Chapter 1,255: Thousand-year context, lost in one day
Jiangzhou, Yashengmiao
Jiangzhou has a prosperous literary style, and the most important thing is the imperial examination. There are many fewer temples here, and it is the core place of Confucianism.
In academies, scholars can be seen everywhere. The best-selling products in the market are the examination questions from the imperial examinations over the years, as well as relevant information about the people who asked the questions and explanations of the questions.
People here often worship Wenquxing, Dacheng Shengsheng, Yasheng, etc., and occasionally go to the temple to worship the Buddha's feet, with the purpose of praying that they can pass the high school imperial examination and become an official of the imperial court.
Therefore, the Yasheng Temple in Jiangzhou is one of the holy places in the minds of scholars, and its incense is extremely strong.
Although the Yasheng Temple is engraved with the words "The people are the most important, the country is second, the king is the least important."
But the scholars who come here are all here to ensure a smooth career.
The Wang family in Jiangzhou built this Yasheng temple and enshrined the most important divine weapon of the Wang family, the Yasheng statue.
"Why is it closed again today?"
A scholar finally bought a fine incense and wanted to offer it to Ya Sheng to bless him to pass the Enke exam this time.
"That is, Her Majesty the Queen has ascended the throne, and the imperial court has opened the imperial examination. It is the day when scholars of our generation serve the imperial court, so why is the Yasheng Temple closed again?"
Another scholar echoed:
"Yes, this time the Enke exam is said to have added arithmetic, geography and other content."
"No one knows what these tests will be, so how can you not worship Yasheng?"
Everyone was talking and protesting.
The management personnel of the Wang family noticed the commotion of the scholars, so they called a group of warriors and politely asked them to leave immediately.
"This is the Yasheng Temple, a holy place for scholars. How can you ask people to clear the place?"
"The place is cleared today, and the place is cleared again tomorrow. What is it like?"
"Is this still where scholars come?"
Someone shouted dissatisfiedly. When other scholars saw someone taking the lead, they pushed him out and shouted loudly in the crowd:
"You're right, you can't do this!"
"Be reasonable!"
"The content of the imperial examination has changed. Are we not allowed to pay homage to the Yasheng?"
"Don't you want to abolish all the knowledge of the saints?"
"We want to see Yasheng and have something to say to their elders!"
The scene suddenly became a mess.
These scholars are all preparatory officials, and many of them come from the Royal Academy.
Due to the recent changes in the content of the imperial examination, in addition to taking the Four Books and Five Classics, there are also geography, arithmetic, and inquiry tests, etc.
Her Majesty the Queen opened the imperial examination, which is a good thing, but the content of the imperial examination has changed, which is a bad thing.
Scholars from all over the country were dissatisfied, so they thought of taking advantage of this opportunity to make things worse in order to gain appeasement from the Wang family.
Generally speaking, this kind of comfort will be accompanied by some information about the imperial examination.
So the scholars started making a fuss in the Yasheng Temple. As a result, the number of people who came this time was much larger than the scholars expected.
"Who's making the noise here!"
"Do you know where this place is!"
"Have all the books of sages been read into the dog's belly?"
Wang Ji first ordered his men to seal off the Yasheng Temple and drive out all the idlers. Then he flew over to check to avoid any accidents.
Sure enough, when the scholars saw that the Yasheng Temple was about to be closed and saw some scholars shouting, they scolded them without asking themselves.
"It's Mr. Wang Ji!"
"Why did Mr. Wang come?"
These scholars who were able to come to the Yasheng Temple also had certain martial arts skills and high status. When they saw Lord Wang Ji coming, their expressions immediately changed.
Although Lord Wang Ji abdicated and the prime minister was replaced by Niu Monk, his disciples and former officials are still all over the court, and they still play a decisive role in the Jiangzhou imperial examination.
In the capacity of Lord Wang Ji, these scholars will lose a layer of their skin even if they give a casual order.
The venue suddenly became silent.
The person who was pushed out just now quietly hid back.
As a result, in front of a master of martial arts like Wang Ji, he was no more than a master of martial arts.
"You come out."
"Tell me clearly, why were you making so much noise just now? Are you unwilling to leave Yasheng Temple?"
Wang Ji fell from the sky, released his soul, and caught the leader. The scholar was somewhat witty and quickly replied:
"Replying to Master Lao, the imperial court has temporarily changed the content of the imperial examination, so we have no choice but to come to see Master Yasheng, hoping to get some guidance from Master Yasheng."
"But I never thought that the Yasheng Temple would be closed again. I just messed up the rules. Please forgive me, Sir."
When Wang Ji saw these scholars, he immediately became intimidated and did not want to deal with them excessively, so he scolded them:
"The imperial court teaches arithmetic, geography, and the investigation of objects in the hope that you will broaden your knowledge and contribute to the country, instead of just reading the words of saints."
"This is the Enke exam, by the grace of Her Majesty the Queen."
"You don't know His Majesty's grace, but you are fooling around in front of the saint."
"This time the Yasheng Temple is closed because a noble person is visiting."
"If you don't disperse quickly today and offend the nobles, I will report to the court and have you expelled from your honor even though I will retire and return home."
The scholars did not expect that the situation was so serious. Their expressions changed drastically and they hurried away, shouting:
"I'll leave as soon as I know I'm guilty."
"Wait a minute."
Wang Ji seemed to have thought of something and scolded, leaving all the scholars to stand there, trembling.
"This time the Enke exam will be tested on geography, objects, and arithmetic. These are all based on the opinions of King Wushuang."
"In the future, the imperial examinations in the imperial court will also develop in this direction."
"Wang Family Academy will begin to teach a number of courses such as arithmetic, inquiry, geography, etc."
"If you want to be named on the gold medal list, you must learn spells and objects in the future. Do you understand?"
Now the scholars were in an uproar.
"Sir, but the sage never talked about the knowledge of objects, magic, and so on."
Wang Ji sneered.
"The saint didn't say you should go to the toilet, so why don't you go to the toilet?"
"The imperial court wants to take more knowledge tests. If you can't learn it, let me go back to study and take the test again next time."
Prime Minister Wang Ji is a master of martial arts, and naturally he is also a well-educated man.
This time the imperial court reformed the content of the imperial examination, and he actually wanted to oppose it.
The reason is actually very simple. In terms of courses such as studying things, arithmetic, geography, etc., it does not belong to Confucian courses, and you cannot get explanations from the scriptures.
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This will cause cracks in faith.
In Chu Qianqiu's previous life, when Confucianism reached its peak, everything could be explained by scriptures.
If something cannot be explained, it is just a strange skill and something not worth mentioning.
But now these things are going to the imperial examination hall.
From the perspective of national governance, Wang Ji believes that learning more is beneficial to governing the country.
But from the perspective of faith, it is a very bad crack.
However, Wang Ji no longer had the strength to oppose what Chu Qianqiu was promoting.
In order to ensure the safety of the Wang family, he had to sing hymns loudly.
[I have to take into account the interests of my family first, and I guess the saint won’t object to it. 】
Wang Ji took a deep breath. If he thought he had misjudged anyone in his life, it was Chu Qianqiu.
"I will obey the law of the old master."
Most of the scholars left dejectedly.
And smart people have already begun to purchase books on magic and other related matters.
No matter what the imperial examination is, the most important thing is to be able to become an official.
If one can become an official by reading the Four Books and Five Classics, that is the word of a sage.
You cannot become an official by reading the Four Books and Five Classics. I read them only when I am sick!
The context of the Confucian sect began to change, and even the Yasheng statue located in the deepest part of the Confucian Temple dimmed a lot after Wang Ji announced this incident.
Chu Qianqiu, on the other hand, took his wife on a sedan chair and slowly headed to the Yasheng Temple, preparing to view the Yasheng statue.
While teasing Wang Keyue, he raised his ears and listened to what just happened.
Only then did Chu Qianqiu realize that the reforms he promoted had already affected this ancient dynasty in all aspects.
"Husband, why don't you take down the Ya Sheng statue?"
"Anyway, our ancestors agreed."
Wang Keyue asked with some dissatisfaction. She felt that her husband was too polite and she should take the Yasheng statue home and make it a treasure of the Chu family's house.
"Only here can the sub-holy image accept the faith of all people and continuously sublimate its power."
"My husband wants to subjugate the Wang family, and does not intend to directly raid the house, so that my wife can have more room to express herself."
Chu Qianqiu hugged Wang Keyue and said with a smile.
"Come, let's go see the Yasheng statue together and see what the real aura of awe-inspiring looks like."
The Wang family's "Awe-inspiring Qi" is divided into two types, one is learned through martial arts secrets, which is equivalent to the purple top martial arts, and the other is the ultimate skill learned through the sub-holy statue, which is equivalent to golden at this time.
Martial arts.
The martial arts in "The Qi of Haoran" has two different realms, which makes Chu Qianqiu feel very magical.
So he took Wang Keyue with him to see the statue of Ya Sheng.
The masters of the Wang family poured a large amount of dew into it, and the Yasheng statue suddenly opened its eyes, and Chu Qianqiu looked at each other.
It turns out that this is also a divine weapon cast from the remains of the Heling Heavenly Man.