Chapter 197: Provincial Examination (Part 2)

Uncle Song saw that all the students had entered and said, "Let's go back."

"Uncle Song, can we wait for Zheng Lang to come out?"

The two little ones praised.

Uncle Song had no objection, so let's wait. However, the people watching the fun gradually dispersed and there were fewer people. The other two little guys saw them and walked over. They met Lu Xiaosan and a younger bullshit.

After walking over and making a fuss, Mr. Lu introduced: "This is my fourth brother, Mr. Gong."

Another important figure in the Song Dynasty in the future. Zheng Lang was speechless to the four sons of Lu Yijian's family. They were all famous men of the generation. Of course, the best one was the mistress. He did not wave the fan in summer and did not set fire in winter. Is it awesome? He was not awesome. He never got angry in his life and had a firm ambition. Even Lu Yijian praised his son, the son of the prodigy. However, there were also headaches for Lu Yijian, such as the storm of the deposed queen. He talked with Zheng Lang. No matter how strict the tutor Lu Yijian's family tutoring was, Lu Gongzhu thought his father had done something wrong.

"Stern Junior Brother, why are you here?" Sima Guang asked intimately.

"What third junior brother?" Mr. Lu was confused in his eyes, then reacted and said, "It seems that I am older than you..."

So what?

Immediately, Lu Gong tasted the power of talking and talking. In a moment, Lu Gong was dizzy and raised his hand to surrender.

"You don't have to worry. Jie Yuan also accepted a younger junior brother, who is the grandson of the shopkeeper of Yanji Inn." Sima Guang said again. At this time, he ranked according to age, otherwise, according to the order of entering the door, the fat grandson of Yan Jiankang was Zheng Lang's first student.

But Sima Guang buried a small pit. Under the subtle influence of Zheng Lang, the two young people were also affected, at least they did not think that the common people were lowly. This is their idea. Although the Sima family is expensive, they are still far from being able to catch up with the Lu family, let alone the Wang family. Apart from the official uniform, they are not much different from the common people. After Sima Guang finished speaking, he looked at Lu Gong with Wang Anshi to see how the son of the prime minister answered.

"That Yan family... he is very blessed," said Mr. Lu. He couldn't say how bad the qualifications are, but there are not too many students in Beijing, but his family background is a large inn, not the best inn in Tokyo. So what if you are rich, what status can a businessman have? It is purely a coincidence, and this is the real blessing.

Wang Anshi and Sima Guang looked at each other, and their eyes were confused again. They met twice and knew that he was loyal and honest, but he could not be so loyal. Why is there such a big difference between him and his father? Then they thought about it...

This idea is wrong. Lu Gongzhu also obtained part of Lu Yijian's inheritance - calmness!

People keep joy, anger, sorrow and happiness in their hearts, and do not like to express themselves outwardly.

We couldn't wait here all the time. The four teenagers discussed it. There were many Taoist temples near the Wucheng King Temple. After a walk, Jiang Xing'er and Si'er were inconvenient to walk with each other, so they continued to stay in the carriage and waited for Zheng Lang to come out.

Just like the last time the exam was solved, Zheng Lang was not too early.

Ten empty questions are the easiest for Zheng Lang. Ten explanation questions are not difficult. Each ink meaning is explained in one sentence, and cannot be explained according to his ideas. If the examiner does not recognize it, the ten ink meanings must be explained according to the interpretation of the justice of the Five Classics. But it is also not difficult. The difficult thing is how to accurately interpret this ink meaning in a sentence concisely and concisely.

Anyway, the time is abundant, and the first person to hand in the paper will not add points, so I thought about it carefully. But this time I didn’t need to take care of Chai Keming, and the speed was faster than when I answered the test last time.

Before he came back a few hours, Zheng Lang came out. Jiang Xing'er and Si'er stood in the carriage. When they saw him coming out, they waved their hands in the distance. The wind at the end of the first month was a little cold. The two little girls' faces were blown red by the wind, and their black hairs also swayed lightly with the breeze.

Someone was waiting, and Zheng Lang looked at the clear faces of the two girls and felt a sense of happiness. He slowed down, waved at them, and finally entered the tribute courtyard.

When the evening arrived, several scholars from the same room came back together and stayed together to discuss the answer. A scholar from Tangzhou asked Zheng Lang: "Zheng Jieyuan, what do you think?"

It was so quarrel that Zheng Lang wrote out ten ink meanings and ten outs of scriptures using paper.

It can be said that his answer can also be used as a standard answer again.

Looking at Zheng Lang's answer, one of the scholars who had been silent said a little disappointedly: "I still have some mistakes here."

It means that there are some small errors in an ink meaning interpretation.

It was also rare. None of the people in the same room answered correctly. One of the masters beat his chest and stamped his feet: "I was a lot wrong."

"How many?" asked the others.

"Four postscripts and six meanings of ink."

"How could it be?" After saying that, the few candidates were like seeing the god of destruction, far away from him. Although it is difficult to guarantee that there is nothing wrong, man, you can't make so many mistakes! Most of the candidates were either relying on relationships or cheating in the exam.

Not only did the exam, but the provincial exam may not necessarily be selected as the Jinshi. For example, sixty-one years ago, the Jinshi Xu Shilian took the lead, and the fraud case of Li Fang was beaten by the drum. After a re-examination, Wu Jichuan, a native of Li Fang, and Liu Jun, was a three-time teacher. His materials and knowledge were despicable, but he was able to go to high school. So he was dismissed. It can only be said that through two interpretations and layers of measures, there can be a relatively fair environment.

However, as a student, he is also very repulsive to those who want to get to the top through fraud.

"You can't be nervous when you arrive at the exam room. Sometimes when you are nervous, you will forget the knowledge you have learned before." Zheng Lang turned around and asked the juren who had been silent, "May I ask if my son's name is honored?"

"Zheng Jieyuan, I am Wu Bian, the son of Ruzhou."

"Wu Jifu?"

"yes."

"See," Zheng Lang said politely. It was indeed the most talented dynasty in history. If you saw it, you met a little god again. What if you went to the previous or the next? If you were to work hard, this son was the real hard work, which was even better than himself. In order to have a quiet learning environment, he sent someone to dig a stone cave under the brocade screen of Fengxue Temple outside the city, study behind closed doors, and eliminate interactions. He studied hard in the cave for nine years, but the monks in the temple didn't recognize it. Finally, he became a great scholar and later became a generation of scholars.

But no one knows it now.

Zheng Lang said again: "Senior Brother Wu, if you want to be interviewed by me after the exam?"

"Xieyuan..."

Several other students gave up the argument together and all looked up at Wu Jifu. Although Zheng Lang spoke to them for more than a day, he knew that there was a gap. Zheng Lang's easy-going attitude was not close to others, so he actually took the initiative to invite this nerd?

"If Senior Brother Wu doesn't answer, I will just pretend that Senior Brother Wu agrees."

"this……"

"Brother Wu, please agree quickly," several students' eyes turned red. It was Zheng Lang who took the initiative to find him. What an opportunity. As long as the Zheng family enters the palace and vents the wind in front of the little emperor, this will be enough for this life.

Why didn’t I study hard at that time? Otherwise, wouldn’t the answer standards I did also be favored by the Zheng family?

If you really do this, will Zheng Lang favor you? Besides, Zheng Lang not only likes his character, but also his hard work. Let me tell you two novels, don’t think you work hard, look at them, work harder than the three of us.

The next day was poetry and essays, which were revised many times in the Song Dynasty. A few years later, Li Shu, the Palace of Jingyan, suggested that when referring to the old system of the Tang Taihe, he would first make plans, discuss, and then write poems, and write poems again, and write scriptures and ink again, and change them from the previous uncertain field to the four stages. Fan Zhongyan agreed with this statement, but changed them to three stages. In the past, when the uncertain field was indefinite, he would mostly focus on three stages. When Wang Anshi was indefinite, he would stop writing poems and essays and posting scriptures, and change them to the first stage, which is the great scriptures. A sentence of scriptures must be interpreted with a long article, and then make a statement. Later, poetry and essays were restored, and they would be in parallel with the classics. Then he would be stopped and restored.

These are the consequences of these great masters fighting. The most painful thing is that the students below don’t know how to study.

There is no action yet. I am discussing the policy again. There is only the policy but no unified one. Normally, there are five policies. Sometimes there are only one policy, sometimes even more, so there are many changes in the number of sessions, which is because I am afraid that there are too many strategies and students cannot accept them.

The two brothers found Zheng Lang in the crowd again, and the third brother said excitedly: "Dalang, it's amazing, as you expected."

Zheng Lang said that Zhang Dexiang is a studious person, with solemn behavior, does not like to make friends, likes to be quiet and indifferent, and has a conservative personality. He must have extensive knowledge and a wide range of multiple-choice topics, but he is not in a hurry. Later, he has evaluations that he does not like to make friends, is quiet and inactive, and is conservative. Therefore, those radical questions will not be released, unpopular questions will not be released, and controversial questions will not be released. Solemnity is a good thing, so when multiple-choice topics, they will mainly focus on big and upright questions. Is there any main direction for learning this choice?

As a result, nineteen of the twenty questions were of this type!

The eldest brother said regretfully: "If I had prepared early, it would have been better."

Zheng Lang whispered: "No matter what, this is a poor person. As a minister, you must stick to your own principles and not be good at guessing the sage intentions of yourself. As a student, you must focus on your own studies, nor do you think about the topics given by the examiner. This is the way of college. Although I help you because of my relatives, I will eventually..."

After saying that, he shook his head.

"Dalang, we will win your love."

"No need, I will help you. There is another reason. You are gentle people. If you fail the exam, you will be able to achieve higher results in your career. However, because of your gentleness, it is difficult to achieve higher results in your career. If you are a local resident, you can benefit the people. You will soon be able to write down your poems and essays. Remember, the examiners are all loyal ministers. As long as you write down your original intentions, you don't have to use more gorgeous words, then the chance of being on the list will increase."

As soon as he said that, Zhang Fangping squeezed over and said, "Hello Jie Yuan."

"Brother An Dao is good, how did he do yesterday's exam?" Compared to his two brother-in-law, Zheng Lang paid more attention to Zhang Fangping.

"It should be OK, but several examiners have scored the exams, so the competition will be more intense this time."

There are a wide range of questions that can be answered, and there will be many candidates who can answer them. However, when choosing the right and wrong, it is difficult for the examiner to choose the good and bad.

"Planning depends on people, and success depends on heaven."

"Yes, this is the reason." Although this person has the style of a chivalrous man, he is more or less confused at this time, after all, these three days are related to the fate of his life.

The bamboo door is released again, and the second exam is coming.

...

The little emperor and the ministers met three people in the palace.

They were three landlords, that is, the host and guest in the Song people's mouth. Zheng Lang's idea was very much accepted. No matter how effective it was, one Dehua first came. In fact, the Northern Song Dynasty court has been reconciling the gap between the rich and the poor. It is not a generation after generation. The gap between the rich and the poor is widening and the poor cannot survive. This is the real reason for the growth of the Zhang Jiao and Huang Chao uprising.

It is very doubtful that there are many rulers who truly consider the people, but reducing the gap can make society stable and rulers last for a long time. This is not a complicated truth. It includes storing refugees as soldiers, and the greater fairness of the scientific research system, etc.

So I chose the choice from the surrounding areas. Not all landlords are bad people. Zhou Pai may not be all poor people. Once a certain group is demonized, it is a serious mistake. Zheng Lang also deliberately talked about this problem when he occasionally talked with the little emperor. Not only now, but later generations are even more serious. For example, Henan, the current political center of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Some hosts and guests performed well in this disaster, and were charitable, took money, took out food, and helped refugees. They performed well in normal times. They didn't have time to choose from the whole country, so they chose three hosts and guests near the capital.

However, the formation was too big. The emperor and several prime ministers, how many people could do it like Zheng Lang, and it was difficult for them to even be a new Jinshi. After listening to the eunuchs one by one, the poor three landlords were all so scared that they collapsed on the ground and could not even help them.

Several eunuchs came over and forced them to the chair.

When the little emperor saw it, he couldn't say anything. No one could say a complete sentence and wrote three big words in person: benevolence, virtue, and kindness. He gave them three hosts and guests and asked them to send them away. It was effective. The emperor met with the people and His Majesty personally gave them words. What a glory it was. At least after hearing it, many hosts and guests would learn it. But the effect was not expanded. If Zheng Lang was here, he would definitely give advice. Don't send it away. Even if they were soft on the chair, they would give tea. It would be better to place a table of wine and food in the palace. It would be fine if they couldn't eat it. Just like the current etiquette, it was really practical, but maintaining the status of the ruler had a good invisible effect.

It doesn’t matter whether you eat or not. The key is this. You will also invite some good-written officials to write essays and praises, and praise the three of them as a living Lei Feng, and then use a newspaper to publicize the world. Don’t question myths and frauds. Is it important to be a role model for moral learning? This is the key!

Then this time the meeting can play a greater role.

What a pity, but this move did not stop, and Zheng Lang still has a chance to correct it in the future.

The little emperor sighed and said, "I suddenly thought of the Zheng family. This son had a good demeanor when he first entered the palace."

Song Shou said: "Your Majesty, it is rare that this person can only be compared to them, with only one son."

Yan Yingwen couldn't help laughing while standing beside him.

Zhao Zhen asked again: "How many husbands, what are the situations of the victims outside?"

He is also an expensive golden-wire bird and cannot go out casually. He can only listen to reports from several prime ministers or some gossip news heard by the small eunuch in the foreign affairs office to judge the truth.

"The situation of the victims is fine, and most of them have been sent back to their hometowns. If the weather is good this year, they will be able to recover after autumn." Li Di said. However, his face was very cautious. There was no sufficient evidence for what Zheng Lang said, but it was true, and it was false. Moreover, Zheng Lang's words seemed to make some sense. If there was another disaster... several prime ministers were holding a stone in their hearts.

Li Di also said: "There is still food. Some wealthy families and merchants have saved some food. The main treasury is gradually empty and you can no longer use money to purchase it, just in case. Without disasters, this year will be smooth, the country will be prosperous and the people will be safe. If there is disaster, the treasury will be even more tense."

The key is the word money!

The little emperor scratched his head in trouble. This country is too big and there are too many people. How much money can he save by saving by himself? He asked: "My prime ministers, the Zheng family said last time that the second way to reduce costs and increase resources, have you come up with a good idea?"

Li Di shook his head: "It's not a good idea to have it, but it's not a good idea. For this reason, we have also argued in the two governments. We thought about some statements and rejected them one by one."
To be continued...