The Prosperous Era of Longwan

Chapter 30 30 Exam Magic Weapon (New Year’s Eve is here, I wish your family to be reunited, happy and healthy)

"This gathering was actually hosted by Zeng Yuanshu. He had a distant relative who came back to pay homage to his ancestors. He was from Chengtian, Huguang. He just passed the scholar examination this year. His name is Zeng Shengwu. He is similar in age to us. He seems to be two years older, less than twenty. It’s also considered a talent.”

Wu Dong began to introduce. In fact, this gathering was, on the one hand, for the Zeng family to introduce their children to other scholars, and on the other hand, it was also to show off. Although no one in the younger generation of the Zeng family had obtained the title of scholar, they There are some capable people among my relatives.

It was very powerful in ancient times to get the title of scholar when you are less than 20 years old. If you are lucky, it will be more reliable to get the title of scholar in the next few years.

The Ming and Qing dynasties were a period when the imperial examination system was perfected. Starting from the most basic county examination to the final palace examination, there were actually very few people under the age of twenty who passed the imperial examination.

Yes, but very few.

Most of the Jinshi are on the list when they are thirty or forty years old, and many are still rolling up their sleeves to take the exam when they are twenty years old.

"By the way, cousin, do you have sample papers from outstanding candidates in recent years?"

When going out this time, Wei Guangde knew very well that the main job of his parents and eldest brother was to finalize the marriage, and when he came here, he naturally wanted to find more excellent eight-part essays.

Although he only wrote eight-part essays for two months, Wei Guangde still realized that it is really important to read more, remember more and write more.

Read more excellent articles by others, remember the opinions and wordings and sentences, and use them when writing your own eight-legged essay. This is what Wei Guangde wants to do now.

Eight-legged essay is difficult to say, but it is not difficult at all.

For people with excellent memory, if you see the questions given by the examiner and know the meaning and origin of the questions, then the rest will be easier to handle.

According to the structure of the eight-legged essay, there are also broken topics that have already appeared, and your own views on the topic are to do it.

The reason why Wei Guangde wants to write more is actually because he is extremely uncomfortable with the current culture.

Although the soul of young Wei Guangde has been fused, it is the later Wei Guangde who occupies the dominant position.

In later generations, Wei Guangde's compositions from elementary school to middle school were all in vernacular. Who the hell could write those literate sentences?

Since you can't write, you can only write more. By writing more, you can enrich the languages ​​in your mind and form a memory.

In fact, most of the eight-part essays are fake and empty nonsense, because everyone basically has similar views. The only difference is how to use words to make people look novel.

Most of the examiners in the Ming Dynasty claimed to be pragmatic and upright, and they only allowed candidates to write simple and mature articles. They were not allowed to use gorgeous words in the style of poetry, and were not allowed to quote any other books other than classics.

The last one is indeed true. Wei Guangde read a lot of eight-part essays and rarely quoted content from other books.

Of course, maybe it's because he is reading mostly county examination papers, after all, the levels are there.

But in terms of gorgeous rhetoric, according to Master Sun, it depends on what kind of person the examiner is. Not all eight-part essays have to be a stagnant pool of water.

If the examiner likes poetic writing, then the words should be gorgeous.

What Master Sun taught Wei Guangde was more of an exam-oriented education, trying every means to pass the exam.

Of course, Wei Guangde has no objection to these things that can be considered opportunistic.

Well, having said all that, the truth is that Wei Guangde needs to find more excellent eight-part essays to memorize, at least to understand most of the questions, how to solve them, and to understand the views of scholars in this era.

After all, the current Wei Guangde's thinking on many issues is incompatible with people of this era. He doesn't want to show it, so he should just be on the same page.

As for the solution, that is to copy, copy other people's opinions, write them in a different way, not obtrusive, and get the credit first.

At this time, Wei Guangde only thought about fame and fortune. In ancient times, a loving wife, beautiful concubines, and a life of luxury and wealth were all he wanted at this time.

But Wei Guangde's current family background is like that. If he wants to get these, he has to work hard on his own.

If future generations want to live a good life, they have to work hard from elementary school to high school. Only by entering a good university can they have the opportunity to enjoy it for decades.

Now in the Ming Dynasty, if he wants to live a good life, Wei Guangde also plans to work hard for twelve years to win fame.

Now Wei Guangde's goal is that the minimum requirement is to be a scholar. When the time comes, he can still dominate for the rest of his life while staying here in Madang.

The second goal is of course to raise people, and of course there is the ultimate goal, which is to pass the imperial examination, become a Jinshi, and become an official.

If he only passed the exam, Wei Guangde had no intention of becoming an official because the official position was too small.

In the past two months, Wei Guangde had remembered that there was such an outstanding person in the Ming Dynasty, that is Hai Rui, but the life of Lord Hai was definitely not what he wanted.

But Wei Guangde did remember that Hai Rui didn't seem to be a Jinshi, but just an official.

There are naturally huge obstacles for people to become officials. Fortunately, Mr. Hai insisted on his own characteristics and persisted until his later years. He rose from a low-ranking official to a third-rank or a few ranks, but it seemed that his official career was not smooth.

Wei Guangde didn't want to be a corrupt official, nor did he want to be an upright official, so naturally it was best to stay in his hometown.

If he can win the title of Juren in these twelve years of struggle, Wei Guangde also plans to take a test.

Of course, these are a bit far away for Wei Guangde now, but he still needs to prepare.

The first step in preparation is, of course, to collect excellent articles and memorize them by rote.

As for saying that such an article has no thought or connotation, it is actually not important to Wei Guangde. He does not expect that he can rush forward with three yuan or six yuan.

I remember that one of the novels I read in later generations said that during the Ming Dynasty, if you won the first prize in the Ming Dynasty and got the second prize in the first place, you would be in trouble and be punished by the chief minister of the dynasty at that time. Life cannot take care of itself.

Wei Guangde couldn't tell whether it was true or false, but he didn't want to be the first to do so, enjoying life was what he wanted to do.

Wu Dong naturally has some such articles here, and there are quite a few. Except for some duplicates, there are many that Wei Guangde does not have.

Just by looking at it and reading it several times, you can memorize it. However, this is not what Wei Guangde wants. It is best to have a copy in your own hand and just look at it when nothing happens.

It's a pity that most of the articles Wu Dong collected here are handwritten copies. After all, these articles are of a low grade and there are no bookstores to publish them for sale.

Looking at the article that Wei Guangde pulled out on the table, Wu Dong smiled and said: "I'll just find someone to copy it for you later, for a few taels of silver, there are many scholars rushing to copy it for you.

However, copying it yourself is actually the best way, not only to deepen your memory, but also to practice calligraphy.

By the way, you can also ask other people at the party the day after tomorrow. I dare not say anything else. The Zeng family must have collected many such articles."