In the Gongyuan, there was silence, and all the students were taking the exam carefully and seriously.
Liu Jin put his hands behind his back and patrolled the Gongyuan very casually, nodding slightly as he looked.
The students of this period at least looked very presentable, they sat upright, and their handwriting was quite beautiful.
"It's him!"
Liu Jin is looking at these candidates, and naturally these candidates are also looking at Liu Jin.
Before the exam, they had already heard too many legendary stories about Liu Jin.
The son of an elite, a talented young man, became the number one scholar at the age of nineteen. In just ten years, he is now in the high position of Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and is very likely to be the next cabinet minister.
Naturally, everyone wants to get to know such a legendary figure and see what he looks like.
Li Nanshan was thinking hard when he saw Liu Jin, who was wearing a red robe and official uniform, walking slowly towards him. His eyes widened slightly.
He also immediately recognized Liu Jin, who was exactly what he saw when listening to Yuxuan, who was also following him at the time.
Liu Jin's handsome appearance and extraordinary demeanor left a profound impact on Li Nanshan, who could be recognized at a glance.
Of course, many people recognized Liu Jin. Tian Feng, Wang Qi, Yun Tiankong, Dai Dabin, Lu Nan and others also recognized Liu Jin, and everyone couldn't help but be slightly surprised.
Liu Jin also recognized several students who were present at the time. He couldn't help but smile. He came to Li Nanshan and looked at his answer sheet carefully.
The handwriting is quite beautiful, chic, elegant and upright, with everyone's style, and the literary talent is also quite good. The key is that even though it is strictly restricted by the eight-part essay, the lines still reveal extraordinary thoughts and opinions.
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"Well, not bad~"
Liu Jin couldn't help but nodded slightly.
It is really rare that a native of Nanyun Province can have such literary talent and write such beautiful handwriting. He is truly a genius.
Hearing Liu Jin's praise, Li Nanshan couldn't help but be slightly excited. If he could be appreciated by the man in front of him, he would definitely have no problem in his career in the future.
Time is passing slowly.
In October in Beijing, the weather has turned cold. In the small examination room, many students are meditating hard while enduring the cramped environment and cold weather.
It can be said that everyone who can stand out in such an environment can be regarded as a real outstanding person.
It's just that under the Bagua test, people's thoughts and concepts are tightly bound. Even if these people present are all outstanding people, what can they do?
Generation after generation is still not repeating yesterday's story, and no one has made much progress and breakthroughs. This made Liu Jin, the examiner, couldn't help but sigh.
The Chinese nation, the descendants of Yan and Huang, have always been the best nation on the planet, and have always been at the top.
However, later on, with the dominance of Confucianism and the confinement of ideas, the Chinese nation began to decline, gradually falling behind the world, so that it was later ruled by aliens, and then suffered a hundred years of humiliation.
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At first Liu Jin felt that China's backwardness was due to the isolation and self-imposed isolation during the Qing Dynasty, but now it seems that it actually started to lag behind the world during the Ming Dynasty.
Confucianism restricts ideas and strongly rejects other new things, so that China is falling further and further behind the world. The key is that there has never been any progress or breakthrough.
It's not that China doesn't have talents. In fact, China has been full of outstanding people and talented people since ancient times. However, under the extreme restriction of this kind of thinking and the strong rejection of new things, it is really difficult to make progress.
Talented people are painstakingly studying the eight-part essay.
Even those few shabby Confucian books are not enough to be memorized by heart. Countless talents and heroes throughout the dynasties have devoted their new knowledge to the study of these few books, and have written a vast variety of works.
annotation.
But what is the use of these annotations?
To be honest, it is useless. No matter how beautiful the handwriting is and how good the writing style is, it cannot promote the progress of civilization. It is just repeating yesterday's story over and over again, and it has exhausted its talent.
"Alas~"
Liu Jin sighed. To be honest, he really wanted to cancel the eight-legged essay recruitment program right away.
But Liu Jin also knew that he could not, and it was impossible, to cancel the stereotyped recruitment of scholars at once. There was no telling how many smart people would spend their youth on it in the future.
Soon, the first day of exams passed.
The general examination usually lasts for three days. The Four Books and Five Classics are tested on the first day. The content is all taken from the Four Books and Five Classics. Generally, as long as you are familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics, there will be no problems at all.
The second day was about Ce Question. The questions for Ce Question were set by the examiner. Everyone wrote eight-part essay based on the questions set by the examiner. This is the focus of the examination and the most important.
Generally, test questions are taken from the Four Books and Five Classics, but they are cut off from beginning to end, or simply find a few words from a paragraph, and then ask you to write them.
This has very high requirements for candidates. Not only must they be very familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics, and be able to find the place where the question is asked, but they must also understand the content and meaning of the question, and then find a way to write a beautiful eight-legged essay.
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On the third day, the test was about poetry and poetry. In later generations, this was regarded as an elective test. Whether you did well or not had little to do with whether you were a Jinshi or not.
Therefore, the focus of the provincial examination and the joint examination is the policy questions on the second day.
In the Gongyuan, more than 3,000 students passed yesterday's exam. Many of them looked very tired. Some nights they did not keep warm, and they even had colds, coughs and runny noses. However, no one wanted to withdraw from the exam because of this.
They are all quietly waiting for today's policy question.
"Mr. Liu~ It's time to drop the topic!"
Han Wen lifted up his sleeves and looked at the watch on his wrist. It was already eight o'clock and it was time for the policy exam, so he came to Liu Jin's side and reminded him.
The questions for the policy questions are all set by the examiner. They usually think about it well in advance. On the day of the exam, they write it out. Then the guards will walk around the Gongyuan holding the questions from the examiner to make announcements.
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"Hmm~"
Liu Jin nodded slightly, came to the table, pondered for a moment, picked up the pen and wrote the words "Today's Ming Dynasty".
Han Wen next to him was slightly startled when he saw Liu Jin's test questions.
This question is obviously not within the scope of the Four Books and Five Classics, and does not conform to the long-standing examination tradition.
In every exam in the past, the policy questions were drawn from the Four Books and Five Classics. Why did you, Liu Jin, act randomly when you became the examiner?
"Mr. Liu, I'm afraid it's inappropriate to pose a question like this. It will definitely attract criticism when the time comes."
Han Wen and Liu Jin have a good relationship, after all, they have worked together in the Ministry of Household Affairs before.
If this question is released, the students taking the exam will be in an uproar. When they reach the court, Liu Jin will definitely be impeached by countless ministers.
Although Liu Jin has been impeached countless times, there is no need to cause trouble just for an imperial examination.
"I know, but let's go with it."
Liu Jin nodded solemnly, thought for a while and said.
Liu Jin had actually thought about the topic a long time ago, but now that he saw these students spending their lives here for the things in the Four Books and Five Classics, Liu Jin felt that he should no longer be the same as before.
Maybe asking such questions will bring you some trouble, but it's time to make some changes.
Although these candidates are still scholars now, as long as they pass this threshold, they will become officials of the Ming Dynasty in the future. In a few years, some of them will even become the mainstay of the Ming Dynasty and become a being who can influence the trend of the Ming Dynasty.
It is difficult to say that the traditional eight-part essay examination can truly select talented people who can govern the country. Good writing may not necessarily mean that they are capable of governing the country.
Therefore, the purpose of such a decent show is to see their current knowledge, their understanding of the Ming Dynasty, and their opinions on future development.
"Okay~"
Seeing Liu Jin's persistence, Han Wen thought that Liu Jin was a popular person around Emperor Hongzhi. He was in a high position, powerful and deeply rooted. Even if something happened, it would probably not have much impact on Liu Jin.
Since he insists on giving such a topic, he should just give it according to this topic.
Soon, some officers framed the examination questions written by Liu Jin, and then began to walk around the Gongyuan holding a sign, shouting as they walked: "Ask the examination questions, today's Ming Dynasty!"
"Today's Ming Dynasty?"
When they heard the question asked by Ce, many of them were worried and praying, and the examiners were immediately dumbfounded.
At first, everyone was praying silently in their hearts, praying that Liu Jin would not give the test too difficult or too biased, otherwise he would not even know how to solve the problem and would naturally fail the test.
Who would have thought that Liu Jin would be so unconventional and the topic he proposed was not based on the content of the Four Books and Five Classics, but was directly based on the current situation of the Ming Dynasty.
"Today's Ming Dynasty?"
Lu Nan looked at the test questions and was dumbfounded.
"How come it's not the contents of the Four Books and Five Classics, how can it be messed up like this~"
"It's exactly what many people expected. It's really unexpected."
Jing Yang also shook his head and said.
If it is the content of the Four Books and Five Classics, he is very confident, but it is really difficult to answer such test questions.
In today's Ming Dynasty, there is really too much content to write about, and the key is Liu Jin, the examiner. Why did he ask such an exam question, and what did he want to see?
An accident is an accident, but we still have to write according to the test questions given by Liu Jin.
