"The answer is OK!"

The magistrate of the Gu County took the exam paper casually and drew red circles on the exam paper with a red pen. During the period, he nodded slightly with satisfaction, and waited for about half a quarter of an hour.

He placed the test paper on the table and then looked at Bai Gui who was waiting aside.

"Since ancient times, the three religions were spread, and there were immortals and Buddhists. Zhu Zi said:..." (Since ancient times, the three religions were spread, in addition to Confucianism as the theme, there are other Taoism and Buddhism studies.)

The Gu County Magistrate smiled slightly and signaled Bai Gui to answer.

This is a question in class. Generally, the exam is submitted early and the exam paper is visible.

As the head of the case, he was almost destined to receive this treatment.

The question asked this sentence is very simple, and it is the sixth lecture of the saint's broad teaching. The title is: "Prevent heresy and promote righteousness. I only want to strengthen customs and first correct people's hearts, and first start with academics. The wife is born in heaven and earth, but this common and daily use of ethics is shared by wisdom and fools. If you seek hidden things, you will not take it."

It means that if you want the people to be simple, the first thing is to correct people's hearts. If you want to correct people's hearts, you must promote academics. When people are born, only the ethics of the principles of wise and fools are things that all seek for hidden things and strange behaviors are unwilling to accept.

Under this sage, it is a citation of the derogation of other theories.

This sage is also the reason why the Qing court closed its doors and suppressed technological innovation. Once other theories are found, people's hearts will change. It was the ancestors of Kangxi and Yongzheng, which can achieve the effect of correcting people's hearts...

As a necessary subject for the imperial examination in the Qing Dynasty, he was accustomed to being skilled. After a little thought, he had the overall outline of this passage.

But he was also thinking, is the meaning of the sentence Gu County Magistrate really just a simple test to learn?

Is it the hint of the Gu County Magistrate?

Or a prompt?

Or should I vent him in this sentence?

Bai Gui didn't understand why, and the time was short, he quickly blurted out: "Zhu Zi said: 'The teachings of the Shi family do not care about the world and the four directions, but only care about one heart. Lao Shi's teachings only need to maintain a spirit.' This Zhu Zi's fair words can tell the original purpose of the Tao...."

He recited Mandarin, with a straight and straight voice, and had no influence on Qin Sheng’s accent at all.

This sage is also a measure to correct people's hearts and prevent Taoism and Buddhist families from causing trouble with the people, so they read these words every day, so that the people only admire Confucianism.

"Not bad! It's worthy of being the first of this year's case."

The magistrate of the ancient county now admires Bai Gui a little. As an official in another province, the most troublesome thing about him is listening to local dialects every day. Bai Gui's standard official dialect made his ears happy.

Next, the Gu County Magistrate took the other classics of Bai Gui. Bai Gui just paused for a moment, and then answered fluently without any panic.

After the second round of recruitment, no one in the exam questioned Bai Gui's talent.

Although most of the questions are simple to take the school, the identity of the head of the case is worthy of its name.

The county examination generally has four exams. Except for the first official exam, the importance of the other three exams is greatly reduced, in order to screen out some candidates who are not good at learning in person, and to leave enough room for the county magistrate to carefully screen candidates again.

During the last three exams, fewer and fewer elderly Confucian scholars sat in the court. In fact, there were basically no mistakes in their classics and political comments. In previous years, they had passed the county examination many times, but they failed to return in the prefecture and hospital examinations. Some people even had the top ten in the county, but Confucian scholars had no fame and reputation, and the older they were, the less popular they became...

The reason why more than 20 elderly Confucian scholars were included in the second recruitment test, and seven or eight elderly Confucian scholars were recorded in the group case was that the ancient county magistrate deposed the candidates in the first test based on whether the reform was to dismiss the candidates, and this was used as a benchmark.

But in the last three exams, the Gu County Magistrate would never allow these elderly Confucian scholars to pass the county examination again and obtain the qualification for the government examination.

If the county trial team finally won too many 50 elderly Confucian scholars, it was his mistake in promoting culture and education as a county magistrate. The consequences were terrible. There were one or two Confucian scholars, and they could also be said to be pity for them, but it was too... and they had to be eliminated.

In this way, there are too many shortages.

Therefore, no one of the four classmates at Bailu Academy was dismissed and passed all of them, entering the top 50 in the county, and obtained the qualification to take the exam in the palace...

...

In June of the 24th year of the Guangxu period, Song Bolu submitted a "Please change the eight-legged essay as a policy statement", believing that "all examinations in the hometown examination and childbirth year should be tested, eliminate all taboos, and use the principles to observe their origins and observe their economy in the current situation."

This memorial was adopted by Emperor Guangxu, but with the failure of the reform, the eight-legged essays were also retained.

In early March, all counties under Xi'an Prefecture had completed the scientific examination, and the government office also issued official documents for the imperial examination in mid-April. At the same time, it also designated the charter for the imperial examination for this imperial examination, with policy theory as the first, and was prepared for translation in Western languages. Candidates can choose Western languages ​​in various countries. The second is the example of the imperial examination, examining the questions of the Four Books and Five Classics, and the third is the questions of the Postscript and Mo Yi.

"This trial has changed a lot. I heard from my friends that it was Xi'an Prefecture School, the First Normal School, Hongdao Higher Education and other schools reported to the prefect Yin, asking for a change in previous years to obtain the eight-legged scholar. Yin's prefect did not agree, but he still put the policy theory first and added a Western translation..."

At noon, Mr. Zhu came back with a tired look on his face and was exhausted, bringing this news.

Since the county examination was over, he left Zishui County and went out to give lectures. But when he was giving lectures at Hongdao Higher School, he immediately rushed back to the academy and told Bai Gui and the other two.

He pulled the dates placed on the porcelain plate, picked them from the mountain, and bit them in his mouth. The cold and sweet juice seeped from his lips to his throat, and his dry throat was a little relieved.

"What? Added the discipline of Western translation?"

"Uh, I have never learned Western translation. How do you test this?"

Several people couldn't sit still for a moment. Not long after they had just relaxed from the afterglow of the county examination, they heard this bad news again.

Although they are also wealthy families in the village, they still cannot be invited by Western language translation teachers. Most of these teachers go abroad and are popular in government agencies in various places. Even if they do not want to do political work, they can still be a teacher in schools in various places. They are leisurely and noble.

"This is also impossible..."

"The court now emphasizes Western learning but neglects middle schools. It is natural for the government to add translation subjects this time."
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