Saying that, when the seven thousand people went back, most of the people who were holding the meal immediately called for a banquet, filled their stomachs, and then immediately showered, and then snored and fell asleep.

In this half-day temple test, everyone was exhausted.

At noon on the second day, Juzi woke up one after another, Ye Qing slept well, and only used early in the morning, and saw that the tribute shop was already lit up, and there was Jihe in advance.

I just thought about taking a break, but I didn't want Fu Chengshan and Kong Zhi to come, saying that it was right for the text.

Half an hour later, both of them were in a trance, Fu Chengshan's face was pale, he stared at Ye Qing silently, and said for a long time: "This theory is unheard of, but I don't know what Lu Dao to say." ”

Kong Zhi groaned slightly, but said slowly: "Brother Ye, this truth seems to be reasonable, but the Great Dao pays attention to a life from sex, how can this be fateful?"

The so-called life from nature is to be able to detach from the mind and analyze and guide reality.

Ye Qing smiled, the courtyard here was very deep, Ye Qing said: "Let's not talk about the big place, let's talk about the family, the family uses the blood patriarchal law as a fence, which is understandable." ”

Seeing the two nodding, Ye Qing continued: "Measured by the ruler of the cage theory, the patriarchal law is strict, and the division of the descendants is too clear, stipulating what can be done and what cannot be done, and every move has family rules and family rules, so that the branch cannot move, this is the cage." ”

"The cage is not useless, it can be ordered strictly in a short period of time, and the strength of the whole clan is condensed, which is called 'Sheng, or 'Xing,—— and all the small clans come like this. ”

Fu Chengshan and Kong Zhi thought about it carefully, and it was true, they couldn't help but be awe-struck and listened silently.

"But people can endure the cage for a while, but they can't bear the hardship of a lifetime, trapped in the cage, only one meal and one bed, sacrifice for the clan, and it can be done for a short time, seeing that a piece of the country has been laid, the third floor and five halls of the house, the sun and rain, and the Shu branch is crowded in a narrow cage, there is only one trough of food, what do you say?" Ye Qing smiled.

Kong Zhi's face was a little pale, and Fu Chengshan moved his lips, unable to speak for a while, so he listened to Ye Qing continue: "I'm afraid this resentment is human nature, the cage is a bit precarious, then put the cage in prison, originally the cage could still jump and scream, but now it can't jump, can't scream." ”

"The tighter and tighter the cage, the more sleepy the resentment, even if the cage can't be broken for a while, there is no longer the heart to contribute to the clan, and the only thing is to just hit the bell and watch coldly - this is called 'decay,"

"This clan no longer has the spirit of sincerity and progress, if there is no other external trouble, it can still maintain the middle level and gradually decline, but there are seven or eight big clans in the county, more than a dozen, you have a deep aura, and others will surpass you, eat you, and hit you. ”

Kong Zhi asked, "Then what should you do with the ruler of your cage theory?"

Ye Qing was a little melancholy, and thought for a while: "Actually, this thing is very common in the clan, and everyone who is prosperous is in the process of enterprising, and can change to a big cage." ”

"Although it is still a cage, everyone is not demanding, so it is satisfied. ”

"If it is a prosperous family, such as your Confucian family and Fu family, they are all heirlooms of poetry and books, etiquette and law, and they have always attached great importance to the study of the clan, and they have a family reputation.

"As long as the family continues to learn and the family reputation is not bad, the children of your two clans will be valued by others by birth. ”

"Even if there is a harsh system, as long as it is within a reasonable range, the children of your two clans can participate in the imperial examination, and you can raise a few people, and it is even more convenient to enter the official marriage. ”

Speaking of this, Ye Qing smiled strangely: "Is it better to have a good family than ten years of struggle?"

"If you think about it carefully, is it that in your clan, reading is treated equally, and if someone wants to write on this point, will it end up miserable?"

"There are thousands of family affairs in the big family, and there are a lot of times when you have to close your eyes when you want to be confused, but if you dare to break the family style, will it end up miserable?"

Ye Qing said this, and when he saw the two of them change, he smiled with satisfaction: "Reading, family style, blood relatives, this is the way of the big clan fence, reading should be indulgent and even spurring the children to gallop, whoever is in front has to appreciate it, but if anyone wants to break the rules and break this fence, even if it is a relative, they will deal with it categorically - I think there is no shortage of such examples in the past dynasties."

"If you think about it carefully, have these become the brand of your children, as soon as they come out, some people say - this is the son of the Confucian family, this is the child of the Fu family. ”

The two pondered for a long time, and Kong Zhicai came back to his senses and said: "Brother Ye doesn't wake up about this, I'm afraid that we won't be able to think of it until we die. ”

Fu Chengshan listened in a daze, pondered and said, "I heard it, and I was surprised at first glance, but if you think about it, don't other patriarchs know the way?"

"The theory should not be a system, but the patriarch is the choice of the moment, and the instinct will know the way, but the cage and the fence, this benefit is too great, the cage is used more, the rules and regulations bind the hero, the rest of the grassland is the main family's house, if the fence is built, ten thousand horses gallop, this house will not have much advantage - Brother Fu Kong, your family is a famous family, the way of the fence, you think about it seriously, in your house, the proportion of Zhongxiu talent to raise people and scholars, is there a lot?"

Ye Qing got up and paced a few steps, and smiled: "Ten thousand horses galloping and the great clan is prosperous, and ten thousand horses are secretly expensive, in the final analysis, it is love the clan, or love the family, of course, when it comes to reality, it can't be so black and white, so we must adjust the cage gate according to the actual situation, which is called walking with the world."

Fu Chengshan and Kong Zhi thought about it carefully, and they both changed color

Ye Qing nodded, and said a little depressedly: "That's all for this matter, the cage theory is just a ruler for me to see the world." ”

"Daojun, Emperor, Son of Heaven, Baiguan, or other rulers to measure - so don't take it to heart, wait for the results of this imperial examination, it is serious. ”

Imperial City Tribute Courtyard

All kinds of discussions outside were isolated by the heavy tribute courtyard, and even the slightest wind could not blow in.

The lights in the main hall are transparent, there is only the sound of rustling rice paper, and there are occasional exchanges of voices.

The examiner Tong Shan and the invigilator just watched quietly.

There are hundreds of examiners, deputy examiners, invigilators, and marking officers in the three halls, and they are busy in an orderly manner.

The primary election is still deposed according to the system, and if the answer is not completed, or the quality is obviously very poor, they can be deposed, but when it comes to the level of lifting people, it is rare to dare to take the examination and rarely appear directly deposed papers, although the volume is 7,000 volumes, but there are only two articles, and the amount of text is not large.

The examination papers were quickly classified and stacked, and there were 300 volumes that were deposed, because the questions were few and thin, and they were piled up only three feet high, which was a waste volume, and no one would pay attention to it unless it was printed, and the tone was prominent and attracted to review.

The second selection is to select the appropriate papers, and those who are qualified to read the papers are all stacked with hundreds of papers, which are divided into four stacks according to A, B, C, and D.

Ding Juan is basically off the list.

A, B, and C are three stacks, and there are three thousand one hundred and fifty volumes.

Tong Shan looked at the division, and then glanced at the six invigilators below, calmed down, and said to the invigilator: "The primary election has been completed, and I also ask Daoist friends to open the legal ban."

The Taoist was silent, stretched out his hand and pressed the jade seal, the Dao domain was still there, silently unraveling the ban on literary qi, and blessing it to make it appear in the world.

"Boom" The muffled thunder rolled, and I saw white gas emerging from every scroll, which was no longer a spring, but a big tide surging, sweeping like a stormy wave.

The white tide was rolling, and the atmosphere was like the sea, flooding the entire hall, and then the spray of thin momentum stopped, each returning to this volume, and rapidly sublimated the complexion, from white to red, from red to yellow

The whole hall was golden, and the rise of 10,000 rolls slowed down, and most of them gradually stagnated, and only the small half climbed towards cyan.

When everyone selected the papers, they had already expected it, and when they saw it with their own eyes, they couldn't help but dazzle: "This year, it is amazing and has accumulated a lot...... It's terrible

Tong Shan sighed when he listened, nodded in agreement, and basically had a golden literary atmosphere when he could go to the palace test, and only about one-tenth of the previous sessions were green and yellow, and there were dozens of rolls of cyan, dark or light.

The three lists were all selected above the green and yellow of the literary atmosphere, but at this time, when everyone looked at it, there were 500 volumes that reached green and yellow, and hundreds of volumes showed cyan.

At this time, the tone basically stopped, and someone wanted to go over to move the volume, Tong Shan waved his hand: "Wait." ”

Several chief and deputy examiners glanced at each other, and they all saw the surprise and looked at each other.

After a while, I saw that a scroll was still continuing, and after a long time, a trace of purple qi emerged, turning into a little light purple in the deep blue.

In the stunned eyes of everyone, Tong Shan glanced at the Taoist, sighed secretly, waited for a while, and there was no vision, Tong Shan looked at the real person and said, "Do you think the real person thinks it's okay?"

The real person glanced at the scroll, and saw that above the blue and yellow, they were basically among A and B, so he said: "But"

Tong Shan instructed and said: "Take all the rolls above the cyan, and first select the second list of jinshi to come out." ”

"Yes" there are officials who have moved more than blue volumes, all of them are careful, holding a heavy treasure, when one person holds it on stage, he can't help but glance at it, only to see the first volume on the book: Ye Qing, Pingshou County, Nancang County, Yingzhou.

Tong Shan took the paper without saying a word, and the deputy examiner kicked the clerk in the back, signaling him to continue to do things, Tong Shan only didn't know what to do, and looked at Ye Qing's volume.

"The upper and lower yin and yang or the road, the four sides are parallel or the king"

I have read the article twice, and now for the third time, Tong Shan read it and secretly praised: "It's rare to have this son, and you can go further." ”

Several chief and deputy examiners came up, holding the collected green rolls, and carefully presented them on the trombone table.

The Taoist glanced at the hall and saw that none of the green scrolls were missing, so he bowed his head slightly.

The examiners sat down behind the table, and preliminarily sorted the 100 volumes according to their tone, and finally determined the first 23 volumes to determine the key selection rankings.

"It's a good volume, but it's too sharp. ”

"The tone of this volume is similar, but it is too dull and suspicious of Taoism."

These give people the illusion that the more they like it, the more ruthlessly they belittle, and they don't leave any morality, and they can't wait to be demoted out of the twenty-three places.

Each examiner's face was serious and serious, and his heart was filled with the joy of a bumper harvest: "It's good to degrade it, many of these green papers in the past were Jinshi, but this time the number of candidates has multiplied, and they have overflowed twenty-three, which is left to the imperial court, and I just hate to depreciate them all." ”

The Taoist looked at it coldly, remembered the instructions of the heavenly court, and looked at the range they finally screened out, almost half of the dark blue and light blue, so he turned a blind eye and did not wade.

No matter when, the top talents are always scarce, and although the imperial court and the heavenly court eat meat in the same bowl, there is still fierce competition at this level.

It's just that most of them are victorious in the heavenly court, and occasionally leak one or two pieces of fat out, and the court thinks it has a plan and makes a quick gesture of pounce.

But this is all a gesture, they know each other well that the game is distributed according to their strength, and the game is tilted, and there are always some special situations that will bring weight chips to the imperial court, so the heavenly court must give up, and even acquiesce in the ranking...... Just don't go too far.

Thinking like this, the Taoist looked at the university scholar Tong Shan, and his gaze fell on the bruised scroll.