Shu Chen

Chapter 13
Time goes by, day and night.

In a trance, Zheng Pu temporarily lived in the Qin Mansion for half a month.

During this period, as the State Shepherd's Office published the annotated version of "Thousand-Character Text" in the Academy, allowing the scholars to transcribe it at will, his reputation was mixed.

The praises are the platitudes of Shuzhong's talents and outstanding literary talents.

But the slander is the best way to do it.

If someone denounces Zheng Pu's commentary as being too fabricated, absurd, and preposterous, it is a misunderstanding.

Some people also issued it, similar to the doubts that the Prime Minister Zhuge Liang first saw "Thousand Characters".

It is believed that the new character book was written by Zheng Pu's late father, Zheng Du, and that Zheng Pu just stole his father's last work to invite his name to the world, which is disgusting for a gentleman!

There are also some well-known scholars who are critical of the words and phrases of the word book.

The most criticized is the phrase "studying excellently and becoming a postgraduate".

Zheng Pu's commentary on this sentence in the book of new characters is, "If you study well and have spare energy, you can go to officialdom and become an official, and you can take a position and participate in political affairs."

However, Confucian scholars who have learned about poetry and calligraphy can all think that there are allusions to these words and look for them.

It is from "The Analects of Confucius, Zizhang", Zixia said: "If you are an official, you will learn, and if you study, you will be an official."

Zixia's original intention is to point out that officialdom is one of the ways to "learn from time to time", and to apply what you have learned and cultivated to the practice of politics; but self-cultivation and learning are endless.

The two explanations run counter to each other.

Therefore, Zheng Pu cannot avoid being accused of taking things out of context and misinterpreting the meaning of the sages.

In these days, the Qin mansion also had many scholars submit books, wishing to invite Zheng Pu to go out of the mansion to the literary society to debate the meaning of the classics.

Well, Qin Mansion, one of the five schools in the imperial court, is not something that ordinary people can visit.And those who are qualified to visit will not cause Qin Mi's dissatisfaction in order to argue with the juniors.

Officials with high positions have always been illiterate.

Therefore, Zheng Pu is also happy to be at leisure, and he can dismiss all these invitations for writing.

He did not have such an "elegant" debate with others citing scriptures.

In particular, he had already read those scriptures without seeking a thorough understanding, so why would he feel uncomfortable being found by a group of Confucian scholars?
But he was unavoidable to criticize others, and even Qin Mi couldn't protect him.

That was the Duke of Duxiang, Liu Yan and Liu Weishuo.

He followed the first lord Liu Bei when he was the shepherd of Yuzhou.

Today, he is an official to a general of chariots and cavalry, and his rank in the court is only inferior to that of Li Yan, but he does not participate in state affairs, and only leads more than a thousand troops and follows the guard of honor.

He is romantic, good at talking, and considers himself a famous person; even dozens of servants in the family can make vocal music, and he can teach and recite the poems of Lu Lingguang Temple.However, he is paranoid in temperament, and his clothes and food are extravagant, so he is not liked by his colleagues.

He saw that Qiao Zhou highly praised the new character book, Prime Minister Zhuge Liang praised Zheng Jiazi as a talented man in Shu, and also saw that Zheng Pu should not be appointed by the prefecture, so he repeatedly threatened to blame him.Taking Zheng Pu's refusal to respond to the Confucian scholar's questioning should be regarded as evidence of a guilty conscience.

At many meetings of the court and the public, Zheng Pu was reprimanded as a person who made a name for himself.

The words were fierce and reluctant.

For this reason, when Qin Mi returned to the mansion, he especially comforted him, "Liu Weishuo's intention is to use excuses to attack and act like a dog barking Yao, Zijin should not pay attention to it."

Zheng Pu naturally nodded and said yes.

Even in the dark, it is inevitable that you will feel uneasy.

Because of Qin Mi's relief, he made it very clear: Liu Yan, who was a servant of the Yuan Dynasty, used the topic to criticize him now because his late father Zheng Du was not serving the late master Liu Bei.To show his loyalty to Shu Han by attacking Yizhou scholars who were unwilling to serve in officialdom, and to invite the emperor to favor him!

Born as a human, how can you belittle others to flatter yourself!

Really hateful!

When Zheng Pu was ashamed and annoyed, he also let a little gloom in his heart.

In the world of the family and the world, some things will not be settled because of the death of the father.

For example, some Yuan subordinates still classify Zheng Pu as a non-minister who is unwilling to serve the first lord Liu Bei and unwilling to support the authority of the Shuhan court.

Moreover, in the past two weeks, his mind has been somewhat depressed.

Because what he hoped to be conquered by the Prime Minister's Mansion was as calm as a pool of stagnant water.

Although Qin Mi veiled in private that he had told the Prime Minister's mansion that he had the ability to plan, but the Prime Minister's mansion did not respond at all.

Perhaps, I am too whimsical.

He actually wanted to enter the Prime Minister's Mansion as a commoner at a young age.

In despair, he also had plans to bid farewell to Qin Mi and return to Shifang Sangyuan.

Xiao Zhengyan, who came to Chengdu with her, was bored after the initial novelty and wandering around for several days, but instead, she was bound by the cumbersome etiquette here.I also remembered the voice and appearance of my mother after a long absence, and began to look forward to her return.

Ugh.
Better go home.

It's useless to stay here and wait.

However, before returning home, Zheng Pu also decided to go to a banquet.

It was Zhang Biao, a native of Chengdu, Shu County, who sent his family steward to the Qin Mansion and cast him a thorn.

Zhang Biao, courtesy name Boda, has a dignified and dignified outlook, and became famous in Bashu when he was young, so he was the son of Zhang Song, who worked in Bijia in Yizhou.

Because of his father's internal communication with the First Sovereign Liu Bei to take Shu, he was executed by Liu Zhang without agreement. Therefore, the First Sovereign appointed Shu and was treated favorably by him.

Now the prime minister, Zhuge Liang, is in charge, and he has been appointed to serve as the state government's negotiator.

However, these are not the reasons why Zheng Pu decided to go to the appointment.

Instead, Zhang Biao attached a few lines of teeny small characters below the thorns of the Jue Li.

Said: "Biao and Wang Wenfu of Li County are close friends. When I was young, I used to travel together in the prefectures and prefectures. I like to talk about people. Wenfu also talked about Zijin's deeds, and I really admired it. I can't wait to hear it! , I am overjoyed, hold a banquet at home, sweep the couch and wait, and pray to condescend to come."

Wang Wenfu of Li County was Wang You.

Therefore, Jingzhou Yicao was engaged in Wangfu's son, and he was also an in-law of the Zheng family.

At that time, Zheng Du's wife and eldest son Zheng Yan's biological mother was Wang Fu's sister.Although Zheng Du later resumed the string, the relationship between the two has always been very close.Not to mention, some of the military books that Zheng Pu read in Sangyuan were copied by his elder brother Zheng Yan from the Wang family in Li County.

Well, the Wang family in Li County is a prominent family in Shu, with a higher pedigree than the Zheng family in Shifang.

Now, since Zhang Biao mentioned Wang You in the invitation, Zheng Pu is not easy to refuse.

In particular, Wang Fu had already died in the battle of Yiling, and Wang You was currently in mourning; if Zheng Pu had excused himself, he would have misunderstood Zhang Biao's heart and felt that the friendship between the Zheng family of Shifang and the Wang family of Li County might have been lost. not close.

Alas, sophistication.

Sometimes, living in the world is really involuntary.

According to the date agreed in the post of worship, Zheng Pu foretold to meet the Qin family, and after telling the younger sister not to act naughty, then let the squire drive the cramped deer cart, empty-handed to the Zhang residence.

Even the nephew of the Qin family kindly prepared a gift and asked him to take it, but he firmly refused.

Since Zhang Boda has admired me for a long time, why should I bring gifts?

Anti-cheesy!

(End of this chapter)