The question of "Strategy", each question begins with "ask", just like the question of "read the following materials and write your own understanding" in the college entrance examination, you need to know what he is asking, but also understand the content of the material.

It is precisely that in the twelfth year of Hongzhi, the Ministry of Science and Rites has not taken the exam, but there is a digression that makes the world's scholars have a headache.

This question begins, "Question: If a scholar has attained the attainments of his predecessors, if he does not ask questions and discern them, he will have no place to get a teacher and a place to return." ”

It means that if a scholar cannot carefully examine and discern the concepts and ideological attainments of the sages, he will not be able to grasp the core of their thoughts, and he will have nothing to follow.

This leads to the following doctrine of the Four Sons.

Using the theories of the four "sages" to illustrate the same problem, that is, the core idea of Cheng Zhu Lixue, the doctrines of these four sons are different, and in the title, they only quote one point of view from each of the four sons, so that candidates can judge who these four sons are and what the central idea of their theory is.

The content quoted in the title, each quoting some people's views, is from the classics, from the classics of other people's evaluation, to judge which four sons, what four attainments.

Needless to say, the topic is cold, and the four views cited, at first glance, you really don't know which "sage" holds it.

But in a test, it is not an exaggeration to have a deviation from the topic, to cite the theories of ancient celebrities, the candidate is also considered to be knowledgeable in the past, I don't know, I can only say that you are not accomplished enough.

This question is also known as the "Four Sons Attainment Exam Question", the four sons are Zhang Zai, Yang Shi, Lu Jiuyuan, Xu Heng, these four sons are all studying Cheng Zhu Lixue, their core ideas are all around science, but in the question, the names of these four sons are not pointed out, and the candidates are asked to "guess" by themselves.

This topic mainly revolves around the discussion of the four sons' discussion of the source of Cheng Zhu's science. Some say it comes from Boyi, some say it comes from Laozhuang, and some say it comes from Zen Buddhism.

Zhang Zai, Yang Shi, and Lu Jiuyuan, that is also a generation of celebrities, their theoretical ideas are well known to many people, although the topic is a little biased, but it is not too outrageous, and you probably know who said it after reading it, but the last person Xu Heng, his thoughts are rarely known.

But in the end, "I was engaged in "Elementary School" and "University". Those who are private and suspicious of Zhuzi may be suspected of being old", the examinees looked at it and saw that their heads were big, where did these words come from, who said them, no one knows, and they will not think of Xu Heng because of this.

This sentence actually comes from Liu Yin's "Retreat from Fasting" in the previous dynasty.

Xu Heng was a native of the Yuan Dynasty, and he was a "Confucian" who was proficient in thought, education, calendar, philosophy, politics, literature, medicine, history, economy, mathematics, folk customs, etc. Some of the writings of predecessors, or celebrities, must obtain knowledge through books, and this Xu Heng is famous in the previous dynasty. But who would have the leisure to buy books that are hard to find on the market, and to study the core ideas of a Confucian in the previous dynasty?

There seems to be nothing wrong with the exam questions of the Ministry of Rites, but it is only in the third policy exam. In the third question, the theoretical proposition of the fourth character in the question is relatively cold, which makes the relatively neutral etiquette examination biased.

All the candidates saw this kind of question that they wanted to dig up the ancestral graves of the eighteenth generation of Cheng Minzheng's ancestors. In addition to scolding in my heart, I can only think about extremes.

You Cheng Minzheng made such a difficult question difficult for us, there must be something behind it, are you afraid that everyone can answer a simple question, so that you won't get benefits from the question, right?

Although there were a lot of rumors about leaking questions before the exam, Cheng Minzheng hadn't seen the two neat articles, so he didn't sigh that this was Xu Jing and Tang Bohu's answer sheet, and everyone didn't think of Tang and Xu for a while.

All the candidates are locked in the dormitory at this time, even if most of them can't take the test, they don't know if others will be able to do it, how difficult this question is.

Therefore, the immediate priority is to complete the topic first, even if you don't know who it is, you can't leave the paper empty. However, according to the previous example, if there is a mistake in any small link in the examination, it will definitely not be possible to get the middle jinshi in the end.

The entire Gongyuan is full of sighs, but there is a hardship to suffer, I haven't copied the questions of the test paper before, and I have to hurry up to copy it, after all, I have to hand in the paper the next day, and there is not much time to delay.

But there are also people who don't give up, they try to find some clues from the words that they don't know from what scriptures and canons, but this is basically in vain.

If you haven't read it, you haven't read it, and if you don't know, you can only rely on Meng, but even if you are blind, you won't think of Xu Heng.

The question asks about the attainments of the four sons, but you can only answer the three sons, and some even can't answer the three sons, which is a major mistake.

The more anxious the candidate becomes, the more anxious he is, the easier it is to affect his performance.

But at this time, there were people in the examination room who did not feel surprised and emotional about this off-topic.

Shen Xi knew that there were at least two people besides himself who could do this question well, or if he had his third test paper with fluent answers, Cheng Minzheng would not be so self-inflicted?

On the 15th of February, there was a light rain, and the weather suddenly became cold, and before sunset, Shen Xi had completed all the answer sheets of his examination, and only left the Gongyuan after the next day.

The north wind howled that night, and the temperature dropped to more than ten degrees below zero, but Shen Xi couldn't make a fire, after all, the rolls had already been answered, and if he made a fire and accidentally burned the rolls, his previous efforts would be in vain. He could only wrap up his clothes tightly and curl up in the corner of the house to sleep.

The wind blew all night, blowing through the roof of the trumpet house, making whimpering sounds, and occasionally there would be some strange noises outside, like a ghost crying wolf.

Shen Xi didn't know what other candidates were doing, or because the exam questions were too difficult, and some people were already delirious.

Because of the extreme cold and heavy humidity, Shen Xi didn't sleep much all night, and when he woke up the next morning, the sky was still not clear, but there were many more soldiers patrolling in the Gong Courtyard.

Shen Xi guessed, or because the exam questions were too difficult, some candidates made trouble last night, and security was strengthened in the Gong Academy.

But this has little to do with Shen Xi anymore.

At noon, the number house began to collect the papers, Shen Xi sorted out his papers, handed them in, and then picked up his test basket to leave the number house. As soon as he pushed the door open, he found that his legs and feet were weak. Or they haven't walked for a few days in the dormitory. I can't stand on my feet on the ground.

"Xiaoju Rengong, do you need to help you out of the Tribute Academy?" The prison soldiers, who had been with Shen Xi for eight days, but had never said a word, greeted Shen Xi with a smile.

The soldiers in the prison didn't know what Shen Xi's name was, they only knew that their errand was very special, and it was a thirteen-year-old boy who was invigilated.

If you take the exam at such an age, you will definitely be able to make a difference in the future!

Shen Xi thanked him at first, but still flatly refused: "I can go by myself." ”

Shen Xi walked out of the Tribute Courtyard slowly, because it was still raining lightly in the sky, and he just wanted to go home early and eat big fish and meat after leaving the Tribute Courtyard. Then sleep beautifully, it doesn't matter how long you sleep, it's best to sleep with him for two days and two nights.

After coming out of the examination room, his nerves suddenly relaxed, and Shen Xi didn't even have the strength to walk.

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When he returned home, the first thing Shen Xi did was to fall headlong on the bed, sleep with his head covered, and didn't even eat.

Lin Dai looked forward to it for eight or nine days, and her heart was worried. Seeing Shen Xi come back, before she could offer her courtesy, Shen Xi had already fallen asleep, which made her a little resentful.

But after all, she wants to be a virtuous helper. Knowing that Shen Xi was tired, he didn't really want to wake Shen Xi up, but every once in a while, he would go to Shen Xi's room to take a look, and the first person he wanted Shen Xi to see when he woke up was her.

This time, Shen Xi slept for twelve hours before waking up. When I woke up, my stomach was almost hungry. After gobbling up the meal, Shen Xi remembered to ask what time it was.

“…… You've slept all day! Hum! Lin Dai pouted. looked at Shen Xi like a deep resentful woman.

"One day? Then today will be seventeen. ”

The case of the 12th annual meeting of Hongzhi was officially reported on February 27, and there were many rumors in the city before, and Shen Xi knew that it was time to go out and ask about the news.

Shen Xi put down the dishes and chopsticks and was about to get up, but was pulled by Lin Dai.

"Where are you going?"

Lin Dai waited for a good thing to happen last night, and she didn't sleep well all night, and now Shen Xi woke up, although it didn't happen to Shen Xi in broad daylight, she was still a little depressed in her heart, because at this time she was wearing bright red clothes, carefully groomed and dressed, and Shen Xi didn't even have a word of praise.

Shen Xi said: "There are some important things that need to be done now, and you don't have to wait for me to come back at noon." ”

Shen Xi couldn't explain to Lin Dai, he had to figure out the problem now.

But after he fought with Tang Bohu, the scholars in the capital began to criticize him, for fear that after the case, someone would put a basin on his head.

Lin Dai saw that Shen Xi was so incomprehensible, and she was so angry that she stomped her feet, but she didn't have a way, who told a man to be born to do great things, and a woman could only stay in the boudoir and wait for her husband to come back? Seeing that Shen Xi insisted on leaving, Lin Dai hurriedly asked, "Then ...... you Are you coming back in the evening? ”

Shen Xi nodded emphatically: "Hmm." ”

Hearing this answer, Lin Dai's face finally got better, and her tone turned a little softer: "Then I'll wait for you." ”

The sentence "waiting for you", there was a strong affection in the words, even if Shen Xi could see it, but at this time, he could only ignore it for now, because there were still tricky things waiting for him.

Shen Xi left the house and hurried to the inn where Su Tong was staying, Su Tong obviously didn't have a good rest, but he had already communicated with some scholars yesterday about the exam questions.

"Brother Shen, maybe the situation is a bit serious, do you remember the first discourse question? I heard that it was leaked before the exam, and someone took this question to ask others. ”

Su Tong's face was a little nervous, not because he got the exam questions in advance, as for what Analects questions were leaked in advance, it was just a rumor outside, and no one could directly say who was holding the questions to ask people.

The Analects question of this session's examination, "Scholars with lofty ideals, do not seek to survive to harm benevolence, and there is killing to become benevolent", is from "Analects of Wei Linggong", the title is not tricky, and Shen Xi does not think that the candidates will have any deviations in their discourse on this topic.

"What's the news from Tang Yin and Xu Jing?" Shen Xi hurriedly asked.

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