Three Kingdoms

In life, everything seems like a siege.

Those outside the city think it is good and full of envy, while those inside the city think it is bad or average. But there is a besieged city in the ancient Chinese feudal dynasty that makes people from high to low flock to it.

Officials.

Take the reading test and then become an official.

As the preliminary examinations in each county were conducted one after another, students from various counties and counties who passed the preliminary examinations poured into Chang'an. Inns and restaurants in Chang'an and surrounding areas are starting to fill up.

In this way, there are still many candidates who want to stay in private houses. Of course, the price is expensive but not cheap. I don’t know if the concept of B\u0026B existed before Han Dynasty. Anyway, when Fei Qian went to Guanzhong and had a lecture at Qinglong Temple, there was such a B\u0026B. The average B\u0026B is just accommodation. Some better B\u0026Bs even include food and laundry. Of course, there are even better ones...

In addition to these additional private resettlement and accommodation sites, Fei Qian also temporarily mobilized some labor camps on the outskirts of Chang'an. Saying it's a labor camp doesn't sound good, but changing it to a youth hostel... ahem, wouldn't it sound much better if it was changed to "Confucius and Mencius Yipu"?

These labor camps, um, "Confucius and Mencius Yipu", are actually built according to standard camps, with camp walls, toilets, bathing areas, etc. In fact, the conditions are not too bad. The most important thing is that they do not charge money, which makes Many cash-strapped students are willing to live there.

Although these "Confucius and Mencius Yipu" are a bit far away from Chang'an, there are three carriages at the entrance of the camp every day. They leave when they arrive or when they are full, so it is indeed a bit inconvenient overall, but it is not too big. trouble.

As the exam date gradually approaches, the streets and alleys of Chang'an are filled with scholars wearing kerchiefs and straight jackets. Even when other people talk to each other, they are a little "serious".

At the same time, because there are many "seniors" who have taken the exam in Chang'an, there are also many shop merchants at this time. In order to attract business, promote their reputation, and have some other ideas, they sometimes invite some who have obtained the exam before. The "seniors" who have achieved good results in the exam often preach some content, which often attracts many students to listen eagerly. Sometimes hundreds or even thousands of people gather together, which is quite spectacular for a time.

In such a lecture, of course, it is impossible to talk about the subtle meanings in the scriptures. Instead, it focuses on some precautions in the examination room, preparation items, etc., from how to prepare for the examination to how to take the examination. , are all popular topics among candidates.

It will even mention some content from previous exams. Compared with the test questions in counties and counties, the number of test questions and test subjects in Chang'an have been greatly expanded. This is completely different from the first exam. Many students who came to Chang'an to take the exam for the first time were often unable to adapt to the intensity of the exam. In the end, they collapsed physically and mentally, had self-doubt, and even disappeared from everyone in a hurry.

Just like the exam in Longyou only lasted one day, the exam in Chang'an now has three exams.

The first session is to prepare for the exam. Because it tests rote memorization of content, the time spent on checking will be relatively long.

In fact, the first test is relatively simple, as long as you can recite it proficiently. After all, the Han Dynasty does not have as many scriptures as later generations. Among the main scriptures identified in Qinglong Temple, the main ones are the poems, rituals, spring and autumn. This book is a must-read for almost all students. There may be slight differences between the local version and the Qinglong Temple version, but it is generally similar. It is not like those prophecies in Jinwen Jingxue, where each has its own say.

The study of classics in ancient bronze inscriptions is also like a besieged city.

It's just that the difference between the siege of officials and the siege of officials is that most people want to squeeze in, while the siege of scriptures is trapped in and it is difficult to get out, but they have to leave.

After the Great Treatise of Qinglong Temple, especially after the Treatise on the "Serious Classics", Jinbun Confucianism gradually came to an end.

Strictly speaking, the prophecy theories in Jinwen Jingxue have no market.

Feiqian was originally supposed to be a large potential market for Chenwei theory.

In fact, many local princes in the Han Dynasty were invisible supporters of these prophecy theories.

Even Cao Cao was not exempt from the vulgarity. Back then he rushed to the door to ask for a comment from others...

In fact, if you think about it a little bit, you will know that a person's life has some bullshit connection with prophecies and comments? With comments, one can rise to great heights, but without such comments, one will perish forever? If you really have such great power, what is the price you have to pay to maintain such a powerful law technique?

This is actually like those comments about constellations in later generations. If the names of the constellations are hidden, and then randomly mixed with the names of the constellations and then let people see it, some people will think that it is "hit"!

Are there any prophecies in ancient scriptures? There are some, but they are much less compared to Jinwen Jingxue. On the one hand, most of the ancient scriptures are substantial scriptures passed down from ancient times. To write them on bamboo slips and wooden slips, it is natural to select the important ones to write. For example, most of the prophecies are concentrated on the Book of Changes. On the other hand, On the one hand, this is because the Jinwen Sutra was orally taught at the beginning, and it is inevitable that each school will have content added by each school...

Fei Qian made it clear that prophecy was a pseudo-study, which left many people with no "purpose" for a moment. Among them, Jinwen Jingxue suffered the most. In addition, the "correct explanation" of Qinglong Temple, which has gradually become complete, is a relatively complete and A normative scriptural framework is taking shape.

And these students who refer to it will pass on this framework of modern and ancient texts with serious interpretations...

Just like these recitation and fill-in-the-blank questions in the first exam.

This is Fei Qian's strategy. It seems to be inconclusive, but in fact it has produced results. Fei Qian did not directly come on stage, but shouted that he wanted to kill Jinwen, or that he wanted to restore Guwen, because this would only intensify the matter, and once conflicts intensified, many times some people would not necessarily act rationally. In order to maintain Their respective positions, under the influence of emotions, will lead to a situation where they only care about their butts.

China attaches great importance to "use". No matter how many beautiful words it is, it is better to actually use it.

The same is true for the exams. The second exam is about the application content of official documents. For the formulated topic, make one each of "Edict, Table, Certificate, Chapter, and Judgment".

These "edicts, orders, ultimatums, chapters, and sentences" are also like a siege.

Because it is a limited subject matter, a limited number of words, and a limited format, there is no room for mistakes.

When Fei Qian first came to power, counties and villages in various places reported various styles of writing, and they were free to express their style. The richness of the words made Fei Qian's head grow bigger, so he gradually improved the standards for this type of official documents and framed them. specifications.

For example, "expression" is used to express feelings. All matters related to admonishment, persuasion, begging, punishment, offering, recommendation, celebration, comfort, resignation, thanking, litigation, impeachment, etc. are all "tables". The first sentence at the beginning of the list must explain what the matter is, the person's location, time, and then describe the specific situation. At the end, suggestions or related measures that have been handled should be added. The overall length should be four hundred words, and the maximum length should not exceed one thousand words. Character.

The last one is the policy discussion.

It will be relatively loose, but there are also restrictions. If you want to be free to go off topic, I'm afraid even the paper will fly away...

This set of examination content and regulations will gradually form a standard and then continue to be used. If we can use these three examinations, we can use this method to examine students relatively comprehensively, and the selected people will be relatively more educated and knowledgeable, and also have certain administrative abilities.

The reason why poetry, poetry and poetry are not tested is because ordinary officials do not need very good literary talents.

As for the eight-part essay of later generations, it was actually a special product under the examination system. Although it was criticized by many people in later generations, it was not really that bad. On the contrary, it played a big role in maintaining objective selection... …

It's like a siege. People in the city and outside the city have different feelings.

In this large-scale examination, there were gentry children from Heluo, Hedong, local gentry from Longyou Hanzhong, and even Han Chinese people...

In fact, under Fei Qian's rule, there were many Hu people who had become Chinese.

For example, the Linghu family of Shangdang is completely Chinese, and even has better academic achievements in China than many people in China.

The middle-aged man, Chi Qianping, is also a Han Chinese. His family was originally supposed to be the Southern Huns, and then split into the Han Dynasty during the Western Han Dynasty, first in Chang'an, and then to Hedong. After two or three hundred years of events, the Chiqian family now has nothing in common with ordinary Han people. respectively.

Sima Yi went to Hedong to preside over the county examination. It was during that examination that Chi Qianping passed the standard and got a place to participate in the Chang'an Enexamination. Now he lives in the "Confucius and Mencius Yipu" prepared by General Hussar, preparing to participate in the upcoming The big exam is coming.

As the exam time approached, the atmosphere in the Confucius and Mencius Yipu camp became tense day by day.

In such an atmosphere, something will happen from time to time...

There are all kinds of strange things happening to all kinds of people. Even if there are special soldiers responsible for orderly patrols in the camp, there will still be some emergencies.

In the big shop where Chi Qianping lived, in the early morning, someone yelled, saying that the pen and ink he prepared was missing!

If soldiers go into battle, the most important thing is their weapons and armor, then when these students go to the examination room, pen and ink are their weapons. Now that the weapon is lost, how can we not make people anxious?

The patrol inspector on duty came with soldiers, but he couldn't find any problem, because the unlucky boy's bag of pen and ink was not lost in Datong Shop, but he left it outside when he went out...

That's right, I forgot about it.

The unlucky boy treasured his pen, ink and inkstone and carried it with him wherever he went. He did not put it in the Datong shop for fear that someone would steal it if it was left in the Datong shop. As a result, he himself forgot the bag somewhere.

If it was stolen, it would naturally have to be traced, but I forgot about it...

After understanding the situation, the inspector clicked his tongue and left with the soldiers. If his soldiers lost their armor and weapons, they would start at least thirty whips.

Can you forget such an important thing?

Why don't you forget to eat and sleep?

The unlucky child held his head and cried loudly.

Is there any use in crying?

But just crying.

Chi Ganping didn't have extra spare pens, so he only had two pens prepared, one large and one thinner, which were used to write characters of different sizes. He could give a small piece of ink to the unlucky child. But there is only one piece of the inkstone and cannot be separated.

The others were much the same. They put together a common shop and had some ink cubes, but there were no extra pens or inkstones.

Chi Ganping and others accompanied the unlucky boy to search in several places in the camp where he might have been lost, but naturally found nothing. Even the unlucky child didn't know exactly when and where it was lost, let alone remember who was around and what happened.

After searching to no avail, Chi Ganping asked if the examination room would provide pens, ink, paper and inkstones. The result was that papers would be distributed in the examination room, and there seemed to be ink blocks that could be claimed, but pens and inkstones were not available. I heard there are additional ones provided...

After all, the pen, ink and inkstones are the best ones that you can use easily. If you don’t use them smoothly and then fail in the exam, is it your own, or is it the problem with the pen, ink and inkstones provided by the exam room?

The unlucky child felt aggrieved himself, but the problem was that crying in Datongpu made other people unable to do so, whether they wanted to rest or read a book. In desperation, Chi Ganping found a few other people in Datongpu and discussed taking the unlucky child to the Chang'an City Chinese Collection.

Who is the oldest person in this Datong shop? After all, everyone is unfamiliar with him. If he doesn't take the initiative to talk about this matter, most others will ignore it. If this continues, although Chi Ganping is not sure whether this unlucky child will touch the hammer out of curiosity, whether it is for himself or for others. Others hammered a few times, but being able to solve the problem early would also help the team members to have a good rest. Otherwise, it would affect their rest, and I'm afraid everyone might have problems in the final exam.

So everyone pooled some money to buy some pen and ink inkstones for this unlucky child. Although a set of pen and ink inkstones was valuable, it was not much to spread out to everyone. In addition, it was a way to relax and change the mood before the exam. In addition, it also has the meaning of later generations to find out before the big exam, and because of the problems of this unlucky child, it also reminds them that they still need some spare pen and ink, right?

So the suggestion of scolding Ganping was supported by most people, and even the unlucky child kept shouting at the big brother who scolded Ganping.

There was a carriage at the entrance of the camp, and Chi Ganping's group did not wait long before the number of people was full. Then the carriage gave a shout, drove the horses, and sent them to the outside of Chang'an city in a short time.

When they arrived at the anthology, Chi Ganping and others were immediately dazzled.

The unlucky child seemed to have temporarily forgotten his sorrow, and was amazed by the various stationery utensils in the collection.

Where there is demand, products will follow.

Among current anthologies, the best sellers are not the written words but the test baskets. Of course, there is also an evolved version of the test basket, the oven, er, test box.

The exquisite test box is very eye-catching. It is placed in the most conspicuous position in the store. There is also a very beautiful female receptionist who is responsible for explaining how to use it in a soft-spoken voice...

Naturally, there were a lot of people around, whether they were looking at the test boxes or the female recruiters.

Chi Ganping couldn't help but go over and take a look, and found that this test box was really particular.

The kao box itself is not only colored with red paint, but also has a pattern of mountains and rivers outlined on the surface. It's said to be a box, but it's actually more like a small wooden cabinet. There is a whole cabinet door on the front, and when opened, there are three drawers.

The female recruiter opened the three drawers one by one as a display.

In the top drawer, it is like a medicine store drawer grid, which is subdivided into many compartments. Each compartment contains some food, including several kinds of pastries, dried fruits, and even bacon. And preserves!

This made me grin. Are you planning to have a dinner party in the examination room?

The drawers on the second floor are more normal, containing pens and inkstones, candles, paperweights, etc. Of course, they all look like high-quality goods and are expensive.

This is more or less in line with the name of the test box.

The drawer on the third floor began to crooked again, and it contained a small silk brocade quilt and a brocade cushion!

When the female recruiter took out the silk brocade quilt and covered her body as if she was using it, Chi Ganping seemed to hear some swallowing sounds when looking at the concave and convex curves on the brocade quilt...

Really...

"Why would anyone buy this thing if it's so expensive?" Who came up with such a stupid idea? "The unlucky child was standing nearby, muttering in a moderate voice, "In the examination room, it's enough to have a pen, ink and inkstone. What's the use of so many useless things? What do merchants think? What a fool to buy this thing! 』

Chi Ganping glanced at the unlucky child on the side and didn't say anything. He just stepped back and stayed away from him. He is not the parent of an unlucky child and has no obligation to teach him anything. Since the merchant makes this thing, it must meet the needs of some people. If no one really wants it, then the merchant will naturally not make it. If there is a buyer, there will be a sale. Isn't this normal?

You can tell at a glance that this thing is definitely not cheap.

The unlucky child obviously couldn't afford it, and then he ridiculed the person who bought it as a fool, the shop owner as well as the person who designed such a test box as a fool...

Yes, buyers, sellers, and designers are all fools, and they all need your wisdom to point them out.

Just like some people in later generations who believe that poverty is justified, because they are poor, they can steal, rob, and eat Overlord meals, and then wipe their mouths and feel numb. The food in this restaurant is really terrible. I am really having a hard time. , it took a lot of hard work to eat it!

Chi Gan Pingyuan originally just felt that this unlucky child was indeed pitiful, but now that he thought about it, he suddenly felt that he was not so pitiful after all.

If you endure it any longer, the exam will be over in two days and we will all go our separate ways...