Chapter fifty-two
For example, Zhou Xing's cold and rude style, which does not say much, brings heavy psychological pressure to the students present, and open literary style is also a test of psychological pressure. Candidates not only have to write articles, but also observe the changes in other people's literary style. After all, literary style is one of the important criteria for admitting articles.
"Mr. Zhou, I will not be responsible for taking the exam. If you need it, please call me!"
Chen Jingzhi was the prefect of the Grand Prefecture, the fourth rank, and Zhou Xing was only a seventh rank as the censor, but Chen Jingzhi did not dare to be ambiguous and solemnly bowed.
"Please take care of yourself, Lord Chen!"
Zhou Xing nodded slightly.
Chen Jingzhi and Tang Zhiqi left the hall to avoid suspicion.
"Start!"
Zhou Xing waved.
As usual, officials will show each candidate the sealing paint of the test bag to each candidate, and only after signing and confirming the signature can you receive the test bag.
Xiao Ye confirmed it correctly, signed the name, and got the exam bag and opened it.
There are only two test papers, one is the question of the classics and the other is the poem.
The meaning of the classics is the new Kanggao.
This topic comes from Tang's "Pan Ming" in "The Great Learning", saying: If you are new every day, you are new every day, and you are new every day.
Kang Gao said: Be a new citizen.
The first half of the sentence comes from the Book of Rites and from the proverb engraved on the bathtub of Shang Tang, which is used to encourage oneself. The original meaning is: If you can remove old and update every day, you must remove old and update every day, and update and update continuously.
Kang Gao said: It is the second half of the sentence that comes from the Book of Documents. The whole sentence is to help the king’s house and to be the new people. The original meaning is to assist the King of Zhou to respect the decree of heaven, inspire the old people of the Shang Dynasty, and make them strive for new things.
The main background of this statement is that King Wu of Zhou appointed Wu Geng, a descendant of King Zhou, to be the prince of Wei. Wu Geng did not think about the grace of King Wu, and joined forces with King Wu's brother Guan Shu and Cai Shu to rebel, and was purged by Zhou Gong. At this time, King Wu had passed away. Prince Cheng of Wu named King Zhou's other son Kang Shu as the king of Wei. This was the last message from Duke Zhou before Kang Shu went to his fiefdom.
Another split problem!
The method used is to connect and pull, but only from the meaning of the scriptures itself, there is no connection!
Xiao Ye secretly spoke up, and then he thought about returning to the topic itself.
It can be judged that although there are four new words in the test questions, they are definitely not something that can make people innovate. After all, the Master said: It is no secret that Li Zhi will be the one who will be in the court for three years. Once Li Zhi dies, the general principles of the court cannot be changed at will within three years, otherwise it will be a violation of the system.
Combined with the contemporary background, Xiao Ye took the word "Shun" at the core of the problem, responded to the destiny of heaven and obeyed the Zhou Dynasty.
After sorting out the idea, I confirmed that there were no fishing or traps, so I wrote it on the manuscript paper.
"The Master said: I am filial to Min Ziqian, no matter how many people say his parents, Kun's words..."
Thirty candidates wrote at their desks one after another. Gradually, their heads began to circulate and rise. Xiao Ye was the top of the list, so he was naturally the target of attention. Many people glanced at each other from time to time.
Zhou Xing was also very concerned about Xiao Ye. At the welcome banquet a few days ago, he asked casually what the literary style of Yangzhou was. Wei Siwen praised Xiao Ye to heaven, saying that this son was a talent that had never been born in a century. He was the only one who was overwhelmed by Yangzhou and even took out Xiao Ye's trial poem for Zhou Xing to appreciate.
Although Zhou Xing was not a cruel official at this time, he had a reputation in the court. Of course, this was not a good reputation. He was obsessed with punishment, often nitpicking and biting him wantonly. His colleagues regarded him as a snake and scorpion, and were afraid to avoid it, leaving him with a bad reputation as a rabies.
He is not a fool either. Wei Siwen vigorously praised Xiao Ye, and he clearly wanted to be a slap in his heart. I'm afraid he had a relationship with this kid, but what's the matter? If Xiao Ye's name does not match his true name, he wouldn't mind making the knife in Wei Siwen's hand!
At this moment, his narrow eyes were filled with excitement and cruel light. As a natural criminal celebrity, handling major cases is a lifelong dream.
Once Xiao Ye is caught, he will not only have to lose his fame and reputation and punish him according to law, but also torture him and follow the clues to make the case a major fraud case in the imperial examination!
This has nothing to do with deliberately targeting Xiao Ye, Chen Jingzhi and others. Instead, the bigger the case, the more people involved, and the higher the level of officials involved, the more he can prove his ability and feel more accomplished.
Xiao Ye was like a thorn on his back. Because of his open literary spirit, the literary spirit of everyone in the hall was visible to each other. Zhou Xing, as the invigilator, was no exception. His literary spirit was intertwined with the seventh-rank criminal official spirit, and a faint shadow appeared on the guillotine. He opened the guillotine mouth to himself and would be chopped down at any time!
‘tmd, where did I provoke him?’
Xiao Ye cursed in his heart. He didn't understand why he and Zhou Xingbazanzi couldn't beat him, so why did this mad dog target him?
But the more this happens, the more calm he needs, and he tries his best to restrain his mind.
Then he was shocked again!
He understood the principle of sympathy with qi. Although Zhou Xing only had a seventh rank, he was a serious Jinshi, at least the sixth rank, or even higher. His literary spirit was only a fifth rank. If he couldn't resist it, he was forced to urge him to emit dragon energy and his identity would be gone, and he would die to the point of death.
Thinking of this, Xiao Ye did not hesitate to use the method of hiding the breath taught by Su Jun.
The two doctors in the hall looked at each other. Even though they had invigilating for many times, they had never seen this situation. Perhaps Zhou Xing did not intend to target Xiao Ye, but the guillotine formed by the interweaving of literary and official spirits has really affected it.
I saw the ventilated literary spirit above Xiao Ye’s head rolling violently, and the essence emerged, and articles and lines of words slapped at the guillotine coming in the air like a tide!
Correspondingly, Xiao Ye suddenly felt nervous and his spirit came out of his body again, entering the hall he had visited the previous time.
Emperor Wenchang was standing high on the throne, with more than ten gods standing at the bottom. Then there were thirty students writing at their desks. The number of literary spirits above their heads was different, and Zhou Xing's literary spirit and official spirit were intertwined into a guillotine.
Zhuge Liang took out a trace of Zhou Xing's literary spirit, condensed it into an article, and recited: "If you abolish the ethical world, you will be chaotic; if you abandon the law and make the wisdom, you will be dangerous. Therefore, you say: The ethical world will not be wise."
Zhang Liang also grabbed a thread from Xiao Ye's literary spirit, condensed it into an article, and replied: "The truth of benevolence is the truth of family, the truth of righteousness is the truth of brother, the truth of etiquette is the truth of wisdom is the truth of knowledge is the truth of both."
Zhuge Liang also recited: "Those who do not follow the law do not listen, those who do not follow the law do not have high moral character, and those who do not follow the law do not do it. Laws and decrees are the orders of the people and are the foundation of governance!"
Zhang Liang continued to answer: "Everyone has a compassionate heart, everyone has a shame and disgust, everyone has a respectful heart, everyone has a sense of right and wrong, everyone has a sense of compassion, benevolence, shame and disgust, righteousness, respectful heart, ritual, right and wrong heart, wisdom, benevolence, righteousness, propriety and wisdom, not from the outside, I have it, I am not thinking about it!"
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In the hall, Zhuge Liang and Zhang Liang represent Zhou Xing and Xiao Ye respectively, verbal battles, and the literary spirit between them also increased and they fought endlessly.
In reality, Xiao Ye entered a very strange state. Although his spirit was separated from his body, he was still writing. He used his heart as his pen and focused. Every word he wrote was filled with literary spirit. In the rolling, it condensed into petals, hovering and flying around the paper.
"Hmm? I'll make you think of it? This guy is a little good at it!"
Chapter completed!