Chapter 140: The Immortals Open Their Eyes

"Of course, the common people need to be educated, but what to teach them is a question. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoYou teach them the Four Books and the Five Classics, who understands? These things are too advanced, and both sides of the teaching will find it troublesome, boring, and lose interest. If people are not interested, they will not be able to learn. What's more, it's useless for them to learn this. The sage's scriptures are the knowledge of how the superior person sees things and manages the country. If you want to close Gu Bai's eyes, what is the use of them reading? Who will give a place for them to take care of? The skill of slaying dragons is useless to learn, and naturally it will not arouse the interest in learning. But it's not okay for ordinary people to not understand the reason, and they only know how to use knives when they encounter things, so won't the world be in chaos? Therefore, what to teach them must be the simplest, easiest to understand, and the closest to them. Heaven and earth are the kings of the teacher, this is the truth of the officials, firewood, rice, oil and salt, this is the truth of the people. Filial piety to parents, respect for brothers and love for brothers, these things are right at any time, teach the people these, let them know what is the rules, what is respect, this is like a brand. They are filial to their parents at home, and when they come outside, they will naturally subconsciously fear the government. There are many things that they don't need to understand, as long as they obey, and that's the benefit of teaching them. This is the point where I make my argument, how to teach the poor how to teach them, what to teach them, and why these are the ways of the saints. ”

The township test is not as good as the third level, there is no interview, and it is useless to submit the paper in advance, Fan Jin waited until the time of the application to hand in the paper. As soon as he came out of the tribute courtyard, he saw the eldest sister and Liang Pandi who were looking forward to the outside. In addition to them, more than a dozen people in Fanjiazhuang were also sitting outside randomly, either shaking straw hats to fan the wind, or looking around.

Fan Jin is the leader of Fan Zhuang at the moment, if he wins the lift, the entire Fan Zhuang will benefit, and it is reasonable for these people to make this move. Seeing Fan Jin come out, Fan Zhiwen and Fan Zhiliang had already walked up quickly, but before they could ask, Fan Jin had already bumpered into the two of them, came straight to Liang Pandi, grabbed her hand and said, "Third sister, eldest sister, I'm out." Let's go, go back to Yipinxiang and talk. ”

Along the way, Fan Jincai took time out to explain his articles and ideas to the two juniors who were older than him. The two of them listened attentively, nodded frequently, and tried to imprint these words in their minds.

Fan Jin looked at the two of them and smiled: "Actually, you don't have to remember it, your ninth uncle's reputation is not guaranteed, who knows how." Maybe after remembering it, it's useless. ”

"Phew! Bad spirits do not work well! Brother Liang Pandi first spat and then glared at Fan Jin and said, "If you dare to talk nonsense, I won't beat you!" Hurry up and admit your mistake to Emperor Wenchang and say that you were wrong. You don't look at it, when is it, and you dare to talk nonsense, it's really a premature life! ”

Fan Jin snorted, and said to the children of the clan: "I will accompany the guests to eat later, you go to the first floor, and I will let people cook something for you to eat." ”

Fan Zhiwen also knew that the people that Uncle Nine wanted to invite were either rich or expensive, and it might not be convenient for his group to be here, so he hurriedly said goodbye and came to the hall to wait. The sun was gradually setting in the west, and Fan Jin and other guests came one after another. First Zhang Shilu, then Chen Shaodian, Chen Wang, Wei Haogu and others...... The last one to come was the mountain chief of the nearby Wenlan Academy, Ma Hongyin, the instructor of Nanhai County.

Ma Hongyin was originally a poor instructor, but he was not popular among his colleagues, even the pork during the sacrifice was the worst piece in his hands. The same examiner of this township examination, he was not even qualified to be selected, and he was even more angry and complaining.

On weekdays, Fan Jin takes good care of him, a double skin milk and a barbecued pork are provided for free every day, and for him, Fan Jin is a great benefactor. In addition, after drinking a few glasses of wine, he became bold when he spoke, and began to explain the disadvantages of the field as a person who came over.

"As soon as it gets dark, the cannon will be set off to sweep the field, and even if the paper is not finished, it must be helped out by the sergeant. said it was helping, but in fact it was rushing, it was nothing more than finding a nice word to cover it up. Then, it is the sealing, transcription, and joint cheating at this time. You're halfway through the question, did a patrol officer come in and stamp your papers? If there is no half word on the question paper at that time, or if the paper has been completed, then there is no hope for this subject. ”

Zhang Shilu asked: "If you don't write a word, you naturally have no hope, but why don't you have any hope of completing the volume?" ”

"Zhang Gongzi, you don't understand, it's not okay to not write a word, but after writing this volume, of course it's not a good thing. The patrol officer stamped, it was around noon, just imagine, the ghost screamed in the tribute courtyard in the middle of the night, who slept soundly? The next day, I was dizzy, and then the volume came, just thinking about how to do the seven articles, and I thought about it as big as a fight, how could it be done in the afternoon? If it is really done, it only shows one point, he knows the exam questions in advance and has prepared for it, so he will naturally not be able to win such a paper. ”

Zhang Shilu and Chen Shaodian glanced at each other, and both showed relieved expressions, while Wei Haogu's face was a little ugly, and he muttered: "Maybe it's not necessarily the case." ”

Ma Hongyin drank another glass of wine at this time, his face was more rosy, and he simply rolled up his sleeves a little, as if he had become a street patrol soldier of the eighteen shops, and continued:

"In fact, this is just a formality, only the stupidest person will make such a big mistake in this link, if you really put this kind of oolong, it's good not to record him. This kind of stunned person really clicked people, and I don't know what kind of joke to make. Hurry up and brush him down, and let him go back to practice for a few years before he comes out. In fact, the one who eats kung fu is now. ”

He came to the window, looked at the sky outside, and nodded, "The hour has come...... Cutting heads alive, bees collecting honey, and snakes molting their shells, these tricks should be played, and I am afraid it will be too late. ”

At this time, Sister Hu came up with shark fin from the back kitchen, and when she heard this, she hurriedly asked, "Master Ma, what are these live cut heads?" Sounds scary. Could it be that in the tribute courtyard, there are still people to kill? ”

Ma Hongyin comes here every day to pack the barbecued pork, and Sister Hu prepares it for him, and he is very familiar with it. He also had a good opinion of this red-eyed girl, and said with a smile: "Of course there is going to be someone in the tribute courtyard." If you don't believe it, ask Friend Chen, how many of his classmates were killed in Gongyuan? He just woke up early and took refuge in the red sleeves as soon as possible. I am now in Wenlan Academy, and every day I am just cultivating a group of killing talents, preparing to send sacrifices to the Tribute Academy. ”

Chen Wang nodded and said, "Yes, I said it a long time ago, the word fame is the most murderous." If Sister Lan hadn't forced me to come, she would have killed me, and I wouldn't have entered the Autumn Festival again. How can you waste your youth on this mundane thing? ”

Zhang Shilu interrupted him and said, "Brother, you should stay for a while, and listen to Master Ma finish talking first." Excuse me, what is this live cutting head, what is the honey collected by bees? ”

Ma Hongyin smiled, "If you go to the Gongyuan now, I guarantee that every trick can be seen." Now the most common and most clumsy method of cheating in the field is to attack and coerce. Anyway, there are so many books and five classics, and the questions are always limited, so first ask the gunner to do all the possible questions, and then find a way to bring them into the examination room and copy them on the spot. This method is stupid and dangerous, there are both supervisors and patrols in the field, and a little investigation can see the disadvantages of love, is it not self-defeating? ”

Xu was the reason for eating too much wine, Zhang Shilu and Chen Shaodian both had a little red faces, and they only listened to Ma Hongyin continue to speak. "The really clever ones use their kung fu off the field. First used a large sum of silver to buy off the officials in the examination room, and the transcription students in the bookstore, especially the transcription students, are all third- and fourth-class talents in the county school, and the days are also very poor, and they can buy it with some silver, and the rest is their means. This live cutting head is actually cutting rolls. After you hand in the volume, when the transcription is sealed, you will cut the surface of the volume, and replace the first volume with the second volume, which is the live cutting head. But this method, which is both a knife and a paste, a good and elegant thing, is really too embarrassing to do that fake antique business, and it is not worth talking about. As for bees collecting honey, it's better than that. In advance, those who are proficient in arts and sciences can write quickly, pretend to be transcription students, ambush in the examination room, and then prepare an extra copy of the question paper of the candidate who is being bought. When the examinee has handed in the paper, he immediately burns it and takes out the blank question paper. Take other people's volumes to the transcription, collect all the beautiful words in one article, the natural rhetoric is gorgeous, it must be in the middle, isn't this bee honey? ”

Zhang Shi Lu Qi said: "Then what should I do with the seal?" ”

"Zhang Gongzi, your family is a family of imperial examinations, and it seems that there is a lack of classics when you ask this. Things have been done at this point, can a mere stamp still stop people? Is it difficult to engrave one privately? ”

Inside the Tribute Courtyard, in the flickering candlelight, the transcription had already begun. The candidate's scroll is written with an ink pen, which is for the ink scroll, while the transcription is written with cinnabar instead of ink, which is for the vermilion scroll.

The official in charge of supervision commanded loudly: "The autumn festival is a ceremony for the imperial court to pick talents, and it must not be taken lightly." Whoever dares to engage in favoritism and irregularities must be severely punished. If anyone is punished by money and engages in some fraudulent tricks, don't blame the official law for being ruthless. ”

The transcription student listened to the lesson with a blank face and wrote hard, due to the time constraint, the speed of transcription was very fast, and between the swing of the sleeves, a new stamp had appeared on the inscription paper, and in the newly introduced coal furnace beside him, a few inscription papers had turned into paper ashes.

In the restaurant, Ma Hongyin has begun to introduce another kind of private evil. "The so-called snake molting is to prepare an extra roll, which is quite similar to bee honey collection, the difference is that the gunner you are looking for must be a master, and the paper has been done well when you take the exam. When the seal was transcribed, the two immortals preacher replaced the original inscription paper with the inscription paper written by the gunner, which was the so-called snake molting. This method is slightly less than the bee honey to buy through, but in the end, the hand of changing the volume, what you want is skillful and not flawed, looking at Guangzhou City, and having the ability to play this method...... Tsk, I don't think there is one. ”

Sister Hu was already so engrossed that she forgot to serve the food, so she hurriedly asked, "Old Master Ma, what is this fairy with his eyes open?" ”

When the day arrives at the fourth watch, the sign has been shaken, all the Zhu rolls are divided into a number of packages according to the results of the lottery, packed in boxes, and distributed to the hands of the same examiner in each room. Although the examiner has the right to dismiss these papers that are favored by the same examiner, in most cases, this power will not be used. In addition, the examiner can also go to each room to look at the unsuccessful papers, and select the missing talents from them as a supplement to the same examination work.

The ten same examiners of this township examination are school officials selected from various counties, and they have teachings, etc., and they all eat cold pork on weekdays, and their authority is extremely limited. For example, Cui Shan, the instructor of Guangning County, has been poor for more than ten years, all relying on the release of the examiner this time, and the family's hired money was handed over, not only did the three daughters promise others, but also exchanged a large amount of dowry, and made a fortune.

He has been an instructor for many years, and his ability to read articles is naturally not bad, but Heng Wen is like looking at people, coupled with the tight time, Cui Shan does not dare to take it lightly. The first three of the scientific field are the first to be the first to be the first to be three, that is, only to look at the three Shangshu titles, whether they are in or not, this is the case. The four scripture questions are used as the basis for evaluating the rankings, but they are actually weighed by the two examiners, and the same examination is generally not considered. No matter how sparsely this scripture is written, as long as the four books are decently written, a person will never be able to run away.

Cui Shan read the papers of several people in a row, and marked them with a pen, most of them were deposed. The door was pushed open, the lights flickered, and there were guests in the examination room, which should have been cut off. Cui Shan looked up and saw a hedgehog crown symbolizing loyalty, plus a divine sheep supplement. Hurriedly got up and said, "Mei Zhushi, why are you here?" Hurry up and take a seat. ”

According to the system at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the internal and external curtain officials were strictly guarded, and a curtain was isolated from the inside and outside, and no one could cross it. However, since the Jiajing period, there is no one to control the power of patrolling, and there is no place in the department where he can't go. Taking the Guangdong Science Field as an example, Mei Chun, who is the supervisor of the outer curtain, can actually go to any place to sit and supervise, and has become a person who has both internal and external knowledge, and the anti-idle setting has actually become invalid.

The outer curtain official entered the inner curtain official's room originally considered a violation, but in order to prevent fraud in the department, the imperial court gave the imperial history supervisor the power of the examiner, and he used this as the basis to enter the door, which was justified.

The power of the scholar is very different from the imperial history, Cui Shan saw him come in, and he only thought that his few filial piety were not clean and were found out, and his heart was raised to his throat. Mei Chun only smiled and looked at the scroll casually,

"Cui Xuebo (another name for discipline), the township test is very important, from the army to the students, everyone's eyes are on us, and if there is a slight mistake, it will be a storm. Especially for some talented and famous students, if they don't check for a while, they miss their papers, and people make trouble, it will be a lose-lose situation. He can still take the test after taking the exam, if this incident affects the performance appraisal, it is very inappropriate. What's more, if this person has made great contributions to the imperial court, but has ruined his reputation, it is not a mistake to understand, I am afraid that someone did it on purpose, using official affairs to avenge personal revenge, which must be investigated in detail. The student has a hard time making a living, and once he is selected for the same examination, it is inevitable that someone in the family will send some congratulatory gifts or set a few family affairs. This is a human exchange, not for fault, and occasionally some inputs are also adjustments. But if it is connected with the affairs of the examination room, it will inevitably be said that they are colluding with each other and deliberately buying and selling, which is a big crime! ”

Cui Shan only felt that the autumn wind was getting cooler, and he was cold through his body, and he said again and again: "What Dazhushi said is...... The subordinate officials should be cautious and cautious, and dare not be careless and omit talents. ”

"This official also knows that it is not an easy task to appreciate treasures. Especially in this township test, in a total of these few days, how long will it take to eat and drink? Tomorrow morning, I will drink the reward wine, and the next day will be the hard wine, after these banquets, how much time is left to read the rolls? It is inevitable that there will be mistakes, omissions and carelessness, which is a matter of no choice, and some small omissions are not taken seriously. As long as you don't miss the important rolls, you'll be fine. Leave. ”

After sending Mei Chun away, Cui Shan still didn't understand in his heart what was the point of his coming this trip except to teach himself a lesson. But when he sat down at the table, he found that there was an extra package on the table. He couldn't figure out when the package was put on the table, but the package was full of vermilion lacquer seals, and when he opened it, he saw several vermilion scrolls inside. This baggage...... Definitely not my own room.

Look at the rolls again, there is no shortage of wax seals and other things on it, even if I go out now and say that this package of rolls is not from this room but brought in by Mei Chun, no one will believe it. He was stunned for a long time, and said to himself, "The fairy opens his eyes...... Open your eyes! I really didn't expect that this method would really be used. "I didn't look at the content of the volume at the moment, but wrote a recommendation on the volume in this bag one by one, and wrote down a few beautiful words that didn't need money, which was the right to comment.