On June 21st, the three hundred new prisoners in their respective schools under the leadership of doctors, teaching assistants lined up to worship Confucius, the ceremony of sacrificing Confucius was presided over by Gu Qiyuan, Zhang Yuan saw the third brother Zhang Cao mixed in the righteous hall of the students kneeling and standing up, can't help but smile - sacrifice Kongbi, all the students returned to their respective lecture halls, Guozijian teaching officially began, Zhang Yuan and the eldest brother Zhang Dai where the Guangye Hall Renzi class is a total of 32 students, there are tables and chairs, but the instructor must stand and listen respectfully when the instructor is in class, They were only allowed to sit down when they needed to write, and it is said that in the early years, students had to kneel when they asked the instructor for advice - "On the eighteenth of next month, there will be an exam." ”

Dr. Zhao of Guangye Hall spoke: "Those who are fluent in literature and reasoning and can pass through one scripture will be allowed to ascend to the second hall of cultivation and sincerity. ”

The King James Supervision Regulations stipulate that those who pass the four books but do not pass the scriptures will study in the three halls of justice, Chongzhi and Guangye, but this batch of new students who enter the Guangye Hall should all be dedicated to the first classic, and they are all going to the township examination next year.

Dr. Zhao added: "Every month, in the first half of the month, I will test four books with one question; In the middle of the trial, as well as the edict, edict, policy, table, and internal medicine; In the second half of the test, history, and strategy, two sentences, each test, those who are excellent in literature and science are rewarded, and those who are unscrupulous in literature and science are punished, as for each homework, it is necessary to recite the "Four Books", "Imperial Decree", "Da Ming Law" and other 100 words each, and more than 200 words in the post, with the two kings, Zhiyong, Ou, Yu, Yan, and Liu Zhuti as the law, and those who cannot complete the coursework will be beaten ten boards. ”

Zhang Yuan stood below and listened, and said in his heart: "There is really nothing to learn in this Guangye Hall, these coursework is no pressure for me, well, I will use this time to memorize all the "Imperial Decrees", "Da Ming Law", and "Recital of Famous Ministers of the Past Dynasties", and then practice calligraphy. ”

After a few days, Zhang Yuan listened to the instructor's lecture on history, policy, diligent practice of calligraphy, a piece of art never stopped, Zhang Dai was originally relatively lazy, there was no other place to go in prison, flowers, birds, insects and fish did not have to play, seeing Zhang Yuan read him diligently, he also followed the hard work, that Ruan Dacheng saw that the Zhang brothers read hard, solemn and respectful, Ruan Dacheng and Zhang Dai are very reasonable, Ruan Dacheng loves opera, Zhang Dai is also very accomplished in southern opera, study time, talk about opera and music, very happy, although Zhang Cao can not be with them, but every day will be delivered by the prison officer, Zhang Cao asked people to send exquisite food every day, he knew the eldest brother Zongzi very well, and the good tea and side dishes were all purchased from Quzhong City - Zhang Cao said in the letter that he had been in prison for five days, and he had already received two "out of the Gong Jing card" to listen to the Zen residence, because he was going to rush back when it was dark, so he hurried up to Xuanyin with Lumei Bai, haha - Zhang Dai and Zhang Yuan couldn't help laughing when they saw Zhang Cao being so outspoken, Zhang Cao also said in the letter that Su Zhi asked the young master of the sect why he couldn't come out, it seems that it was Sichun, that Mu Zhenzhen didn't ask, However, the look was even more Sichun, so please ask the eldest brother and Jie Zi to quickly go out of the prison to comfort - Wei Dazhong's family is poor, and he despises those prisoners who rely on Nasu to enter the prison, and he returned from the dinner hall in the evening, and listened to Zhang Yuan and Zhang Dai talk about the relaxation of the student supervision rules on Zhang Cao's side, and said: "Taixue is the place of cultivating talents, and now as long as you have money and are illiterate, you can be among the top dresses, which is called handsome, and the style of the country's eunuchs is corrupt, all because of this generation, the southern prison was prosperous at the beginning of the country, why, because there is no example of accepting prisons, why don't the prisoners like to sit in prison now, It is also because there are too many regular prisoners and too many students. ”

Zhang Yuan was silent, Wei Dazhong said of course it makes sense, this is the same as those famous universities in later generations, as long as you have money, you can get in, and the Ming Dynasty imperial examination is fairer than that of later generations, even if Nasu prisoners can be officials, they are also low-grade petty officials, and they are very looked down upon by those who are born in the first department, once they make a mistake, they will be pushed to the end, and there is no possibility of serving in a different place...... Zhang Yuan sneered in his heart: 400 years of social development, how much stronger can it be than the late Ming Dynasty?

Ruan Dacheng saw the embarrassment of the Zhang brothers and said: "The imperial court issued a routine supervision and donation, which is also due to the emptiness of the treasury, or in case of disasters, or because of the border police, which is an expedient measure. ”

Wei Dazhong said coldly: "The treasury is empty? How much of the donated silver can enter the treasury, are all stripped layer by layer, just like the mining tax, since the beginning of the twenty-fourth year of Wanli, the envoy is out, no land is not opened, whether there is a mine or not, but connected with the tomb of the rich, there is a mine in the clouds, that is, it is ordered to excavate, it will be full of bribes, so that the people's grievances are boiling, to the thirty-third year of Wanli before the edict of the mining envoy, but the tax envoy has not stopped, the poor countryside, rice, salt, chicken, pig, are all made to lose taxes, the big businessmen have to bribe, and the small traders are often searched and robbed, can these taxes and silver be returned to the palace treasury? No, the Fujian tax envoy Gao Yu in Fujian 16 years, looted hundreds of thousands of gold, and none of the people who returned to the inner treasury, most of them were divided up by the tax envoys, local officials, and tax scoundrels, but if he offered 10,000 taels to the inner treasury, he would not extort less than 100,000 taels of local people......

Wei Dazhong usually only cares about reading and writing coldly, and doesn't talk much, but now he feels it, but he is very angry and gushing endlessly-Ruan Dacheng knows this Wei Dazhong's temper, and hurriedly said: "Brother Wei, this is in the Guozijian, not Donglin Academy, it is against the prison rules to talk about the government, you are the head of the non-character class." ”

Wei Dazhong kept silent and went back to the number room.

Ruan Dacheng said to Zhang Yuan and Zhang Dai: "My teacher Mr. Jingyi is good at discussing government affairs, saying that learning must be practiced to be beneficial, if learning cannot be used by the people, it is not learning, Wei Kongshi (Wei Dazhong's face of the word Kong) was deeply influenced by my teacher, and the two of them should not blame him." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Wei Zhai is resolute and can be a friend, how can I blame him." ”

Zhang Dai was originally quite displeased, but when he heard Zhang Yuan say this, he laughed.

On the morning of June 28th, Guangye Tang took the exam, and at the end of each month, one of the scriptures, history, and two judgments were examined, Zhang Yuan chose the Spring and Autumn Question and the Zuo Chuan question, and the policy was about the government's disaster relief, and the judgment was two civil dispute cases, and the candidates were asked to write the judgment on their behalf, which was all for the preparation of the officials and the people in the future, and the examination took a day, and when Zhang Yuan handed in the paper at the end of the afternoon, he saw Gu Qiyuan sitting in the hall with the sacrificial wine, Dr. Zhao and Assistant Teacher Yue, Liu Xuezheng stood aside, Zhang Yuan respectfully presented the examination papers, Liu Xuezheng took it, and forwarded it to Gu Sacrificial Wine- Gu Saijiu said today that he came to inspect the ten exams of the new students of the Guangye Hall Renzi class, to see what outstanding inmates there are, when the entrance examination is a four-book question and eight shares can not see anything, today it is said that the scriptures, history, policy theories, and judgments can comprehensively consider the knowledge and knowledge of a prison student, he has read the first few papers, and there is nothing that can cheer him up, he recognizes Zhang Yuan, and the "Fan Chi Asks Knowledge" in the entrance examination of the Gongyuan is written gracefully and magnificently, Li Shangshu appreciates it, and looks at its scriptures, history, policies, and judgments.

Gu Qiyuan took Zhang Yuan's exam paper and said, "Zhang Sheng, you will leave after I finish reading your exam paper." He didn't say that to the previous few candidates who handed in the papers, for Zhang Yuan, he planned to teach Zhang Yuan after reading the exam papers-Zhang Yuan bowed and said: "Yes." "Stand aside.

Gu Qiyuan first read Zhang Yuan's Spring and Autumn Question "Chu people extinguish the strings, the strings run yellow", Zhang Yuan worked extremely the Spring and Autumn Three Transmissions, this Spring and Autumn Question Eight Shares are well discussed, concise and high-minded, Gu Qiyuan knows that Jiao Hong is a famous master of the Spring and Autumn Period, Zhang Yuan is both a disciple of Jiao Hong, a famous teacher and a high apprentice, Zhang Yuan's attainments in the Spring and Autumn Period should not be low, but Zhang Yuan is only seventeen years old after all, even some attainments must be limited, and it is impossible to compare with Jiao Hong, but when he read Zhang Yuan's Spring and Autumn Questions, he was silent on the surface, but he was greatly admired in his heart: Genius!

Looking at the historical theory again, the title is designated - "The Theory of King Gou Jian of Yue", Zhang Yuan's character history is surprisingly renovated, and he does not focus on Gou Jian's lying salary and courage, but talks about Gou Jian's "Flying birds, good bows and hidden; The cunning rabbit dies, the lackey cooks", eloquent, and has the momentum of Su Shi's "Fan Zeng" and "Liuhou Theory", Gu Qiyuan finally couldn't bear it anymore and praised: "Wonderful!" ”

Dr. Zhao and Assistant Teacher Yue glanced at each other, both secretly happy, Gu Xijiu looked at the examination papers of the four prisoners, this was the first time to praise.

The policy theory is about the government disaster relief, Gu Qiyuan does not have too high expectations for Zhang Yuan's policy theory, the policy theory has a strong surname, is to offer advice to the imperial court, if there is no actual experience and practical experience, it is impossible to write a good policy, but Zhang Yuan's disaster relief policy once again gave Gu Qiyuan a surprise, Zhang Yuan expounded from Zhengde to Jiajing, Wanli a hundred years of government disaster relief and famine preparedness system, the government disaster relief in recent years ineffective analysis of the ineffective government disaster relief, put forward their own countermeasures, that is, the combination of government disaster relief and civil disaster relief, its specific measures are clearly organized, can be implemented with a very strong surname...... Gu Qiyuan raised his eyes and looked at Zhang Yuan, this young prisoner stood humbly, not arrogant or impatient, he couldn't see any smug look, and asked, "Zhang Sheng, how did you write this strategy?" ”

The historical title Zhang Yuan's work is so fanciful that Gu Qiyuan believes it, but this kind of policy is not something that can be written by reading a lot of books, and it takes many years of official life and disaster relief experience to write so thoroughly and with unique insights, so Gu Qiyuan will ask this - Zhang Yuan replied: "Last year, there was a great drought in Shaoxing, and the student's uncle and ancestor established Yanghe Yicang to relieve the victims, and the students helped manage Yicang, and by the way, I read some books about disaster relief, and I have been thinking about disaster relief and famine preparedness, and I have written it today." ”

Gu Qiyuan said with relief: "I see, I said how you can write such a strategy at a young age, very good, very good." ”

Looking at Zhang Yuan's judgment again, the case is like this: Fumin Li killed someone, bought Wang with 20 taels of silver, and used Wang's son Wang Xiaomou to take the murder, the matter was exposed, and asked how to judge?

Zhang Yuan's verdict reads: "If you have money to buy a substitute, then what scruples will the children of rich families have? The law of the Emperor is for the poor, not for the rich. Is there affection, and there is reason? The son of a thousand gold, not dying in the world, this act of the end of the troubled times, not the prosperity of the holy pilgrimage should have, the husband makes twenty gold can buy a life, then the family has a million can slaughter the whole county. Those who commit manslaughter can be exempted; Therefore, the murderer is inevitable, and according to the law, Li should be sentenced to be executed, and Wang's father and son, ignorant and ignorant, will be punished with hard labor for one year. ”

(To be continued)