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  Chapter 45 044 [Writing declines]

   It was still very early at noon, and the food box brought into the examination room was useless, so Zhao Han brought it up again.

  Fei Chun stood outside the examination room, and immediately came up to him and asked, "Brother, have you finished the exam?"

   "The exam is over," Zhao Han opened the food box and handed out a piece of cake, "You must be hungry after waiting for a long time, let's fill your stomach with it."

  While eating the cake, Fei Chun comforted him: "Brother, don't worry, it won't be this year, come back next year."

  Zhao Han smiled and said, "I've passed."

  Fei Chun continued: "I am afraid that the young master will take the exam for two or three years. Let's come together again next year."

   "I passed the exam." Zhao Han repeated.

   "I know my brother passed the exam...uh," Fei Chun was stunned, "Brother was selected?"

   "I got it." Zhao Han nodded.

  Fei Chun held the cake in one hand, and helped Zhao Han carry the bookcase with the other: "My brother must be joking, trying to make me laugh. How long has it been? I'm afraid the young master hasn't woken up yet."

   "Then go back to the inn to find the young master." Zhao Han was too lazy to explain.

  Fei Chun said: "I still have to wait for the young master."

  At this moment, Fei Ruhe has also handed in the papers and is currently being interviewed by Fengzhi County.

  Feng Zhixian looked strange, looking at the two articles in his hand.

  The first chapter breaks the title: "It's true, the words of the sages, you must listen to them, you must listen to them."

   Well, it's barely normal, and the county test essays are not very demanding.

  The second chapter breaks the title: "You can't eat too much, and you will get fat if you eat too much."

   What the **** is this?

  Feng Xun suppressed a smile and asked, "Are you also a descendant of the Ehu Fei family?"

  Fei Ruhe nodded: "Yes."

  Feng Xun asked again: "Fei Dazhao is also your father?"

  Fei Ruhe nodded: "Yes."

   "Hahahahaha!"

  Feng Xun finally couldn't bear it any longer, and sat there laughing loudly, many candidates peeked over curiously.

  Fei Ruhe seemed very happy to see the magistrate, and immediately became proud: "Master, did I do well?"

   "Very good, it's wonderful," Feng Xun almost burst out of laughter, bit his lip to stop laughing, and waved, "Let's go."

  Fei Ruhe left in a happy mood. Passing an examination booth in the front row, some examinees whispered: "The county respects you so much, and your article must be excellent. May I ask how you can solve the problem with 'I don't have much food'?"

  Fei Ruhe has a bold personality and is willing to share his successful experience with everyone. He said loudly: "You can't eat too much, and you will get fat if you eat too much."

   "Leave immediately, don't make noise!"

   The invigilator hurriedly stopped.

  Hearing Fei Ruhe's answer, some candidates covered their mouths and laughed, and some candidates seemed to hear fairy sounds.

  By noon, there were examinees handing in papers one after another, and many of them were related to food. Magistrate Feng's cheeks were already stiff with laughter.

  At this moment, the master came to take over the class, Feng Xun did not leave immediately, but took out Zhao Han's paper: "Look, brother, here is a great essay."

  Master glanced at it, with a strange expression on his face, and said, "It's really a good article."

  Feng Xun said excitedly: "This article is a model, and it should be posted on the list for all students to learn from."

  Master suppressed a smile and said: "It must be so."

  Today's exam questions were given by this master. Last night, Fengzhi County went to drink flower wine.

  Looking at Feng Xun who was running to have lunch, the master's expression of flattery was gone, replaced by a look of disdain.

  …

  Fei Ruhe left the examination room, and immediately greeted him: "Let's go, go back to the inn, Daddy must not have left yet."

  Fei Chun took the bookcase and asked, "How did the young master do well in the exam?"

   Fei Ruhe said gleefully: "Although they are all scribbles, my young master is quick-witted. The county lord laughed heartily when he saw it, and praised me on the spot."

  Fei Chun was surprised and delighted, and even said: "Congratulations, young master, congratulations, young master, let's go back to the inn and tell the good news to the young master."

   "Leave quickly." Fei Ruhe couldn't wait.

  The three of them returned to the inn, but Fei Yinghuan hadn't woken up yet, and Wei Jianxiong went to the river to prepare the boat early.

   Qin Xin, Jian Dan, and Jiu Po ​​didn't wake up either. They were all playing mahjong with Fei Yinghuan last night.

  Fei Ruhe excitedly ran to knock on the door: "Father, father, the baby has come to announce the good news!"

  Fei Yinghuan got up in a daze, opened the door with a yawn, and said angrily, "How long is it? Why have you handed in the paper?"

  Fei Chun rushed to announce the good news: "Daddy, the young master did well in the exam and was praised by the county magistrate."

  Fei Yinghuan asked while dressing, "What article did you write?"

"The first question is not too bad," Fei Ruhe said triumphantly, "Xianzun saw the second question, and immediately burst out laughing. The question is 'not much food', and the child thought 'you can't eat too much, and you will get fat if you eat too much'." To solve the problem, I want to come to Zhengzhong County to respect...Father, what are you doing with the bench?"

   "Boom!"

  A bench flies past.

  Fei Ruhe quickly dodged and said in horror, "Father, why did you beat me? The boy did well in the exam this time."

  Fei Yinghuan closed her eyes to calm her emotions, as if she didn't want to look at her silly son anymore, and told Zhao Han, "Help me teach this **** a lesson!"

   "Okay!" Zhao Han kicked out.

  Fei Ruhe was completely unprepared, he was kicked in the **** by this kick, and immediately fell to the ground in the room. He got up, turned around and glared at Zhao Han: "How dare you attack me!"

  Zhao Han pointed to Fei Yinghuan, saying that he obeyed orders.

  Fei Ruhe sat down angrily, probably wanting to understand the situation, and muttered: "This time I lost face, the county lord must be laughing at me."

  Fei Yinghuan finally got dressed, and asked Zhao Han, "Why did you hand in the exam?"

  Zhao Han replied: "Wrote two articles indiscriminately, and the county lord asked me to go home and prepare for the government examination."

   "Recorded on the spot?" Fei Yinghuan was a little surprised.

   "Recorded." Zhao Han nodded.

  Fei Ruhe and Fei Chun, master and servant, looked at each other immediately, and they all felt that Zhao Han was really awesome.

  Fei Yinghuan asked, "How did it go?"

  Zhao Han explained: "For the first question, the boy copied Su Dongpo's prose, but the magistrate of the county is overwhelmed."

   "He's also ignorant," Fei Yinghuan couldn't help but sneer. He didn't know whether he was sarcasm Zhao Han or Feng Zhixian. He asked, "Which article did you copy?"

  Zhao Han replied: "I haven't finished copying it yet, I can't remember the rest, so I can only make up the number of words randomly. The title is 'Zi Yue', and my child solves the title with 'every man is the teacher of the world, and one word is the law of the world'."

   "That sentence was actually Su Dongpo..." Fei Yinghuan suddenly paused, and changed his words, "Good copy!"

  Zhao Han:? ? ? ?

   No way, no way.

  Fei Yinghuan prided himself on his literary talents, but like Feng Zhixian, he had never read Su Dongpo's articles?

   I really haven’t read it!

  In the Ming Dynasty, Neo Confucianism was imprisoned, and the early days were all moral articles. Even the mourning poems in memory of his wife are not allowed to write about the relationship between men and women, only how virtuous his wife is.

  During the Hongzhi and Zhengde dynasties, Wang Yangming and Zhan Ruoshui began to improve the study of mind, and a large number of Confucian scholars also improved Neo-Confucianism.

   Gradually, the learning of the mind loses its vitality, and the learning of practice emerges as the times require.

  The last seven sons continued to engage in the retro movement, but at the end of the Ming Dynasty, they completely deviated: Wen must be Qin and Han, poetry must flourish in Tang!

  The articles in the late Ming Dynasty imitated the ancient prose of the Qin and Han Dynasties in various ways, and even went to study the pre-Qin scholars. They may have read "Mozi" and "Han Feizi", but they have not read the proses of the eight great masters of Tang and Song Dynasties. This is a very strange literary atmosphere.

  Now, Qian Qianyi is engaged in the "New Culture Movement", admiring the Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties, and calling for poetry and articles to return to their essence. He can be called the standard-bearer of the literary retro movement in the late Ming Dynasty.

  Take Fei Yinghuan as an example. Of course he knew Su Shi and was familiar with Su Dongpo’s poems, but he just didn’t read Su Dongpo’s prose.

  Every man is the teacher of a hundred generations, and one word is the law of the world.

   These two sentences were memorized by Fei Yinghuan when he was young, reciting stereotyped essays.

  Fei Yinghuan smiled, pretending to be calm and said: "Have you studied Su Dongpo's prose?"

   "Read it all." Zhao Han replied.

   "Have you read the proses of the eight great masters of Tang and Song Dynasties?" Fei Yinghuan asked again.

  In the retro movement in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, Tang Shunzhi and Mao Kun belonged to the Tang and Song schools, and compiled the "Eight Great Masters of Tang and Song Dynasties", so there was the saying "Eight Great Masters of Tang and Song Dynasties".

   This book had a great influence during the Jiajing period, and it was no longer available after Wanli. Many scholars only heard of its name and were too lazy to spend time reading it.

  Zhao Han said: "I only read a few."

  Fei Yinghuan asked the teacher during the quiz: "Which one do you like the most?"

  Zhao Han replied: "The Story of Yueyang Tower is not from the Eight Great Masters."

   "Can you recite?" Fei Yinghuan asked.

   "Maybe I forgot some sentences," Zhao Han began to recite, "In the spring of the fourth year of Qingli, Teng Zijing was relegated to Baling County. In the next year, the government will be smooth and the people will be harmonious, and all waste will be prosperous..."

  The more Fei Yinghuan listened to it, the more frightened he became. This article was so good that he hadn’t read it and only knew some of the famous lines.

   "Good, very good!" Fei Yinghuan praised repeatedly.

  Zhao Han became more and more frightened, and carefully observed Fei Yinghuan's expression. This old man didn't know "The Story of Yueyang Tower"?

   Juren at the end of Ming Dynasty was too lazy!

   It cannot be said that, Fei Yinghuan is familiar with hundreds of schools of thought, and has many Qin and Han articles in his family collection.

"Let's go, let's go," Fei Yinghuan concealed his embarrassment, and greeted the children to board the boat for a trip, and whispered to Qin Xin on the way, "Go and buy a copy of "The Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties". I'll be waiting for you on the boat."

   After everyone boarded the boat for a long time, Qin Xin finally came back from buying books.

   "Daddy, I went to several bookstores, and finally bought a copy." Qin Xin's hands were covered with dust, and I don't know how many years this book has been disliked.

  Start the boat and head to Shitang Town.

  Fei Yinghuan sat alone in the cabin, reading several magnificent essays in a row, and suddenly burst into tears: "I will know the true meaning of the essay today, and I have wasted half my life!"

   Actually, it is not too late. Qian Qianyi, the standard-bearer of the New Culture Movement, only read the Eight Great Masters of Tang and Song Dynasties after he was forty years old.

  Zhao Han sat on the bow of the boat, looking at the scenery on both sides of the strait, feeling extremely complicated.

  This Ming Dynasty should not only provide food for the common people, but also provide spiritual food for the scholars of the world.

  A very talented Juren doesn't even know about "The Story of Yueyang Tower"!

  (end of this chapter)