Prime Minister

Chapter 118 Mr. True

In Taixue Shizhai.

Hu Yuan took a sip from a bowl of medicinal soup, but felt it was hot, then put it down again, and put on his clothes to write official documents.

There is another pot of medicine burning in the small furnace in the room, and a young servant is boiling it beside him.

Not long after, an old man raised the door curtain to enter the room. He was choked by the strong smell of medicine at first, and said to Hu Yuan, "You boil medicine every day, and you boil medicine at night. The medicine is three-point poisonous. Your illness is caused by overwork. Zhi, you should let go of your business and take good care of your body, don't take care of the sick like Fan Xianggong..."

After hearing this, the young man stood up and said, "Bah bah! Mr. Xujiang, what are you talking about? Are you cursing our husband? Our husband..."

The boy's eyes were red as he spoke.

Hu Yuan said with a smile: "Taibo is just persuading me to retire early to recuperate from illness. Although the words are harsh, I have received the love."

"Actually, the officials have acquiesced to my request to serve as an official and recuperate from illness."

"Oh?" The old man couldn't help staring at Hu Yuan.

Hu Yuan laughed and said, "You want to ask in the next sentence, who will replace me in charge of Gou Guozi Prison?"

"That's exactly what it means, so who will take over?"

Hu Yuan said, "It's Tie Yushi Wu Zhongfu."

The old man said loudly: "That's good! With Tie Yushi here, who in the court would dare to look down on the Imperial Academy. Let's fight for money and food for us. Now Tai students only have [-] yuan a month to add kitchens, and even the prefectures and counties Schools are worse."

Hu Yuan said: "I can't be in a hurry. The imperial court has allocated more than 200 hectares of land and 900 to [-] houses for the imperial school. At that time, the imperial school had only [-] people, but now it has expanded to [-] people. It is inevitable that it will not be able to make ends meet. Discuss this matter slowly. Don't be too hasty."

The boy said: "My husband takes money out of his salary every year to support lonely students."

The old man said: "Ten students are no more than three times a month, a hundred students are no more than 200 people, and there are only [-] students in the Taixue, and now there are only more than [-] people, and they are only more than [-] people together. The salary of one observer is nothing more than that." .”

"Isn't it a joke that the imperial court can support one observer, but can't afford to support hundreds of imperial students? I want to ask the emperor to allocate more money and food to the imperial education."

Hu Yuan said: "Tai Bo, you still have this temper. If you can fight with the court, can we not fight? At the beginning when Uncle Ouyang Yong recommended you and me to give lectures in the Imperial College, he was already risking the world's dissatisfaction. It is not a shame to mention this now. Is Uncle Yong in trouble?"

"Hmph! You are so honest that people bully you so much." The old man said with hatred.

Hu Yuan looked at the candlelight and said: "It's really useless. I have been in Taixue for 30 years, and every time I think of what Fan Xianggong said at the beginning, 'When I am an official, I always talk about the affairs of the world generously and don't care about myself'I still cry."

"At the beginning, Fan Xianggong's unfinished business was entrusted to me, and I entrusted it to you. How to proceed in the future depends on you. At the beginning, Fan Xianggong's original intention of running the Taixue was to make the rulers of the world be talents. The most talented people in the world are educated, and the foundation of education is in the school."

"Fan Xianggong has only implemented the New Deal for one year, and he will be abolished, which means that he has no available talents around him."

Hearing the words, the old man said angrily: "This burden is too heavy, I can't take it, and besides, Tie Yushi is in charge of Gou Guozi prison, how can he listen to me?"

Hu Yuan smiled and said: "You don't have to worry about this matter. After Wu Zhongfu takes office, Uncle Ouyang Yong will probably recommend you to be in charge of Gou Taixue. After all, after I leave, you are the only one left who can insist on Princess Fan Xiang."

This old man is Li Gou, whose name is Taibo, and whose name is Mr. Xujiang. He was so aggressive when he was young, but after studying Confucianism, he still can't change his temperament.

When Fan Zhongyan implemented the New Deal, he often used Li Gou's theory.

When Fan Zhongyan was besieged by political enemies in the court, Li Gouku was unable to support him in Jiangxi, so he scolded Zhang You who opposed the New Deal in Fujian.

After the failure of the Qingli New Deal, Li Gou was pushed to teach at Taixue. He first served as an assistant teacher at Taixue, and then became one of the eight lecturers of the Imperial College.

Now he is entrusted by Hu Yuan to manage Gou Taixue.

He was sentenced to be the supervisor of Guozi, and he was also sentenced to be the supervisor of Guozi. He was in charge of the official affairs of Gou Guozijian, and he was in charge of the official affairs of Gou Guozijian.

If he is an attendant, he will be sentenced to be a supervisor of the country.Those who are not attendants are called Guangou.

As for the power management Gou Taixue, it is even more humble. Speaking of it, Hu Yuan and Li Gou are both without family background, and their current status is far beyond ordinary promotion.

That's right, neither of them passed the Jinshi examination, but their talents and learning are admired by people all over the world.

However, although Hu Yuan and Li Gou had the same background and both supported Fan Zhongyan's reform, their ideas were not the same, and they often argued.But with the failure of the New Deal and Fan Zhongyan's death from illness, the two talents gradually let go of their previous suspicions. Their intention is to break the stuffy wind in the court and cultivate and select available talents.

Speaking of the New Deal.

Hu Yuan said: "The current officials may not have the heart to eradicate the evils of the world, otherwise they would not use Uncle Ouyang Yong to preside over the tribute examination, and you and I would give lectures on Taixue?" Open handover. Not to mention getting rid of the long-standing abuses in the court, the officials may not see this matter, you and I can't see it either, so we have to hand it over to the next generation. If the next generation has no one who can use it, how can we see it under the nine springs Fan Xianggong?"

Li Gou waved his hand and said: "Okay, okay, you don't need to say any more. Although you and I worked under Fan Xianggong in the past, you didn't accept me, and I didn't accept you, but from today on, you entrusted me with the matter." I will do it well. As Zhuge Wuhou said, I will do my best and die."

"It's just that if you let go of your errand, the four truths will lose one truth. In the eyes of others, I'm afraid it's just a 'Quan' truth."

In the Jiayou period, Fu Bi was the chancellor, Ouyang Xiu was a Hanlin scholar, Bao Zheng was a censor, and Hu Yuan was a lecturer in Taixue, gathering the world's hope.

At that time, the scholar-bureaucrats said that Fu Gongzhen was the prime minister, Ouyang Yongshuzhen was a scholar of the Imperial Academy, Bao Laozhen was the prime minister, and Mr. Hu Gongzhen.

So the name of Jiayou Sizhen became a good story among the ruling and opposition parties.

Li Gouquan, who was in charge of Gou Taixue, laughed at himself as "Quan" really, which made them laugh.It can also be regarded as Li Gou's self-admission that he is not as good as Hu Yuan, and it can be regarded as an end to the lifelong rivalry between the two.

Li Gou suddenly said: "That's right, I haven't said anything serious yet."

Hu Yuan smiled and said: "Brother Tai Bo, you are looking for me for grading papers?"

"Exactly, exactly."

"How about these ten students?"

Li Gou stroked his beard with a smile and said, "It's all right, but one of them is outstanding, but he is a classic student. I can't help but wonder, do you know the origin of this person?"

"which one?"

Li Gou said: "It's a man named Zhang Yue. Where is he from? A mere economics student can write such an article, but it's only half an article. If it's an article..."

"How about an article?" Hu Yuan asked back.

"If it's an article, I'm afraid I wouldn't dare to be his teacher." Li Gou laughed.

Hu Yuan smiled and said: "You have always been blindsided, but you can say this to a student, it seems that this chapter is really amazing!"

"What's his origin?"

Hu Yuan smiled slightly and said, "Let me read his article first."

"Tell me about his background first!" Li Gou seemed angry.

Hu Yuan smiled and said: "Today's ten papers are mostly written by others, but Zhang Yue's paper was edited by me temporarily. If my prediction is correct, your brilliant paper should be..."

"The righteousness of the university."

"Haha!" The two actually laughed at the same time.

"Good Mr. Anding!"

Hu Yuan smiled slightly and said, "It's up to you and me to screen out talents and select available ones. How can you say what this son's article is like?"

Li Gou took it out of his sleeve and said, "You see it for yourself."

Hu Yuan immediately read "The Book of the University, the reason why the ancient university taught people the way."Gai was born from heaven to give birth to people, so there is no one who does not give him the nature of benevolence, righteousness, propriety and wisdom.However, the endowment of its temperament may not be the same...'

Hu Yuan knew in his heart that this was Mencius' theory of good nature...

The following are the three principles and eight principles...

"...Zigong said: "Master's articles can be obtained and heard.The master's words about nature and the way of heaven cannot be obtained but heard. "Therefore there is a saying that the master does not talk about life and fate, but the Confucianists only talk about the family, and they don't know the sincerity of the heart. This is also a mistake."

"However, in the beginning of the Doctrine of the Mean, it is said that 'the destiny is the nature, and the way is the way', so we can know that the righteousness of the destiny is the nature, and the sincerity is the way..."

Seeing this, Hu Yuan couldn't help being overwhelmed, but wanted to read on, but found that the article was written here...

Hu Yuan couldn't help turning a page, but the back was blank.

Li Gou on the side couldn't help laughing and said: "I saw this just now, and this depression has not dissipated until now..."

Hu Yuan couldn't help shaking his head and laughing.

This 'broken chapter' taste is really very uncomfortable!
Even Hu Yuan, a great Confucian of his generation, didn't recover for a while.

It’s like a majestic essay. It started off well, and the foreshadowing statement is gradually getting better. When it’s time to throw out the argument, it’s amazing. Just as he was about to see how to take it to a higher level, it disappeared when he drew a leopard tail...

Who can resist this!

"Could it be that this kid did it on purpose? Well, if that's the case, then you don't even think about joining the Imperial Academy." Li Gou said with a sneer.

"That's exactly what you wanted."

"Oh?" Li Gou asked back.

Hu Yuan said: "Don't you want to know who this son is? This son is from the Zhang family of Pucheng, the same family of Zhang Ziping, the current top scholar, and Zhang Boyi, whom you scolded, is his teacher..."

Li Gou couldn't help being taken aback when he heard this: "Is this really true?"

"That's right," Hu Yuan said with a smile, "Now I'm about to leave my post and go back to my hometown to recover from my illness. Whether or not to take this son is entirely up to you. Let me see, it's better not to take this son." .”

Li Gou's face was serious when he heard this. If he said that he didn't know Zhang Yue's identity, he wanted to take this student into Taixue for 'training' and let him know what the consequences of 'broken chapter' would be.

But now that he knows it, it makes him...

Li Gou sneered and said, "No wonder I should have thought that he was a student of 'Zhang Zi' from his handwriting. Since he has such a gentleman, why did he travel thousands of miles to Taixue to study?"

"Zhang Zi" is exactly Li Gou's name for Zhang Youzhi, which seems to be flattering but derogatory.

"Oh? Then you won't take it?"

Li Gou said: "If I don't take it, you must have calculations in your heart. Maybe you will go to Uncle Ouyang Yong to arrange me and say that I abolish the public because of private interests. How can I do what you want?"

"Forget it, since he's admitted, I'll make him unable to leave if he wants to, and he can't stay if he wants to."

Hu Yuan laughed when he heard the words: "You are bad because of your mouth."

(End of this chapter)