After the concubine took the script of the son-in-law

Shen Ji patted his head, and asked back: "Just end the game, what experience can I have?"

Li Mu: "..."

He resisted the urge to curse, and said: "Since the government pacified Jiangnan, there are still remnants of forces in some counties and counties that are still stubbornly resisting. In order to win the hearts of Jiangnan, the government allows Jiangnan students to participate in this test. Jiangnan has always attached great importance to it." Wenjiao, are you sure you can beat them in the provincial test?"

It has been a year since the Jinling City was broken and the Jiangnan ruler, oh no, the current disobedience surrendered, but although the disobedience surrendered, there are still some remaining forces occupying the city, trying to establish a new regime on their own .

For this reason, Boss Zhao also adopted the method of "both soft and hard". On the one hand, Cao Bing, Pan Mei and others continued to encircle and suppress those remnant forces in various places, and on the other hand, he allowed students from the Jiangnan area to participate in the Song test.Therefore, the number of people participating in the provincial examination in the coming year will be much higher than in previous years.

Shen Ji had already made good mental preparations before taking the scientific examination. It should be said that this was also the reason that prompted her to end so soon.For this test, there are not many quotas allocated to the Jiangnan area, and the total number of places in the entire Jiangnan area is less than the quota for a single area in Kaifeng Prefecture.

However, as the situation in the Jiangnan area becomes more and more stable, and the territory of the Song Dynasty becomes wider and wider, there will be more and more places in other areas, and the competition will become greater.

Shen Ji said: "It's impossible to compete for the top spot, but I will still work hard to get into the top [-]."

Li Mu rarely disliked her: "Why are you so unambitious, why can't you fight for the first place?"

Shen Ji, however, was very sober: "It was yesterday that the rankings were released in Kaifeng, but other regions will be half a month or a few days earlier, because they come to participate in the provincial examination and the journey is far away, so they will conduct the examination in advance. My father two days ago Then I got the top papers in the examinations in various places, and I have seen that there is a Jiejuan from Bohai named 'Hu Dan', and his papers are better than mine."

Li Mu nodded: "There is a sky beyond the sky, and there are people beyond people. It is a good thing that you can be sober."

And he very much approves of Shen Yilu's move to help Shen Ji get the top papers from all over the place. As the saying goes, knowing yourself and the enemy can win every battle, and it doesn't hurt to let Shen Ji know her opponent.

Shen Ji was serious for less than three seconds, and she suddenly gossiped with Li Mu quietly: "I heard that Hu Dan has an arrogant personality and is extremely confident. He once said, 'If you don't want to be the number one scholar in the examination, and you don't want to be the prime minister, you are born in vain. '!①

"The student has a good friend, and the teacher also knows him. He is Lu Mengzheng. When he was young, he went to Bohai Sea to study and was treated politely in the name of talent and learning. The joke is that he is a "sleepy man". The year before last, Lu Mengzheng won the first prize, and wrote to Hu Dan saying that "the sleepy man has won the first prize". Hu Dan didn't think so, thinking that it was easy to get the first prize. This time he came to take the provincial examination, and it would be easy. Be the champion this time.”②

This is the first time Li Mu heard of this person. Although self-confidence is a good thing, but too much self-confidence is arrogant.

He asked, "Who else is there besides him?"

"There are also Wang Mian from Qizhou and Zhang Qixian from Caozhou. Both of them and Hu Dan are from Henan Province. In addition, there is also a talented scholar Chen Shu in the Jiangnan area this time. His strength should not be underestimated."

The candidates for Quanzhi Gongju in the coming year have not yet been decided, but Li Mu believes that the left and right are just selected from the Academy of Sciences or the Academy of Scholars under Zhongshumen.Hu Meng, Li Fang, Shi Xizai, Zhang Ji, and Xu Xuan, who was recently favored by Boss Zhao in Luoyang, are all likely to know the tribute.He is also possible, but if Shen Ji goes to participate in the provincial examination, he should avoid suspicion; if it is Zhang Ji and Xu Xuan, he may be biased towards Jie Juren from Jiangnan...

Putting away these messy thoughts, Li Mu gave Shen Ji and Li Yunyao a half-day class before letting them go back.

Before Shen Ji left, she also brought back the top papers collected by Shen Yilu. She said, "In the future, I will collect the top papers of each state and provincial examination and make a collection."

The papers at the top of the provincial examinations are often kept, but the top of the examinations does not have this treatment. These papers are often burned after the results are issued. There is no collection value.

Shen Ji has a habit of collecting articles. He is afraid that some good articles will be damaged or lost, and hopes to prevent them from becoming orphans as much as possible. For this reason, he can only organize them into volumes and publish them at his own expense.

Li Yunyao had been with her for a long time, so he naturally contracted the same "problem". Therefore, after the two left Li Mu's house, they went to the bookstore and asked the people in the bookstore to help transcribe the papers and bind them into book.She had already thought of the name, and it was called "Bing Zijie Examination Name List Collection in the Ninth Year of Kaibao".

She asked someone to transcribe several copies, and gave one to Dou Shuo and Xue Ji each. Xue Ji said disdainfully: "What does it mean to be the top of the test? The knowledge of Jieju people in different places is not the same. In some places, the top of the list is just a short man." If you are taller, for example, the top articles of Guanxi Dao and Longyou Dao may not be better than yours, but they can appear in the anthology, isn't this anthology controversial?"

"What do you know?" Shen Ji took the book back, "The talent and learning between Xie Juren and Xie Juren will naturally be distinguished in the provincial and palace examinations. At that time, the Ministry of Rites will collect their papers and save them. I'll worry about it."

Xue Ji was puzzled: "Then what is the purpose of you asking someone to copy this?"

Shen Jiyu said earnestly and sincerely: "Life is not just an end point of the provincial examination and palace examination. This collection of essays is just to record as much as possible a small highlight moment on their life journey."

Xue Ji: "I didn't understand, please explain clearly."

Shen Ji lowered his voice: "I mean, if there are champions and Jinshi here, I can transcribe them and print them out together with the articles of their provincial and imperial examinations. Inspirational Famous Articles You Must Read to Get a Jinshi" will definitely become a best-selling anthology by then!"

Xue Ji: "..."

You really deserve to be Shen Jizong!

He said when would Shen Jizong start trading at a loss?It's a pity not to be the third envoy when I become an official in the future.

Xue Ji had the cheek to ask for this anthology: "Then what, didn't you give it to me specially? Why did you take it back?"

"Don't you want it?"

"When did I say no? Besides, they are your opponents. I went to the same school as you. I should help you study their strength so that you can defeat them in the provincial test!"

Xue Ji was moved by her rhetoric, but couldn't hold back his face, Shen Ji saw it through but didn't tell it.

Xue Ji didn't take her in vain, he thought of an idea, and asked Shen Ji mysteriously: "Do you want to earn back the wages for someone to transcribe?"

"Yes I do!"

"Then why don't you copy a few more copies and sell them to the Guozijian and the more than 300 Jieju people in our Kaifeng mansion? Surely many people want to know what kind of talents their opponents have. Your collection of essays will definitely be in short supply!"

That's right, there are more than 300 Jiejuren, because in addition to the more than 200 places in Kaifeng Prefecture, the Guozijian also has more than 100 places.

Shen Ji was surprised: "How do you know I'm doing this?"

The preparation for the provincial examination is back to the preparation for the provincial examination, she will still earn the money she should earn, and she will not do loss-making business.

Xue Ji: "..."

He finally came up with a good idea, but Shen Ji had already thought of it? !

He was a little depressed, and he quickly realized: Why am I depressed?And how could I have such a thought?In the past, I decided to despise such an approach, and would think that doing so was purely to gain fame for others.

After hanging out with Shen Ji for a long time, he was also influenced by Shen Ji in a subtle way, so let's think about how to make a profit first!

Xue Ji decided to go home and reflect on himself, and he was determined not to let Shen Ji lead him astray in the future.

The anthology that Shen Ji asked people to transcribe was soon put on the shelves in the bookstore, and she also used the marketing slogan to be used after the palace examination results were obtained in advance.Of course, these things were all done for her. When the Jieju people in Kaifeng Mansion were scrambling to buy anthologies to study the level of their opponents' articles, she had already started reading books silently at home.

What she didn't know was that her anthology had aroused a lot of heated discussions among scholars in Kaifeng Prefecture. Just like Xue Ji's opinion at the beginning, after reading this anthology, many people felt dissatisfied, thinking that many people's talents They are not as good as themselves, but the other party can get the first place. They can't even enter the top two hundred in Kaifeng Mansion, which is too unfair.

This matter was reported to Boss Zhao, and when he heard about it, Shen Ji provoked it again, so he asked Shen Yilu to bring her into the palace.

Shen Ji didn't think she was at fault at first, but Boss Zhao had a stern face, and she was also a little embarrassed, so she could only quietly hide behind Shen Yilu, as if she could avoid Boss Zhao's scolding by doing so.

"Shen Jizong, what are you hiding? Come here!" Boss Zhao shouted.

Shen Ji took a small step, came to Boss Zhao, and quickly admitted his mistake: "I was wrong, the official!"

Either way, it's okay to admit your mistake.

Boss Zhao almost burst out laughing. He cleared his throat and asked, "Where did you go wrong?"

"Uh, I made a lot of mistakes, can the officials give me some hints?"

Boss Zhao: "..."

Shen Yilu glared at her: "Don't be rude!"

This kid obviously learned about Boss Zhao's purpose of looking for "him" from him, yet he still dares to talk nonsense!

Boss Zhao didn't blame Shen Ji, but gave her a collection of essays and asked, "Have you read this, do you understand?"

Shen Ji said: "Isn't this the article written by Jie Yuan from all over the world that I had someone transcribe?"

"Jie Yuan?"

"That's right, the top one in the palace examination is called the number one scholar, and the top one in the provincial examination is called Shengyuan, so it makes sense for the top one in the solution examination to be called Jieyuan?"

Boss Zhao thought it was reasonable.

No, is now the time to focus on this? !

He brought the topic back: "Speaking of business, do you know that the scholars in Kaifeng are very dissatisfied with your anthology?"

Shen Ji said: "Father has already told me, but I don't think it's my fault."

Boss Zhao was displeased: "Didn't you admit your mistake earlier? If it weren't for you, would those scholars have made a fuss?"

Shen Ji said: "I may have done many things wrong, but I really don't think I was wrong about this matter. What's wrong with me collecting Jie Yuan's papers? Those people think that these Jie Yuan's articles are worse than theirs, but It's not fair to get Xie Yuan, so I said, it's not fair to those Jie Yuan!"

Boss Zhao sat back and wanted to see what she had to say.

Shen Ji continued: "Before we talk about this matter, we must first have a consensus - all the subjects in the world are the subjects of the official family, and they are all the subjects of the Song Dynasty. There is no place where the subjects are the masters, The people of which place are divided into untouchables."

Boss Zhao thought for a while, then nodded solemnly: "It's natural."

"Since they are all citizens of the Great Song Dynasty and there is no distinction between high and low, that means that all the subjects should have the same educational resources.

"As we all know, Kaifeng is at the foot of the emperor. This city is full of talents, culture and education are prosperous, but this also shows from the side that talents have gathered in Kaifeng, and all the scholars who participated in the imperial examination in Kaifeng have obtained better results than those in other regions. Educational resources, they are inherently more likely to get the chance to get ahead than those scholars in remote and poor areas.

"Besides, in those places, there are only more than 30 places in the whole province, and only the top three can be admitted among the states. On the other hand, in Bianliang area, there are more than 200 places in Kaifeng Prefecture, and more than 100 places in Guozijian, a total of more than 300 places. Quota. Countless people came to Kaifeng to participate in the scientific examination for these more than 300 opportunities. Is this fair to those scholars who honestly know where their native place is?

"So there are gains and losses. Since they want to fight for greater opportunities, they have to take the risk of facing more opponents. They only want to win the fruits of victory, but they don't want to take risks. How can there be such a good thing in the world? Those scholars who think their essays are better than Xie Yuan, why don’t they go to other state capitals to take the exam? It’s all after the fact.”

Boss Zhao can always pay attention to something different from her words: "What does Zhuge Liang mean after the fact?"

"It literally means that if you ask questions beforehand, you will feel that you have the foresight after the event happens."

"What you said is interesting." Boss Zhao said something inexplicably, and he didn't know whether he was talking about the explanation of "after the fact", or commenting on what she just said.

After a while, he asked Shen Ji: "But you can't deny that this matter has indeed become serious, how do you think it should be handled?"

Shen Ji said: "I have no solution, because if we want to solve this matter fundamentally, we can only rely on the officials, my father and other courtiers."

When Shen Yilu saw that she had involved himself, he suddenly had a headache.

"Oh?"

"That is, the government governs the world well, so that other places have better educational conditions. In this way, even if the number of admissions is still small, the overall cultural level of the area can be improved, and the controversy will naturally arise. not enough."

Shen Yilu took a deep breath, he was relieved, but also felt that her idea was too bold.

How many years will it take for all places to have the same educational resources? !

Boss Zhao finally had a smile on his face: "Well said."

He has always wanted to let all places pay attention to literature education, otherwise there would be no such official positions as literature assistants and professors.It's a pity that his focus has been on developing military power and dominating the world over the years, so in terms of culture and education, he still has to rely on the younger generation!

He even more believed that Shen Ji was a good seedling to be an official.

Seeing that Boss Zhao didn't mean to blame her, Shen Ji began to climb up the pole again: "Officials, after thinking about it, I feel that this matter is not very friendly to those Xie Yuan."

Boss Zhao: "You know it's not good!"

"What I mean is, why don't we transcribe the papers of more than 200 Dejie Juren from Kaifeng Mansion and over 100 Dejie Juren from Guozijian this time, and distribute a copy to those Jieyuan when they come?" Ben, let them also think about the talent and learning level of their opponents."

Boss Zhao: "..."

Shen Yilu: "..."

In the end, Boss Zhao ordered: "No, and you are not allowed to do this kind of thing in private again in the future!"

Shen Ji had a flash of inspiration: "The official means that the official can take the lead in doing this kind of thing?"

Boss Zhao snorted: "I will order that in the future, all localities will copy Jie Yuan's papers and send them to the History Museum for collection."

Another way for Shen Ji to make money was blocked by Boss Zhao, but she was not reconciled, anyway, her purpose was to preserve those good articles, and it didn't matter whether it was through private publishing or official collection.

Boss Zhao asked her again, how can we achieve consistent teaching resources across the country?

Shen Ji also gave her opinion seriously: "At present, apart from the Imperial Academy, only academies around the world can teach. Many academies are private schools. If you want more people to have the opportunity to study, then It is absolutely possible to set up a government school..."

The author says:

Shen Xiaoji: State school, county school, all run!

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Notes: ①From "Mian Shui Yan Tan Lu"

②From Ouyang Xiu's "Six One Poems"

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