Lu Lian was shocked. This is a poem written by a person with such a mind and ambition!
If the burning fire is idle,
Don’t be afraid of being smashed to pieces!
Lu Lian remembered what Zhao Shuwen said. Yu Qian had been paying homage to Wen Tianxiang's portrait every day since he was a student. Whether in his study or his bedroom, there were portraits of Wen Tianxiang, and one of the portraits was rumored to have been given to Emperor Jianwen during a private visit in disguise. .
Isn’t Wen Tianxiang such a person?
Faced with the burning fire, he still took it indifferently, faced with the overwhelming situation, still stood up, even if his bones were shattered, how could he ever give in?
What a "keep your innocence in this world"! Is this the will and character of young Yu Qian?
Lu Lian nodded repeatedly, read it over and over again, and said solemnly: "If this test paper was written by Yu Qian, then Zhao Shuwen would be under much less pressure."
Guo Zibai smiled.
Zhao Shuwen always needs some reasons if he wants to "recommend" Yu Qian to study in Beiping County, and the most impressive reason is naturally that he is both good in character and academics!
This must be Yu Qian's test paper, he has a very good foundation.
When he was seven or eight years old, the old man next door saw Yu Qian wearing red clothes and riding a horse. He once teased him and said, "Red boy, ride a black horse through the streets."
Yu Qian immediately responded: "Son of the Red Emperor, kill the white snake and take over."
This little story shows that Yu Qian had a pretty good foundation in his early years.
Lu Lian arranged for someone to copy the test papers, and then the judges would score them. During the entire process, the county magistrate was only responsible for supervising and re-examining the failed test papers, and was not allowed to interfere with the evaluation to ensure fairness.
Taizhou, Linhai Fuxue.
After seven days of intense grading, all examination papers were finally judged.
The prefect He Wenyuan presided over the opening of the papers. Professor Sun An, instructors Chen Liangzuo and Wu Ding, supervisory censor Jiang Yuan, security bureau Qianhu Xu Xun, private school teachers Huang Wenshou and Zhou Mengran were present at the same time.
When each test paper is taken out and the names are checked, the overall score is calculated.
After some calculations and summarization, Chen Liangzuo and others gave the overall ranking: "The total score is 600. Fu Xue Guotingwei ranked first with a score of 572, followed by Fu Xue Sima Pan with a score of 572." Five hundred and sixty-nine...Private school Xu Ge, forty-seventh place, with a score of five hundred and twenty..."
After Huang Wenshou and Zhou Mengran heard this, they smiled bitterly.
Although the private school has introduced the teaching materials provided by the Imperial Academy to the Fu School, the quality of education is still far inferior to that of the Taizhou Fu School, and the best rankings are not within forty.
This is related to the level of private school teachers. Although there are teaching materials, most of the government teachings come from the Imperial College, while most private school teachers come from the private sector. In terms of teaching ideas and methods, they still cannot be compared with those who came from the Imperial College.
Chen Liangzuo continued to shout: "Lin Jiayou, 241st, scored 172. Liao Yong, 242nd, scored 173..."
As soon as these words came out, everyone looked a little strange.
He Wenyuan shook his head.
It is not difficult to predict that people from Zhengxue Academy can achieve such results. Confucianism is important in the government examinations, but other subjects are also important, especially calculations, which is as important as Confucianism.
But Fang Xiaoru believes that these things are not important. What is important is what Confucius said, what Mencius said, what Confucius said to do, and what Mencius said to do.
It is difficult for a group of people who specialize in Confucianism to achieve results under the examination mechanism of Fu Xue.
Once this result is made public, it is expected that traditional old Confucianism will be swept into the garbage heap by New Confucianism. He Wenyuan didn't understand what Fang Xiaoru was doing. Was he really turning a blind eye to the achievements of the imperial court over the years?
What kind of national treasure is the train? Why do they turn it into a monster that consumes money and troubles the people? Are these people really so corrupt that they cannot see the true value of trains?
Jiang Yuan, the supervisory censor, let out a long sigh.
This examination will dig a big grave for the unconventional traditional Confucianism, and Zhengxue Academy will also be discredited and lose its prestige. If they still cannot keep up with the times, take the initiative to adapt
, within three years, Zhengxue Academy will be completely ignored.
In the end, Fang Xiaoru still firmly believed that he was right, that the Imperial College was wrong and the emperor was wrong. But he was just a Confucian master, not a courtier, not an emperor, or even an official who could serve in politics. The restoration and return to the original that he longed for was no longer suitable for the Ming Dynasty.
When Daming is a horse, you can prepare the reins. Now that Ming Dynasty has become a train, a steam engine train, you still prepare the reins, what are you planning to do?
"This result is the last struggle of the old Confucian students and proves the success of the Imperial College in reforming Confucianism."
Jiang Yuan sighed.
Professor Sun An was also a little bit sad about this result. He took Lin Jiayou's test paper and turned to the policy question column. He looked at it and shook his head: "It's a bit fanciful for these people to want to enter the Imperial College based on their expertise in Confucianism."
"Let me see."
He Wenyuan stood up.
After taking the test paper, He Wenyuan looked at it carefully. It was a policy question about "The Ming Dynasty has no strong enemies outside and no great chaos inside. What should we consider as enemies and what should we consider as worries?"
Lin Jiayou's answer started off unpleasantly, and it was still the same old way of answering:
Let’s first talk about how great the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors have been since the beginning of the world. Then let’s talk about how powerful Taizu was and how many powerful enemies he wiped out. Then let’s talk about how powerful Emperor Jianwen was. The Tatars and Walas were all gone. These are more than 600 words, and about the core of Ce Wen, not a word has been said...
These people have been away from the court for too long. Did you know that Emperor Jianwen would be angry if anyone wrote such official documents? The current document format is:
What happened, time, place, person, severity.
What kind of help is needed? Who should I ask for help? The government office, the provincial government, or the six ministries.
How to prevent this from happening again.
Although the format is not fixed, the basic logic and content are like this. It is no longer popular to start with the story of the creation of an egg. There is no need to repeat the story of the Three Sovereigns, Five Emperors and Taizu, and there is no need to flatter the emperor or flatter him. This is a memorial. The important thing is not to write a congratulatory form or a congratulatory message.
Likewise, this is a policy question, asking for your countermeasures, not listening to your nonsense and flattery.
In the twelfth year of Jianwen, there were still people using the framework of the Hongwu era, which is really sad.
This is not only a gap in knowledge, but also a gap between two eras.
The so-called orthodoxy represented by Fang Xiaoru is nothing more than holding on to old sage classics that do not know how to discard, adapt, or absorb.
Saints make mistakes too.
Saints also know how to adapt.
Confucius also asked for advice on this and that. You, Fang Xiaoru, also studied under Song Lian. How come you have not made any progress over the years and are confined to old and moldy classics to amuse yourself?
Times have changed, Fang Xiaoru. Faced with the low score of your most proud disciple, you should shed tears.
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