Prime Minister

Chapter 73

"Students, thank you sir!"

In Zhang's house, Zhang Youzhi lifted Zhang Yue up and touched his shoulders with a smile: "Hey, between teachers and students, why do you need to thank them? Since you have entered the county school, you are devoted to Gongju. Your classics study is good. It's not a problem, but the seal script cannot be left behind, you come here on the day of the syzygy, and I will teach you the method of the seal script!"

Zhang Yue smiled and bowed to Zhang Youzhi again. Life is like this, how rare it is to meet a good teacher.

After saluting Zhang You three times, Zhang Yue left Zhang's house.

And Zhang You looked directly at Zhang Yue's back, but there was a gratified smile on his face. Teachers choose students, and students choose teachers. There are only teachers and students, and there are many who have no teacher-student relationship.

After a while, an old man with gray hair and a serious expression appeared.

This person is none other than the ministry of the Ethnology Bookstore.

"How come you are not here at Nanfeng Academy?"

The ministry held the book and sighed, "Jiefu and I have written a letter."

"What did Jiefu say?" Zhang You asked directly.

The ministry said: "He said that the three-character poem was used for enlightenment. He has published hundreds of copies as a Zhizhou. Now the Mengxue in Changzhou has read this poem. Hearing that the school children are very happy."

This ministry was none other than Zhang Wangzhi, whose word represented the people, and once asked Ouyang Xiu to choose the word for him.Ouyang Xiu followed the meaning of "Wangzhi", and took the word "representing the people" for him, which means "exemplifying the people", and wrote an essay "Zhangwangzhizi Sequence" to explain: "Famous mountains and rivers are the hope of one side; Yue Du, the hope of the world.

Zhang Wangzhi became an official before he took the word, but because his uncle Zhang Dexiang was also an official in the court, he avoided his position and resigned.

After resigning from office, Zhang Wangzhi also traveled in the mountains and waters.

When his brother Zhang Gongzhi was the magistrate of Jinjiang, he offended Cai Xiang, a famous official who knew Quanzhou, and Zhang Wangzhi offended Cai Xiang by running for his brother.

At the same time, Zhang Wangzhi was a famous ruler of Meng in Jianzhou, which is the same as Wang Anshi.Zhang Youzhi once had a literary war with Mr. Xu Jiang Li Gou.

Li Gou was a well-known Confucian in the world. He taught in the southeast, and there were thousands of students, such as Zeng Gong, all of whom came from his disciples.His teachings are filled with words of merit and change.Fan Zhongyan's Qingli New Deal, he waved the flag for Fan Zhongyan in the audience, and provided theoretical support.

However, Zhang Dexiang did not agree with Fan Zhongyan's reform, and Zhang Youzhi also held a negative view of Fan Zhongyan's reform.

This move annoyed Li Gou, and he wrote a letter to Zhang Youzhi, titled "Sending Zhang Youzhi".

No name, no title, and calling someone by name is tantamount to swearing.

There are a few words in the letter: "I don't know Zhang Zi, but the beauty is in the crowd.How to have many talents, forty has nothing to guard. '

'Efforts to read the former philosophy, my words are not sub-criticism'.

The words are very polite, but the content is equivalent to pointing at the nose and scolding.So there were disciples and friends on both sides, and they started scolding.

Zhang Wangzhi and Wang Anshi were both generals in the two camps, but they met during this scolding battle and became friends.

The two also exchanged letters frequently.

Zhang Youzhi smiled and said, "Jiefu is also considered a person of insight. But the poet Meng Zhi's meaning is too heavy. I think human nature is both good and evil, and even Xunzi said that human nature is inherently evil."

"But this poem begins with the words of Mencius, and its missionary meaning is too heavy, and I am afraid that it will make people who have studied and learned unhappy, but this poem is a good poem to persuade students to understand their hearts."

"The article is not missionary but a righteous heart. Mencius' learning is a glorious righteous way, continuing the meaning of the sage..."

"Okay, I won't argue with you," Zhang Youzhi shook his head and said, "No wonder Jiefu asked you, if I were him, I would think that this article was written by you."

"But this article is definitely not written by me. I contend that I only compete with the sages, but these people are too determined to fight. Let me argue a thousand words."

Zhang You walked straight: "It makes sense. Speaking of Mengzheng, do you know that this county has suffered the first jinshi?"

"Apart from Zhang Ziping in the courtyard, no one else has heard of it."

"No"

Zhang Wangzhi said again: "Is there someone else? I heard that there is Huang Haoqian, the son of Zisi, whose ancestral home is in this county, but now he has moved to Chenzhou with his father. His wife is the daughter of Bo Zhang, the chief minister of Wu County, Suzhou."

Zhang You said straightly: "Zhang Yue's second brother is now also under the membership of Zhang Zichen, and changed his name to Dun, with the word Zihou, and now he has been released from Suzhou and has been awarded a jinshi."

Zhang Wangzhi was shocked: "What? Is there such a thing?"

Zhang You said straightly: "That's right. Ziping told me about this. He said that he met Zhang Erlang during the provincial examination, and the two chatted a few times. After he entered the capital, he stayed at Duke Huan's house."

Zhang Wangzhi couldn't help laughing and said, "Is there such a thing? Don't you feel very sorry now?"

"At the beginning, you advised him to wait a few years later. You might as well wait until the age of 25 to take the Jinshi exam. It was a good intention, and you wanted to sharpen his temper, but he didn't listen to your words. Donghua has called his name."

Zhang You said straightly: "This son has a reckless temperament, but he is extremely talented. Lian Ziping believes that he is not as good as him. If this son is not an official, it is still good. It's a pity you don't believe me."

Zhang Wangzhi smiled and said, "It's too late to say anything now. Yes, I heard that his younger brother Fang took the county school."

Zhang Youzhi heard the heavy expression on his face, and said with a smile: "Of course, I have just left, but this son has a heart. In fact, I didn't help me when I entered the county school, but it was just a guarantee, but this son did his best. To me, thank you again and again."

Zhang Wangzhi nodded and said, "This son knows ten things when he hears it. He reads and recites well. He has a very high understanding, and he has a lot of energy in doing things. No one in your clan can learn the method of seal script, but he does. It’s rare to be able to get through, it’s rare.”

Zhang You said with a straight smile: "Don't exaggerate the younger generation, but if it wasn't because of his brother, Zhang Yue entered the ethnology school earlier. Now, with my own efforts, he was admitted to the county school as No. 1. Others say that he is from a poor family. Being able to give birth to a noble son, I am afraid that is the case."

Zhang Wangzhi sneered: "Some people in the clan are really short-sighted, and they have repeatedly rejected the Han family's children from the clan school. First, it was his brother, and now he is his brother... Brother Boyi, I am not you."

Zhang Youzhi shook his head, and couldn't help but think of the scene where Zhang Erlang walked away.

Suddenly, Zhang You said: "Yes, now Ziping and Zi... Yes, Zihou is on the same list, doesn't it mean that there will be two jinshi in the clan?"

Zhang Wangzhi said with a smile: "It is true that this family has not had any children on the same list for a long time, which is a good thing."

Zhang Youzhi stretched out his hand and said, "Good thing? You forgot, it's been three years since Xianping?"

Zhang Wangzhi said, "Why don't you remember..."

During the three-year scientific examination in Xianping, the Zhang family, Zhang Deyi, Zhang Di, and Zhang Pin, passed the jinshi examination on the same list. Among them, Zhang Di and Zhang Pin were brothers.

As a result, Song Zhenzong was alarmed by this incident, and he directly issued an imperial edict 'Brothers should not stand together'.

This incident shocked the Zhang family.

It's not that the emperor of the Song Dynasty has never done such a thing. The prime minister's son was admitted to the jinshi examination, and the emperor himself came forward to persuade the other party to quit, meaning that you should give the place to the Han family.

A family of three with the same jinshi, a bit dazzling.

After Song Zhenzong issued an edict, Zhang Pin gave up his fame and passed the opportunity to his younger brother.In fact, it is not so much to push it to his younger brother, but to obey Song Zhenzong's intentions and give up the exam quota to others, and three Jinshi in one subject is too eye-catching.

After waiting for six years, Zhang Pin passed the examination in the second year of Jingde. Although it was not a division, Song Zhenzong awarded Zhang Pin the official of the Jing Dynasty.

Although the secretary, provincial school clerk, is only from the ninth grade, he is a Beijing official.

Su Zhe said that there is a difference between an official in the Jing Dynasty and a person who is selected. Ordinary people who are officials and can relieve their minds a little bit will have their ears in the Jing Dynasty.From this point onwards, all of them have toiled their muscles and bones, destroyed their spirits, and were enslaved by others, with few servants left.

The highest selection of candidates can only be up to the eighth rank, and it is impossible to go higher, and only the capital can be changed.

If a candidate wants to be changed to a Beijing official, he must recommend a change to the official, that is, there must be a joint recommendation of five court officials, and then wait in line.But the chances are very slim, or retrying the system and getting a chance to change officials, other than that, the chances are slim, cruelly speaking, it is 'eternal election sea'.

Hearing what Zhang Youzhi said, Zhang Wangzhi said seriously: "It won't be like this now, the official family has always been lenient. There are four Jinshi from the Nanfeng Zeng family, and I have never heard of giving up their fame. . And the two of them are not only Ziping and Zihou, how can they be jealous of others?"

Zhang Youzhi nodded and laughed: "Yes, I was overthinking it."

Xun Zhang Youzhi said again: "But I heard Zi Ping's words, this Zhang Erlang's change of nationality in Suzhou has caused many scholars in Beijing and Suzhou to talk about it, and it has damaged my reputation!"

Jiayou two years.

For Pucheng County, it is destined to be included in the county history.

The champion of this scientific expedition came from Pucheng County, Jianzhou.

When the news of Zhang Heng's champion and Di was spread to Pucheng County, the whole county was full of joy.

In terms of history, Jiayou's two-year examination list has come out in large numbers, which can be said to be the first in the ages. This is thanks to Zhigongju Ouyang Xiu, who changed the past practice of piling up words and phrases in the Jinshi examination, and used talents in an eclectic manner.

Su Shi was dismissed from the examination paper for this subject, and Ouyang Xiu took it out himself.It is said that he was the first, but Ouyang Xiu mistakenly thought it was done by another proud disciple, Zeng Gong, so he dropped the second.Later, Su Shi won the first place in the "Spring and Autumn" examination.

During the palace examination, Su Shi was born in the fourth class.

But in any case, Su Shi and his younger brother Su Zhe were subordinated to Zhang Heng.

The champion can be named on a list, so this list is called Zhang Heng list.

Zhang Heng was the first, and he was very lucky.

Zhang Hengdian tried to solve the title and said: "Yuanqi Yuansheng, Tianlin Zhaomin." Finally, Song Renzong set the scene and saw this statement: "This ancestor's business, how can I be enough to do it."

It is said that Song Renzong also asked left and right: "Is this Huanqing's son?"

After being confirmed, Song Renzong said: "Huan Qing is an orphan, and so are his children."

So Zhang Heng was the first.

Zhang Heng was not only the champion, but also the only jinshi in Pucheng.

As for the other Zhang Dun, who could have received the imperial decree, how could he live under the nephew of the clan, so he refused to accept the decree and was appointed an official, and he was not listed as a jinshi in the end.

Therefore, there were originally 380 nine scholars in this subject, but in the end there were only 380 eight candidates, and there were still 380 nine candidates in all subjects.

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