Now the person in charge of the roll call is the instructor Duhan. The other two instructors did not appear in the Minglun Hall for some reason.

Du Xundao held a thick booklet in his hand, with the name of each student written on it, and he would respond respectfully when he read it.

After a cup of tea, Du Xundao read all the names on the booklet, except for two students who were seriously ill and could not come, everyone had already arrived at Minglun Hall.

Ning Xiu and Liu Weining are naturally no exception.

After Du Xundao took the name, he walked to He Xundao's side and whispered, He Jiaoyu nodded and motioned for Du Xundao to sit down to the side.

"The old man knows that some of you have just returned from a study tour, but since you have already arrived at the county school, you must abide by the rules of the county school. There is only one month left before the scientific examination, and you must seize the time to review your books, strive to get good results in the scientific examination, and obtain the qualification to participate in the township examination. ”

He Jiaoyu cleared his throat and said in a straight voice.

For this kind of routine pre-exam mobilization, Ning Xiu didn't know how many times he had experienced it in his previous life, and he had long lost his freshness.

He finally waited until He Jiaoyu finished speaking, and was about to relax his tense nerves, but who knew that He Jiaoyu changed his words and began to introduce the schoolwork arrangements of the students in the county school for the next month.

"The scientific examination is approaching, and there is no room for carelessness. Every morning, this edict will personally teach you the "University", "Analects", "Mencius", and "The Mean". Every afternoon, Du Xundao, Tang Xundao, and Zhao Xundao will teach you the Five Classics respectively. Among them, Du Xundao taught "The Book of Songs", Tang Xundao taught "Shangshu" and "Book of Rites", and Zhao Xundao taught "Book of Changes" and "Spring and Autumn". You choose the appropriate instruction according to the sutra of your choice. At night, the county school does not require students to stay overnight, but students who stay in the county school can go to Minglun Hall to study. ”

In the Ming generation, all formal exams such as the township test and the general examination will be tested three times.

Among them, the first examination has four books and three paths, and four scriptures.

The so-called Four Books of Righteousness, as the name suggests, is naturally from the Four Books. The four books are compulsory, so candidates must study them all. And because there are only three questions, it is certainly impossible to test all the contents of the four books. Most of the imperial examinations in the mid-to-late Ming Dynasty generally chose one question from each of the Analects, Mencius, and Zhongyong, while the University was rarely selected. Probably because the whole article of "University" is only more than 5,000 words, and there is too little content available for interception, even if there is a interception question, it is easy to be hit by the topic.

As for the four ways of the scriptures, of course, they are from the Five Classics. The Five Classics are equivalent to elective courses, and candidates do not need to study all of them, but only need to choose one of them as the study of this scripture. During the examination, four questions will be asked according to the Book of Songs, the Book of Rites, the Book of Rites, the Book of Changes, and the Spring and Autumn Period, and then the test questions will be issued according to the scripture of the candidates when they register for the exam. That is to say, candidates who choose different scriptures will have different questions in the scriptures.

Therein lies the knowledge. Generally speaking, the Book of Songs, the Book of Songs, and the Book of Changes are the more popular choices. and "The Book of Rites" and "Spring and Autumn" are relatively unpopular.

These three popular scriptures have been thoroughly studied, but there are many people to choose from, and the competition is fierce.

The two unpopular ones are more withdrawn and don't have much experience to follow, but there are fewer people to choose from, and the competition is relatively smaller.

There are pros and cons.

In the second exam, there is one discussion, five judgments, and one edict, edict, and table. Edict, edict, table is also one of the three, do not need to do all, candidates in the Ming Dynasty will generally choose the table to answer. As for the judgment, it is necessary to answer, and the question will be directly from the "Da Ming Law".

Tables and judgments were the most difficult for Ning Xiu to learn. There is still a need to learn the table, after all, in the future, you will have to mix in the officialdom, and you won't be able to go to the table. Ning Xiu also studied with Zhang Maoxiu, and it was enough to cope with the exam.

As for the verdict, it really gave him a headache. If you want to learn judgment well, you must familiarize yourself with the "Da Ming Law". Although it is not a disadvantage to learn the law well, the Da Ming law is so obscure that even professional officials may not be able to understand it all. Not to mention the readers who only try to take exams.

The third session is the strategy argument, which is commonly referred to as an argumentative essay. It's just that compared with the argumentative essays of later generations, the policy arguments of the Ming Dynasty are sharper, and they are often related to the major policies of the imperial court. Generally speaking, whether a person is a nerd or not depends on how well he makes a decision.

I only know that I read dead books, and the three and four books and the four scriptures in the first scene of reading dead books will be very beautiful. And the judgments, edicts, edicts, and expressions in the second scene are also okay. But in the third game, the strategy was exposed.

And those who have real insight into the governance of the country are generally very sharp.

However, the sad thing is that the imperial examination in the Ming Dynasty only valued the first one, that is, the four books and the scriptures.

As long as the first test is good, the second and third are just going through the motions.

Of course, the temple examination is only a test of strategy. However, by the time of the temple examination, people are no longer eliminated, and even if the strategies made by those who die to study are a mess, they will be high school scholars, at most their rankings have declined.

Therefore, if you want to do well in the imperial examination, you must devote most of your energy to the study of the Four Books and the Five Classics. Among the Four Books and the Pentateuch, the Four Books are the most important.

The clues can also be seen from the pre-examination training of Jiangling County School.

He taught in person, and what did he teach? It's four books! It is the most important four-book test in the imperial examination!

The more important Pentateuch is taught by three instructors.

As for judgments, edicts, edicts, tables, and policy discussions, there are no intensive training courses at all!

If you want to say that the most utilitarian in the imperial examination, except for the candidates, it must belong to these teachings and teachings.

Magistrates also have performance evaluations in taxation and criminal litigation, while these scholars only need to focus on culture and education.

In the township examination, which prefecture and county have the most students, the school officials of which prefecture and county will definitely be rewarded. On the contrary, if the results of the township examination in some prefectures and counties are a mess, the faces of the school officials will definitely not be able to hang up, and there will be a risk of losing their official positions in the long run.

The subject examination is a selective examination of the township examination, and the strength of the candidates selected by the subject examination will directly affect the results of the township examination.

Therefore, it makes sense that He Jiaoyu is particularly concerned about the next scientific examination.

Ning Xiu thought about it in his heart. Needless to say, the four books are compulsory courses, and they must be taught by He. As for the Five Classics, he chose the most popular "Book of Songs", and it seems that he will choose Du Xundao to listen to the class.

In fact, whether it is the Four Books or the Five Classics, most of the county students have memorized them and have their own understanding. The pre-exam training is more about teaching and disciplining the candidates by using their own experience to string together the knowledge points, of course, if you can hit the question, it is naturally the best.

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