Chapter 38 Fame
Chapter 38 Fame
"You will become a scholar in the world one day."
This exclamation from the examiner also shocked the examination room.
The son does not talk strangely and forcefully.
The last time Xu Qingwen shocked the holy statue, it was certainly shocking, but afterwards, many people would think it was a coincidence.
Of course, the official article will definitely be reported to Xiangrui.
But in people's hearts, there is still something missing.
Zhou Tixue's words "the best scholar in the world" are even more valuable than the first place in this college examination.
There is no other reason, because Xu Qing was the top scorer in the provincial examination selected by Prefect He.
It was personally appointed by political enemies.
Regardless of whether Zhou Tixue recognized Xu Qing or not, it is enough to show that Xu Qing's talent truly impressed Zhou Tixue.
Moreover, one must have extraordinary talent to deserve the evaluation of "the best scholar in the world" by a provincial education official.
Since ancient times, those who were worthy of being evaluated as "scholars of the world" by such high-ranking officials as the provincial education commissioner had all been recorded in history books.
Although Xu Qing's comment was a little exaggerated, it was not "today" but "someday".
Because there was a similar evaluation in this dynasty. When the then Prime Minister took the provincial examination at the age of thirteen, the governor commented that "this boy will be more noble than me in the future."
However, the ending was not happy, because the governor felt that he was too young and the thirteen-year-old candidate was too shocking, so he did not choose him.
The governor at that time had a chance to be reinstated after the Prime Minister entered the cabinet, but the Prime Minister, as the youngest cabinet minister at the time, decisively cast a vote against it.
The reason is simple: the other party is too old and the couple cannot bear to see him suffer from paperwork any longer.
Back then I felt pity for my youth, today I feel pity for your old age.
They are all models of respecting the elderly and loving the young.
The position of governor is higher than that of provincial education commissioner, and the provincial examination is stronger than the imperial examination.
But the ending is different.
So Xu Qing is very cool today.
Of course, he was still only a semi-"world scholar". In the evaluation of the literati, there were still many ladders to climb. For example, he had to be the crown of the scholars in Nanzhili, and then the "world scholar". The highest evaluation in the literati was "the model of the world".
Generally speaking, to get this kind of "evaluation", one must at least have a background of three generations of officials.
Of course, there are also some with slightly lower Shilin evaluations, most of which are group debuts. There are the Jiangzuo Four Sons, the Jiangning Eight Weirdos...
Among the people, some slightly impressive evaluations are those such as the Four Talents of Nanzhili, but those who are rated as "talented" usually made their debut in literature, and their reputation is not very impressive in official circles.
Being a Qingke is also lowering one's status, which would be a bit embarrassing anyway.
The candidates were shocked and many of them lamented.
The Grand Master is confused.
Some candidates also wondered what kind of flattering article Xu Qing had written to make the grandmaster feel so comfortable and make such an evaluation.
At this time, Yan Shan had already approached the inspector and saw the middle and late parts of the paper.
"To talk about the newness and oldness of the law, one must first talk about the newness and oldness of people. Old people often think about the past, while young people often think about the future..."
“Extraordinary achievements and difficult tasks lie with young people.”
Yan Shan couldn't help but read it out loud.
Yan Shan is also a young man, so how could he not be excited and full of high spirits as he has the heroic spirit of "who else but me"?
After he finished reading it, he realized that Xu Qing's article was secretly praising the Prime Minister and himself.
At that time, the chief minister took the provincial examination at the age of thirteen, but failed because he was too young.
Now Xu Qing is advocating "young people", which is not only to flatter the Prime Minister, but also to hint to the Education Commissioner that although he is young, the court needs fresh blood from young people.
After all, young scholars are not usually given easily.
It is rare in the world for a teenager to be the first in the triple crown case.
Xu Qing's article directly expressed his spirit of "who else but me". As the backbone of the Prime Minister's faction, Zhou Tixue couldn't say that "young people" were not good enough. If this were to be spread out and the Prime Minister knew about it, he might think that Zhou Tixue had something against him?
It will affect your career!
Yan Shan's head was buzzing. He couldn't remember Xu Qing's article. Those words seemed to be just one sentence in the end.
"I'm determined to get this little Sanyuan, even if Lord Haotian comes to help me."
Zhou Tixue didn't care about Yan Shan's misbehavior and continued to talk to Xu Qing: "You must be Xu Qing, right? You are the first in this case."
Zhou Tixue didn't recognize Xu Qing's face before, but he also knew that the first place in the Jiangning Prefecture examination was only in his teens. Combined with the level of the essay in front of him, Zhou Tixue was smart and experienced, so how could he not recognize him?
After Zhou Tixue finished speaking, he unveiled the name and it turned out to be Xu Qing. Without waiting for Xu Qing to thank him, he said directly, "Leave."
He carefully reviewed Xu Qing's article again.
OK!
The key to governing a country lies in educating people.
This article was exactly what he wanted.
Because educating people is the responsibility of academic officials.
He was worried about his position in the reform faction, but this article was enough to persuade the prime minister to increase the power of the academician.
In addition, Xu Qing's original position made Zhou Tixue's selection of Xu Qing further prove his integrity, which was beneficial to his official reputation.
So let alone the fact that Xu Qing was the target of his political enemies, even if he was the enemy who killed his father, Zhou Tixue would not find any fault with this article.
Therefore, in Zhou Tixue's view, this entire article can be summed up in one sentence: "help me make progress."
He got a lot of inspiration from Xu Qing's articles and had many big things in mind that he wanted to plan, so he just glanced over the rest of the papers hastily.
In order to improve efficiency, we might as well start with Yanshan, one pass and one fail.
Anyway, since I was able to participate in the college exam, the level of my article is definitely passing. Whether it is good or bad is up to your own judgment.
Originally, the college entrance examination generally accepted 40% of the candidates.
It can be said that today, because of Xu Qing, the score has almost reached 50%, which is actually a good thing for the candidates present.
However, the number of students in Jiangning Prefecture has increased this year, which has also increased the burden on the prefectural government's finances.
Firstly, the scholars had the privilege of being exempt from military service and taxes; secondly, those with excellent academic performance could eat public grain, which would undoubtedly increase the expenditure of the government office.
This was also Zhou Tixue's deliberate attempt to disgust Prefect He.
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When Xu Qing walked out of the examination room, Yan Shan and other candidates from Qingshui County chased him out and surrounded him.
One candidate said, "Congratulations, Senior Brother, for becoming the first Junior Three Prize winner in this prefecture in the past thirty years."
"When the Superintendent of Education said 'scholars all over the world', my brother must be famous in southern Zhili." This candidate has a high emotional intelligence and directly removed the prefix.
Anyway, during this period, before the provincial examination, Xu Qing must have been a "celebrity".
As they are from the same hometown and taking the same subject, they are naturally one family.
Yan Shan couldn't help feeling disappointed. He was obviously Brother Xu's good friend. You slutty bitches, do you have any shame?
But these guys were so shameless that they forced Yan Shan to the periphery.
The candidates from Qingshui County don't care about him.
It is now clear that Xu Qing is appreciated by the Grand Master.
For scholars like them, their fate is in the hands of the grandmaster.
Besides, Xu Qingnian is young and good-looking, maybe he will become the grandmaster's son-in-law someday!
If you don't flatter others now, and wait until they fly into the sky to flatter you, it will be like eating shit while it's still hot.
(End of this chapter)