Five people taking the exam were present.
It is different from the people who take the exams such as the Interpretation Examination, the Provincial Examination, and the Palace Examination. The number of students in the application department is very small.
Zhiju originated from the Han Dynasty. For example, Chao Cuo and Dong Zhongshu were both from Zhiju. Jinshi Ke originated from the Sui Dynasty.
The biggest difference between Zhiju and Jinshi is that it is an extension of the Chaju system in the Han Dynasty.
During the Warring States Period, there was a secular official system, with father and son succeeding each other. The imperial examination system broke the succession of father and son and became bottom-up. The emperor selected officials through the recommendation of officials.
Of course, the imperial examination system also brought about the problem of nepotism and the alternation of power within a small range, just like the nine-rank Zhongzheng system, but compared to the secular official system, power was undoubtedly more concentrated in the court.
With the rise of the imperial examination system, there was no need for nepotism, and all talents were selected through examinations.
Of course, the imperial examination system also had its shortcomings, but it was more attributable to the imperial court than the imperial examination system and was more fair to the people.
In the Song Dynasty, the official names of local government officials still retained the title of the Chazhi system, such as the shogunate official, such as the Jiedushi Prefecture Pushing Officer, and the Defense Envoy Prefecture Signing Officer. They were all the shogunate officials of the local Jiedushi in the Tang and Five Dynasties. .
By the Song Dynasty, most of these officials were officials from the imperial examination system and were sent to local areas by the imperial court.
As for the Jiedushi envoys of the Song Dynasty, most of them had the title of Jiedushi, but did not have the power of Jiedushi.
In addition, the system of Yin Guan Yinzi still has some legacy of the secular official system, but now the officialdom is dominated by officials who came from the imperial examination.
The Song Dynasty also retained the method of selecting talents for the system, which can be regarded as a parallel between the old and new methods of the new era and the old era.
The importance of the imperial examination is to have a small number of people but to be precise. In fact, the huge effort to hold the imperial examination not only wastes many people's lives, but also takes up a lot of resources of the court. If the recommended ministers have no selfish motives, this is actually better and more effective than the imperial examination system. method of selecting talents.
but……
When Zhang Yue was young, he liked Qian Mu's books on the gains and losses of Chinese politics. In the book, Mr. Qian praised the politics of the Han Dynasty and criticized the system of the Song, Ming and Qing Dynasties.
In fact, from the perspective of centralized power and strong branches and weak branches, each generation becomes stronger than the last.
Therefore, Zhang Yue was a little surprised when he learned that Han Qi and Fu Bi recommended him to the emperor at the same time.
If you fail the exam, you can also pretend to your colleagues that you don't have to go, but you are mainly afraid that you won't give face to the two prime ministers...
I am not Wang Anshi.
Han Qi recommended Wang Anshi to try for the library position, but Wang Anshi refused.
Examination for official position is also a test for promotion. It would be fun to have an examination even for official promotion.
But there is no doubt that the advantage of the imperial examination system is that the threshold is low, otherwise Zhang Yue, Fu Bi, Han Qi, and Ouyang Xiu would not notice him at all.
It is the best of both ancient and modern selection mechanisms to start with scholars and then to promote them.
There were five people present. There was no tense situation in front of the secret pavilion at this moment, but there was an inexplicable atmosphere.
At this time, the door of the pavilion opened, and a cabinet official who looked like a sweeping monk waved to the five people and said: "What are you waiting for? Come in!"
The five people couldn't help but be stunned. Is this the legendary Sixth Trial of the Secret Pavilion, the most difficult in the world?
No rules or regulations at all?
This made Zhang Yue, who had just taken the Jinshi examination, a little uncomfortable for a while.
It seems that the difficulty in the formal examination is in the recommendation, while the difficulty in the Jinshi examination is in the examination.
One is about pomp and circumstance when the number of participants is large, while the other is about pomp and circumstance when the number of participants is small.
Zhang Yue and other five people entered one after another.
But in the middle hall of the secret pavilion, there were five desks covered with the four treasures of the study. In the middle of the hall was a statue of a saint, and there were books on the high pavilions around it.
"What are you looking for? Sit down!" The cabinet minister who looked like a sweeping monk said to the five people while sweeping the dust on the books with a whisk.
The five people looked at each other and bowed to the saint's statue before taking their seats.
Soon there was a sound of footsteps outside the secret pavilion, and four officials including Wu Kui, Yang Tian, Wang Chou, and Wang Anshi arrived one after another.
At the Qionglin Banquet, Zhang Yue met all four of them. Among them, Wang Chou was the examiner for his provincial examination. As for Yang Tian and Wang Anshi, they were both the detailed examiners for his palace examination.
As for Wu Kui, he had no impression.
The examiners immediately gave the test papers to the candidates, and then took their seats in the southeast, northwest and northwest, as if like four spiritual beasts, they were guarding the five candidates as they answered the questions.
Zhang Yue deeply felt that it was really difficult to cheat in this exam. The ratio between examiners and candidates was almost one to one.
It was a bit difficult for Su Shi to remind his brother by holding the pen tube upside down.
But no matter what, it was a worthwhile trip to witness the legendary Sixth Examination of the Secret Pavilion.
This is an exam that does not focus on appearance but on process.
Zhang Yue browsed the papers.
The above six questions are respectively "On the King's Inability to Rule the Barbarians and Di"
"On Which Virtue is Liu Kai and Ding Hong"
"On Rites, Righteousness and Trust Are Sufficient to Become Virtuous"
"Situation Is Not as Good as Virtue"
"Theory of Liturgy as the Fundamental to Nurturing People"
"On Being Drunk and Preparing for the Five Blessings"
Zhang Yue glanced at it and couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. It was indeed the most difficult Sixth Examination of the Secret Pavilion in the world. It was really difficult.
Before Zhang Yue thought much, Wang Kui, who was sitting next to him, seemed to sway and fell to the ground.
Zhang Yue didn't have many regular meetings.
What is the difficulty in these six secret pavilion treatises?
The difficulty lies in the vast reading surface.
Where does the theory that the king does not control the barbarians come from? It comes from the second year of Yin Gong's "Spring and Autumn Gongyang Zhuan".
But if you look through the entire book Chunqiu Gongyangzhuan, you can't find this sentence. Why is it because it comes from the annotation written by He Xiu.
Under the original text "Gong Gong Rong Yu Qian", He Xiu annotated the sentence "The king does not rule the barbarians and Di".
For the six treatises, the source must be written in the "Spring and Autumn Gongyang Zhuan", which sentence is "Gong Rong Yu Qian", who annotated "He Xiu", and finally, the context must be quoted skillfully.
This question not only comes from the sutra, but is also a commentary on the sutra.
As for "Which of Liu Kai and Ding Hong is virtuous", they come from "Book of the Later Han Dynasty·Biography of Ding Hong" and "Book of the Later Han Dynasty·Biography of Liu Kai" respectively. This comes from the Han Dynasty and belongs to the history of Jingshi.
"The Theory of Rites, Righteousness, and Trust Are Sufficient to Become Virtuous" comes from "The Analects of Confucius, Zilu Chapter", written by Fan Chi and annotated by Bao Xian, a scholar of the Chinese Classics.
It should be noted that there are countless people who annotated the Analects of Confucius, including Kong Anguo, Bao Xian, Zhou Shi, Ma Rong, Zheng Xuan, Chen Qun, Wang Xiao, Zhou Liesheng. During the Wei Dynasty, He Yan gathered the above people and published the "Analects of Confucius". .
Most people in the Song Dynasty read this edition.
The original text is that Fan Chi learned to grow crops, and then was despised by Confucius. He explained that etiquette, justice and trust are enough to achieve virtue, and how can he use crops? But few people remember this sentence, and even if they know it, they don't know that it was Bao Xian's note.
"The Theory of Situation Is Not as Good as Virtue" is also extremely difficult and comes from many sources.
For example, the saying "the weather is not as good as the right place, and the right place is not as good as the people" is enough to confuse you. It has been mentioned and quoted repeatedly by various scholars.
But there is only one source from the historical collection, and that is Tai Shigong's "Biography of Wu Qi" in "Historical Records".
"The Theory of Ritual as the Fundamental to Nurturing People" comes from "Book of Han·Zhi of Rites and Music".
"Ji Zui Preparing the Five Blessings" comes from "The Book of Songs·Daya·Ji Zui" and Zheng Xuan's annotation.
The Six Treatises of the Secret Pavilion come from the Three Classics and Three Histories. The Three Classics are not the main text, but annotations.
To pass the exam, you must pass four or more, which means that if you want to answer four questions correctly, you must pass them all. It doesn't matter if you make a mistake or the original text is slightly unclear.
If it were before the palace examination, with Zhang Yue's ability, he might only be able to pass two or three paths.
But now, after more than three months of studying hard in the temple, Zhang Yue can say after reading the questions...
