Although in most cases these days, no one wants to be the Chief of the Imperial Palace. After all, everyone feels that the official career is not the right one. However, unlike other academic officials in the Imperial Academy, he has never been a Jinshi and has always been a miscellaneous official.
Assistant officer! And from the time he took the title to the time when he took up the post of Jiangdu King Changshi, Xu Heijun was promoted from the seventh rank to the sixth rank. This official promotion was faster than Zhang Shou!
As the saying goes, if wealth does not return to its hometown, it is like walking in brocade at night.
According to this sentence, when Xu Heijun came back to the Imperial College this time, he should be eager to show off his power. Once he had the power, he would carry out his orders and show off his authority in front of the academic officials who looked down on him in the past. However,
Xu Jiancheng in the past and Xu Changshi now have no intention of wasting energy on these idlers.
After accompanying King Jiangdu to inspect various examination rooms - or, in other words, following his previous procedures during the monthly examination season and annual examination, and checking the status of the proctors in the six classes before the examination, he could not say a word of nonsense.
Without telling his former colleagues who could only look up to him in the past, he directly announced the examination questions for His Highness the Crown Prince.
As a result, as soon as the first question was announced, if the exam had not required silence, there would have been a wailing sound in the six classrooms.
That is the original question that everyone failed to win in the sixth volume of "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic". Even the number of the question has not been changed: Now there are good people who do good things, take one hundred steps, and those who do not good people take sixty steps. Now those who do bad things take one hundred steps first.
, if a good person pursues it, how many steps can he take to reach it? Moreover, if a detailed solution is required, those who only give one answer can only give a consolation point.
Seeing that many academic officials looked angry after facing this question, he said calmly: "If students outside the capital say that "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" is difficult to find, that would be understandable, but
Jiuzhangtang has been in the Imperial Academy for more than a year, and His Royal Highness the Prince has been in Jiuzhangtang for more than a day. It would be unreasonable if he has no clue about the easiest question, which is the easiest question to fail in."
Seeing that several doctors wanted to refute angrily, King Jiangdu said with a smile: "Okay, okay, His Royal Highness just hopes that the attendants in the East Palace can know a little arithmetic. Everyone knows that he is extremely talented, even Bachelor Zhang
I’m full of praise. Isn’t there a second and third question?”
Xu Heijun had already submitted his request and had not considered going to a public school, but the emperor forced him to serve as an assistant to King Jiangdu. He was reluctant at first until he learned that he was asked to do such a thing.
He just agreed solemnly.
At this time, when he heard that King Jiangdu was trying to smooth things over, he continued to announce the second question.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked: Farming is the foundation of the country. However, now that most of the wasteland in the world has been cultivated and rich as in the southeast, there is less land and more people. In the past, many farmers abandoned farming for work, or abandoned farming for work. Today, the number of people in the world is several times that of
After the founding of the country, in the long run, how can a limited country support an unlimited number of citizens?"
Seeing a group of academic officials facing such a detailed and nondescript policy question, their expressions were already stiff. Xu Heijun allowed his subordinates to take the paper with the title on it and pass it around, so he didn't panic.
He asked the third question without haste.
"The third question, His Highness the Crown Prince ordered me to compose an essay with the title 'Three years without changing my father's ways'."
The third question was about making art. Among all the academic officials, there were countless people who couldn't keep their faces straight. Moreover, compared with the weird and eccentric questions in today's imperial examinations, the third prince, the prince, chose
The title is from the original text of "The Analects of Confucius". It is not out of place and deliberately embarrass the students. It can be said to be grand and grand, and it also demonstrates filial piety.
Who can say that the questions on people are not good? At most, they can only say sourly, Your Highness, the order of the questions is wrong. If you change the order, it will be almost the same!
But King Jiangdu didn't care about this.
His future son-in-law was not a fan of imperial examinations, but at least he had the honor of being a civil servant. Although he was dissatisfied at first, he finally figured it out as time went by. Now, when looking at some scholars who study hard, they can't help but feel that
It was not pleasing to the eye. At this time, when he saw that Xu Heigu had finished announcing all three questions, and six more clerks went to the sixth hall to announce the third question, he coughed majestically.
"Your Highness, these three questions involve both classics and history, calculations, and farming. It can be said that they are comprehensive. They are used to select the attendants of the East Palace. To be honest, it is a pity. I only hope that Liutang will not let the emperor down.
After working hard with His Highness the Crown Prince, we were able to select a few decent people to serve in the East Palace. You know, the lecturers in the East Palace are full of praise for His Highness the Crown Prince."
The lecturers who rotated every five days all received a lot of advice from the emperor before class - not to intimidate the teachers, but to remind them very seriously that when explaining, they should not follow the text, but should explain the profound things in a simple and concise way, and be concise and easy to understand.
Don't transfer the lectures for adults to Ciqing Palace. If you apply them mechanically, he will have to change the lectures and read them!
Afraid of being picked on by the prince, the few people selected by the emperor tried their best. In the end, they were all impressed by the third prince's good study attitude. They went around publicizing it after leaving the palace. What are you promoting? His Royal Highness the prince studied hard and studied hard.
I've had difficulty with my left hand for a few days, but I haven't delayed my studies!
As for the fact that the third prince had been beaten, except for the sharp-eyed Chu Kuan, the fourth prince who lived together every day and couldn't hide it at all, the several elder palace servants in Zhaoren Palace who served the two brothers, and the emperor himself who saw through it without telling the truth.
, no outsider knew... The readers in the East Palace only learned the next day that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince accidentally dropped his left hand, but they were unwilling to delay the class at all!
For such a diligent prince, it is not too much to have strict requirements for the attendants in the East Palace, right?
Zhou Jijiu and Luo Siye looked at each other without saying a word. Both of them realized that if some students with excellent literary skills were absolutely sure of the four book questions given by His Royal Highness, then the question of "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic"
It is a huge difficulty like a natural chasm. In addition, that policy question is definitely not written by someone who studies to death and writes colorful articles!
Of course, King Jiangdu was not willing to stay outside like this on such a cold and windy day. Now that the test questions had been announced, he said to Xu Heigu in a loud voice: "Find a sheltered place to wait? As for your past,
How about the Rope Hall?"
"The Penitentiary Hall is a place where criminals are punished. It can be said to be the punishment hall of the Imperial College. It is not suitable as a resting place." Even when facing his current boss, Xu Heiguo still had a stern look on his face, not showing any emotion at all.
I care about how weird my colleagues look at me.
And when he rejected King Jiangdu, Zhou Jijiu's eyes flashed, and he finally said cautiously: "Before, Banshan Hall also said that it would select people to serve as attendants of the East Palace. I don't know the method and topic of the selection..."
Before he could finish his words, King Jiangdu laughed and said: "Of course it's the same question. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that if there are different questions on both sides, some people will inevitably say it's unfair, so let's just use the same question. Three
Among the questions, if you can't solve the "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" question and have no ideas at all, it doesn't matter."
"As long as Ce Wen and Shi Wen do well, the results will always be passable. It doesn't just apply to classics. If two of the three questions are passable, it can be considered a talent. Moreover, Ce Wen does not insist on writing skills, as long as the words are spoken
If there are things, other conditions can be relaxed.”
Faced with this seemingly extremely broad condition, Xu Heijun saw that none of the academic officials, including Zhou Jijiu and Luo Siye, showed expressions of relief. Instead, their expressions became even stiffer. He didn't know what these people wanted.
What is.
Of course, there are not many supervisors in the Imperial College who are top-notch in all aspects, but there are at most one or two. But if you want to pick out those who are extremely good at writing about crafts, you can always find a dozen or twenty. But these people are really good at it.
Those who have read the nine chapters on arithmetic are probably very rare. Maybe those who know how to arithmetic still cannot write Shiwen.
And there are also not many people who can give good answers to the prince's policy question about farming.
Of course, Banshan Hall is not much better. Writing contemporary articles is an almost impossible task for the disciples of Guijie, who are mostly poor students. And those who can do arithmetic in nine chapters are equally worried, although that
The question doesn't sound too difficult.
As for anyone who could answer the question about farming policy, to be honest, he had no hope. If Guijie's children have any future, it depends on who teaches them.
Zhang Shou has stopped teaching at Banshan Hall for a long time. How outstanding can those Guijie disciples be? Besides, people like Zhang Chen who have gradually gained some practical skills have already gone out to get their own jobs and are no longer in Jiuzhang Hall!
From the moment he saw the three questions from His Highness the Crown Prince, he felt that the places for the East Palace attendants that the emperor had previously allocated to the Sixth Hall and Banshan Hall of the Imperial College might not be used at all! The intention of Ningquewushuai was already obvious.
Just when Xu Heijun made a conclusion in his mind and felt that he might not be able to choose even ten people today, King Jiangdu looked at him with a gloomy and low-pressure look, but he spoke calmly: "However, Prince
His Highness said, if you really can't solve two questions, if one of them is outstanding, then it is not impossible to consider."
"For example, Shi Wen can be compared to Jinshi; Ce Wen can be clearly knowledgeable about farming; what formula can be used in that calculation question... Ahem, in short, if not an all-rounder, then at least he must be
A talent that is proficient in one thing.”
It was only then that the dry faces of Zhou Jijiu and Luo Siye gained some luster. Shi Wen's request to be a Jinshi sounded very high, but the problem was... that
You also need to have the ability to grade papers!
What are the levels of the examiners who take the exam every year? Even if they are just room officials, they are all Jinshi, and the chief examiner and deputy examiner are all high-ranking bachelors of the Hanlin Academy. Who does the prince rely on to read these thousands of papers? Zhang
Is this young bachelor Shou?
The two of them were not able to ask this question. However, a certain Doctor of the Five Classics among the academic officials could not bear his temper and asked directly: "There are thousands of supervisors in the Imperial College and they have to answer three questions one by one. The test paper
I'm afraid it's too big. If you add them all together, they can probably fill a room. Who will review them then?"
King Jiangdu chuckled, and then the old god stared at Xu Heizi. Seeing his situation, many academic officials immediately stared at Xu Heizi, who still had a cold face, but with a faint expression.
Di said: "The papers on Shi Wen were reviewed by the lecturers and readers from the Eastern Palace who were Jinshis. The papers on agricultural affairs were reviewed by Chief Yue Shan of Zhaoming Academy, and Prince Zhan Shi Liu gave an overview."
"As for the Sutra calculation paper, Zhang Xueshi and Donggong Lu Shi will read and comment on it."
Having said this, the corners of Xu Heijun's lips turned up slightly, and he smiled at the academic officials who were once again in a state of stagnation: "Of course, all papers will undergo preliminary screening. The calculation paper is easy, and the students of Jiuzhangtang can do it at a glance.
Screening is over. As for the Shiwen papers, if there are more reading officers who will grade the papers, there will be no need for preliminary screening. As for farming, Chief Yue Shan has brought several students to Beijing, and they will also be used."
"And after this selection, the next time and even all the supervisors participating in the selection after that, bring their own paper and pen, so that those who are ignorant and unskilled will not take chances and waste the emperor's painstaking efforts in selecting talents!" It saves more money!
Waste of pen and paper!
This kind of grading seems to be an extra burden for those lecturers and readers in the East Palace. But both Zhou Jijiu and Luo Siye know that many of the lecturers selected by the emperor this time are Jinshi and have Hanlin Academy backgrounds.
It only accounts for half, and even these Hanlin will definitely be happy to help His Royal Highness select the attendants of the East Palace.
As for the other people, Zhang Shou is more proficient in arithmetic, and no one can find fault with the arithmetic questions. And Liu Zhiyuan, an old man who worked in the fields himself when he was young because his family was poor, and is very familiar with farming, plus the person in charge of
Zhaoming Academy, Chief Yue Shan, who is good at farmland water conservancy, can't he still deal with these agricultural papers?
So, seeing that everyone was speechless, King Jiangdu was too lazy to stay here, and simply said with a smile: "Okay, Xu Changshi, I'll leave the invigilation of the Imperial Academy to you. I'd better go to the office as soon as possible."
Study, let’s see how those boys in Banshan Hall did on their test papers. The Imperial College has such a sad face, I think those boys are in trouble this time... tsk tsk!”
As he spoke, King Jiangdu walked out with his hands behind his back, but stopped again when he was halfway there, and said without looking back: "I heard that a few days ago, there seemed to be people from the Imperial College saying that I
I'm afraid this examiner is acting for personal gain, why would he send his future son-in-law to the Imperial Academy to grab a spot as an attendant in the East Palace?"
He paused for a moment, then laughed, but the laughter was really not warm at all: "I have to take care of my three-acre land, but my future son-in-law Chenglong is a good man, so he won't
Lowering his status and asking to come to the Imperial College to hang out with him. If he really wants to serve in the East Palace, I would beg the emperor with salivation, which is better than the bad idea of entering the Imperial College!"
"Since you are such a talkative woman, you might as well straighten out your academic style. Don't go back and have your heads shaved off in the Sixth Hall of the Imperial College while you are talking about reading and marking papers!"
Faced with such harsh words, Zhou Jijiu was so angry that he almost vomited blood. But King Jiangdu was a great Zongzheng, and there was not even one member of the clan whom the emperor trusted very much. He could only watch the person walk away. Waiting until Xu Heizi
He left the next sentence and disappeared without a trace. He couldn't help but glare fiercely at the academy officers in front of him with twinkling eyes.
"If you have nothing to do to provoke King Jiangdu, don't you think you haven't made enough enemies? Do you think the clan is low-key, soft and easy to bully? Idiot!"