Liu Haojia finally stopped laughing, then patted his painful stomach and said, "Don't worry, I'll wait for you to take your time!"
The three of them didn't even bother to talk, they just lowered their heads and continued working hard. Liu Haojia, on the other hand, was not worried at all about what they could figure out, and sat there happily drinking tea. As for the other scholars, they were extremely nervous, hoping that the three of them would quickly write down their answers. ap.
In fact, they also know that unless Liu Haojia answers the question wrong, they have already lost! What they now hope is that Jin Pu and the others can answer correctly, or at least lose a little better! On the contrary, Liu Haojia's servants and maids looked relaxed and full of confidence in their second young master.
In fact, Liu Haojia’s training is not easy, especially for people who have not received higher education. It is torture! The question he asked was "Opposite Buses", and it had added information, so he was very sure of winning!
Sure enough, after a long time, the three finally gave up! Wu Jifeng raised his hands and said, "Ashamed, ashamed! There are many questions that are too difficult for us!"
Liu Haojia took a look at the papyrus of the three of them and found that the progress of the three of them was about the same, and they were still far away from unveiling it! So Liu Haojia said with a smile: "How about it, do you three want to know the answer?"
The three of them are all eager to learn, and they naturally started to lose their heads when they heard this. Liu Haojia picked up a pen and wrote the answer on a piece of paper and said: "The answer is here for you, go back and do the calculations yourself! Now let's do the calculations! We have compared the other five items of the Six Arts of the Gentleman except etiquette, who wins? Lose!"
What Liu Haojia said made the three of them blush immediately, and even Jiang Lin's eye circles were red! Even the other scholars lowered their heads! Because the result is very obvious, the gentleman competed in five categories of six arts, Liu Haojia won four and lost one, and the scholars won one and lost four!
Even if the Gabili Masters win, Liu Haojia still has 4 wins and 2 losses, which is still far from a tie! Not even a chance to quibble!
At this time, the youngest Jiang Lin said unconvinced: "Master Hou, we lost this competition, but this is not what we are good at!"
Seeing someone starting to do so, other scholars also started complaining. Liu Haojia said with a smile: "I know what you are thinking. You think you are good at writing articles, right?"
Jin Pu said embarrassedly: "Master Hou, it's not that students don't follow the rules, but my skills are really in articles! You see, in the competition, you are good at horseback riding and archery, but there are no articles!"
Liu Haojia still smiled and said, "Having said that, I would like to say a few more words. Why are you studying?"
Jiang Lin puffed up his chest and said loudly: "Cultivate yourself, harmonize your family, govern your country, and bring peace to the world!"
Hearing this, Liu Haojia suppressed his smile and said, "Really? It turns out it is such a lofty goal! I thought you were studying just to become officials! The only role of your best stereotypes is to serve as a stepping stone to officialdom, but what really makes people But you know nothing about the six arts of a gentleman who cultivate his moral character! It cannot be said that you know nothing at all, at least you are still very good at etiquette and calligraphy!"
Everyone's faces turned red after being ridiculed by Liu Haojia. Only Jiang Lin said unconvinced: "Although I say so, but now that the six skills of a gentleman are no longer needed, who will learn these things? There are already dedicated drivers for driving the carriages. There are specialized archers for archery, and special cavalry for fighting! As long as we strategize, we can naturally win a battle thousands of miles away!"
His words immediately received low-pitched approval from many scholars, and some even looked at Liu Haojia provocatively, saying that a warrior like you doesn't know how to strategize and win a decisive victory thousands of miles away!
Liu Haojia burst out laughing when he heard this. After laughing, he said: "According to your statement, war is a matter for military personnel! But is it really a matter for military personnel to fight in the imperial court now? There is nothing that is not dictated by civilian officials!"
This sentence again made the scholars bow their heads and remain silent! Because the actual situation in the Ming Dynasty was like this. Although it was better than that in the Song Dynasty, in fact since Tumubao, what warriors did was restricted everywhere, and it was double restricted!
Not only did the civil servants not believe them, but the emperor sometimes did not trust these people very much, and often sent eunuchs into the army to serve as supervisors. So these generals even want bribes
Get ready for a double portion!
Seeing that these people were still a little ashamed, Liu Haojia did not dare to argue anymore, so he softened his tone and said: "Imagine that one day you are serving as officials on the border and you happen to encounter a fierce battle with the enemy! At this time, a small team of troops from either side joins in. On the battlefield, it will affect the outcome of the war. At this time, the opponent's coach rushed over with his sword in hand, and you people are shouting behind your own people and watching your compatriots die? And judging from your bodies , I’m afraid I won’t be able to cheer for long even if I cheer!”
In this way, Liu Haojia scolded everyone again, making them all bow their heads and remain silent. But these scholars always felt that they had been deceived and were not very convinced. So after Liu Haojia finished training everyone, he took a sip of tea happily and said: "I know you are not convinced, it seems that the competition is not what you are good at! Well, I will give you another chance! Didn't you say that you are good at writing? Article? How about we compare eight-legged essays?"
When Jiang Lin heard this, he immediately became energetic and said, "Is this true?"
Liu Haojia said with a smile: "Of course, how could I lie to you! But it takes too long to write an article, so let's just compete to solve the problem! Everyone on both sides takes turns to solve the problem, until one party can't solve it!"
When they heard that they were going to write eight-legged essays, the scholars were overjoyed and their morale immediately became high! They felt that they had won a sure victory this time and could finally get back a win! But they also didn't think about it, since Liu Haojia could propose this competition, how could he not be sure! Moreover, the fighting method he proposed was quite advantageous!
In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the development of the imperial examination system was relatively mature, and the eight-part essay was a style of imperial examination at that time. Eight-part essays take topics from the Four Books and Five Classics, and their content must also be in the tone of the ancients. Free play is not allowed in writing. The length of sentences, traditional and simple fonts, rhythm, etc. must also have relative specifications, and there are also restrictions on the number of words. It can be said that It is a strict law.
The eight-legged essay is divided into eight parts: composed of breaking topic, title, starting point, starting point, starting part, middle part, back part and final part. The proposed titles are all from the original texts in the Four Books and Five Classics. Two of the four parts, the starting strand, the middle strand, the back strand, and the bundled strand, should be paired with opposite characters. This is the eight-legged strand.
