Liu Ximing didn't know what Zhou Liangcai and Zhang Yuqing said, but Zhang Mingxuan didn't make trouble for himself during this time, although he was strange in his heart, he wouldn't take the initiative to provoke, so the two sides could be regarded as peaceful.

These days, he has become more and more familiar with Xu Wei, Zhang Yuanlong and others, on the one hand, they are all considered disadvantaged groups in ethnography, so they will naturally go to a pile; On the other hand, Xu Wei and Zhang Yuanlong have a good temperament for Liu Ximing, although the two are poor, but they are neither humble nor arrogant in their interactions with people, which makes Liu Ximing appreciate it very much, and they are older after all, Liu Ximing is a person who has added up to thirty or forty in two lifetimes, if he is allowed to play with eleven or twelve-year-old children such as the third and fourth children every day, it is really a life.

After half a month, Liu Ximing's three brothers gradually became familiar with everyone in the school, but because of the conflict with Zhang Mingxuan at the beginning of the school year, most of them were willing to have deep friendships with them, so as not to be troubled by Zhang Mingxuan's concerns.

Liu Ximing didn't care about the opinions of these teenagers, anyway, he still had Xu Wei, Zhang Yuanlong and others to communicate, and he was not idle in the past half a month, not only completely digesting the learning and memory of the Four Books and Five Classics in his mind, but also often visiting Zhou Liangcai in the name of asking for benefits.

"Xi Ming, you will walk slowly after school today." Before class this day, Zhou Liangcai specially instructed Liu Ximing, although Liu Ximing had doubts in his heart, he had no choice but to nod yes.

After class, Zhou Liang took him to the backyard study, sat down and asked him: "You have been enrolled in school for ten months, you look at your classes on weekdays are very hard, and you are more attentive than others after class, now you are over 15 years old, can you take the exam this year?" ”

Liu Ximing suddenly became interested, originally he also planned to be familiar with Zhou Liangcai for a period of time and then ask Zhou Liangcai about the exam, so as not to be considered by the teacher as a quick success, how do you know that this year the scholar thinks that the examination for fame is a matter of course, Confucius also said that learning and excellence is the master, how can the scholar's business be considered utilitarian, so Zhou Liangcai after half a month of observation, after understanding Liu Ximing's knowledge, he asked him directly.

"Students have this intention, as the so-called 'fame takes advantage of the young party', but the students know very little about the things in the field, and they feel that their knowledge is shallow, so they didn't dare to ask Mr. before." Liu Ximing hurriedly replied.

Zhou Liangcai smiled and said: "Your father Liu Wenmao is a talent in the county, and you have also studied with him for many years, according to my observation in the past half a month, you are talented and very qualified, have you memorized all the four books and five classics?" ”

Liu Ximing was not surprised, he spent a lot of effort to perform in front of the teacher, didn't he just want to attract attention, but of course he couldn't be proud at this time, so he had to pretend to be innocent and smile shyly: "The teacher has won the award, and the student just has a better memory than others." ”

"Hahaha, you don't have to be humble, you must know that the road to the imperial examination is long and difficult, and now you are young and have a good memory, and it is the time to have an advantage. Looking at your daily answers, although the understanding of the essence of the book is slightly biased, but the county test is not too strict, you only need to memorize the books and answer decently. There are still a few months left before the county exam, and as long as you practice regularly, at least the prefectural exam is possible. Zhou Liangcai continued to mention.

But why did Zhou Liangcai care so much about Liu Ximing, firstly, just like his name, Liu Ximing was gifted and had an amazing memory, which really made him love talents, and he had dealt with it decently in front of him several times before, which made him feel that this son was a material that could be made; Second, as I said just now, Liu Ximing has a good memory, and there is a great chance that he can pass the county government test, and when the time comes, he will also be honored as a teacher, and the Zhang family's dowry can also be talked about again.

Liu Ximing was a little worried when he thought of the situation of Zhang's clan studies: "After all, Mr. is teaching in Zhang's clan studies, if you recommend me to take the exam, I don't know if there will be trouble?" ”

"Don't worry, there are only two or three of the children of the Zhang family who have achieved success this year, and I don't think the Zhang family can say anything."

Zhou Liangcai then sat upright and said: "The preface has been completed, and those who are teachers will ask you: What is Erzhi?" ”

When Confucius asked Zi Lu, Zeng Dian, Ran You, and Gong Xihua's ambitions, only Zeng Dian said, "Those who are in the twilight of spring, spring clothes are completed, five or six people are crowned, and six or seven children are children, bathing in Yi, the wind is dancing, and the song returns" Confucius was thinking of governing the country and the world peaceful, Confucius sighed and said: I am with the point.

Later generations of teachers used this allusion to ask students about their aspirations.

The idler stepped back, this one forced me to load up full marks.

Therefore, he immediately cleaned up his clothes and saluted: "The students think that in this world, those who live in temples regard the people as grass mustard, and those who live in the rivers and lakes regard the powerful as enemies, each holding on to one end, and attacking each other; The officials and gentry treated the people with cruelty, expropriated and extorted so that the people were miserable, and the displaced people and the army treated the people with violence, and they were coerced and driven away, resulting in the misery of life. Those who are scholars must help the right way, save the needy, save the people in the midst of fire and water, and relieve the urgency of the soul hanging. This student's ambition too! ”

Zhou Liangcai was dumbfounded when he heard it, and only relieved himself after half a sound, but he just asked about his ambitions, most of the ordinary teenagers just said a gold list title, glorifying their ancestors, how did they get to you.

But it is really rare to be able to say such words at a young age, although it is just a young man's wild words, Zhou Liangcai is more favored by Liu Ximing, and laughed and said: "Er Zhiyuan is not too late to be a teacher." Zeng Zi said, "Scholars can not be Hongyi, the responsibility is heavy and the road is long', you have the ambition to help the world, when you have the talent to help the world, you should bury your head in hard study in the future." But what you say today is no longer humane to outsiders, you say that the world will be chaotic, the people will be displaced, those who have no intention will only call you a madman, and those who are interested in it may commit a trumped-up crime. ”

Liu Ximing saw Zhou Liangcai's expression and knew that he only thought he was a teenager, but when he reminded him to pay attention to his words, he was very grateful in his heart, and hurriedly bowed and said: "Thank you Mr. for mentioning it, and the students also know that 'the king does not lose his ministers, the ministers do not lose their bodies, and if they are not secret, they will be harmful.'" I was really grateful for Mr.'s support, so I told him bluntly. ”

Zhou Liangcai admired it even more in his heart, nodded and said: "Since you have already said your will, now you will talk about going to school, can Wen Ru know when you take the county exam?" ”

Liu Ximing, the original owner of this body, didn't learn this step at all, and he himself heard a few words discussed by the Xiucai in the county school, where did he know the specific strategy, and hurriedly shook his head and said: "I really don't know, please give me advice." ”

"The scholars of the times, especially today, refer to the system of righteousness, eight-strand literature, etc., if you only talk about the form, in fact, it is not difficult, Taizu was the law to standardize the imperial examination, and the eight-strand scholar was set as the correct law." Zhou Liangcai shook his head and told Liu Ximing eloquently.

The eight-strand text is divided into eight paragraphs, namely, breaking the topic, undertaking the topic, starting the talk, entering the topic, starting the stock, middle stock, back share, and bundle stock. To solve the problem, we should first reveal the main meaning of the topic, and then continue the above and elaborate it, and then use it to comment and discuss ......"

Liu Ximing listened to Zhou Liangcai's explanation in simple terms, and had a deeper understanding of Baguwen, in fact, Baguwen is similar to our modern test-taking essays, all pay attention to a writing routine, because Chinese logic education began to decline as early as the Warring States Period, so most of the readers are divergent thinking, I am afraid that Lao Zhu was also driven crazy by their articles, so he made up his mind to fix the format of writing.

Today's people talk about feudal dross, often put the Bagu Wen in the first place, but most people don't know the key at all, the Bagu Wen is just a tool for writing, what really hinders the progress of Chinese civilization is the writing requirements of the Bagu Wen, since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the content of the Bagu Wen must be consistent with Cheng Zhu Lixue's views, and it is strictly forbidden to use other ideas to expound the study of Confucius and Mencius, and Cheng Zhu Lixue itself has great flaws, and in the long run, it will naturally make the whole society lifeless.

However, these are not what Liu Ximing needs to consider now, he only needs to memorize these routines, and it is only right to get the fame first, while Zhou Liangcai is still on the rise, he quickly asked the doubts in his heart: "Sir, it is not difficult to look at Baguwen like this, so why is the imperial examination so difficult?" ”

Zhou Liangcai shook his head and smiled bitterly, he was really fearless, he didn't try it in person, where did he know the perversion of the imperial examination, and replied to him: "Eight shares are not difficult, the difficulty is in the examiner's question, I have been a monk for 300 years, and culture and education have flourished in previous dynasties. What's more, the Four Books and Five Classics are only a few hundred thousand words, and in the past three hundred years, all of them that can be used for questions have been exhausted. ”

"Nowadays, the examiner has a lot of questions, both intercepting and putting together different parts of the book, which is why I said that you are gifted, and you are a good seedling of the imperial examination, and you must know that you have a bad memory, and you don't even know where the examiner's words come from, let alone explain the way of the sage."

Liu Ximing suddenly felt in his heart, and couldn't help but be glad that he had space to help, otherwise he would be a fart.