Chapter 102 Retest
The next day, just like the previous few days, Wei Guangde got up early, washed up, had breakfast prepared by the store, and went to Nanchang Gongyuan again with Zeng Yuanshu, accompanied by his cousin Wu Dong and Zeng Yuanrui.
It was no different from the last time. There were still many candidates coming here this time. After all, candidates for the college examination and re-examination of the entire Jiangxi Province came. There were hundreds of people in each prefecture and county, and there were hundreds of people in the wealthy places such as Nanchang Prefecture and Ji'an Prefecture and Ganzhou Prefecture, which was in charge of thirteen counties.
In the Ming Dynasty, Jiangxi Provincial Administration had 13 prefectures and 78 counties under its jurisdiction. After the college examination, there would be seven or eight hundred scholars. Although it was unknown what standards were used for the re-examination, there were definitely thousands of candidates participating in the re-examination.
There were still many screening links for candidates. After the roll call, Wei Guangde entered the Nanchang Gongyuan.
After entering the gate and searching, their team of candidates entered the examination room area under the leadership of the clerk and began to look for their own examination room.
Because they had been here once before, Wei Guangde and his companions were familiar with the route and soon arrived at their own examination room and sat down. As the yamen runners brought a basket full of examination supplies, Wei Guangde began to prepare for the last examination of the academy examination.
As the candidates entered the examination room, the examination room was closed again. A group of runners who had been prepared long ago carried wooden boards with written examination questions and shuttled between the examination rooms for the candidates to copy the examination questions.
As before, Wei Guangde copied down all the questions as soon as the runners brought the wooden boards with written examination questions. Doing that was a later matter. The questions must be copied accurately without any omissions.
This re-examination only tested two eight-part essays. The dictation and test poems were deleted and not tested. It was simple.
When Wei Guangde saw the questions, his first reaction was that the current Jiangxi Education Official was not bad. He knew that he could rely on eight-part essays. Anyway, it was to select the seedlings for the provincial examination.
In the provincial examination, it is enough to do well in the eight-part essay, and this requirement will continue to the joint examination.
Just look at the two eight-part essay questions on the wooden board, the first question: not according to the rules.
Indeed not according to the rules, Wei Guangde complained in his heart, quickly copied it on paper, and then began to copy the second question.
Just look at the question below the wooden board, which is also very simple, with only six words, "All the people in the country regard Master".
Seeing this, Wei Guangde really understood the meaning of the first question of the education official, "not according to the rules", it is really not according to the rules, both questions are from "Mencius", which is actually very rare in the imperial examination, at least Wei Guangde has never heard of such a thing before.
Is there something fishy about this college examination?
Wei Guangde thought so at this time, but he was not sure, mainly because the questions this time were too coincidental.
However, what Wei Guangde didn't know was that while the candidates were still entering the venue, on the Mingyuan Building, the examiner in charge of the examination of the candidates from the prefectures and counties in the jurisdiction of the Jiangxi Provincial Administration asked the examiners below to come up with a question, crumpled it into a ball and put it in a small box, and then he took out two paper balls from it with his hands behind his back, thus determining the questions for this examination.
Well, the questions were not given by him.
He just drew them.
When he unfolded the paper balls, he was also scared. Both questions were from "Mencius". If he took them out, it seemed a bit against the rules.
At this time, he had already drawn the paper balls, but he couldn't throw them back. He could only pass the paper balls to others to see, but he also made up his mind that it would be best to draw again.
"Haha. The questions drawn this time are really against the rules."
But he didn't expect that after reading the questions, Hu Shiliang, the right councilor of the Jiangxi Provincial Administration, who came to supervise the exam, laughed and teased.
After others saw it, they all smiled.
"What did Censor Wang say?"
When the Superintendent of Education heard Hu Shiliang's joke, the others just smiled, and no one mentioned the re-drawing of test questions.
Yes, the questions were set by the examiners below, and he just randomly drew them.
Two days before this, he was still struggling with what questions to ask for the re-examination. Letting the examiners to ask questions was also a temporary decision he made this morning, but he had not discussed it with others, and no one would know that he would do this.
"Open the other paper balls and take a look. If there is no problem, then this is God's will."
The man called Censor Wang is naturally the Supervisory Censor of Jiangxi Province. He left Beijing for Jiangxi at the beginning of the year and was responsible for the work of inspecting the prefectures and counties in Jiangxi. He happened to encounter the college examination, so he came to take a look.
The Supervisory Censor came from the Censorate, and there were 13 supervisory censors in each province, who inspected the prefectures and counties and specialized in the inspection and impeachment of officials.
The Censorate of the Ming Dynasty not only supervised the judicial organs, but also had the right to "report major events and make decisions on minor matters", and was the highest supervisory organ.
The Right Councillor and the Supervisory Censor said so, so the Education Supervisor had no objection.
Then Censor Wang unfolded the remaining paper balls one by one. The questions given by the examiners were also varied, including questions from the Four Books and the Five Classics, but the Education Supervisor only picked two chapters of "Mencius", and the meaning of the first question was very practical.
The Education Supervisor smiled at the next question, "If you don't follow the rules, what else can you ask?
I was worried about what questions to ask for this college entrance examination a few days ago, and I didn't think of it until just now.
Since God has chosen such a topic, I will just follow God's will."
Wei Guangde didn't know these things, but he just felt that there might be something fishy about this exam, but no matter what, he still had to do the questions seriously.
“Not according to rules” comes from “Mencius·Li Lou Chapter”, the original text is: Mencius said that Li Lou’s wisdom and Gong Shuzi’s ingenuity cannot make a square circle without rules. Shi Kuang’s intelligence cannot correct the five tones without six pitches. The way of Yao and Shun cannot rule the world without benevolent government.
Wei Guangde used to start writing with the words “Ming” and “Qiao” in “Li Lou’s wisdom and Gong Shuzi’s ingenuity”, and naturally copied his past writings.
“Rules but not according to them, only relying on this wisdom and ingenuity”
This is his opening question, and then continue to write.
Although he has a manuscript in his mind, Wei Guangde still writes it on the draft first, and will check it again later to prevent omissions. Although he has never done it before, it is better to prevent it before it happens.
After copying the first article, it is the second question.
"Guo Ren Ji Zi" comes from "Mencius·Jin Xin Zhang Ju", the original text is: Qi famine Chen Zhen said Guo Ren Ji Zi will return to the Tang Dynasty, it is impossible to change it. Mencius said it is Feng Fu. Jin people have Feng Fu who is good at fighting tigers. The soldiers are good at fighting tigers. There are many people chasing tigers in the wild. The tiger is on the hill and no one dares to fight it. Seeing Feng Fu, they rush to meet her. Feng Fu raised her arms and got off the car. Everyone was pleased. The scholars laughed at her.
This question is actually a cut from the first half of a sentence, but fortunately Wei Guangde has done something similar in this question, but the original sentence is "Guo Ren Ji Zi will return to the Tang Dynasty". If you use the original thing in your mind, it will naturally be a bit out of place and need to be modified.
Wei Guangde spent the rest of the morning thinking about how to modify the article in his mind.
First, delete the inappropriate words and sentences, and add some more. Search your mind to recall the annotations of the scriptures you have read. After all, it is the words of the saints, and this cannot be wrong. The modification work lasted until the afternoon and was barely completed.
"If everyone agrees with this, the people of Qi will be eager to see a great sage."