The Jin Jixia Academy, Taoist lobby.

Just as Tan Ying was about to catch the fish pond empty, the selection and marking papers were about to begin.

In the hall like a palace, Si Yefan Qi sat at the top, the innermost, the tallest table.

Below the stage, four rows of long tables on both sides were arranged in separate seats.

But at this time, there were only the two rows in the front, and there were only thirteen people scattered.

However, if a person is not present to the public, he will be named after the Tao.

The thirteen people in front of us are all famous scholars. No matter which country such people go, they will be regarded as guests of honor.

Fan Ya's reputation is self-evident to make these people willing to sit down.

Looking at the person, he was thin and hard, his clothes were minimal, his face was like a steep rock, and his sitting was like a tripod.

Even if you just close your eyes and keep silent, it is enough to be majestic to the audience.

After the school officials evenly distributed 374 test papers to each teacher, Fan Qi raised the high cup in front of the table and said clearly:

"The way of heaven is endless, and human intelligence is limited.

"There is a finite way of surviving infinite, and only from generation to generation can be passed down, gathering small tricks into great wisdom, and trickling small streams into great rivers.

"However, the road of the road is difficult and the number of people who have attained enlightenment will be few.

"The so-called era means that we are few and we lead the vast number of people forward.

"It is also a vast crowd, and we are the few who seek the truth."

At this point, he raised his hand and drank half a glass of water.

The other teachers all drank half a cup.

This is a tradition called "intermittent drinking" that originated from Emperor Guangwu.

An important speech is inevitably quoted from classics and said some ancient words from predecessors at the beginning.

However, the speaker should always express his thoughts. According to the ancient saying, not only does it take a lot of effort to speak, but it is also troublesome for the audience to understand.

Because of this, Emperor Guangwu called on everyone to say easy-to-understand words, hoping that the threshold for seeking Tao would be lowered and not to use ancient Chinese to understand the power of understanding.

Of course he did the same.

But soon he discovered that this would lead to the beginning of the ancient Chinese and suddenly speaking, which would be abrupt and unsightly, and the audience would be frightened.

Therefore, when he was speaking, he would drink half a glass of water and make a presentation, and clearly remind everyone that I am going to speak humanly, so you can remember it clearly for me.

The speeches of the great figures later also retained this tradition.

Fan Yi also followed this process.

After drinking half a glass of water, he did not put the cup down and continued to hang the cup and said:

"Please always remember that behind every enlightened person, there are millions of ordinary people who are farming and working.

"If we dereliction of duty and allow ordinary scholars to pass the election, it will waste their labor and erase their lives.

"When the powerful bribes you, relatives and friends beg you, laziness takes over you.

“Remember to look straight into those eyes that are about to be wiped out by you.

"So.

“The 107th year of Tao Selection marking.

“It’s time to start.”

After saying that, he raised his head and drank the water.

After the thirteen famous scholars raised their glasses and drank them together, they all read the test papers without any conversation.

In order to be as fair as possible, the name and serial number are sealed, and the examiner can only see the discussion and illustration.

Their marking speed is also high. Some people finish two or three copies in a moment and exchange it for other teachers, while others use it for a long time after reading one copy alone.

This is not because someone has a rough or meticulous personality, but because of the content of the discussion.

Astronomy is a big topic with many different opinions, and there are seven or eight sets of systematic theories alone.

Those papers that retell a certain set of theories and are long-form and scanned a few glances.

It is worth working hard to write the paper you created with boldness.

No matter how ridiculous or sloppy such a paper is, they will carefully read and understand it.

The difficulty of reviewing such papers is no less than exposure to new theories, and it often needs to be compared with existing theories.

But even those who have attained enlightenment cannot be proficient in all theories.

So someone soon stood up and asked others for knowledge they were not very familiar with.

Three or five people circulated a paper one after another, and there were countless discussions with each other.

This also includes Fan Ya himself.

He is proficient in Mohism and a little bit about Legalism. He knows little about Confucianism and Taoism. Therefore, when he encounters this, he will not be arrogant. He asks when he should ask, and changes the paper when he should change.

Under his leadership, the marking site quickly became lively. Rather than saying that it was a famous scholar, it was more like a farmers' market. Here, everyone communicated with each other, and used the text to change the text, and tried to use their knowledge and understanding to give full play to their greatest value.

In this way, in less than an hour, the hundreds of papers were divided into three grades: upper, middle, and lower.

The inferior one is that after reading at least three teachers, they think that this person can only talk big or only know how to recite again, is equivalent to being sentenced to death.

There are 182 such papers.

Medium is a bachelor who, after reading it, thought that this person had some talent and could understand something from the existing theories, but not necessarily enough to achieve enlightenment.

There are 191 such papers.

A top-notch one is a person who has the potential to have great creativity after reading it, and is determined to have the potential to achieve enlightenment and even have the opportunity to achieve great things.

There is one such test paper.

After a brief exchange of opinions, the first round of marking ended, Fan Ji organized the third-class test paper and started reviewing:

"Undergraduately, it is mostly a rigid retelling of the astronomical theory of a certain family and a certain path.

"Such people are more suitable for teaching and teaching outside. If you enter my school to seek enlightenment, you may not be able to achieve success.

“We won’t think about them.

"how?"

Most of the people in the audience nodded.

But there was only one young man with thick eyebrows bowed and asked:

"Si Ye, I thought it was a hasty."

Fan Yi immediately raised his hand and signaled him to speak frankly.

The young man with thick eyebrows then raised his head and said clearly:

"Astronomy and calendar are slightly off-the-scene and are not mainstream studies.

"To discuss these, you need to be familiar with the astrological calendar and read the various schools of thought.

"For example, how the number of days per year is determined, how have stars evolved since ancient times.

"If there is a candidate who happens to be talented but has not practiced this knowledge, he will be judged as inferior.

“Is this a bit arbitrary?

"Going further, the students have always wanted to ask Si Ye.

"Select astronomy as the theme on the spot, so that candidates can discuss it.

"Is this Si Ye's intention at the moment, or is it a careful consideration?"

If it is a modern university officialdom, this thick-browed boy is so good at speaking when facing the vice president, and I am afraid he won’t have to speak in the future.

But in the hall of discussion before my eyes, there is nothing wrong with speaking like this.

Since the expulsion of Taoism, scholars have been treated with each other quickly. If you clearly have questions, but obviously don’t agree, but are embarrassed to speak out, you will be considered a person who is tempted by the savages.

Besides, everyone knows that Fan Yi prefers people with many doubts.

Sure enough, Fan Ji was not angry at all. He only raised his hand, pointed calmly outside the palace gate, and asked in a whisper: "Zhou Xuebo, have you been exposed to the sun?"

The thick-browed young man nodded stiffly: "Of course."

"Do you know the color and shape of the moon?" Fan Qi said again.

"Know."

"Have you looked up at the stars, experienced the changes of day and night, and felt the coldness and warmth of winter and summer?"

“…”
Chapter completed!