The old farmer has a test paper from more than 400 years ago, and after expert research, they can't "calm down"
Poor children, if you want to change your destiny, the most mature and convenient way is to study hard to participate in the college entrance examination, strive to be admitted to a first-class university, and learn excellent professional knowledge; this truth also applies in ancient times, the ancient "college entrance examination" was the "examination system" that began in the Sui Dynasty, before which if you want to be an official, you must have the recommendation of the door valve nobles, and since the birth of the examination system, even if you are born poor, as long as you can master the "Four Books and Five Classics", you have the hope of high school and change your destiny from then on; in each examination selection, the first place is called "Yuanyuan" It is well known that their talented test papers are "beautiful and oppressive", but what exactly the test papers of Zhuangyuan Lang look like is something that many people have not seen.
It was not until an old farmer donated his own treasured examination papers that he was able to unveil its mystery; there was a place called Zhengmu Village in Shandong, which can be described as a "brilliant spirit", and there were many court officials such as Shangshu, Shilang, and County Ling, and it is famous that this village also produced several Keju Zhuangyuan; in this small village with a long history and full of humanistic atmosphere, many villagers have historical relics in their homes, and many antique dealers and archaeologists will often visit this village.
There is an old farmer named Zhao Huanbin in the village, who is a celebrity in the village, because there is an examination paper that has been passed down for more than 400 years in his family collection, and Zhao Huanbin has never exposed this examination paper, which has aroused the curiosity of many people; including Wei Zhensheng, director of the local cultural relics institute, in order to see the "true appearance" of this examination paper, he has visited Zhao Huanbin several times and finally touched Zhao Huanbin and had the opportunity to contact this examination paper; when Zhao Huanbin carefully took out the examination paper, Wei Zhensheng, who had been immersed in archaeological work for many years, Seeing that the beginning of the volume was impressively written with six big characters: the first place of the first family, after carefully studying for ten minutes, he was surprised to close his mouth, it turned out that this was really a test paper of the Ming Dynasty.
Wei Zhensheng said to Zhao Huanbin: "This piece of the examination paper is an orphan product, the value can no longer be measured in money, but a priceless national treasure"; Zhao Huanbin immediately said that if the country needs, it can be donated at any time, Wei Zhensheng said that he needs to bring the paper back to the research institute at this time, summon relevant experts to conduct a second appraisal, Zhao Huanbin gladly agreed; then the local cultural relics bureau summoned some authoritative experts to conduct appraisal and research on the examination paper, and after the expert group read the examination paper, he could not calm down and be shocked. This is indeed a fake 400-year-old exam paper.
The owner of this examination paper is Zhao Bingzhong, the head of the Ming Dynasty, who is also the ancestor of Zhao Huanbin, who served as the Rebbe Shangshu, and after his death, he was posthumously given the title of Prince Taibao; this examination paper is Zhao Bingzhong, the original handwriting of the high school champion when he participated in the temple examination in 1598, and the paper is covered with the great seal of the Ming Dynasty Ceremonial Department; this examination paper can no longer be measured in money, it is the earliest surviving examination paper in the mainland, which provides immeasurable great reference significance for the study of the mainland examination system, filling in the gaps of many historical materials, and was immediately evaluated by the expert group as " National First Class Cultural Relics".
This test paper was written by Zhao Bingzhong with "Xiao Kai", the font is handsome and vigorous, and it is also a rare work of art in the calligraphy world; and the content is also very profound and clever, Zhao Bingzhong put forward many ways to govern the country and the state in the examination paper, the direction and measures are very suitable for the national conditions of the Ming Dynasty at that time, plus a neat paper, beautiful calligraphy font, was rated as the "Yuanyuan Examination Paper" deserved.
Grand Duke Zhao Huanbin's selflessness and enthusiasm for contributing to the country's cultural undertakings have been strongly praised by the state, and the place where examination papers are usually collected has also been replaced by a delicate pennant, which is an honor that Zhao Huanbin is very proud of; this kind of historical relics, with the value of the times and cultural symbols on it, is the common spiritual property of the people of the whole Chinese, representing the endless seeds of civilization of the Chinese nation, such as being treasured in the Qingzhou City Museum, and being admired and admired by future generations.
[References: History of the Ming Dynasty, Zhao Bingzhong Zhuangyuan Examination Paper Examination]