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  Chapter 103 B Scroll

  According to the learning regulations of Qingtan Academy, there is an hour and a half of teaching time in the morning and afternoon, and there are professors and teaching assistants who are responsible for teaching classics and meanings to teach in separate classes, while the evening is mainly for the study and discussion of strategies.

On the 4th, 14th, and 24th of each month, it is a routine self-examination and improvement of moral cultivation. Every student must write an article about his understanding of self-cultivation as a scholar. There is a big difference between the college and other colleges.

  With the later period of the Supreme Emperor's reign, the examination gradually began to evolve from the original classics as the main policy and theory as the supplement.

  Twenty-six years after Yuanxi, the proportion of Jingyi and policy theory in the general examination has been different, and the eight-legged essay style of the Ming Dynasty and the early Zhou Dynasty has been changed.

  From the thirty-two years after Yuanxi, that is, the thirty-fifth year of Yuanxi, the proportion of policy theory has become more and more obvious, and this change has also extended to the Qiuwei Township Examination.

  That is to say, even the township examination, which used to be absolutely dominated by classics and meanings, has also changed, and policy theory has also begun to gain the upper hand.

  Of course, the policy theory of the rural examination is more inclined to the social conditions, public opinion and political theory in the province as the policy theory examination questions, while in the general examination, the political theory covering the whole country is generally used as the examination questions.

   This change also directly affected the study in Qingtan Academy.

  Especially in the autumn of the first year of Yonglong and the spring of the second year of Yonglong, the new emperor clearly asked the cabinet to pay more attention to the timeliness and effectiveness of the policy theory in the scientific examination, and the policy and theory articles of the scholars should be timely.

  The new emperor also went against the rule that the Supreme Emperor stopped marking papers after the fourteenth year of Yuanxi, and had to mark every student who passed the Jinshi exam.

Needless to say, first-class Jinshi are all hand-picked by the emperor, while second-class Jinshi emperors have to read them personally, and third-class Jinshi test papers have to be selected and read. In fact, in the Chunwei test papers in the second year of Yonglong, the new emperor almost wrote all the papers. I read the Jinshi papers one by one.

   "Dongxian, Dongyuan is so enthusiastic, it seems that I have misunderstood." Qi Yongtai gestured for the other party to take a seat, his face was warm, but his eyes were calm.

"Brother Chengfeng, brother Yu has also thought about this matter. Since brother Chengfeng can rest assured that Yuxuan, Zhonglun, and Ziying are responsible for these matters, and they are limited to five days to come up with the text, I am thinking about it. Brother Feng is also optimistic about the students of Dongyuan, since that is the case, we might as well give them some more opportunities, so that they can let go more,..."

  Guan Yingzhen is used to this kind of dialogue and confrontation with Qi Yongtai. It should be said that this is not actually a confrontation, but more like a discussion.

   It is normal for Qi Yongtai and him to have differences and emphases on the teaching activities of the academy.

  In Guan Yingzhen's view, Qi Yongtai's focus is still more on the court.

Qi Yongtai's purpose of valuing the scholars of Xiyuan is very simple. In the Chunwei Grand Competition two years later, there are many outstanding students in Xiyuan. For the big breakthrough, it is unknown whether more than ten Jinshi will pass the exam.

As for the poorest Jinshi in this batch of examinations, how many of them will become Shu Jishi? It is very likely that they will enter the Imperial Academy in the future, and this group of people will soon become the mainstay of the imperial court in the future. It is most useful for Qi Yongtai who has recovered.

In contrast, students like Dongyuan still need to pass the Qiuwei Pass in the next year. Even after passing the examination, in the spring of the next year, there are only a handful of people who can directly pass the Jinshi examination, and there are only one or two people. It is already commendable.

  Most people still need to sharpen one subject, two subjects, or even three subjects and four subjects before they can pass the Jinshi exam. Many of them can't even persist, and can only become officials as Juren.

  With a different focus, the way of looking at and dealing with problems will naturally be different.

  However, Qi Yongtai is not the kind of headstrong person. Under the same premise, he and Guan Yingzhen get along pretty well, so although there are differences on this issue, it is not a matter of principle, and an agreement can be reached.

"Well, since Dongxian trusts them so much, it's not a bad thing for them to get in touch with these contents earlier and go deeper, and it's also good for them to mature earlier." Qi Yongtai nodded, "Next year and next year, the township examination, Brother Yu It is estimated that the imperial court may make further changes on the basis of last autumn, and pay more attention to current policy theory, and the academy needs to make adjustments in this regard."

   "Brother Chengfeng, what do you mean our academy needs to adjust the curriculum?" Guan Yingzhen frowned slightly.

  The meaning of the scriptures is the foundation, the foundation. If the foundation of the meanings is not solid, even policy theory needs to be interpreted and developed on the basis of the meanings of the scriptures.

From Guan Yingzhen's point of view, Qingtan Academy has already attached great importance to current policy theory. The discussion on current policy theory often lasts until midnight every night. It can be described as serious and intense. Sometimes even professors and teaching assistants will be dismissed Attracted to go in and argue with red faces.

  This is also the class that attracts the most students, but if you neglect to lay a solid foundation of the classics and meanings, resulting in a lack of support for the interpretation and narration in the provincial examinations, then it will be a bit of a waste of time.

"I know Dongxian's concerns, but have you noticed that in the past two or three years, as our academy's reputation has grown, although the students who come to our academy are relatively young, most of them are talents from one prefecture or one province? , Many of them have been familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics since they were young, and they are even taught by famous teachers in the province, and they are all among the best in the county and government examinations. What does this mean? It means that their foundation in the classics is not bad. "

Qi Yongtai patiently explained: "What many of them lack now is to further refine and sublimate the meaning of the scriptures, form some ideas of their own, and then use this idea to analyze various current affairs. Interpretation, they are the most lacking in this aspect, and it also needs time and a lot of examples to hone and sharpen."

   "That's why Brother Chengfeng wants to use Feng Keng's trip to Shandong as a pilot?" Guan Yingzhen nodded.

In fact, the academy also made attempts in this regard, but most of them were explained from the news obtained from some court newspapers. Because it was too far away from itself, it lacked an effective understanding of its detailed details, so many interpretations and analyzes were in vain. It seems a bit vain and not the best effect.

   In this regard, Qingtan Academy has a gap compared with Tonghui Academy and Chongzheng Academy, because Tonghui Academy has many Guozijian supervisors, and many of them have previous experience, so they can provide some examples for teaching.

  In Chongzheng Academy, there are the most children of officials and gentry, and many of these children can use some things experienced by their father and brother as teaching examples. This point is similar to the history of the Imperial College students.

"Yes, such a rare opportunity is very meaningful to both the East Garden and the West Garden. The students in our academy need this most." Qi Yongtai smiled, "But you are worried about Dongxian. Reasonably, we need to teach students in accordance with their aptitude, and some who are relatively weak in classics and meanings need targeted supplementary learning, such as Feng Ziying, who has a particularly good understanding of current affairs, but can only be said to be unsatisfactory in terms of classics and meanings. ..."

  Officer Ying Zhen pondered Qi Yongtai's point of view carefully and found it acceptable, and the other party also noticed some changes in the imperial court in the provincial examination meeting, so he made such a suggestion, which is also beneficial to the entire academy.

   "Well, if Feng Keng performed well in this teaching task, he can be regarded as passing the entrance examination."

   "Dongxian is too harsh." Qi Yongtai smiled and shook his head, "In my opinion, if you can do this well, it is not an exaggeration to regard the monthly and quarterly exams as passing."

For a newcomer like Feng Ziying, Qiao Yingjia also mentioned in the letter that this student may not have enough knowledge of classics and righteousness. The monthly and quarterly exams of this academy are quite strict, and they will never deliberately let the water go, so it is true that Feng Ziying has to pass this level. not easy.

   Qi Yongtai did this because he hoped to give Feng Ziying more time to make up for his shortcomings.

  Guan Yingzhen thought about it and thought it was okay. After all, if such a teaching task can be completed, it will be of great benefit to the entire academy student group, and Feng Ziying's role in it is irreplaceable.

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