"Yes, very good." Wen Changju motioned to his subordinates to open the question, "Don't talk about it, let's start the topic now." After the question is opened, everyone enters a single room and no longer enters and exits by themselves. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, two people lifted out a curtain, and on the curtain was written this year's test question - the theory of punishment and loyalty.

As soon as the topic came out, the students immediately discussed.

Wen Chang raised his voice and said, "If you have any questions, just ask." If you don't have any questions, you can go back and answer them. ”

The Great Xia Imperial Examination usually has four subjects, poetry, scriptures, theories, and strategies. The strategy is generally above the temple examination. The three subjects of poetry, scripture and righteousness, and essays are at the time of the examination paper. "The country uses subjects to cover the world's heroes, righteousness to observe its scriptures, endowment to its knowledge, and strategy to observe its talents." The test poems are used to test the candidates' literary talents and aesthetic ability, the understanding and interpretation of the classics are tested by the test scriptures, the knowledge and opinions of the test takers are tested by the test theories, and the insights and talents to solve current affairs are tested by the test strategies.

Because Daxia attaches more importance to the selection of scholars, knowledge and opinions, as well as insight and talent, coupled with Ou Yangming's strong opposition to the use of poetry as the standard for admitting scholars, Daxia focuses on scripture and policy and ignores poetry.

Some candidates only glanced at it, and then walked away, thinking that they understood the meaning of the question. Some candidates thought for a long time before they smiled knowingly and turned away. After a while, most of the candidates in the examination room stopped, some shook their heads and kept thinking, some frowned and pondered, some stood with their backs to their backs, and some turned around.

"This benevolent brother, in your opinion, how should you point the question?" An old man who is about fifty years old bowed to Zhang Hou, his temples are gray, he is old, but he is full of energy, "The next surname is Wu Yongwang, Luzhou people's name, this year is the fifteenth imperial examination of Xiao Lao'er." I'm ashamed that I didn't go to high school for the first 14 times. ”

"The fifteenth move of the year? Congratulations to Brother Wu for his high school jinshi. Zhang Hou bowed back and smiled teasingly, "Brother Wu doesn't have to bother solving the questions anymore, just write and draw on the test paper, or write a poem, and you can sit back and relax and get the middle jinshi, why bother to work hard?" ”

Daxia has the name of Enket, and those who have taken the exam for more than 15 strokes and are not admitted can no longer pass the examination and are given a bachelor's degree.

Wu Yongwang suddenly changed color: "The shaft is not enough to speak!" Hmph, hum, hum, although the old man is old, his ambition still exists, and the exam book is a major event of the country and a major event of the people, how can it be a joke? ”

Seeing this, Zhang Hou laughed: "The old man is not enough to speak." ”

Shen Bao hurriedly said: "Brother Wu doesn't need to be angry, Brother Zhang has no malicious intentions, just ridicule." In my opinion, this question should be based on a light punishment and a heavy reward......"

"There is some truth to that." Wu Yongwang instantly lost his anger, stroked his beard and nodded, with a thoughtful expression, "However, I always feel that something is lacking, I don't know where I am not thorough enough, which brother can give me another pointer or two......

Candidates can also discuss one or two topics before entering the private room. With the examiner on top and the examinees on top, it's normal to learn from each other or ask questions directly to the examiner.

It's okay that he didn't ask questions, but as soon as he asked, the surrounding candidates walked away four or five out of ten in a blink of an eye, and there were less than a few hundred people left. Wu Yongwang stood among the candidates who were all young talents, and he felt like a flock of chickens and cranes, and he smiled self-deprecatingly: "It's okay, it's okay, since you all dislike me for being a thief when I'm old and not dying, I'll just shut up." ”

"Wu Weng, I have a half-understood idea of the topic......

Wu Yongwang was quite disappointed, and a thick sense of loss flashed on his face from the vicissitudes of life, too, even if he was a high school jinshi, it was difficult for him to have a chance to be promoted. He turned around and was about to leave, his lonely back full of helplessness and loneliness. As soon as he didn't want to take a step, a young man Lang Jun's crisp and brisk voice came from behind him.

Wu Yongwang turned around and saw that he was a handsome examiner dressed in a gray cloth shirt, with red lips and white teeth, although he was dressed ordinarily, he could not hide his heroic spirit and friendly smile between his eyebrows.

Wu Yongwang bowed his hand: "Brother Tai is invited." Having said that, he didn't have much hope for the exam in front of him, he just wanted to deal with it, "Didn't ask my brother Taigao's name?" ”

Kaozi returned the salute: "Under the surname Xia Mingxiang." Xia Xiang didn't care about the prevarication that flashed in Wu Yongwang's eyes, and he didn't care about the questioning, joking or disapproving glances from the examinees around him, and said calmly, "The Theory of Punishment and Reward for Loyalty - From the annotation of Kong Anguo in "Shangshu": 'The punishment is light, the reward is subordinate, and the loyalty is great', in my opinion, the main point of this question is to be lenient in suspicion, not in the meaning of light punishment and heavy reward. ”

Shen Bao had already walked a few feet away, and when he heard Xia Xiang's words, he suddenly stopped, turned around and bowed deeply to Xia Xiang: "Brother Xia's words woke up the person in the dream." If I win the top prize, it will be your reminder. Thanks a lot. ”

Zhang Hou and Shen Bao walked side by side, and they also stood at the same time, but he didn't look back, thought a little, nodded secretly, and a knowing smile flashed at the corner of his mouth.

The surrounding examinees were silent for a moment, and suddenly applauded, and many people bowed their hands to Xia Xiang.

Wu Yongwang was stunned for a moment, lowered his head and thought for a long time, and suddenly stroked his palms and laughed: "Wonderful, wonderful, Brother Xia's words are like an empowerment." If Brother Xia doesn't dislike it, from now on, I will take you as a teacher. ”

"Don't dare, how dare you." Xia Xiang waved his hand and smiled, "Wu Weng is too modest." With Wu Weng's talent, it is more than enough to know the county in any place, benefit the people, share the worries of the emperor, and serve the imperial court. ”

"Haha, borrow Brother Xia's auspicious words." Wu Yongwang looked up to the sky and laughed, and in the laughter, he walked away.

There were no less than dozens of people around him who bowed to Xia Xiang to thank him for his affection. Xia Xiang took the trouble to return the salute one by one. Suddenly, a person separated from the crowd, came to Xia Xiang, pointed at Xia Xiang's nose, opened his mouth and scolded: "Xia Xiang, you are worthy of being a teacher with such a character?" Others don't know your details, but I know what kind of person you are. ”

Xia Xiang was stunned on the spot, and when he looked closely, there was a person standing in front of him, with a round face, big eyes, thick eyebrows, and a beard.

"What, don't you remember me? Last time on the street, you confronted His Royal Highness the King of Sight, I watched the battle from the sidelines, and I helped you......" Seeing Xia Xiang's unfamiliar expression on his face, the round-faced scholar couldn't help but say indignantly, "You remember, my surname is Teng Zhengyuan, and I am the general Teng Xiangtian who guards the southeast." When I come to high school in Japan, I will teach you well. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he snorted coldly and brushed his sleeves away.

Xia Xiang looked stunned, smiled at a loss, remembered that Teng Zhengyuan had supported him at that time, and later because he was forced to see Wang Xia Cun give in first, he left angrily and couldn't help shaking his head. Compared with Zhang Hou's bravery and Shen Bao's straightforwardness, Teng Zhengyuan's anger is more frank.

Xia Xiang bowed his hand to the surrounding examinees and walked towards his private room. Looking at his departing back, Wen Changju squinted his eyes slightly, and a grim smile flashed in his eyes.

It wasn't until all the examinees entered the single room one after another and the examination room was empty that Wen Changju turned around and said to Gao Hai, one of the three examiners behind him: "Gao Shilang, in this year's big competition, all candidates who break the argument of 'rewarding loyalty to the point of leniency with suspicion of guilt' will not be admitted. ”

Gao Hai bowed and replied, "Yes, Wen Shangshu." ”

Chen Feng, one of the examiners, and Gao Hai, who were both attendants of the Ministry of Rites, got up and asked: "Wen Shangshu, since Sima Daxue advocated the plain style of writing, for more than ten years, the atmosphere has always been clear, and candidates can freely interpret the scriptures, pass on commentaries, question ancient theories, expound new opinions, and use his title to say their own truths, even if they ignore the scriptures, stand up and say, are bold and bold, and dare to be new and weird, it is okay to find talents without sticking to one pattern, so that the world's talents can be used by the imperial court, and only then can they be wild and ......virtuous."

Zhang, one of the examiners, was a bachelor of Hanlin, and he also stood up and said: "What Wen Shangshu said is too biased, how can it be generalized? What's more, in the opinion of the following officials, Xia Xiang's point is very considerate and worthy of praise. ”

Wen Changju's face sank, and he snorted: "Sima Zhu was a big opener back then, he knew that in the year of Gongju, he admitted Lian Che and Lian Yi, but Lian Che was demoted to Hainan, and I am afraid it will be difficult to return to Beijing." Lian Yi was even more arrogant, at the time of the palace test, he was young and frivolous, and his countermeasures were 7,000 words, accusing the emperor of not knowing thrift and ignoring the people's livelihood. ”

Seeing that Zhang and Chen Feng wanted to say something more, Wen Chang raised his right hand and stretched out: "Don't say it again, since the emperor ordered this official to be the main examiner, this year's big competition will be determined by the official's word." ”

Zhang Ze and Chen Feng glanced at each other, one of them shook his head, and the other smiled faintly and mysteriously. Gao Hai looked respectful, did not squint, and only Wen Changju in his eyes ignored Zhang Shi and Chen Feng.

After Xia Xiang entered his private room, the door was locked outside, and he was not allowed to enter or leave for three days. Zhang Hou and Shen Bao were arranged in a single room far apart, but no matter how far or near they were, they couldn't see each other again for three days.

In the private room, there are no other items except a table and a chair. Xia Xiang first walked back and forth in the room for a while, and then sat back on his seat, closing his eyes and resting.

I don't know how long later, there was a knock on the door, the partition on the door opened, and the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone were handed in.

Xia Xiang didn't wait to start the exam papers, and this year's examiner was temporarily replaced by Wen Changju, so he knew that this year's big exam was a little more variable than usual. He doesn't know much about Wen Changju, but he can be an official to the Ministry of Rites, and he is also an extraordinary person. It's just that at the moment of the turmoil, the chief examiner's change of horses will inevitably make people have more associations related to the three princes.

Zhang Hou and Shen Bao had already inquired clearly, and when Wen Changju served as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, he was recommended by the three princes. There is no doubt that Wen Changju replaced Yang Di, and behind it was also the work of the three princes. It's just that I don't know how serious the emperor's condition is, and how much Xia Cunxian has in the emperor's mind. However, one thing is for sure, the emperor made an exception to seal Xia Cun as the king first, and he was extremely favored, which was obviously intentional. Xia Cunxian is much younger than the third prince, he is the son of the eldest prince King Jing, and the nephew of the third, fourth and fifth princes.

After all, in comparison, Xia Cunxian's threat is much smaller than that of the third prince, needless to say, the eldest prince King Jing, even if the fourth prince Qing Wang and the fifth prince Yun Wang, they will be willing to have a nephew emperor instead of a peer emperor, not to mention that compared with the power of the third prince, even if the king who has no foundation is lucky enough to sit on the throne, he has an unstable foothold, and he needs to rely on his uncles a lot.

After Xia Xiang sat upright for half an hour, he began to study the ink. Learning to become a literary and martial artist, goods and the emperor's family, is the foundation of every examiner's reading. Xia Xiang is no exception, when he was in Zhongshan Village, his mother often did not forget to teach him when he was working in the fields, that people have no ambition and do not stand up, and if they are not good looks, they must be good doctors, which is the common ambition that all scholars should have. To be taught by the saints is to open up the wisdom of the people, to plan for the emperor's society, and to make a living for the people of the world.

Although the folk customs of Zhongshan Village are simple and simple, there is no dispute with the world, similar to the land of small countries and widows that Lao Tzu yearns for, Xia Xiang grew up in purity, but he has no heart to escape from the world. He also admired Lao Tzu's purity and inaction, but he also recognized Confucianism's active entry into the WTO. If you want to apply what you have learned, if you want to help the world, you can only be good to yourself when you are born blindly, and only helping the world is the highest state that readers pursue in their lives.

Since he was a child, he was deeply influenced by his mother's teachings, and then he was taught by Li Dingshan, Xia Xiang pondered, with ten thousand words in his chest, a thousand words in his pen, and a thousand words in one go.

"The book says: 'Suspicion of sin is light, and suspicion of merit is serious. Rather than kill innocent, it is better to lose than to be rewarded or not, and the reward is too benevolent. When the penalty can be imposed or not, the punishment is too harsh. There is a saying in the Book of Songs that if a gentleman opens his mind, the troubles will stop quickly. If a gentleman angrily refutes slander, the troubles will also cease quickly. It is a gentleman's mood and anger, and he adopts different methods according to people and things, and he does not lose the way of a gentleman. Therefore, the gentleman is benevolent and the government is the royal way to push the law, the law is not fixed, the water is impermanent, follow the trend, and the world returns to the heart. ”

After Xia Xiang finished writing, he didn't take a second look, abandoned one side, fell asleep, and slept until dawn.

The three-day exam is gone in a blink of an eye. Xia Xiang, Zhang Hou, and Shen Bao walked out of the gate of the Gongyuan with a smile and a few people greeted them. Xiao Wu and Shi Er needless to say, the two of them have been waiting here and have never left, in addition to the two of them, there are four more people.

The current person, over fifty years old, has a childish face, quite a fairy wind bones, he took the lead, walked quickly in front of Xia Xiang, and grabbed Xia Xiang's arm: "Xia Langjun, come with me." ”

Zhang Hou and Shen Bao were stunned for a while, thinking that they were catching their sons-in-law under the list, they thought it was wrong, they just finished the exam today, not the day of the list, who is the old man, why is Xia Xiang so urgently needed?

Zhang Houcai thought so, his eyes flashed, and fell on a woman in a plain skirt behind him. The woman has faint moth eyebrows, bright eyes and good looks, and her lips are bright and bright and her teeth are fresh, which is more bright and amorous than the immaturity of the time. Where can he still take care of Xia Xiang, immediately took a step forward, and bowed to the woman: "This little lady is invited, in Xia Zhang Hou, Jianning people's family, this year's big exam year, just finished the exam, and must be the undergraduate champion." If the lady is interested, she doesn't have to wait for the list to be released to catch her son-in-law, and she can lead me to ...... today."

The little lady was originally rushing straight to Xia Xiang, but was intercepted by Zhang Hou halfway, showing her unhappiness slightly, and then covered her mouth and smiled: "This Lang Jun, what did you do?" What will you do? ”

Zhang Hou went well in the exam, was in a good mood, and was even more happy to see the little lady being generous: "If you lead me there, you will naturally be your husband." I know how to play the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and I can ......"

"I'll do it myself, what do I want you to do?" The little lady didn't wait for Zhang Hou to finish speaking, then interrupted his boasting, "Zuo'er, if you like it, you will take him there, if you are a scholar, you are a little older." If you are a porter, you are too weak. How about letting him feed the horses, you say? ”

Zuo'er came to visit Xia Xiang last time, but he didn't see Zhang Hou, he only saw Shi'er. When she saw Shi'er and Zhang Hou being intimate, she knew that the two were brother and sister, and she was angry with Zhang Hou at first sight, and Zhang Hou didn't have long eyes to tease the little lady, she was even more angry: "The lady said that she laughed, my horse recognized life, if he went to feed the horse, he would not be kicked by the horse's hooves and his nose and face would be swollen, and he would have no face to see people." If you want me to say, this Lang Jun squatted next to the stone lion at the gate of Cao's mansion, and it was most suitable for him to pretend to be a pair with the stone lion. ”

Cao Shuli smiled happily and saluted Zhang Houfu: "I'm offended, I'm smiling." He turned around and ran towards Xia Xiang, no longer looking at Zhang Hou.

Zhang Hou was stunned and shocked, seeing Cao Shuli's eyebrows and eyes rushing towards Xia Xiang with disgust, he understood something, suddenly slapped his forehead, and laughed at himself: "It turned out to be Brother Xia's wife, and he took the liberty of being abrupt." When he said this, his eyes rolled, and he was amazed by Zuo'er's playfulness, and smiled, "Does this little lady really want to ask me to raise horses?" Forget about accompanying the stone lion, I'm much more interesting than the stone lion, why don't we talk about how to raise horses? ”

Shi'er got angry, came to Zuo'er with his hands on his hips, and stretched out his arms to block Zuo'er: "You stop!" ”

When he stopped Zuo'er here, Zhang Hou laughed again, Cao Shuli ran to Xia Xiang over there, but Xia Xiang was pulled by Jin Jia and left, Shen Bao thought something was wrong, and stepped forward to stop Jin Jia's way. Cao Shujun held the successfully made emblem in his hand and stayed on the spot, stunned by the chaotic scene in front of him.

"It's too messy, it's too messy." Cao Shujun just wanted to talk to Xia Xiang about the medicine bed and medicine chair and let Xia Xiang see his first finished emblem, but he didn't even have a chance to get close, he simply took back the emblem and stood with his hands in his hands, "When you're messed up enough, I'll talk about business." Alas, absurd, absurd, absurd, unorthodox. ”

Xia Xiang was pulled hard by Jin Jiasheng, and struggled Jin Jia hard: "Sir, don't be so anxious, tell me what happened first." ”

"Of course something is wrong." Jin Jia glared angrily at Shen Bao who was blocking forward, and pushed Shen Bao away, "You get out of the way, don't delay the earth-shattering event of the old man and Xia Langjun." ”

Shen Bao was about to stop him, Xia Xiang shook his head at him, he stopped, turned around and saw Cao Shuli coming quickly, sideways out of the way, and bowed to Cao Shuli: "The little lady is Xia Langjun's insider?" ”

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