Ever since Xu He won the Huiyuan Award, the news had spread throughout Beijing before the Ministry of Rites announced the results.
That is the Hui Yuan chosen by His Majesty himself.
What? Is there any inside story here?
At Xu He's level, are you still operating behind the scenes?
In the Imperial College, he was able to argue with contemporary great Confucians and academicians of the Hanlin Academy without falling behind. Qiu Teng was even speechless in the end.
Tell him the inside story?
What a joke.
Moreover.
Even if it was an inside story, it was Huiyuan appointed by the emperor.
A camera obscura controlled by the emperor, can it still be called a camera obscura?
Xu He's Huiyuan was revealed before the Ministry of Rites posted the list, and he was the most convincing Huiyuan.
Being named Huiyuan means that even if this person is not the top three, he is still in the top ten of the top ten.
Next, the only suspense is where Xu Liangsheng will get in the imperial examination.
Ever since Xu He passed the Huiyuan exam, for some reason, the address of the courtyard he just bought in Beijing was found out and spread among people, so that all interested people knew where he lived.
These days, there are some bigwigs from all walks of life who come to invite people to visit the house; there are officials and wealthy people who ask for matchmakers; there are scholars who seek education; there are even people who have a demented child at home and pay a lot of money to get it. I hope that I can take the things used by Xu He home and my children can use the things used by Wen Quxing to become wise!
Now, the Xu family was full of people, and Xie Liangcai was very annoyed.
This guy finally rebelled, saying that he wanted to go home to support his parents, leaving the situation to Xu He himself.
Fortunately, not long after, Xu Song saw that his nephew had to prepare for the imperial examination, but he was very disturbed during this period, so he asked the Wucheng Army and Horse Division to send people to guard both sides of the alley where Xu He lived, and collect all the idlers. By sticking to the road, Xu He was rescued from the sea of suffering.
Seeing that the imperial examination was approaching, Xu Song himself could not sit still and sent Xu Peng to pick Xu He up.
When he first entered, Xu He thought there was news from Hefei and quickly asked his uncle.
Unexpectedly, there has been no movement so far.
The news from last time is that the Haiphong Camp has crossed the Tuqiao River.
"Today is already the first day of March. Calculating the time, there should be news! I don't know what's going on in Hefei!"
Xu Song said: "Don't worry about this, it's important to pass the imperial examination well!"
The emperor has spoken. If Hefei wins, he will be rewarded with the top prize.
It would be hypocritical to say that Xu He is not greedy for the title of No. 1 Scholar.
But he also didn't want to stain his No. 1 crown with the blood of the Haiphong soldiers.
Therefore, in his letter, Xu He did not mention the emperor's words at all.
In the end, Xu Song and Xu He decided to let nature take its course after discussion.
Although it sounds good to be the number one scholar, the number one scholar may not necessarily lead to success in the officialdom.
There are too many Jinshis who have been admitted to the cabinet before Erjia.
Xu Song is the best example.
Officialdom requires diplomas, but what is more needed are talents, means and opportunities.
All three are indispensable, and the title of No. 1 pick is just the icing on the cake.
The same words were said, but they were just words for the two of them to comfort each other.
No. 1 pick, who is not greedy?
No, Xu Song came to Xu He today just to explain to him about the imperial examination.
"The palace examination for Taizu in this dynasty is scheduled for the third day of March. In fact, it is also held at the end of February and mid-March."
"But you also know this year, the day after tomorrow is the imperial examination."
"Thank you on the eighth day of the lunar month!"
"The emperor himself makes plans in court, but nowadays most of them use the title of chief executive!"
"But you must not be careless. Our Majesty always does not act according to common sense. I have told you to carefully understand the Holy Will these past two days. This is my intention!"
Xu He asked curiously: "Uncle, what are the regulations for the palace examination? Is it similar to the provincial examination and the general examination?"
"It doesn't look alike!" Xu Song, who has experience, explained: "His Royal Highness is the chief examiner of the palace examination, and there is also Yuyin, the general promotion officer, who is appointed by the president of the examination. Serve as the four editors of Shizhong and Hanlin Academy!"
"The supervisory officer consists of two supervisory censors; the record-keeping officer is a member of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce; the officer who receives the record is a director of the Ministry of Works; the official of Mifeng is a secretary and supervises the ministers; the counterpart officer is the Shangbao Sisi. The prime minister and the Hanlin Academy compiled two yuan; the prosecutor, the prison gate officer, and the patrol officer each had one member to guard and control; the promotion officer included two ministers from the Ministry of Etiquette."
Xu He understood that this was the same as the provincial examination and the provincial examination, except that the senior examination officials had a higher grade than the provincial examination, and the palace examination had a higher level.
This is really "Zaifu reads the scroll, and the emperor writes the title".
"The reason why the examiner is called the examiner is because the palace examination is personally planned by the emperor, and his decision-making system says, "I will personally read it". Therefore, when the minister reads the examination paper, it is not called examination examination, but reading examination!"
Xu He nodded, good guy, he really wouldn't know the rules here unless he told me.
"That's right!" Xu Song suddenly took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Xu He, "Come with me."
After saying that, he led Xu He to the study, then called Xu Peng and asked him to close the door and cover the window with a quilt.
Xu He was confused by Xu Song's move.
The room was extremely dark at this time. Xu Song nodded with satisfaction and said, "Take out the piece of paper I just gave and read it to me carefully."
When Xu He heard this, he looked at Xu Song in fear.
Let me go, is uncle so powerful?
This is a palace exam, can he get the questions?
Thinking of this, he opened the folded paper with trembling hands with excitement.
Holy shit.
The writing on this paper is so small.
It's smaller than a teeny-tiny regular script.
After he put the piece of paper in front of his eyes and examined it carefully, he was immediately disappointed.
Seeing this, Xu Song frowned and said, "Can't you see clearly?"
"See clearly!"
"Read it!"
“The human heart responds to all things, like water illuminating all things.
There are sincerity and deception in responding to things. When it is appropriate, it is called sincerity, and when it is not suitable, it is called delusion.
Objects have shapes and shadows, which are called shapes when they are real and usable, and shadows when they are empty but not usable.
The teachings of Confucianism follow the form, and the teachings of Buddhism follow the shadow, and the shadow is inseparable from the form.
Therefore, if you listen to his words, you are right, and if you listen to his actions, you are wrong. …. "
What is this? What is this?
Isn't this "University"?
The palace examination is about policy questions, but there is no Eight-part Examination, so why are you looking at this stuff at this time?
Xu Song was overjoyed after hearing Xu He read it carefully. He first asked Xu Peng to put down the quilt, then sat down and stroked his beard and said with a smile: "My eyes are good, I'm relieved!"
No, uncle, what kind of medicine are you selling in this gourd? Why can't I understand this?
Xu Song saw Xu He's confused look, so he smiled and explained: "There is no semicolon in the imperial examination, but the name tags of each Chinese candidate will be affixed on the examination table by the officials of the Ministry of Etiquette."
"Press to sign in and take your seat."
"The palace is deep and strict, and those sitting in the back rows find it difficult to read because of the darkness in the palace. Therefore, during the imperial examination, many people had ugly handwriting on their papers, and some even had messy writing and fell from the second class to the third class!"
Understood.
This is a vision quiz.
Tell me earlier!
Uncle, I have something called an eye chart here to learn about.
E,彐,w,m……
I invented this thing!
