The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

It’s like not dying after going through a catastrophe. The lunch meal is particularly delicious. The second meal Yan Biyun prepared is high-protein such as shrimp, eggs, and beef. He must think that Su Jin must spend a lot of mental and physical energy when he waits until the next day. , This is to make up for Su Jin.

The fact is true, Su Jin is indeed exhausted, but after a good meal, he immediately regains his energy; but when he thinks of the type of policy theory that will be announced in the afternoon, he feels sad again, and the policy theory articles are like the argumentative papers of later generations , Su Jin is the biggest, not to mention it is written in ancient Chinese; the grammar, pronunciation, and meaning are quite different from those of later generations.

For the current plan, I can only wish God to bless me, and I can act according to the rules I found out. If there are extra problems, Su Jin will definitely not be able to write policy articles.

It was time for rest at Shenshi. After eating and drinking, Su Jin put the bed boards together, curled up with the quilt, and closed the door for a nap like the student next door, until the gong sounded outside again. I quickly got up and saw that the sky was already dark.

"Students, the last exam will start at you time, and you will hand in the paper at noon tomorrow; there is plenty of time, and there is a time for eating and going to the bathroom at Mao tomorrow morning; but if you finish the answer early, you can hand in the paper and leave the venue in advance, but no noise is allowed Yelling, influencing others to answer questions, all you need to do is call patrolling soldiers, can you understand everything?”[

The invigilator walked back and forth on the aisle between the dormitories and shouted, repeated several times until all the students nodded in approval before waving: "Send the question, lock the dormitory, and the last round begins."

With trembling hands, Su Jin slowly pulled out the test questions from the envelope, squinting her eyes and dared not speak out. According to the rules of her own judgment, the questions for this test should belong to the category of "punishment". Su Jin read a lot of such articles temporarily. If the donkey's head is wrong, the effort will be in vain, and this exam will be a failure. Everyone knows that the theory is the key to the key. Even if the first two exams are failed, as long as the theory is reasonable and reasonable According to the novel point of view, it is still possible to come back.

The first two rounds focused on the students' literary talent and erudition, while the second round focused on the students' ability to govern and their viewpoints on governance. People who graduated from imperial examinations are ultimately officials and politicians, which is more important than anything else.

The test paper was slowly drawn out. Since it was for writing an article, there was no extra handwriting on the test paper. When it reached the top of the test paper, a line of questions jumped into Su Jin's eyes. Su Jin almost fainted. He quickly supported the wooden case with his hands To calm himself down, he let out a long breath.

"On Punishment, Reward and Loyalty"! !

Sure enough, it's about punishment!Sure enough, there are rules!The effort was not in vain!

Su Jin got up slowly, washed her hands in the basin, threw two pieces of rose scent into the incense burner, gently picked up the writing brush, dipped it in clean water and dropped it into the inkstone, reached out and picked up the ink stick and slowly grinded it ; In my mind, I recalled and sorted out all the articles about punishment that I had read while cramming, and then summarized and combined them to reorganize the words to avoid the suspicion of plagiarism.

When I was thinking about it, I was surprised to find that the ink in the inkstone was thick and viscous; the ink stick was also worn off a little.

Su Jin quickly dripped a few more drops of water to dilute the ink, dipped the pen in the ink, thought for a while, and wrote on the test paper:

"Yao, Shun, Yu, Tang, Wen, Wu, Cheng, and Kang, how deeply they loved the people, how deeply they cared about the people, and how they treated the world as a gentleman and elder. If there is something good, then reward it, and then sing songs To lament it is to rejoice at the beginning and to encourage the end. If there is a bad thing, we will punish it, and we will mourn and punish it, so we abandon the old and open up the new."

He breathed a sigh of relief and continued to write: "Therefore, the voice of his appeal to Yu, happy rest and sorrow, can be seen in the books of Yu, Xia, Shang, and Zhou. Cheng and Kang were gone, Mu Wang was established, and Zhou Dao began to decline, but he still ordered his minister Lvhou, And tell him to give him an auspicious punishment. His words are sad but not hurtful, powerful but not angry, loving but capable of severing, compassionate and compassionate, so Confucius still has something to take."

The more Su Jin wrote, the more smoothly he wrote, and the clearer his mind became. Suddenly he realized that he was also a talent for governance, and he also had some opinions on these ancient political strategies, as if he was born with this material.

"The "Biography" says: "Rewards and doubts are given, so they are generous; punishments and doubts are followed, so punishments are also cautious."During the time of Yao, Gao Tao was a scholar.Will kill, Gao Tao said "kill" three.Yao said "Forgive it" three.Therefore, the world feared Gao Tao's firmness in enforcing the law, but Le Yao's lenient punishment.Siyue said "Gun can use it", Yao said: "No, Gun ordered the family to be destroyed", and then said "Try it".He Yaozhi did not listen to Gao Yao's order to kill people, but followed the order of the four mountains to use Gun?However, Gai can also see the meaning of the saint. "

Su Jin smiled slyly. Proving his point of view needs allusions to support him, but he really doesn't know much about allusions, so he made up an allusion here to see if the great Confucian scholars who judged the papers can see it.

"The "Book" said: "The suspicion of crime is light, and the doubt of merit is serious.Rather than kill the innocent, I would rather be lost. "Woohoo, it's all over. Rewards can be rewarded, rewards are more than benevolence; punishments can be punished, and punishments are more than righteousness."

"Exceeding benevolence, one can still be a gentleman; exceeding righteousness, and it flows into the ninja. Therefore, benevolence can be exceeded, but righteousness cannot be exceeded. The ancients did not reward with honors, and punishments did not use knives and saws. Rewards with honors are rewards. The way of doing what Juelu adds, but not what Juelu doesn't do. Punishment is done with a knife and saw, and the power of punishment is applied to what the knife and saw can reach, but not to what the knife and saw can't reach. The ancient kings knew that the good in the world is invincible. Rewards, but Jue Lu is not enough to persuade; Knowing the evil of the world is not enough to punish, but sawing is not enough to cut it. If you doubt it, then return it to benevolence, treat the world as a gentleman and an elder, and make the world follow each other and return it to a gentleman The way of the elders. Therefore, it is said: Loyalty is the ultimate."

"The Book of Poems says: "A gentleman is like a well-being, but a chaotic commoner is already.A gentleman is as angry as a chaotic general. "When a gentleman is already in chaos, how can there be a different technique? When he is happy and angry, he loses his benevolence. The meaning of "Spring and Autumn" is that legislation is strict, while responsibility is broad. Because of the meaning of praise and criticism, rewards and punishments are used. , and the utmost loyalty.”

The policy theory of hundreds of words was written in one go, and there was half a stagnation in the middle. Even Su Jin had to admire himself.

Generally speaking, this kind of policy theory does not require a right or wrong point of view. Whether the punishment is severe or loyal is a matter of right and wrong. The purpose of the questioner is to see if the students can justify themselves. Whichever point of view you support, you need to use evidence to prove him; so Su Jin quoted the classics, and even made a little joke with the reviewers, fabricating allusions about Yao and Gao Tao murdering and releasing people to prove it, which is really incredible. [

After writing the article, Su Jin was relieved for a while. After the ink was dried and the name was pasted, it was only an hour later. Stay up here for one more night, why don't you just hand in the paper and go back, take a nice bath and sleep.

Thinking of this, Su Jin hurriedly packed up the test basket, and was about to knock on the door to say hello when the footsteps of patrolling soldiers passed by, but he heard a voice from the next door: "Master Jun, I'm about to hand in the test paper!"

Su Jin was taken aback, it only took him an hour to write the policy, but he was not the only one out there, Su Jin was willing to fall behind him, and also knocked on the door to say hello: "Mr. Jun, I have to hand in the papers."

The soldier had been on duty in the Gongyuan for eight years. He had gone through three imperial examinations, and he had never encountered a student who had to hand in the paper within an hour of the exam. Which student didn't ponder over the article endlessly, strive for perfection, and would never hand in the paper before the deadline for handing in the paper? Well, these two are lucky, rushing to hand in the paper first.

The soldiers didn't dare to be negligent, and hurried to invite the invigilator. The invigilator was also very surprised. After confirming again, he ordered Kaishe to collect the papers.

Su Jin and the examiner handed in the test paper at the same time, carried the test basket on their backs, and left the test booth under the supervision of two soldiers.

When Su Jin came out of the examination room, he was immediately in a good mood. The fresh and warm air filled the space between his chest and abdomen. Neat and tidy; the lights in the test room are flickering, and the mathematicians are writing at their desks, writing their hopes on the test paper for their own bright future.

Su Jin was full of emotions, but the soldiers were very upset, and urged softly: "Since you have handed in the test paper, please go out quickly, it is not appropriate to stay here..."

Su Jin raised his eyes and saw that student was already striding towards the gate of the Gongyuan. Su Jin hurried a few steps and chased after him.

Chapter 640 Eight Solution Test ([-])