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Chapter 90 Madam is not as good as a bird

Zhang Yuan and Yao Fu were standing in the Minglun Hall. There were fifty-two students on both sides of the hall. But when they heard the Zhaifu in Kuixing Pavilion striking the rock three times, the whole courtyard and the outer courtyard were completely silent for a while. Even the Confucian School was waiting outside the gate.

The people watching the excitement also fell silent, holding their breaths and concentrating, as if they wanted to hear the verbal exchange between Zhang Yuan and Yao Fu in Minglun Hall. Sun Jiaoyu leaned forward and said: "Your Majesty, your Majesty, except for two students who have asked for leave."

In addition, the rest of the people have arrived, please show me, sir."

Xu Shijin, the prefect of Shaoxing, said: "I have something to say first, but today I am just watching. This is a matter for your Shanyin Academy. Mr. Sun Jiaoyu and Mr. Qidong should be in charge of this matter."

Sun Jiaoyu felt awkward and uneasy. Everyone here was a scholar, and he was the only one who was a judge. How could he dare to take charge? He cupped his hands to Liu Zongzhou and said, "Mr. Qidong, I'd better ask you to preside over this eight-gu gambling event."

Liu Zongzhou showed some humility and said, "Well, let me serve as the examiner for once."

Looking at Yao Fu and Zhang Yuan in the hall, he said: "There are two less among the fifty-four students, so let's reduce one of them each. Zhang Yuan's craftsmanship only needs to be approved by thirty-five people."

Yao Fu felt that it was unfair for him to lose one to each other, especially since Lu Jingxiu, who lost his father, and Chi Daosheng, who was ill in bed, had both been treated generously by him. Lu Jingxiu's father's death could not be fake, but Lu's father's death was too bad.

It was not the right time. Chi Daosheng was most likely pretending to be ill. Chi Daosheng accepted the seven volumes of the Lotus Sutra written by Huang Shangu, a native of the Song Dynasty, which he bought from Hangzhou with sixty taels of silver.

, I pretended to be sick and couldn't come today, it's really abominable!

Yao Fu argued hard: "Mr. Qidong's students thought that Zhang Jiezi's craftsmanship should be given to Lu.

Chi Ersheng read it and saw how they evaluated it, so that it would be fair.

All the officials in the hall laughed. One of them had lost his father, and the other was ill. Yao Fu had to chase him to his house to have his papers reviewed. Is there anything more inhumane than this?

Magistrate Xu said: "Yao Sheng does not want Luo Su, let Mr. Qidong arrange it."

Yao Fu glanced at Magistrate Xu who was sitting next to him and said yes.

In the past month, Magistrate Xu has received a total of 500 taels of silver from Yao Fu twice. Of course, these 500 taels of silver were paid by Yang Shangyuan's Yao Fuli character. Why would his nephew-in-law cheat him? Even his niece dared to get involved.

, there was nothing he couldn't do, so he used Yang Shangyuan's money to protect his turban, and Magistrate Xu promised to change things for him, but Magistrate Xu didn't expect that in just one month, Yao Fu would be so infamous that Xu Shijin

Officials also want to honor their reputation, so they have to act accordingly. Two teachers from the school carried the examination table and examination chairs and placed them in the middle of the hall. They were equipped with pens, inks, paper and inkstones.

Liu Zongzhou said: "Zhang Yuan, please take a seat and prepare to make art."

Zhang Yuan saluted the superior officer in the hall, then sat upright on the examination chair, waiting quietly for Yao Fu to write the questions. Liu Zongzhou said: "Yao Sheng, according to the agreement, you should come up with four book questions, Spring and Autumn Questions, any choice."

One."

Yao Fu said: "I have come up with the question 1 of the Four Books." He has been thinking about this question of the Four Books for a long time. His intention is to make things difficult for Zhang Yuan. He can be as cunning and eccentric as he wants.

He is more like a human being than a bird when he dies."

As soon as this question came out, everyone in the hall gave a "cool" sound. It was a cut-and-match question and it was a ruthless question. The so-called ruthless combination is to put two unrelated sentences from the Four Books and Five Classics together to form an eight-part question.

When the writer solves the topic, he must integrate the so-called meaning of the eight-legged question that is pieced together from the wrong point. Therefore, the eight-part essay created by ruthlessly combining questions is often bizarre and absurd, and even distorts Confucian classics. Because of this

There was no way to start with this kind of question, so I had to scribble it out. All the officials in the hall were shaking their heads. "The four words "King Wen is dead" come from "The Analects of Confucius" ""It can be a human but not as good as a bird" comes from "The Great Learning". Put these two sentences together.

Does it count as a question?

Zhang E saw the different expressions of the people in the hall. He didn't know why, so he asked in a low voice: "Father, this kind of question can't be difficult for Jiezi, can it?"

Zhang Rushuang said "hum" and ignored him.

Wang Yingzi knew how difficult it was to "cut and write questions without mercy". She often couldn't solve the questions in Wuqing. If she couldn't solve the questions, how could she proceed with the composition? Her father had no idea about this kind of challenge when he taught Zhang Yuan the secret of eight-part essays.

I mentioned it in one sentence, because there is no way to teach it. How to teach random questions? You can only randomly try and rely on luck. Moreover, after Longqing, such questions rarely appear in scientific examinations. Wang Yingzi was very angry.

, his little face turned red, and he said in a voice as loud as a mosquito: "Dad, this man is so shameless. This kind of question is not even asked in the scientific examination now."

Wang Siren raised his hand and pressed it, signaling Wang Yingzi to stop talking. He wanted to see what Liu Zongzhou would say to this eight-legged question.

Liu Zongzhou inspired the learning of sages and took it as his own duty to promote Confucian virtues. The eight-part essay was to speak for the sages. How could Liu Zongzhou tolerate such deviant and heretical questions?

, cut out the slightest words, or promote principles, declare practicality, but cut corners,

The separation is far-fetched, the misinterpretation of Confucius and Mencius, and the rise of evil righteousness. How can this be a statement on behalf of the sages? This question is inappropriate, and Yao Sheng proposed another one."

Yao Fu sneered and said, "The written contract between the student and Zhang Jiezi is clearly written. It is up to me to set the question. Since Mr. Qidong is not allowed to ask this question, then the student cannot come up with Sun's question." This was clearly intended.

Cheating.

Liu Zongzhou said: "It's up to you to set the questions, but you must also comply with the rules. Since Wanli, there has never been such a ruthless question in the scientific examination. If you want to ask a question, you must also be sentimental."

Wang Siren opened his mouth and said: "In the sixth year of Zhengtong's reign, an edict was issued to supervise all the schools. It is not allowed to pick off the questions and ask questions that are not appropriate. Anyone who violates the rules will be punished by the official."

Wang Yingzi was very happy. It was his father who was so powerful. He had a strong memory and had memorized all the imperial edicts from more than a hundred years ago. Now it was time to see what Yao Heixin had to say.

Yao Fuqiang argued: "This is just a gambling game."

Sun Jiaoyu shouted: "This is a grand gathering of eight-part essays, an elegant act." If the name is not correct, the words will not go smoothly. The name must be corrected. How can it be called a gambling game?

Yao Fu saw that all the officials in the hall were looking at each other coldly, so he could only say: "Even so, this is not a scientific examination after all. Of course, I am allowed to set the questions."

When Yao Fu and Liu Zongzhou were arguing about the titles of these four books, Zhang Yuan remained calm on his face and thought nervously in his heart. If Yao Fu insisted on using the title "Now that King Wen is dead, he can be a human but not as good as a bird", then he also decided to deal with this issue.

A challenge, there is no eight-part question that cannot be solved in this world. It is just a question of whether you can solve it well or not.

Magistrate Xu came to smooth things over and said with a smile: "This kind of ruthless cutting and setting of questions is certainly against the rules, but it was also popular in the early years. It was mainly to prevent candidates from suppressing similar questions. This kind of questions has been rare in recent years, but today is not a solemn examination hall.

, it’s still a bit of a game, why not let’s do this, let Zhang Yuan solve this question, just solve it without having to write all the eight parts, and then Yao Sheng will draw up a scientific examination question and Zhang Yuan will make it. What do you think?

"

Xu Shijin was secretly helping Yao Fu. If Zhang Yuan could not solve this ruthless question or did not solve it well, then Zhang Yuan would be timid at first. No matter how well he did the next question, he would not be able to solve it again.

Because of the victory, Yao Fu was forced to hand over his turban title. Here, the prefect Xu Shijin is respected. Since the prefect Xu said so, Liu Zongzhou could no longer insist on it, so he encouraged Zhang Yuan and said: "Zhang Yuan, let's try to solve the problem. If you can't solve it, it doesn't matter. Don't be careless.

Broken, it goes against the way of the sages."

Zhang Yuan had been thinking for a while, then stood up and said, "Students, just answer orally." This was his way of hiding his clumsiness. Although his performance had improved, it was obviously difficult to satisfy the officials in the hall and the students present, and he was afraid of passing the exam.

It doesn't really count, after all, I have only been practicing calligraphy seriously for four months, and answering verbally shows my quick thinking and is more free and easy.

Liu Zongzhou said in surprise: "Have you solved the problem?"

Zhang Yuan nodded and said: "It's just that this question is too divided, and the student's analysis is not very elegant."

Liu Zongzhou said: "Please come and listen."

Magistrate Xu, County Magistrate Hou, Zhang Rushuang, and Wang Siren all leaned forward, and everyone on both sides of the hall also listened attentively, watching how the young Zhang Yuan broke this ruthless story of "King Wen is dead and can be regarded as a human but not as good as a bird".

question?

Zhang Yuan broke the topic and said: "It's really shameful for a lady to be inferior to a bird. It's shameful. It's shameful. There's no better way to be ashamed than to learn from King Wen."

This solution is very joking, but it can connect King Wen with humans as inferior to birds, and it is in line with Confucian "Tao" ethics. Of course, it is an accurate solution. This requires super thinking ability and imagination, and it is quick.

talent.

Everyone was stunned at first, and then burst into laughter.

Xu Shijin and others couldn't help but laugh, and Zhang E also pretended to say: "Wonderful."

Wang Yingzi let out a "chuck" and jiāo. Fortunately, the whole hall was full of laughter, and no one noticed that she was laughing so hard.

There are only two people who don't smile, Zhang Yuan and Yao Fu.

Zhang Yuan was telling jokes, so of course he had to keep his composure and not laugh. Everyone was laughing but I was just indifferent: Yao Fu knew in his heart that everyone was laughing not because Zhang Yuan was ridiculous, but because Zhang Yuan solved the topic brilliantly and humorously, so he couldn't laugh.

When he came out, he shouted: "It only took two sentences to solve the problem, how many sentences did he have!"

Zhang Yuan counterattacked unceremoniously: "Yao Xiucai tested me with ruthless questions from a hundred years ago, but asked me to answer them with today's problem-solving methods. Did you set the rules?"

Liu Zongzhou said: "Before Jiajing, only three or four sentences could be used to solve the problem. Zhang Yuan's failure is also in line with the rules. This is the test question before Jiajing."

Magistrate Xu also said: "Yao Sheng, don't bother with it, just come up with another question quickly."

Yao Fu had no choice but to think about it for a moment and then asked the question: "A gentleman is reserved and does not fight."

"A gentleman is reserved and does not argue" comes from "The Analects of Confucius Wei Linggong No. 15". This is an upright title for the Four Books, which can test the writer's skill. Liu Zongzhou nodded and said: "Okay, Zhang Yuan, let's start writing the title."

"Wait a minute." Yao Fu had something to say again: "This question is very easy, and it is too easy for him. Therefore, Zhang Jiezi must complete this four-book question within two quarters."

All the students in the hall screamed again. The Tongsheng Examination and even the Taoist Examination were all taking one day, but Yao Fu asked Zhang Yuan to write an article with four books and eight parts in two seconds. Isn't this deliberately making things difficult? Even if he copied it, he would have to copy it.

It’s been a while!

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