The imperial examination held in Luoyang in October of the second year of Yankang was the second time in history - the first time was in September of the 14th year of Jian'an, that is, two years ago - and it was also the first time after the Great Wei Dingding, and theoretically covered the whole of China, but the three prefectures of Liang, Yi, and Jiao had not yet been able to submit to Wanghua, and there may not be a few people who came.

Oh, that refers to the original thirteen states of the Han Dynasty Liang, Yi, Jiao, if according to the new administrative division of the Wei Dynasty, then Liang Prefecture is divided into Qin and Liang, Fenyi Prefecture is Liang, Yi, Yi, and Jiaozhou is Jiao, Guang, adding up to a total of seven new states.

The examination was held after the autumn, and the matter was reported to the counties in the spring, mainly for the consideration of those remote counties. Luoyang nominally lives in China, in fact, it is still relatively biased to the north, regardless of Jiaojiao and Guangzhou, it is far away from the counties of Yuan, Hong, Hunan and southern Fujian, and the straight-line distance is more than 2,000 miles, and it takes more than half a month to spread the fast horse.

In comparison, from Fufeng County to Guguan and arrive in Luoyang, although it is not said that there is any "morning and evening", but it is really much more convenient, especially the waterway connection, you can first take a boat down to Weishui, and then the Yellow River section can also be sailed in many places, which can relieve the fatigue of the journey.

Therefore, the travel date of Fufeng County is set one month before the exam, that is, in the middle of autumn and September. Prior to this, Ma Jun was like a sponge absorbing water, greedily chewing and digesting the knowledge in "The First Words of Physics". In particular, the second volume of "The Force", after establishing the three principles of the relevant forces, is also supplemented with some practical techniques, such as the use of orange trees (levers), wheels and axles. Pulleys (pulleys) are used. The principle of boating. and the power of the floating water is equal to the weight of the objects discharged (naturally exemplified by the story of "Cao Chong called the elephant"), and so on. For Ma Jun, who likes craftsman's work, that is what really makes him an inexhaustible treasure trove of knowledge.

It's a pity that when I went to ask Chen Yun to borrow the remaining volumes, he was unceremoniously refused: "The scientific examination is imminent, Deheng does not think about studying the scriptures, but delays this miscellaneous study and small way?" "Even if Ma Jun explains repeatedly, I won't test the scriptures. I must go to the arithmetic exam, but I can't say that he can't do it at all.

Chen Jun originally didn't pay any special attention to this stammering child, and it was precisely because of the stuttering that Ma Jun often couldn't answer the questions of Teacher Marven or himself as a teaching assistant in class, which made Chen Jun think that this little junior brother had no knowledge, and it was great to be able to recognize a few words. The key is also that most of the tests in the classroom in these years were memorization and question and answers, and there were few written answer test papers - unlike in later generations, after the popularity of Baguwen, Mr. would teach students to solve questions and try to write.

However, in front of Lu Kuan, who was gluttonous, the four students wrote "Mencius" silently on the spot, but Chen Su was really shocked. He didn't expect it. Ma Jun's dictation speed is even faster than his own—although his calligraphy is not as neat and beautiful as his own—and there are not many mistakes in comparing them afterwards. Originally, Chen Yu thought. If there is a winner, it must be himself, and he may be the only one, but now he feels that Ma Deheng also has great hope.

After all, they are fellow villagers and villagers, if Ma Jun can also win the championship, his face will be more brilliant, and he will be an official in the same dynasty in the future, and he can also take care of each other. So—go ahead and review it, and stop reading those idle books!

He promised Ma Jun, if you can be admitted to Xiucai this time (in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Xiuzhi changed his name to Maocai, and changed his name back to his original name after the establishment of the Wei Dynasty), I will directly lend you the remaining five volumes of "The First Words of Physics" to read.

In desperation, Ma Jun had no choice but to continue to review the scriptures and take the time to consolidate his talent in arithmetic. It was hard to survive until the end of summer, and the county department had an order, and all reference students must arrive at the county school before the first day of September, register for different subjects, and participate in the preliminary examination.

Because at the time of the first imperial examination, even if it was mainly in the five counties of Wei at that time, the talents were promoted, and other counties were only allowed to submit self-nominations (because of the rush of time, people from distant counties could not catch up at all), and the scholars gathered from all over the four sides exceeded 500, and the originally planned examination was also forced to be divided into two successively. This time, the nationwide examination, it is estimated that the number of people can easily exceed 2,000, and Luoyang is newly built, and the houses are limited, so they are really not able to put it aside. Therefore, the edict decrees that north of Nanjun, south of Guangyang, east to the sea and west to Fufeng, all counties in the Central Plains must be screened for the preliminary examination, there is really no knowledge, just thinking about the guy who hits the luck, you don't go to the capital to cause chaos.

Fufeng is a medium-sized county, the Eastern Han Dynasty at its peak more than 20,000 households, more than 100,000 people, although after the funeral, in recent years gradually recovered, there is still a third. This time, more than 100 people from each county signed up for the exam, filling the entire county school.

The new Fufeng Taishou Nailang evil man Wang Xiong Wang Yuanbo, personally served in the county school, and the good students admonished and encouraged the candidates, and then withdrew, and changed the county selection Shilang to explain the examination procedures in detail to everyone. In the courtyard, the candidates were all sitting on the ground crowded one after another - Ma Jun was close to Ma Xia, but the heat had not subsided, and the fat man was hot, which made him sweat all over his body, which was really uncomfortable to the extreme.

However, it is necessary to keep your mind calm and prickly up your ears to listen to the explanation in the county election shiro. Let's say that this Fufeng County Elector Langzhong, surnamed Zhang Mingxiu, is the youngest son of Zhang Zhao and Zhang Zibu, a famous man in Pengcheng. In that year, Wang Shi entered Wu and set the policy of "southerners returning to the south, northerners returning to the north", Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong and other Huaisi people who were originally from the Sun family were forced to return north, and two of them were added to the idle position of the Han Dynasty and raised in peace. When it came to the Wei Dynasty, they refused to serve Wei, and they resigned and returned to their hometowns, and the Son of Heaven asked the ministers: "Are they all resentful and want to kill me?" Indulgence? Or is it forcible use? "Dazai Xun Gongda, Taifu Cao Quji, Taiwei is Hongfu, etc., all said that killing them is afraid of hurting the Son of Heaven Shengming, and even if they are afraid that they will form a party to plot chaos, and they want to use it, they may not be willing to go out of the mountain again......

So the final decision is to give a death order to the local officials where these guys are, it is best to be able to recruit this old guy, if you can't recruit them, at least pull a few of their clansmen and children to be officials, if you can't complete it, you can just seal it and resign.

Peng Cheng Taishou visited Zhang Zhao several times, pleaded with all kinds of grievances, and even threatened the lives of the other party's wives and children, and finally pulled out Zhang Zhao's two sons, Zhang Cheng and Zhang Xiu. The imperial court immediately appointed Zhang Cheng as the secretary, and Zhang Xiu was sent to Fufeng County to be in charge of examinations and elections.

Uncle Zhang's age is weak, and on the surface, he may not be older than Chen Xuan. However, he is long, handsome, and graceful. It is estimated that more than eighty percent of the students present will be dwarfed by the Pengcheng Zhang family, and the Zhang family is only a quasi-family. The background is far from being comparable to ordinary small families.

Zhang Xiu was holding a letter that was not too thick on the table, casually put the book on the table, pushed it aside, and then sat on his knees. He didn't talk nonsense, and got straight to the point: "You still have five days to review, and the county school will start the test in five days. ”

Before that, of course. First of all, you have to submit the subjects you are taking - "Ming Jing, Ming Law, Ming Calculation, Governing Drama, and Knowing Soldiers, which are divided into five, which are not the strengths of Guan Ru and other learning, but also related to the future of the world." "The paths of the eunuchs corresponding to different subjects are also different, unless there are special merits, otherwise when you set the subject, your future path is also doomed. For example, those in the "Ming Law" department and the "Drama Governance" department are the second-in-command of the Criminal Department and the Resignation Department, or the Imperial History; The scope of the "clear calculation" section is broader, and it may be the second-in-command of the Ministry of Degree, the Ministry of Yu, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Commerce. There are also opportunities for the various departments of the Ministry of Households; The "Knowing Soldiers" section is basically a military position, or a military department; There is only the "Ming Jing" section. Not only does he have a great future, he has the role of the prime minister, but he is also a panacea, and no department is indispensable.

Of course, it's just a theory, after all, the imperial examination has just been held, and no one can say for sure what will happen in the next twenty or thirty years.

Next, let's talk about the scope of the exam. The scope of the Ming Scripture is the widest, including a full set of Jian'an Stone Scriptures, which cannot be done by people who are not full of learning; Ming Law and Drama Examination "Han Law"...... Oh, it should be called "Wei Law" now, but it is actually still the "Han Law", and legend has it that the Son of Heaven intends to rewrite the decree, but so far there has been no action; Ming arithmetic has to test "Zhou Ji Sutra" and "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", but it should not be the original questions in it, and it will inevitably fail to rely on rote memorization; Zhibing scientific expeditions "Sun Tzu", "Wu Zi", "Taigong", "Sima Fa", and the "New Book" made by the Son of Heaven.

Regardless of the subject, the examination is divided into two sessions - "This is the same as the imperial examination, so that you can be familiar with it." "The first unified examination of the scriptures, the Confucian scriptures are the foundation of the scholars' lives, don't think that you don't need to read the scriptures without examining the scriptures; In the second session, the professional subjects will be re-examined.

Speaking of this, Zhang Xiu finally copied the letter placed on the side of the case, erected it, and showed it to everyone. There is the one who is in the front row and has sharp eyes, and directly reports the title of the book - "Dictionary".

Yes, Zhang Xiu said that this newly printed "Dictionary" is also an indispensable reference book for the exam.

Although the official book is popular in this year, and the regular script also shows its roots, there is no unified standard, and all kinds of aliens often bump into each other and do not recognize themselves. In fact, this kind of thing is not only in the Han and Wei dynasties, or in the era of popular official books, for example, there is a "Zhao Bosheng Tea Shop Meets Renzong" in the "Yu Shi Mingyan" of the Ming Dynasty, saying that Zhao Xu went to Beijing to catch the exam and was at the top of the list, and Song Renzong summoned him to the palace and said that your volume is very well written, but it is a pity that one word is wrong. Which word? It turned out that Zhao Xiucai wrote the word "only" next to the word "厶". Zhao Xu argued: "This word can be used universally. Renzong was unhappy, and wrote down eight words on the spot, which was "Qi (also known as Erjiao) single, go to Ji, Wu Yin, and Lu Tai", and said that you give me a general look! This is the end of the fall.

Although Zhao Xu suffered from his hard mouth, it can also be seen from this that the two sides of "mouth" and "厶" are indeed used to common for many words, and this matter cannot be avoided in the Song Dynasty.

In order to unify the different forms and standardize the text, it is Hongfu who gathered the guests to compile the book "Shuowen Cut Rhyme", on the basis of the original "Shuowen Jie Zi", delete its dead words, add new words, not to seal script as the standard, but to change it to Lishu, but also cut rhyme phonetics, classification and retrieval. The problem is that "Saying Wen Cut Rhyme" is too big, and it is still inconvenient to use it as a reference book.

Therefore, not long ago, he ordered people to delete its redundancy, simplify the explanation, and simply completely abandon the seal script and compile this new set of three-volume "Dictionary". If the "Dictionary" wants to be popular all over the world, the most convenient thing is to stuff it into the imperial examination and use it as a standard for common words - with Hongfu's fame and power, and the imperial examination was originally created by him, it is naturally a very easy thing.

So Zhang Xiu said today, everyone must have this reference book, once the words used in the exam are contrary to the "Dictionary", there is no variant, all of them are misspelled, and they will definitely lose points - "Thirty yuan for a letter, only the work book is accepted, and all the less come to buy." ”

When Ma Jun heard this, he panicked on the spot - I have thirty dollars a day, and I only have five eldest sons in my pocket, or my mother saves money and leaves me pocket money on the road! (To be continued......)

PS: The train is late, I just got home, put the child to sleep, and quickly came up to update. I'm so diligent, who still has a monthly pass, and I'll feed one?