Prime Minister

Chapter 160 Meeting
The public examination on the [-]th and [-]th is very important to Taixue students, but it is even more critical to Zhang Yue, because the result of the public examination determines whether Zhang Yue can continue to study in Taixue.

Therefore, Zhang Yue put all his energy into preparing for this public exam. If Yang Zhongnan was asked to intercede in front of Li Gou in the exam, not only would he be ashamed, but his teacher Zhang Youzhi would also be ashamed.

On the day of the exam, it snowed heavily.

When Zhang Yue, Huang Haoyi, Liu Zuo, and Xiang Qi came from the Zhai, although they held umbrellas, their brows were covered with a layer of hoarfrost.

Zhang Yue was so cold that his legs couldn't help shaking, and he waited until he was in front of Chonghua Hall to shake off all the falling snow on his shirt.

After arriving at Chonghua Hall, Zhang Yue took the seat and sat with his knees bent. Everyone whispered to each other for a while, and they didn't quiet down until all the other imperial students had arrived one after another.

Everyone was very cold, the lecturer asked the servants to bring braziers from all over and put them on the Chonghua Hall, and it was much better just now.

Zhang Yue held the stove in his hands.

The brazier beside him made the room gradually heat up, a little snow on the clothes between the eyebrows began to melt, and Zhang Yue's face also leaked a little sweat.

After the exam started, the hall was silent, except for the sound of pen tip licking paper.

The first day of the exam consisted of two five-character six-rhyme poems and three policy essays.

Zhang Yue answered with great concentration, and soon finished the first one. As for the second one, he didn't have any clues for a while, so he didn't write it in vain and started to write three policy theories. The last test post poem.

While writing the last poem, Zhang Yue saw that many Tai students got up early and walked out of the hall with a bundle of papers.

For many people, it only takes half a moment for Zhang Yue to contemplate the test post poem for the hidden dragon and crouching dragon in Taixue.

However, the last private test chapter was unprecedented, and it was the first time that I got "down" instead of "no".

It's a pity that the scriptures that have always been grasped very well in the past have been "centered", and one article on Yince theory has not been well developed.

Now Zhang Yue only asks that the test post poems can be "into the head", so it would be good to get another "down", as for "middle", he dare not expect extravagantly.

After Zhang Yue finished writing, he walked out of Chonghua Hall and handed the paper to Li Gou.

Li Gou glanced at Zhang Yue, and first read his two test post poems.This time Li Gou's expression was no longer as ugly as before, but he said: "Go down!"

Finally, he didn't show his face.

Zhang Yue secretly rejoiced that it was much more stable.However, the public examination is no better than the private examination, and Hu Su, who knows Gongju, must approve it in the end.

On the [-]th, there will be an examination of the post scriptures, and there are still three policy theories.

In the second year of Jiayou's reign, Ouyang Xiu took the main exam to increase the weight of policy theory, so the Jinshi department in Taixue all passed the policy theory in the private examination for [-] days, which can be regarded as keeping abreast of current events.

When it came to the public examination of the Tie Jing, Zhang Yue didn't take the Tie Jing to heart at all, but focused most of his energy on the three policy theories.

After finishing writing, Zhang Yue was a little bit tired, but overall he was satisfied.

After this exam, the Tai students also had a relieved expression on their faces, just like the relief of the final subject of the 'final exam'.

At this moment when Li Gou walked into Chonghua Hall, the students applauded and said, "Quiet!"

All the Tai students stopped talking.

The sky outside the window was dark, and there was heavy snowfall. There was no snow when everyone came for this exam, but during the exam, the sky was covered with snow.

The wind and snow were blowing, and even though they were inside the house, they all felt the chill of the Northland.

It was dark outside, so candles were already lit in the examination room.

Li Gou, who was always serious, stood in the lecture hall and looked at everyone. The Tai students knew that Li Gou was rigorous in his studies, so many people were a little afraid of him.After finishing the last subject exam today, everyone was also worried about being reprimanded by him again.

Unexpectedly, Li Gou said, "It's very cold today, and the food hall has prepared mutton soup and steamed buns for you."

After hearing what Li Gou said, all the students cheered.

Li Gou smiled slightly: "There will be wontons tomorrow!"

The cheers were even louder.

"It's New Year's Eve, and you should tidy up your house. You should tidy up your clothes and comb your hair on weekdays. Even if you don't have a teacher to supervise you, you should be alone carefully. When it comes to the Lantern Festival, I won't urge you to study , but you should also study by yourself in the dormitory.”

This is equivalent to talking about before the Shangyuan Festival, everyone can enjoy the waves.

The cheers of the crowd almost overturned the Chonghua Hall.

Zhang Yue looked at this scene, and the students from ancient times to the present seemed to be similar.

Li Gou looked at the cheering Tai Tai students and felt a little touched.

These students give him the most headaches on weekdays, but they are also the ones he cares about the most in the end.

"What do you read in the end?"

In the past, after each private and public examination of Taixue, Hu Yuan would call all the Taixue students to gather in Chonghua Hall, and then ordered people to play elegant music, and finally everyone sang together.

Or teachers and students go to throw pots and shoot arrows together.

For many college students, these are the bright spots in the hard study life.

After Li Gou took charge of Gou Taixue, of course he also inherited this traditional art.

"Everyone, let's sing Li Taibai's general will enter the bar!"

All the students applauded loudly, and immediately recited in unison: "

Don't you see the water of the Yellow River coming up from the sky, rushing to the sea never to return.

Don't you see Gaotangmingjing's sad white hair, the morning is like a blue silk and snow is at dusk.

Life is full of joy, so that the gold is empty for the moon.

I am born to be useful, and come back when my wealth is gone.

……

Zhang Yue was mixed among the crowd. Although it was not the first time, nor the last time, when reciting this song "Will Enter the Wine" among so many people, the mood was naturally different.

It was snowing outside the hall, and the candles in the room were dimly lit. The spirit of the young man was in the wine, as if going back to a hundred years ago to toast and sing with Li Taibai.

Li Gou in the classroom was also touched, and recited "Will Enter the Wine" together with all the students.

……

"Five-flowered horses, thousands of golden furs, Hu'er will exchange for fine wine, and sell eternal sorrows with you."

Hundreds of Tai students recited the wine three times, and everyone laughed, and many even acted out of control, just like the wild emotion in the poem.

Li Gou looked at the students and said, "It's difficult to recite another poem about the Road to Shu!"

"Yes."

"Hey, the danger is so high! The road to Shu is so difficult that it is difficult to go to the blue sky!
Silkworm bushes and fish mallards, what a daze for the founding of the country!

Erlai is forty-eight thousand years old and does not communicate with Qin Sai.

There is a bird trail in Xidang Taibai, which can cross the top of Emei.

……

Zhang Yue saw quite a few old students raising their sleeves and crying. For these people, it may be that 'graduation' is imminent.Zhang Yue thought back to the time when he was studying in the past, but the sports games, recitation competitions, and social practice that impressed him the most were often trivial things that he thought were meaningless at the time.

As for the girl?That is unattainable...

Youth is like a rushing river, once it is gone, it is too late to say goodbye...

In the sound of everyone chanting, Zhang Yue felt that he had ended his first year of studies at Taixue in such a daze, and had passed his rookie period.

After the public examination, it is the end of the new year. There is one more thing for Zhang Yue and other Tai students, and that is to sacrifice the stove.

Tai students worship the stove in the early morning of the 24th of the twelfth lunar month.

Each fasting must offer sacrifices to the stove.

The head of the fast, Liu Ji, and the others put stove candy and sweet wine, which are necessary, in addition to three fruit plates, jujube, lychee, and Polygonum flower candy.

The jujube, lychee, and Polygonum candy are the most important, why?

In order to get a good fortune.

Because jujube lily Polygonum is equivalent to leaving early.

If you fail the Jinshi examination, you will have to die in Taixue, so everyone hopes to 'leave early'.

Jujube is easy to get, as for lychees, candied fruit or dried lychees can be used instead.

Polygonum flower sugar is made by grinding glutinous rice into powder, scalding it with hot water until softened, adding sugar and oil, kneading it into dough, cutting it into long strips, coating it with maltose, sprinkled with sesame seeds, sticking green and red silk, and finally frying it in oil .When it is fished out, it is crispy and crispy, just like the flower spikes of Polygonum flower, so it is called Polygonum flower sugar.

After offering sacrifices to the stove, the first school year is really over.

Of course, the most important thing is the results of the public examination. Zhang Yue's Poetry and Fu got "Fair", and as for Jingyi, he got "Excellent".

Chapter Yue got a 'medium'.

Not only did he retain his qualifications as a Tai student, but he also had further possibilities...

In a mansion in the capital.

"The author of the three-character poem is only a 13-year-old boy. Even if he is a student of the imperial court, there is absolutely no such thing. No wonder Chen Gong has been slow to tell his father who made this poem? It must have been written by stealing his name."

But seeing a young man said angrily.

A black and fat man on the side smiled slightly, but did not answer
The boy said to the fat black man, "Uncle, what do you say?"

The fat black man smiled and said: "When you see a virtuous person, you can think about it, and when you see an unworthy person, you can also think about it. The one next to the deer may not be a deer."

Hearing this, the young man said, "Uncle is making fun of my nephew's youth again."

The fat black man smiled and said, "You are allowed to write ten thousand-character poems when you are 13 years old, but you are not allowed to write this three-character poem at the age of 12?"

The young man thought for a while and said: "Uncle saw that it was taught, but in all fairness, uncle really believes that this poem was written by a 13-year-old boy? At the beginning, when Dad praised this poem in Shuzhou, he could receive the merits of the saint's enlightenment. Everyone thought it was written by old Confucianism. But now it is rumored that it was done by a 13-year-old boy, if this is not careful, it will make people think that someone can deceive the world, and it will also make dad lose face."

The fat black man nodded and said, "Indeed."

"As a son of man, you should not shame your father. This son, I will refute it. If not, I would like to apologize in person."

The fat black man said: "You have such a temper, you will definitely quarrel when you meet, and this will ruin your reputation. You have not yet said that the imperial examinations will never fall into the ears of the chief examiner. Let uncle go there Bar!"

"But uncle's provincial test is coming soon?"

The fat black man smiled and said, "I have my own measure."

On this day, Zhang Yue was preparing for the New Year at Taixue, but Cai Que asked himself to drink.

Zhang Yue agreed immediately after hearing this.

The two immediately came to Qingfeng Building outside Taixue.

Zhang Yue saw Cai Que here and said, "Brother Chizheng, why did you invite me here?"

Cai Que smiled and said, "Sanlang don't worry, I'm here to meet you this time."

The two came to a private room in Qingfeng Building, but saw that a table of dishes had already been served in the private room, and the dishes were very rich.

Seeing this doubt, Zhang Yue said, "Brother Chizheng, speak up if you have something to say."

Cai Que said with shame on his face: "To be honest, my teacher has a friend who has heard of Sanlang's name for a long time, so he asked Sanlang to meet here. Don't worry, Sanlang will never make things difficult for you."

Zhang Yue looked at Cai and thought to himself, what is the name of this person?

Not long after, he saw a black and fat man enter the room, and when he saw Zhang Yue, he smiled and saluted: "This is Zhang Xiucai!"

"Don't dare to take it, what is it?"

The other party smiled and said, "I'm Linchuan Wang Anguo."

Wang Anguo?
Is it Wang Anshi's younger brother?Zeng Gong's brother-in-law?

"Does Saburo know if my brother Jiefu?"

Zhang Yue said: "I have admired your name for a long time."

Immediately Zhang Yue saw that Cai Que had closed the door and retreated out.

Wang Anguo is about 30 years old, about the same age as Zhang Heng, and is indeed dark and fat.

In history, Wu Chuhou and Wang Anguo were friends.

Once Wang Anguo asked Wu Chuhou to write a poem for himself, and Wu Chuhou wrote it immediately.

Feiqing used to be called Wen Zhongkui, and he was still fat and fat after thinking about Taoism.Jiang Yan is good at writing five colors, and Yu Xin can write around his waist.

I only know that the appearance is lacking in pink, but it is full of pearls.Meet wine Luoyang club, no matter dripping clothes.

Wang Anguo was furious when he saw this, and the two broke off their friendship.

From this we can see that you must not ridicule others casually, even the best friends will fall out.

Zhang Yue saw that Wang Anguo sat down with a slight smile, raised the teacup and took a sip of tea and said, "I expected that brother would meet me in person, but I never thought that brother would come here."

Seeing Zhang Yue's calmness, Wang Anguo asked, "You said you confessed that you wrote this poem to meet my brother Jiefu?"

Zhang Yue said: "A three-character poem is nothing to worry about. Brother Zun has made great achievements in his previous careers, but he returned to Beijing and wrote a ten thousand-character book pleading state affairs. I really can't help but sigh, brother Zun's talent is not at the right time."

Seeing Zhang Yue pretending to be an adult, Wang Anguo smiled and said: "You ordinary boy, what knowledge can you teach my brother?"

Zhang Yuedao said: "I see that elder brother Wanyan Shu, who wanted to do something in ancient times, did not try to punish them first, and then get what they wanted."

"I also cited a poem saying: It is cutting or wanton, it is absolute or sudden, and there is no brush in the four directions. Speaking of this, 'King Wen conquered first and then took pride in the world."

"Dare to ask Brother Wang, what is the purpose of punishing?"

Wang Anguo said with a smile: "I heard that Sanlang was a classic student before, and I am not as good as Sanlang when it comes to discussing writing and interpreting characters. However, according to Xunzi's words, 'those who are happy, come out to punish them, and enter to bow to them,' it can be said."

Zhang Yue said: "Brother Wang, why bother to talk about him. He only talks about conquering and punishing, Xia Jie, Shang Zhou can not lose the world, Shang Tang Zhou Wu can't win the world."

Wang Anguo nodded and said: "Shang Tang fought against Mingtiao, and Zhou Wu marched in Muye to conquer the world. As for Shang Tang and Zhou Wu, besides talking about 'conquering and punishing', please tell me."

Zhang Yue said: "There are still benefits."

"Benefits?" Wang Anguo thought that Zhang Yue knew the word 'benevolence and righteousness'.

"Why not 'benevolence and righteousness'?" Wang Anguo said sternly, "Don't you hear that 'benevolence and righteousness are not applied, but the offensive and defensive forces are different'. How can scholars talk about benefits, but 'benevolence and righteousness'?"

Zhang Yue thought, your political views are really different from your brother's, otherwise you wouldn't refute yourself with 'benevolence and righteousness'.

Zhang Yuedao: "If benevolence and righteousness are not applied, the power of offense and defense will be different. This phrase comes from Jia Sheng's Theory of Passing Qin. However, I have seen that the classical words of Qin Theory are fat and thin (Qian Zhongshu said), but it is not good."

Seeing that Zhang Yue dared to criticize Qin Lun, Wang Anguo was also taken aback. This young man became more and more outrageous.

"If you said that your previous remarks were a bit novel, but now it seems that you don't know the heights of heaven and earth. You can also criticize Jia Sheng's article? If you don't tell the reason, you will blame me for being merciless."

Zhang Yue said: "Brother Wang is angry. Jia Sheng's article is certainly good, but as far as the Qin theory is concerned, it is not very meaningful!"

Wang Anguo sneered and said, "Why not high? Then I have to listen carefully."

Zhang Yue said: "Don't dare to do it. The Book of Changes has a saying that one yin and one yang are called the Tao. Therefore, the Qian hexagrams and Kun hexagrams, one yin and one yang, of the Yi Jing is the way to do everything in the world. Just now what brother Wang said, so those who are happy, When you go out, you are punished, and when you come in, you bow down."

"Therefore, since ancient times, all the previous kings have governed the world with this method, and the left hand benefits and the right conquers."

"It's not profit, but benevolence and righteousness!" Wang Anguo emphasized again.

Zhang Yue said with a smile: "Brother Wang, what is benevolence and righteousness? Qin lost the world, because he killed the clan, pitted Confucian scholars, belittled the people of Qin, and served the world."

"The clan is the family. How can you control the soldiers without clan blood relatives? The King of Qin ruled the world, with the clan as his clan and the clan as his scholars. Therefore, when the King of Qin killed the clan, he regarded the clan as the same as the scholars."

"Confucian scholars are the heads of the four peoples. Without Confucian scholars, how can you control the people of the country? King Qin ruled the world, and regarded scholars as the people of the country, and regarded the people of the country as scholars. Therefore, the king of Qin pitted Confucianism and regarded scholars as the people of the country."

"The people of Qin are the people of the country. How can the six countries be destroyed without the people of Qin? The king of Qin ruled the world.

"Serving the world, treating the people like cattle and horses, so Qin lost the world because of the loss of benevolence and righteousness. What is benevolence and righteousness? Those who are interested are prior to relatives, second to scholars, second to countrymen, and then to the world! In Jia Sheng's words, "Qin The root and the end are lost, so it cannot grow'."

Wang Anguo didn't say a word when he heard it, the shock in his heart was undeniable. Apart from his elder brother, there was no other person in the world who could shock him to such an extent.

Speaking of this, I saw that the dishes on the table were not touched.

Zhang Yue immediately said: "Therefore, when Taizu founded the country, he taught that 'Southern people should not be prime ministers' and this is also the reason."

Wang Anguo listened and nodded. According to Zhang Yue's words, the Taizu won the world thanks to the northerners of the civil servants and generals, and the southerners were all the citizens of the Southern Tang Dynasty who were destroyed by the Song Dynasty.Therefore, using northerners as prime ministers is "benevolence and righteousness", which is in line with ruling the country with Confucianism.

"The so-called benevolence and righteousness used in governing the country are in line with vested interests. After Taizu pacified the world, he treated meritorious officials generously, did not kill scholars, and even did not regard southerners as prime ministers. This is all in line with vested interests, in line with benevolence and righteousness. It is in line with benevolence and righteousness. Over the past hundred years, it can be called a peaceful and prosperous age, all relying on the word "benevolence and righteousness", but it is also because of the combination of benevolence and righteousness, and now the Liaoxia tigers are ignorant of the border, and the country is poor and the people are poor, all because of the word "benevolence and righteousness."

"Then why does Saburo talk about governing the country based on interests instead of benevolence and righteousness?"

Zhang Yuedao: "Brother Ling mentioned in the book of speeches that 'changing the affairs of the world is in line with the intention of the former king'. It is necessary to select talents from the school, promote and appoint them in the future, and then use the method of punishing them. In view of this, Fan Xianggong's new policies must not lose talent."

"However, the reform lies in the prosperity of the country. To make the country rich, if it is not taken from the top, it will be taken from the bottom, and if it is taken from the bottom, the country will perish. The death of Qin lies in the loss of the people, not in the loss of benevolence and righteousness. Therefore, this is why I said that Jia was born in Qin. On the reason why the intention is not high. However, if it is based on the above, is this in line with benevolence and righteousness? The law of conquest and punishment can be suppressed for a while, but it cannot last long. Benefits make up for the loss of benevolence and righteousness?"

Hearing this, Wang Anguo couldn't help but slapped the table and said: "I admire, I really admire! In this way, with Saburo's talent, the three-character poem is really not enough!"

(End of this chapter)