The Prosperous Era of Longwan

Entering the lobby, the sky was only slightly bright at this time. Naturally, the lobby should have been relatively dark, but the lanterns and candles on both sides illuminated the entire room as bright as day.

When Wei Guangde and others walked in, they saw that in addition to Tang Xianzun sitting in the hall, there were several students wearing t-shirts standing next to them. One of them he knew, it was Gao Xianggao Xiucai.

"Wei Guangde, Lin Tianti, and Liu Shi Zhenju of Madang Town are guaranteed by the native Gao Xiang."

After Wei Guangde and the other five people bowed to Tang County Zun in the hall, an official next to him held a file and loudly expressed his support.

"Gao Xiang is the guarantor."

Just after the officials finished singing, Gao Xiang and Gao Xiucai in the crowd stood up, bowed slightly to the Tang magistrate, and sang loudly.

As the process of guaranteeing each other was completed, that is, the official ceremony for Wei Guangde and other five people to guarantee each other and to seal the guarantee was completed, they then walked out of the lobby to find their own exam seats.

Wei Guangde already knew the approximate location before, so he quickly found his position, sat down at the exam table, and took out his pen, ink, paper and inkstone from the exam basket to prepare for the next exam.

The paper is actually the test paper issued when registering, which is also the answer sheet for later generations. It is more than a dozen pages of red-checked rice paper, with fourteen lines per page and eighteen characters per line. It also comes with several sheets of draft paper. If the characters are in Taige style, they should be written on inside the red grid.

There were hundreds of people taking the county exam, and the guarantee process would not end in a short time. Wei Guangde was well prepared and watched the candidates coming in and out. It took a while before the last group of candidates finally walked out of the hall.

At this time, because the exam table was already full of people, these people found their seats quickly.

Wei Guangde's seat number is Tianzi No. 12. In fact, Tianzi seems to be the exam seat located under the eaves of the lobby. It should be the best. It will not be affected by wind or rain, so he can take the exam with peace of mind.

The first session of the county examination is the main session, and the admission is wider. Those who can write fluently can be admitted. Those who succeed will be allowed to take the prefectural examination. Whether to participate in the following sessions is up to the candidates themselves.

Because it is very critical, the main examination questions are also more formal. There are two questions on the Four Books, one question on the Five Classics, and one test poem in five characters and six rhymes.

As all the candidates took their seats, the questions for the county examination were soon heard in the lobby. After the county magistrate set out the questions, the clerk copied them on the door board, and the yamen carried them back and forth in the examination room so that all candidates could Saw this exam question.

Wei Guangde had already prepared a pen and inkstone, and quickly copied the topic onto the draft paper, laughing in his heart as he wrote it. It was really something he was familiar with. His mother's burning incense and worshiping Buddha had an effect.

Because Wei Guangde has already seen the first question of today's county examination, "The Master said that Yan Yuan said that when you use it, you will practice it and when you leave it, you will hide it. But I and you are husbands." This is from the Analects of Confucius.

Well, seeing this, Wei Guangde knew that the county examination was indeed relatively easy. As long as he had read the four books, it should be easy to find the source of the question.

What does this mean? It means that Confucius said to Yan Yuan: "If you use me, take active actions; if you don't use me, hide yourself. Only you and I can do this!"

The second question comes from the sixth chapter of the university, "The so-called knowledge lies in the investigation of things. I want to know that knowledge lies in things, but I have exhausted the reason."

It means that the way to obtain knowledge is to understand and study everything. It mainly means that if you want to gain knowledge, you must get in touch with something and thoroughly study its principles.

Seeing this question, Wei Guangde's heart moved slightly. There seemed to be something wrong with this question.

What Wei Guangde thought was problematic was not that there was anything wrong with the question, but that this passage seemed to be more biased towards Wang Yangming's spiritual philosophy. Tangxianzun asked this question in the exam, and it was quite intriguing.

The name Wang Yangming was also heard by Wei Guangde from Master Sun last year, but Master Sun reprimanded him, thinking that his teachings were monstrous and deceptive.

However, this does not prevent Wei Guangde from thinking of such a person, who seems to be famous for his "unity of knowledge and action" and "observation of things".

Later, I heard from other places that when King Ning rebelled, it seemed that Wang Yangming participated in suppressing the rebellion, but by now, this man has long since passed away.

Although he is no longer alive, the philosophy of mind he pioneered continues to be widely circulated in scholar circles, and gradually rivals the popular Neo-Confucianism of Cheng and Zhu.

Of course, because Xinxue was crudely created, its influence was far inferior to that of Neo-Confucianism, and it was also hostile to the Neo-Confucian school.

Wei Guangde not only turned his head and looked in the direction of the lobby. Although he couldn't see the situation in the lobby, Wei Guangde was thinking in his heart that this magistrate who "rules by doing nothing" must be a disciple of Xinxue. Otherwise, how could he be like this? A question.

There is also a question on the Five Classics at the back, five questions of your choice, and a test poem in five characters and six rhymes.

For the Five Classics questions, Wei Guangde naturally chose the Shangshu that he had taken as an elective, so he naturally chose the Shangshu questions to answer.

When you come to take the county examination, you have naturally read all the Four Books and Five Classics. As for memory and understanding, it depends on the individual.

Wei Guangde originally chose the Five Classics because, unlike the Four Books, all four books must be mastered, while only one of the Five Classics can be learned well. However, Wei Guangde didn't know how to choose, so he simply read them all.

According to Wei Guangde's understanding, the Five Classics of Confucianism respectively discuss human emotional issues in the Book of Songs, social issues in the Book of Rites, political issues in the Book of Records, historical memory issues in the Spring and Autumn Annals, and metaphysical issues in the Book of Changes. 》.

The Book of Songs, the Book of Changes, and the Spring and Autumn Period were immediately eliminated by Wei Guangde, and there was really no way to learn them.

He read the remaining books of rites on social issues and the book of ministers on political issues several times, and finally chose the book of ministers.

Perhaps due to preconceptions, Wei Guangde always feels that he is not adapted to this era. Although he has been here for more than a year, he still feels uncomfortable at all. He still thinks about his computer, mobile phone, and the Internet.

Naturally, Wei Guangde chose to make Shangshu because he hoped that with the help of hundreds of years of experience, especially the various information seen after the information explosion, he could think more and see further than people of this era. .

Thinking about it, relying on this, the decisions made should be better than most people in this era.

Apart from anything else, Wei Guangde had already made up his mind. If his coming to this era was destined by God, then he must have come with a mission.

What is his mission? Wei Guangde thought about it for a long time. Of course it was not for him to enjoy the glory and wealth of ancient times and have a group of wives and concubines.

Thinking about the braid scene in which he vomited in later generations, Wei Guangde felt that he should be the one to end that period of history. After all, the era he wore was really not embarrassing.

I don’t know whether that slave Hachi was born or not, but it seems that the last Emperor Chongzhen of the Jiajing Dynasty should be very far away.

Wei Guangde really doesn't know how many generations of emperors there are in between, but it doesn't matter. Anyway, if we find a way to deal with all the pig tails in Jianzhou, there should be no tragedies in future generations, and the Han family will not perish. Alien hands.