I served as an admonisher in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 295 The two little Sus showed off their power, and Yelu Hongji’s mentality collapsed!

November 22nd.

There are still eight days left before the end of Yelu Hongji's temporary appointment as censor.

He couldn't wait to end this bad experience!

at first.

He felt that he often got along with people like Tang Jie, Fan Zhen and Su Liang.

You can take advantage of each other to make up for your shortcomings.

Learn more advantages from the scholar-officials of the Song Dynasty.

But after having a free talk and a tea party with Fan Lou, he found that he could not learn it at all.

The other party's strength is based on reading a large number of classics, having rich low-level experience, and having an active court atmosphere.

He was involved.

Just like Mr. Nan Guo in Han Feizi's novel who can't play the sheng.

Posturing.

Apart from nodding his head like a chicken pecking at rice, he couldn't say anything at all and looked very stupid.

Nineteen-year-old Yelu Hongji.

He loves face very much, and what he currently represents is the face of the Liao Kingdom.

To save respect.

He chose not to attend any gatherings of scholar-bureaucrats in the Song Dynasty.

……

Today, in the afternoon.

Yelu Hongji suddenly had a new idea.

He decided to visit the palace of Da Song Dynasty.

The pavilion was the place with the largest collection of official books in the Song Dynasty, and what he looked forward to most was to take a look at the "General Catalog of Chongwen".

"Chongwen General Catalog" is the largest and most complete set of catalogs in the Song Dynasty.

This book has rich descriptions and complete style, recording 3445 scriptures and 30669 volumes.

It was compiled and corrected by Song Qi, Wang Yaochen, Ouyang Xiu and other bachelors. It took seven years and was not completed until the first year of Qingli.

In the book, each category has a description, and each book has a solution.

After reading this set of books, you will know which direction you should face when reading in the future. In addition, this book contains annotations for various books. After reading the annotations, you will know the general situation of a book.

The books in the pavilions and pavilions are worth their weight in gold.

It is obviously unrealistic for Yelu Hongji to quickly improve his knowledge level by reading books.

However, it is enough to read the "General Catalog of Chongwen", recite the catalog notes of some books, and show off to his father after returning to Liao Dynasty.

Yelu Hongji, as the "Taiwan Admonisher", said hello to Su Liang and then rushed to the pavilion.

All the officials in the pavilion knew that the prince of the Liao Kingdom was posted in the Taijian Yuan. When they saw that he had revealed his identity as a Taijian Yuan, they all bowed respectfully and pointed him in the right direction.

……

Not long after.

Yelu Hongji then came to Jixianyuan, where the "Chongwen General Catalog" was hidden.

As soon as he entered the door, he smelled the strong fragrance of books and ink.

There are many houses in Jixian courtyard.

Every room is full of books, neatly stacked, covering everything from classics and history to astronomy and geography, medical divination and astrology, and there are also some rare and rare books...

At this time, Jixianyuan was quiet.

Some officials were busy copying, some were busy editing and proofreading, and some officials were sitting in a place where the sun could shine, reading carefully.

Yelu Hongji just turned around for a while and became a little confused.

Jixianyuan was too big and had too many bookstores. He didn't know how to find it for a while, and he couldn't help but feel embarrassed when he asked the officials in the palace.

at this time.

He couldn't help but feel overjoyed when he saw two teenage bookboys walking towards him not far away.

"Hey! I would like to ask you, where is the "Chongwen General Catalog" placed?"

"Officer, let's take you there!" The speaker was none other than little Su Shi, and beside him was his younger brother Su Che.

soon.

Su Shi and Su Che took Yelu Hongji to the bookshelf where "Chongwen General Catalog" was stored.

Yelu Hongji frowned slightly and said, "Why is it a copied version? Where is the original version?"

Su Shi slightly arched his hands.

"Official, "Chongwen General Catalog" is relatively rare. The original version is placed in the Secret Pavilion. If you want to read it, you need an official handwriting. In addition, the copied version of this book is also prohibited from borrowing."

Yelu Hongji nodded.

He looked at the "General Catalog of Chongwen" and couldn't help but hesitate, not knowing which volume he wanted to read.

Although "Chongwen General Catalog" is a catalog book, it still has sixty-six volumes.

According to the division of Jingbu, Shibu, Zibu and Jibu, there are forty-five categories below, which is very complicated.

At this time.

Su Shi said: "Official, if you are familiar with classics, I suggest you start with the Li Bu and then look at the Zi Bu and Ji Bu. In addition, in the History Department, you can first read the official history, chronicles, and true records, and then read the miscellaneous history. , official positions, ritual notes, criminal law, geography, clan, age, biography, directory, etc."

Su Che, who was on the side, added: "If an official doesn't like miscellaneous subjects, there is no need to read the books on poetry, arithmetic, medical books, divination, calendars, five elements, Taoism, and interpretations in Zibu..."

Having said that, Su Che also pointed to the location of the catalogs of these books.

Seeing that the two young men were very familiar with the books here, Yelu Hongji couldn't help but look at them again and asked, "Where did you start reading?"

"Judging from the calendar." Su Shi answered truthfully.

"Li Bu? Have you finished reading Jing Bu?" Yelu Hongji couldn't believe it.

The classics include Yi, Shu, Poetry, Rites, Music, Spring and Autumn, Xiao Jing, Analects of Confucius, and Primary School.

The average scholar in the Liao Kingdom would have to devoured these books until he was at least eighteen or nineteen years old.

He didn't believe that the two teenagers had finished reading the contents of the Sutra.

Su Che cupped his hands and said, "We've finished reading! My father asked us to finish reading these scriptures before we were twelve years old, but we haven't finished reading the annotations yet."

"How old are you?" Yelu Hongji asked.

"I am fourteen and my brother is twelve."

Yelu Hongji shook his head and said: "Don't deceive me. How can you finish reading these books at the age of twelve? Do you understand? I want to test you!"

Yelu Hongji rubbed his sleeves.

He was ready to regain some confidence from these two young men from the Song Dynasty.

He thought about it and couldn't help but take the Analects exam.

"What is benevolent must be sage. Yao and Shun were as ill as others. What's next?" "A benevolent person wants to establish himself and establish others, and he wants to achieve self-improvement and achieve others. Being able to draw examples from close friends can be said to be the recipe for benevolence." Su Zhe said without thinking.

"What do you mean by this?"

"This quote comes from the Yongye chapter of The Analects of Confucius. It is a dialogue between Zigong and Confucius. Its meaning is..."

……

Yelu Hongji asked the two people more than ten questions in a row.

Test sentences, test meaning, and test cognition.

Su Shi and Su Che both answered very well, and their knowledge was much higher than that of Yelu Hongji. Fortunately, they did not ask questions, otherwise Yelu Hongji would be embarrassed again.

Suddenly, he felt that the person standing in front of him was not a book boy at all.

But two "little Su Jingming".

Yelu Hongji was a little depressed and asked again: "Which father-in-law are you children of?"

Yelu Hongji is determined.

It is impossible for ordinary people to cultivate such a knowledgeable young man.

Su Shi cupped his hands and said: "Back to being an official, my father is not an official, he is just an ordinary citizen."

"Then...then...then how can you work in Jixianyuan?"

"Towards the end of the year, Jixian Academy lacks copy boys, so the two of us got in by chance. However, by the end of the month, we will go home. We have little knowledge and are not qualified to stay here for a long time. We cannot enter the Imperial Academy, so we can only go back. Studying at home!”

Unofficial family.

A temporary assignment with little knowledge.

Not eligible to study in the Imperial College.

Hearing these words, Yelu Hongji felt so harsh that he almost died of anger.

Such two outstanding book boys turned out to be just two boys from ordinary people's families.

Are all the young people in the Song Dynasty so good?

According to this standard, if he was born in a farm family, he would probably only be qualified to carry dung at this age.

this moment.

Yelu Hongji's mentality was a little broken.

He admitted that he was not as good as those pillar officials of the Song Dynasty.

He admitted that he was not as good as those young talents of the Song Dynasty.

But he was not even as good as two teenagers who were 12 or 13 years old and considered themselves ordinary, which was a bit hard for him to accept.

He saw the gap between Liao and Song.

In an instant, he was no longer in the mood to read "Chongwen Zonglu". After walking around for half a circle, he strode out of Jixianyuan.

Yelu Hongji had just left.

Su Liang and Sima Guang walked out of it.

Su Shi and Su Che held their hands towards the two of them. Su Shi smiled and said, "Two officials, I... we didn't say anything wrong!"

Su Liang smiled and said: "That's very good!"

When Su Liang learned that Yelu Hongji had come to Jixian Academy, he specially told Su Shi and Su Zhe to show their literary talent in front of Yelu Hongji and highlight the talents of the young people of the Song Dynasty.

The two were very excited and did so.

At this time, Sima Guang waved his hands towards the two of them, and Su Shi and Su Che went to work.

Sima Guang looked at Su Liang dumbfounded.

"Brother Jingming, you first showed Yelu Hongji our excellence as a scholar-bureaucrat in the Song Dynasty through free talks and a tea party in Panlou, and now you asked young Su Shi and young Su Che to teach him a lesson. Will this move directly affect Yelu Hongji?" Let Yelu Hongji become decadent from now on, this behavior is somewhat ungentlemanly!"

"Decadent? Probably not. The effect I want is to make him work hard after returning to Liao and vow to use reforms to rejuvenate Liao. This is to help him make progress!"

"Then...then...then isn't this helping Liao become stronger?"

Su Liang shook his head.

"The Liao Kingdom has no strategy for reform and can only learn from us. After Yelu Hongji returned to Liao, all he could do was support Xiao Ding with all his strength. But imitating us will definitely accelerate the decline of the Liao Kingdom. Reform is a nine-death trick. , how can it be so easy to succeed!"

"What if...what if the Liao people become enlightened and the reform succeeds?"

Su Liang smiled faintly: "This is absolutely impossible!"

"Why?"

Sima Guang was a little puzzled.

I don't know where Su Liang got this confidence from.

"Because, there is no one like me, Su Liang, in the current Liao Kingdom!"

Say it.

Su Liang put his hands behind his back, puffed out his chest and left.

Sima Guang looked at Su Liang's back, laughed angrily, and murmured: "In terms of narcissism among the scholar-bureaucrats in the dynasty, you, Su Jingming, ranked second."

The first one is naturally Wang Anshi.

Wang Anshi believed that he could do no wrong no matter what he did, and he was extremely certain that he would become a saint famous throughout the ages.

Sima Guang couldn't understand this kind of narcissism at first.

But after contacting Wang Anshi for a long time, he felt that the latter still had this potential.

He savored Su Liang's words carefully and felt that his words made sense.

……

Near dusk.

Yelu Hongji returned to Dutingyi with a dark face again.

This mission to the Song Dynasty caused him repeated setbacks, and he felt that the Liao Kingdom was on the verge of subjugation.

At this moment, Liao Kingdom's envoy Yelu Su and deputy envoy Li Hanzheng were sitting in the living room, reading seriously.

After being beaten twice, the two of them no longer dared to go out for fun.

Yelu Hongji looked at the two of them, thought for a moment and said, "Tonight, take me to Sang's house... that Wazi!"

"what?"

Both of them were stunned.

Yelvsu rolled his eyes and said quickly: "Your Highness, you... you don't need to tempt us. We will never go to those places again."

"Yes, we will definitely not go. We have been studying the reform strategies of the Southern Dynasties!" Li Han said quickly.

"This prince is serious!"

Yelu Hongji stared and then entered the back room.

Yelvsu and Li Han were left with confused faces. They still didn't know whether these words were a test.

(End of this chapter)