The fourth year of celebration (1799) is destined to be an extraordinary year.
In this year, whether it is Ai Xinjue Luo Yan, who has been sitting as emperor for 3 years, or Zhang Shu, who is hungry and studying hard in Beijing, they have ushered in a new spring. On the third morning of the first month of the first month of that year, the abdicated Qianlong Emperor died of illness in the Yangxin Hall, and Yan Yan began to officially take charge of the family, for the pro-government.
The Jiaqing Emperor was knowledgeable and thoughtful, seeking innovation and change, and began to build his own governing team. In March, the Jiaqing Emperor ordered Zhu Jue to be the president, and Liu Quanzhi, Ruan Yuan, and Wen Ning to be the vice presidents for the examination. Zhu Jue was the Master of the Jiaqing Emperor, the character Shi Jun, the number Nanya, Qianlong thirteen years (1748) Jinshi, in the jingshu all-knowing, the official to the Body Renge University, a lifelong advocate of Pu Xue, has repeatedly mastered the township examination, the examination, to take the shi re-scriptures, so more admission of Pu Xueshi. Ruan Yuan was a scholar of the Fifty-fourth Year of Qianlong (1789), the character Boyuan, the number Yuntai, the official zhi Ti Ren Ge University, was revered as the Elder of the Three Dynasties Pavilion, the Nine Provinces Of Xinjiang, and a generation of Wenzong. It is worth noting that Zhu Jue is the chief examiner of the Ruan Yuanxiang examination, so in terms of advocating Pu Xue and rewarding people with real talents and practical learning, Zhu and Ruan can be said to have similar intentions.
Jiaqing has not yet tried to ask dozens of questions, which are divided into two aspects: one is difficult issues in economic history, and the other is the law of the officials and the people, and the party of military and government theft. The issue of economic history requires expressing one's own views through examination, and the issue of the administration of military and political affairs by officials requires analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of ancient officials and military administration, taking history as a mirror and quoting the past and discussing the present. These examination questions of Zhu Jue, Ruan Yuan, and others are all historical facts, which completely excludes the empty and irrational principle of Cheng Zhu Lixue. This is undoubtedly another favor of fate for Zhang Shu, who already has a deep foundation in Pu Xue. The second and third wen ce will be tested, and Zhu Jue designates Ruan Yuan to review the examination papers alone. Ruan Yuan was invigorated, cautiously engaged, and worked hard for three days and three nights, first selecting more than 1300 volumes, and then screening out 200 volumes from them, and admitting them in three grades. Zhang Shu was 164th and successfully passed the examination. On the day of the unveiling, I was full of joy. Years of hard reading has a result, but it is only a preliminary, followed by a re-examination and a court examination, can not be unexpected, can be counted as a middle soldier.
On the 24th day of the third lunar month, the officials of the Ministry of Rites asked the Jiaqing Emperor to pass the examination, and the two provinces of Shaanxi and Gansu jointly selected nine of them, and Zhang Shu was listed among them.
On April 20, the imperial court appointed Wang Jie and Qinggui, Libu Shangshu Jiyun, Right Attendant Qian Fan, Gongbu Right Attendant Tong Fengsan, Cabinet Scholar Dachun and Chengshu, and Duchayuan Left Deputy Capital Yushi Chen Silong as the examiners of the temple.
On April 21, the Jiaqing Emperor personally visited the Bohol Temple to test the world's tributes. When the east was faintly bright, two hundred and ninety new tributes dressed in crowns and boots, from the Donghua Gate fish through, roll call and distribution, the ceremonial department and Luan Yiwei had pasted the names of the tributes on the test table, Zhang Shu found the names, and sat with other tributes in the Bohol Hall. At dawn, the new Gongshi came out of the temple, and under the guidance of the scroll reader, they were lined up along the Dan Majesty. When the Jiaqing Emperor came surrounded by officials, he made a musical whip and rose to sit in the hall, and Wang Jie, a scholar of the university, went to the Yellow Case to pick up the strategy, handed it over to the officials of the Ministry of Rites, and placed it on the Yellow Case of Danqi, and the people saluted the Jiaqing Emperor, and then distributed the examination papers, and the Gongshi knelt down one by one. For the tributes who participated in the temple examination, the imperial court was also concerned about the preparation, each test table gave a package of palace cakes, and there was tea in front of the temple, and the participants could go there at any time to drink and rest, and could not help but go in and out, and could not help but time.
After the temple examination was completed, Wang Jie, Qing Gui, Ji Yun, Qian Fan, Tong Fengsan, Da Chun, Cheng Shu, Chen Silong, and other eight palace examination officials were confined to the two corridors of the Wenhua Hall, accompanied by the supervising wang chancellor, the inspector of imperial history, and the receiving officer, and read the examinations day and night.
On April 24, the Jiaqing Emperor summoned the reading officer again at the Qianqing Palace to personally read the ten volumes of the Jiadi presented, and Zhang Shu's examination papers were also included.
On April 25, the Jiaqing Emperor's Imperial Taihe Hall held a ceremony to give 3 people such as Yao Wentian, Su Beideng, and Wang Yinzhi the first, 74 people such as cheng Guoren and 74 people from the second class, and 143 people from the third class, Zhao Jingxiang, and 143 people, including Zhao Jingxiang. Zhang Shu ranked 90th in the third division, although the ranking was low, when in the case of "taking soldiers by province" and shaanxi and Gansu only had 9 places in the examination, Zhang Shu earned full face for Long Shangzi.
Three days after the ceremony, the imperial examination was held at the Bohol Hall to recruit a new shujishi. The imperial examination was originally created by the Qing Dynasty, and unlike the temple examination, which only examined the questions, the examination subjects were four items: theory, edict, omission, and poetry, and one of the proposed ancient edicts was added to the township examination and the hui examination. All new students must take the imperial examination and must complete the paper on the same day, but they do not have to answer all the questions.
On the third day of the first month of May, the new section was introduced by example. This was a very solemn and solemn ceremony, and it was also a visual examination and final selection presided over by the emperor himself. The Jiaqing Emperor left the Imperial Palace, the Zhu Pen of the Former Throne, the list of new science scholars, and the situation of the personnel admitted to the previous provinces. The new branch of the jinshi was introduced in batches, kowtowed, and was assigned by the emperor to study and train, or assigned to renzhi county in various places, or to study in Shu Changguan. The introduction is over, and the destination of the new recruits has also been determined. Immediately afterward, Chuanzhi announced the list of 70 people selected for the Shu JiShi, Zhang Shu's examination and temple examination were all good, and there was no mistake when he was introduced, and he was named the Shu Jishi of the Hanlin Academy and enriched the record hall for repair.
The examination is not only a kind of perseverance and perseverance in reading spirit, but also an attitude of life infiltrated with Confucianism. After the hospital test, the township test, the meeting test, the temple test, the dynasty test, all the way through the pass, the Liangzhou Jifu Zhang family finally came out of the soldier! This year, Zhang Shu was 19 years old.
Jiaqing has not yet admitted a total of 209 people, accumulated scholars, a celebrity, a full net, such as Yao Wentian, Wang Yinzhi, Zhang Huiyan, Hao Yixing, Chen Shouqi, Xu Zongyan, Tang Jinzhao, etc., the prosperity of the scholars can be described as "unprecedented". And Zhang Shu is also the brightest one in the brilliant galaxy. Later, zhu Jue, the president and mentor of the test, wrote an inscription poem in the "Book of Continuation" compiled by Zhang Shu, which reads: "Zhang Sheng tianxiaying, chest Luo Wukufu." Fourteen brothers Lu Ming, nineteen Denglin Yuan. "History will prove to us that this son of Liangzhou's poor and talented people will continue to move forward in the footsteps of his father and sages, and his persistent spirit of curiosity and genius learning ability will eventually make him stand out in the star-studded Qianjia cultural tianhe."
About the author: Chai Duomao, assistant researcher of Liangzhou Cultural Research Institute in Wuwei City, author of "Zhang Shu", participated in the writing of "Outline of Wuwei Characteristic Culture", "Selected Poems of Yongliang in Past Dynasties", "Overview of Liangzhou Culture", "National Human Geography of China, Wuwei", "Wuwei Story", "Gannan Story", etc., and published many academic articles in newspapers and periodicals such as "China Discipline Inspection and Supervision Daily, Culture Weekly" and "Social Science Vertical and Horizontal".
Source: Liangzhou Cultural Studies