Chapter 12 Self-cultivation
"You need to remember that this is the Zhang family! Since you follow your aunt to the Zhang family, you will be the Zhang family in the future! The Zhang family who can determine your life and death is my Zhang family, and it has nothing to do with the Cao family anymore!"
"I understand, understand!"
"Come on, carry Cao Li down!" Zhang Junping ordered.
Two old men came in and carried Cao Li down.
"Dalang, I thank Dalang for Cao Li!" The second wife saluted Zhang Junping.
Zhang Junping spared Cao Li's life, which made the second wife feel much more at ease.
"I dare not, I dare not! Is this going to destroy my nephew?" Zhang Junping said, and quickly opened up.
The reason for the second wife to spare Cao Li's life is naturally due to the sake of the second wife.
The second wife came up with an attitude of not fighting or robbing everything, which forced Zhang Junping to give the second wife such a face.
He believed that Cao Li would not dare to sting in the future.
As for why he spared the main culprit Cao Li, he directly killed the accomplice's doorman.
That's because the two people have different identities. The concierge is a servant raised since childhood and joins Cao Li to steal money from the family. This is a betrayal.
However, Cao Li can only be regarded as an outsider and cannot be called betrayal.
One is an external thief and the other is an internal thief. The internal thief is even more hateful!
Zhang Junping, who was a soldier, hated the betrayal from behind!
After seeing off my second aunt, Zhang Junping sat in the study and began to think about what to do next. The crisis of the Zhang family has passed temporarily.
However, the past does not mean that you can rest assured, and the Zhang family is still full of dangers.
Lin Zexu once said, if a son is stronger than me, what is the use of money? If a son is not as good as me, what is the use of money? If a son is not as good as me, what is the use of money? If a fool is more wealthy, it will increase his mistakes.
Having wealth but not talent is the culprit of disaster, which is why it is said that wealth cannot last for three generations.
If the descendants have no talent, even if they leave behind a wealth of thousands of dollars, their descendants will not be able to keep them. Instead, they will cause disaster because of this wealth of thousands of dollars.
The greed of a gentleman was killed for five generations. The legacy of the Zhang family Ling Duo Duo could not last for five generations.
Participating in the imperial examination was Zhang Junping’s first plan.
But how difficult is the imperial examination?
Especially in Tokyo Bianliang, the competition is even more fierce, and all the students compete for the few dozen places to participate in the provincial examination.
Even in his previous life, Zhang Junping was useless in reading a lot of books in the library. The only useful thing is probably that he has more knowledge than the people of this era and his talent to remember.
The imperial examinations of the Song Dynasty were different from those of the Ming and Qing dynasties. There were no college entrance examinations or provincial examinations, and there was no need to take the exams of children and scholars.
If you directly participate in the state examination, you will be a juren. If you fail, you will still be a juren. Then you will participate in the provincial examination, also called the juren. If you pass, you will be a jinshi, and you will also have to participate in the palace examination.
If you fail the palace examination, it will not affect your status as a Jinshi. If you pass the Jinshi, it is equivalent to having an official position and being able to accept the support of the country, which means that the country will give you money.
It is worth mentioning that the juren in the Song Dynasty was not a lifetime system. It does not mean that if I passed the state examination and did not pass the imperial examination in this subject, then I am a juren.
Not that, the Juren status is only useful in this class. If you cannot pass the Jinshi, you will continue to take the state examination and continue to take the Juren exam in your next subject.
When Zhang Junping had just crossed over, it was an emergency response and could make a decision on the spot. Under normal circumstances, Zhang Junping still liked it and then made a decision.
In the court, resigning from his post and telling the emperor that he wanted to take the imperial examination was not the product of Zhang Junping's impulse, but the result of careful consideration.
Taking the imperial examination and passing the Jinshi exam is the easiest way to integrate into this era.
It is Zhang Junping’s confidence to remember everything after reading it.
In addition, Zhang Junping still has the confidence to pass the state examination after ten years of hard study.
Zhang Junping sat in the study, combining the memories of his predecessor and the history of the Song Dynasty in his mind, analyzing the pros and cons of taking the imperial examination.
The imperial examination mainly tests classical meanings, policy theory, and poetry.
Among them, policy theory is tested separately.
According to Zhang Junping's understanding, the meaning of the classics is similar to the reading comprehension questions in later generations, and a passage in the collection of classics, history, and numerology is commented on.
On the subject, this is equivalent to a propositional argumentative essay, which comments on an allusion or a historical figure recorded in the classics and history according to the requirements of the examination.
The strategy is equivalent to the essay on the civil service examination in later generations, expressing opinions on a certain current event, and how to deal with it if it is yourself.
Poetry and essays are about writing poems and lyrics.
The poetry and essay exam was cancelled by the late Song Dynasty, but now, during the reign of Emperor Zhenzong, it has not been cancelled.
However, for Zhang Junping, poetry and essays are the simplest.
There is a saying that I can recite 300 Tang poems well, and I can recite them even if I can’t write poems.
I have to worry about this when I am full of poetry, songs and essays from the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties?
The only thing about strategy is more troublesome.
The subjectivity of this strategy is too subjective! Even if you use gorgeous words to pile up, if the core viewpoint is not recognized by the examiner, you will not expect to get high scores.
Therefore, Zhang Junping asked Zhang Lu to find articles from senior officials of the dynasty to study and understand their political philosophy.
Then, based on their ideas, practice writing strategy theory. The strategy theory can also be said to be composition and argumentative essays in later generations. The only shortcut to writing essays is to read more and write more.
As a later generation, a college student soldier who had also taken the college entrance examination has always believed that
There are tricks for exams. As long as you grasp the tricks and add some hard work, the exam will become very simple.
"Mr. Lang!"
Zhang Lu, who went out to deal with the matter, came back, interrupting Zhang Junping's thinking.
"Lu Bo is back? How is the matter dealing with it?"
"Reply to Langjun, I have notified all five stores. Three of them are our former tenants, and they all agreed to sign the contract again!
The shopkeepers of the other two shops said they wanted to ask the owner! According to my understanding, the two shops were run by the Liu family themselves!”
"That's right! If you ask someone to notify them again, you will say that the shop will not be rented to them, and you will be allowed to move out for five days!"
"Here! I'll let someone inform them!" Zhang Lu replied loudly.
Zhang Junping led them to fight, defeated Liu Mei's courage and killed Zhang Lu and the others' aura.
"Teaching teachers are still looking for a famous teacher. It is difficult to find a teacher, so you need to find it slowly!
As for the articles that the husband wants, I have arranged for people to go to the mansions of those great scholars and the ministers in the court to buy them!"
"Come on the doorstep? Is this possible?" Zhang Junping was still a little uncomfortable with this era.
"My husband doesn't know anything. In fact, there are many people who are looking for poetry and articles at the door of various great Confucian schools.
Those people are also students, but most of them are sent by various bookstores! They take them back, sort them into books, and then print and sell them!" Zhang Lu replied respectfully.
The Song Dynasty had a developed business and the printing industry was extremely developed. The imperial court had few restrictions on bookstores. Today, there are hundreds of bookstores of all sizes in Bianliang.
Chapter completed!