In the face of everyone's doubts and opposition, Lin Yanchao was the first to express his support.

Many Hanlin couldn't help muttering in their hearts.

Although Lin Yanchao is not a bachelor in charge of the academy, the authority of the bachelor is also very heavy, and everyone is in the same yamen, there is no reason to directly oppose Lin Yanchao because of this matter, tearing his face and destroying the harmony between colleagues.

But having said that, many Hanlin did not agree with the elevation of counseling to the same position as sutra art.

This is a custom in the two hundred years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and it has always been tested like this.

Lin Yanchao wanted to change this rule, obviously to clear the way for him to learn from his work, and then open the back door for his protégé in the examination.

Lin Yanchao wanted to use his authority as a scholar to force this proposal to pass in the Hanlin Academy, but they were not convinced.

Just then, a Hanlin stood up to object.

Everyone looked at it as no one else, it was Zhao Yongxian, the right concubine of Zhan Shifu.

Lin Yanchao knew that this matter would cause an uproar, and it would not be smooth sailing. Zhao Yongxian stood up against it, which was also expected by him.

Zhao Yongxian thought to himself at this moment, in the eleventh year of Wanli, Zhang Siwei and Shen Shixing and other first assistants forcibly let them pass the Jinshi in order to take care of their sons.

This matter was stabbed by Wei Yunzhen at the risk of death.

And this time he will try, Shen Shixing has changed his routine and directly taken care of the doorman.

Zhao Yongxian has always opposed Shen Shixing, and he believes that Lin Yanchao's appearance must be behind Shen Shixing's conspiracy.

Zhao Yongxian said: "In the Ministry of Rites exam, the main event has been a convention, so many years to focus on the scriptures and righteousness topics, whether it is good or bad, the examiners have already had a set of regulations, not by one person to decide, the advice can be supplemented." ”

"If the policy question is raised to the same position as the scriptures and righteousness, then what is the criterion for the good or bad policy question? Now that there are only three months left before the exam, it is suddenly easier to follow, so what is the reaction in the lift, does Master Lin know in his heart? ”

Zhao Yongxian's words still spoke to the bottom of Hanlin's heart, not only that he was equal to Lin Yanchao's rank, but his words carried a lot of weight. What's more important is that his words go to the bottom of everyone's hearts.

After so many years of the imperial examination, everyone can see at a glance that you can't forcibly say that a third-class paper is first-class, nor can you forcibly demote a first-class paper to a third-class paper.

Now you are forcibly asking, what topics are good or bad, and how are the rules set? Do you want to use this means to force your protégé to go through the back door?

Lin Yanchao said: "Zhao Shi said this is bad, if you can't see the level of the question, then how can the palace test based on the strategy and question be divided into champions, lists, tanhuas, head armor, second grade, and top 3?" ”

Zhao Yongxian countered: "Bachelor Lin also knows that the palace has taken the test and asked, so the test should be based on the scriptures and righteousness, and the scriptures and righteousness should be emphasized and the questions are more than one." ”

After Zhao Yongxian finished speaking, a Shu Jishi stood up and said: "Yes, I will test the main scriptures to determine the stay, and the palace test will not be screened, but the strategy will be used to determine the superiority, which is the foundation of the imperial court for two hundred years." If it is suddenly easier to test the constitution and decide to stay with the scriptures and righteousness, then it is too unfair to the original move of emphasizing the scriptures and righteousness and ignoring the policies. ”

These words were very insightful, and everyone saw that it was the Dao of Ji Ji.

Zhao Yongxian nodded when he saw that someone agreed: "Yes, the question is based on the history books and current affairs, and many of these things are not understood by officials in the court, let alone the son?" Forced words, honest for my generation. ”

When Lin Yanchao took the exam that year, he took a few very high-level questions.

For example, Lin Yanchao took the Jinshi exam that year.

'Zhuge Liang has no heart to apply for business and uses his skills, and Wang Anshi uses the truth of Shen Shang to hide his name'.

This question is about changing the law, Zhuge Liang did not have the heart of Shang Yingshen to change the law but used his method, while Wang Anshi used Shang Yingshen's method of not harming but did not recognize his name.

This kind of question is very difficult to come out, it is not something that can be answered casually, and not many people say why it is now. As for those who bury themselves in the Four Books and the Five Classics all day long, they will definitely not be able to answer.

The knowledge almost didn't even pass the examination, who is Shen Shang, one person or two people? Do you understand Wang Anshi's change? Do you understand Zhuge Liang's rule of Shu?

Even if they all understand, but how many people can do it if they say a reason in combination with the meaning of the scriptures? Therefore, there are very few good answers, but those who can answer well must be highly talented.

Therefore, the strategy is only in the third session of the exam, everyone just go through the motions, even if you say that the applicant is a person, the examiner will only smile, and let you pass the format correctly. It really has to be investigated, how many people will be screened out of this question.

But in the scriptures, you don't call Confucius a sage and call him by his name, Mencius calls him by his name as a sage, and even if you don't avoid it, you even write thirteen words when you write twelve words, and the exam papers will all be dismissed.

Not to mention, if you break the topic and digress a little, then you will come back in three years.

These are two completely different requirements.

Because the test is determined to stay by righteousness, and the palace test is determined by strategy.

But the problem is that there is a problem with the current Jingyi exam.

Historically, there have been candidates who memorized all the big and small questions from the past and present, went to the examination room to set the questions, and finally took the Jinshi exam.

It's not one or two, it's several.

Lin Yanchao relied on memorizing questions to pass the exam in the academy at the beginning, at that time, he relied on his ability to never forget, as for others, he relied on dead memorization to forcibly memorize, and read it persistently for twenty or thirty years, and it really won you.

Of course, having such patience and such a strong memory are all outstanding features of you, and it is not necessary to be selected to become an official.

But if so, what kind of talent does the imperial court need?

From poetry to scholars, to Bagu Wenxue, to policy questioning, there are drawbacks in how to take the imperial examination, but from back to front, it should be said that the times are developing, and the screening mechanism is becoming more and more fair.

And now what happened to the questions in the imperial court's policy exam? I went back again, for example, last year's palace trial asked the gist that to stabilize the Quartet, whether the court used soldiers or was in Germany.

This is not a bad topic, at that time, the imperial court was using soldiers in Liaodong and Yunnan, and it was also the meaning of using current affairs to test the school tribute students.

But such a topic is very empty, with the ass to think about it, in Germany is politically correct, and then with the military to supplement, fear of power will be Huaide, the problem is so simple to use the eight strands of the set below.

Such a topic is ostensibly a question, but in fact it is still a scripture.

changed Lin Yanchao and asked him to prepare the title of the palace exam, at least write 'Gong Sui ruled the Bohai Sea, Yu Xuzhi Dynasty Song Theory', which is the real strategy.

Thinking of this, Lin Yanchao truthfully expressed his thoughts in his heart.

When Zhong Hanlin saw Lin Yanchao say this, he was also somewhat convinced.

In the face of Zhao Yongxian's words, if the imperial court pays equal attention to the scholars and the righteous questions, then what should be done to the candidates who are weak in the questions?

Lin Yanchao replied, first, the palace examination is a must, which is well known, and it is impossible for candidates not to practice the strategy.

Second, there have always been test questions in the exam, which are placed in the third session, but in the past, they were all going through the motions, but now we have to pay attention to it.

Third, the policy is to focus on historical materials, combine current affairs with scriptures and meanings, and emphasize that readers should pay equal attention to history and apply it to the world. This is difficult for those who only read the scriptures and do not delve into historical books.

That's right, in this era, it is not easy for most readers to have the conditions to read through the scriptures, and it is difficult to read historical books again. But in the examination is 3,000 people, these people are very good at the scriptures, and then read the history books after the middle lift, and are familiar with current affairs, this is the duty, the country only takes 300 people for three years, and the court can't find 300 people who read through history?

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar.

Ji Daotong objected: "The imperial court has stipulated that the four books and five classics have been taken for two hundred years, and Master Lin wants to join the historical books, isn't this breaking the rules of the imperial court?" What would a reader think? ”

That's right, the scope of the exam has been broadened. Students ask the teacher to mark the key points before the exam. The teacher replied that the whole book was the focus, how could it withstand such a critical hit? Don't candidates riot yet?

Lin Yanchao smiled, but taking the scriptures as the key link and history as the goal, this is the study of merit.

But seeing Xiao Liangyou get up and say: "Just because the scriptures have been tested for two hundred years, not to mention anything else, the big and small questions in the four books and five classics, which one has not been tested, some sentences have even been tested on several sides, and even the examiner who is forced to take the test has to take the cut-off answers. ”

After Xiao Liangyou finished speaking, all Hanlin fell into deep thought.

That's right, the four books together are only forty or fifty thousand words.

The imperial examination has been in the past two hundred years, not to mention anything else, and all kinds of collocation methods for the four-book questions have been rotten.

Finally, come up with a cut-off answer test, what is a cut-off answer?

It is also a pleasure to learn and learn.

The normal examiner's test method is 'learn and learn' a question, 'not also happy' question, or 'learn and learn when you learn, not also happy' question.

The perverted examiner's test method is, 'Xi Zhi, not also' question. It's okay to have such a sentence inside the question, but it's terrible to be an extra-sentence question, or even an off-chapter topic, and the most perverted thing is 'flying immortals outside the sky', for example, the last sentence is in the Analects, and the next sentence is in the Spring and Autumn Period.

In this way, the examination was scolded as a division of the scriptures.

Interception questions are very common in the primary three passes, such as the county test, the government test, and the hospital test, and the general cut-off questions are also counted.

But you can't blame the examiner, whoever called the four-book question has so many words, and it has already been tested in two hundred years.

Later, the imperial court stipulated that the test would not be allowed to have interception questions in the township test, so many candidates who were tortured by the interception questions in the third pass were tortured to death and alive, and when they arrived at the township test, the test was as simple as drinking water and eating.

It's just that I will take the test again, and the examiner of the township test thinks about how to come up with the question all day long, and his hair is gray.

The scriptures and righteous questions have come to this point, and you are still going to die.

Lin Yanchao was very surprised to hear Xiao Liangyou's support, the Jinshi of Wanli for eight years, only he and Xiao Liangyou remained in the Hanlin Academy.

The relationship between the two is very average on weekdays, and they call each other Brother Nian, and they have no contact in private.

But I didn't expect that in this house, Xiao Liangyou, the former 'surface brother', actually stood up to support him.

Xiao Liangyou said: "Everyone, I am good at reading the scriptures, and then Hanlin, part-time reading of historical books, allusions to the past dynasties, only to know the scriptures as the body, history as the use, and reading the history is the way to apply it to the world." ”

Zhao Yongxian said: "This statement is really quick success, the so-called historical materials are just a story, remember a few place names, a few people's names, how to use the truth?" ”

At this time, a Shu Jishi stood up and objected: "Zhao Han doesn't know, learning history is not to remember a few place names, people's names, but to speculate, just like learning the scriptures, learning without using, it will be wasted, learning history without speculation, not combined with the scriptures, using without learning, then ......"

Zhao Yongxian interrupted: "Fang Shuchang, what the sage said is that if you learn without thinking, you will be reckless, and if you think without learning, you will die, not in combination with historical books. ”

Lin Yanchao looked at this Fang Shuchang, who was Fang Congzhe, a native of Zhejiang.

All kinds of ideas of Xinxue, Shigong Xue, and Qi Science all originated in Zhejiang, and the three major thinkers in the late Ming Dynasty were all from Zhejiang.

In terms of the imperial examination, Zhejiang is also a famous group of death. Even a great talent like Xu Wei can't rush out of the township test and go to the meeting.

Fang Congzhe is just a small Jishi, and he dares to speak out against Zhao Yongxian, which of course makes him dissatisfied.

"Han Chang, it's student Meng Rang." After being reprimanded, Fang Congzhe did not debate again.

Seeing this, Lin Yanchao said: "Fang Shu often said that learning history lies in speculation, and I think so. ”

Fang Congzhe's expression moved, and he lowered his head and said, "Student Xie Bachelor's words." ”

Zhao Yongxian looked at Lin Yanchao and said, "Master Lin, the way of speculation lies in having a solid basis. Where is his basis, not seeking to be practical and realistic, but to speculate, isn't it putting the cart before the horse? ”

"Don't talk about current affairs, talk about historical books, needless to say about the three generations, the sages said earlier, how dare we talk about it. As for the emperors of the past dynasties, the successes and failures of governance are not officials, they are not chronicles, and all knowledge comes from hearsay. The so-called speculation is just fishing for the moon in the well and drawing water with a bamboo basket. ”

Ji Daotong also said: "I have only heard the speculation of the scriptures, but I have never heard how to speculate on the study of history?" Do students want to ask a bachelor for a lesson or two? ”

Seeing Zhao Yongxian, Ji Daotong sang and harmonized.

Lin Yanchao nodded, it was you who came to the door by yourself, did you magnify your moves.

Lin Yanchao said: "No wonder some people have been reading sage books for twenty or thirty years, and once they encounter something, they are no different from people in the lanes, just because they are not useful to read." ”

Ji Daotong was very angry when he heard Lin Yanchao's words, but because Lin Yanchao was a bachelor, he didn't dare to speak up.

Zhao Yongxian came forward for the younger brother and said: "Ji Shu is often just talking about things, and Bachelor Lin deliberately ridiculed him, this kind of qi can be regarded as the official who has seen it." ”

Lin Yanchao smiled and said, "Zhao Shuzi misunderstood, this is not what I said, but what Mr. Donglai said." ”

Who is Mr. Dong Lai?

Of course, you can't get into the Hanlin here, and Mr. Donglai is Lu Zuqian, a native of the Southern Song Dynasty.

He founded the Jinhua School, and the Yongjia School, both of which are one of the Eastern Zhejiang School.

The Eastern Zhejiang School inherited Wang Anshi's proposition that "the country is for the world", which emphasizes the application of the world and advocates meritorious service, which can be regarded as a meritorious school.

Lu Zuqian's Jinhua School attached great importance to the combination of reading history and scriptures.

Lin Yanchao looked at Zhao Yongxian, and Ji Daotong then said: "Ji Shu is often a Hanlin who doesn't know how to read and think, since this is the case, this bachelor can teach you!" ”