Zhao Zhen and the others obviously didn't know that Zhao Jun, as a zero, later began to rectify the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty thousands of years ago.

They only felt that these words were speechless and could not refute them.

One by one, they were stunned by Zhao Jun's words, and wanted to say something, but they couldn't say it at all.

Because they don't understand it.

In the end, Fan Zhongyan could only say: "No matter what, Jingyi still has to pass this level, otherwise how can I block the mouth of the world?" ”

Zhao Jun thought for a while and said: "From my personal point of view, of course, I hope that special things will be done, and I don't need to take the test directly, so that I can be a first- or second-class jinshi." But I don't think you're going to say yes, so I have a compromise that depends on whether you're willing to accept it. ”

"What's the solution?"

"This year, you have increased the score of the test and the score of the poem, canceled the Moyi, and made up another course for the assessment, what do you think?"

"This"

Everyone looked at each other and saw the surprise in each other's eyes.

Because the imperial examination of the Song Dynasty actually attached more importance to policy theory and poetry, the "Compendium of Easy Knowledge" recorded: "During the Jingyou period, the imperial examination was based on both policy theory and poetry. ”

At that time, the requirements for the scriptures and righteousness were not high, and even when the candidates were examined, they did not need to study the scriptures at the same time, and those who studied the scriptures only needed to be familiar with a scripture.

That is to say, as long as you write poems and strategies well, and the scriptures and meanings are a little worse, and you can barely pass the test, you can basically pass the Jinshi examination.

This situation continued until Fan Zhongyan's reform and Wang Anshi's reform, when Fan Zhongyan reformed, the status of poetry in the imperial examination was downgraded, and the meaning of the scriptures was raised, and the meaning of the scriptures was juxtaposed with the theory of policy.

Later, Wang Anshi changed the law, and directly abolished the poems, scriptures, and Moyi, and focused on the scriptures, strategies, and theories.

Therefore, at present, strategy and poetry are indeed important criteria for scholars.

What is Zhao Jun good at?

Isn't it just strategy and poetry?

With his level of strategy, it is estimated that no one can beat him.

As for poetry.

He can copy those future poems.

Therefore, as long as his Jingyi can barely meet the standard, and then count the newly opened arithmetic subject, the total score is indeed enough to be admitted to the Jinshi.

And the palace examination is still based on strategy and theory, as long as he can be admitted to the Jinshi openly, in the palace examination ranking, the probability of him winning the champion is also the largest.

Other words.

As long as this group of scholars endures their moral cleanliness and recognizes that Zhao Jun's plagiarism of future poetry strategies is not cheating, and these poetry strategies can pass the test, then Zhao Jun can really test himself as a jinshi.

But no matter what, the basic requirements of the scriptures still have to be met, and Zhao Jun is not even proficient in a scripture, how can he be admitted?

Fan Zhongyan said: "But you have never read through any scriptures, can you pass the scriptures?" ”

"I really don't know much about Jingyi, do you have anything you can do?"

Zhao Jun asked.

"Jingyi can't be a clever thing, what should it be like, what can be done?"

Lu Yijian shook his head and said, "Unless you can calm down and study the scriptures for ten years carefully, if you are talented, like Uncle Tong did when he was a child, he may be able to understand it in three or five years." ”

"Is there no other way?"

Zhao Jun scratched his head: "For example, pull down the score of Jingyi a little more, or make the question simpler, and let me memorize that aspect of the content before the exam, this is not direct cheating." ”

"That's fair to you, but it's not fair to tens of millions of Song students."

Yan Shu said in a deep voice: "Many people have studied hard for many years and studied the scriptures and meanings hard, just to show what they have learned in the imperial examination. But now you have lowered the score of Jingyi, made the questions simple, and even simply revealed the general direction of the exam to you, what does this make those candidates who have been taking the exam for many years do? ”

"That's not right."

Zhao Jun wondered: "Wouldn't they be happier if the topic was simplified?" ”

"What's the use of being happier? After the score is lowered, even if they get a full score, because the scores of strategy and poetry are higher, they still can't pass the exam, is this fair? ”

Wang Zeng said: "The imperial examination must maintain fairness and justice, just like your college entrance examination, doesn't it maintain fairness and justice?" ”

"The college entrance examination must be fair and just."

Zhao Jun frowned and said: "The problem is that the difficulty of the questions in the college entrance examination is different every year, and you can't say that it is unfair just because the difficulty of a certain subject has been reduced this year, and the difficulty of a certain two subjects has been increased, could it be that you have never raised or lowered the difficulty of the content of the imperial examination?" ”

"Of course there is, but it's not the same to increase or decrease the difficulty specifically for you."

Lu Yijian answered: "This is to open the door for you alone, if the world knows, do you know how big a blow to the prestige of the imperial examination?" It will shake the foundations of the country! ”

"But it's not cheating."

Zhao Jun was speechless.

Didn't cheat, just adjust the difficulty according to the practice of previous years?

"If it doesn't work, it won't work, the system can't be changed!"

Yan Shu emphasized.

His relationship with Zhao Jun is actually very good.

After all, in the past three months, the two have gotten along day and night, and their relationship has naturally climbed.

In fact, Zhao Jun's sense of Yan Shu is also very good, and he has always regarded him as a respectable elder, and he respects him very much on weekdays.

But it's one thing to have a good relationship, it's another thing to help him directly change the difficulty of the exam.

This is a matter of principle.

is still the same sentence, the doctors of the Northern Song Dynasty sometimes do have problems with their brains, such as Sima Guang's brain is so bad that he sent the land back to Western Xia, but there is really nothing to say about personal morality.

Therefore, in the face of Zhao Jun's unreasonable request, Yan Shu didn't like it from the bottom of his heart, because it seriously violated the standards of Yan Shu and others.

But Zhao Jun also has a reason to say it.

The imperial examination itself, like the college entrance examination, changes the difficulty and content of the examination every year.

This year may be a little easier, but next year it will be a little more difficult.

If the score of the policy and poetry in the imperial examination is 50%, then the three disciplines of Jingyi, Tijing, and Moyi add up to 50%.

Now it's not a big deal to drop a little bit and increase the proportion of strategy and poetry a little bit, it belongs to the normal fluctuation range, why not?

Could it be that just because he took the initiative to ask for a downgrade, they couldn't do it?

It's outrageous.

But there are obviously serious differences of angle between the two sides, and Zhao Jun feels that special things should be done, but including the three sworn enemies Lu Yijian and Fan Zhongyan Wang Zeng, they all disagreed, but they didn't let go.

In the final analysis, you still have your reasoning, they have their bottom line, and the two sides have different perspectives and naturally see different problems.

Lü Yi Jianwang Zeng Fan Zhongyan Yan Shu believes that increasing the proportion and decreasing the proportion are indeed fluctuations in the imperial examination every year, but that belongs to the category of normal passive fluctuations.

And if it is done specifically for Zhao Jun, it will be to take the initiative to change and give him special treatment, which will cause unfairness to those who specialize in the scriptures, scriptures, and Moyi, and hope to get high scores in these fields.

This creates a dead knot.

"No, absolutely not."

Wang Zeng vetoed again and again: "The Great Song Dynasty has always been extremely strict about cheating in the imperial examination, although your behavior is not considered cheating, but it almost helps you to cheat What's the difference, you can't lose everyone's opportunities for you alone." ”

"I'm really convinced of you, why are you so stubborn?"

Zhao Jun said helplessly: "In our college entrance examination, sometimes there will be a situation where someone is strong in a certain subject and is recruited alone, and a little weaker Jingyi does not mean that he cannot govern the country." As long as you prove your ability to do many things, why can't you do special things? I really don't understand you. ”

"The national conditions of my Great Song Dynasty are naturally different from those of later generations, do you know how big a blow will be to the prestige of the imperial court once this case is broken? Let thousands of people chill, how many talents will the imperial court lose? ”

Lu Yijian shook his head.

"Zhao Jun."

Zhao Zhen saw that they couldn't hold each other, and hesitated to persuade: "Otherwise, forget it." ”

"Of course not."

Zhao Jun also stubbornly said: "I also have my position and ideas, the college entrance examination is fair and just, but there are still special recruits, single moves, and escorts, which is our difference." Employing people should be eclectic and flexible. It has always been so rigid, which is completely an obstacle to national reform! ”

"Either way, we're not going to agree."

"Yes, even if you say a flower, you can't do it, if it doesn't work, it won't work, the imperial examination is the bottom line."

"Others have studied hard for ten years, and once they are in high school, they can enter the court and become officials. And you want us to open the door for you, which is too much. ”

The rest of the people disagreed with Zhao Jun's statement.

Essentially, this is where ancient and modern ideas collide.

Zhao Jun feels that modern universities have flexible fluctuations, and as long as they don't cheat, it's understandable to lower the score line.

But they don't think it's okay, you have to meet all the subjects, and you can't get in if you don't get a perfect score.

So the two sides were at a stalemate for a while, and no one could convince anyone.

It's a battle of positions.

No one wants to let up on this matter.

This is bitter for Zhao Zhen.

Caught between the two parties, it is a dilemma.

Seeing that they were all stubborn, Zhao Zhen was even more helpless.

But I don't know why, it seems to be like a blessing, and after thinking for a while, he suddenly had an idea in his head.

"Ahem."

Zhao Zhen coughed twice, and when everyone was quiet and looked at him, he said in a deep voice: "To tell the truth, I actually think Zhao Jun has a point. ”

"Official."

Yan Shu said urgently: "The imperial examination is the foundation of a country, and it must not be shaken." ”

"I'm not wavering, but I think everyone is right, and Zhao Jun's words are reasonable, since this is the case, then why don't we think about individual ways anymore?"

"Otherwise?"

"Yes, I have decided to decide to take the "Book of Filial Piety" for next year's provincial examination, and the "Book of Filial Piety" has the least number of words and is the easiest to memorize. The difficulty of the township test will be much lower, and the overall difficulty does not need to be adjusted, but the proportion is slightly reduced. ”

Zhao Zhen groaned: "Now there are more than 20 days before the autumn season, as long as Zhao Jun reads the "Book of Filial Piety" during this time, all of you are great Confucians at that time, and you often come to the palace to teach him to read." After the end of the test, there are still more than four months until February next year, and it should be expected to step up the review. ”

The Song Dynasty mainly examined the Seven Classics, namely the Analects, Mencius, the Book of Songs, the Book of Songs, the Book of Songs, the Book of Zhouyi, the Book of Filial Piety, the Book of Rites, and the Spring and Autumn Period.

Actually, of course, there are more than that, because these also have different versions and contents, and there is a lot to learn.

However, the "Book of Filial Piety" is the least number of words in it, only two or three thousand words, and no matter how outrageous the various versions are, they generally cannot exceed this number of words, so the "Book of Filial Piety" can be said to be the simplest meaning in the Seven Classics.

Moreover, at that time, the township test was to choose one test independently, and the provincial test was a random test, which is why the Song Dynasty examiner only needed to study one scripture.

Zhao Zhen set next year's provincial test as "The Book of Filial Piety", this year's township test Zhao Jun can also take the initiative to choose to take the "Book of Filial Piety", and then the content of the exam is the topic in the "Book of Filial Piety", Zhao Jun just knows that he wants to take the "Book of Filial Piety" but does not know the topic, so it is a compromise and a green light.

As long as he can barely pass the test on the "Book of Filial Piety", basically relying on strategy and poetry, Zhongjin Shi or even the champion is not a big problem.

The most important thing is that the Seven Classics themselves are to be examined. Although the Jinshi Examination requires multiple studies because there are often different contents, one of them will be specifically decided as the main direction of the examination.

Therefore, Zhao Zhen ruled that the main course to be tested next year is the simplest "Book of Filial Piety", which is really not a violation.

"How?"

Zhao Zhen looked around at everyone.

Now everyone has nothing to say.

Because it's a matter of the rules.

Therefore, everyone bowed their hands and said, "The official is wise!" ”

(End of chapter)