The daily affairs of Zhongshutai are Xun habitually scattered, and most of them are handed over to the left servant Liu Ye and the right servant Dong Zhao to deal with, and this time he took over the work of the imperial examination, so he simply let go completely, opened a quiet room, and summoned Chen Qun, Ren Yan, Xun Yue, and Liu Fang to come over to discuss.

Shi Xun first proposed that before setting the exam questions, we must first delineate the scope of the exam, if the questions are aimless, it is not only irresponsible to the candidates, but also difficult to judge. Ming Jing, Ming Law, Ming Calculation, Drama Governance, and Knowing Soldiers, Ming Law and Drama are easy to say, that is, with Han Law as the theme; The scope of the clear calculation is best not to be out of the "Zhou Ji Sutra" and "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic......

As for the soldiers, Chen Qun proposed to use the four books "The Art of War of Sun Wu", "The Art of War of Wu Qi", "The Art of War of Taigong", and "The Law of Sima" as the scope of the examination. Shi Xun nodded, and then added, "I still need to add a book." Everyone asked each other, and Shi Xun smiled slightly: "Is the "New Book" missing? ”

The so-called "New Book", later generations called "Mengde New Book", is Cao Cao's own art of war, by Shi Xun first "invited" the manuscript, first engraved and printed, published everywhere - "New Book" is Cao Cao's own name, even if he is arrogant, it is impossible for him to list his own words on it (it is possible to list the name). Yes Xun said, we are selecting talents for the Wei State, how can we not use the "New Book"? How can you not exalt the grandeur of the lord?

Everyone applauded and admired: Hongsuke is far-reaching, and I can't wait. It's Xun Xin who said that in fact, you want to praise me for being able to shoot well, right? It's okay to be straight, I'm not going to blush......

As for the "Ming Jing", the scope of the examination naturally has to be the Confucian classics, just like the Jinshi Department in later generations, mainly testing the "Four Books and Five Classics". Let's be honest, though. The total amount of the "Four Books and Five Classics" is not huge, and when all of them are combined, the number of words in each subject of the textbook may not be as large as that of junior high school students in a school year (of course, middle school textbooks do not require the whole book to be memorized), and the scope is small. One is that students often only pick out the "Four Books and Five Classics", but do not read other books, and their knowledge is very narrow, and the second is that they also force the exam questions to be more and more biased - for example, pick a complete sentence, pinch the head and remove the tail, and only leave a small paragraph of cross-sentence comics. I can't read it at all, I don't memorize the classics so well, and I can't even figure out where the book comes from.

This kind of question requires students to spend all their energy on memorizing the classics over and over again, not to mention practice. Even the literary meaning of the classics may not have time to deeply comprehend, so why not test a group of book beetles? Part of the root cause of this is that the imperial examination system has increasingly become a cancer that shackles the mind and spoils talent.

So Xun said, since the Ming Jing subject is the most important, then the scope of the exam must also be wide, and if you are not really full of Confucianism, don't want to get good grades - let's take "Jian'an Shijing" as the scope. Everyone agreed.

In fact, what Xun thought in his heart was that I was the first to copy the "Jian'an Stone Scripture" and engrave it, and other bookstores followed suit. The version does not have my essence, and the market is not as wide as mine. It is conceivable that once the edict of the imperial examination was promulgated in the world, the scholars would have to search for my family's prints and study them diligently—throughout the ages. Which book sells the most widely and has the highest profits? It must be regarded as a teaching assistant!

He had already thought about it, and he could use this opportunity to preside over the imperial examination again, and after finishing the collection and publication of all the volumes of Tongguò, just like the eight-strand scrolls of later generations, he would definitely be able to make a big profit!

Chen Qun, Xun Yue and others were all traditional scribes. is honest (maybe Liu Fang's brain is relatively lively), but no one expected that Ling Jun was hiding under the above board examination plan. There are all kinds of money calculations......

In fact, not only that, the blueprint of "Jian'an Stone Scripture" is the ancient scriptures. marked as Zheng's study, it was Xun who got the opportunity, and also mixed in a lot of private goods (for example, "Mencius"). During his tenure in Hedong, Shuozhou, and Youzhou, as well as in Qing, Xu, and other prefectures where he had great influence, all of them were restored to the county school, that is, the self-printed "Jian'an Stone Classic" was used as the main textbook—of course, it was not given away for free, but officially purchased. Therefore, the scholars in these places, including a considerable number of poor disciples, are naturally familiar with the "Jian'an Stone Scripture", and believe that the delineation of the Stone Scripture as the scope of the examination is equivalent to opening the door for these scholars.

After delineating the scope and revealing the world, it is necessary to consider the examination process, regulations, as well as the types of questions and the criteria for judging papers. This research took more than a month, in which Chen Qun and others followed up the whole process, but Xun Yue, the secretary of the Ministry of Education, suddenly fell ill after only four days, and then died suddenly in early April.

Xun Yuezi Zhongyu is the grandson of Xun Shu, the son of Xun Jian, and the cousin of Xun Yu, the oldest in the Xun family. Xun Yue's death, like Xun Yu's resignation not long ago, has dealt a heavy blow to the Xun family and even the Ruying Group - this is the third heavyweight political figure to die at the turn of this year's spring and summer.

The first was naturally Chen Deng Chen Yuanlong, and the second died earlier than Xun Yue, but the news did not reach Anyi until after Xun Yue's death - Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao died of grief while under house arrest by his son and nephew at the age of fifty-five.

The news of Liu Biao's death reached Anyi, and Cao Cao convened a meeting of his bureaucrats, saying that Liu Biao was dead, Jiangling was naturally scattered, and the contradictions between Liu Qi, Liu Pan and Liu Cong, Cai Mao and others would inevitably intensify.

Xun You, Cheng Yu and others all objected, saying that the Liu family only had a small territory in Jiangling and Jiangnan, and that the independence of the four counties of Jingnan was very strict, and Han Xuan, Zhao Fan and other county guards had sent people to Xudu to meet the Son of Heaven, saying that they had no objection. Therefore, this kind of small force, it will not be a disaster to stay, and it will not be extinguished, so there is really no need for the lord to personally lead the troops to crusade. Jia Xu also said: "You can send an envoy to Jiangling, obviously to mourn Liu Jingsheng, and to spy on Liu's movements." If he can unite his mind, he may have to conquer; But if he is still not at peace, he may take advantage of the fisherman's profit. ”

Cao Cao said that this is a good idea, so who should be sent?

Shi Xun rolled his eyes, and suddenly came up with a suitable person: "Zhuge Kongming once lived in Longzhong, Xiangyang for a long time, and also hired Huang Chengyan's daughter as his wife. You can send Kong Ming to be, one to mourn Liu Jingsheng, the other to marry the Huang daughter, and you can invite Jing Xiangshi people to lobby for ......profit when the ceremony is completed."

Cao Cao slapped his thigh and said that this person was allowed to choose the right person - "I will play the Son of Heaven and send Kong Ming to hang him!" "But Zhuge Liang is only a Wei official now, so he must be given the title of court official again, so that he can go to Jingzhou in the name of the imperial court - of course, this kind of thing is really simple for the Cao family.

Before Zhuge Liang left, it was Xun who deliberately found him and handed him a list. Kong Ming unfolded it and took a look, only to see that it was written: "Beidi Fu Gongyi (Fu Xun), Hedong Pei Wenxing (Pei Qian), Yingchuan Zhao Boran (Zhao Yan), Du Zixu (Du Raid) ......"

Yes Xun said, these are all "people who have their hearts to the court" - partly they are the future Wei officials he has read about in the history books of later generations, and partly they are the ones he dealt with and understood when he was on his mission to Jingzhou last time - take care of Kong Ming and contact these people more, although they don't have much power in their hands, they are all people of insight, even if you can't take the opportunity to stir Jiangling into a pot of porridge, it can be regarded as a great achievement to rescue several of these people from Liu Qi's clutches and return to the north.

Kong Ming walked away, and this trip was more than four months, and he almost didn't catch up with Cao Cao's southern expedition. However, the effect is also very significant, Kong Ming not only brought back the Huang daughter, but also fished out Pei Qian and Du Xian, and reported to Cao Cao, saying that Liu Qi was weak and sick at both ends in three days, and the power was in the hands of Liu Pan, but Liu Pan was brutal and unrelated, except for Huang Zhong, Wen Ping, Wang Wei and others were all not on good terms with him; Cai Mao has been planning a comeback, supporting Liu Cong to take the throne, and it seems that he has already connected with Wen, Wang and other generals.

According to Cao Cao's instructions, Zhuge Liang secretly promised Cai Mao that once he overthrew the rule of Liu Qi and Liu Pan and returned Jingzhou to the imperial court, the imperial court would allow Liu Cong to inherit his father's lordship, and when he reached adulthood, he could also enter the court as Jiuqing, and Cai Mao himself could also be a marquis - anyway, now the imperial court of Xudu is just an empty shelf, and Cao Cao does not hesitate to make wishes for all kinds of feudal officials.

As soon as he heard that the civil strife in Jiangling was about to start, Cao Cao was quite pleased, so he rewarded Kong Ming again, and still followed him to Jiangdong with his military participation.

Here, the brigade left Anyi one after another and went south, still guarding the capital with the prince Cao Ang - the defense of Xu Du was handed over to Cao De and Prime Minister Changshi Wang Bi - there was Xun and the other four people who were busy preparing for the imperial examination. For a time, the Quartet scholars diverged and gathered, and the number was almost twice that of Shixun's original estimate, not only were the houses and inns all crowded, and the prices of rice and salt were high, but also the entire electoral department was at a loss. As a result, not only did the family and the Chen family's disciples all go into battle, but Shixun was finally forced to summon a group of Tai students from Xu Du to help.

Moreover, the original one-time exam was forced to be divided into two sessions - the first one was to test subjects such as Ming Arithmetic and Drama, and the second was to test the Ming Sutra. Most of the exams are based on policy theories, and they cannot be passed by memorizing dead books, and there are no standard examination papers and standard answers in later generations, and as a result, the time for judging the papers has been more than three times longer than the estimated time.

Interestingly, three days before the exam, suddenly he came to report, and the servant of the ministry came to worship. Shi Xun couldn't help frowning when he heard this--among the Shi brothers, he had the most unfamiliar relationship with Shi Kuan, even if they were both officials in Anyi, they moved around each other very rarely, and they were even not as warm and frequent as Shi Xun's interactions with Dong Zhao, Wang Cang and others--why did that guy suddenly think of coming to my door?

Although his name is low, he is considered a brother of Xun after all, so he had to straighten his clothes and go to the door to greet him. When I saw it, it turned out that Kuan didn't come alone, and there was a person behind him—but it wasn't his wife. Shi Xun glanced at it and couldn't help but be surprised: "Why did the eldest brother come here?!" "It turns out that this person is not him, but the eldest son of Yi, who is the author of Bo Ming. (To be continued)

ps: Yesterday, a friend of "Shui Shengfeng-SC" pointed out a bug on Weibo: "The Weight of Supporting Orphans" said that it was Chen Jun who was born, and Chen Su was born to Chen Deng's ex-wife, but in "The Disease of Red Face", it has been said that he married Chen Deng and gave birth to a son, named Chen Su.

First of all, thank him for reading the text in such detail, and then ...... I flipped back and checked, and I didn't just change a few words to solve the problem, so I had to put it first. If there is any content involving the brothers Shi and Chen Su in the future, the setting of "The Weight of Supporting Orphans" shall prevail.