"Is this brother also interested in the imperial examination?" asked a young scholar sitting at the head of the left side, his voice was not loud, but it was sound on the ground.

Yang Zheng followed the prestige and saw that the scholar had a delicate face, and under the Confucian robe, he looked more and more plump and handsome, but his lips were thin and his eyes were thin, and he looked a little gloomy.

Before Yang Zheng asked, he heard Yang Shiqi say: "This is Xu Hui, a talented man in Jiangsu, all the books of astronomy, geography, art of war, water conservancy, yin and yang, and magic are all studied, and today he is the same as Yang Xiaodi, and he entered this Mingyuan Building only after Yu Qian's wonderful pair!"

When Yang Shiqi spoke, Yang Zheng saw Xu Hui's eyes flashing, and he looked very proud.

Yang Zheng smiled, didn't bother to pay attention to it, and simply arched his hand at him and said "Good luck".

Xu Huo saw that his expression looked a little disdainful, the corners of his mouth moved, and a faint hatred surged in his eyes.

"I'm not interested in the imperial examination, I went to the Tribute Academy, just to see Brother Yang?" Yang Zheng said after sitting down again.

Xu Huo didn't answer again, but his eyes fell on Yang Zheng's face with a little more hatred.

Yang Shiqi smiled and said, "You have a heart!" After speaking, he nodded at Gao Hang and said, "Sue Yu Qian, the number of people going upstairs is almost the same!"

Gao Hang understood, hugged his fists at everyone and immediately went downstairs.

After a short time, Yu Qian went upstairs, followed by a young man who was about eleven or twelve years old, and after learning Yu Qian's salute to everyone, he took a seat next to Yang Zheng.

When he sat down, he didn't forget to nod at Yang Zheng and whispered: "Hello, my name is Shang Zheng!"

Yang Zheng nodded and said, "Hello, my name is Yang Zheng!"

Just for a moment, Yang Zheng suddenly turned his head, stared at the young man beside him and said, "What's your name?"

Shang Zhen glanced at Yang Zheng with some confusion, and repeated politely: "My name is Shang Zheng!"

The sound was not loud, but it was enough for Yang Zheng to hear. Yang Zheng was stunned, and said in his heart: "Why does this name sound so familiar?" It was only for a moment that he understood, stared at the young person in front of him with wide eyes, and said: "You are the famous merchant of "I am a virtuous and virtuous scholar, the first merchant of Shanggong?" This is the second "Sanyuan and first" (at the same time Xie Yuan, Huiyuan, and Zhuangyuan) in the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty that he heard in his previous life in the past three hundred years (the first is Huang Guan, who was removed by Zhu Di. Therefore, it is said that Shang Zhen is the only "three yuan and first" in the Ming Dynasty), and now he is sitting next to him, how not to be excited.

Shang Zhen is only thirteen years old this year, just passed the examination to enter the college, or a student, outstanding learning, today is the Lantern Festival, interest caused by the need to come out to play, as a student, come to Nanjing naturally to see the Jiangnan Gongyuan, happened to see the couplets of the Gongyuan, after Yang Zheng also matched the three couplets, followed Yu Qian into the Gongyuan.

Shang Zhen also admired Yang Zheng's talent and learning very much, and when he saw him like this at this time, he couldn't help but be a little curious, and said: "Yang Gongzi said that he was laughing, he was just a scholar, "I am a virtuous and virtuous scholar, and Shang Gong is the first" The eight words dare not be taken seriously, Yang Gongzi should not say it again, so as not to be laughed at by others?"

Yang Zheng was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Shang Zhen only to find that he was just a twelve or thirteen-year-old child, the previous life Shi Yingzong, Daizong, Xianzong three dynasties, the previous officers and soldiers of the Shangshu, the household of the Shangshu, the prince Shaobao, the Ministry of Shangshu, the scholar of the Jinshen Palace, the people of the time called "I am a virtuous Zuo, the first Shang Gong" of the Ming Dynasty Ding Famous Minister, should start eight years later, at this time Shang Zhen really can't afford the "I Dynasty Xianzuo, Shang Gong first" eight words. Cancan smiled and said: "If you are ambitious, you will be able to use these eight words sooner or later, you still have to remember it?"

The light flashed in Shang Chen's eyes, although his face was not wavering, but deep down he was extremely happy, "I am a virtuous man, Shang Gong is the first!" These eight words undoubtedly express a certain idea in his heart, but he is still young at this time, and he knows the weight of these eight words, now that Yang Shiqi and Yu Qian are in front, he dare not show it, smiled slightly, and said, "Thanks to Yang Gongzi's auspicious words, I will definitely work hard!"

"Well, it's right to work hard, if you don't work hard, the boss will be sad? Shang Gongzi is a smart son of heaven, and he will definitely shine in the future?" Yang Zheng's tone was extremely sincere.

The merchant hurriedly got up and thanked him.

Just as the two were talking, they heard Yang Zheng say to Gao Hang beside him: "Gao Guard, let's start?"

Gao Hang nodded, and said to everyone: "Please be baptized" As soon as Gao Hang's voice fell, a guard walked in with a copper basin, which was filled with water and buckled with a shelf. The guard placed the brass basin at the front of the hall, and then bowed out.

Everyone stood up one after another, with a solemnity on their faces, led by Yang Shiqi, walked towards the copper basin, and then cleaned their hands in the basin in turn, and then gently used their orchid fingers to gently dust on their bodies, shoulders, and chests before they could be counted.

"My day, why does this look like a baptism of Christianity, could it be that Yang Shiqi is still a Christian? But it shouldn't be, there shouldn't be Jesus at this time, right?" Yang Zheng kept muttering behind everyone.

The merchant behind him couldn't stop muttering when he saw him, obviously not understanding the meaning of this baptism, and explained in a low voice: "This baptism is the respect of the world's scholars for the saint, this Mingyuan Building is one of the buildings in the Jiangnan Gongyuan, and it is located in the Gongyuan, so it is natural to show respect to Confucius?"

Yang Zheng looked suddenly enlightened, as if he had heard it for the first time, which made the businessman behind him look strange, and said in his heart: "This Yang Gongzi is extraordinary, why don't you even know about baptism, strange, strange?"

After the "baptism" of the people, they respectfully performed a big salute to the portrait of the Confucian saint, Yang Zheng is a human being in two lives after all, although Confucius was admired in the previous life, but compared to this era, it is really small, if you know a person in the 21st century, kneeling and worshiping in front of a portrait of Confucius, I am afraid that I will laugh at the dead.

After saluting, everyone got back seated and looked at Yang Shiqi, waiting for his teachings.

Yang Shiqi glanced at everyone, and after a slight sigh, he said: "The Spring Exam is nothing more than a test of students' etiquette and shooting, which is divided into four categories: one is 'etiquette', history, law, edict, etiquette, etiquette, etc., and students must be familiar with it and proficient. The second is the 'archery', which is a synodic day exercise in which the commander guides the competition. The third is 'calligraphy', which requires students to practice calligraphy, be able to write a good calligraphy. The fourth is 'mathematics', which requires students to be proficient in arithmetic.

After hearing this, Yang Zheng understood that today's Yang Shiqi's teachings are to put it bluntly, which is similar to how the teacher in his previous life asked the students to mark the key points before the exam.

Naturally, he was not interested in this, but he was still a little interested in this ancient exam, and he listened patiently at the moment.

I only heard Yang Shiqi continue: "Although I take the eight strands as the imperial examination, but the 'rites' and 'calligraphy' still have to be examined, the calligraphy must not need me to say more, you know that I have opened the imperial examination since Emperor Taizu, so it is the same for calligraphy, the examiner is not what you look like, if you can write a calligraphy, it is your Bagu essay no matter how good it is, it may not be able to enter the examiner's eyes." If you can't get into the eyes of the examiner, this imperial examination will be useless!"

Everyone nodded, Yang Zheng listened interestingly, and said in his heart: "This imperial examination still has some meaning, you can't go high school if you don't write well, no wonder there are many calligraphers in ancient times, and your feelings are forced out by the imperial examination?"

Yang Shiqi said a call, paused for a moment, took a sip of tea soup, and continued: "According to the rules, the examination should be held in the Gongyuan in the southeast of Beijing's inner city. But now the saint intends to move the capital, and there is a Jiangnan Gongyuan in Nanjing, so today's imperial examination is set in Nanjing!"

For these southern scholars, Nanjing is full of humanities, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, and the Confucian Temple is also here, and the imperial examination here is the best, so everyone nodded after listening to Yang Shiqi's words.

"I'm afraid that Nanjing's country will be empty?" Yang Zheng muttered to himself in his heart, but he didn't say much, he believed that even if he was willing to say it now, no one would believe it, who would have thought that Zhu Gaochi would not be the emperor for a year, and his son would prefer Beijing.

Yang Shiqi continued: "The chief examiners of the examination are two) said that the general load, with a bachelor from Jinshi, and officials above the deputy capital of the imperial history below the Shangshu are invited by the ministry to fill it. In addition, there are 18 examiners (eight at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, and later increased, sometimes reaching 20 people), most of whom were served by Hanlin. The procedures for sealing, transcription, proofreading, marking, and filling in the list during the examination are the same as those for the township examination. Those who participate in the examination should be re-examined first, and those who are far from the road can be re-examined after the examination. The examination will be held in three sessions, one on three days, the first on the 9th of the first month, the second on the 12th, and the third on the 15th. The three test projects, four books, five words and eight rhymes, five scriptures and questions, are the same as the township test, these don't need to be said by the old man, you also know, but whether you can be lifted or not, it still depends on the first field, and it is also seven articles and eight strands, so the teaching of the four books and five classics is still the top priority of the scientific examination, which requires you to read the words of the sage and understand the meaning of the sage, so that you can write splendid articles on the scientific examination and step into the way of becoming an official!"

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