Chapter 356 Examination (Part II)
- Chen Ke's ancestor of a lady, that mad Confucian Liu Kai, was to be famous back then. I loaded a cart full of more than 1,000 articles that I had written, and when I was supposed to take the exam, I pushed the cart into the examination room by myself, which made everyone very stunned. But in any case, Liu Kaida became famous after that, and he can be said to be well versed in marketing.
Who knew that the other lady's maiden family was also a master of this. In order to change his son's image of a prodigal and unruly genius in the past, so that he could transform into a national scholar like Chen Ke, Su Xun did not allow Su Shi to waste Jīng Hua in the willow alleys of Flower Street. He also took leave of absence because of his poor health, and urged him at home to shake a huge pen like a rafter, and wrote twenty-five "Advance Strategies" and twenty-five "Advance Treatises" in a row, a total of fifty policy treatises were made public.
Chen Ke has read all of these 50 policy treatises, and the content is quite comprehensive, from rectifying officials, financial plans, pacifying the people, household registration, taxation policies, social security, to strengthening the military, and everything is covered...... It's like a genius born to know, omniscient and omnipotent for 500 years, oh no, 800 years to produce one.
The last one, Zhuge Liang......
Generally speaking, Su Shi's fifty policy essays repeatedly talk about the same thing - although the world is safe, in fact, there are hidden dangers everywhere, and once something happens, there will be great danger!
Therefore, this bird world, no reform is definitely not possible, I hope that the official family can 'strive for its strong might', then 'the wise are willing to follow their plans, and the brave are happy to die', as long as the top and bottom are united, then the world's major events are 'vertical and horizontal upside down and nothing can be done'.
Of course, in addition to shouting slogans, Su Shi also has specific propositions. That is to regain the benevolence and love of Confucianism to govern the country by virtue. Although he admits that there are various hidden dangers at present, there are 'drawbacks of legislation'. But it is more emphasized that it is 'the loss of others', and the so-called 'loss lies in the appointment of others.' He advocated that 'the law is the end', and insisted on 'the one who is courteous, the one who is ben also', that is, to govern the country with etiquette and music. Rule the country by virtue.
At the same time, he resolutely opposed those 'corrupt little students' who wanted to change the law, and criticized them for 'confusing the lord of the world'!
He used the analogy that the state is like an early patient, presently' speech. Diet, daily life, and movements are no different from ordinary people', and there are no symptoms to be seen. In this case, the quack doctors are ignorant and unaware, but if Bian Que Canggong sees it, he will be 'surprised'.
Therefore, as long as the state puts the sage in power, there is no doubt about employing people, and 'making the best use of his talents and holding them accountable for success'. You can take precautions and take care of the country's health at an early stage of the disease. If you rashly use the tiger and wolf medicine of 'changing the law', it will only lead to 'the world is incurable', and even 'chaos will arise'.
Therefore, the point he wants to make is: as long as you use people properly, you don't need to change the law!
So what kind of people to use? Of course I'm a master...... Of course, this is the subtext.
Although thousands of years later, everyone can understand that the 'rule of man' advocated by Su Shi cannot solve the country's chronic diseases at all. But in this day and age, his ideas are still very marketable.
Because the call for change has become mainstream. However, all parties have different views on how to change, and the conservatives do not want to destroy the law of their ancestors, hoping that through the consciousness and ability of the monarch and ministers, the crisis faced by the country can be solved within the original framework.
Therefore, Su Shi's article is very appetizing to those old ministers.
In addition, his literary brilliance is too high, and several arguments are written majestically and heartily. It is said that Ouyang Xiu was suffering from a fever at the time, and when he read Su Shi's essays, he was sweating profusely, and after reading it, the fever subsided.
Ouyang Xiu is almost like this......
There are also famous ministers such as Fu Bi, Han Qi, and Bao Zheng, who are full of praise after reading Su Shi's article, thinking that he is an unborn genius. The name of the Three Sus is known all over the world, and now people are overwhelmingly publicizing it, and the sensational effect caused by it is naturally far greater than that of Liu Kai back then.
Finally, on the eve of the ceremony, Su Shi's name 'thundered and shook the world', and even the aunt who sold vegetables knew such a number.
However, let Chen Ke put aside the emotional factor comment, although Su Shi's article is majestic and worthy of the name of the future writer, but in terms of content, it is just picking up the wisdom of the ancients, which can be said to be empty words. This is normal, after all, Su Shi has not been in contact with any national politics so far, and he doesn't even know about the people's sufferings and the affairs of the prefecture and county. Metaphysical guidance is harmless, but once the metaphysical concrete words are spoken, they can only be empty.
What Uncle Su often puts on his lips is 'a thousand words on the head of the pen, ten thousand volumes in the chest, to Jun Yaoshun, why is this difficult?' 'Fledgling scholars who have not encountered setbacks are all in this way......
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But in any case, under Su Xun's painstaking efforts, Su Shi should be nine out of ten in the next big science.
Seeing that the exam was imminent, Chen Ke certainly wanted to come over and care.
The Su brothers naturally heard about what happened to him, but they couldn't help much, so they could only comfort him gently.
"Don't talk about me." Chen Ke smiled at Su Shi and said: "The exam is coming up later, how can you see that you are not nervous at all?" ”
"Ugh." Su Xun was not at home, so Su Shi dared to smile bitterly: "What's the matter, when I think that after the exam, I can finally be released, I feel relaxed." ”
"Hehe, my brother was miserably disciplined by his father." Su Zhe pursed his lips and smiled: "There are many strategies, all of which are made by my father first and then forced him to do it, and my brother is unhappy about it." ”
"I really want to change my son." Su Shi said depressedly: "With me in front, he will be much more relaxed." ”
"Speaking of which," Chen Ke looked at Su Zhe and said, "Zizhan I'm not worried, but Zizhan is up to you, do you have confidence?" ”
"My article is not as good as my brother," Su Zhe said softly: "If you want to get it, you can only fight." ”
"How?" Chen Ke asked.
"Since it should be a direct admonition," Su Zhe said in a low voice: "I think I might as well give a very direct admonition." ”
"Do you want to take the official family under the knife?" Chen Ke said in his heart.
"How do you know ......" Su Zhe was startled at first, and then said: "I can't hide anything from you." ”
"Hehe," Chen Ke smiled, "I don't know you Su Ziyou yet?" ”
Xiao Su is a peculiar person, to be honest, by his genius brother's side, the quiet Su Zhe is always easy to ignore. But when it comes to political talent, Xiao Su is far better than Brother Nai. He is quiet and quiet, not impetuous, has a very high political literacy, has an extremely stoic heart, and can make people ignore him.
But when he needs to exert his strength, Su Zhe will not hesitate to show his ambitious side. But Su Zhe was not impulsive, because he knew it very well. Even if it can't be fulfilled, but with the rule of the Song Dynasty not to kill scholars for a hundred years, there will be no worries about life, and this gamble should be thrilling.
"Well, do you think it's possible?" Su Zhe hugged Chen Ke tightly and said in a deep voice: "I really want to help you, but it's better not to help." ”
"Hmm......" Chen Ke pondered for a moment, nodded heavily, and said, "It's okay!" ”
"That's good, that's good." Su Zhe breathed a sigh of relief and said, "By the way, Shilang, Duanping, Zhang Zihou, Wang Zichun, and Lu Jifu will also participate." ”
"I know," Chen Ke nodded and said with a smile: "I also heard that Ji Fu has been very active recently." ”
"It is rumored that the most promising people in this subject are Jifu and my brother."
"Lu Jifu, this guy is not pure." Su Shi said with some disdain: "After he entered the Beijing Division, he went to the palace of Qingling County, and he didn't deal with us anymore, I am afraid that he will have to climb another high branch." ”
"Good birds choose trees to perch, and this is understandable." Chen Ke smiled indifferently: "Jifu has his own choice. ”
Because the two were about to take the exam, Chen Ke talked for a while, and then said goodbye and went back.
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Three days later, the exams began. The system is the highest level of examination in this dynasty, and there is no limit to identity in name, and anyone can participate in it, so as to reflect the meritocracy and meritocracy of the Son of Heaven. However, if you want to stand on the Chongzheng Hall and accept the test of the Son of Heaven in person, it is definitely difficult to go to the sky.
The prerequisite is that you must be recommended by more than two important officials of the court to be eligible to sign up. After that, there are three levels to pass - first to the two systems, that is, the internal system, the external system of the Hanlin bachelors, the knowledge system, a total of 50 poems, the usual strategies, theories, by the two systems to select those who are excellent in words and theory to participate in the cabinet examination...... This is also the reason why Su Xun forced Su Shi to temporarily hold Buddha's feet, who let this kid usually patronize the lyrics and compose music for the Oiran, and there is no survival in his hands at all.
After the two systems passed, it was followed by the six theories of the secret pavilion; Finally, you can participate in the emperor's imperial examination.
Now everyone understands, why in the two Song Dynasty and three hundred years, there are more than 20 people who have been admitted to the middle school system, right? It's just too hard.
But only in this way can we see its rarity. It is the dream of every official to be able to take the middle school examination...... No matter how well the articles of non-jinshi are done, they still want to pass the two systems. Therefore, the system is known as 'meritocracy', but in fact, it has long become a ban for Jinshi.
By the end of the year, the two systems had received more than 300 proposals, or 1,500 copies. The two worked overtime and spent five days to select fifty people with excellent rhetoric to enter the next stage of the secret pavilion test.
When it was announced, Chen Ke found that Song Duanping, Wang Shao, Zeng Bu, Jia Kang and others were all on the list...... You can see its cruelty.
Of course, there is no name for him, but it's not that his articles can't enter the eyes of the two systems, but that he was appointed as the direct secretary of the cabinet, as the deputy of the governor Wang Qi, Ouyang Xiu and others, and the same ...... of the secretary cabinet exam-
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Let's write another chapter.