The three of them looked at each other and smiled, thinking that Huaiyuan Inn would be good at doing business.
Seeing that it was dark outside, Chen Jianan asked about the price of lanterns to please him. When he learned that the price of lanterns was not much higher than the outside world,
He bought three red lanterns, gave two to his classmates, and kept one for himself.
Then...,
The three of them left the Huaiyuan Inn holding lanterns.
"Are the candidates from Chang'an County here?"
As soon as he walked to the door of the government office, Xu Xing heard a loud-voiced government servant shouting something.
"have!"
Li Mingda shouted hurriedly, then casually put the lantern into Xu Xing's hand, and walked quickly to the row of Chang'an County candidates.
The Prefectural Examination is an examination conducted by candidates who have passed the County Examination from the counties under the jurisdiction of Jingzhao Prefecture.
Before entering the examination room, the officials will let the candidates enter in batches according to the county of household registration. Counties such as Chang'an County and Xianning County are the counties closest to the provincial capital under the jurisdiction of Jingzhao Prefecture.
Therefore, candidates from Chang'an County, Xianning County and other counties were the first batch of people to enter the examination room.
Li Mingda is from Chang'an County.
"From Jingyang County..."
"Hurry up!"
After a while, another yamen servant shouted.
Xu Xing entered the queue of candidates in Jingyang County.
It is slightly different from the county examination. When it comes to the government examination or the hospital examination, you will be given the title of sitting.
The top ten candidates in each county's county examination take the exam in the court hall where the prefect is seated, and the prefect and other senior officials personally invigilate the examination.
If you catch the examiner's eye during the exam, it is common for you to be selected in the government exam in public.
Xu Xing did not have such a good fortune. He was ranked fourteenth in the county examination and was not given the treatment of sitting in the hall. After going through the procedures of the Linbao interrogator, he was taken to a corner of the examination booth by the clerk and took a seat for the examination.
After a while, the government officials held up their lanterns and paraded back and forth.
【Four book titles:】
[King Hui of Liang said: ‘The Kingdom of Jin is not strong in the world, but how can we deal with neighboring countries?’]
Intercept questions.
Both sentences come from the "King Hui of Liang" chapter in "Mencius".
Seeing this test question, Xu Xing immediately secretly rejoiced. He was glad that he informed Xiaoyi Hall early and asked them to run errands to help him obtain Yin Fuzun's information.
The prefectural examination is the same as the county examination, focusing on the first session, which is the main examination.
In the main examination, the first question is the most important.
There is nothing difficult about this intercept question. It is not difficult to write a broken question. But the difficulty is that the broken question just fits the examiner's political tendency and makes it a top-notch paper.
The first sentence of King Hui of Liang said, the full text is: "King Hui of Liang said: 'The Kingdom of Jin is not strong in the world, and the old man knows it. As for a small man, he was defeated by Qi in the east, his eldest son died, and Qin died in the west.
More than seven hundred miles away, the south is humiliated by Chu. I wish I could be likened to the dead, but what can I do for you?'"
The source of the second sentence is that King Xuan of Qi asked Mencius, "Is there a way to deal with neighboring countries?"
"Time point..."
"At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Kang and Liang submitted letters to initiate reforms..."
"The imperial court affects the local area."
"Master Yin..."
Xu Xing did not rush to write, but first thought about the intention of the government to write this question.
In the imperial examination, only those with strong literary talent can win the gold medal. Since ancient times, poets and poets with good literary talent have failed countless times. The reason why they failed is not because they did not pass the examination, but because they did not understand the test results.
The deep meaning, so that it was secretly dropped from the list.
"In the fifteenth year of Guangxu's reign, Master Yin wrote a letter strongly criticizing the foreign affairs for disrupting the country and destroying the machinery of his rule."
"The eighteenth year of Guangxu..."
Xu Xing recalled the information about Yin Fuzun.
Every sentence seems to be against the Westernizationists.
"No, that's not right..."
He quickly overturned his idea.
The Westernizers are not the same as the reformers. The reason why Yin Fuzun criticized the Westernizers was probably not because of the Westernizers, but because most of the Westernizers were southern officials...
After the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, most of the southern provinces were autonomous and separatist.
The Qing government could only collect taxes.
The northern local officials' opposition to Westernization was a matter of political correctness, but not true opposition to Westernization.
According to the data, Yin Fuzun had a good relationship with Fang Yun, the governor of Qin Province. However, the reformers did not hold real power, but relied on the emperor's power to carry out reform movements, so...
It’s time to write about the Reform!
Xu Xing took a deep breath, pondered immediately, and wrote: "The sage passed on the learning of the previous kings, sent troops to Lu, and promoted the virtues of Zhou Gong. Although Qi is great, Jinggong cannot sleep peacefully."
He still continued his steady routine when solving problems.
Not radical.
The meaning of this sentence is: Confucius inherited the knowledge of his ancestors, saved the crisis-ridden Lu State from military disasters, and carried forward the virtues of Zhou Gong in Lu State. Even though Qi State was strong, Qi Jinggong was unwilling to eat and could not sleep at night.
However, after clarifying the meaning of this sentence, Xu Xing changed his style again and mentioned Xiaoya's sentence in "The Book of Songs": "Although Zhou was an old country, its destiny was restored."
This sentence means...the learning of the ancient kings carried forward by Confucius also has the meaning of restoration.
History is a little girl who can be dressed up by others.
So is Confucianism.
Whatever you want, just take it from the words of the sages.
In short, Xu Xing's core idea is to perform small-scale "surgery" on the basis of worshiping the ancients.
In this way, it seems that he, a young man, is not lifeless and has the will to reform, but during the reform, he is more cautious and does not act randomly.
Know how to advance and retreat wisely!
After finishing the four-book title.
The next few Five Classics questions and strategy questions are not so "dangerous".
Xu Xing had a good foundation and answered them one by one.
…
In the evening, I walked out of the gantry of the examination shed.
Xu Xing was waiting for Chen Jianan and Li Mingda at the door.
Not long after, Chen Jianan walked out of the examination room with a gloomy look on his face. As he walked, he said: "This Master Yin has no good intentions. What kind of questions did he ask randomly..."
"How did you solve the problem?"
Xu Xing asked casually.
The two are roommates, so there is no need to be too taboo about asking questions.
"I didn't dare to answer, for fear of something happening."
"Anyway, I have no hope of passing the college entrance examination this year."
Chen Jianan shook his head, his understanding of himself was very clear.
He couldn't control Yin Fuzun's intention for the four-book question asked by Yin Fuzun. He was afraid that writing randomly would lead to literary inquisition, so he didn't dare to answer.
Literary inquisitions occurred frequently in the Qing Dynasty, and the most famous one was the "Weimin Stop" eulogy.
Weimin, Cha Siting served as the chief examiner in Jiangxi in the fourth year of Yongzheng's reign. The test questions used the sentence "Weimin stopped" in the Book of Songs. Some people thought that he had ulterior motives and intended to cut off Yongzheng's head.
"Yongzheng" minus the head is the word "Weizhi".
"Where's Brother Mingda?"
"He hasn't left the examination room yet?"
Chen Jianan looked around and said curiously.
While he was talking, Li Mingda was hugged by the crowd and left the examination room. However, his face was a little abnormally rosy, and when he walked to the two classmates, he was a little out of breath.
"Why bother if you lose half your life."
Chen Jian'an shook his head, sighed, and helped Li Mingda with Xu Xing.
…
Three days later.
The results of the government examination are released.
Surprisingly, Xu Xing ranked first in this exam.
For the head of the mansion.
At the same time, Xu Xing's white destiny [Wenchang] was also promoted to a red destiny. And he condensed an unexpected destiny [Restoration].