In a blink of an eye, on the first day of the seventh month, the opening of the Fuxue Museum, Shen Mo went to the Shaoxing Fuxue Palace early in the morning, accompanied by Shen An, with school tools and books...... Of course, this time it's the main entrance.

Shaoxing Fuxue is located in the south of the city on the bank of the mash river, this dynasty has been built one after another, so that now it covers an area of 100 acres, magnificent and magnificent, and employs a famous Confucian as a teacher, it is recognized as the first in eastern Zhejiang. Every year, there are talented people who have passed the third-level exam, and they come to travel and become a student of the province that everyone envies.

Of course, like Shen Mo, he was admitted with the results of three tests and three kui, and he was as eye-catching as a star, and as soon as he walked to the door of the palace, there was a group of people waiting at the door of the same year, and they all bowed to him and said, "Senior brother ...... early"

These are all boats that went to Hangzhou to take the exam, and now Qi Shushu is wearing a Confucian scarf and a royal blue Confucian robe, but they have all been changed to the color of the student uniform. Shen Mo is dressed in roughly the same way as them, but the Confucian shirts of ordinary students are made of silk, but he uses silk, and the jade pendant hanging on his waist is also a grade higher than that of the same year, of course, this is not because he likes to show off, but he has to wear it like this for the first time in the college exam, this is the rule.

In fact, it stands to reason that the little three-yuan person should have a hairpin on the side of the turban, and he felt like a matchmaker, and he didn't agree, so his father took it off and said: "It's a pity, it's a pity, others can't get it if they want to." ”

Seeing a group of classmates again, Shen Mo actually felt as if he was in a different world, and couldn't help but bow his hand again and again: "I almost won't see you." ”

Zhong Tongtong also sighed: "If you knew that you would meet a Japanese robber, you would have said that you would stay and wait for your senior brother." ”

Shen Mo smiled and said, "If I knew that I would meet a Japanese robber, I would have gone with you when I said anything." There was a burst of laughter.

Everyone hugged him like the moon and went inside, and laughed and said: "Now there is a legend that the senior brother showed his skills and killed dozens of widows by himself, I don't know if there is such a thing?" "That's right, my brother has become a hero, tell us about the situation at that time, so that we can also be immersed in the scene." Shen Mo shook his head, smiled without saying a word, and the freshmen he met along the way automatically stood on the side of the road when he saw Shen Mo, and said, "Senior brother." After the silent return salute passed, he followed him forward. As long as you are enrolled in the same year, regardless of your year, there are no exceptions...... To say that he doesn't like this feeling of hugging back and forth would be too hypocritical.

Even the little scholar Shen An was also upright and lively in a group of scholars, as if he was the eldest among the scholars.

A group of freshmen entered the gate of the school palace, only to see a copper basin placed in the square in front of them. Everyone knew that this was the beginning of the entrance ceremony, so they quieted down, and under the command of the celebrant standing there, they cleaned their hands in the basin in turn, and then dusted some splashes on their shoes and hats, which was considered to symbolize the completion of the 'washing' of the surname, in order to show respect for the land of the saints - the reason why Fuxue Palace is called the palace is because it enshrines Confucius, so Fuxue is also called Confucius Temple.

After being washed, he entered the Pan Pond and crossed the bridge under the guidance of the instructor, and arrived outside the Confucius Hall of the main hall of Fuxue. After this, everyone relined in front of the stairs again, and only then entered the main hall under the guidance of Mr. Discipline.

On both sides of the statue of the Holy Master in the main hall, there are already full of previous students, and standing at the front is the next student, the smallest number, only forty or fifty people, among which the first row stands the big ribbons; In the middle is the proliferation, and the number is two or three hundred, and the last is the epiphysis, which is the same number as the proliferation, and has already stood in the side hall.

In front of the statue of Confucius in the middle, there are more than a dozen Confucian instructors over 40 years old and under 80 years old, who are teachers full of students.

The guiding priest ordered the new students to stand in the middle of the main hall, facing the statue of the Holy Master, and then hurried to the back hall to report...... Shen Mo was arranged in the first row, the two on the left were Tao Yuchen and Sun Yan, and the two on the right were the other two Wukui.

After a stick of incense, I heard a call: "The prefect has arrived!" ”

Including those instructors, the room full of people bowed in the direction of the voice and saluted, "Greetings, sir! "Now there is no one in the hall who is not a showman, and there is no one who kneels to greet him.

I saw Tang Shunzhi wearing a crimson official robe, accompanied by the professor, solemnly walked into the main hall and stood in front of the statue of Confucius.

At this time, the priest said in a loud voice: "Worship the ancestors! Under the leadership of the Tang prefect, they bowed respectfully to the statue of Confucius, and then the prefect and the professors and instructors rose, and the former students also rose, only the silence of them, the freshmen were still kneeling.

"All the new students bow to the teacher." The celebrant continued to sing.

The new students bowed to the prefects, professors, and instructors standing in front of the statue of Confucius, and only then did they complete the prostration ceremony.

When everyone got up, the celebrant said, "Please speak, Lord Professor." ”

The professor first offered incense to Confucius, and then recited a piece of Taizu's holy edict to the freshmen, which was nothing more than clichés such as 'loyal to the monarch and patriotism, study hard, obey the law, and serve the monarch', and then it was really useful - he said: "After entering the school, the students should specialize in one classic, and divide the teaching into subjects such as etiquette, archery, books, and mathematics. That is to say, the curriculum is divided into four categories: first, 'etiquette', including scriptures, history, law, edicts, etiquette, rituals, etc., and students must be familiar with and proficient in them. The second is the 'archery department', which is a practice of archery, and the commander guides the competition. The third is 'calligraphy', which requires students to practice calligraphy, and practice 500 words a day. The fourth is 'mathematics', which requires students to be proficient in nine chapters of arithmetic.

Although there are examinations for each subject, and rewards and punishments are given in graded categories, everyone knows that the only ones that must work hard are 'etiquette' and 'calligraphy', because these two subjects involve imperial examinations...... Needless to say, if you write mediocre, you will not be able to get into the eyes of the examiner even if the essay is full of flowers.

And the rite department is a direct counterpart to the future imperial examination questions - the township examination and the general examination are basically the same examination format, both of which are three examinations, each of which is three days. In the first game, there are seven articles, that is, seven articles and eight articles, of which three questions are made from the four books, which all candidates must do; Four questions were asked from each of the five classics, and the scholars each chose one scripture, adding up to a total of seven questions.

In the second trial, there is one sentence, one sentence and one edict, one edict, and one table; In the third test, there are five strategies. These contents must be studied in the 'Rite Course', so the important surname of this subject is self-evident.

However, as we all know, whether or not you can be Chinese in the imperial examination depends on the first one, that is, the seven articles and eight strands, so the teaching and study of the Four Books and Five Classics is still the top priority of the school. At this stage, in addition to the four books that are compulsory, the students only need to choose one of the five classics, and they don't have to grasp the four books and five classics as before.

Then the professor announced the class time, 20 days a month, plus the 5th and 20th of each month, and the 6th and 21st of the junior high school, that is, there are 24 days of school time in January. However, the school does not require students to be attendant, but they must take the monthly big and small exams, and all students need to list a homework book. Each of them will indicate what books they read, what books they read, or what they have posted every month, so that they can be read by the head of the court from time to time.

If you are at the bottom of the two exams in a row, you are in danger of being blacklisted, and the school will approve the demotion or even removal.

After a long speech, the professor took a breath and said, "Please give a lecture to the prefect." ”

The Tang prefect also took a bunch of incense sticks and gave incense to Old Man Kong, and then turned around and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, we don't talk darkly, what are you entering the mansion for?" "Ask a few freshmen, some say it's 'improve self-cultivation', some say it's 'serve the Ming', and say it more than the race, lest it seem that they won't brag.

Governor Tang listened to a few people with his surname, and said with a faint smile: "What you said is very good, but you are not sincere, this official said a straightforward sentence in front of the Holy Master, you just want to learn to do a good job, just like this official, the title of the gold list, and the red robe...... Whoever dares to say that it is not, the official will immediately compensate him. ”

The people in the hall laughed, and some old Confucian instructors secretly said unhappily: "Although it is a big truth, it is really inappropriate for the prefect to say something about chasing fame and fortune in front of the master." But it was only slander, but he didn't dare to say it.

I only heard the prefect continue: "If you think this is the case, this official will be shy as a senior Huiyuan, and come to teach you some experience, are you willing to listen?" "This is not only the new students, but also the students in the hall are very excited...... Who doesn't know that the Tang Governor's Mansion is a Shiwen family who is called Wang Shouxi, if you can listen to his advice, you will definitely benefit a lot.

"Professor Fang Cai introduced the Fuxue course, and I think that many of you have secretly divided it into two categories in your mind, one is used for the imperial examination; The first category is not used for the imperial examination...... If it is useful, it will be studied seriously, and if it is useless, it will be discarded. Governor Tang said slowly, causing the students to nod involuntarily.

"This official also divides it into two categories, the karma and the moral industry, and what you think is useless are all classified by me into the moral industry." Tang Shunzhi said in a deep voice: "Be careful not to take the industry and the moral industry as two categories and waste it, you just learned a method of righteousness, no matter how good you learn, no matter how wonderful the rhetoric of the article you write, people still feel dry and tasteless when you read it." This is because of ignoring the moral industry, only by working the moral industry, can the article have both flesh and blood and have its soul! ”

Seeing that the students were ignorant, only a dozen or so people seemed to understand or not, and there were even fewer people who had an epiphany, but there were only three or five people such as Shen Mo, Zhu Dashou, Tao Yuchen, etc., Tang Zhifu sighed and said: "The words are said to all of you, but whether they can be useful or not depends on your creation." ”

(To be continued)