"For essays, you need to write one poem and one poem each. This topic comes up on the spot and is a test of your skills." Mr. Dong scratched his head.
"Do you have any foundation in your poems and poems?"
Zhao Cheng thought for a while and shook his head slowly.
Nowadays, the Tang Dynasty before the Chen Dynasty almost reached the peak level of poetry writing. After more than a thousand years, few poems can surpass the Tang Dynasty. As for Fu, after the Tang Dynasty, there were very few outstanding ones. Song Ci can be regarded as another pinnacle after poetry, but it is a pity that it was not tested in the imperial examination.
"It doesn't matter if you don't have a foundation, you just have to study hard and practice hard." Mr. Dong disagreed and continued.
"The last item is policy writing. Different from the strategy writing in the scholar examination, the policy writing in the Jinshi subject is much less difficult. They are usually about current affairs."
Zhao Cheng thought for a while and said, "The policy questions are all about specific affairs of current affairs, right?"
Mr. Dong nodded: "Besides this, there is also the Ming Jing Ke. You have to memorize all the nine classics such as the Book of Rites and Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals. It is not an exaggeration to say that you can memorize them backwards and forwards. The title is in these nine books. It comes from the serious scriptures. Maybe I will also try the Analects of Confucius and so on."
"This exam is the most lenient. If you are not good at poetry and prose, you can only consider taking the Ming Jing major."
Zhao Cheng stopped the writing pen in his hand, looked at the "class notes" he had recorded and said: "Then it seems that the three subjects of Mingfa, Mingzi and Mingcalculation are also similar. They need to be proficient in law, proficient in writing and proficient in arithmetic respectively. Already?"
Mr. Dong clapped his hands: "Boys can be taught!"
"After you choose which subject you want to take, you have to study the content of this subject."
"If you enter a government school, you can directly take the provincial examination after graduation." Mr. Dong asked: "Does any of your parents serve as an official in the court?"
Zhao Cheng shook his head and said he had no idea: "Mr. Dong, how many years will it take to study this official school?"
Mr. Dong said: "It ranges from two to three years. If you have outstanding results, you can also be recommended to take the provincial examination in advance."
Zhao Cheng shook his head. Although you can get a pass to enter the official school, it takes too long. After graduating from the official school, you can pass the Qiu Wei and Chun Wei exams and wait until you officially enter the official career. It may take three to five years.
"Mr. Dong, if I study with you, can I also take the provincial examination directly?"
Mr. Dong smiled and said: "How is it possible? All those who have completed their studies in private schools must first pass the county's exam, and then pass the state's exam. If they pass all, they will get a certificate and become a qualified scholar. , then you can take the provincial examination.”
Zhao Cheng feels that although this path is troublesome, as long as he learns quickly enough, the time may be much shorter than official school.
"Mr. Dong, I have decided to choose Jinshi major."
Mr. Dong was unexpected. He thought that someone like Zhao Cheng, who was sneaking around every day and addicted to gambling, could chew off the Ming Jing Ke, which was already great.
But he didn't expect that Zhao Cheng would choose the second most difficult Jinshi subject.
"Jinshi Department? Are you sure you want to take the Jinshi Department?"
Zhao Cheng closed his eyes and pondered for a moment and said, "That's right, I'll choose Jinshi."
In fact, he had no choice but to choose the Jinshi subject. The Ming Jing subject may seem simple, but it requires testing the meaning of Confucianism and Taoism. Moreover, the Ming Jing subject is similar to passing a test. Only by passing the first level can you take the next test. There are also many scriptures, test meanings, and practical strategies, all of which must be tested.
As for the following Mingfa, Mingzi and Mingshu are similar, it requires an extremely in-depth study of the professional books of the Chen Dynasty to stand out among competitors.
Therefore, Zhao Cheng's advantage is the seemingly difficult Jinshi subject. As long as he performs well, he should be able to get high scores on Current Affairs. There are also some tricks that can be used in essays. If he answers more questions, he should be enough.
After determining the subjects, the next thing was simple. Mr. Dong directly threw a few books to Zhao Cheng to let him get familiar with them gradually. Among them, the thick ones all had the same name, "Five Classics of Justice".
In the next few days, Zhao Cheng was busy between three o'clock and one line. He first listened to Mr. Dong's sermon at home, and then ran to the south of the city. He was bound to meet Sun Xiaotie, and naturally there was another round of gambling in the dark. .
Win or lose, several gamblers went their separate ways after calculating their gambling money. However, Zhao Cheng went to the warehouse to supervise the barbarians making MSG.
So every day when Zhao Cheng goes out, Zhou Rushuang and Mr. Dong are the only two people left at home.
Zhou Rushuang would open the wooden box, select a scripture inside, and Mr. Dong would be responsible for teaching it.
Mr. Dong picked up the scroll and read it for a while, then put it down and said to Zhou Rushuang: "Rushuang, that kid goes gambling every day now, do you know?"
Zhou Rushuang shook her head. She was a little unhappy. She didn't know why Mr. Dong would speak ill of Zhao Cheng behind his back. Could it be that he was also entrusted by Li Fu to persuade him?
Seeing that Zhou Rushuang obviously didn't believe it, Mr. Dong didn't force him to persuade him, and then began to lecture with a book in hand.
As a result, after the class, Zhou Rushuang found that she had not listened to a lot of the content. For some reason, when class came, she wanted to sleep, or she was just thinking wildly, and most of her thoughts were focused on Zhao Cheng.
After talking about a passage of scripture, Zhou Rushuang was obviously distracted. Mr. Dong said angrily: "Rushuang! Your mind is obviously not on the scriptures. If you continue to talk like this, it will be in vain!"
Zhou Rushuang quickly apologized and said, "Sir, don't be upset, it was Rushuang who was wrong."
"But...Sir, even if Rushuang learns all these scriptures and memorizes them every word, what's the use? I can't take the imperial examination."
Mr. Dong looked up at the sky and said after a long time: "In five days, I will be able to answer your question. As for now, you should study hard."
Zhou Rushuang was forced by Mr. Dong to have no choice but to recite it carefully.
Zhao Cheng still played dice for a while at Sun Xiaotie's house. This time he had extremely bad luck and lost almost every game. Zhao Cheng had actually been mentally prepared and took out the money with the intention of exporting it.
Therefore, when he lost no more coins, the old fisherman took action. He took out five taels of silver at a time and lent it to Zhao Cheng to turn over the money.
And Zhao Cheng's luck turned around in time, and he easily recovered all the money he had just lost. Not only that, he also made a huge profit, with twenty or thirty taels of silver.
Sun Xiaotie watched Zhao Cheng leave and thought to himself: "It seems that this kid has completely fallen into the trap. In addition, he has been inducing him to borrow money in the past few days, which has been quite effective."
"The action will only take place in a day or two. As long as the real fire is output, Zhao Cheng will be easy to catch."
That night, the old fisherman and Zhang Yigu both received the news and prepared to start killing the pigs.
