[Red House] Ban'er's Road to Imperial Examination

After Wang Yue returned home, there was no need to mention Wang Gou'er's joy. The servants sent by the Jia family all rushed to congratulate him. The father and son hurriedly took out the red envelopes they had prepared earlier. It is my own family who will also give reward money at such a festive time, let alone someone else who comes to help.

The servants from Jia's family were naturally very happy to accept the rewards. Although they didn't pay much attention to these rewards, they were rarely happy. Besides, there must be other rewards for old ladies and wives. Festive and respectable jobs are hard to come by.

Things really happened as expected by these servants. The servants who went back to report not only received rewards from the old lady and wife, but also rewards from the elder master, second master, concubine, and girls, which made the servants who came to report the letter People could not close their mouths from ear to ear for joy, but at the same time, they lamented in their hearts that the Wang family's uncle was more decent than the ordinary Jia's young master. In the entire Rongning and Ningfu prefectures, only the second master Bao could compare. When the servants served the father and son, they became more dedicated.

But Wang Yue had some doubts about this, not because of anything else, just because the servant sent by Jia's family to congratulate him said that Jia's mother had promised to hold a banquet for him after he passed the exam, and said it was rare For the happy event, all the servants in the mansion will have a reward for it.The old man was only interested in being happy about it, but he didn't think that he was just a next-of-kin of the Jia family after all. In terms of closeness, the one who had a closer relationship with him should be the Wang family, right?

Think about how much Wang Xifeng worked hard for the Jia family, paid a lot of dowry, received a lot of scolding, and sold it to Jia's mother.

There is also Xue Baochai, who contributed money and effort in Jia's family. The two paid a lot, and what they got in exchange was a special birthday for Jia's mother, so how can I let Jia's mother How about this?

Because he is a relative of Mrs. Wang?Because he is likable?

He himself didn't believe this reason, but what else could it be?

Before Wang Yue could think carefully, the second exam came again!

Just like the previous one, they entered the examination room after a strict search, and at this time the examiners were discussing the exam questions in the back hall. It was still the same as the previous one, the first question was dictation of the scriptures, so there is no need to elaborate.The following poems and prose also describe the scene and the history, which is no different from the previous one.The only thing worth discussing is policy theory.

"It's swaying, the people are incompetent, it's so successful, and it's so brilliant! This topic seems to be..."

This is a sentence from "The Analects of Confucius Tabor", which is Confucius' praise of the rule of Yao and Shun.

"What? But what's the problem?"

This topic was carefully selected by myself, of course there will be no problem. Song Pingzhang is very confident about this point. Sure enough, the examiner who has doubts about this topic just thinks that this topic is too conservative. It seems to be different from the previous exam. The topic of the topic is too different, but when he expresses his worries, without Song Pingzhang opening his mouth, someone will stand up and open his eyes for him.

"How can the words of the saints be conservative or not?"

"Master Liu is right. Explaining the words of the sages and remembering the ancient sages is the duty of a scholar. It is absolutely right for Mr. Song to ask this question. How can you say that Mr. Song is conservative!"

Although it is said that after Qi □□’s reforms, today’s scholars no longer hang on to the contents of books all day long and do not do practical things like before, but in the end it is the ideological imprisonment of thousands of years, and it cannot be changed just by changing it. Even though today's scholars are becoming more and more willing to do practical things in order to cater to the emperor's preferences, their thinking is still influenced by the previous thinking in their bones.

"One more thing. It will be the emperor's [-]th birthday soon. I think Mr. Song has come up with a very good topic."

Although it was only mentioned briefly, those who can hang out in the officialdom are not fools, so they naturally understood the meaning of this sentence, the rule of saints, shouldn't it be said on the emperor's 60th birthday.

Now that no one has any objections, Song Pingzhang said with a smile: "Since everyone agrees, the topic of this exam has been decided."

Everyone nodded, and then Song Pingzhang and several examiners wrote the questions on the wooden board, and the rest of the examiners went out to maintain order in the examination room and check the candidates' identities by the way.

Hu Yong sighed in his heart as he walked, he deserves to be his immediate boss!

What can the rule of sages have? These candidates said that the country is rich and the people are safe, and the style of writing is popular, which is exactly what they said before.

The most important thing is that this test question will not only affect the candidates.

As one of the three most important exams in Shuntian Prefecture, the influence of the government examination on the scholars in Shuntian Prefecture is unimaginable.

Leaving aside the next college exam, the academic officials will refer to the opinions of the government exam when they come up with questions.

The annual exams in the county school will also refer to the content of these three exams, and topics like the rule of saints are not out of the ordinary, but also allow candidates to have something to answer, which is very popular with everyone, everyone Naturally, you will be willing to study it. In the process of research, this kind of thinking will affect candidates and many teachers.

Similarly, next year's county examination, the following year's government examination and hospital examination will also be affected by this examination.

After all, Song Pingzhang saw that he was doing very well in Shuntian Mansion, and the court was very satisfied with his achievements. If nothing happened, he would continue to be re-elected. Then next year's exam, as well as the subsequent government examination, he would still will be the examiner.

Examination questions will reflect the examiner's preference in a certain aspect. If the examiner asks this type of question this year, he will only have a very small chance to come up with the opposite type next year, and most of them will choose a similar type.

So for the candidates, it is very necessary to study the questions given by the examiner in advance to judge his preferences.

This is an unspoken rule in the examination room. This rule has been in place since the birth of the imperial examination. Song Pingzhang should have thought of this situation long ago.

Whether it is intentional or not, after Song Pingzhang's topic, all candidates in Shuntian Prefecture, as well as relevant teachers and scholars, will start to study this topic.

This kind of influence seems to be silent, but when Song Pingzhang sent the memorial to the Supreme Emperor's case, it will explode the influence that had been hidden before.

Take one step, look at three steps, make a decision before moving, and what's more rare is that he has already thought of this idea in just one day.It seems that Song Pingzhang's position as the magistrate of Shuntian Prefecture was not entirely due to the power behind the family, and he himself should not be underestimated!

When the exam questions were sent to the examinees, everyone was unavoidably surprised that today's policy topic was completely opposite to that of the previous two days, but after the surprise, it was more of a surprise. Emphasis on policy theory, but good policy theory is not easy to write. Policy theory pays attention to detailed data and meaningful words. If it is not influenced by the family, has been exposed to political affairs all year round, or is really gifted, it is difficult for ordinary students to write. yes.

But topics such as elaborating the words of the sages are relatively easy to deal with. Anyway, as long as you quote the classics and read as many books as you want.

The Qi dynasty was not like the previous dynasty. Libraries had been set up in major cities for a long time. Even illiterate ordinary people could apply for a reading card to enter the library to read books as long as they paid a few copper coins.

And scholars like them enjoy even more discounts. As long as they have a certificate issued by their school, they can apply for a library card for free and go to the library to read books.

Moreover, the library also provides cheap pen, ink and paper, as well as tables, chairs and tea. You can copy any book you like in the library and take it home to study carefully.

With a little effort, the knowledge of scholars will no longer be as narrow as before.

Only those nerds who are stupid in reading or those rich and powerful who rely on their own decency can't bear to read in the library.

But in this way, the questions that everyone guessed before can be invalidated, and only a few lucky people can guess this kind of questions.

Wang Yue checked the questions carefully and began to answer them with a pen.

The journey went smoothly. In the evening, when it was dark, Wang Yue handed in the test papers with the examinees, greeted a few people he knew, and then returned home.

But two days later, the results were hung up again, and Wang Yue once again topped the list. Now many people have started to call him Xiao Sanyuan.

After all, unless he doesn't take the test in the next round, otherwise, he will definitely be the first in the government test this time.

As for the hospital exam, the exam papers for the government exam have been posted, and everyone has already read them. Everyone admires his answers. Thinking about how calmly he was able to complete the exam after the accident in the exam room, This kind of mind is not comparable to ordinary people.

There were a few people who were not convinced by his grades and made harsh remarks, but everyone refuted them. After all, his grades were obtained for real, not because the examiners thought he was young and deliberately favored him.

Everyone has eyes, so naturally they will not mistake pearls for fish eyes.

In addition, someone had also turned up his answers in the county test before, and everyone had nothing to say about his results.

Think about it, the knowledge of underachievers at such a young age has far surpassed those of their predecessors. These seniors don't talk about hard work, but gossip. They don't have such a thick skin!

For a while, under the influence of Wang Yue, the study style in Shuntian Mansion was revitalized. After the exams, everyone returned to the school and started to study more attentively. Many teachers were secretly happy to enlighten their students, but Few people associate this credit with Wang Yue.