Prime Minister

Chapter 308
When Ouyang Fa heard that Zhang Yue hadn't finished the draft for more than [-] days, he suddenly became a little crazy.

It's not that this policy has never been included in the paper.

Didn't Zhang Yue submit the entry papers to the officials before the provincial and provincial examinations?
Although there were not fifty articles at that time, even if I wrote a few more articles, it would not take so many days of effort.What's more, after Zhang Yue finished writing, he had to copy it himself or hire someone else.

Ouyang Fa ignored Tang Jiu and Zhang Gong's obstruction and forced his way in.

Ordinarily, how could Ouyang Fa, an ordinary literati, break through in front of Tang Jiu and Zhang Gong?It was purely because Tang Jiu and Zhang Gong knew that Ouyang Fa was a good friend of Zhang Yue, so they let him go.

Ouyang Fa broke into Zhang Yue's house, expecting to see Zhang Yue's feather fan and scarf, waved the fan and told himself, I have already written fifty volumes.

Unexpectedly, what he saw was Zhang Yue with unkempt hair and unwashed for days and nights.

Scholars in the Song Dynasty still admired the romanticism of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, but it was not like this.He is so busy and overwhelmed, how can he look like a dignified champion.

"Duzhi, Duzhi, you are going to kill me." Ouyang Fa rushed to Zhang Yue's study and said this to him.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Yue glanced at Ouyang Fa, but didn't respond, but continued to bury his head in the case and write his own article.

Ouyang Fa looked at Zhang Yue and ignored him, and wanted to speak again, but saw the other party stare at him, Ouyang Fa was taken aback, and immediately swallowed the words.

Ouyang Fa changed his mind and thought, Zhang Yue has not been the number one scholar for many days, his aura has grown, no, I am Zhang Yue's elder brother, why am I still afraid of him.

Ouyang Fa still wanted to say more, but his eyes still retreated from the other party's study when he remembered Zhang Yue just now.

Zhang Shi just came here with a meal, Ouyang Fa said to Zhang Shi: "Mr. Zhang Dalang, how long has it been like this?"

Zhang Shi said: "It's been like this since the second day when I came home. I don't eat the next meal. Sometimes I don't eat one meal a day, sometimes I can eat more than a dozen meals a day, and one day I mistake ink for I chewed it in my mouth as a meal."

Ouyang Fa was startled and said: "Is it still like this? Do you want to ask the doctor to take a look?"

Zhang Shi said: "It's not necessary, the words are still organized, and he ordered us to do things."

After confirming that Zhang Yue was fine, Ouyang Fa walked into the study again and sat aside to watch without daring to disturb him.He thought to himself, I don't believe that you can write articles without eating or sleeping, there must be a pause.

Unexpectedly, just by sitting like this, Ouyang Fa really sat until night.

Ouyang Fa watched Zhang Yue write page after page, writing non-stop. Sometimes he flipped through the books, but sometimes he wrote very smoothly and without punctuation, and sometimes he got stuck, wandering around the room repeatedly.

However, Ouyang Fa never saw too many emotional fluctuations on Zhang Yue's face. It seemed that his soul was wandering out of the sky, and his whole body was poured into the article, immersed in his own world.

From being skeptical at the beginning, Ouyang Fa gradually admired him, and in the end he was really cast down.

When I was studying, if I had worked hard and concentrated like this, I wouldn't have failed the provincial examinations repeatedly and been complained by my wife all the time.

Still unconvinced, Ouyang Fa thought to himself, what are you complaining about? Did your two brothers from the Wu family fail the exam because they were different?
As a result, until the day Zhang Yue passed the exam...

Ouyang Fa was completely speechless. Although Zhang Yue was his friend, the resentment on the lady's face seemed to increase tenfold.

At this time, Ouyang Fa always comforted himself with his lack of luck or that if I worked as hard as the champion, I would also be the champion.

But Ouyang Fa had read Zhang Yue's study hard today, and he knew that he would not be able to keep up with Zhang Yue in his whole life or ten lifetimes of reading.

Ouyang Fa recalled that when his father held him on his knees to teach him to read poetry and books, he seemed to have liked reading for a while, but now it is hard to remember.

Ouyang Fa thought about it and couldn't help falling asleep, but when he woke up in the middle of his sleep, he found that he was wearing a piece of clothing at some point.

Ouyang Fa secretly said ashamed, why did he fall asleep?

He opened his eyes, only to see Zhang Yue standing there under a bright high lamp, his wrist hanging on the table and writing like flying.

At this moment, he was still concentrating on writing the article in front of the lamp, and the pages of the book were casually opened and put aside.

Ouyang Fa didn't say anything, got up and left the study.

Just as Ouyang pushed the door and walked out of the room, he heard a voice behind him saying: "Uncle and brother can come here to collect the paper in ten days."

"Ten days? Isn't it long overdue? Do you know what you are doing?"

Ouyang Fa turned around and asked, but saw that Zhang Yue was still writing on the desk and didn't even look up at himself, let alone reply to his words.

"Okay, I'll ask daddy." Ouyang Fa said and went back home.

When returning home, Ouyang Fa reported to Ouyang Xiu.

Ouyang Fa said: "People in the world are writing articles, but Zhang Duzhi is the only one who is crafting articles."

Ouyang Xiu was speechless after hearing this.

He remembered that it was the same when he was writing The Story of the Drunkard Pavilion.

At that time, I was very frustrated when I was demoted to Chuzhou, and I wanted to write a shocking article to win back the ideas of the ruling and opposition parties.

After Ouyang Xiu wrote the article The Story of the Drunkard Pavilion, he posted it on the wall and revised it dozens of times.

In fact, the first sentence of the previous article is not about the mountains around Chuju.

Instead, it described the scenery of Chuzhou in hundreds of words, but in the end Ouyang Xiu cut off all the descriptions for the sake of neatness of the article, leaving only the sentence "the mountains around Chuzhou are also", which finally became popular.

As soon as the drunkard's pavilion came out, Luoyang was immediately expensive, and the officials also remembered Ouyang Xiu after reading this article and recalled him to the court.

This is also Ouyang Xiu's consistent style. He must repeatedly revise an article and publish it until he is satisfied.

Ouyang Xiu heard that Zhang Yuexiu did not sleep, eat or speak when he heard about Zhang Yuexiu's own articles, and he also deeply felt that this son really has the demeanor of the old man back then.

Ouyang Xiu said to Ouyang Fa: "Although the date of admission is about to expire, I can come forward and extend a few days for one of Zhang Du."

Ouyang Fa admired it. Does Zhang Yue still have such treatment?
Ouyang Fa asked: "Is it possible to break this rule specifically for one person?"

Ouyang Xiu smiled and said: "Others can't do it, but you can do it!"

After Ouyang Xiu said this, he went to the official's house the next day and said that most of the candidates for the July system were ready, and they had completed the exams for the ministers of the two systems.Now Duzhang Yue alone is in a hurry to take the exam, and it is difficult to write a document for a while, so the emperor is asked to postpone the time limit.

After the chapter is written, the qualifications for the system exams will be determined.

As soon as this statement came out, there was an uproar among scholars.

I have only heard of candidates waiting for exams, but I have never heard of candidates waiting for exams.

The national system is a major event, which is to select the talents of the prime minister, how can you select a candidate who has the ability to adapt to the situation?
Besides, is it difficult to enter fifty articles?I will write it out for you in minutes.

However, the grievances of Shihlin and the examinees belonged to complaints, but they also knew that Zhang Yue's current status as the champion of the new subject was also the qualification that made the imperial court suspend the subject.

Finally, the officials also spoke.

"When the imperial court selects talents, it must take three tests before using them. Very talented people can wait." '

Following the official's words, all opposition voices subsided.

Everyone once again admired that the number one scholar really was the number one scholar.

Now everyone is discussing what kind of fifty articles Zhang Yue wrote, so that he still can't hand in the paper?
Zhang Yue's article today is talented and learned, which makes many people look forward to it.

However, there are also jealous people who say, what can you expect from the first champion in this dynasty who wins the champion by virtue of his face and words?
That's what I said, but ministers with two systems or more who have read Zhang Yue's article would never think so.

Of course, Zhang Yue, who stays at home and writes behind closed doors, doesn't know that when he wrote the paper, he alarmed Ouyang Xiu, and even made the officials postpone the registration time for him, which caused such a big scene. Shilin discussion.

For Zhang Yue at this moment, it means dedicating himself to writing the text.

In the past, my own concepts and knowledge were all vague, like a flash of spiritual light occasionally flashing in my mind, but when it finally turned into the tip of a pen or the exit of the road, the spiritual light disappeared.

When exploring selflessly, it is to catch this flash of inspiration.

This kind of feeling that can only be understood and cannot be expressed in words is a first-class mysterious and mysterious realm.

Zhang Yue threw himself into it, and his whole body was integrated into it.

He had seen others say before that such an experience of selflessness can be summed up in one word 'flow'.

It is said that throughout the ages, people who can achieve great things in a certain aspect must integrate into this state.

Some people use over-learning as a metaphor for flow, but Zhang Yue thinks it is right. In the state of flow, he learns more in one day than in ten days.

Just like the world in a dream.

But the world in the dream is a space that Space itself has carved out for you, allowing you to read quietly.

But flow is different. It is to enter such a state of ecstasy anytime and anywhere, and finally input and output.

Just like in the library, in the train station, even in the most noisy environment, I ignore the environment and still study so selflessly.

As if isolated from the outside world, fully focused on self.

This kind of experience is not much different from the "obtaining the Tao" mentioned in Zen Taoism.

Ten days later, early in the morning, Ouyang Fa arrived at Zhang Yue's mansion again.

But Zhang Yue was eating breakfast, and there was a book beside the table.

Seeing Zhang Yuehao's relaxed appearance, Ouyang Fa couldn't help but think about his father's voice for him. What kind of article made him spend so much time on it?
Ouyang Fa asked Zhang Yue: "Duzhi, where's your entry?"

Zhang Yue pointed to the writing beside the desk and said, "Here."

Ouyang Fa was taken aback. When did Zhang Yue actually bind his fifty volumes of articles into a book?

Ouyang Fa picked up the book and took a look. It was true that Zhang Yue's articles were included in the volume, but the articles in it were not copied by Zhang Yue himself or asked someone to copy them for him, but printed ones.

Looking at Ouyang Fa's face, Zhang Yue knew what he wanted to ask, so he explained: "These days, I write a page myself, and I ask a craftsman to engrave a page with an engraving block, and it was engraved and printed into a book overnight."

Zhang Yue saw Ouyang Fa's surprised expression, and smiled to himself.

Since it is a volume, it is better to publish these volumes as a collection of works, and make some small money by the way.

(End of this chapter)