As the year draws to a close, the atmosphere in the school is also different.
The tribute examination in the Song Dynasty was not certain. Sometimes it was three years, and sometimes it was two years. Scholars had no idea. Even if they studied well, suddenly an edict came down, and the candidates who wanted to take the tribute examination hurriedly went to various state capitals to take the exam.
Nowadays, in the beginning, the official system was to pay tribute every four years, but recently it is every two years.
Candidates who failed the palace exam in late spring rushed back to their hometowns to prepare for the second year's exam, and then went to Beijing to take the provincial exam in March. Candidates who live far away have been on the road for one of the two years, so recently there have been three years in the government and the public. A call to try.
In the past, after the autumn examination, they would go to Bianjing to prepare for the examination. However, in the past two years, candidates have been tired and busy on the road. For example, Lao Gongju in northern Fujian and southern Zhejiang plans to leave for Beijing after the New Year.
In the fourth year of Fei Zhihe's reign the following year, the imperial court announced in September that the Yuan Dynasty would be changed to Jiayou.
It is also the ninth reign title of the official family.
According to historians' methods, the first nine months of this year were the third year of Zhihe, the third month after the change to the Yuan Dynasty was the first year of Jiayou, and the second year of Jiayou was the second year of Jiayou.
Zhang Yue is no stranger to this year.
Because the tribute of this year is the Dragon and Tiger List. The term "Dragon and Tiger List" came into being in the Tang Dynasty. In the eighth year of Zhenyuan of the Tang Dynasty, there were talented scholars such as Han Yu, Ouyang Zhan, Cui Qun, Wang Ya, Feng Su, Yu Chengxuan, etc. , these talents are all called the best in the world, and are sometimes called the Dragon and Tiger List.
However, this year's Dragon and Tiger rankings are much inferior to those in Jiayou's second year of Jinshi.
The Jinshi in the second year of Jiayou's history is ranked first in the imperial examination! This does not refer to the Song Dynasty alone, but to the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties combined.
The so-called first place in the imperial examination means that none of the talents taken in the imperial examinations over the past thousand years are as good as this list!
Nowadays, in addition to Zhang Heng, several people in the Zhang clan school went north to take the exam with Lin Xi. Zhang Yue didn't know the specific ranking of this subject, and besides the Su Shi brothers, he didn't know who else had passed the exam. But it felt like Zhang Heng, Lin Xi These two unknown people... are probably going to be miserable when they leave.
Yes, Zhang Yue had read the genealogy before. Zhang Heng was a generation younger than him, so he was his nephew. But he was already thirty years old, and he had no intention of recounting the genealogy to him.
Listening in Zhoujin Hall these days, Zhang Yue can also experience the atmosphere before the big exam.
"The provincial exam is in March, and I have missed the chance. But the state exam is in May, and the provincial exam is in the year after next. But there are still so many books that I haven't read. It seems like my future is bleak."
"Don't waste your time. Time waits for you. When you achieve success and fame, all the hardships will come to an end."
"Yeah, seeing how Ziping and the others are going to Beijing to take the exam soon, how can we be so disappointed? I will definitely pass the next provincial exam, and the bus will go north."
Several people were chatting in front of Zhang Yue's case, while he was busy listening to the professor answer questions to Zhang Heng, Lin Xi and others. Zhang Yue only read the scriptures and could not understand most of their words, so he could only memorize them first. Come down and confirm it when you learn it in the future.
At this time, one person sighed: "I have no intention of learning. What they said are all tips for provincial examinations. Do you all understand?"
Several people also shook their heads. It seemed that there were many people in the clan who did not understand Zhang Yue.
"Yeah, why wait with them? It's the end of the year anyway, and we don't go to Beijing to take the exam. It's freezing, so why not wait until next spring to study again? Let's vote for the official map!"
"Another official selection chart." Everyone was ready to move.
"No, no. I don't have time to wait."
"Come here if you want to, but if you don't want to go, let's go and throw the dice first." After saying this, the man picked up the dice and waved it deliberately in front of them.
As he spoke, several people glanced at the professor who was concentrating on answering questions for Zhang Heng and Lin Xi in the hall, then secretly packed up his book bag and slipped away under his arm.
The two people who just couldn't say anything looked at each other.
One person said: "Anyway, there are still a few months to go to the state exam. If you don't need this skill, let's take it first and then talk about it."
Another person said: "Go ahead, I want to see again. The Supreme Clan has been studying for three years and has yet to achieve success and fame. Everyone in the family is pointing at me."
"If you don't go, I won't be interested in anyone. If that's the case, I'll invite you to tea."
"This is not good...this is going to happen soon...do I have to take the state exam next year?"
"If you lose money, it's all on me."
Hearing this, the person said: "Then it's too late for us. Have you brought enough money?"
The other party patted his bag and said with a smile: "Too much? Not too much? It's really too much!"
Both of them smiled.
After the two of them finished speaking, they turned around and asked, "Xuelu, Sanlang, shall we come together?"
Zhang Cai glanced at Zhang Yue with some emotion, and Zhang Yue shook his head and said: "I won't go, so you should be worried. It's not good for you to be here, sir."
Another person smiled and said: "We and other members of the clan are not afraid, so what are you afraid of as a spectator?"
The person who wanted to invite smiled and said: "Sanlang heard that your servant book got a lot of money? Now it is worth three yuan and a half a page."
Zhang Yue smiled and thought to himself, you will now know how powerful I am.
"Since you have saved a lot of money, why not try your luck? If you win too much, wouldn't it be better to go back and have a good year?"
"Yes, a good game is worth a month's worth of copying here. Are you afraid of losing?"
For such a crude provocation, Zhang Yue said calmly: "Thank you for your kindness."
"What a boring person, Zhang Cai, are you going?"
Zhang Caize said: "If Sanlang doesn't go, I won't go either."
"You two are in the same boat. When my husband asked me about it, he said we were going to pay homage."
"With so many people paying homage together, can the hut accommodate them?" Before Zhang Cai could finish speaking, these people left without even looking back.
Zhang Cai said slowly: "Shen Shi will not be punished severely if he is not here. But when it comes to studying, how can I rely on him to urge me to do it?"
Although Zhang Cai said so, he had planned to go just now. But if Zhang Yue didn't go, the desk where the two of them were sitting together was obviously empty. Besides, as a scholar, he sometimes has to set an example, so he said this
Beautiful words.
At this moment, Zhang Heng, Lin Xi and several other Gongju students had already finished asking questions, and now it was the turn of others to come forward and ask for advice.
The two of them walked down side by side, and the rest of the students followed behind them. Lin Xiyan said: "Brothers, I may have failed in the provincial examination. I can say that I have no success now. I think of decades of studying hard in the cold window. Now I am going to do it."
It’s buried in it. What do you think we should do?”
When everyone heard this, they all cursed in their hearts. This guy is being pretentious again. He is really a bitch.
Lin Xi said again: "That's all, that's all. I'll go to my hometown anyway. What's the point of humiliating myself when I get to Bianjing? I just hope that all of you will become famous! Fame is like fame. It's far away. You can't get it if you ask for it.
It’s better to go back!”
Everyone hurriedly said.
"Having your head cut off makes you humble again."
"Xie Yuanlang, if you say so, don't we no longer need to go to Bianjing?"
"Jie Yuanlang is here...he wants to win three yuan in a row, how can he be buried?"
The crowd had no choice but to hold Lin Xi up with one word from the left and one with the right. If he wanted to come down, he would humble himself and sit on the ground, so they had no choice but to lie down.
Lin Xi smiled slightly. Usually only Zhang Heng could refute him, but today he looked towards the professor without saying a word. Lin Xi turned around and saw a student asking the professor for advice.
This student was only twelve or thirteen years old, and he heard that he was also here to listen. Lin Xi didn't pay much attention, but Zhang Heng turned his head and said: "Zhong, the chessboard target that was painted yesterday was made by this person.
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"Oh?" Lin Xi looked at Zhang Yuelai seriously.
At this time, Zhang Yue was preparing to ask the professor for advice on his doubts about yesterday's reading. Zhang Yue was always the last one to come forward to ask questions, just because he was afraid of delaying others' efforts.
Generally speaking, students will not have the patience to listen anymore after the professor has finished answering questions they do not understand. If you rush ahead, you are suspected of wasting others' time.
Even though no one would say it openly, Zhang Yue still knew the rules. Zhang Yue always waited until others had finished asking before stepping forward.
Now Zhang Yue stood aside silently, waiting for the last person to leave before he came forward and said: "Mr. Qi, this is the difficult point that I learned yesterday. I have written it down on paper and I ask you to read it."
Zhang Yue wrote many of his questions on paper, which saved the professor a lot of time compared to asking others.
The professor raised his head and glanced at Zhang Yue, then looked at half of the people in the classroom who had left. He knew exactly where these people had gone, but he would not ask more questions on weekdays.
After all, studying is still his own business, and he will not chase after them to learn. But for a scholar like Zhang Yue who is willing to cherish opportunities, he is very willing to teach more.
The professor glanced at Zhang Yue's topic, suddenly frowned, and then slapped the paper heavily on the case with his palm.
boom!
Zhang Yue was shocked when he heard this and bowed with his fists clasped.
The other students in the school all looked over, and a few were vaguely gloating about his misfortune.
The professor shouted: "Shuzi, when exegeting scriptures, you should go back to the roots. How can you be so suspicious of this and that and care about the last thing? Your knowledge is in a crooked way, do you know?"
Zhang Yue said: "What you taught me is that if you don't learn carefully, you will go astray."
The professor said: "Your top priority in learning is not to seek more and gain more knowledge, but to return to the meaning of the classics and put more emphasis on exegesis. Adding new meanings for no reason is a waste of time in learning chapters and sentences, and your conjectures are even worse than studying chapters and sentences."
Having said this, the professor crumpled up the paper Zhang Yue asked questions on and threw it on the ground.
"Please calm down, sir." Zhang Yue picked up the paper from the ground and walked back to the desk silently. Seeing this, Zhang Cai whispered: "Don't take it to your heart. Sir, he scolded you just to see that you are a talent.
He doesn't scold others."
Zhang Yue flattened the paper again and said, "I can spare it. Lend me the pen and ink."
Zhang Cai nodded.
Zhang Heng and Lin Xi saw this scene from the side, looked at each other and stepped forward with a smile. Zhang Heng said to the professor: "I don't know what San Lang asked, Mr. Lei is angry."
The professor said: "It's not just the phrase 'filial piety is only filial piety, be a friend to your brothers, and be helpful to those in power'."
Zhang Heng and Lin Xi couldn't help laughing secretly after hearing this. No wonder Zhang Yue was scolded.
The original source is: 'Perhaps Confucius said: 'Zi Xi does not do politics?' Confucius said: 'The Book of Records says: "Filial piety is only filial piety, friends to brothers, and charity to those who have politics."'
Anyone who has read the Analects of Confucius knows that this sentence comes from the chapter "Wei Zheng". Confucius quoted the book when answering questions from his disciples.
But which article and sentence in the book are quoted? Most people don’t care.
But after Zhang Yue read the Book of Books, he found it in the chapter "Jun Chen".
The original text is 'Jun Chen Ruo said: "Jun Chen, I will order you to be virtuous and respectful. I will only be filial to my friends and my brothers, and be responsible for administration. I will order you to be in the eastern suburbs. Thank you!"'
This sentence is similar to the source.
Then here comes the problem.
Zhang Yue asked the professor for advice. These two sentences are inconsistent. Who made the mistake in the Analects of Confucius?
So the professor got furious and said, "If you don't study hard, and don't expound on exegesis, but you are wondering which version is the correct one, the Analects of Confucius or the Shangshu Two Classics, it's okay if I don't scold you."
If the Analects of Confucius is right, then the Book of Confucius is wrong; if the Book of Confucius is wrong, then the Analects of Confucius is right. What is the Book of Confucius? It means that not a single word can be changed, and every sentence is a golden rule. If the emperor's edict is wrong, the Book of Confucius will not be wrong. Zhang Yue's move is not
Respecting the scriptures but doubting them is an act of great rebellion in the eyes of scholars.
After learning the truth, people laughed and left. Zhang Heng also smiled and said to Lin Xi, "What do you think, brother Zizhong?"
Lin Xiliu thought about it: "The article "Jun Chen" comes from the ancient text Shangshu, which is the origin of the 11th sage Sun Kong An. Later, it was lost due to the chaos in Yongjia. The book written by Mei Zhi from Yuzhang Nei Shi became what we read today.
It has not been suspected since the Tang Dynasty."
"Yes, how did you evaluate this boy before?"
Zhang Heng thought for a while and said, "You don't have skills to learn."
Lin Xi laughed and said, "Of course."
"Oh? What do you mean by this?"
Lin Xidao: "If you don't learn skills, what if you learn them?"
Hearing what Lin Xi said, all the officials were in an uproar.
