After County Magistrate Bai finished speaking, everyone was dumbfounded.
Generally speaking, there are two paragraphs before and after breaking a question, which are the initial argument of the entire article and are also the focus of the current eight-part essay examination.
The topic of breaking the topic is a sentence from the Four Books and Five Classics or the Annotations. The key to "breaking" is to find an argument for this sentence that is consistent with Confucian values.
But what is the title of Magistrate Bai? "The Chapters of King Hui of Liang", this is the title of a chapter in "Collected Commentary of Mencius"!
This chapter is Zhu Xi’s commentary on Mencius’ conversation with King Hui of Liang!
The titles of these ancient Chinese books often have no special meaning. Rather than being titles, they might as well be the page numbers of the book "Collected Commentary on Mencius"!
This is equivalent to reading comprehension in a Chinese language test. The teacher takes the page numbers of the excerpted chapter and asks you to "write it based on the context and analyze the author's true emotions."
The chapter on "King Hui of Liang" is a quotation from Mencius when he met King Hui of Liang when he asked about politics. There are seven chapters in "Mencius" and Zhu Xi's annotations for the answers to this quotation.
What kind of problem is this? Isn’t this embarrassing?
Hai Rui frowned and looked at the smiling Bai Zhixian sitting in the chair, knowing that the county magistrate had come to the county school to cause trouble for him today.
Hai Rui was also mentally prepared for this, but it was his job for the county magistrate to pass the imperial examination against the county students.
If the county students cannot answer the questions, it means that their county teaching instructions are not good enough.
When the time comes, Bai Zhixian will give Hai Rui a few scoldings to vent his anger.
Hai Rui sighed slightly in his heart. The so-called high-ranking officials would kill people, but he really showed off his talents too much.
Zhou Xiucai sat down tremblingly, his head almost buried in the desk.
What the hell is this topic? You, the county magistrate, want to teach Hai Jiaoyu a lesson. Why do you want to embarrass us students? You could just reprimand Hai Rui!
Let us use the sentence "Liang Huiwang Chapter 1" to solve the problem. Who can solve such a problem?
If we could answer such a question, would we still be students here? Wouldn't it be a good idea to take the exam?
All the members cursed in their hearts and lowered their heads lower than anyone else, for fear of being called out by Baizhi County and being embarrassed if they couldn't answer.
Bai Zhixian looked around and felt proud.
As long as no one can answer the question, Hai Rui can be criticized for "incompetent teaching", and then Hai Rui can be restrained and bring back those county students who were expelled by him.
Baizhi County's request is also very simple, that is, not to let the county school affect his own examination results, but not to affect the county magistrate's assessment. Then Hai Rui can do anything, but as long as you affect my future, then I
I'm going to beat you.
This is also the requirement that most officials of the Ming Dynasty treat their subordinates and the people under their rule.
To put it bluntly, the biggest job of officials in the Ming Dynasty was to "maintain stability."
Everyone behaves well, doesn't cause trouble, and pays taxes on time. This is the best kind of people.
Non-mainstream officials like Hai Rui, who want to change the status quo, are not only outliers in the system, but are also hostile to their superiors and colleagues.
Bai Zhixian looked around again and saw that everyone had their heads buried in the table, pretending to be thinking hard. Only Su Ze raised his head and looked at himself in the hall.
Magistrate Bai felt a little uncomfortable again. He smiled slightly, pointed at Su Ze and said:
"Your name is Su Ze, right? Are you the scholar seed cultivated by Hai Jiaoyu?"
Su Ze paid homage and said: "The grassroots chief Ning Wei Su Ze has met the county magistrate."
Changning Wei and Bai Zhixian knew about this poor place, and looking at Su Ze's patched Confucian shirt, he was indeed a poor scholar.
Magistrate Bai gave Su Zean such a label as a poor scholar who came from the countryside.
If that's the case, I'll take action on you.
Magistrate Bai continued to ask: "Su Ze, do you have any solution to this problem?"
Zhou Xiucai and other members all raised their heads and looked at Su Ze, finally picking out the unlucky guy!
As long as Su Ze is scolded and Baizhi County is relieved, then everyone else should be fine, right?
Su Ze was in the limelight just now, and everyone was a little dissatisfied, waiting to see his joke.
But I saw Su Ze said calmly: "Master, the county magistrate, the common people have already solved the problem."
Can he solve the problem?
Su Ze, who is not even a scholar, can actually solve the problem of Bai Zhixian?
Even Hai Rui's face tightened. He knew Su Ze's reading progress. Although he had a good grasp of "Mencius", this question was too difficult. Even Hai Rui, a scholar, didn't know how to solve it.
And Qi Baizhi County is here to make things difficult for others. If Su Ze makes blind remarks, he may be reprimanded more severely by Baizhi County.
Bai Zhixian looked at Su Ze and felt that Su Ze was arrogant. His tone became even more dissatisfied and he said, "Let's talk about it."
Su Ze cupped his hands and then said:
"As the tyrant of a country, I crown seven books of benevolence and righteousness."
After saying this, the whole place fell silent.
Zhou Xiucai thought carefully and found that the content of "The Chapter of King Hui of Liang" is that King Hui of Liang asked Mencius for advice on how to govern the country.
However, when King Hui of Liang succeeded to the throne, he killed his younger brother and did not listen to Mencius' advice. He resorted to military violence, which turned the Wei state from prosperity to decline.
Use the previous sentence "as the tyrant of a country" to correspond to King Hui of Liang, and "the book of seven chapters of benevolence and righteousness" to correspond to the book "Mencius".
Wonderful! Really wonderful!
After hearing Su Ze's solution, Hai Rui shouted out: "Wonderful!"
At this time, even County Magistrate Bai was stunned. Su Ze's answer to this question can be said to be very subtle, and it is even much better than the answer he thought of!
There is a contrast between the two sentences before and after, which makes his solution full of philosophical thoughts.
County Magistrate Bai couldn't help but shout "Wonderful".
Magistrate Bai praised it, and other students also echoed it. The wonderful sounds in Minglun Hall kept coming, causing the kittens in the backyard to raise their heads.
In the Ming Dynasty, there was a kind of admiration for people who were good at reading, which was almost star-chasing.
Bai Zhixian looked at Su Ze and said to Hai Rui: "This boy is quick in writing and understands the meaning of Mencius. He is a real scholar!"
Then Baizhi County called Su Ze to the front again and tested some contents in his four books again.
Su Ze relied on the imperial examination skills he had honed during this period and was able to answer questions fluently, which made Baizhi County fall in love with him.
Baizhi County said to Su Ze:
"Be careful of arrogance and impetuosity, take the county exam well next year, and go back to work hard for your Changning Guard!"
The atmosphere in Minglun Hall finally became cheerful. Baizhi County asked several students about their homework and they were all able to answer them. He finally felt a little more favorable to Hai Rui's teachings.
Perhaps because of his love for Su Ze's talents, or because he recognized Hai Rui's teaching level, Baizhi County said to Hai Rui: "Hai Jiao said, if you succeed in the county examination next year, I will commend you."
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Baizhi County then said to Hai Rui: "After the boy's examination next year, we must replenish the county's student body. Is it possible?"
Ensuring that the county has enough students is Baizhi County's minimum requirement for Hai Rui, and Hai Rui also understands that this is Baizhi County's bottom line.
Recruiting enough students is also his responsibility. Hai Rui handed over his hand and said, "Don't worry, the county will be able to make up the number of students."
At this time, Bai Zhixian County was considered to have obtained a satisfactory result, and then he left the county school with his subordinates.