After a strict anonymization and transcription process, the test papers were sent to the Neiden Hengjian Hall. This is the place where the examiners are divided into rooms to review the test papers.
All the marking officers and deputy examiners gathered together, waiting for the examiner to distribute the examination papers.
Wang Anshi stared at the examination paper in front of him for a long time. After a while, he raised his head, looked at everyone with an iron face, and said with a murderous look: "Undergraduate courses, all Taixue Sports will not be accepted!"
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then looked at each other in confusion. Although Ouyang Xiu had already said that this subject would rectify the Taixue style, but now that old Ouyang is no longer the examiner, they thought the matter was over.
Unexpectedly, Wang Anshi would continue to follow the path of a drunkard...
To be fair, except for Mei Yaochen and a few others, no one wanted to wade into this muddy water. Even when Ouyang Xiu was around, they had strong opinions and said that if you want to rectify the Taixue body, you can do it. Let's take it slow and don't do it here.
If you do it when your life is at risk, isn't this just stirring up a hornet's nest?
Now that the examiner has been replaced by Wang Anshi, who has little qualifications, the examiners will naturally not accept the situation.
"Jiefu, we all agree that the Taixue style is derogatory." Relying on his good relationship with Wang Anshi, Wang Faxiao advised: "But we can't be too absolute, right? There are so many writings on the Taixue style, and there are some outstanding ones among them.
Shouldn't we not recruit talented people, but some illiterate and rough people?"
"Naturally, those who are careless cannot take it." Wang Anshi looked at him and said, "But to kill the Taixue style, you have to use the heavy code. Anyone who uses the Taixue style will not be taken. This is the rule of this judgment."
"I've never heard of this Chanju." One examiner muttered in a low voice.
"Didn't you just hear that?" Wang Anshi looked at him coldly and said, "You can go out if you don't want to abide by my rules."
Someone immediately wanted to get up, but Wang Anshi then said: "But afterwards I will help you disobey the superior officer and refuse to obey orders. Don't say that I am merciless..."
Those who had half risen sat down again...
"Since the officials have appointed me to know the tribute, then you must listen to me on what standards to use to select officials." Wang Anshi looked around the crowd and said without any doubt: "Of course, all the responsibilities afterwards will be borne by me alone, no matter what
Slander or scolding has nothing to do with you!"
Seeing that the examiner had taken over all the responsibilities, everyone's faces immediately became much better. However, Han Wei and Wang Jia looked at Wang Anshi with worry. The former smiled bitterly and said: "Who do you think we are? It is a good thing to belittle the Taixue style.
How can you be allowed to take all the credit?"
Wang Fa smiled and said: "I have to have a share no matter what."
"And me." Mei Yaochen also smiled and said: "This is a good thing to leave a name for through the ages, so I can't be left out."
When Fan Zhen and Mei Zhi saw this, they also spoke out and shared their responsibilities.
"No need." Wang Anshi waved his hand and said, "I said I will take the responsibility alone, so I won't do your business!" He picked up a stack of papers and said, "Let's start dividing the papers."
Wang Anshi kept his word, and any examination papers that used Taixue style as compositions would be suppressed by him, to the point where the examiners would become soft-hearted.
An examiner personally took a copy of the paper and came to Wang Anshi's case and said: "Examiner, this paper is well-educated, honest and gentle. It is a rare masterpiece. Please appreciate it..."
Wang Anshi looked at him, took the paper and took a look at it. He saw that the first sentence was like this - the heaven and the earth are rolling, all things are flourishing, and the saints are growing!
The meaning is actually quite clear and the content of the article is also good. The only problem is that it does not speak human language... What, "the heaven and the earth are rolling, all things are flourishing, and the saints are born" actually means "the saints came out when the world was created." However, the candidates used incomprehensible vocabulary to express it.
"Is it necessary to play such word games in an article about reasoning?" Wang Anshi asked rhetorically.
"Perhaps I thought that only by studying physical education can I go to high school, so I had no choice but to do it," the examiner argued.
"Then I had no choice but to eliminate the Taixue body." Wang Anshi said and picked up the ink pen.
"Wait a minute, this article was probably written by Liu Ji!" The examiner quickly stopped him and said, "I'm familiar with his writing style, it's just like this."
"Liu Ji?" Wang Anshi asked curiously: "Is he a relative of yours?"
"No, he has nothing to do with the official." The examiner was so embarrassed that he didn't know whether the examiner was really stupid or pretending to be stupid, so he hurriedly explained: "He is the number one talent in Bianjing, and is recognized by both the government and the public as the candidate for the number one scholar."
"If such a person becomes the number one scholar, he will reach the top of the Taixue Physique... He will not be able to pass this test!" Wang Anshi said, painting everything red from beginning to end like painting a wall, and then criticized it again
Shockingly, there was a large number of people, three words, an order: "Post it on the big wall outside the examination room to show to the public, as an example!"
Even Liu Ji fell down, and the examiners were completely numb, and no longer argued for the candidates who wrote the Taixue style. As a result, those talented examination papers, who used the Taixue style, were all dismissed.
One survived.
In the end, all the papers that were accepted did not use the Tianxue style. The reason was that Ouyang Xiu said, "Speak in human language."
At this time, it is time to rank these papers. This is the responsibility of Mei Yaochen and other examiners. Their task is to review the papers twice. One is to check for omissions and fill in the gaps to see if there are any omissions; the other is to
Recommend excellent test papers to the examiner and provide preliminary ranking opinions.
Mei Yaochen had already taken a fancy to a paper, showed it to Wang Anshi and said: "This paper is full of talented poems and brilliant policy essays. We should make way for this person."
Mei Yaochen is the literary leader second only to Ouyang Xiu, so it is remarkable that he can get such a review from the paper. Wang Anshi took it and took a look, and it was indeed the case... Talent is the most important factor in poetry. Wang Anshi usually treats people in a non-pretentious manner.
There was actually an element of arrogance in the words, but he saw that the talent on the test paper, although it still lacked a little polish and fire, seemed to give people a glimpse of his future skyrocketing.
"It is enough to use poems and poems as a tribute." Seeing Wang Anshi nodding, Mei Yaochen said. It is a common practice in the meeting to emphasize poems and poems and light on policy theory.
"It also depends on the policy and discussion." This time Wang Anshi went the other way and said: "Poems and poems can certainly show people's talents, but they are just game words. Only policy and discussion can reveal a person's ability and insight."
"Haha",..." Mei Yaochen thought to himself, will he die if he doesn't fight with others? But he smiled on his face and said: "This man's strategies are also very good." He turned to the last page and said
: "Especially this article, "On Punishment and Rewards for Loyalty," can be regarded as a famous article throughout the ages."
Wang Anshi then read this policy statement: "Yao, Shun, and Yu, when civil and military affairs were prosperous, how deeply they loved the people, how deeply they cared about the people, and how they treated the world as a gentleman and an elder! If there is a good deed, reward it, and then chant it."
The song is full of sighs, so I enjoy the beginning and encourage the end. If there is any bad deed, I will punish it..."
As he read, he couldn't help but nod and shake his head. He didn't agree with the author's point of view, but marveled at the author's fresh and natural words, which showed such majestic momentum that it was like the tide and the sea, which made people unable to extricate themselves.
After reading the entire article in one breath, Wang Anshi couldn't help but applaud and exclaimed: "I wonder how many hundreds of years later such a person could exist!"
Since the beginning of the exam, all the examiners have seen Wang Anshi with a straight face all day long. Have they ever heard him praise anyone? Now when they heard him suddenly praise people as being in the sky and on the earth, they all came over curiously to see what kind of person he was.
He deserves such praise from Wang Jiefu.
So this article, "The Sutra of Punishing and Rewarding Loyalty", was circulated among the examiners. Everyone who read it was deeply shocked and sweaty. I am ashamed to say that they didn't know until today that the article could be written like this!
"There's no need to pick any more, this is the person for this year's Gong Ya!" The examiners said in unison: "Master examiner, you have no objection now, right?"
"That's inappropriate." Wang Anshi still shook his head.
"The examiner was praising him just now. I wonder how many hundreds of years ago there was such a person!" The examiners were also numbed by his torment, and they were depressed.
"The article itself is thorough in reasoning, rigorous in structure, concise and easy to understand, and impeccable." Wang Anshi first set the tone of the article, then changed the topic and said: "But it has a little error, and I have a little doubt."
"I would like to hear the details." Everyone pricked up their ears.
"In order to demonstrate his point of view, the author uses an important allusion. He said, 'In the time of Yao, Gao Tao was a scholar. When he wanted to kill someone, Gao Tao said, kill him, three. Yao said, send him, three. So.
The world fears Gao Tao for his firmness in enforcing the law, but Le Yao's lenient punishment..." Wang Anshi's memory is no worse than Chen Ke's, and his erudition is beyond Chen Ke's reach. He pointed out the unforgivable error in the article: "Gao
Tao was originally a minister of Emperor Shun, but the author said that he was a minister of Emperor Yao, which is a common-sense mistake. This is one of them."
After a pause, he continued: "Secondly, I apologize for my lack of knowledge. Please tell me where this allusion comes from, and why do I have no impression of it at all?"
All the examiners looked at each other. It was him. They were all well-educated people. How come no one had heard of this allusion?
However, this article is so well written that no one dares to jump to conclusions. They all feel that the ancient books are as vast as smoke, and they are afraid that the knowledge in this article is too deep, and they may not know where they read it.
Even Wang Anshi was not sure, and there was no way to call the examinees to ask, so the question could only be put aside for now. But this person's tribute would be lost, and the examiners could not take this risk. But among the reasons given,
But there is only one "common sense error" and it does not mention the use of dictionaries.
Even Wang Anshi was frightened by him, which shows how shocking this article is."…
After deciding the places for the main examination, I went to see the other candidates.