Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 462 Inference
Qi Bokun was taken aback, then burst out laughing, pointing at Qi Muyuan and saying to Yuan Xiuzhu: "Look at this kid, oh."

After laughing, he said earnestly to Qi Muyuan: "Xiaoyuan, you are my most beloved grandson. If you have anything to do with me, you can tell me and ask me for help, no matter whether you have anything to do with me or not. And It's not because of me that you turn to me for help, you know? Grandfather is very happy to solve things for you, anything." He pronounced the last three words very emphatically.

"No." Qi Muyuan said, "You don't need to ask others for what you can do. But for this matter, you and the magistrate owe Du Jinning, and you have to help him deal with the trouble."

After a pause, he said again; "If you hadn't been my grandfather, I wouldn't have come to tell you this, and I'd just help Du Jinning solve the trouble."

Hearing this, Qi Bokun felt warm in his heart.

He knows his grandson best.Although Qi Muyuan always had a calm face, as if he was not close to his parents or his grandfather, but this child silently cared about his relatives.He showed little in words, but he did a lot.He would buy whatever delicious food he saw outside, and have someone deliver it to him; when the weather changed, and before his old troubles broke out, Qi Muyuan would ask Uncle Zhong to invite a doctor to give him a preventive treatment...

This kid does more than he says.

Like today's matter, if he hadn't been for his grandfather, he would have resolved it by himself or let Du Jinning solve it, and would not have come to tell him.But in this way, he and the magistrate owe Du Jinning even more.

Qi Bokun nodded: "You are right. Don't worry, I will tell the magistrate about this matter. Didn't the Du family get an official position because of the Qi family's help? Let's just remove his official position. As for the Qi family..."

He asked Qi Muyuan curiously: "How does he plan to deal with the Qi family?"

Qi Muyuan shook his head: "I didn't ask, and he didn't say anything. I just saw him rushing out today and coming back in a hurry, so I asked about it before I knew about the rumors."

Qi Bokun nodded: "Actually, his words are not important, and he is not afraid of others talking at all."

Qi Muyuan frowned slightly: "But Du Zheyan used such means to deal with Du Jinning, it's too low-handed and cannot be tolerated."

"That's true. Don't worry, they can't make big waves." Qi Bokun said, "But the status of the Qi family is not an official position. So I really have nothing to do with the Qi family."

Qi Muyuan nodded: "I see, let's find a way."

He looked at his grandfather: "If grandfather has nothing to do, I'll go back to Fuxue."

"Go." Qi Bokun waved his hand, indicating that his grandson could go.

"Wait." Yuan Xiuzhu, who had been sitting silently by the side, said, "Have Lu Jiuyuan and the others looked for Du Jinning in the government school?"

The college examination is an examination for a child to be promoted to a scholar. This level of examination is too low for scholars like them who have passed Jinshi. Maybe Qi Yuandao has not read Du Jinning's article, but Yuan Xiuzhu has.

Don't look at him usually shrinking in Lishui County, planting flowers and drinking tea all day long, cultivating his mind and character, but he still knows what's going on outside.

In this hospital examination, after he knew that Lu Jiuyuan was the examiner, he specially got to know Lu Jiuyuan, and also asked someone to bring Lu Jiuyuan's books and articles from the north to read, so he had a better understanding of Lu Jiuyuan's academic ideas.Reminiscent of the two articles Du Jinning wrote during the college exam, he had doubts about Lu Jiuyuan's motive for suddenly running to the Fu Xue to teach.

"No." Qi Muyuan shook his head.

Yuan Xiuzhu frowned and thought for a moment, then motioned to Qi Muyuan and said, "Okay, I see, you can go back."

After Qi Muyuan left, Qi Bokun looked at his friend: "What's wrong? What's wrong with Lu Jiuyuan and the others?"

Yuan Xiuzhu told Qi Bokun his conjecture, and finally said: "You just said that the status of the Qi family is not in an official position, so there is nothing we can do about them. But we have nothing to do, which does not mean that Lu Jiuyuan has nothing to do. Compared with Qi Yuandao, It’s still a little short, but it can make up for it.”

"You mean, those two articles by Du Jinning?"

"Correct."

"Didn't he write those two articles to cater to Lu Jiuyuan's theory? Can it still help Lu Jiuyuan?" Qi Bokun was puzzled.

"Hey, you, all these years your mind has been devoted to intrigue." Yuan Xiuzhu looked at his friend helplessly, "Look at Lu Jiuyuan's article, and then at Du Jinning's two articles, you will know it's not Du Jinning Cater to them, but lead them."

"Is it that powerful?" Qi Bokun expressed doubts.

Even if Du Jinning is exceptionally smart, and his thinking is naturally more careful than others, he can't be self-taught in theory and theory, and he is better than Qi Yuandao and Lu Jiuyuan, who have studied knowledge all their lives, can they?Wouldn't that be a monster?

Yuan Xiuzhu turned his head and ordered his servants: "Go to my study and bring the two books written by Lu Jiuyuan and the two articles by Du Jinning that are on my desk."

The servants responded and brought the things over in a short while.

Although Lu Jiuyuan wrote two books, the ancient books are quite large, and there are only a dozen articles included in them, and it took more than half an hour to read them.

After reading Lu Jiuyuan's and reading Du Jinning's two articles carefully, Qi Bokun fell into deep thought.

"How is it? Can you see it?" Yuan Xiuzhu asked.He believes that even though his friend has been ups and downs all these years and didn't focus on learning, he still has vision.

Qibo Kun nodded.

He looked at Yuan Xiuzhu: "Tell me, why is this kid so powerful? He probably had no contact with Lu Jiuyuan before the college examination, so he didn't know the theory he advocated, right?"

Yuan Xiuzhu laughed and said, "You're just as stupid as I was back then. When I saw that his article was not only the same as Lu Jiuyuan's, but also explained this theory more deeply and thoroughly than Lu Jiuyuan's, I was also horrified, really. I think Du Jinning is a monster. But when I think about it, I think it's normal. He's not a prophet, but he deduced it with his unusually smart mind and meticulous thinking."

Qi Bokun was puzzled: "How do you say that?"

Yuan Xiuzhu said: "Zhao Liang is Qi Yuandao's disciple. The examiner he hired will definitely not disagree with the theory he believes in. And now the most mainstream theory is Neo Confucianism. Neo Confucianism is the same as Qi Yuandao advocated by Qi Yuandao. It’s not a big deal, Qi Yuandao has written articles criticizing Neo-Confucianism many times. And his status as a great Confucianist is precisely because of this.”

Zibo Kun nodded.

"So it can be inferred from this that Zhao Liang, a great Confucian and scholar who advocates Confucianism, will not be invited. And those who do not have their own philosophical ideas, how can they get into Zhao Liang's eyes? If other scholars study politicians, it's fine, Zhao Liang Liang has followed Qi Yuandao for so many years, and he thinks highly of himself in terms of learning. He doesn't look down on those so-called "scholars" who have no achievements of their own and only know what others say. So, except for the people of the Neo-Confucianism, and those who have no achievements, If you take a look at the chiefs of the various academies, how many of them can be selected as the examiners for the examination? No, except for Lu Jiuyuan, there are almost none."

(End of this chapter)