High pragmatism chooses this book as easy. The meaning of the "Ben Jing" is that in addition to the four books, one "elective" subject is taken from the Five Classics. During the exam, the other books of the Five Classics will not be tested, and only this "Ben Jing" will be tested.
This year's Henan Provincial Examination, regardless of the other sections, there are four questions in the High Pragmatic Book of Book of Changes, which are: A gentleman should be more knowledgeable and preface his words and actions; The great treasure of the state, the expansion of heaven and earth, and the saint's position are called benevolence. The reason for keeping the position is called benevolence. The reason for gathering people is called wealth. The correct words for financial management are wrong and prohibition of the people. These are among the seven articles tested on the first day.
In the second scene, there is a discussion about the reason why the holy king ruled. There are also imperial edicts on Internal Medicine, one for the Han Dynasty to bestow half of this year’s land rent on the world. In the second year of Emperor Wen’s reign, the imperial edict was issued in the 2nd year of Emperor Wen’s reign. In the 13th year of Emperor Zhenguan’s imperial edict, Prince Xuanling of the Tang Dynasty added a house. In the 13th year of imperial edicts, the auxiliary ministers were ordered to respectfully write Su Zhi Cheng Jin and present the imperial edict. It's a matter of choosing a question. The five true and false questions include officials who have gone beyond the limit of their terms of office, who have given away gold and silver, private servants who carried sedan chairs, descendants who have violated religious orders, and who have repaired bridges and roads.
Then the third game is about asking the five ways. The first question is the book of honor and inferiority in the Book of Changes. The meeting between Ming Liang and the ministers lasted for a thousand years.
Secondly, there were many people who asked about the ancient gods. Among them, there were three most talented ones.
The Third Question
The fourth question is: The river has been in trouble for a long time.
The fifth question is that it is unavoidable to have diarrhea in the holy world.
The examination in Henan was not more stringent than that in Jiangnan. This policy question was also optional. Gao pragmatically chose the question about the dangers of the Yellow River directly. This question is one that Gao Pragmatic feels is most closely related to Henan. He happens to have been worried about disasters in Henan in recent years, so he chose this question.
Originally, the original intention of the three examinations was to first use the scriptures to interpret the subtle words of the sages to observe their mental skills, and then to use policy questions to observe their understanding of ancient and modern affairs, to test their talents, and then to test their expressions, judgments, etc., to observe their performance. of talent. The three are complementary to each other and should be treated equally.
However, as of now, only the seven eight-part essays in the first scene are emphasized, and the essays only emphasize art. In addition, there are some unspoken rules, such as only focusing on the second and third chapters, so it gradually becomes biased. But this is not something Gao Wuzhi can change now. He just finished the exam silently.
In the next few days, Gao pragmatically lived a comfortable life. He neither visited various officials in Kaifeng nor attended any celebrity gatherings. He just waited quietly until the day when the results were released.
You don’t have to wait long for the day when the list is released, because most of the lists are in the Yin and Chen day branches, Chen is the dragon, and Yin is the tiger. This is the meaning of the dragon and tiger list. In addition, this is the time when the sweet-scented osmanthus is in full bloom, so It is also commonly known as Xiangbang as Guibang.
The announcement of the list for the Henan Provincial Examination is very interesting. The top five are not listed first, and the successful candidates at the end are announced according to their normal rankings. Gao pragmatic learned a good lesson this time and brought eight servants with him, surrounding him in the middle and taking a good position.
But until the roll call was finished, Gao Pragmatic didn't hear his own name.
The servants around him were a little anxious. Gao Jue, who still personally accompanied him to take the exam, saw that Gao was pragmatic and had sweat on his forehead, so he comforted him and said, "Young master, don't be anxious. With your ability, you will definitely get into the top five classics."
All four books in the provincial examination are tested, so there is nothing to score here, but the candidates all have their own classics, so the papers are graded according to the Five Classics. Each classic has to be named one, and these five people form the top five, so these five people are The so-called "Five Classics Master" is also the legacy of the Song Dynasty's "One Classic after Hard Suffering".
The chief examiner will select one person among the top five candidates, who will be the first in the province, which is Jieyuan. The deputy examiner will also select one person, who will be the second in the province, which is Yayuan.
At this time, Qiu Huohu still had some remaining power. Gao Pingshi stood still and listened to the roll call for a long time, and his spirit was a little dazed. The Five Classics Kui started to read backwards from the fifth place until he read the second place, Ya Yuan. Gao pragmatism finally came to his senses.
Perhaps it was when they arrived at Yayuan that the scribe who called the roll cheered up, raised his voice, and almost yelled, "Second place in Ji Mao Henan Provincial Examination, Zhang Zili from Ruyang County, Yayuan"
The candidates and idle men who were watching looked around quickly, and Gao Pragmatic couldn't help but look around. Unexpectedly, not far from him, Gao Jue and others, a man raised his hands high and shouted, "It's me, it's me, I am." Zhang Zili, a native of Ruyang County”
Gao Pragmatic followed the crowd and saw a middle-aged scribe in his early forties with a happy face. He just used his thin body to squeeze through the crowd and went forward to look at the list.
Everyone couldn't help laughing when they saw that the clothes he was wearing looked rather shabby despite his age. However, there were few jokes and many envies. One idle man shouted, "This scholar has won the prize of Mr. Ya Yuan. He should change into a brocade clothes tomorrow."
Someone yelled, "She's in Jinyi. She must be Husi. There's no need to wait until tomorrow. I don't know how many people will be queuing up to give him money and land."
Gao Jingshi took a deep breath, and he also became a little nervous. The chief managers of the other rooms had already come out, except for Yi. If he was not the chief manager of this room, he would have failed.
Gao Jue seemed more nervous than Gao Jingshi. He held his belt tightly with one hand and pushed away the people who were pushing towards Gao Jingshi with the other hand. He said, "Don't worry, young master. It must be Jie Yuan. It must be Jie Yuan." ,must"
Gao Pragmatic said angrily, "I wasn't nervous at first, but I got nervous after you talked about it."
But before Gao Jue had time to reply, the scribe who was doing the roll call had already revealed the list and shouted, "Ji Mao ranked first in the Henan rural examination, Jieyuan Xinzheng County Gao Pragmatic"
Gao Pingshi breathed a sigh of relief. He felt that his feet were a little weak and he almost couldn't stand. This was a situation he didn't have when he was captured by Cao Gan, who was still the "Bald King".
Gao Jue saw Gao Jingshi's figure swaying, thinking he was suffering from heat stroke, so he quickly supported him, raised Gao Jingshi's right arm, and said loudly to him, "Xinzheng County Gao Jingshi is here," and then hurried on He turned around and said to Gao Pingshi in a low voice, "Young master, don't blame the young one for being abrupt. As a rule, you have to agree louder this time."
Of course Gao Jingshi knew that the reason for Gao Jue's apology was not to help him answer questions, but to call him by his name. However, Gao Jingshi didn't care much about this. He shook his head slightly and said, "Now that you've finished reading the list, go back early." Well, as usual, there will be a deer-crowing banquet tomorrow, and the new imperial examiners like us have to pay homage to the seat master and the room master, so we can’t be careless about this."
The surrounding scholars and idle men had already begun to boo, but Gao Pragmatic had recovered by now and frequently bowed to the surrounding people to express his gratitude.
However, although high school Jieyuan is a good thing, there is a problem with this year's Henan Jieyuan, which makes him feel a little troublesome.
Because the examiner of this year's Henan Provincial Examination is Yu Shenxing, a highly regarded disciple of Zhang Juzheng who won the imperial examination in the second year of Longqing's reign.
