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The same examiner of the Ming Dynasty examination, did not specify the specific number, but to the Hongzhi period is generally sixteen to twenty rooms, each room has a same examiner, who is admitted, is from which room official, for example, in the seventeenth year of Chenghua Wang Hua participated in the examination, he was admitted to his friend "Liji" room of the same examiner Xie Qian.

Of course, in the end, it is still up to the two examiners to decide.

Xie Qian said that he would pull Shen Xi, Shen Xi was very worried that he would really be accepted by Xie Qian to be the same examiner in the examination, and with his current official position, being the same examiner was a bit "condescending".

Fortunately, what Shen Xi was worried about did not happen, and Xie Qian may have shown mercy to his subordinates and did not let Shen Xi be involved in this ritual examination.

For Shen Xi, what he has to do now is to be an official smoothly, not to get too involved in unnecessary incidents, he very much hopes to be his East Palace speaker without any danger, and stay up smoothly until Zhu Houzhao ascends the throne.

But for some people, they only hope that Shen Xi can be the chief examiner or fellow examiner of the exam, such as Shen Xi's two old friends, Su Tong and Zheng Qian.

“…… Alas, if Brother Shen can be an examiner, Brother Zheng and I will be much more relieved, and now that we are going to the Tribute Academy, we still have no bottom in our hearts. ”

Su Tong invited Shen Xi to dinner, Zheng Qian accompanied him, and ordered a large table of wine and food, saying that it was to participate in the test practice, but he did not have a sense of urgency about to enter the examination room, and he sang about his future as soon as he came up.

Shen Xi was quite unimpressed.

It's not because I didn't become an examiner that you didn't know the bottom of your heart, it's entirely because you and Zheng Qian patronized the flowers and drank after they arrived in the capital, and they didn't have the heart to review their homework, so that now they feel that the chances are slim.

For the sake of politeness, Shen Xi still said a few words of congratulations.

Zheng Qian said: "Lord Shen, I don't know if I can try to bet on a few questions, maybe let the two of you be prepared?" ”

"Charge?"

Shen Xi shook his head and said, "It's better not to bet, if you win, it may cause unnecessary trouble, and if you don't win, it won't help you two to participate in the exam." ”

Su Tong waved his hand and said, "Brother Shen, you don't believe me and Brother Zheng, we are bent on seeking fame, how can we hurt you, Brother Shen?" Just two questions...... It's okay to have a question, so let's make an article first, and it's good to have a bottom in our hearts. ”

If you have the bottom in your heart when you do an article, then everything you have learned before has been learned in the dog's belly?

It's not good to save face, Shen Xi said: "'Learn and learn, don't you also talk about it', what do you think of this topic?" ”

Zheng Qian and Su Tong glanced at each other...... This topic is very familiar, the sentences in the "Analects", from the very beginning of memorizing Cheng Wen, there are Cheng Wen involving this topic, and the questions have been tested countless times in the large and small imperial examinations. Even when the Tingzhou Mansion took the exam, Gao Mingcheng also took "There are bandit gentlemen when you learn" as the topic.

"Brother Shen, is this topic ......?"

Su Tong looked very embarrassed, he thought that Shen Xi, as a celebrity of Hanyuan, would have a good level of topic, but it turned out to be a topic that had no nutrition at all, and it could be said that there was no level at all.

Shen Xi raised his glass with a smile and said, "If the two of you think this topic is too simple, just take it as a joke." ”

This is the question you asked me to come up with, and if I don't come out, it won't give you face, and now that I'm out, you think it's too simple, so I'll say nothing.

Su Tong and Zheng Qian were both a little disappointed, and after eating the banquet at noon, they said goodbye and went back to prepare for the exam, but Shen Xi didn't think that these two of them went back to review, but slept a lot.

This is completely the rhythm of "the young and strong do not work hard and the boss is sad", you say that you want to be admitted to the Jinshi to ask about the future, but you are used to being pampered, and you like to fool things on weekdays, so you may be able to pass the township test, but you can't pass the test level.

Coming out of the wine shop, Shen Xi took the carriage home, because he also drank a few glasses of wine, and fell asleep directly on the carriage, and when he woke up, Zhu Shan opened the curtain and looked at him curiously: "Master, someone outside is looking for it, saying that it is to invite you to Xie Mansion." ”

"Which Xie Mansion?"

Shen Xi first looked out the car window and made sure that Zhu Shan hadn't driven the car to a place where he hadn't even been, so he relieved himself and continued to close his eyes and ask.

"The elder's house." Zhushan Road.

Shen Xi said: "Oh, let them lead the way, go over and see what is going on......"

After speaking, Shen Xi yawned and continued to close his eyes and pretend to sleep.

Zhu Shan, a road idiot, drove a car, which made Shen Xi feel uneasy many times, but recently, Zhu Shan has become a little familiar with the streets and buildings in the capital, and there are fewer detours, and Shen Xi doesn't know if Zhu Shan has opened his mind.

When he arrived at the door of Xie Mansion, Shen Xi came down with sleepy eyes, and saw a sedan chair in the distance just coming, and when he looked closely, Xie Qian actually followed him to the door of Xie Mansion.

"Elder Ge, what are you?"

Shen Xi looked at Xie Qian, who got off the sedan chair, and asked with doubts.

"I've got you here, I've got something to talk to you about." Xie Qian pointed to the door, "Go in and talk!" ”

When he arrived at the study, Xie Qian took something out of his arms...... Shen Xi looked at it and thought, Liu Jian and Li Dongyang have already returned to work at this time, you won't have any other promissory notes that are not well written, let me give you your reference, right?

In the end, Xie Qian took out a blank note.

"Don't be nervous, the old man is preparing a few questions for the exam, I want to refer to you!" Xie Qian said with a smile.

When Shen Xi heard this, he looked at Xie Qian in disbelief.

You always have to take the main exam, how do you like to come out of the question, how do you want to come out, what do you mean by asking me? I'm not the examiner, I'm not the same examiner, aren't you afraid that I'll turn around and leak the question to others?

"What's the matter? Embarrassed? ”

Xie Qian saw that Shen Xi was silent, and his face was not good, "It's just for you to come up with a few questions, why do you want to push back and block?" You have to let the old man beg you before you are willing to do things!? ”

Shen Xi shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Elder Xie Ge, you are the chief examiner of the examination, and you ask students the questions of the examination...... Seems wrong, right? ”

"I didn't really let you out, I just asked you a few questions, and the old man would refer to them on his behalf. You say, will you help? Xie Qian glared at Shen Xi.

Shen Xi nodded: "Since Elder Ge thinks so highly of the students, the students are reluctant to make it difficult for them...... Naturally, there is no problem with a few questions, that is, it is necessary to say it in advance, whether the elder adopts it or not, but don't mention that it is related to the students. ”

"Hmph, are you an old man who lacks heart? The old man is also too busy to think about the questions of the exam, so I asked you to help you with the details, you just have to come up with the questions, and the old man has to go over to discuss with Master Liang, and in the end it is not up to your identity to decide. Xie Qian said angrily.

Shen Xi felt a little strange...... Maybe it's bad luck, I just gave Su Tong and Zheng Qian a question at noon, and I caused a commotion, and now I want to give Xie Qian a question, do you really want to say the topic of "learning and learning when you learn it"?

"Elder Ge, I don't know how many questions to ask?" Shen Xi asked.

Xie Qian said with a smile: "I will try to test a few questions, and you can come up with a few questions." There are three small questions in the four books, four major questions in each of the five classics, and as for the other topics......"

Shen Xi suddenly understood.

It should be that Xie Qian and Liang Chu had discussed in advance, and the two of them each came up with a topic first, and then compared it together, to see whose topic was more suitable, and they would use whom.

As a result, Xie Qian was lazy, and instead of thinking about the question, he came to ask him, so the question he was going to come out now had a one-in-half chance of being used as the final exam question of this year's Ministry of Rites.

Shen Xi thought to himself: "I didn't take the main exam, but it is equivalent to grasping the lifeblood of the world's lifters, and the quality of this question is related to the direction of the future officialdom of the Ming Dynasty." Maybe in the future, a celebrity will be promoted to the Jinshi or become famous in Sun Shan because of my question......"

"Come out quickly, let's start with the Analects." Xie Qian urged.

Shen Xi said: "Wouldn't it be nice to have friends from afar? ”

The pen Xie Qian was carrying suddenly fell, and he said dissatisfiedly: "You are still serving in the Hanlin Academy, speaking as an official in the East Palace, what kind of topic is this?" ”

Like Su Tong and Zheng Qian's reactions, Xie Qian also felt that there was really nothing to be gained in his kind of topic, and Shen Xi smiled bitterly: "Elder Ge asked students to make questions, but now he is complaining. Isn't this a good topic? ”

"This topic is too simple, and some friends come from afar...... Well? There are friends...... You kid, there's something hidden in this subject. Xie Qian initially just thought that Shen Xi's topic was too superficial, and it was used as the test topic of this year's Ministry of Rites, which would only make others laugh at him Xie Qian's lack of culture.

But then I thought about it carefully, and now the Ming Dynasty claims to be the state of the Heavenly Empire, known as the country and the people, and the people come from all over the world.

"Not bad, not bad."

Xie Qian smiled, and wrote down the title with a pen, "Mencius ...... the title"

Shen Xi smiled bitterly: "Does Elder Ge give students a little time to think?" ”

"Less perfunctory, when the old man doesn't know, your kid is the most quick-witted, and he has the ability to never forget, and he actually plays sloppy with the old man here? "Mencius" question, hurry up, hurry up, the old man will go to see Master Liang later......" Xie Qian said anxiously.

Shen Xi was a little unhappy in his heart, he had some narrow thoughts, and said directly: "If you go over the wall of the east house and hug his virgin, you will get a wife; If you don't hug, you won't be able to wives; Will it be hugged? ”

After Shen Xi finished speaking, Xie Qian had already thrown the brush in his hand towards Shen Xi: "You kid say it again!" ”

The meaning of this sentence is very simple, if you jump over the wall and hug the neighbor's virgin, then according to the etiquette, she is your wife, if you don't hug it, then you can't get a wife, so I ask you whether to hug or not.

This question sounds ridiculous, but it is indeed what Mencius said, and of course Yasheng's opinion is that even if you want to have a wife, you can't use such despicable means.

Because this question may be biased, this question has hardly been used in any previous imperial examination questions, mainly because of the constraints of humanistic etiquette and religion, and cannot promote an ideology of "flower thief", even if this ideology is ultimately denied by Mencius.

Shen Xi said: "Elder Ge asked the students to ask the question, dare to ask if this is not from the mouth of a saint?" ”

"Huh?"

Xie Qian was speechless for a while, "The words are true, but what is the purpose of this question?" ”

Shen Xi said: "What's the purpose, you shouldn't ask the students, you should ask the thousands of people who should take the exam." ”

Xie Qian thought about it, and this reason seemed to make sense.

If you want to say that this topic is not good, then it is not, that is, this passage is too easy to lead people to reverie, is it the etiquette that is important, or is the needs of people themselves more important?

Needless to say, in a country that advocates the "rule of ritual music", of course, it is necessary to highlight the importance of ritual music, and Shen Xi's topic is also related to the background of Emperor Hongzhi's admiration for "the rule of ritual music".

"Hmm."

After Xie Qian thought about it, he picked up a brush again, "The next question, "University" or "The Mean", you can choose it yourself." (To be continued.) )