My life skills in Daming Liver

In the Ming Dynasty, there were many yellow rice wines in the south, and they all used rice wine as a good wine to entertain guests.

Rice wine is easier to drink than baijiu, and it also sobers up faster than baijiu. Not long after Yu Zongyuan paid the bill and left, Chen Chaoyuan, Xiong Yue and Lin Qingcai slowly woke up.

Lin Qingcai touched the greeting card in his bosom, and said to Su Ze: "Brother Su, this Second Young Master Yu is notorious in Yanping Mansion, I'm afraid he is not a good friend."

Su Ze said indifferently: "I know this, brother Lin, don't worry, Su knows it well."

Lin Qingcai still sighed worriedly, but he and Su Ze had only known each other for two days, and he couldn't blame Su Ze for making friends casually, so he sighed again, supported the other two students, and returned to the county school with Su Ze .

Because among the four, apart from Chen Chaoyuan who lived in the city, Xiong Yue and Lin Qingcai lived outside the city, especially Xiong Yue's family lived at the foot of Wuyi Mountain, farther than Su Ze's Changning Guard.

So they all stayed in the school building for one night today and went home early tomorrow morning.

On the way back, when the cool breeze blew, everyone woke up a little bit from the wine. They were all scholars gathered together, but they couldn't fall asleep when they arrived at the school building.

Among the four people, except Su Ze, the other three have been studying since childhood. Chen Chaoyuan has been reading books for twenty years. He has read the Four Books and the chapters and sentences of the Four Books. The stage of studying the Book of Changes.

Since they are all scholars, the imperial examination is naturally the first topic.

Chen Chaoyuan had participated in the boy's test several times, and he was the oldest one, so he was the first to start the topic.

"Brother Su, you haven't chosen the scriptures yet, have you?"

Su Ze nodded. When Hai Rui first entered the school, he passed everyone's homework. Su Ze admitted that he hadn't taken the classics yet.

Chen Chaoyuan said: "When I was a little older, I called myself the elder brother. I advise you not to choose the Book of Changes."

"Why?"

Chen Chaoyuan said with emotion: "At the banquet, I heard that the second son Yu said that you are proficient in plum blossoms. I am afraid that you want to study the "Book of Changes", so I remind you that I have participated in the boy's test several times for my brother, and all of them are here. On the title of "Book of Changes."

The examination content of the county examination was relatively random in the early Ming Dynasty, and the format was relatively fixed in the Chenghua period, but basically the first examination consisted of classics and meanings.

One "Four Books" and one "Five Classics". The answer format of this question is stereotyped, which is to examine the understanding of the Four Books and Five Classics.

The Four Books are a common test for everyone, because the Four Books are something that all scholars must learn.

The five classics are five questions. During the exam, the questions are written on the wooden board. You can write the answer to the question according to the scripture you choose. The scripture is selected before the imperial examination and cannot be changed in the examination room.

The second part of the county examination is the law examination and judgment. To put it bluntly, it is the judicial examination and the precedents of well-known judgments.

The third way is research and policy, that is, historical theory, which is a small policy theory, and does not require an eight-legged essay format.

It sounds complicated, but in fact, after the Chenghua year, the county examinations are basically the first test, and the second and third tests are basically not.

Law judgments and policies are not taken seriously in the later exams anyway. When it comes to the provincial examinations, the first stereotyped essays on the study of scriptures are what you pay attention to. As long as you pass the previous exams, your ranking will not be too high. Difference.

Therefore, in the matter of the imperial examination, it is a bit like the elective of the college entrance examination, because the elective of physical chemistry may have to compare the comprehensive score with the elective of geography and biology, so we need to be very cautious in the matter of electing the classics.

Chen Chaoyuan sighed and said: "There are too many scholars in our Nanping County who revise the "Book of Changes". It's too late to regret now."

Everyone was silent, everyone was from a poor family, so of course they knew why so many people chose "Book of Changes".

Zhu Xi made commentaries on Yijing, Shangshu and Shijing, which means that these three classics have official ideological standard answers.

"Spring and Autumn" uses the three biographies of Zuo Shi, Gongyang, and Gu Liang, as well as the biographies of Hu Anguo and Zhang Qia, and the "Book of Rites" uses ancient commentaries. There are some places that are contrary to the official ideology. There is no way to get started without a famous teacher. Disciples from poor families generally do not choose.

However, the "Book of Changes" has a small number of words. Whether it is buying books or copying books, it is a huge expense for the children of poor families these days, so there are the most poor students like Chen Chaoyuan who take "Book of Changes" as an elective.

Because of the large number of electives, the "Book of Changes" was extraordinarily high in the imperial examinations, and the test questions became more and more difficult.

Chen Chaoyuan's four books are already good, and he loses points in the exam questions of "Book of Changes" every time.

"In Brother Chen's opinion, which scripture should be cured?"

Chen Chaoyuan said: "The Book of Songs!"

Seeing the other two nodding, Su Ze asked, "Why?"

"The "Book of Songs" has Zhu Zi's biography for self-study. There are fewer scholars in Nanping who study the "Book of Songs" than the "Book of Changes", and the competition is not so fierce."

Su Ze asked: "Brother Chen, which book has the least number of people in Nanping County?"

Chen Chaoyuan lowered his head and said, "Then it must be "Spring and Autumn"."

"This "Spring and Autumn Annals" speaks little of meaning. Although there are not many words, there are too many biography of Zuo Shi, Gong Yang, Gu Liang, Hu Anguo, and Zhang Qia. It is not something that can be learned without the guidance of a famous teacher."

Sure enough, it was similar to what Su Ze thought.

The seemingly fair imperial examinations also contain unfairness.

Not to mention off-site factors such as cheating in the imperial examination, there is a huge gap between those who are taught by famous teachers and those who are self-taught.

When taking the Five Classics, it seems that the poor have a choice. In fact, the only ones that can learn by themselves are the Book of Changes and the Book of Songs.

But those children from rich families can invite famous teachers and choose "Spring and Autumn", "Shangshu" and "Book of Rites" that poor scholars dare not teach. This is easier than that of poor children.

Su Ze knew that Chen Chaoyuan was doing it for his own benefit, but he was a systematic person, and Su Ze had already made a decision in his mind on what to cure.

He still said: "Thank you, brother Chen, for your guidance, so that Su can avoid detours."

Chen Chaoyuan said: "Brother Su is a genius in heaven, he can solve the subtle problems of the county magistrate, as long as he studies hard for a few years, he will definitely be admitted as a scholar."

Xiong Yue and Lin Qingcai also nodded.

It's not that they look down on Su Ze. It will take several years to learn a classic. Su Ze hasn't cured the classics yet. It's already a compliment to say that he can be admitted to the scholar in a few years.

Su Ze looked at his imperial examination Lv3, 105/300, as long as he persisted in studying at this pace, he would definitely reach Lv5 before the county examination next year.

After talking about the imperial examination, the four of them began to discuss the current popular academics again.