Poor Family

  Chapter 99 Explanation of Examination Reform

  This afternoon, just after Li Yanqing's training was over, he saw Zhang Xian standing anxiously by the side of the school field and waving to him. Li Yanqing walked up quickly and said with a smile, "What's the matter?"

  Zhang Xian stepped forward and said anxiously: "There is a Zhouli lecture given by Professor Guo Xue this afternoon, have you forgotten?"

  Li Yanqing scratched his head, "Didn't it mean tomorrow?"

   "You are confused, the lecture is today, tomorrow is Xu Dazui's class!"

Li Yanqing found that he had misremembered the time, and he was also a little anxious. Guo Baisong, a great Confucian of Xiangzhou, is the chief professor of state studies. He is the chief examiner of the Xiangzhou Fajie Examination every year. His Zhouli lectures may reveal a little about the scope of this year's exam. Very important.

  Especially there were various rumors that there would be major reforms in this year's Fajie Examination, and Li Yanqing was even more worried.

   "Is there still time to go now?" Li Yanqing asked anxiously.

   "It's been a while since I started, I just came looking for you because I didn't see you."

  Li Yanqing entrusted the horse to Yue Fei, and followed Zhang Xian to hurry to Wensi Hall.

  Wensi hall is the most important lecture hall of the county school. Generally, only professors at the Confucian level are eligible to be on the forum. Today, Guo Baisong, the chief professor of the state school, came to Tangyin to give a lecture.

Guo Baisong was born as a Jinshi. He has been an official in the Imperial Academy. He served as a doctor of Taixue for 20 years. Examiner.

  Although Guo Baisong is over 70 years old and has gray hair, he is full of energy and has a loud voice. His lectures are full of wit and humor, which often attracts laughter from the students.

Hundreds of students gathered together, and even many older students came to attend the lectures, but everyone was obviously not focused on attending the lectures. Everyone was concerned about this year's Fajie Examination, and there were rumors that there would be major reforms. Disclose a little about the reform content of this year's Fajie Examination.

Guo Baisong is old, and the lecture time is not long, and the lecture is over after half an hour. The following is the question and answer time. According to the usual practice, he will answer three to four questions. The content that everyone wants to know will be here time to appear.

  At this time, an old student sitting in the front row asked: "May I ask, senior, how will the examination be arranged this year? I heard that there will be major reforms. I wonder if the rumors are true?"

  All the students’ ears were pricked up, and there was no sound in the hall. Everyone held their breath, lest they miss a word and delay their progress.

Guo Baisong chuckled, "I guess everyone came to the class for this question. If I don't tell you something, I probably won't have dinner today. Okay! I'll just tell you a few words... ..."

  At this time, a student couldn't help coughing a few times, and everyone glared at him immediately, so frightened that he quickly covered his mouth and lowered his head.

Guo Baisong continued: "Everyone knows that this year's imperial examination is Enke. Last year the crown prince was seriously ill, and he recovered suddenly at the beginning of this year. The emperor thought it was God's will, so he decided to open Enke this year, and announced the specific admission quotas of each state. It has been allocated, but it has not been sent to the states, but I have received a very unfortunate news that there are only fifteen places in Xiangzhou this year."

  As soon as this sentence came out, the scholars in the hall were in an uproar. Last year, the quota for Xiangzhou was 30 people, but this year, there are only half of the quota left, so what's the test!

  Guo Baisong saw that everyone was excited, so he waved his hands and said: "The main event is coming later, if you still want to listen, please calm down."

   There was a sudden silence in the lobby. Everyone was very excited, but they had to hold back their inner anxiety because they had to listen to the main event.

Guo Baisong continued: "This time the number of places has been reduced, not only in our Xiangzhou, but also in the northern states. On the one hand, the southern states are very noisy, such as Jiangning, Changzhou, Suzhou, and Huzhou. , Xuanzhou, Yuezhou, Hangzhou, etc., the admission ratio of the Fajie Examination in these states has reached 300 to 1, and in the recent decades of provincial examinations, most of the Jinshi have been passed by the southern scholars. The strength far exceeds that of our north.

  On the other hand, the Son of Heaven is also very dissatisfied with the level of education in the northern states. This year, taking the opportunity of Enke, the imperial court decided to carry out three major reforms in the northern states' Fajie Examination, and reducing the number of places is only one of them. "

  Everyone held their breath and listened to Guo Baisong continue talking about the other two reforms in horror.

"The second major reform is that the imperial court requires the northern states to follow the example of the south. There are two examinations in the Fajie Examination. The first is called the County Examination and the second is called the State Examination. For the number of references, the county test is used to eliminate some of them, and the state government is responsible for these two tests. The county test is scheduled for September, and the state test is for November. The specific time will be determined soon."

  The discussion in the lobby became louder and louder, and the students were terrified. The elimination system was going to be implemented in the Fajie Exam, which meant that at least half of the people in the lobby today had no chance to take the final formal exam.

The voice of discussion overwhelmed Guo Baisong's voice, Guo Baisong simply stopped talking, and let everyone discuss freely. He did not come to Tangyin to give lectures this time, but came down to sound the alarm for the counties, and announced the news of the reform in advance. tell everyone.

  At this time, a county professor yelled, "Quiet me up!"

  The hall fell silent, Guo Baisong glanced at the crowd, and then began to talk about the third major reform.

"The third major reform is to increase the difficulty and fairness of the Fajie Examination. Starting from this year, the imperial court will set the questions for each state's Fajie Examination. When the questions are set, the state will send officials to the counties to take the exam.

In addition, let me tell you a very worrying news. Starting from Enke this year, the imperial court will abolish Ming Fa and Poetry and Ci, and merge the content of these two subjects into Jinshi. Therefore, this year's Fajie test will increase Poetry test and criminal law, I think this is the biggest difficulty this year, there are only five months left, there is no way, everyone work hard! "

There was an uproar in the lobby, and all the students were stunned. Since Wang Anshi's reform, the Jinshi Department has abolished the poetry test. There has been no poetry test for decades. Everyone is desperately studying the new meanings of the Three Classics, and poetry is basically abandoned. , Now I have to take the exam again, how can I pick it up?

   There is also the criminal law, which is the content of the Ming Law Department. It has also been added to the Jinshi Department. The key is only a few months away. How can they prepare?

  All the students were so anxious that they stomped their feet and scolded their mothers.

  Guo Baisong had already finished his lecture and went back to rest, but more than 200 students still refused to leave. At this time, someone shouted, "Let's go and talk to the teacher!"

  Everyone responded one after another, and they walked towards Xuezhengyuan in a mighty manner.

  Li Yanqing also panicked for a while. For five years, he has memorized the new meanings of the Three Classics by heart, but he has never composed a poem.

  ‘Don’t panic! Don't panic! At worst, copy a few more poems to deal with it. ’ Li Yanqing comforted himself secretly.

  He rushed back to sort out the review materials in a hurry, but was held back by Zhang Xian, so he had to follow everyone to participate in the petition.

   "Lao Li, your poetry writing skills seem to be good. It's not a big problem, but I will be in trouble."

Zhang Xian was very annoyed. He gave up writing poetry because the imperial examination did not test poetry. I've never seen it before, so what do I do now?

Qin Liang next to him said: "Now there are still five months before the exam, writing poems temporarily will still be effective, but the criminal law is a big deal, I think it will take time to memorize, there may be cases, we have no way to start , the county school should help us."

   "I hope there is still time, Lao Li, you have to teach me how to write poetry!"

  Li Yanqing smiled wryly in his heart, he didn't even know who to ask to teach him how to write poetry.

  Wensi Hall is not far from Xuezhengyuan, and more than two hundred students soon came to the gate of Xuezhengyuan, and they all shouted: "Please Yao Jiaoyu come out and speak."

The teaching director is also the principal, usually the county school principal is concurrently in charge, and Tangyin County is no exception. The county school teaching teacher is Tangyin Xuezheng Yao Wannian. He was talking to several professors when he suddenly heard a large group of students at the gate. Petitioning, he was startled and hurried out of the room.

More than 200 students gathered outside the gate of the courtyard. At first they just wanted to ask for a definite news, but as emotions brewed, everyone became more and more excited, and their faces were full of anxiety, as if their future would be cut off because of this. .

  Yao Wannian said to everyone: "Everyone calm down first, and tell me what happened?"

  One of the students repeated what Guo Baisong said. Yao Wannian was stunned for a moment, and he couldn't help but secretly complained to Guo Baisong. Didn't he agree that this matter would not be revealed for the time being? Even if he couldn't help but talk, he should at least communicate with himself first! The result was leaked to the students, but he let himself clean up the mess.

  A teaching assistant moved a table, Yao Wannian stood on the table, and shouted to more than two hundred students: "Everyone, be quiet and listen to me!"

  Yao Wannian yelled twice, and everyone gradually became quiet.

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