Although Chen Yaozuo on the side did not express his attitude clearly, everyone present was familiar with him.
Judging from the poems Chen Yaozuo usually wrote, he must be of the policy-focused school.
Today, the most popular style in the poetry world is Xikun style.
Yang Yi, Liu Jun, Qian Weiyan, Li Zong'e, Li Wei, Zhang Yong, Qian Weiji, Ding Wei, Cui Zundu and others are all representatives of Xikun style.
Who is the leader of the Xikun style school who is not a celebrity in the world?
What is done above will be effective below.
By analogy to later generations, Yang Yi and others are at the top of the world, and what they admire will naturally be sought after by others.
These people pursue it either out of utilitarianism, appreciation, or blind obedience. In short, Xikun style is the mainstream in the poetry world.
However, although Chen Yaozuo was also a celebrity in the world, his poems did not have the beauty of Xikun style.
At the same time, there is no excessive pursuit of carving and stacking.
In a sense, Xikun style poets have similar approaches to the famous Kuyin School (Jia Dao of the Tang Dynasty).
The difference between the two is that the Kuyin style pays attention to refinement, while the Xikun style goes to a higher level. It must not only be appropriate to the time, but also be gorgeous.
It doesn't matter whether you have something to say or not, just like a lady wearing Chanel and carrying Hermès, the more gorgeous the better.
Therefore, the current Song-style poetry (Xikun style) has also lost the essence of Tang poetry.
As we all know, the masses are the creators of history.
It is very dangerous to be separated from the masses, and most of the poets headed by Xikunti are celebrities from aristocratic families.
And this is also the fundamental reason for the decline of Xikun style.
On the other hand, Chen Yaozuo, although his poetry is not gorgeous enough, he has learned the spirit of the Tang people and is closer to reality.
Therefore, Chen Yaozuo was naturally inclined to policy theory.
Seeing Lu Zongdao and Zhang Dexiang praising the use of strategies to select scholars, Song Shou immediately understood that it was a general trend to change the standards for selecting scholars.
Thinking of this, Song Shou stopped arguing.
Because that makes no sense!
The official family is the emperor of the Song Dynasty, and the will of the official family is the will of the Song Dynasty.
Song Shou lost his voice, and the discussion of policies and poems ended.
Not long after, the battle ended.
This palace meeting not only confirmed the standards for provincial examinations, but also clarified the examination time for the provincial examinations.
In early February, there is the provincial examination, in late March there is the palace examination, and in April Linxuan examination is held.
Of course, Li Jie only set a general time interval, and the specific date was left to the two ministers and tribute officials to jointly decide.
Wait until their opinions are unified before reporting.
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Luzhai.
After returning home from the palace, Lu Zongdao immediately got into the study. He ran to the study not to test the tribute.
He has his own customization on how to conduct the tribute examination. He is the examiner, so he does not need to worry about these mundane etiquette matters.
He went to the study just to avoid getting close to her.
In Quanzhi Gongju's assignment, the word "quan" indicates the nature of the assignment, which is only a temporary assignment.
But even so, the status of Quanzhi Gongjuan is very important.
After all, Quanzhi Gongzhiguan has the power to rank candidates and dismiss candidates.
Although there were many ways to become an official in the Song Dynasty, in addition to the imperial examination, there were also Enyin and other paths, but everyone knows that the Jinshi examination is the most important.
Officials with a Jinshi background are promoted much faster than officials from other sources.
For Juzi, the imperial examination is undoubtedly an opportunity for the carp to leap over the dragon's gate.
Regardless of whether the candidates taking the exam are from a humble family or from a wealthy family, the importance is the same.
Even though the court had a clear avoidance system, Lu Zongdao, as the examiner, would inevitably receive some greetings.
certainly.
With the kind of person Lu Zongdao was, he was not easy to greet anyone.
But rejection is one thing, dealing with it is another. Not being afraid does not mean that he wants to deal with the other party.
Not only Lu Zongdao, but the other three people who knew Gongju also chose to thank guests behind closed doors.
See no one!
That night.
Lu Zongdao, Chen Yaozuo, Song Shou, and Zhang Dexiang packed up their clothes and moved directly into the Wuchengwang Temple.
Why did you stay at Wuchengwang Temple overnight?
This is because of the lock-court system in the imperial examinations of the Song Dynasty. In order to eliminate the disadvantages of asking for entrustment, Emperor Taizong established the lock-court system.
That is to say, after an official is ordered to be a tribute official, he must live in an examination place and be isolated from the outside world. Formulating questions, taking examination papers, determining rankings and other matters must be isolated from both inside and outside.
As for why I stayed in Wuchengwang Temple instead of Gongyuan.
This is because the imperial examination system in the early Song Dynasty was not yet mature. Compared with the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Ministry of Rites in the early Song Dynasty did not have a dedicated Gong Yuan.
If there is a provincial examination, the examination venue will either be a borrowed temple, an official residence, or an Imperial College.
Among them, the Wuchengwang Temple has been used the most.
The Wuchengwang Temple, also known as the Wu Temple, is a temple dedicated to worship Jiang Taigong and good generals of the past dynasties. It was first built in the Kaiyuan Year of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty.
During the Tang and Song Dynasties, Jiang Taigong was posthumously granted the title of Martial Saint by emperors of all dynasties. In the generation of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, Jiang Taigong was posthumously granted the title of King Wucheng.
The Song Dynasty inherited the Tang system, and the tradition of worshiping King Wucheng was also inherited. In the Zhenzong generation, Jiang Taigong was posthumously named King Zhaolie Wucheng.
(PS: In the Ming Dynasty, Ming Taizu abolished the sacrifices in Wuchengwang Temple. At this point, Wuchengwang Temple was abolished for a time. If it had not been abolished, the current Wusheng is probably Jiang Ziya.
Guan Yu officially became the Martial Saint, probably in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. Guan Yu was enshrined not because of his martial arts, but because of his conduct)
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On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, the imperial court officially issued an edict, clearly stipulating that in addition to poems and poems at the beginning of the Jinshi examination in this subject, policy theory should also be examined, with equal emphasis on both!
That is to say, poems and essays are equally important. Those who write good poems and essays but poor essays can be admitted. Those who write good essays and essays can also be admitted.
Of course, this is only an explicit rule. After the previous palace discussion, Lu Zongdao and others knew how to control the scale.
As soon as this edict came out, some people were happy and some were sad.
However, fortunately, the imperial court issued another edict the next day. Due to too many reference candidates, the number of people admitted to the tribute examination in the second year of Tiansheng will increase accordingly.
The quota for Jinshi subjects is 300, and the quota for all subjects is 400.
After the scholarship quota was announced, the criticism instantly subsided a lot.
After all, poems and poems are also very important in the selection criteria, right?
Haven't you seen that in the imperial edicts, poems and poems were ranked first in policy?
February 2nd.
The dragon raised its head.
The provincial examination in the second year of Tiansheng was scheduled for this day.
After ten years of hard work, whether you can become an official depends on today. Before dawn, scholars from all over the country gathered in front of the temple of King Wucheng.
Song Chu, Song Qi, Zheng Jian, and Ye Qingchen are also among thousands of people.
They were known as the "Four Heroes" in history, but as they had not yet entered the official ranks, they did not know each other yet.