"Oh?" Wu Shigong was also very happy. These talents he trained were all direct descendants of the Runing Army, so he immediately warned, "Improve the status of all these schoolchildren's families. If they can be admitted as scholars, there will be rewards."
.Don’t give up on those who have temporarily failed the exam. Arrange mentors for intensive tutoring. Even if they have no future in the imperial examination, our Runing Army will also train them as follow-up officials. However, they cannot just read the scriptures and meanings.
You need to learn some useful practices!”
"But Chang Jing is intolerant of the shortcomings of the imperial examination? Do you want to improve one or two? In fact, many seniors have already discovered that many of the talents in the imperial examination are not practical and want to change their subjects, but the eight-legged selection has been deeply rooted in the people, so this is difficult!" Deng Qifan laughed!
He said.
In fact, the development of the imperial examination to the eight-legged essay selection in the Ming Dynasty, although it has rigidified the thinking of literati all over the world, it also has its helplessness.
You must know that the acceptance rate for the imperial examination selection in the Ming Dynasty was quite low. The examination was held every three years, and only more than 300 people could be on the list to become Jinshi or fellow Jinshi. Compared with the hundreds of thousands of scholars in the world, the admission rate
It can only be described as terrifying. So it is understandable that Fan Jin went crazy after passing the exam.
However, in each level of examination, it is necessary to ensure that there is a unified admission standard, and the examination papers must be reviewed in such a short period of time, and cheating must be prevented as much as possible. So in the Ming Dynasty, the eight-part essay was the best examination.
way.
First of all, the eight-part essay is actually a type of standard test question, and it is easy to compare the pros and cons. Therefore, the subjective opinions of the examiners can hardly affect the candidates' scores. And the best among these thousands of troops are actually all
They are the elites of the country. So in other words, if these Jinshi were reincarnated in modern times, they would basically be the top scorers in the college entrance examination. No matter what era it is, a top student will always be a top scholar!
Secondly, because the eight-part essay is a standard test question, the marking speed is very fast. Otherwise, like the imperial examination reform in some time-travel novels, using mathematics, physics and chemistry examination papers, the examiner who marks the examination paper will kneel down to you!
It may take several months not to get a result. We can also compare how long it takes from the college entrance examination to the results in the modern information society and with the help of so many high-tech means.
Finally, due to the particularity of eight-part essay writing, it is very difficult to cheat. Let’s not talk about cheating techniques such as entrainment and plagiarism, which are impossible to eradicate in any era. What we are talking about is the kind of high-level cheating
.
We can assume that if there are a large number of yes/no questions, multiple choice questions and standard answer questions in the test questions, then the examinee who bribes the examiner will have a high accuracy in his test questions. Even if he makes a mistake, the examiner will correct it.
How convenient.
We can also imagine that if there are two candidates, one candidate's eight-part essay level is obviously a level higher than the other. Even if the poor student bribes the examiner and gets the test questions. If the poor student does not look for the gunman, and the good student will also
If you don't make common sense mistakes, the eight-part essay written by the excellent students will still be much better than that of the poor students.
This is the reason why the Eight-part Part Essay has such tenacious vitality. It’s not that no great scholars have discovered this problem. They all believe that the Eight-part Part Essay is a stepping stone to becoming an official and has little effect in actual governance. But discovering the problem is one thing.
Solving the problem is another matter. Until a better examination method is found, we can only maintain the method of selecting scholars in eight-part essays.
Deng Qifan obviously thought that Wu Shigong had mentioned this issue. As a scholar, of course he liked academic discussions, so he began to discuss the imperial examination with Wu Shigong.
But how does a person like Wu Shigong know such profound academic issues? Give him eighteen more brains, and he can't think of any way to change the imperial examination. But seeing Deng Qifan's high interest, he could only say casually: "I just
I think it is a waste to have so many scholars idle in the countryside. If after they become scholars, we let them learn some practical skills and stop being industrious and indifferent to grains, then after they fail to win the imperial examination, they can still serve as our
They will be trained by grassroots officials of the Runing Army."
"What kind of practical work?" Deng Qifan was a little confused. Because now many officials are assisted in government affairs by their masters, and this combination also has its merits. After all, all-round talents like Zhuge Liang are very rare.
"That's it! After they win the title of scholar, they will start to learn some subjects such as arithmetic, agriculture, engineering, etc., and these subjects will be included in the examination questions in the next imperial examination. The same will be true after passing the examination, but it will only make the difficulty more difficult. This way
If so, we can also cultivate specialized talents for our Runing Army." Wu Shigong could not come up with any new ideas. He could only change the concepts of modern middle schools and universities and insert them into the imperial examination.
But Deng Qifan was shocked when he heard this. He didn't expect Wu Shigong's ambition to be so big. After a while, Deng Qifan asked Wu Shigong cautiously: "Does Chang Jing want to open the imperial examination privately?"
Wu Shigong didn't understand what Deng Qifan meant at all. Because the imperial examination was a matter of selection by the imperial court, in other words, the imperial court could not do this. Otherwise, it would be easy to think of rebellion.
But Wu Shigong only thought that Deng Qifan was asking him how to select officials for the Runing Army. So he nodded and said: "Let's try it in our Runing Mansion first! Only after you have done anything can you understand the pros and cons!"
After hearing Wu Shigong's words, Deng Qifan gritted his teeth. Anyway, he had already come this far with Wu Shigong. Besides, Deng Qifan's family members are all in Runing Mansion now, so he should just follow Wu Shigong all the way to the dark side. If Wu Shigong succeeds, then Deng Qifan
But..., suddenly, the words "founding hero", "prime minister" and other words were floating in front of Deng Qifan's eyes.
But today it seems that Wu Shigong wants to test Deng Qifan's heart strength. Wu Shigong said with a smile: "Actually, I think Confucianism should also keep pace with the times, and some aspects should be improved. If we can't follow what the sage said, let's do whatever we say. We must understand the sage's teachings thoroughly.
The essence is to create a new Confucianism suitable for our Runing Army."
In fact, a pragmatic person like Wu Shigong doesn't care about Confucianism or not. The reason why there is such a saying is because the influence of Confucianism in this era is too great, so Wu Shigong wanted to use Confucianism selectively.
But Deng Qifan doesn't think so. Deng Qifan is not a pedantic saint. He is also familiar with the history of the development of Confucianism and the various changes in the development process of Confucianism. However, the current Confucianism has long been modified beyond recognition by the great Confucian scholars of the past dynasties.
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Wu Shigong's idea of New Confucianism was precisely to carry out a Confucian revolution. So Deng Qifan asked carefully: "Is Chang Jing going to do what Dong Zhongshu did?"
The great Confucian Dong Zhongshu was an important figure in the history of the development of Confucianism. He was an important figure who established the idea of "deposing hundreds of schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone." He also made major improvements to Confucianism.
You must know that Confucius lived in the Spring and Autumn Period. At that time, there were many princes, and he advocated the idea of "respecting the king and rejecting the barbarians." In other words, on the basis of maintaining the independence of the princes, respecting the status of the king of Zhou, and jointly conquering the previous
The barbarians headed by the King of Chu. Of course, later the Chu State also fell into the arms of the Central Plains and became one of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period. You can read the history books for the specific history, and I won’t go into details here. But on the key point, Confucius agreed with the feudal lords.
Standing.
However, Dong Zhongshu lived during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty wanted to take over the power of the vassal states and achieve unification of the world. At this time, if Dong Zhongshu still held on to the old ideas of Confucius, let alone "respecting Confucianism alone", would he be dismissed?
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty once again burned books and harassed Confucians without even knowing it.
Therefore, Dong Zhongshu kept pace with the times. His studies centered on Confucian patriarchal thought, mixed with the theory of yin and yang and the five elements, and connected divine power, monarchy, father's power, and husband's power together to form an imperial theological system. Therefore, he proposed the induction of heaven and man,
Important Confucian theories such as the Three Cardinal Guidelines and the Five Constant Virtues.
In return, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty of course respected this kind of New Confucianism that could maintain his monarchy and achieve centralization!
And now Wu Shigong wants to establish a new Confucian theory. As the actual operator of this new theory, if the Runing Army has such a day, if the new theory becomes the mainstream of the Runing Army, then Deng Qifan's status will not only be contemporary
!That has the same status as Dong Zhongshu!
Deng Qifan, who was immersed in beautiful fantasy, suddenly became distracted. It's not that I love fantasy, but the temptation is so great!
Wu Shigong and Xue Yongli were surprised that Deng Qifan suddenly appeared absent-minded. They ignored the absent-minded Deng Qifan and began to discuss the next military action of the Runing Army.
Xue Yongli asked: "Uncle! It's a waste to keep so many soldiers. What should we do next?"
Wu Shigong smiled and nodded to Xue Yongli: "Uncle Yongli also noticed this problem! This is what I think: in the Huguang area in the south, the Shaanxi bandits and the army are strangulating. We should not kill them rashly, otherwise we, Runing, will be killed.
The army also got involved."
"To the east is the Grand Canal, Fengyang and Shandong areas. It is impossible for us to go there. To the west is Nanyang Mansion, which is the main route for Shaanxi bandits to move from north to south. If we go too deep and block the Shaanxi bandits' road, the dog will jump over the wall in a hurry.
The Shaanxi bandits will definitely fight us head-on. The war will only last forever, and it is not in line with our principle of rest and recuperation."
"Then there is only the north. This time the Shaanxi bandits brought harm to Henan and emptied the hinterland of Henan. Now even though the government has been established, they can only issue commands in the city, and the world outside the city is completely blank."
"And we have to use the Reclamation Trading Company to occupy those empty spaces. Our force is stronger than those bandits, and we hide behind the Reclamation Trading Company, so we can't have any conflicts with the government."
"Let Chang Meng develop freely, he can occupy more land, he can set up more branches, he can even recruit bandits and squires who have formed a stronghold to protect themselves, whatever is beneficial, and our Runing Army will be their backing. In this case
, that is, it can develop freely without being exposed, and it does not cost money to raise troops. When the time comes, the force of the reclamation trading company can also be integrated into our Runing army." (To be continued...)