Chapter 71 Breaking the Problem
When Hai Rui said this, Baizhi County couldn't let him kneel down again.
It is true that he is the county magistrate, but the county magistrate is not as big as the teacher. Hai Rui used the ultimate trick of "the dignity of the teacher", and Bai Zhixian had no choice but to give up.
However, Hai Rui can lift a person without kneeling. When Bai Zhixian saw Su Ze next to Hai Rui, he frowned and said, "
Who are you? Why don't you kneel when you see me?"
Hai Rui was about to open his mouth to defend Su Ze, but he didn't expect that Su Ze Neither humble nor arrogant, he said:
"Su Ze, a common man, has come to visit the county school. We should first pay homage to the most holy teacher, and then we will pay homage to the county honorary."
Baizhi County was stunned for a moment, and then he forgot that he was busy trying to trouble Hai Rui, and he actually Etiquette was forgotten.
The most holy teacher is naturally Confucius, who is enshrined in the main hall. As a scholar who enters the county school, he should naturally worship Confucius first. There is nothing wrong with what Su Ze said.
Even if this matter spreads out, County Magistrate Bai will be stigmatized in the county school as being contemptuous of his ancestors.
"Sharp and sharp."
Magistrate Bai did not continue to embarrass Su Ze. After all, to him, the county magistrate, Su Ze was just a nobody with no fame.
Moreover, with such a difficult person like Hai Rui here, Su Ze reminded Baizhi County to follow the etiquette and laws. This was to help Baizhi County correct its mistakes.
After all, he had read books for so many years, so Baizhi County paid homage to the statue of Confucius in the main hall first.
Hai Rui led the officials from the County School's Student Affairs Department out, and Su Ze used the formation method in the Art of War to direct a group of people to stand in a neat square formation.
"Welcome to the Holy Master!" Su Ze shouted solemnly, as if he had become a singer. A group of people knelt down neatly and bowed to the statue of Confucius.
Su Ze then shouted: "I pay homage to the county magistrate."
Hai Rui was stunned for a moment, but this time he didn't lose his temper again. After all, Baizhi County was indeed here to inspect the county school. Hai Rui bowed in accordance with the etiquette. Baizhi County.
A large number of people stood in front of the main hall of the county school and saluted Baizhi County. At this time, all the unhappiness Baizhi County had towards Su Ze disappeared.
Baizhi County finally understood what the joy of leadership was. What was the point of Hai Rui bringing four poor scholars with no fame to kneel down and worship him?
Now people from the entire county school line up neatly and put up such a big formation to worship, this is called majesty!
Baizhi County suddenly realized Liu Bang's happiness after appointing Shusun Tong. It turns out that this is called "ritual"!
Bai Zhixian looked at Su Ze, who was standing solemnly, and his expression softened. What a talent!
Bai Zhixian was in a better mood and became more gentle towards Hai Rui's words.
"I heard that Hai Jiaoyu has been busy giving lectures at the county school recently, and he also donated his salary to cultivate a few scholars?"
Baizhixian looked at Su Ze and the other four people, while Hai Rui still had the same calm face, speaking slowly and calmly. Report work to Baizhi County.
Su Ze led everyone to the Minglun Hall where lectures were held in the side room. He very cleverly led Magistrate Bai into the hall and sat down at the main seat, and arranged for all the sentient beings to sit down.
It stands to reason that Su Ze, who has no fame, cannot command these talents at all.
However, Bai Zhixian was holding down the front, and Su Ze looked like the second-in-command of the county school. Everyone unconsciously listened to his arrangements honestly.
Bai Zhixian looked at Su Ze who was busy at work with satisfaction. This kid was much more pleasing to the eye than the sour scholars in the county school.
Hai Rui looked at Su Ze, but did not rebuke him for making his own decisions. After everyone sat down, Bai Zhixian said: "Today, the people from this county are mainly to supervise and encourage students." After hearing this, many
people The students all lowered their heads.
The county magistrate said that the supervisor encouraged students to study, which was of course a test for homework. Everyone could see that if Magistrate Bai and Hai Jiaoyu didn't deal with it, if he didn't answer well now, he might be reprimanded by the county magistrate.
Zhou Xiucai secretly regretted why he couldn't bear the salary of 2 taels per month and insisted on studying in the county school. Now he made the county magistrate hate him again.
If you are judged as having "little talent and little knowledge", how will you be able to hang out in the circle of scholars in Nanping in the future?
All the members became nervous and wanted to hide under the table.
Hai Rui frowned and said: "Your Excellency, my subordinates have not been supervising the county school for more than a month, and many students have not caught up with their homework. This homework..." Unexpectedly, County
Magistrate Bai waved his hand and said:
"It's not like today. If we want everyone to make eight-legged art, just make it simple and pass the exam alone!" When
Baizhixian said this, everyone not only did not relax, but became even more sad.
The eight-legged essay is actually an article with a prescribed writing format. In fact, the main structure is similar to that of a modern argumentative essay, and it focuses on a starting point, a succession, a transition, and a conclusion.
The first step of "starting" is called "breaking the topic". This is a crucial part of the eight-part essay, which is to clarify the main idea according to the title, which is the tone of the entire article.
The second part, "Cheng", is called "Chengti" and "Starting", which is to elaborate one's own ideas based on the theme of breaking the topic.
The third part "turn" means "argument from all aspects", which is the theme part of the Eight-legged Essay. Generally speaking, it is eight paragraphs, paired in pairs. This is the origin of the name "Eight-legged Essay".
The fourth part, "Knot," is called the "Big Knot," which summarizes the purpose of the entire article. It would be better if the theme could be sublimated.
The focus of the eight-part essay also changed from the early Ming Dynasty to the late Qing Dynasty.
In the early Ming Dynasty, not many people participated in the imperial examination, and there were not so many papers. At this time, those who could answer the questions according to the eight-part essay format could basically get good opportunities. At this time, more emphasis was placed on the third part, which is the "eight-legged argument" The format and rhyme pairings, as long as there are no problems with the format and no mistakes in thinking, you will be able to get good grades.
However, as more and more papers were collected in the imperial examination, more and more people studied the Eight-gut People, and more and more people took the imperial examination, the first part of solving the questions became the most important part.
This is actually very easy to understand. In the later imperial examinations, the number of examiners' papers increased exponentially. It was no longer easy to complete the marking task. There was no time to read your article carefully.
Take the Fujian Provincial Examination as an example. In the first year of Jingtai, there were 1,600 students taking part in the Provincial Examination, but by the 31st year of Jiajing, the number had expanded to 3,200. However, the number of examiners for the Provincial Examination only increased from 8 to 10, and the number of grading papers had almost doubled. times.
If you solve the question amazingly, it will naturally leave a good impression on the examiner. As long as the format of the following part is correct, no taboos are written, and the pronunciation is OK, you will get a good score.
This is also the reason why folk literature in the early Ming Dynasty pursued plain and simple Song prose, but in the middle and late period, it pursued the "wonderful prose" and "heroic prose" of Han, Tang and Pre-Qin Dynasty, all in order to win the hearts of the reviewers with explosive theories.
Solving the problem is the first step in Eight-part Composition, and County Magistrate Bai had nothing to say in his examination of Hai Rui.
I only saw County Magistrate Bai smile slightly and say: "The title of this first question is-'The Chapter of King Hui of Liang', please solve the question."
(End of this chapter)