Chapter 26 Exam Paper
Li Jinglong said: "My child understands. My father wants my child to be both civil and military. I have already learned the art of war, so I can put it aside for now. It's time to revise my essays."
"No." Li Wenzhong said: "Your art of war is so bad that it is hopelessly bad and has become an independent entity. For the sake of my Cao Guogong lineage, it is better not to talk about it anymore in order to have a good reputation in the future."
I wonder if Li Jinglong has already adapted to Li Wenzhong's blow. When Li Wenzhong took Li Jinglong to visit He Xi in the Imperial College. Li Jinglong behaved like a noble prince.
"Mr. Cao Guo, why did you come here? Just say hello." Seeing Li Wenzhong coming, He Xi immediately went to greet him.
Li Wenzhong is Zhu Yuanzhang's direct general and Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew. He Xi did not dare to neglect.
Li Wenzhong said: "I come today not as a prince, nor as an imperial eunuch. I come as a father. I hope Brother He Xian can accept this student, so I will naturally come here." "
"He Xiandi doesn't know something. Quanzi knows nothing about military matters. I think his future hope can only be in civil affairs. I hope Xiandi will teach him well."
Li Jinglong rolled his eyes after hearing this. I thought to myself: "Who is this person? My father is really calling me good brother. Do you think he still wants me to call him uncle?"
In fact, he also knew that as Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew, Li Wenzhong was right to call He Xi his wise brother. They are of the same generation. He is one generation below. But He Xi is young and does not have a prominent family background. Princess Shang does not say anything, but she also wants to be her teacher.
Naturally, he was full of resentment.
Seeing how polite Li Wenzhong was, He Xi said, "Don't worry, Mr. Cao Guo, I will do my best."
He Xi said this, but there was a bitter taste in her heart.
There are too many worthy disciples.
I don’t know if Cao Guogong thinks too highly of him. The nobles are not as pretentious as the scholars, and think what He Xi said is much more interesting than the poems written by Ziyue. Or a political statement. Or perhaps Song Ne had long been dissatisfied with the distinguished disciples in the Imperial College.
After all, other students were admitted from the prefectural and county levels. The children of Xungui came to school because of their father Yu Yin, so it was just that they had poor foundation. I still don’t cherish the opportunity to go to school, and my attitude towards learning is also problematic. There is also a background that is unyielding.
Don't look at it, when Song Ne treats these students, he is also unselfish and teaches them harsh lessons.
However, these days, due to the dignity of teachers and the support of Zhu Yuanzhang, no one dares to cause trouble to Song Ne. But Song Ne himself is also under pressure. Just take advantage of this moment and give it all to He Xi. Let He Xi take care of it, wouldn't it mean that I would be much more free?
In short, Cao Guogong is very particular about people. He came in person, but other nobles did not come. But he also agreed that these disciples should study in Mingjiantang.
Li Wenzhong said to Li Jinglong: "Come here and call uncle."
Li Jinglong's eyes were about to pop out.
Seeing this, He Xi said, "Forget it, just call the teacher."
"Old----Teacher----" Li Jinglong said. Li Wenzhong clearly heard the plaintive sound in his voice, and he wanted to hit him as soon as he raised his hand. He Xi said, "Please stay here, Mr. Cao Guo. The exam is about to take place. It's better to let my nephew take the exam."
Li Wenzhong said: "Then this exam-----"
He Xi understood what Li Wenzhong meant and said: "For others, it is necessary to select, but for Li Jinglong and others, although they do not select, they still need to find out. If you don't know the situation, you can't teach. You think so."
These are the final struggles to maintain fairness. In fact, He Xi's original intention was to conduct a serious selection process. He never thought about letting people go through the back door, but he never expected that things would develop to this point.
If he really shuts out these noble disciples. It's a little too apolitical.
As Zhu Yuanzhang said, when it comes to real fighting, the great scholars he deals with are weak White Lotus. Don't talk about others. Just talking about Li Wenzhong, there are countless old people in the army. They are really desperate. It is really not easy for a person to die silently.
Cao Guogong didn't know whether he understood or not, and said, "Yes, go take the exam soon."
Li Jinglong immediately agreed, he didn't want to be on this occasion. Went in a hurry.
Duke Cao Guo said: "Brother He Xian won't you go and preside over the exam?"
He Xi said: "I'm not going. Mr. Liu Song is sitting there. I have produced good test papers. I won't go."
Duke Cao Guo was stunned and said, "Exam paper."
He Xi said: "Yes, test paper."
While Cao Guogong was talking about the test papers with He Xi, the test papers were also being discussed in another part of the Imperial College.
While Song Ne was on duty, he was holding a test paper. He looked at the test paper carefully, looking at the questions and the marked scores. He frowned and said to Beiqiong beside him: "What is He Xi doing?"
Beiqiong said: "I don't know either. I just know that overnight, he created hundreds of test papers. He divided the exams into subjects, namely Confucian classics, history, and mathematics. Three subjects, each with a hundred points, And I have never seen the title before. I thought your Excellency must be interested in it, so I sent it over."
Only then did Song Ne look carefully at the questions on the test paper.
In a volume of classics, there are fill-in-the-blank questions at the beginning, followed by multiple-choice questions, then question and answer questions, and finally analysis questions. Fill-in-the-blank questions were also commonly used by the ancients. This is what the so-called Ming Jing test is about. Song Ne had never seen the following question.
Song Ne thought about it and thought to himself, "This question seems to be a good one."
The reason why the practice of recruiting scholars with stereotyped writing is not actually because everyone in the world is unaware of the dangers of recruiting scholars with stereotyped writing. I don’t know how many people have even talked about this, almost in any time period. Take today, Zhu Sheng, Mr. Fenglin, who proposed to Zhu Yuanzhang that he should build walls high, accumulate grain widely, and slowly become king. He was opposed to the eight-part essay. He even opposed the imperial examination's harm to the study of Confucian classics.
It’s just that I haven’t found an examination method that can replace the eight-legged essay.
Now this question type is added with a percentage system. It seems fair.
Song Ne immediately thought of whether it could be used in the teaching of the Imperial College.
During this period of time, Song Ne severely reflected on himself. Although he still hates He Xi very much, he has begun to learn some of He Xi's methods. Do you want to learn skills from the barbarians and use them to defeat the barbarians?
However, Song Ne asked the question that puzzled him the most, saying, "How did He Xi get this test paper?"
In fact, the ancients were always smart. Song Ne looked at it for a while and found that the biggest problem with this type of question was that there were too many words.
That’s right, there are just too many words.
Because printing technology was underdeveloped in this era. If all test papers are made like this, maybe there will be no problem in some large-scale examinations, such as the imperial examination. But for the following small exams, it is difficult to print test papers. Because not every school or every prefecture or county has a large number of printing workshops.
Moreover, it is easy to leak the test questions if they are taken to a printing workshop for printing. causing more injustice.
The questions for the eight-part essay do not need to be printed on the test paper at all. They only need to be notified at short notice during the exam. It’s just one line anyway.
Song Ne was exposed to printing. I am also new to printing. But he was still curious about how the test paper in front of him was printed.
Bei Qiong said: "I don't even know about this."
Song Ne said: "Forget it, isn't it the exam? You can go back."
Baijun immediately bowed and left.
After Beiqiong left, Song Ne put down the test paper in his hand, and then suddenly discovered that many places in his hands were stained with black. It's because some words on the test paper are losing ink. Only now did he notice the strokes of these words.
Song Ne said: "It seems that it was not carved, but written with a hard pen."
Song Ne thought about it carefully. He really couldn't figure out how to get this test paper. He thought to himself: "Are you really asking He Xi for advice?"
Song Ne was very unwilling to bow to He Xi. Their grudge was not only an academic dispute, but also a power struggle. He never felt that he had a good image in He Xi's eyes.
However, this new printing technology had a huge impact.
Song Ne couldn't help but feel excited.
"Forget it, wait a minute." Song Ne said secretly: "I don't believe that I am the only one who sees the effect of this kind of printing. Let's see what others say. As long as other yamen use it, they can't bypass our Imperial College. .”
