The First Auxiliary Road from the Imperial Examination

Another season of spring is good, people and flowers laugh together.

On the outskirts of Kyoto, on the grass next to the official road, a group of government students sat in rows on the ground.

At the front of the square formation, sitting opposite them was a gentleman with a crown on his head and a gray beard.

At this moment, the sky is sunny, the clouds are light and foggy, the breeze is gentle, and the grass is fragrant.

Occasionally, wild geese fly over and goshawks circle around, seeming to echo the master's chanting.

Suddenly, a group of carriages and horses passed by on the peaceful official road, and the curtains of the decorated carriage in the middle lifted a corner quietly from the inside.

After seeing the immature faces of the group of students shaking their heads in the distance, the curtains returned to their original positions wobbly.

After a full rest, the guards outside the convoy inquired at the tea shop: "Shopkeeper, the style of study in Kyoto is so good? Even the students who take the martial arts exam also recite poems and Fu?"

The owner of the tea shop heard the words and greeted the good tea lady to make tea for the distinguished guests in the carriage. While serving tea, he smiled and said: "The distinguished guests have not come to Beijing for five or six years, right? The school uniforms of our Kyoto government school have long been changed After changing the style, the academy uniforms of several major academies are all so cool!"

Then I chatted with others about the changes in the capital academy.

After the team of carriages and horses left, the owner of the tea shop looked in the direction of the group of students and spoke to his wife: "In the past two or three years, more and more people have come to Beijing. Even though the capital is magnificent and vast, it is impossible to pretend what!"

The tea lady patted the hem of her skirt with a rag, and told him that he ate salty radishes and was worried: "people in Kyoto leave as soon as they come, or stay temporarily. How many villages are there in the east, west, north, south, and south of the imperial city? .”

After finishing speaking, she happily counted the money box: "I am looking forward to more foreign visitors coming to the capital, so that the money alone will be enough to save a fortune, and the children in the family can be sent to social school."

The corners of the tea shop owner's mouth turned up, but he continued to babble: "Five girls who go to social school can still learn to be good at it."

The tea lady didn't like to hear this, so she carefully locked the box and hid the key between her temple hair, then rolled up her sleeves to pinch his ears, won't you speak well? !

Just pulling her husband's ear, he saw another team of chariots and horses galloping up the official road, and the tea lady was so happy that she said hello repeatedly, and hurriedly pushed her husband to welcome the guests.

The tea shop here is still bustling, and the students on the grass over there have also changed their husbands.

"Student Sheng Yuan, you come from an honorable family. If that's the case, let's recite the passage explaining the title system in Mencius."

After the gentleman said, a round and lovely girl stood up in the first row, with clear eyes, and said loudly: "There is a saying in "Mencius Wanzhang": there is one emperor, one prince, one marquis, and one uncle. The son and the man are the same, and all the five classes are also.

There is one gentleman, one minister, one doctor, one sergeant, one sergeant, one corporal, and six others.

The system of the Son of Heaven, the place is thousands of miles away.The princes are all a hundred miles away, the uncle is seventy miles, the son and man are fifty miles away, and everyone is fourth.

It can't be fifty miles away, it can't reach the emperor, and it is called a vassal if it is attached to the princes.

The princes of the Son of Heaven are regarded as princes by the land, the officials are regarded as uncles by the land, and the scholars are regarded as sons by the land. "

Her voice was crisp and smooth, and she answered in one go, which won the praise of many students.

With a smile in his eyes, the gentleman gently stroked his beard and nodded: "Not bad, not bad...Student An Yu."

An Yu, who was about to give Sheng Yuan a thumbs-up, heard a shock, and while standing up on the ground, told Sheng Yuan: "Sister Yuan, help me!"

Lu Sheng shook his head when he heard that, can't this guy live up to himself?
"Eastern Han Dynasty Ying Shao said in "Han Guan Yi": The emperor is great, saying that he is brilliant and prosperous. The emperor is like heaven and earth, saying that he can follow the way of heaven, and his actions are judged. Father, mother and earth, he is the master of the world."

The gentleman said with a smile: "The "Shangshu" also has such a statement, you can repeat it."

"Ah?!" An Yu's eyes darkened. Was this mentioned in "Shangshu"?Why doesn't he know? !

While scratching his head, he caught a glimpse of Sheng Yuan mouthing him, and immediately asked cheekily, "Sir, can I sit down and recite it to you?"

"Is that so? Then, do you want to ask Sheng Yuan to help answer?"

The teacher asked back with a smile, which immediately made the children burst into laughter.

"Okay, sit down, student Lu Sheng will answer." The gentleman waved his hand and looked at the young gentleman he called, "Do you also need student Sheng Yuan to help answer?"

"The "Book of History" says: The emperor is called Tian, ​​and the king is called by people. Heaven has five emperors to establish its name, and people have three kings to be righteous. It is also called Tianzijue, and the emperor is also called Huanghuang." Lu Sheng shook his head and recited it directly.

The gentleman nodded in satisfaction, said good-bye, and called Chen He again: "Son of Heaven, the name of the Supreme Being, the Son of Heaven calls himself Zhen, and the ministers call him Your Majesty... Here, there is a detailed discussion in "Hanshu", Do you know?"

"Well, students know."

Chen He nodded, saw the gentleman's gesture, and slowly recited: ""Hanshu" says: The emperor of Han is called "Emperor", he calls himself "Zhen", and his subjects call him "Your Majesty".
Its words are called "Zhizhao", historians record things as "Shang", chariots, horses, clothes and equipment are called "Chengyu", where they are called "Walking in the place", and what they enter is called "Yu".
The first order is called "Policy Book", the second is called "Formulation Book", the third is called "Decree", and the fourth is called "Book of Precepts". "

"Very good! Very good!" The gentleman nodded in satisfaction.

This gentleman, who specially asks students to be knowledgeable and memorized, only asks three or five people every day, and generally speaking of praise means that there will be no more questions in this class.

So many students breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this.

Back outside the gate of the academy, the students in the first class of the elementary school disbanded on their own, and the carriages from various prefectures came to pick them up.

An Yu grabbed the edge of the Sheng family's carriage, and laughed with Sheng Yuan:
"Tomorrow is a holiday, shall we go for a horse race?"

Sheng Yuan's heart was moved at first, but thinking of her sister's rare holiday home, she could only shake her head.

"Okay! We'll have to talk about it next time! A while ago, my aunt bought me another village on the outskirts of the city, where I can run horses and shoot arrows, and the servants can accompany me to practice knives and guns. I think the three of us can go there!"

Lu Sheng saw that he was relying on someone else's carriage, so he went over and patted him on the shoulder: "Don't forget it so soon! I still have me!"

"You?!" An Yu wrinkled her nose, "It's just the two of us racing horses and archery there, are you stupid! The point is, I can't win yet! Don't go! Don't go!"

Seeing him sloppy, Lu Sheng laughed loudly: "It's as if you can win if sister Yuan participates!"

An Yu was not angry when he laughed, but nodded sincerely and said: "Although I am always at the bottom, but with Sister Yuan here, I have you as the second child to accompany me!"

After he finished speaking, he and Lu Sheng laughed out loud.

Sheng Yuan got his head out of the carriage and laughed at them: "Can you stop laughing like the stupid sons of rich people!"

She said so, but the smile on her face was exactly the same as theirs.

Ouyang Ling watched from a distance, curled her lips, and murmured to Xia Shuangjun next to her: "I said, why are the three of them so close and inseparable? It turns out that they are so consistent in their stupidity!"