I go to the ancient imperial examinations

Chapter 111 Challenge Book

Regarding Zhan Feiyu's situation, the scholars who came to Shangsi County knew everything about it.

If one is really talented, the poems from last year's Zhiwenhui were also passed on, and she is even more talented in mathematics. For a little girl who has been in school for less than a year, she can indeed be called a child prodigy.

"Brother Tao, have you heard? Zhan Feiyu is going to set up a forum in Leshanju, learn from saints and give lectures, let us see what is called prodigy and genius!" The man who spoke looked angry, and he studied hard for decades , who doesn't want to become famous all over the world in one fell swoop, but studying is difficult, and the imperial examination is even more difficult!

Especially the poor, without the support of teachers and elders, they can only study dead books behind closed doors. Master Gu is just a driftwood in the eyes of those who have fallen into the water.

"Hmph, I really don't know what it means!" Brother Tao, who had also heard the rumors, slapped the table and cursed loudly, "She has only studied for a few days, and she dares to teach like a saint!"

"Why would Master Gu accept such a person as his apprentice?" The man lowered his voice. They dared to criticize Zhan Feiyu, but they dared not talk about Gu Qingzhou casually.

The same conversation spread in every inn, but all the scholars who gathered together would talk about Zhan Feiyu. Compared with the curiosity and jealousy before, now they are more critical, disdainful or contemptuous.

"It's said that Master Gu has accepted an apprentice, but what if this is false news?" Someone couldn't help asking, Zhan Feiyu is so crazy, how could Master Gu accept him as an apprentice.

"Brother Zhang's words are very true. Maybe it's Zhan Feiyu's rumors, who want to force Master Gu to accept her as a disciple! Or use the name of Master Gu's disciple to swindle and deceive!"

"What? How could she act like this?"

"Hmph, a cunning villain who will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals!"

In fact, as long as you can learn from Master Gu, the process is not important!The expressions of the scholars present were difficult to distinguish. They were talented and hardworking, so it would be useless not to see Bachelor Gu!

Just when everyone was criticizing Zhan Feiyu, another gossip came out that Master Gu did not accept apprentices, but he did plan to accept apprentices. Master Gu, who had passed the sixth grade, only accepted the most talented and youngest students. Talented students.

A lot of articles and poems were placed in a mess on the long table in the study. Zhan Feiyu put the newly transcribed poems to the window to let the ink dry quickly, "Teacher, this "Wild Bamboo on the Green Sky" is a masterpiece."

"Only your elm head can appreciate poetry?" There was a laugh, and Gu Qingzhou on the other side of the desk continued to read without raising his head.

Some of these articles and poems are indeed good, but as a bachelor of the Sixth Yuan Dynasty in the Daqing Dynasty, and the subordinates of the Imperial Academy were either first-class or second-class, Gu Qingzhou really couldn't read the articles of these scholars in Shangsi County upper eye.

"Teacher, why don't you eat minced meat?" Zhan Feiyu moved to Gu Qingzhou's side with the poem, and began to recite in a clear and clear voice, "The wild bamboos are long, and the clusters are on the green screen. , He Yibantianqing...will be Ling Jueding, and build this royal pavilion."

After listening to it, Gu Qingzhou said, "The first two sentences highlight the wild bamboo, the second two sentences darkly point to the blue sky, the fifth to eight sentences, try to write the words, and the nine to twelve sentences are written on the green sky. Layer by layer As far as the test post poem is concerned, it is indeed a masterpiece because of the meticulous and fast-tracking of the title."

Zhan Feiyu nodded. She has read a lot of poems in the past few days, and she has benefited a lot.

"If you want to learn vertical and horizontal, you must first learn rigorousness. If you want to learn emptiness, you must first learn practicality. If you want to learn how to describe, you must first learn clearly." Gu Qingzhou also knew Zhan Feiyu's shortcomings in poetry and poetry, and said with a smile: "Try posting poems. He Zhi Yi Wen is just a way of the imperial examination, and it is enough to be proficient in one of the two.”

If you don't take the imperial examination, you can't become an official, but looking at the court, there are a few officials who are still pondering art and literature in the study every day.

Corrupt officials think about how to bully their subordinates and flatter their superiors, how to make money without leaving any excuses;

"You are young, take your time, you don't have to force it." Gu Qingzhou touched Zhan Feiyu's little head, he prefers the little girl to be carefree rather than teaching a little nerd.

"Strict teachers lead to great students! Teacher, you are allowing me to degenerate." Zhan Feiyu protested with a bitter face. If he was really an eight-year-old child, he would definitely be an ignorant, incompetent, and evil dude in the future.

Amused by her appearance of bitterness and hatred, Gu Qingzhou laughed loudly: "My disciple of Gu Qingzhou, even if he is illiterate, so what?"

Before she reached her age, she was protected by her teacher; after she got married, she was protected by her husband; after 40 to [-] years, her children would be filial to her, and a hundred years passed in just one hundred years.

Unaware that the teacher had already arranged her whole life, Zhan Feiyu took out another transcribed poem from the table, "Teacher, look at this one, the title is from "Guanzi""

A year's plan is better than planting valleys; a ten-year plan is better than trees; a lifelong plan is better than tree people.One tree harvests one grain, one tree ten harvests trees, one tree one hundred harvests people.

"Using the rhyme of the word "nian", cultivating people and trees is a hundred times more worthy. When you recite the harvest, why count the years. Wushuangzhen is born, and ten pillars are pulled out..."

Gu Qingzhou glanced, "This kid's writing skills are better than the previous one."

"One and two couplets point the title, point out the official rhyme year, the word unparalleled in the triplet matches the first word in the title, which means the country's unparalleled, and the pillars of the gods." Zhan Feiyu had already appreciated and analyzed it before transcribing it.

Although Gu Qingzhou does not insist on how good Zhan Feiyu's poems are, he will also teach them carefully, "Good test post poems pay attention to the use of allusions, and the words used must have provenance, either historical allusions, or words and sentences used by predecessors. Pay attention to correct use, borrowing, explicit use and hidden use, and avoid far-fetched, piled up and out-of-the-way, just talk about it.”

""Shuo Yuan", "Hanshiwaizhuan", "Book of Songs"" Zhan Feiyu is also fortunate to have a good memory, and he has read classics extensively after entering school, otherwise he would really not be able to answer.

"Han Yu's "Preface to Sending Wen Chu Shi" wrote: How can one pick a person in the morning to pick out the best, and in the evening to pick a person how to pick the best." After thinking about it, Zhan Feiyu continued to answer, "The poem ends with one or two words, if you don't know how to use it If you don’t know the classics, you don’t know the meaning of poetry.”

In contrast, the first poem about wild bamboo is correct in terms of content and format, but the second poem cites classics, and it is obvious that the poet's writing background is stronger than the former.

On the way, Gu Yuan brought tea and pastries over, and saw that the master and apprentice were discussing the article, so they quietly left the study.

The young man in Tsing Yi who was guarding the yard glanced at the direction of the study, and asked in a low voice, "Brother Yuan, shall we continue?"

"Well, send someone to continue collecting poems and articles, and the price will remain the same. A new poem is ten cents, and an article is thirty cents." In the past few days, Gu Yuan has arranged people in various restaurants and teahouses according to the instructions of taking care of the boat.

"Okay, those scholars are all gathered in Leshanju. From morning till night, some people write poems and essays, and there are also people who draw pictures and play the piano. It's very lively." The boy thought it was a troublesome thing, and the poems and articles of scholars are precious. Very, outsiders can't see it, let alone copy it.

Unexpectedly, for the sake of fame, and the fact that the tea in Leshanju is free and ice basins are provided to cool down, all scholars gathered in Leshanju for an essay meeting.

Leshanju also hired a few literate scholars to transcribe, and any excellent works were pasted on the wall for people to appreciate and comment on.

When the servant left, Gu Yuan couldn't help twitching his mouth when he thought of the two masters and apprentices in the study.

While slandering the young lady, those scholars showed off their talent like a peacock spreading its tail. They wanted to step on the young lady to gain fame, but they never thought that they were smart and were mistaken by their cleverness. The adults just used their poems and articles to teach the young lady. :Know thyself, ever-victorious!

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Five days later, the emotions of the scholars in Shangsi County have been suppressed to the peak, and now they don't even bother to slander Zhan Feiyu. .

And through the discussion and exchange during this period, Wan Yunhao was the most vocal. Compared with Zhan Feiyu, a "shrinking turtle", they would rather let Wan Yunhao apprentice, at least be convinced.

"Brother Gu has never met Brother Wan, otherwise he would definitely be accepted as a disciple!" In the teahouse, the young man who spoke showed no trace of jealousy on his face, only admiration and conviction.

"There are bandit gentlemen, like cutting like cutting, like cutting like grinding. There are bandit gentlemen, you can't be shy in the end. In terms of talent, brother Wan deserves it." The companion also echoed repeatedly.

As the youngest member of the Nanxuan Mansion, Wan Yunhao was born in a poor family, yet he was able to achieve today's achievements, which made all the children of the poor family proud. As for the children of the scholarly family, they looked down on Wan Yunhao. Fortunately, they are really inferior in other aspects.

On the second floor of Leshan Residence, Tong Xu was sitting with a group of children from aristocratic families, and their expressions were not very good-looking.

"What are you talking about, corporal, Wan Yunhao is just fooling those people into fools." The little boy who was waving his folding fan laughed.

They have been used to intrigues and schemes since they were young. Although Wan Yunhao's methods are clever, but now that his reputation is so high that almost everyone responds, it can be seen that all of this is calculated by him.

"Zizhang, be careful." The man in the blue gown cast a reproachful glance at the open-mouthed classmate, smiled at Tong Xu and said, "Do you understand Wan Juren?"

Scholars from a poor family are simple-minded, but Wan Yunhao can become their leader. Regardless of the Xinji City Mansion, his talent and learning are at least excellent, otherwise how can he convince the public?

Tong Xu has always looked down on Wan Yunhao, but Wan Yunhao was admitted as a scholar at the age of 12, and passed the provincial examination at the age of 16 to become a Juren, but it is a pity that he is only Yayuan.

Afterwards, the Qin family suppressed Wan Yunhao and never allowed him to continue to take the entrance exam. They only said that there are many talents in the exam. In order to avoid becoming the top three such as his wife, Wan Yunhao still needs to practice more.

Tong Xu didn't hide it from Wan Yunhao either, "There are rumors that Zhao Jiaoyu from Shangsi County is Wan Yunhao's mentor, and there is only one apprenticeship ceremony between the two of them. After Wan Yunhao studied in the government school, he switched to the Qin family. Afterwards, he even married the daughter of the Qin family as his wife, and he only said that Zhao Jiaoyu was the enlightened master, but every year the ceremony was still delivered to Shangsi County on time, which has fulfilled his good reputation of respecting teachers."

Before Zhao Jiaoyu came to Shangsi County, he was the teacher of a private school in Nanxuan Mansion. Wan Yunhao's family was poor and he couldn't even fill his stomach, so where did he get the money to study.

It is said that Zhao Jiaoyu cherishes talents. Seeing that Wan Yunhao is smart and eager to learn, he listens to lectures outside the private school wall every day. He was solved in a private school. Wan Yunhao was enlightened at the age of five, and became a scholar at the age of 12.

The folding fan in his hand snapped shut, and the young master said in shock, "Such an ungrateful hypocrite, are those people blind below?"

In contrast, they suddenly felt that Zhan Feiyu was much cuter. After Mrs. Lin was poisoned that day, Mrs. Lin was almost identified as the murderer, but Zhan Feiyu didn't care about his reputation. The master cleared the charges.

"Wan Yunhao has a great reputation these years, and Zhao Jiaoyu has been keeping his mouth shut." Tong Xu curled his lips in disdain.

When he was jealous of Wan Yunhao at the beginning, he also thought about ruining his reputation. Unfortunately, the Qin family is a scholarly family, and its status among the literati in Nanxuan Mansion is far stronger than that of the same family. Secondly, Zhao Jiaoyu would not cooperate, so Let it go.

"Excuse me, where is Wan Juren?" Suddenly, an angry voice sounded.

The originally noisy lobby suddenly fell silent, and a group of scholars looked towards the door, only to see a middle-aged man in heavy clothes, burly and tall, with bright and sharp eyes, he could tell he was a warrior at a glance.

Wan Yunhao, who was surrounded by everyone, stood up, smiled loudly and bowed his hands to the visitor, "I wonder who you are?"

These days in Leshanju, there are scholars talking and laughing, and there are no white people, let alone warriors, so it is no wonder that Wan Yunhao is a little surprised.

"This is the challenge letter from my lady to Wan Juren." The middle-aged man strode over and handed the challenge letter in his hand to Wan Yunhao, "At noon on June [-], my lady was waiting for you at the county school."

If the words "challenge letter" had not been stated, everyone would almost have thought it was a boudoir lady who admired Wan Yunhao and sent someone to send the letter regardless of her reserve.

"This character?" A few scholars who were nearby looked at it sideways. Although the handwriting is a bit immature, it has just shown its strength of character. .

"Zhan Feiyu?" After seeing the signature, he couldn't help but exclaimed.

In an instant, as if a drop of water had dropped into the frying pan, the entire Leshan Residence exploded, and the children of the aristocratic families on the second floor couldn't care less about being expensive, and went downstairs one after another.

"Crazy!" This is the impression of Zhan Feiyu after reading the challenge book. Compared with the cunning, vicious, scheming and powerful in the previous rumors, Zhan Feiyu who dared to write this challenge book is definitely considered crazy. pregnancy.

The folding fan in his hand fell to the ground with a snap, and the little boy said in a daze: "She is an eight-year-old boy who wants to compete with Juren?"

Even if it is a genius from heaven!But Zhan Feiyu only had nine months to study.

Wan Yunhao is already a Juren, enlightened at the age of five, he is now 25 years old, a full 20 years, nine months to 20 years!This is crazy to the limit, more precisely, it is brain flooded, or grandstanding!

"Bet your own future, do you think it's fake?" The blue-shirted man also felt a little bit emotional. Zhan Feiyu's bet was too big. If she lost, she would voluntarily leave the school and even help Wan Yunhao to learn from Gu bachelor.

But if she wins, Wan Yunhao will give up his pen from now on, and can only do farming or business. This is tantamount to cutting off Wan Yunhao's road to Qingyun, and the books he has read for 20 years will be for nothing.

(End of this chapter)