Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 2693 Anthology Examination Box Three Fools

  In life, everything seems to be under siege.

  Those outside the city think it is good and are full of envy, while those inside the city think it is bad or average. But there is a besieged city, but it is in the ancient Chinese feudal dynasty, which makes people flock to it.

   Officials.

   Study and take an exam, and then become an official.

  As the preliminary examinations in various counties were carried out one after another, students from all states and counties who passed the preliminary examination poured into Chang'an one after another. The inns and post houses in Chang'an and the surrounding areas are beginning to be full.

   In this way, there are still many candidates who want to stay in residential houses, of course, the price is not cheap. I don’t know if there was such a concept as a homestay before Dahan. Anyway, when Fei Qian went to Guanzhong, there was such a homestay when he was discussing in Qinglong Temple. The average B&B is just accommodation, and some better B&Bs even include food and laundry, and of course there are even better ones...

  In addition to these additional resettlement and accommodation sites, Feiqian also temporarily recruited some labor camps on the outskirts of Chang'an. Saying it’s a labor camp doesn’t sound good, but changing it to a youth brigade… ahem, wouldn’t it sound much better to change it to “Confucius and Mencius Yipu”?

These labor camps, um, "Confucius and Mencius Yipu", are actually built according to standard camps, with camp walls, toilets, bathing places, etc. The conditions are not too bad, and the most important thing is that they do not charge money, which makes them Many cash-strapped students are willing to live in it.

Although these "Confucius and Mencius Yipu" are a bit far from Chang'an, there are three shifts of horse-drawn carriages at the gate of the camp every day, and they will leave when they arrive at the point or when they are full, so it is indeed a little inconvenient overall, but it can't be regarded as too much. trouble.

  As the exam date is approaching, in the streets and alleys of Chang'an, there are scholars wearing square scarves and straight gowns everywhere.

At the same time, because there are many "predecessors" who have taken the exam in Chang'an, there are also many shops and merchants at this time. In order to attract business, or promote their names, and some other ideas, sometimes they will invite some people who have been obtained before. The "senior" with good grades in the exam preached some content, and often attracted many students to listen to it. Sometimes there were hundreds or thousands of people, which was quite spectacular for a while.

In such a lecture, it is of course impossible to talk about the subtleties of the scriptures, but to focus on some precautions in the examination room, preparation items, etc., from how to prepare for the exam to how to take the exam. , are popular topics among candidates.

   It will even mention some of the content of the previous exams. Compared with the test questions in counties and counties, the number of test questions and test subjects in Chang'an has a relatively large expansion. This is completely different from the initial exam. Many students who came to Chang'an to take the exam for the first time before often couldn't adapt to the intensity of the exam, and finally collapsed physically and mentally, doubted themselves, and even disappeared in a hurry.

   It's like the exam in Longyou, which only lasted one day, but the exam in Chang'an has now become three exams.

  The first session is the preparation for the entrance exam. Because it is to examine the content of rote memorization, it will take a long time to check.

In fact, the first exam is relatively simple, as long as you can recite it proficiently, after all, the big man does not have as many scriptures as later generations, and the main scriptures confirmed in Qinglong Temple are mainly poems and books. This book is a must-read book for almost all students. There may be slight differences between the local version and the Qinglong Temple version, but they are generally similar, unlike Jinwen Confucianism's studies of prophecy and wei, each saying its own thing.

  The study of Confucian classics in bronze and ancient prose is also like a besieged city.

   It’s just different from the siege of officials in that most people want to squeeze in the siege of officials, but the siege of scriptures is trapped and difficult to get out, but they have to go.

  After the Great Discussion of Qinglong Temple, especially after the theory of "Orthodoxy", Jinwen Confucianism gradually came to an end.

  Strictly speaking, those prophecy theories in Jinwen Confucianism no longer have a market.

  Fei Qian should have been a large potential market for the theory of Chenwei.

  In fact, many local princes in the Han Dynasty were invisible supporters of these prophecy theories.

  Even Cao Cao was not exempt from customs. Back then, Baba rushed to the door to ask for a comment from others...

   In fact, with a little bit of brains, I know that a person's life has any **** connection with some prophecy comments? With a comment, one can be prosperous, but without this comment, one will perish forever? If you really have such a great ability, then what is the price you have to pay to maintain such a great law technique?

   This is actually like the comments of the constellations of later generations. If the constellation names are hidden, and then randomly mixed with the constellation names and then let people see it, it is the same, some people will think that it is "middle"!

  Is there any prophecy in the ancient Chinese scriptures? There are also some, but compared with Jinwen Confucianism, it is much less. On the one hand, most of the ancient texts are the actual scriptures handed down from ancient times. Naturally, the important ones must be selected to write on the bamboo slips and wooden tablets. On the one hand, it is because Jinwen Jing was dictated at the beginning, and then there will inevitably be content added by each school in the scriptures...

Fei Qian made it clear that prophecy is a fake study, which made many people lose their "useful place" in an instant. Among them, Jinwen Confucianism was the most damaged. In addition, the "correct solution" of Qinglong Temple, which has gradually been completed, is a relatively complete and A canonical textual structure is taking shape.

   And these students who refer to it will pass on the structure of this modern and ancient Chinese classic and correct solution...

  Like these fill-in-the-blank questions in the first exam.

  This is Fei Qian's strategy. It seems that there is no conclusion, but in fact there are already results. Fei Qian didn't go directly to the stage, but shouted to kill Jinwen, or to restore ancient Chinese, because this would only intensify things, and once conflicts intensify, many times some people may not be rational in doing things, in order to maintain Their respective positions, under the influence of emotions, there will be a situation where they don't care about their heads and only their butts.

  Huaxia puts a lot of emphasis on "use". No matter how many beautiful words you say, it is better to actually use it.

  The same is true for the exam. The second exam is about the application content of official documents. For the formulated topic, make one each of "edict, form, ultimatum, chapter, and judgment".

  These "edicts, forms, ultimatums, chapters, and judgments" are also like besieging a city.

  Because it is a limited theme, limited number of words, and limited format, there is no room for error.

When Feiqian first started to be in power, counties and townships around the country reported all kinds of written documents, expressing the words and ink as they wished. The rich rhetoric made Feiqian's head big when he saw it, so he gradually perfected the norms of this kind of official documents and framed them. specification.

  For example, "Table" is used to make a statement. All matters such as admonition, persuasion, begging, punishment, contribution, recommendation, celebration, comfort, resignation, Chen Xie, litigation, impeachment, etc., are all "tables". The first sentence at the beginning of the table must explain what is the matter, the place and time of the characters, and then describe the specific situation. At the end, you should add suggestions or related measures that have been dealt with. Character.

  The last game is the policy discussion.

  It will be relatively loose, but there are also restrictions. If you want to digress freely, I am afraid that even the papers will fly away...

   This set of exam content and regulations will gradually form a standard, and then it will continue to be used. If we can use these three exams, we can relatively comprehensively examine the students through this method, and the selected people are relatively more educated, more knowledgeable, and have certain administrative capabilities.

   Poetry and song Fu are not tested because ordinary officials do not need too good literary talent.

  As for the stereotyped essays of later generations, they are actually special products under the exam-oriented system. Although they were criticized by many people in later generations, they are not really that bad. On the contrary, they play a big role in maintaining objective screening...

  It’s like besieging a city. People in the city and people outside the city look at it differently.

  In this large-scale examination, there are gentry children from Heluo, east of the river, local gentry from Hanzhong in Longyou, and even Sinicized Hu people...

  In fact, under the rule of Feiqian, there were many Hu people who had been Sinicized.

  For example, the Shangdang Linghu family is completely Chinese, and even has better academic achievements in China than many people in China.

  The middle-aged man, Chi Qianping, is also a Sinicized Hu. His family was originally supposed to be from the Southern Huns, and then it was divided into the Han area during the Western Han Dynasty, first in Chang'an, and then in Hedong. After two or three hundred years of events, the Chigan family has nothing to do with ordinary Han people. respectively.

Sima Yi went to Hedong to preside over the county examination. Chi Ganping passed the examination at that time and got a place to participate in the Chang'an En examination. The coming exam.

  As the exam time approached, the atmosphere in the Confucius and Mencius Yipu camp became tense during the day.

  In such an atmosphere, some things will happen from time to time...

  All kinds of people have all kinds of strange things. Even if there are special soldiers responsible for orderly patrols in the camp, there will still be some unexpected situations.

  In the Datong shop where Chi Ganping lived, in the early morning, someone shouted, saying that the pen and ink he prepared had disappeared!

  If it is said that soldiers go to battle, the most important thing is the weapon and armor, then when these students go to the examination room, pen and ink are their weapons. As a result, the weapon is lost now, how can we not make people anxious?

  The patrol inspector on duty came with soldiers, but they didn’t find any problems, because the unlucky boy didn’t lose the pen and ink bag in the Datong shop, he went out and forgot it...

   Yes, I forgot.

  The unlucky boy also treasured his pen, ink and inkstone, he took it with him everywhere, and didn't put it in the Datong shop, fearing that someone would steal it if he left it in the Datong shop, but he himself forgot the bag somewhere.

  If it was stolen, it would naturally have to be investigated, but I forgot...

  After understanding the situation, the inspector clicked his tongue and left with the soldiers. If his soldiers lost their battle armor blades, they would start with at least thirty whips.

  Can such an important thing be forgotten?

  Why don't you forget to eat and sleep?

  The unlucky child hugged his head and cried loudly.

  Is there any use in crying?

   But just crying.

Chi Qianping didn't have any extra spare pens, so he prepared only two pens, one big and one thinner, which were used to write characters of different sizes, but the ink could be broken off for that unlucky boy. But there is only one inkstone, which cannot be separated.

  Other people are similar, a whole shop is put together, there are some ink sticks, but there are no extra pens and inkstones.

   Chi Ganping and the others accompanied the unlucky boy to search for the places where he might have been lost in the camp, but naturally found nothing. Even the unlucky child doesn't know exactly when and where it was lost, let alone remember who was around and what happened.

After searching to no avail, Chi Ganping helped to ask whether the examination room would provide pens, ink, paper and inkstones. The result was that paper would be distributed in the examination room, and there seemed to be ink sticks that could be applied for, but there were no pens and inkstones. I heard that there are additional…

  After all, the brushes, inks and inkstones are the best ones that you can use easily. If you don’t use them smoothly and fail the exam, is it your own, or is it a problem with the brushes, inks and inkstones provided by the examination room?

  The unlucky child felt very wronged, but the problem was that crying in the Datong shop made other people unable to do it, whether they wanted to rest or read. In desperation, Chi Qianping found several other people in the Datong shop, and discussed taking the unlucky child to the Chang'an City Chinese Collection.

  Who is the oldest in this Datong shop? After all, everyone is not familiar with each other. If he doesn’t take the initiative to talk about this matter, others will probably ignore it. If this continues, although Chi Qianping doesn’t know if this unlucky kid will touch the hammer for a while, whether it’s for himself or for others. Others hammered it a few times, but if they could solve the problem earlier, it would also help the group to rest well, otherwise it would affect their rest, and I am afraid that everyone might fail the exam in the end.

  So everyone pooled some money to buy some pens, inks and inkstones for this unlucky child. Although a set of pens, inks and inkstones is worth a lot, it is actually not much to share on everyone’s head. In addition, there is also the meaning of later generations to recognize the Tao before the big exam, and because of the problems of this unlucky child, it is also a reminder to them, it is still necessary to have some spare pen and ink, right?

  So Chi Ganping's suggestion won the support of most people, even the unlucky boy kept yelling at Chi Ganping's big brother.

   There was a horse-drawn carriage at the gate of the camp. Chi Ganping’s group of people didn’t have to wait long before the number of people was full. Then, with a yell on the handlebars, he drove the poor horses and sent them outside Chang’an City in a short time.

   Arriving at the anthology, Chi Ganping and others were immediately dazzled.

  The unlucky boy also seemed to have forgotten his sad things for the time being, and looked at the various stationery items in the anthology with novelty.

  Where there is demand, there will be commodities.

  Among the current anthologies, the best sellers are not written words, but test baskets. Of course, there are also evolutions of the test basket, the oven, and, uh, the test box.

  The exquisite test box is very eye-catching. It is placed in the most conspicuous position in the store. There is also a very beautiful girl who is responsible for explaining how to use it in a soft-spoken manner...

   Naturally, there were quite a few people around. I don't know if they were looking at the test box or the female recruits.

   Chi Ganping couldn't help but leaned over to take a look, and found that this test box was really exquisite.

  The test box itself is not only painted with red paint, but also has a pattern of mountains and rivers outlined on the surface. It is said to be a box, but it is actually more like a small wooden cabinet. There is a whole cabinet door on the front, and when it is opened, there are three drawers.

  The female move opened the three drawers one by one as a display.

In the top drawer, it looks like a pharmacy drawer grid, subdivided into many grids, each grid contains some food, there are several kinds of pastries, dried fruits, and even bacon and candied fruit!

   Chigan grinned straight at this, is this going to be a dinner party in the examination room?

  The drawers on the second floor are more normal, containing pens, inkstones, candles and paperweights. Of course, they all look like some high-quality goods, the expensive ones.

   This is more or less in line with the name of the test box.

  The drawer on the third floor started crooked again, and what was inside turned out to be a small bed of silk brocade quilt and a brocade cushion!

  When the female move took out the silk brocade and covered her body as if she was using it herself, Chi Qianping seemed to hear the sound of swallowing saliva when looking at the concave and convex curves on the brocade quilt...

   Really...

  『This thing is so expensive, why would anyone buy it? Who came up with such a crazy idea? ’ The unlucky kid was on the side, muttering in a moderate voice, ‘In the examination room, it is enough to have a pen, ink and inkstone, so what’s the use of so many idle things? What do merchants think? What a fool would buy this thing! 』

   Chi Ganping glanced at the unlucky kid at the side, didn't say anything, just backed out, and got a little far away from him. He is not the parent of the unlucky child, so he has no obligation to teach him something. Since the merchant made this thing, it must meet the needs of some people. If no one really wants it, then the merchant will naturally not make it. Isn’t it normal that there are buyers and sellers?

   This thing can be understood at a glance, and the price is definitely not cheap.

  The unlucky kid obviously couldn’t afford it himself, and then ridiculed that the person who bought it was a fool, the store merchant was also a fool, and the person who designed such a test box was also a fool...

  Yes, the buyers, sellers, and designers are all fools, and they all need your great wisdom to point them out.

Just like some people in later generations who insist that being poor is justifiable, because they are poor, they can steal, rob, eat overlord meals, and then wipe their mouths, and the food in this restaurant is really terrible. , It took a lot of hard work to eat it!

   Chi Ganping originally thought that this unlucky child was indeed pitiful, but now that he thought about it, he suddenly felt that he was not so pitiful.

  Be patient, the exam will be over in two days, and they will go their separate ways...

  (end of this chapter)