so that you can't write and miss your fame.

Meng Zhen didn't read many books in this area. When he was studying at school in the afternoon, he borrowed a few history books from Zunjing Pavilion and read them for several days.

In this way, it soon came to the fifth day of September, the day when Xuezheng came to the county school for assessment.

The full name of Xuezheng is Admiral Xuezheng, who is in charge of the education and scientific research work of a province (capital). Shuntian Prefecture set up a capital city, called Admiral College.

The Xuezheng of Mengzhen and the others in this assessment was surnamed Qin. Qin Xuezheng took office this year, and he presided over the Shuntian Mansion's hospital examination this time.The college examination is held twice in three years, usually in the first and second year of Xin Xuezheng's tenure.

The academic administration is in charge of the academic affairs of a province (capital), and regularly visits the prefecture, prefecture, and county to examine the academic performance of students.There are seven counties under the jurisdiction of Shuntian Prefecture. Qin Xuezheng just finished his study in Shuntian Prefecture, and then he rushed to Xianghe County without stopping, but he has not gone to other counties.

The content of this exam is mainly to test stereotyped essays, test post poems, and policy questions, etc., and the test will take two days.

After the examination, Xuezheng will divide the students into Linsheng, Zengsheng and Epiphysis according to their grades.

Linsheng and Zengsheng have a certain number of places, usually six each, and the rest are epiphytes.

Mengzhen got a quota for Zengsheng in this exam. Zengsheng didn't provide food, and the government of Linsheng distributed food.Not only that, Lin students with good grades can also be selected into the Imperial College and become Gong students.

Moreover, every year in the county government examination, the granary students can also guarantee the candidates, and one granary student can be a guarantor for many candidates, thus earning a considerable income. Therefore, the remuneration of the granary students is very good.

But these have nothing to do with Meng Zhen.Mengzhen still goes to and from school step by step every day, constantly reading history books, and it has been more than a month since he entered school.

The students in the county school are not like the students in Qingshan Academy, who are constantly curious about Mengzhen. Some of these students have taken the children's examination many times, and they have never seen any candidates. It's not uncommon for Meng Zhen to take part in the hospital exam with all his teeth falling out, so they don't think it's unusual.

The county schools also take a day off every ten days. The fifth, fifteenth, and 25th of each month are holidays. On September 25th, Mengzhen rests at home.

Since the beginning of autumn, the weather is getting colder every day after a few rains, especially in the morning and evening, and I can't help shivering if I don't wear enough clothes.

After breakfast, Meng Zhen sat in the study and read a book, while Ah Qing stood outside, looking at the clouds in the sky, a little dazed.

Meng Hong came in from the outside and snapped his fingers in front of him: "Ah Qing, you just stay there when you have nothing to do, what do you look like sitting here?"

Ah Qing came back to her senses and hurried away.Meng Hong entered the study room and handed a letter to Meng Zhen, "Father, brother has a letter, please read it."

Meng Zhen opened the envelope and looked at it. In the letter, Meng Qing said that he had settled down in Jiangnan and everything was going well. He asked them not to worry and asked how the family was doing. Everything was fine.

"Everything is fine!" Meng Zhen handed the letter back to Meng Hong, "Reply a letter to your brother, saying that everything is fine at home, and tell him not to worry about it, and take good care of himself over there."

Meng Hong nodded: "Okay dad, I'll write back a letter right now." He took out another letter from his sleeve, "This is from my brother to my sister-in-law, I'll send this to someone first."

Meng Zhen waved his hand: "Go."

Just as Meng Hong came out of Meng Zhen's study, Men Zi led a young man over, "Second Lord, this man said that Wang Xiucai sent him here, and he has something to tell you."

Meng Hong asked the man: "Why did Uncle Wang send you here?" But he had a bad premonition in his heart, fearing that something would happen.

The man replied: "Wang Xiucai sent me to tell your mansion that Wang Xiucai's mother is gone, and I want your mansion's young lady to come over."

Meng Hong's heart skipped a beat: "When did it happen?" A while ago, Wang Xiucai also said that his old lady got better after taking the medicine, why did she suddenly disappear.

The man said: "Last night."

"Okay, I got it." Meng Hong took out some broken silver from his body and gave it to the man, "You take the money and treat it as if you have made this hard trip, and when you go back, tell Uncle Wang that we will go there right away."

The man immediately smiled when he saw Qian, nodded and bowed vigorously: "Okay, you are too polite, I'm going to tell the Wang family." After saying that, he turned and ran away.

Meng Hong turned his head, Meng Zhen had already walked beside him.Meng Zhen heard the conversation between the two just now, since the Wang family came to invite them, their family should go over.

"You and your sister-in-law go there together." Mengzhen said.

Meng Hong hesitated a bit: "That...Father, sister-in-law should be fine in the past."

Meng Zhen glanced at him: "What could be the matter?"

Meng Hong couldn't say anything.Although he has never seen a woman around him become pregnant, he has also heard that pregnant women should not be overjoyed or sad. Wang Xinyu is currently pregnant for more than five months, and her stomach has passed. Well, if there is something wrong with someone, his elder brother will have to skin him.

"Go, nothing will happen." Meng Zhen urged again.

"Okay Dad," Meng Hong nodded, still holding the letter to his sister-in-law in his hand, "I'll go over and tell my sister-in-law, and accompany her to Wang Xiucai's house."

Meng Zhen also nodded: "Well, let's go." Then he watched Meng Hong hurried out of his courtyard gate.

I can't help but think in my heart, this day has only been safe for a few days, why does it feel like there are going to be troubles again.

The author says:

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