Chi Xingyue picked up the book, picked a passage at random, and asked Ling Jiheng to recite it.
Ling Jiheng was not at all flustered. He recited the passage fluently and explained its meaning.
After hearing this, Chi Xingyue praised him repeatedly and then asked, "Mencius said: 'The wisdom of Li Lou and the ingenuity of Gongshu Zi, without the rules and regulations, could not make the square and the circle; the intelligence of Shi Kuang, without the six musical notes, could not correct the five tones; the way of Yao and Shun, without benevolent government, could not bring peace to the world.'
Please write a policy paper titled "Not Following the Rules."
Ling Jiheng looked at Chi Xingyue in surprise, and then thought about it in his mind.
After a while, they started talking freely.
He first introduced the topic and then continued it. He seemed to answer the questions without much hesitation.
Chi Xingyue nodded, somewhat admiring the other person's intelligence.
What she feared most when she was in school was writing essays. She would have to rack her brains for several hours to write a thousand-word essay.
It was only later, in order to prepare for a job exam, that I spent time studying and was able to barely master some of it.
After Ling Jiheng finished speaking, Chi Xingyue asked again, "Saints all value rules, but the Zhou Emperor declared himself king and disregarded the laws of Dayong. Do you think he is following the rules or not?"
Ling Jiheng looked around in surprise, and only expressed his opinion tactfully and implicitly after making sure that there was no one around.
Then he said, "You are asking for your life! How dare you ask such a question!"
Chi Xingyue raised an eyebrow: "The imperial examination may not ask this question. Perhaps the Emperor Zhou wants to know the thoughts of the scholars."
Ling Jiheng raised his hand and scratched Chi Xingyue's nose: "That's not our place to speculate."
Chi Xingyue hummed, and continued, "In your first article, you emphasized the importance of following rules and regulations, and in your second article, you talked about overthrowing the barriers that restrict thinking.
So, when entering the officialdom, should we strictly abide by our duties, or should we make changes and create new ones?"
Ling Jiheng held his forehead and thought to himself, what kind of fairy did I marry? This is terrible!
Ling Jiyi came over to ask for help with homework and happened to hear this.
The textbook fell to the ground with a clatter, and I thought, is this something a fire-making girl should understand?
How can he be more capable than him, the young master of the richest family?
Ling Jiheng looked up at the other party and motioned Ling Jiyi to come in.
Seeing this, Chi Xingyue went out again.
I grabbed a bag of melon seeds and went to chat with everyone.
Ling Jiyi was sweating because of Ling Jiheng, because his second brother transferred the homework assigned by his second sister-in-law to him.
What hatred or grudge was there? He was just being forced by his parents to go through the motions.
Why do we have to work hard to become a better person?
Bald head!
Because of this incident, the Ling family once again looked at Chi Xingyue with admiration.
The old lady murmured to the old man more than once: "Fortunately, I didn't stick to worldly views at the time and recognized this granddaughter-in-law."
Otherwise, there would be no good day like today!
"Lucky star, she is the lucky star of our Ling family!" No doubt about it.
Ever since Chi Xingyue tested Ling Jiheng, he has been enjoying checking his homework.
Although she didn't quite understand many of the issues, she was able to offer some constructive suggestions.
After all, I am looking at the world from the shoulders of giants. Many experiences of later generations are verified and effective.
For example, epidemic prevention, economy, taxation, prevention and control of Yellow River floods, and judicial justice.
Chi Xingyue can say something about it.
Ling Jiheng combined the situations of the Yong Dynasty and the Zhou Dynasty, translated them into his own language, and wrote a policy paper every day.
Ling Jiyi attends classes every day and benefits a lot from it.
The days passed like this until the beginning of July.
The county town was filled with groups of students gathering together to discuss scientific examination questions.
Attracting people to watch.
Some people even started a bet to see who would take first place.
Unfortunately, everyone didn’t know the students well, and had never even heard of the names at the table.
Casino business is bleak.
County Magistrate Huang went out to patrol the streets and saw the students talking enthusiastically, some of whom had made considerable achievements.
He then spread the news that the first place winner of this children's examination would receive thirty taels of silver, which he personally provided.
The second place winner will receive fifteen taels of silver provided by him personally.
The third place is ten taels of silver.
It’s not a lot, but for those poor families, it’s quite a lot.
It’s enough money to take the exam for the scholar.
The candidates were excited and were ready to shine in the children's exam.
This exam is quite special.
The oldest ones are in their thirties or forties, while the youngest are only eight or nine years old.
The majority are young people similar to Ling Jiheng.
Chi Xingyue felt that the time was almost up, so he called the villagers and took the examination basket and handkerchief to the county.
Set up the stall and start selling.
She didn't even need to introduce it much, passers-by surrounded the stall.
Everyone was attracted by the exquisite patterns on the handkerchief and wanted to try one.
Someone asked, "Young lady, how much is this handkerchief?"
But most people are just waiting and watching, because Chi Xingyue is already famous in this street, and when she makes a move, nothing comes cheap.
However, this time he was slapped in the face, because a brocade handkerchief only cost one hundred coins.
It's almost the same as the handkerchiefs in the embroidery shop.
Chi Xingyue laid out a few patterns and said, "The scientific examination is only two days away, so we need to prepare everything in advance.
This one is the winner of the imperial examination, this one is the one with a purple butt who can do it, this one is the one with a big profit, and this one is the koi that comes ashore.
These patterns all have very good meanings. If you have a student at home, you can buy two for good luck."
As soon as he finished speaking, the crowd became agitated, and many people took out their money to buy.
Chi Xingyue took out the test basket and said, "Look everyone, this is the landing basket that our Qingshan Village prepared for everyone.
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