Be a master through ancient times

After memorizing the books that day, Chu Ci didn't give them anything to eat. Facing the doubtful eyes of a group of children, Chu Ci took out a few small pieces of paper from his purse.

"Everyone come and have a look." Chu Ci knelt down and greeted everyone, "There are two kinds of papers, which are excellent coupons and passing coupons. I think everyone is tired of eating sweets and pastries these days, don't you think? For something else?"

"Uncle Chu, I'm not tired. I like candy." Xiaopang said straightforwardly, his eyes still wandering around Chu Ci, as if he wanted to find out where he put the candy.

"You only like sweets? Don't you like chicken legs, don't you like roasted meat?" Chu Ci tempted.

"I like it!" Xiaopang exclaimed, and the other children also stared at Chu Ci eagerly, expressing the word desire to the fullest.

The outskirts of Guo County are on the seashore, and almost everyone makes a living by fishing.The fish caught, if good, are sold to the merchants who come to buy from the inn restaurant in the county, and if the fish are not good, they can only be eaten by themselves.

These children eat fish all year round, and they can only eat some chicken and pork during the festivals.When the year is not very good, only fish is eaten during the Chinese New Year.Therefore, their enthusiasm for chicken legs and pork is so high.

"Since you like it, then Uncle Chu will talk to you. The snacks you usually eat are relatively cheap, and each piece is about one to three yuan. For example, candied haws, a bunch is two yuan. We There are thirteen children here, how much does it cost a day?" As soon as Chu Ci asked the question, the children immediately frowned and began to snap their fingers.

Er Zhu is very sensitive to numbers, so he was the first to figure it out: "It costs 26 Wen!"

"It's so smart!" Chu Ci immediately praised him, "It's about this amount of money a day. Do you know how much chicken and pork cost per catty?"

"I know!" Qiangzi exclaimed, "A chicken weighing two catties costs forty or fifty renminbi, and the bigger the more expensive it is. White meat is [-] renminbi a catty, and red meat is [-] renminbi a catty!"

"You are also very smart, why do you know so clearly?" Is it possible to eat it often?

"The butcher Zhang lives next to his house!" Someone revealed the mystery.

"No wonder," Chu Ci nodded, "Look, chicken and meat are so expensive, can Uncle Chu buy them every day?"

Everyone shook their heads, how can they eat meat every day, and they are not landlords.

"So, Uncle Chu thought of a way, let's do it like this, with a limit of six days. During these six days, Uncle Chu will send someone to teach you to recite the words and explain the meaning. If you do, he will give you a piece of paper The excellent coupons are for children who memorize the book quickly and well, explain the meaning clearly, and have some insights. As for the passing coupons, they are given to children who have completed but are not very good. Tell Uncle Chu, what do you want? Which one do you want?"

"excellent!"

"Okay, be ambitious! Six days later, Uncle Chu will come over. Children who get four or more excellent coupons can get two kinds of tickets, and other children can only choose one kind. You can only watch others eat it. Or, you can also refuse this reward method, and still have a piece of pastry or candied haws every day, which one do you choose?"

Chu Ci threw out two choices, and the children were caught in a dilemma for a while, frowning or frowning or thick black eyebrows in deep thought.

"Uncle Chu, I've made up my mind, I'll choose the first one!" Er Zhu was the first to make a choice, and the other children also decided to follow him.Because although Erzhu is not the oldest, he is recognized as the smartest by everyone.

"Okay, choose the first one, right? Then start today. In view of everyone's performance, I decided that today I will give everyone excellent coupons!"

The children were taken aback for a moment, and then they yelled "Ahhhh", their faces were full of joy.They carefully took away their excellent voucher, put it in their arms, and went home to find a place to hide it.

Chu Ci watched them leave, turned and walked out. After getting into the carriage, he said to Chang Xiao who was sitting inside: "The next period of time is up to you."

Chang Xiao was a little excited and a little apprehensive: "Master, do you think I can do well?"

"Of course I can. You have been studying with me for the past six months. You have almost learned these basic things. I planned to let you take a test this year, but you haven't taken the children's test yet, so you can only take another test next year. Tried it." Chu Ci said.

Chang Xiao just started to learn some things from his grandfather, and he has already mastered four or five of the seven orifices.Later, he was taught by a famous teacher, and his studies naturally improved very quickly.In addition to being talented, it is also true that this kid is more diligent than others.

He has always positioned himself as Chu Ci's right-hand man, so when Chu Ci was looking for someone to replace his lectures, he went up and recommended himself.

Seeing that he was willing, Chu Ci agreed to let him give it a try, seeing that he was willing to do so, and that this time would only last a dozen days at most, which should have no effect on his studies.

After all, Chang Xiao was still a 14-year-old boy. Although he felt that he should be competent, he would inevitably feel a little uneasy. After hearing Chu Ci's comfort at this time, he finally felt relieved a lot.

……

On the eighth day of the eighth day, at the beginning of the hour.

The official in charge took the roster and rowed people yard by yard. As he walked, he also conveyed Chu Ci's order, so that everyone could arrive at the conference room next to the Tixue Hall for a meeting.As soon as these officials heard this, they immediately got up and made preparations.

"Hey, Master Kong, why are you holding the inkstone and brush?"

Master Kong snorted coldly: "Didn't Master Tixue give you an order? You need to prepare a pen and a notebook to write down the contents of each meeting."

"Oh, I almost forgot, thank you for reminding me, I'll go back and get it..."

In the meeting room, Chu Ci sat at the head and looked at everyone. After a while, a satisfied smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Everyone brought their things. Although the styles changed, it at least proved that they were still very obedient to his words.

"Have you thought about the issues raised at yesterday's meeting? Feel free to speak up if you have any opinions." Chu Ci likes to listen to other people's ideas first, so that he can make up for his own shortcomings in making plans in time.

The officials below looked at each other in blank dismay, and it really made them think, don't they already have a charter in their hearts?Most of them didn't think about it or understand why Chu Ci insisted on changing the rules when they went back.

When everyone was silent, Jiang Dahai stood up and said, "My lord, I think this rule should not change."

Oh, everyone became excited when they heard Jiang Dahai's words.This is a face-to-face embarrassment, and I don't know how this powerful Chu Ti will learn to deal with it, will he just take out the golden ruler?

Chu Ci didn't fly into a rage with a black face as they thought, but said very calmly, "Tell me your reason."

"It's less than a month away from the County Examination, and rashly changing the rules may cause the students to be restless. Although the adults said that what needs to be changed is the invigilation method and the way of writing the questions, but if someone spreads the word, they will inevitably make the students Unintentional study. This is one of them."

"Secondly, if a rule has been used for a long time, there must be a reason for its existence. If there is a mistake in the changed rule, which affects the county test results, then who will bear the responsibility? When the time comes, my lord will say that a new official will take office. I don't know. The root cause can be prevaricated, how can we escape the questioning from above?"

Jiang Dahai brought the topic to everyone, hoping to get some sense of recognition from it.His strategy worked quickly, and many people began to feel that Chu Ci's idea was unnecessary. It's a good rule, what should be changed?

Chu Ci looked at Jiang Dahai, who was completely different from yesterday's character, and knew that either he had pretended yesterday, or he had "learned" from an expert.

"First of all, the first problem is easy to solve. As long as everyone doesn't spread it, it will be fine. At that time, a back-tracking accountability system will be adopted. Once someone deliberately releases false news to incite people's hearts, so that students can't rest assured to study their homework, once it is verified , this official will speak to the emperor, dismiss the person found out and investigate, and confiscate all his family property. Presumably, this method should prevent the news from leaking out. What do you adults think?"

Chu Ci's gentle smile was undoubtedly terrifying to everyone at this time. As soon as these words came out, people who had some ideas immediately died down.

"Secondly, what Mr. Jiang said is indeed true. But the reason why a rule exists is that apart from its inevitability, there is another possibility. That is, there is no other better way to replace it."

"You may not understand why this official insists on changing this rule. That is because, when Mr. Jiang explained the situation yesterday, this official discovered a drawback."

"In the county examination, the sub-inspectors will be cross-proctored, and the county chiefs and masters will patrol the examination. It sounds reasonable at first glance. But everyone has overlooked one point. Doing so can easily lead to fraud."

As soon as the word "fraud" came out, everyone's expressions changed immediately.Anyone who has gone through the imperial examination is not afraid of getting involved with these two words.The imperial court has always been secretive about fraud, and will never tolerate it once it is caught.

Jiang Dahai stood up abruptly, his face flushed red. "Why did your lord say that? The officials have worked hard here for several years, and there has never been any fraudulent incident! Does your lord say that you don't believe us?"

Chu Ci waved his hand at him and said, "Sit down first. What I said is that it is easy to appear, not that it has already appeared. Everyone has taken the imperial examination. Naturally, they should know the significance of the examiner to the students. He decided The key person who will determine whether we can go further. Therefore, every time the main examination is announced, there are countless people who want to go up to get in touch with each other, or imitate the main examiner's writing style to answer the questions, so that the chances of admission will be greatly increased. .”

"It's just that, due to the high status of the examiners, ordinary students can't get in touch with them, so they can only rely on luck. If one day, your uncle, relative, or husband becomes the examiner for your imperial examination, you What was your first thought?" Chu Ci looked at everyone's embarrassing expressions, and said with a smile, "You don't need to say it, it's all human."

"However," he changed the subject, "because this mentality is so commonplace, it cannot be avoided. If we were the same as before, it would be easy for people to find loopholes. Because this is not a large-scale leak. Or what, ordinary students can't easily discover the mystery, so they just think it's because their skills are not as good as others, and they don't think about it. If there are really ignorant people who use this method to crowd out those who have real talents students, then the fairness of the imperial examination will be gone.”

"Listen to what your lord said, do you think of a method that can completely prevent such incidents from happening?" Some people questioned that there is no way to eliminate the unspoken rules of officialdom. Since they cannot be eliminated, why bother to persist in them and offend people for nothing? Woolen cloth?

"Everyone may wish to listen to the official's method first, and then make a judgment. If everyone still feels that the original method is better after listening to it, then the official will obey the majority and follow everyone's opinions. How about it?"

The people below looked at each other again. Now that the conversation has reached this point, it seems strange that they disagree, so let's just listen. They also want to see what good solution Chu Ci can come up with.