Qin Jixia School Palace, on the lobby.

Just when Tan Ying was trying to empty the fish pond, the inverted selection and marking was about to begin.

In the palace-like hall, Si Ye Fan sat at the top and highest long table.

Under the stage, four rows of long tables on the left and right are seated.

But at this time, only the first two rows were seated, and there were no more than thirteen people.

However, if people are not in the public, they will be famous.

The thirteen people in front of him are all famous people, and such people, no matter which country they go to, they are all people who will be treated as guests.

can make these people willing to sit below, Fan Yan's reputation is self-evident.

Looking at his person again, his body is thin and skeletal, his clothes are minimalist, his face is like a cliff, and he sits like a ding.

Even if you just close your eyes and say nothing, it is enough to be dignified.

After the student officer distributed the 374 test papers to each teacher equally, Fan Yan lightly brushed his sleeves and raised the copper-colored tall cup in front of the table.

“

The way of heaven is infinite, but human intelligence is limited.

With the finite to cross the infinite, only from generation to generation, set small for the great wisdom, trickle small into the big river.

However, due to the limitations of materials, the road is difficult, and there will be few people who have attained the Tao.

The so-called era is that we are widowed, leading the vast crowd forward.

It is also a vast multitude, for our widows to seek the way.

”

With that, he raised his hand and drank half a glass of water.

The rest of the teachers then drank half a glass.

It is a tradition called "intermittent drinking" that originated with Emperor Guangwu.

An important speech inevitably begins with quoting scriptures and saying some ancient words of the predecessors.

But the speaker should always express his thoughts, and following the words of the ancient style, not only is it difficult for him to speak, but it is also very troublesome for the audience to understand.

It is precisely because of this that Emperor Guangwu called on everyone to speak easy-to-understand words, hoping that the threshold for seeking the Tao would be lowered and that there would be no internal friction in understanding the ancient text.

Of course, he did it himself.

But he soon discovered that this would lead to a speech in which the ancient text at the beginning of the speech was spoken, and suddenly began to speak human words, which would be very abrupt and unsightly in structure, and the audience would be frightened.

Therefore, when he speaks, he will drink half a glass of water in the middle and make a forward, clearly reminding everyone that Lao Tzu is going to speak human words, and you can remember it clearly for me.

Later, the speeches of the big men also preserved this tradition.

Fan Yan also followed this process.

After he drank half a glass of water, the cup was not put down, and he continued to hang the cup and said:

“

Please always remember that behind every enlightened person there are thousands of ordinary people who are cultivating and working to make offerings.

If we derelict our duties and allow ordinary scholars to pass the Tao election, we will waste their labor and wipe out their lives.

When the powerful bribe you, when relatives and friends beg you, when laziness takes over you.

Remember to look those who will be obliterated by you.

So.

107 years of Taoist selection.

It's time to go.

”

With that, he raised his head and drank the water.

After the thirteen enlightened celebrities raised their glasses and drank each other, they did not have any words, and each of them flipped through the test papers.

In order to be as fair as possible, the name and serial number are sealed, and the examiner can only see the discussion and illustrations.

Their speed of grading is also very high, some people read two or three copies in a moment and exchange them with other teachers, and some people read one copy for a long time.

This is not because someone has a rough or meticulous personality, but because of the content of the discourse.

Astronomy is a big topic with many opinions, and there are seven or eight sets of theories that have been systematically formed.

Those long volumes that retell a certain set of theories are enough to glance at a few times.

Dare to boldly write your own creative volume, it is worth the effort.

No matter how ridiculous or scribbled such a volume, they will carefully read and comprehend it.

Reviewing such a volume is no less difficult than getting in touch with completely new theories, and it is often necessary to compare them with existing theories.

But even those who have attained enlightenment cannot be proficient in all theories.

Soon someone got up and went to ask someone about something they weren't familiar with.

Three or five people circulated a paper one after another, and there were countless discussions among themselves.

Among them is Fan Yan himself.

He is proficient in Mohist, slightly understands Legalism, and knows very little about Confucianism and Taoism, so when he encounters this aspect of content, he will not hold a shelf.

Under his guidance, the marking scene quickly became lively, not so much a celebrity marking, but more like a farmer's market, where everyone communicates with each other, and strives to bring out the greatest value of their knowledge and comprehension.

In this way, in less than an hour, the hundreds of volumes have been divided into upper, middle and lower grades.

At the inferior level, it is at least three teachers who have seen it and think that this person can only talk about it, or only know how to repeat it, which is equivalent to being sentenced to death.

There are 182 copies of such volumes.

Medium, it is a bachelor who has seen at least three teachers and thinks that this person has some talent and can understand something from existing theories, but it is not necessarily enough to attain the Tao.

There are 191 copies of such volumes.

Superior means that at least three teachers have judged that they have the potential to have great ideas, and they will definitely be able to attain the Tao and even have the opportunity to make great achievements.

There is 1 copy of such a volume.

After a brief exchange of opinions, the first round of marking ended, and Fan Yan sorted out the third-class test papers to start the evaluation:

“

Inferior, most of them are rigid retelling of the astronomical theories of a certain family.

Such a person is more suitable for teaching outside, and it may be difficult to make a difference when he enters my school palace to seek Taoism.

We don't think about them.

How is it?

”

Most of the people in the audience nodded.

But there was only one young man with thick eyebrows who asked:

"Si Ye, I thought it was hasty."

Fan Yan immediately raised his hand and signaled him to speak bluntly.

Only then did the thick-eyed young man raise his head and say:

“

The astronomical calendar is a bit out of the way and is not the mainstream.

To discuss this, it is necessary to be familiar with the astrological calendar and to be familiar with the teachings of each school.

For example, how the number of days in a year is determined, and how the stars have evolved since ancient times.

If there is a candidate who happens to be talented in learning, but because he has not learned this knowledge, he is judged to be inferior.

Is this a bit arbitrary?

Taking it a step further, students have always wanted to ask about the business.

Astronomy was selected as the theme and asked for the candidates to discuss.

Is this a whim, or is it deliberate?

”

If it is a modern college officialdom, this thick-eyed boy is so good at speaking in the face of the vice president, I am afraid that he will not have to speak in the future.

But in the lobby in front of you, there is nothing wrong with speaking like this.

If you have doubts and disagree, but you are embarrassed to speak out, you will be considered a person who tends to be inflammatory.

Besides, everyone knows that Fan Yan originally preferred people who were more skeptical.

Sure enough, Fan Yan was not angry at all, only he raised his hand, pointed indifferently outside the palace gate, and asked in a gentle voice: "Zhou Xuebo, have you ever been exposed to the sun?" ”

The thick-eyed youth nodded stiffly: "Of course." ”

"Do you know the color and shape of the moon?" Fan Yan said again.

"Yes."

"Have you looked up at the stars, experienced the change of day and night, and felt the warmth and coldness of winter and summer?"

“……”

The young man with thick eyebrows did not answer this time, only bowed his head in contemplation.