Start with the humble bridegroom

Chapter 317 Feudal Theory

The exam was scheduled to be released on September [-]th, but at noon on September [-]th, the tribute courtyard opened the side door, and several clerks came out and pasted three pieces of paper on the tribute wall.

Immediately, a group of spectators crowded up to watch. Four government servants stood in front of the tribute wall, holding water and fire sticks, standing with their chests upright, looking at these common people with their chins, their faces full of disdain.

No one finds it strange that the yamen servants of the Gongyuan always have eyes on the top of their heads during the few days of the test, and everyone thinks they are illiterate.

These five blank sheets of paper were filled with beautiful handwriting, and those who could read cried out in surprise.

"Whose papers are these? Why are they all posted? Could it be that cheating was made public?"

Fortunately, there are also scholars now, who immediately sneered loudly: "Open your dog eyes, this is Zhang Xinzhi's test paper! This article is really good~~! It is really wonderful~!"

After hearing the news, a large number of students rushed over, and under the test papers in front of the tribute wall, a group of Guizhou heads who had become nearly a hundred students were gathering.

"Mo Yi is absolutely right! This letter is really inhuman~!"

"Although Mo Yi is difficult, it's just a good memory. Look at this "Ai Lian Shuo". There are such good writings in this world! It can be seen from a distance but not played with. It's wonderful, wonderful~! "

"This is a shabby room, but my virtue,..., Confucius said, why is it so shabby?" A loud voice recited it over and over again, and tears fell down without realizing it.Ten years of cold windows, the whole family's bran and vegetables, the old tiles and ruins, and the suffering and stubbornness of the Han family's students are all contained in this short "Humble Room Inscription".

The papers under the scroll quickly divided into two factions, one group was dressed in brocade clothes and their faces were full of Tao Ran, and they admired "Ailian Shuo" the most; It's good to say "Humble Room Ming".

The Jinyi faction is headed by Chen Yuanchen, the son of Zhaobei. The Chen family is one of the best aristocratic families in the north, with 26 emperors in four dynasties.This person was in his early twenties, and he memorized the entire "Ai Lian Shuo" after just reading it. For a moment, his heart was full of the whiteness and charm of lotus flowers, especially the voices and smiles of those amiable women who are like lotus flowers. come and go.

"This article is elegant, and it cannot be read by those who are not of high moral character and aloof aspirations." He smiled and looked at the leader of the other party, but there was a knife in his words. , It really makes people feel sad, is it sad for the gentlemen of the world?"

This is insinuating to belittle the opponent, especially Guo Xunran, the son of Yannan Juzi who has been fighting with him these days among the commoner students.

Guo Xunran is a bit older, already 27 or [-] years old, but when he heard this, he looked at the clothes on his body, it was just an ordinary cloth robe.

"A vulgar person?" Guo Xunran smiled proudly, shook his clothes and asked back, "Dare to ask, why is it so ugly?"

The two groups of scholars were conflicting with each other, and there might as well be a scholar who stood far outside and did not come to read the article, but sneered: "There are so many articles written by sages and sages, and it is ridiculous to argue over an article written by a scholar. After all, they are people with shallow knowledge."

The map was shot so well that the two gangs immediately targeted the 20 or so people at the same time.

And these people are the supervising students from the Guozijian, who have always regarded themselves as superior to others, especially in terms of teaching resources.

These words hurt Chen Yuanchen the most. How can he, who thinks he has a family background, bear this kind of ridicule?

"In the 200 years since the imperial court raised scholars, Guozijian has produced such a group of people with high eyesight and low abilities! Since the founding of the country, how many articles have been published by this dynasty's Guozijian that can cover these two articles?"

Guo Xunran immediately said hello, but immediately sighed: "Brother Chen has wronged them. Don't say a few articles from the Imperial Academy of this dynasty, but none has been published. So they naturally think that good articles They were all written by ancient sages, and today's people are not worthy of writing good articles!"

Xiao Yanzhen was among the group of supervisors, and he stepped forward and asked loudly: "Naturally, good articles are written by ancient sages, especially articles by sages, so you can criticize them?"

"What Brother Xiao said is true. The predecessors can be passed down through the ages as teachers. Today's people are not as good as the ancients. Just like a son is not as good as a father, filial piety and teacher's way are above all. Isn't this book of sages and sages reading for nothing?"

The one who spoke was Ma Shangguo, who was No. 4 in the monthly exam of the Imperial College and is now No. 1.The top three are so inexplicably sad, he couldn't help crying when he talked about this these days, the tears of joy turned out to be sweet!
Hearing these remarks, Chen Yuanchen's laughter became louder: "Duke Zhou and Confucius, can you try to discuss them?"

Chen Yuanchen was talking about the Duke of Zhou who wrote "The Rites of Zhou" and Confucius who founded Confucianism. Both are saints.

"Why talk about it? The Duke of Zhou is the first, so naturally the Duke of Zhou is more holy." Ma Shangguo did not hesitate at all, and directly expressed his attitude.Because "Zhou Li" is the model for all gentlemen advocated by Confucius, and Zhou Gong's achievements and integrity are also the first model for all scholars.

Chen Yuanchen immediately laughed without saying a word.

Over there, Guo Xunran couldn't hold back his laughter for a moment: "So, I can tell that I'm even more holy!"

This is not about his own "Lao Tzu", but that according to Ma Shangguo's theory, Lao Tzu, the ancestor of Taoism before Confucius, is more powerful than Confucius.

Can readers recognize this?
The laughter of hundreds of people suppressed the protest of the Guozijian group.

At this moment, the side door of the Gongyuan opened again, and a clerk hurried out and pasted another test paper on the wall.

"It's Zhang Xinzhi's third volume! Interesting, interesting, the title is "Teacher's Talk"."

Everyone couldn't care less about teasing the students of the Imperial College, and surrounded them.After only reading a few sentences, Guo Xunran yelled: "This man is not vulgar. If he is not an official but a Confucian, he must have the appearance of a great Confucian!"

"That's why there is no noble and no cheap, no long and no little, the existence of the Tao and the existence of the teacher. Wonderful! Wonderful beyond words!"

"Everyone!" With the help of his companions, Chen Yuanchen jumped onto a horse-tethering stone, "Follow me and recite, the sage, master of impermanence,..."

"A sage has no permanent teacher. Confucius taught Tanzi, Changhong, Shixiang, and Laodan. Tanzi's disciples are not as good as Confucius. Confucius said: If three people walk together, there must be my teacher. Therefore, disciples don't have to be inferior to teachers, and teachers don't have to. Virtuous to disciples, there is a priority in hearing the Tao, and there is a specialization in art, that's all!"

All the disciples chanted in unison, making everyone in the Imperial College turn pale for a while, and everyone knew that the undergraduate meeting was definitely the letter.And the undergraduate examiner is Zhou Laoshilang, the immediate boss who is in charge of the Imperial Academy.

It doesn't matter to criticize everyone and make fun of Zhang Xinzhi, but when the old servant Zhou posted this "Master's Talk" in a grand manner, it showed Zhou Daru's views on this issue.To be more serious, the gain outweighs the loss.After all, the only one who hated Zhang Xinzhi was Xie Gu, the supervisor of the prison, and Zhou Zhiyi, who was in charge of Xie Gu, obviously admired that Zhang Xinzhi very much.

The side door of the Gongyuan opened again, and four or five scribes walked out each holding a piece of paper.

Chen Yuanchen's eyes lit up immediately, and he shouted: "Everyone, step aside, it should be Zhang Xinzhi's thousands-word long essay!"

This class is no different from previous years. For Zhang Xinzhi, who is the most likely to win the championship, all the candidates have no jealousy or doubts. This person is really strong enough to be abnormal.In the examination room, Zhang Xinzhi handed in four volumes in half a day, and wrote thousands of words in half a day. The stories that even asked for the four attached volumes were talked about by the examiners all day long.

Hearing Chen Yuanchen's greeting, the judges stepped aside and asked the scribes to post the five policy papers.

"Feudalism"!
"Does heaven and earth have no beginning? I don't know it. Do living people have a beginning? I don't know it. But which one is closer? Said: Having a beginning is nearer. Who understands it? It is also understood by feudalism. That feudalist , even the ancient sage kings Yao, Shun, Yu, Tang, Wen, and Wu could not get rid of them. If they didn’t want to go away, it was inevitable. When the power comes, is it the beginning of life? If there is no beginning, there is no way There is feudalism. Feudalism is not what saints want.”

This person broke the topic at the beginning of the article, and then came to a deafening argument: feudalism is not what a saint wants!
Since the Great Unification, Han Wu deposed hundreds of schools and only respected Confucianism. The concept of Great Unification has been integrated into every capillary of Confucianism. The biggest obstacle to becoming a king is the scholars all over the world!
Seeing this, the candidates all secretly shouted "Hello".Why can they only scream in secret, the prince has just been established, and there are six kings in power, for the future, most people can only applaud secretly at this moment.

Of course, there are also those who are not afraid of things, Guo Xunran burst out: "Sheng Miao Qi said, the court and you must know!"

There are more than [-] words, and there is not a single word redundant. Reading the whole text is like warming wine in winter and drinking ice in summer, which is extremely smooth and enjoyable.

"I thought that Zhou's mourning was long, and it was only a matter of building a name in the ears of the princes. It was not the prosperity and strength of the princes, but the last one was to blame? So they were judged to be twelve, and they were combined into seven kingdoms. If the country were to be destroyed by Qin, who was enfeoffed later, Zhou would be defeated, and that is what matters.”

At the end of the article, it points out the fact that Qin was once a vassal state of Zhou.The Qin State finally succeeded in replacing Zhou as emperor, and the system of enfeoffing princes was the original reason.

"If the country is ruined by the later Qin Dynasty, then Zhou will be defeated. He cares about that. Hehehehe, it really is a good article!" The old man's voice was full of appreciation, but there was no hesitation, "This old man of Zhou , This time Baba sent over Zhang Xiaozi's test paper, and even included such a test paper!"

The emperor put aside the notebook that Zhou Zhiyi sent along with the test paper, and said flatly, "Let's stay in the middle school."

On the cover of that memorial, there is a line of words "Please play the kings to go to Beijing and do the king's deeds in vain".

Sanfu stepped forward to pick up Zhou Zhiyi's booklet, and then came to the next door to the emperor's study.There are seven or eight large wooden boxes painted with gold. Sanfu opened the fifth box and found that this box was also more than half full of folds.He smiled wryly, and the booklets for letting the kings leave the capital were almost full of five large boxes. In half a year, he was afraid that he would order another batch of boxes to be made.

Sanfu went back to the study and saw that the old emperor had just put down a document that had been approved. Just looking at the color of the envelope, it should be a note from the crown prince.Sure enough, the emperor ordered him again: "You go back to Beijing and send all the papers that I have approved to the crown prince. Just say that he is doing a good job, work hard, and let me rest for a while. In addition, you go to the junior sister Take a look at the mansion, the people in the grand master's mansion have figured it out, they have served her all these years, and they have to give these people a good place to go."

Sanfu's heart skipped a beat, knowing that the master was preparing for something.The emperor has been hesitating for decades, and this time it seems that he is going to let things go regardless.

"Mrs. Shentu's place. I can't bear her scolding." Sanfu begged for mercy, "Why don't you go and see how the repair of Baixiu Garden next to the madam's mansion is going. Anyway, Ba Ye wants to live."

"What are you afraid of?" The emperor smiled, "Since she agreed to come to Chang'an with Chao'er, she agrees with it three-pointedly. I sent another five hundred Yulin to tell her that there are some things that I might not be able to hide. It's also to give Chao'er a bottom line first. He is a simple gentleman, and I'm afraid he won't be able to resist these changes for a while."

Thinking of his youngest son who likes to write story books, the emperor felt a little irritated.Then he frowned again: "Chao'er is too honest, and I don't know who to send him. If I send someone with a scheming plan, I'm afraid that I will cheat Chao'er and his son. If I send someone who is honest, I'm afraid that everyone in this house will die." Being teased by outsiders. Those who have a future are unwilling to go, and those who have no future are afraid that they will encourage him to have other ideas. It’s so difficult!”

Suddenly the old emperor looked at San Fu: "You said, I will assign this kid Zhang to Lao Ba, okay?"

Sanfu was taken aback: "Master, that's the number one talent you're optimistic about, and you assigned it to the Eighth Master? For the Eighth Master, it's not a good thing! The other masters are not watching for nothing."

The old emperor smiled lightly: "Who said that I would give it away so straightforwardly? Just wait and watch."

In Zhuchi Xiaoyuan, Zhang Zhe and his wife didn't care about Huiyuan's problem, but looked at the engineering renderings together with great interest.This is the effect color picture of Piyi Garden made by Zhang Zhe by a few fledgling trainee designers.

"It's so good!" Meng Xiaowan couldn't put it down, "Husband, but the island of Master Shizun is also this kind of scenery?"

Zhang Zhe touched his head: "I really haven't been there for my husband."

Meng Xiaowan rolled her eyes: You lied!
She looked down at the schedule, and when she saw the number of workers, she couldn't help feeling suspicious.

"For such a large construction site, my husband only needs to recruit 1000 small laborers. How can there be enough? Now that the autumn harvest is about to end, there are many idlers in the countryside. We don't need that little money, so we can recruit [-] people?"

"The imperial court has laws and regulations. Anyone who employs more than 500 civilian workers in the capital city must be approved by the Ministry of Industry. I am just doing a demonstration project first, just a few yards, and [-] people are enough," Zhang Zhe laughed very "cunningly", " As long as anyone who has seen my model house, I guarantee that they will obediently send money to others."

Meng Xiaowan scratched his nose: You are so proud, are you ashamed!

After a few chatters, Meng Xiaowan chatted about her hometown again.

"This year's autumn harvest at home has not caught up. I, the mistress, have a guilty conscience. I entrusted the land in Wuling, the land in Xiushan, and the newly bought Zhuangzi in Jiangling to my fifth and sixth uncles. Those who go down the river don't know what happened to them?"

After being reminded by her, Zhang Zhe also remembered the sweet potatoes and potatoes that he had asked his fifth and sixth uncles to promote in various fields at home.When they left, potatoes were being harvested everywhere, and now the sweet potatoes were probably all harvested.Just looking at the yield per mu in Taowan, which is indeed even more terrifying than modern times, one wonders what the results of the promotion of planting at home will be like this time?

(End of this chapter)