The Imperial College was the highest institution of learning that the Qing Dynasty continued from the previous dynasty. It not only cultivated talents for the Qing Dynasty, but also was responsible for managing the national institution. Although the management was very loose, it was at least not in charge?

Kangxi knew about Yinreng following Sa Hai out of the Forbidden City. The Imperial College was on the east side of the capital and took a carriage back and forth for about an hour. On the way, Sa Hai also explained the situation of the Imperial College to Yinreng.

"Originally, there were two Imperial College in the Qing Dynasty, one was the Imperial College in the capital, and the other was the Imperial College in Nanjing. After the late emperor changed the Imperial College in Nanjing to "Jiangning Prefecture School", the Imperial College in the capital became the veritable highest institution of learning."

The late emperor wanted to put the Qing education under his nose and influence the academic institutions in other parts of the world from the Imperial College in the capital, but he only changed the appearance but did not change the inside.

Sa Hai mentioned it a little, and began to mention the highest official in charge of the Ministry of Rites in the Imperial College, the Imperial College, named Wang Shizhen.

The position of Lord Wang is specifically responsible for the bridge between the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial College. He will implement any important tasks issued by the Ministry of Rites. Every year, Wang Shizhen will report to the Ministry of Rites.

When Sa Hai mentioned Wang Shizhen, he also mentioned: "The Imperial College is an example of the teachers and students of the Imperial College. Wang Shizhen was strict with himself and had a positive style. Since he served as the Imperial College, he has repaired the "Thirteen Classics Notes" and "Twenty-One History" for the Qing Dynasty, repaired the Confucius Temple, and led the Imperial College teachers and students to welcome the emperor for review. Everything went smoothly and never made any mistakes."

In other words, is this another old man with strong ability to do things?

Yinreng suddenly realized that he was full of expectations for seeing Lord Lao Wang.

In his impression, perhaps Mr. Lao Wang would be a pure literati like Sha Cheng, and the most severe rebuke was the sentence: It was a humiliating person.

When he really saw Wang Shin-jeong, Yinreng was stunned.

It seems to be too young? He looks about as old as his third grandfather, so he is still a young and strong uncle!

Wang Shizhen welcomed Sa Hai into his office, and Sa Hai said: "This is His Royal Highness."

Wang Shiwei then worshipped Yinreng as his ministers.

Yinreng was young and was visited by these famous elderly people wherever he went. He had become accustomed to it for so many years and held Wang Shizhen calmly: "I came here to visit the Imperial College with Lord Sahai, and I was intended to study. Lord Wang didn't have to be careful. Official affairs will still be handled with Lord Sahai according to previous practices."

With Sa Hai's instructions, Wang Shizhen then talked about the Imperial College Supervision. He was the intermediary between the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial College, and was in charge of enrollment, class division, bedding, courses and examination arrangements. Other matters of taking leave from the Imperial College students were approved by Wang Shizhen himself.

[This is the principal of the Imperial College. He has to manage both political tasks and school academic arrangements. In addition, he also has to manage life. He is omnipotent!] Yinreng's eyes shine: "Master Wang is in charge of so many things alone, may he be busy?"

Wang Shizhen was stunned and replied in a gentle voice: "I have three Siyes to help me."

Due to the special circumstances of the Qing Dynasty, the three Siyes in history were established, and Siyes, who were born in Manchu, Han and Mongolian tribes, were appointed by Siyes.

The Imperial College not only had students from various ethnic groups in the Qing Dynasty, but also recruited foreign students during the reign of the late emperor, such as the Joseon Dynasty, the Ryukyu Kingdom, and the Japanese Kingdom. These were later cancelled for various reasons.

Today, most of the Imperial College is composed of Manchu and Han students, while there are fewer Mongolian students than the first two, but there are also many other ethnic groups, and several students from each have to go to school here.

[Local officials recommend students to study at the Imperial College every year, so the students here are the top students in the country, and they come from all over the country. As for fairness or not, excellent students are not only raised in nature, but are not only talented and rich educational resources accumulated. If these students appear here, their families will definitely not be too bad. After all, in the Qing Dynasty, poor families need to cultivate a scholar, and only families with good families have the opportunity to read good books.] Yinreng was quite interested in the Imperial College. He raised his head and looked at the words behind Wang Shizhen: "Justice, respect for ambition, broad career, practice Taoism, sincerity, and leads one's character..." (1)

Wang Shizhen heard him recite and then explained: "This is the six branches of the Imperial College, and the content learned in each class is different."

Wang Shizhen told Yinreng: There are three introductory classes with simple teaching content, and practice Taoism and sincerity will further study in depth. The "Ruxing Hall" gathers all candidates who are about to take the imperial examination. Their studies are mainly reviewed and are flooded with test papers of all sizes every day.

Under the leadership of Zahai and Wang Shizhen, Yinreng followed them into Jixian Sect, then into the Imperial Academy, and finally went outside the "Ruxing Hall" to take the exam for the official candidates.

The needles in the "Ruxing Hall" can be heard. The candidates sit in front of the desk intently, either closing their eyes to think deeply, or writing quickly, with different expressions.

The Xuezheng, who was in charge of the invigilator, was wandering in the classroom, and a stick of coarse incense was setting up in the classroom and slowly burning.

Outside such a serious examination room, Yinreng took a quick look and stopped moving forward.

Yinreng: Xiaomei went to see me for me?

The White Tiger received Yinreng's instructions and relied on the fact that no one saw it, he entered the examination room happily. This person glanced at it and that person looked at it.

[They tested eight-legged essays!]

The so-called eight-legged essay is also an examination tradition inherited by the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty. When the eight-legged essay appeared in the initial purpose of standardizing the imperial examination and making the examination more fair and orderly.

However, the essay of the eight-legged essay is too restrictive, and the rules are strict and old-fashioned. It also requires that only essays be piled up according to the words of saints, and no free argumentation is allowed. It is also prohibited to pile up words and sentences, and the number of words is strictly controlled!

When Yinreng read the article projected by Xiaomei, he was one head and two big ones. He thought with lingering fear: Fortunately, Gu is the son of Khan Ama, so he doesn’t have to take the imperial examination.

After leaving the vicinity of "Lexingtang", Wang Shizhen said: "A few years ago, the method of adding exams proposed by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is very wonderful."

This method can not only relieve the tension of the supervisors about the imperial examinations from the root, but also verify the students' mastery through continuous examinations, and also present the teaching quality of gentlemen more intuitively.

Yinreng: "..."

He thought about the obscure articles that were framed by the rules and were covered with scriptures, and had a bad premonition: "Can you just take the eight-legged essay exam?"

Wang Shizhen was stunned for a moment and laughed in silence: "The imperial examination is the eight-legged essay, so the supervisors should also take the eight-legged essay."

Although there is a precedent for the emperor to directly promote the Imperial College Supervisor, there are very few precedents, and most people will enter the imperial examination room in the future.

Yinreng felt that his back was furry. In this way, the students who passed the eight-legged essay exam ranked first, second and third, and then chose the best person to be an official to govern the world?

He has never been asked to write eight-legged essays until now. Master Du did not restrain him when he taught him to write articles. When the four princes and tutors taught Yinreng, they only explained what eight-legged essays were, but they would not really let him use the saints in the scriptures to piece together eight-legged essays.

He doesn't have to write it himself, nor does other princes have to write it, but the candidates in the Imperial College have to take the eight-part essay exam.

"Isn't the imperial examination a test to govern the country and to take policy?"

Wang Shizhen smiled and said, "It is a study of governing the country. The strategy is correct, but it must be written in the eight-part essay as the style."

Yinreng: "Why?"

This style of writing greatly restricts the candidates, and the whole article is empty and boring. When writing an article, it feels like it has been stripped away and has become a stick and put in a jar.

[Old friends don’t think that if you want to say a flower to a saint’s words, you can’t seem to be piled up words and sentences. If you don’t be gentle or artificial, you will stand out in style. Is it also a kind of ability?] Yinreng: No, I don’t think it is at all. Gu thinks that using the eight-legged essay to win scholars is a problem.

The "Ruxingtang" exam is coming to an end. After the teaching assistant and the academician were collecting the test papers, the chief of the supervisor led everyone to read it themselves and complete the newly assigned homework.

Wang Shizhen did not answer why, he avoided the important and said lightly: "This is a system left by the predecessors."

Where did so many come from? The words of saints are the most important. The learning of saints, especially Zhu Xi's, had a great influence on future generations. The Qing Dynasty followed the Ming Dynasty and completely inherited these.

Yinreng saw the man with a look of a gentleman and took the two students out of the "Ruxingtang" with a thunderous face, and scolded him while taking him. Wang Shizhen explained: "This is the Imperial College Supervisor."

Wang Shizhen stepped forward to ask the Manren Jiancheng, who was named Engui: "What mistakes did these two prison students make?"

Engui said: "The two of them whispered in the test, if they were suspicious, they would be punished with slander, and they would be punished with severe punishment!"

Enguihu said with a face: "When the assistant teacher saw the two of them, he only used a warning and planned to let him go. He asked for instructions to offer wine. The assistant teacher did not bear the responsibility. It is suspected of helping the evil and should be punished together."

Man and Han, two supervisors in the Imperial College, were in charge of the entire Imperial College teacher and student. After Engui talked about this, another Han supervisor came to file a lawsuit.

He went to check the bedroom of the supervisor in the Zhengyi Hall and found that the supervisor had illegally raised birds in the bedroom. He was so playful and lost his ambition and did not intend to make progress. He should be severely punished to kill the chicken to warn the monkey. Such a new student dared not commit the crime again.

All matters of all sizes in the Imperial College must be managed by the priest. Usually, Wang Shizhen did not appear here, and the two prisoners could only find three Siyes. Now that Wang Shizhen has appeared here for the first time, he will not be caught by the two prisoners. They all report to him about the current violations of the candidates in recent days. Both of them asked Wang Shizhen to restrain the academic style of the Imperial College with a severe punishment.

In the end, after Wang Shizhen's handling, the prison students who raised birds were arranged to clean the Confucius Temple for one month. The two prison students who whispered to the exam were punished for being invalidated and taking the exam again. One paper was reported to the national sub-inspector for criticism and punishing the two for cleaning the toilet for two months.

Wang Shizhen did not avoid this matter. When the supervisors were satisfied, he turned the prison student who had committed the crime to the snitch hall. He chuckled and explained: "There are many young people in the Imperial College and are unruly. We should take good care of them and let them take their temper."

Wang Shizhen is not angry. He can handle everything calmly, and he will press on the two hot-tempered supervisors, which has played a good role in ease in the Imperial College.

Sa Hai nodded. He was in his current position and had a natural sense of intimacy to this group of young and immature students, the fresh blood of the court in the future. He was very sorry for the students who made mistakes, and hoped that these people would be able to enter the officialdom and become his colleagues in the future and live up to the cultivation of the Ministry of Rites.

After visiting the Imperial College, Yinreng returned to the palace, spread out his notes, and meditated hard on a memorial to Kangxi.

He wanted to vigorously criticize the inscientific style of the eight-legged essay for restraining candidates, and wanted to persuade Kangxi to use more practical methods to recruit talents. After thinking about it, he couldn't understand: "Why did the exam method with so many disadvantages have been used for so many years?"

This shouldn't be true. Khan Ama is so wise, so he wouldn't be ignorant of the harm of winning a scholar.

Yinreng himself couldn't figure it out. In the middle of the night, Khan Ama had already slept. At this time, he woke him up from his dream. Wouldn't he begging him for nothing?

But if he doesn't ask clearly, he can't sleep peacefully.

So he ran to Cao Zhen's house and pulled Cao Zhen, who was sleeping with a big white goose.

Dabai flapped his wings at Yinreng angrily, as if he was blaming him for waking himself out of his dream: "Gaga!——"

Cao Zhen rubbed his eyes and said in a daze: "You have doubts in your heart, and I can't help you, because my knowledge is much simpler than you. Why not ask the eldest prince? Has he already started studying in the department school?"

Yinreng: "Yes! My brother slept late on weekdays, so he shouldn't have fallen asleep at this time."

So he left the confused Cao Zhen and went to Yinzhi's residence alone.

Yinzhi was indeed not asleep yet. He was reading military books in the prince's house. When he saw Yinreng coming to look for him, he said in surprise: "It's rare to see you come to me at this time."

At this time, Yinreng should have been watching cartoons in Yuqing Palace and would not step out of the house easily.

After Yinreng sat down, he talked about his doubts first.

Yinzhi was silent for a moment and asked back, "Do you know that the second year after Khan Ama ascended the throne, he ordered the abolition of the eight-legged essay?"

Yinreng: "Huh? There is still this matter?! The eldest brother is worthy of being the harem of Bai Xiaosheng, and I have never heard Khan Ama say this."

Yinzhi laughed and scolded: "I don't know when your problem of giving people a nickname can be changed. It's fine if you get it for Nalan Mingzhu, but I'll give it to my brother?"

"I'm praising you. Tell me quickly, why did the eight-legged essay be restored later?"

"After the eight-legged essay was abolished in the second year of Khan Ama's ascension to the throne, it took five years. The court at that time did not find a better alternative. In addition, the literati respected the words of the sages of Confucius and Mencius, and even Han officials submitted a memorial to request the restoration of the eight-legged essay, which was later left unresolved."

"That year, Shandong Earth Dragon turned over, and the degree was even greater than that of the Earth Dragon turned over when you were four years old. It was also that the court set another sea ban in the imperial court, and the next year, Obai died."

Yinzhi raised his mouth a little, and Yinreng thought about it briefly and could guess how dire straits and heated Khan Ama was at that time.

"You want to touch the eight-legged essay? I can't see it. Abolishing the eight-legged essay is a big fuss for the essay. Even though Khan Ama had long wanted to abolish the eight-legged essay, he still had no choice."

The more Yinzhi stopped Yinreng from doing this, the less he would listen to his advice and would get into the horns.

Yinzhi rubbed his eyebrows helplessly: Hey, this silly brother has a bad temper and is so angry that he is so angry.

Nalan Mingzhu was determined to shake the position of crown prince given by Yinreng, but Yinzhi was worried that Yinreng would lose the position of crown prince every day.

With his stubborn temper as a silly brother, Nalan Mingzhu doesn't need to start, and he will play himself in the opposite direction of the civil servants.

"Do you know how much effort the scholars in this world have put into this eight-legged essay, and how many ministers among the court officials have won the eight-legged essay?" Yinzhi said sternly: "The way of Confucius and Mencius and Zhu Xi's learning have been engraved into the bone marrow of literati. If you want to touch these, believe it or not, even if you know you are right, Khan Ama will not come to help you?"

"I don't believe it."

Yinreng blinked at him: "The Khan Ama Gang never cares about right or wrong."

Yinzhen: "..."

When is this stinky brother still showing off his favor to him?

The author has something to say: Wang Shizhen was later renamed Wang Shizhen/Wang Shizheng to avoid the name of a person, and everyone understands it.

The name about Korea comes from Baidu: At the end of the 14th century, the Li Dynasty replaced Goryeo and named the country "Korea" (an ancient country built by Jizi), "Hening" (the place where Li Chenggui was born) and others submitted a memorial to the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, ruled that Zhu Yuanzhang chose the new country "Korea". In the 25th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1392), Li Chenggui overthrew the Goryeo Dynasty, established himself as king, and founded the Joseon Dynasty. Information on the eight-legged essay acquisition of scholars came from Baidu.

In addition, regarding the Imperial College, it comes from the "Education and Management Activities of the Imperial College in the Ming and Qing Dynasties"
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