When Shenshi was approaching, Zhang Yue wore a new suit of clothes and new socks and headed to Zhoujin Hall. He felt a little longing, a little excited, and a little worried along the way.
Arriving in front of Zhoujin Hall, Zhang Yue did not go in first.
The rules of Nanfeng Academy are such that the professor starts teaching at chen o'clock and has to study until noon.
After noon, when they heard the bell ringing from Nanfeng Temple next door, the students dispersed to have lunch.
After lunch, according to the scholar-bureaucrats' saying that sitting for a long time damages their energy and blood, all the students would go out for a walk, throw pots and shoot arrows, but few returned to class to continue studying.
The professor will also go back to his room to take a nap. After all, the elderly have low energy, and taking a nap is only for young scholars. After Shenshi, the professor will go to Zhoujin Hall. At this time, he will answer students' questions and solve their doubts. Many scholars come here to visit him and ask for advice from all over the mountains.
Zhang Yue is also qualified to visit and ask for advice, not to teach formally.
Zhang Yue stood waiting by the Zhoujin Hall, but he saw ethnic studies students arriving in twos and threes and watched them pass by.
At this time, Zhang Heng, several clan disciples and a scholar in white came and were chatting and laughing.
Zhang Heng walked side by side with the scholar in white, and the rest of them stood side by side like followers.
Seeing this, Zhang Yue stepped aside to the side of the road.
Zhang Heng didn't see Zhang Yue at first, but when he got closer and saw him, he thought for a while and didn't say anything.
After a group of people passed by, Zhang Heng stopped and turned around and said to Zhang Yue: "What are you doing outside? Come in!"
This person actually took the initiative to invite him in.
Zhang Yue didn't know which part Zhang Heng sang.
Zhang Heng then said: "We have distinguished guests today, so you must not be rude. Remember this."
Zhang Yue said neither humble nor arrogantly: "I know it, but I don't dare bother the chief of the restaurant to remind him."
Zhang Heng chuckled and turned to leave.
Zhang Yue waited for a while before taking off his shoes in front of the steps. The shoes were neatly placed on the ground in front of the steps, most of which were clogs.
This scene reminded Zhang Yue of seeing the messy arrangement of shoes at the door of the computer room when he was studying.
"As expected of a descendant of the noble clan." Zhang Yue couldn't help but secretly praise him.
Zhang Yue placed his shoes at the furthest place, then stepped over the steps and walked into the hall.
When entering the Zhoujin Hall, Zhang Yue stood at the end. But when I saw the professor, Zhang Heng and the scholar in white were standing in front of the lecture.
But Zhang Heng said to the professor: "Sir, this is Jinke Xie Yuanlang!"
The scholar in white sang loudly: "Lin Xi, who studied in Fuqing, met Mr. Boyi."
The professor smiled and offered help: "How dare you act like Mr. Xie Yuangong?"
Lin Xidao: "I have admired Mr. Boyi's name for a long time, and today I rely on Ziping's recommendation and come here to seek advice."
At this point, the disciples were already in an uproar.
Zhang Yue heard two disciples whispering and discussing.
"Unexpectedly, it was Jinke who had his head cut off."
"I wonder who has better literary talent, him or Ziping?"
"Ziping is ranked third in the examination, but he is the first in the Cao examination. Outsiders often say that the Cao examination is not as good as the state examination, so he takes the first place in the state examination. But in my opinion, the cao examination is more difficult to interpret. , Ziping may not be inferior to Lin Xi."
"I also think this person is not as popular as Ziping."
"How did we meet?"
"Look at Xie Yuanlang's arrogant attitude when he entered the door just now, but Ziping is dignified and easy-going."
"Yes, Ziping won the first place in the imperial examination before, but I never heard him mention it. Later, we learned about it from Brother Jianfu."
"In terms of talent and learning, no one is better than Ziping today."
In the Song Dynasty, there was a Jiejie test, and there was a state military test, and most of the Jiejie tests referred to this. For example, in Fujian and Zhejiang, the military examination of these southeastern prefectures is based on one hundred candidates. Generally, two to three thousand students from poor families take the examination, and twenty or thirty candidates are selected.
The imperial examinations and other examinations are also classified as interpretation examinations, and it is the children of official families like Zhang Heng who participate in the examinations.
During the reign of Renzong Jingyou, the ratio of candidates for the imperial examination was three out of ten.
Starting from the Tang Dynasty, the imperial examination was said to be a "merit-based examination". In fact, the purpose was to break the monopoly of the officialdom by the aristocratic family and regain the power of employing people.
But even so, the officials selected by the imperial examinations in the Tang Dynasty were still mostly members of the noble family, and these people were still not very obedient.
Therefore, the Song Dynasty imperial examination began to consciously select scholars from poor families.
Because in the Song Dynasty, the only relatively fair examinations were the Rites Examination and the Palace Examination, but there was no way to solve the local examinations.
Therefore, the purpose of the imperial court's establishment of the imperial examination was to arrange the children of high-ranking officials and dignitaries here. This method is used to prevent these people from obtaining positions through fraud and bribery, and squeezing out the room for advancement of poor people.
However, such a serious imbalance in the proportion made the officials and ministers very dissatisfied. After Song Qi and other ministers in the court worked hard, the proportion of admissions to the imperial examination finally dropped. The quota is determined to be 15 out of 100 people.
Having said that, which one is more difficult, the imperial examination or the state military examination?
Scholars have been arguing about this.
Those who passed the imperial examination were indeed outstanding. In the rites examination, their performance was not inferior to, or even better than, the children from poor families who passed the state military examination. However, in the imperial examination... there were also a large number of people who were very weak. That wait, I was admitted after I knew the joint at a glance.
It is said that a rat's excrement ruins a pot of porridge, because these people with joint problems have made the exam, which has a bad reputation, even worse. Therefore, those who pass the exam will avoid talking about their success at most.
If you talk too much, people will think you are really smart, so you can't wait to show off. Therefore, truly talented scholars still have to go to the Ministry of Etiquette to take the exam to see their real results.
Through the discussion between these two people, Zhang Yue understood that Zhang Heng was the latter.
Listen to the chat between these two people.
Zhang Yue probably had an impression of Zhang Heng. Zhang Yue used to read third-rate novels in which the author did not know how to transition the plot. Therefore, every time the protagonist went to a place, he would arrange for a few passers-by to talk and introduce the background. Unexpectedly, this was also the case in reality. It is true that art comes from life.
"Shosaburo."
Zhang Yue heard someone calling him, but when he turned around, it was Xue Lu Zhang Cai.
"Sit next to my desk." Zhang Cai pointed to Zhang Yue with a smile.
Zhang Yue was overjoyed when he saw Zhang Cai's sitting posture and asked, "You need to sit upright."
"Of course."
Zhang Cai brought a brocade mattress, and Zhang Yue followed Zhang Xian's example and knelt down on the brocade mattress.
"I heard that you had another conflict with Zhai Chang yesterday?" Zhang Cai asked.
Looking at Zhang Heng in the hall, Zhang Yue nodded and said, "Yes."
Zhang Cai smiled and said: "Don't blame Ziping. Ziping is the person I admire the most and he is also the one who works hardest."
"He would light a lamp and read at night every night, unless he read until the third watch, so that the top of his mosquito net was darkened by candles. Although he read until the third watch every night, Ziping still got up early to study before the fifth watch."
"Zi Ping always learned poetry, Fu, Confucian classics, and books, and he was always good at it. Ordinary people would be complacent and unwilling to work hard. But he never held himself back, and studied diligently every day."
When Zhang Yue heard this, he felt that this was similar to what Guo Lin said about himself.
Zhang Cai continued: "This county is a major tribute county, and talented people can be called crucian carp across the river, let alone all the way. Ziping ranked first in the canal examination, not only because of his talent, he has been studying hard for more than ten years."
Zhang Yue thought of Zhang Heng's previous defeat to his brother and was resentful about it: "The chief seems to be someone who refuses to admit defeat."
Zhang Cai said with a smile: "Ziping seems to be calm and relaxed on the outside, but deep down he is very energetic. In addition to his homework, he is not inferior to others, and he is also the best in throwing pots and archery. He is the best in our generation. This side shows his strength. He handles all matters in the hall for the chief. Before going to Luli to take the exam, his husband asked him a few months ago if he would quit his post as chief and concentrate on preparing for the exam, but Ziping refused. But he studied hard day and night, and finally ranked first in the examination and third in the interpretation test. Only extraordinary people can do extraordinary things. Even if Ziping's talents were placed in our clan, it would take only fifty years. We all admire him. Yes, you will know it after you have been with him for a long time."
"But for so many years, only your brother has been on par with him. Having said that, your scholarly diligence should not be inferior to Ziping's."
Hearing what Zhang Cai said, Zhang Yue tried his best to recall Zhang Xu's deeds for a long time, and then said: "It seems not as good as the chief."
"oh?"
Zhang Yue said: "It's not that I'm trying to put money on my family's face. Since I can remember, although my brother has also been studying, he has never worked so hard. It seems that someone once asked my brother, and he said that my research and articles are all done with ease!"
Zhang Cai was stunned for a long time after hearing this, and then said: "In this case, Ziping seems to be worse."
"However, I took a look at the results of the provincial examination, and it's really puzzling that your brother is not among them."
Zhang Yue thought to himself that Zhao Yasi was looking for his second brother in the sky and on the earth. I am afraid that the second brother would be arrested as soon as he showed up in the examination room.
Zhang Yue thought about it again, so his second brother was really among the best, but as far as he knew in his previous life, no one in the Song Dynasty had the same name as his second brother. Could it be that he escaped from the marriage and disappeared from the public. Or maybe the second brother was actually killed by Zhao Yasi at this moment, but Zhao Yasi deliberately didn't say anything, and instead took the opportunity to exploit his family...
Zhang Yueshi didn't dare to continue thinking.
That's right, if you get a Jinshi, you can leave a mark in the history books. If you don't, no matter how talented you are, you will be buried in the end.
Zhang Cai turned around and said: "A few days ago, when the minister took your family documents from me, I knew that he was suspicious of your identity. But you don't have to think too much. By letting you sit in, the teacher accepted you. For thousands of years, This sense of family status cannot be resolved in a moment. It is enough for them to give you a place here. A real man should carry a three-foot sword to achieve immortal achievements. A mere moment of honor and disgrace is nothing. Peace."
Zhang Yue said: "I'm so grateful to Xuelu for your guidance."
Xuelu smiled bitterly and said: "Perhaps we share the same destiny. I was also born as a concubine, but my luck is better than yours. I am not the most knowledgeable, so I have to practice doing some things at the same time, so as to gain the appreciation of the clan. "
"For example, Ziping has absolutely no regard for me and is my friend. He only makes friends with people like Lin Xi. In the school, most people know my brother who is my direct descendant. The less respect they have for me is all because of my brother's face." superior."
This heart-to-heart talk quickly narrowed the distance between the two. People like Zhang Heng and his second brother were in the minority after all, and most people could just look up to them like he and Xuelu did.
At most, when they become prosperous in the future, they can boast that I was a classmate with them.
