"Hey! When did you come back? Why didn't I hear you?" Mr. Dong was not polite at all. He pulled up a chair and sat down. He smiled at Zhou Rushuang and said, "I am lucky to be able to eat the food you cooked. ”
He said that there was no need to be modest, he just picked up the bowl and chopsticks and started eating, as fast as the wind and the remaining clouds, and the plate of food quickly reached the bottom.
"It's delicious, it tastes really good!" Mr. Dong said to Zhao Cheng while chewing, "Why don't you eat it?"
When Zhao Cheng saw this, he hurriedly stretched out his chopsticks, because if he looked at it for a while, all the dishes would be eaten.
"Mr. Dong, you...haven't you gone back?" Zhao Cheng remembered that Mr. Dong even "cursed" himself that he would lose every bet before he left.
Mr. Dong sighed: "I am old and my memory is not very good. Before I left, I suddenly remembered something. Back then, my grandpa Rushuang asked me to tell her about the books in these book boxes."
"Besides, your yard is so big. Apart from the main house, aren't there still so many empty houses? I might as well live here for a while and finish what Grandpa Rushuang entrusted me with before going back."
Zhao Cheng nodded, thinking this was good, at least Rushuang would have someone to accompany her at home, and Mr. Dong could teach her how to read and write, so she wouldn't be lonely.
"That's great! Then please invite Mr. Dong to stay in the west wing temporarily."
Mr. Dong glanced at Zhao Cheng: "You don't object to me living in your house?"
Zhao Cheng wondered: "Why should I object?"
Mr. Dong frowned and stretched out his big hand like a cattail leaf fan to pat Zhao Cheng's shoulder heavily: "Yes, it seems that you are not without any redeeming qualities."
Zhao Cheng thought to himself, is this a compliment to me? I don't think this is the only saving grace, okay?
"By the way, you haven't asked Mr. Dong for his name yet?" Zhao Chenggong raised his hand.
Mr. Dong was silent for a moment: "Mr. Yamano, no one will know if you tell me. Just call me Mr. Dong."
Seeing that Mr. Dong didn't say anything, Zhao Cheng turned to Zhou Rushuang and said, "Rushuang, you have been so favored by Mr. Dong, and you haven't known Mr. Dong's name for so many years since you were a child?"
Rushuang really didn't know, and was stunned by Zhao Cheng's question, so she turned her beautiful eyes to Mr. Dong.
Mr. Dong said helplessly: "I, Mr. Dong Qiye."
Zhao Cheng chuckled and continued eating.
After finishing his meal, Mr. Dong pushed his bowl and chopsticks away and said, "Boy, for the sake of respecting your teacher, I can also teach you about your homework in my spare time."
The homework Mr. Dong mentioned is naturally the homework for the imperial examination.
Since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the imperial examination has become the main method for the imperial court to select scholars. The old nine-rank Zhongzheng system has been completely abolished. All the people in the world who have ambitions to succeed in the imperial examination will work hard to study the various subjects tested in the imperial examination in order to become an official in the imperial court.
Zhao Cheng naturally had this idea too. He was struggling to find a way out, but Mr. Dong's words suddenly woke him up.
"If Mr. Dong is willing to take the time to teach me, of course I would be grateful."
Zhao Cheng added: "But I don't quite understand the rules here, and at my current age, do I still have time to learn?"
Mr. Dong thought for a while and said, "To be honest, it's a bit late. Learning and memory are most solid when children are young, and some people never forget them throughout their lives. At your age, childhood is long gone, so it may take some effort to remember things."
When Zhou Rushuang heard that Mr. Dong was willing to teach and Zhao Cheng was willing to learn, she was already so happy that she laughed with her eyes crooked and clapped her hands: "My husband is the smartest, I will definitely learn it as soon as possible."
Mr. Dong snorted: "You don't have to play for him first. I'll test his homework later."
How could Zhao Cheng know any lessons? Even if he had dabbled in them in his previous life, he had already forgotten them all.
"Mr. Dong, there's no need to test your homework. I used to be playful and didn't remember anything."
Mr. Dong was stunned. He knew that Zhao Cheng should be an ignorant person, but he didn't expect that this man would brazenly say that he didn't remember anything. He was really not ashamed of it, but rather proud of it. Is this really okay? How can I study if this continues?
Thinking of this, Mr. Dong had a straight face: "You are so young, but you are so ignorant of progress! Do you still want to study?"
Zhao Cheng said quickly: "I think about it, but I really don't remember it at all. Maybe it has something to do with my illness, so I can't remember anything."
Mr. Dong glanced at Zhao Cheng, nodded and said, "That's good, I can just keep my mind simple."
"Forget it, let me first tell you about this career path and how to get started."
Zhao Cheng became interested and asked Zhou Rushuang to get some pen and paper to take some class notes.
Mr. Dong said: "In the Chen Dynasty, we still followed the old system of the Sui and Tang Dynasties and used the imperial examination to select scholars."
"The content of the imperial examination is divided into six subjects: Xiucai subject, Jinshi subject, Mingjing subject, Mingfa subject, Mingzi subject and Mingshu subject. Which one did you study before?"
Zhao Cheng was still confused: "Mr. Dong, please explain everything to me one by one."
Mr. Dong smacked his lips and said, "Rushuang, boil a pot of tea!"
Zhou Rushuang hurriedly went to boil water to make tea, and Mr. Dong said leisurely: "Xiucai Branch, try five strategies."
What does that mean? That is to say, in the examination of scholars, there is no need to memorize scriptures. As long as you can write policy papers, write them well, and have extremely thorough knowledge in all aspects, you can be selected as a scholar.
By the end of the Tang Dynasty, there were only twenty-nine scholars in total, which shows how difficult the examination for scholars was.
"Do you want to take the test on five strategic strategies?" Zhao Cheng nodded. In fact, he is very good at writing strategy theories. This does not require him to take the trouble to endorse or fill in the blanks to answer the questions. The only difficulty is the strategic strategies.
Strategy refers to the country's major policies. If you don't have an extremely deep understanding of the country's political system, history, social development and changes, economy, military, science and technology, etc., it will be difficult to write a good strategy.
Scholars not only have to write well, but also have to stand out among many competitors, which shows how difficult it is.
Mr. Dong never thought that Zhao Cheng could take the scholar examination, but when it came to the imperial examination, he couldn't ignore it.
"You don't have to think about the Xiucai Section. It's too difficult. Moreover, the vision and insight required by the strategy are not what you have now."
Zhao Cheng also nodded in agreement. Although he came from a later generation, the strategy should be judged based on the current social situation. He knew nothing about the Chen Dynasty, so how could he prescribe medicine?
"The second subject is the Jinshi subject. Apart from the scholar subject, this is the most difficult subject. The examination content has three parts, one is scriptures, the other is essays, and the third is policy questions."
"What are scriptures and essays?" Zhao Cheng asked.
Mr. Dong replied: "Tie Jing is to test you on the original text of the scripture. The original sentence has fifteen characters, and only seven characters have been written. You need to fill in the remaining eight characters."
"Oh, fill in the blanks." Zhao Cheng understood. As long as he answered a lot of questions in this post, he should be able to achieve a short-term breakthrough.
