Zhang Yuan and Yao Fu stood on the Minglun Hall, and on both sides of the hall were fifty-two sentient beings, but they could hear the three rings of the Zhaifu on the Kuixing Pavilion, and the inner courtyard and the outer courtyard were silent for a while, and even the people waiting to see the excitement outside the Confucian gate were quiet, holding their breath one by one, as if they wanted to hear the verbal confrontation between Zhang Yuan and Yao Fu in the Minglun Hall - Sun Jiaoyu bowed and said: "Lord Fuzun, Lord County, except for the two students who are on leave, the rest of the beings have arrived, please show the two adults." ”

Xu Shijin, the prefect of Shaoxing, said: "This government has a word first, and today it is just a bystander, this is a matter for your Shanyin School Department, or is it Mr. Sun Jiaoyu and Mr. Qidong who preside over this matter." ”

Sun Jiaoyu was cramped and uneasy, everyone present was from Jinshi, he was the only one who was a lifter, how dare he take charge, and bowed his hand to Liu Zongzhou: "Mr. Qidong, please preside over this eight-share gambling - eight-share grand event." ”

Liu Zongzhou gave in slightly, and then said: "Okay, let's act as an examiner next." Looking at Yao Fu and Zhang Yuan in the hall, he said: "There are two less than fifty-four students, so let's subtract one from each, and Zhang Yuan's craftsmanship only needs to be approved by thirty-five people." ”

Yao Fu felt that it was very unfair to him to subtract one of each, especially Lu Jingxiu, who lost his father, and Chi Daosheng, who was sick in bed, were all generously treated by him, Lu Jingxiu lost his father It is impossible to be fake, but Lu's father died at too bad time, Chi Daosheng is very likely to be pretending to be sick, Chi Daosheng received the seven volumes of the Song Huanggu handwritten "Lotus Sutra" sent by him, which he bought from Hangzhou for sixty taels of silver, and today he pretended to be sick and did not come, which is really hateful!

Yao Fu argued: "Mr. Qidong, the student thinks that he should give Zhang Jiezi's craftsmanship to Lu and Chi Ersheng to read, and see how the two of them evaluate it, so that it is fair." ”

All the officials in the hall laughed, one of them lost their father and the other was sick, this Yao Fu still had to chase him to someone's house to let him read the papers, is there anything more unkind than this?

Governor Xu said: "Yao Sheng doesn't want to be Luo, let Mr. Qidong arrange it." ”

Yao Fu glanced at Governor Xu who was sitting on the side, and only said yes.

That Xu Governor's Mansion has received a total of five hundred taels of Yao Fu silver twice in the past month, of course, these five hundred taels of silver are all from Yang Shangyuan, Yao Fuli is the head, why not pit his niece, anyway, even his niece dares to get involved, there is nothing he can do, he uses Yang Shangyuan's silver to protect his turban, Xu Governor promised to turn around for him at that time, but Xu Governor did not expect that in just one month, Yao Fuhui's reputation will be so bad, Xu Shijin is also an official who wants to talk about reputation, so he has to act - The two school directors carried the examination table and examination chair and placed them in the middle of the lobby, with pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

Liu Zongzhou said: "Zhang Yuan, please take a seat and prepare for the craft." ”

Zhang Yuan gave a salute to the officials in the hall, then sat upright on the examination chair, waiting for Yao to come back to the question, Liu Zongzhou said: "Yao Sheng, according to the agreement, you should make the question, one of the four book questions, the Spring and Autumn Questions, choose one." ”

Yao Fu said: "I came up with four book titles-" He has been thinking about this four-book topic for a long time, and he deliberately wants to make things difficult for Zhang Yuan, and how to be tricky and perverse, and said: "The small question I proposed is 'King Wen is a man but not a bird'. ”

As soon as this question came out, all the beings in the hall were "coaxed", this is a truncation question, and it is a ruthless match, the so-called ruthless match, is to put together two irrelevant sentences in the Four Books and Five Classics as an eight-strand question, and when the writer breaks the question, he must integrate the so-called meaning of the eight-strand question that the bull's head is not on the horse's mouth, so the eight-strand essay made by this ruthless interception question is often bizarre and absurd, and even distorts the Confucian scriptures, because this kind of question can't be started at all, so they have to write it all over - the officials in the hall also shook their heads, The four characters "King Wen is dead" are from the "Analects", and "can be a person but not as good as a bird" are from "University", is it also a problem to pull these two sentences together?

Zhang Cao saw that the expressions of the people in the hall were different, he didn't know why, and asked in a low voice: "Father, this kind of question is difficult to meson, right?" ”

Zhang Rulin snorted and ignored him.

Wang Yingzi knows how difficult this kind of "ruthless interception question" is, ruthless combination often can't solve the question, and if the question can't be broken, how to write down, her father taught Zhang Yuan the trick of the eight strands when he said a word about this ruthless pairing, because this can't be taught at all, how to teach, only random touching, luck, and after Longqing, this kind of question has rarely appeared in the scientific examination - Wang Yingzi was very angry, her little face turned red, and her voice was like a mosquito chirping: "Daddy, this person is really shameless, this kind of question is not out of the scientific examination now." ”

Wang Siren raised his hand and pressed it down, signaling Wang Yingzi not to speak, he wanted to see what Liu Zongzhou would say about this eight-strand question?

Liu Zongzhou is inspirational to the sages of learning, to promote Confucian morality as their own responsibility, the eight strands of the text is to speak on behalf of the sages, how can Liu Zongzhou tolerate this kind of deviant topic, said: "The establishment of the scriptures and righteousness is originally to promote the righteousness, eliminate the subtle words, or promote the facts, and proclaim the practicality, but how to cut off the head, cut the far-fetched, distort Confucius and Mencius, and the evil righteousness, how can this speak on behalf of the sages?" This question is inappropriate, Yao Sheng proposed it separately. ”

Yao Fu sneered: "The deed between the student and Zhang Jiezili is clearly written, and the question is up to me, since Mr. Qidong is not allowed to come up with this question, then the student can't come up with other questions." "This is clearly a trick.

Liu Zongzhou said: "It's up to you to make the questions, but you also have to comply with the rules, since Wanli, where is there such a ruthless interception question in the scientific examination, you must also have a sympathetic match if you want to make a truncation question." ”

Wang Siren opened his mouth and said: "The orthodox six-year edict ordered the world to supervise schools, and it is not allowed to pick up the embellishments when asking questions, and if you ask questions that are not what you should ask, the violators will be impeached and punished. ”

Wang Yingzi is very happy, or his father is powerful, well-read and strong, and he has memorized all the holy decrees of more than a hundred years ago, now he sees what Yao Heixin has to say.

Yao Fuqiang argued: "It's just a gambling game—"

Sun Jiaoyu shouted: "This is an eight-share grand event, an elegant move. "If the name is not right, it is not good, and the name must be corrected, how can it be said that it is a gamble.

Yao Fu saw that all the officials in the hall looked at each other coldly, so he had to say: "Even if it is, but this is not a scientific examination after all, of course I have to ask the question." ”

When Yao Fu and Liu Zongzhou disputed the titles of these four books, Zhang Yuan was silent on his face, thinking nervously in his heart, if Yao Fu insisted that he would take "King Wen is dead and can be a person but not as good as a bird", then he also decided to deal with this challenge, there is no eight-strand problem in this world that cannot be broken, the difference is just that it is broken well and badly.

Xu Zhifu came to play the round, and said with a smile: "This kind of ruthless interception question is not in accordance with the rules, but it was also popular in the early years, mainly to prevent candidates from attacking similar questions, this kind of question is rare in recent years, but now it is not a solemn field, there are still some game meanings, it is better to do this, this question will let Zhang Yuan break it, just break the question, no need to make all eight shares, and then Yao Sheng will draw up a scientific examination topic by Zhang Yuan, what do you think?" ”

Xu Shijin is secretly helping Yao Fu, if Zhang Yuan can't break this ruthless interception question or doesn't break it well, then Zhang Yuan's momentum will be cowardly first, and no matter how well the latter question is, it is not good to force Yao Fu to hand over his turban fame on the grounds of winning the game - here the prefect Xu Shijin is respected, since the prefect Xu Shijin said so, Liu Zongzhou is not good to insist, so he encouraged Zhang Yuan to say: "Zhang Yuan, and try to solve the problem, it doesn't hurt if you can't break it, don't break it indiscriminately, it violates the way of the sages." ”

Zhang Yuan had been thinking for a while, got up and said, "Students, just answer." This is his method of hiding clumsy, although his small Kai has improved, but it is obviously difficult to satisfy the officials in the hall and the students present, but I am afraid that passing is not counted, after all, it is only four months to practice words seriously, and the oral answer shows both quick thinking and more free and easy.

Liu Zongzhou was surprised and said, "You have solved the problem? ”

Zhang Yuan nodded and said, "It's just that this question is too severe, and the students are not very elegant—"

Liu Zongzhou said: "You can break it and listen to it." ”

Xu Zhifu, Hou Xianling, Zhang Rulin, and Wang Siyi all leaned forward together, and the beings on both sides of the hall also listened attentively, watching how the young Zhang Yuan broke the ruthless four-book question of "King Wen is a human being but not as good as a bird"?

Zhang Yuan broke the question and said: "Mrs. is not as good as a bird, it is really shameful, shameful, shameful, like shame, Mo Ruo Shiwen King." ”

This problem is very funny, but it can connect King Wen with people who are not as good as birds, and it is in line with Confucian morality, of course, it is accurate, which requires super thinking ability and imagination, and it is Jiecai.

Everyone was stunned at first, and then burst into laughter.

Xu Shijin and the others couldn't help laughing, and Zhang Cao also pretended to say: "Wonderful." ”

Wang Yingzi "fluttered", and her coquettish voice was revealed, but fortunately, the hall was full of laughter, and no one noticed that she was smiling so delicately.

There are only two people who don't laugh, Zhang Yuan and Yao Fu.

Zhang Yuan is telling jokes, of course, you have to hold back and not laugh, everyone laughs at me alone; Yao Fu knew in his heart that everyone was laughing not because Zhang Yuan was ridiculous, but because Zhang Yuan broke the problem beautifully and witty, so he laughed and shouted: "There are only two sentences to solve the problem, how many sentences does he have!" ”

Zhang Yuan unceremoniously counterattacked: "Yao Xiucai tested me with a ruthless question from a hundred years ago, but asked me to deal with it with the question-solving method today, are you all the rules?" ”

Liu Zongzhou said: "Before Jiajing, there were three or four sentences to break the question, and Zhang Yuan was so broken and in line with the rules, this was the exam question before Jiajing." ”

Governor Xu also said: "Yao Sheng, don't be entangled, hurry up and come up with another question." ”

Yao Fu was helpless, thought for a moment, and said: "A gentleman is reserved but not indisputable." ”

"A gentleman is reserved but not indisputable" from the Analects. Wei Linggong Fifteenth", this is a dignified four-book title, which can test the skill of the writer, Liu Zongzhou nodded and said: "Okay, Zhang Yuan will start writing the question." ”

"Wait." Yao Fu had something to say again: "This question is very easy, it is too cheap for him, so Zhang Jiezi must make this four-book question within two moments." ”

The students in the hall made a "whoosh" again, and the children's test and even the Taoist test had to be tested for a day, but this Yao Fu asked Zhang Yuan to make a four-book question and eight shares in two moments, isn't this deliberately difficult, even if you copy it, you have to copy it for a while!

(To be continued)