Although the prestige of Ji Jiu, the acting chief of Banshan Hall, is seriously lacking and many people are unconvinced, but the division test is about to take place, and since Zhang Shou has personally named him, they can only ignore this issue for the time being. Even if some people think that Ji Jiu's father is
He doesn't love his mother, and unlike Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu, who relies on Zhang Chen and tries to blackmail him into helping him cheat, Ji Jiu has another trick up his sleeve.
As a result, the newly-elected acting headmaster managed to escape the difficult two days before the branch examination.
However, when the day of the branch examination was bright and sunny, Zhang Shou announced that during the Banshan Hall examination, countless knive-like eyes were stabbed at Ji Jiu. However, even in the Banshan Hall, everyone
Most people can't find the opportunity, because the place is so big, and each table is nearly a foot apart from the front, back, left, and right. How many people have such good eyesight that they can see other people's papers?
What's more, Xu Heijun from the Shengzhen Hall personally brought two clerks to inspect and invigilate the exam. Those who wanted to cheat could only cry out in vain.
When the papers were handed out, several fast-moving supervisors quickly glanced with their eyes, and regardless of the solemn atmosphere at this time, they let out a low wailing sound, and this strange sound spread in an instant.
It wasn't until the sound of awakening wood came from the lecture hall that the huge mid-mountain hall became silent again.
Whether the questions are difficult or not is hard to tell yet, but everyone has realized one thing, that is... there are many questions!
Before the exam started, Zhang Shou had already revealed the answer to the mystery - most of the questions were asked by Xu Heitun, and a small part were given by the emperor. Therefore, without the emperor coming in person, Xu Heitun naturally became the subject.
Those eyes are the targets of anger. However, the famous Xu Heizi of the Shengxing Hall did not seem to notice it, and continued to patrol the examination room like a hawk inspecting its territory.
However, in his heart, he was still quite grateful to Zhang Shou - although he was famous, he was not as good as the Guozi doctors.
It was his duty to supervise the students, but he was not qualified to give them questions. After secretly observing so many of Zhang Shou's classes, he now felt that he had not listened in vain.
Therefore, Zhang Shou asked him to increase the number of questions, and he unceremoniously gave out three whole examination papers. In the end, he even used five clerks to go to a small dark room to copy the examination papers. In order to keep it secret, he has not let go until now.
Come out. From Zhang Shou's history lecture at the beginning, to nature and mathematics later, everything is included. Although the difficulty is not high, it is not difficult to answer because of the large number of questions.
Xu Heijun was not a Jinshi, but he worked his way up through the examination room. He passed the county examination, government examination, and academy examination all the way to become a scholar, but failed repeatedly in the examination. It was at that time that he heard about Taizu.
In the early years of the year, the imperial examination was suspended, and all the counties and prefecture schools studied the Imperial College. The best students from the first-level and first-level schools were selected and promoted. Finally, those who came out of the Imperial College were awarded officials. I was very surprised by this system.
Therefore, after he was nearly forty years old and passed the imperial examination, he gave up the idea of taking the Jinshi examination, worked hard to qualify, and finally entered the Imperial College. However, the situation in the Imperial College made him disappointed. As time went by, he became dissatisfied with the students.
He became more and more severe, but he, a black-faced and selfless eunuch, could not restore the Imperial Academy which was gradually declining.
Until Zhang Shou became a doctor of Guozi.
This young Doctor of the Imperial College was like the catfish that Emperor Taizu once compared to his ministers in the court. He stirred up the entire Imperial College, which was originally a stagnant pool of water, and even disturbed the center of the court.
That pool of spring water.
It’s true that newborn calves are not afraid of tigers... What was he doing when he was this age? He was only reading the books of sages and honing the steady craftsmanship and official articles? In fact, he had thought about this kind of article at that time.
Will it be possible to govern the country once it's written? He doesn't think so, but who cares about him?
Therefore, Zhang Shou twitched the Guijie disciples in Banshan Hall who originally only knew how to eat, drink and have fun, and made everyone move around. From Banshan Hall to Jiuzhang Hall, the tradition of studying rote books was gradually changed. Xu Hei
Although I just stood and watched the excitement from a distance, I was very much in agreement.
If you don't go out and do something useful when you are young, why don't you wait until you have smoothed out the sharp edges before doing it? By that time, most people will have already become mediocre cowards!
As Xu Heijun thought, he stood behind the supervisors and browsed their papers. Zhang Shou informed him of the question types in advance, so he wrote a large number of fill-in-the-blank questions that imitated the classics, and then explained the nouns. And finally
The three questions and answers were written by the emperor. All three parts of the questions totaled 100 points, and each question had a different score. This was also the first time he had encountered it.
When he passed behind Ji Jiu, his eyes only glanced, and he took back the steps he took. He couldn't help but stand there and watch for a long time, and finally determined that in less than two quarters of an hour, he had stepped out.
Ji Jiu has almost finished the one hundred fill-in-the-blank questions. It's not surprising that he finished it, and his accuracy is very high, which is surprising!
Xu Heijun quickly realized that he had stood behind Ji Jiu for too long, and quickly moved behind another person. After standing for so long, what he saw was terrible fallacies and blankness. So, when he waited again
After looking at several people, when he finally came to Zhang Shou at the end of the lecture hall, he couldn't help but laugh.
"Both of them came from noble backgrounds, and their academic performance was mediocre in the past. But now, Dr. Zhang, you have been teaching me for so long, and you have actually differentiated the superior from the inferior, and the gap is so big. I really didn't expect it."
"Xu Jiancheng, you are just listening and can easily master the topics, but they are listening to lectures and homework every day, but still can't do it, then it is enough to prove that they have no intention of studying. They still don't know how to move forward when they are halfway up the mountain of books.
Of course, Banshan Hall needs those who are willing to climb the mountain, but those who are unwilling to climb the mountain at the foot of Shushan should find another place as soon as possible."
"Of course, there are some people who are not interested in classics, history, arithmetic, etc., but are talented and interested in other areas. There is nothing wrong with that. Anyway, at least among the officials' children, there are a few who like brewing, carpentry, and blacksmithing.
Yes, those who like to plant flowers... that is also a good thing. As for those who don’t want to learn anything, just be a simple rich salted fish."
When Zhang Shou said this, he bowed his hands apologetically to Xu Heijun and said, "I have troubled Xu Jiancheng to set up the questions, invigilate the exam, and patrol the area. After the exam is over, someone may be angry with you.
The Emperor also knows that you have been in the Imperial College for many years, and you have been selfless and hard-working. If you have any ambitions, you can..."
"No, I won't go anywhere except the Imperial College. To be precise, I don't want to go anywhere."
Xu Heitun chuckled, with extraordinary determination in his tone: "I also want to take a good look at how this lifeless Imperial College can be transformed back into the prosperous and vibrant Imperial College during the reign of Taizu. I'm waiting to see you, Dr. Zhang.
It has brought out a group of students who are different from the past, so I am willing to continue to be the supervisor of the Shengqi Hall."
Zhang Shou didn't expect that Xu Heizi, who was always said to be unkind, would have this side. Compared with Wang Jie, the former Yin of Shuntian Prefecture and the current Governor of Xuan Dynasty, whom he was also familiar with, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, his strong point was the iron face.
are all paranoid.
He nodded happily and said with a smile: "If that's the case, then of course it's best. Although it is inevitable that some deposed unworthy disciples will hold grudges, at the feet of the emperor, it is not a place where a few powerful disciples can act recklessly. I will take precautions."
of."
"Don't worry." Xu Heijun smiled nonchalantly and said lightly, "I spent too much time studying. Now both my parents are dead. My old wife and two sons are farming and studying in the countryside, not in the capital. If they can
Crossing the mountains and ridges to find trouble in my home is what they do!"
Zhang Shou didn't have a deep understanding of Xu Heigu's family background, but he always admired him for not being afraid of taking the blame, similar to Wang Datou. In addition, he also wanted to prevent others from slandering him behind his back about the unfairness of the exam, so he came up with the idea.
Invite the Chief Superintendent of Shengxin Hall, who often wanders outside Banshan Hall and Jiuzhang Hall, to come up with a question. Hearing these indifferent words, he couldn't help but be speechless.
"My wife and your son are separated from you, don't you miss them?"
"It's not easy to live in the capital. With my little salary, how can I possibly support them if I don't get greedy? What's more, Dr. Zhang, do you think that among the officials and officials who came to the capital with their fathers, some are successful, while others are just like mud?
On the wall? The capital city is like a black dye vat, and people with an unstable mind will be dyed black in the blink of an eye. Of course, the same goes for the prefectures, cities, and counties."
"In the countryside, if you have money, you can only buy some knickknacks from the sellers. If you don't have a car or horse, it will take you several days to get out of the mountains. Only that place is suitable for studying, especially for children from poor families. Since I am a farmer, I originally
You should work and study to make a living."
Zhang Shou cannot agree with Xu Heijun's overly clear theory of farming and reading. Even though Xu Heijun's so-called farming and reading is probably not the most primitive way of working in the fields and reading at the same time, it is like reading "Chu Shi Biao". Don't
Taking Zhuge Liang's "farming in Nanyang" seriously is just a self-effacing way of saying that scholars live in rural areas.
Even for the so-called humble scholars, in all likelihood, their families hired at least three taels of long-term workers to tend the fields. This is because scholars who want to master economics and history to the point where they can pass the examination will never have time to farm the fields themselves...
There are very few farmers who work on the fields themselves and can pass the Jinshi examination.
But Zhang Shou finally felt that it was a bit extreme for Xu Heijun to leave his sons in an isolated mountain village in order to allow his sons to concentrate on studying. He has always believed that knowledge and experience are directly proportional to vision, and reading
Dead books are not allowed.
So, he thought about it for a while, but after all, he didn't worry too much about making acquaintances, and sincerely persuaded: "Even if Xu Jiancheng can't take them to settle in the capital, it's hard to make like-minded friends in the mountains. Moreover, although in this world today,
It can’t be said that things are changing with each passing day, but there are a lot of new things, and you shouldn’t restrict them too strictly.”
"If you are a poor person in the countryside, you can make friends as much as possible. I would rather not have those so-called scholars who claim to be full of knowledge but are actually sinking into brothels and houses to teach them bad things."
Xu Heijun gave a rare smile: "As for the new things you mentioned, Dr. Zhang, such as those books by Taishi Ge and your books, they are indeed unprecedented. I am interested in them myself, and of course I hope
My sons can take a look. But scholars in the capital are expensive, and I, a poor official in the capital, really can't afford them, so I copy some by hand when I have time, and when I have a box together, I ask someone I know to take it back home."
Zhang Shou could only smile bitterly about Xu Heikun's theory of making friends and reading books.
As for giving you two books, a very useful trick for making friends in later generations, he gave up after thinking about it.
Although Xu Heijun mocked himself for being a poor Beijing official, and even said frankly that he had no money to buy books and could only copy them, the more such a person, the stronger his self-esteem, and the words "no reward for no merit" can be said to be engraved in his bones.
Therefore, he finally changed his statement.
"I still have two books in the process of being written, and they will be placed in Banshan Hall and Jiuzhang Hall as teaching materials in the future. There is no guarantee that the supervisors of Jiuzhang Hall will use them to teach others. I plan to let Lu Sanlang copy a few books.
I will send a copy of the manuscript to the teacher, Mr. Qi, and Mr. Chu for correction. When the time comes, why not also send a copy to Xu Jiancheng? I would like to hear the pertinent opinions of an outsider like you."
The students were struggling to take the exam, but Zhang Shou happily chatted with Xu Heijun about future teaching materials.
"You know, Teacher Ge has always been partial to me, a close disciple. As long as his ideas are novel, he will always agree with them. Although Mr. Qi and Mr. Chu are picky, their pickiness is too professional and ordinary people can't see it at all; as for Lu Sanlang
, he applauded loudly whatever I wrote. So, I was worried that no one would give me any advice on this textbook."
Xu Heijun was stunned for a moment, then said thoughtfully: "My wife loves me because she is private; my concubine loves me because she is afraid of me; my guests love me because they want something from me."
Zhang Shou couldn't help laughing when he heard the original text of "Zou Ji satirized King Qi for accepting remonstrance": "What Xu Jiancheng said is wrong. Teacher Ge is selfish and Lu Sanlang is afraid of me, but Mr. Qi and Mr. Chu can't say
You are asking for something from me."
"Mr. Qi, Mr. Chu and Taishi Ge have been traveling together for decades and share the same goals. Although they have seen many people with talents in magic, none of them can use this talent.
Regarding teaching and educating people, because they want to see where you can take Jiuzhangtang, so they really want something from you, and they will naturally spare no effort to encourage you."
Having said this, Xu Heijun nodded and said: "You let me, an outsider, read your manuscript first because you want to know what ordinary people think of it. Of course I am responsible for this, and I would like to thank you for saving me from copying the manuscript."
merit."
Since Xu Heijun is a sensible person, Zhang Shou didn't say anything more at the moment. Just when he glanced at the more than a hundred people in the examination room, and then planned to take a look around, he suddenly heard a loud voice
: "Zhang Wuji, you are so brave, how dare you cheat in this half-mountain hall!"
At this moment, Zhang Shou couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Lu Sanlang also disliked that his name was not nice. There were so many people in Banshan Hall with weird names! Zhang Wuji... his father's name was not Zhang Cuishan, but the son of Zhao Guogong Zhu.
The third son of Xiangyang Bo, the Zhang family who has a feud in Jing, is an eight-foot tall man, commonly known as Zhang Big Brother!
However, before he could say anything, Xu Heijun suddenly shouted: "Everyone sit tight, look around, or make noises, their scores for the class exam will be deducted by ten points immediately! Anyone who leaves their seats and tries to move around will be deducted ten points immediately."