I really don't want to go undercover anymore

Chapter 332 Arriving in Hanjing
That's right, the Dahan Dynasty also had imperial examinations.

And it is held every five years, for the purpose of selecting talents for the imperial court.

The threshold for taking part in the imperial examination is not high, as long as you have cultivated the literary spirit, it is the best way out for most ordinary academies.

However, the students of Jizhou Academy and even the eight academies are different.

Those who can become the students of these eight academies are all young talents from various states. Most of them aspire to practice Confucianism and Taoism, and being an official is only their second choice.

Only when they find it difficult to improve their Confucianism and Taoism, they will choose to take the imperial examination, hoping to seek the slim chance of breakthrough in the officialdom experience.

Lu Fang's parents don't know much about this. In their view, studying is to become an official.

Especially some time before the completion of the first imperial examination, Jizhou Academy had a No. Lively.

The two of them privately dreamed that when Lu Fang grew up, he would be allowed to take the imperial examination.

In their view, Lu Fang is a Wenqu star descending to earth, and it is no problem to earn them a plaque of the state capital.

Of course, Lu Fang didn't think so.

He just wanted to study the Confucian classics with great concentration, in order to explore the cultivation system of Confucianism and Taoism which is different from comprehension.

Hearing Mr. Cen say this, he asked: "Sir, didn't you say that it is a waste of time to become an official in the court? Why do you still let your disciples take the imperial examination?"

"For your brother Le Zhi, it's a waste of time, but be careful, you are different."

Mr. Cen smiled at him, and explained: "Although you have gathered a lot of literature and knowledge, you are still young after all, and you have never left the academy in the past ten years.

You should know that the essence of my Confucianism is not only in the book, but also in the world!
This is also the reason why the old man and other masters in the academy let the disciples who have gathered courage go out to study. "

Then he said with a serious face: "Chenzhi, you used literary spirit before your first year of age, established Wende at the age of three, and now you have gathered literary courage before the age of 11. You...you have progressed too quickly in Confucianism and Taoism!

Although the old man and the dean haven't seen anything wrong for the time being, you understand the principle of haste makes waste.

Especially at your current stage, if you have the courage to write, you are ready to refine the mind, and the mind is the most important state of Confucianism and Taoism. This is related to whether you can go further in Confucianism and Taoism in the future.

The old man knows that with your talent and aptitude, coupled with your diligence, you should be able to develop a literary mind within ten years.

But, you have to know that the great your heart is, the great your achievements in Confucianism and Taoism will be!

After all, you are still too young, some things cannot be understood just from books, and some profound, unspeakable things that can only be understood, you have to experience it yourself to understand.

In this way, you will realize the essence that you can't experience in books, you can see farther, your "heart" will be bigger, and the literary heart cultivated in this way will be stronger. Only then can we go further! "

"Sir, what do you mean, let the disciple enter the court and become an official before considering the matter of refining the heart?"

Lu Fang naturally understood what he meant, and it made sense after thinking about it.

It's not that I have too little experience, but that my cultivation of Confucianism and Taoism is indeed a little too aggressive, and I may not see any problems now when I am too fast, but it will definitely have an impact in the future.

"Not bad!"

Mr. Cen nodded: "The officialdom or the battlefield are the best places to sharpen one's heart. I hope that you can enter the imperial court and sharpen your heart for ten years before considering the matter of cultivating your heart."

"The next imperial examination will be in five years...

Lu Fang thought for a while and asked, "Sir, in the past five years, do I still have to go out to study alone?"

"It's fine to study alone!"

Mr. Cen smiled: "Although Dahan is still stable, you are young after all, how can the old man rest assured that you will go out alone? The old man has made up his mind, and with this invitation from the king, I will take you to Hanjing first." go around.

After that, I will go around to other states for about two years to take you on a brief tour, and then take you back to the academy to prepare for the imperial examination.

Although not many academy disciples take part in the imperial examination, it should not be underestimated. Since it is decided to allow you to take part, you should naturally prepare well. A number one examination will give you a higher start in entering the officialdom. "

"Ok!"

Lu Fang cupped his fists and saluted, "The disciples are all according to the master's orders!"

He originally planned to look for Qingyun by taking the opportunity of going out to study after gathering his writing guts.

But, not to mention how big the world is, even Dahan where he is located is almost half the size of Xuantian, so it is not easy to find a person whose name is not even clear in such a big place.

He still doesn't know if it was a coincidence that he was born in Lu's family. As for his own name, it was also taken by the village head when he guided to his family's registration book after the full moon with his spiritual sense.

Therefore, he doesn't know whether Qingyun is still called Wu Qingyun.

It would be much better if he entered the court and became an official. After he became an official, he would at least have someone available, and he could also go through places like the Ministry of Households to find people who were the same age as him, or even born on the same day in the same year.

Well, I can try to go to Beijing with my wife this time, to see if there is a chance to visit the Ministry of Household Affairs.

……

a day later.

Lu Fang bid farewell to his parents, and together with Mr. Cen, he summoned a breeze with his literary energy, wrapped his body and flew towards Hanjing.

"Be careful, have you ever heard of Hanjing's spring outing?"

Leaving the academy this time meant traveling, Master Cen was not in a hurry, and pressed his speed to be comparable to Lu Fang.

"I heard from Senior Brother Lezhi before that many college students will participate. Hmm... there seems to be some poetry, song and other competitions?"

Speaking of this, Lu Fang smiled: "Sir, have you also participated in this spring outing?"

"The spring outing is actually a poetry meeting. I have attended several times when I was young."

Mr. Cen also smiled: "Hehe, Shenzhi, you know that the old man has no accomplishments in poetry, and he failed to leave a mark on the poem wall, but Lao Li and the dean left a few poems on the poem wall. "

"Poem wall?"

"The poem wall is a wall that records the best poems selected by each poetry meeting for future generations to look up to."

"Then we should have a good experience, sir. When will the spring outing start?"

"It will start tomorrow. It will last for half a month, and the selection will be held on the last day. Each time, three poems will be selected and left on the poem wall. Hehe, Shenzhi, do you want to try this time?"

"What's there to try?"

Lu Fang smiled: "The disciples of the spring outing can just go and have a look, and the disciples don't plan to participate in poetry or something."

There are quite a few poems circulating in this world, and Lu Fang has naturally seen a lot of books about poems.

However, this level is not to say that it is not good, but compared to the Tang poetry and Song Ci that Lu Fang is familiar with, it is more than a star and a half.

"Participation is still necessary. The name of your prodigy has already spread to Hanjing! If you don't leave a poem or two in Hanjing, others will think you are afraid!"

"If you are afraid, be afraid. Participating has no practical benefits, and it is meaningless!"

"How can it be boring?"

Mr. Cen was a little anxious: "Although I haven't seen Shenzhi you have made any poems, but you always have new ideas in terms of knowledge, and your views are very different from others. I think poetry will not be difficult for you!"

"Sir, do you want your disciple to show his face at the spring outing?"

"Of course!"

Mr. Cen let Lu Fang see through his thoughts, and his old face flushed slightly: "I heard that there will be a, uh...a great Confucian who doesn't deal with the teacher very much will bring his disciples to participate in this spring outing, and I am happy to be retreating again. Among them, you are the old man's disciple, so the old man naturally doesn't want you to lose to him at the spring outing!"

Lu Fang was taken aback for a moment: "Master is so sure about his disciples?"

He has never made any poems before, where does his confidence come from?
"Of course!"

Mr. Cen smiled: "Careful, you have developed a literary courage at such a young age, and you are much better than them in terms of Confucianism and Taoism. When the time comes, you can just write a poem or two, um...

After a pause, he took out a book from his pocket and said: "Don't be too casual, you have been thinking about it for the past two days, you should take a look at this collection of poems recorded at poetry conferences in recent years, don't say that it can be compared with this one. On par, don't make too much difference!
Don't feel pressured, when the time comes, the old man will let several other friends speak up to praise your poems, and then he will easily overwhelm that person's disciple, his poetic talent is not very good, and the old man still doesn't believe him How talented a disciple can be! "

"Sir, you..."

Lu Fang was a little surprised. He didn't expect that this gentleman planned to win over several other great Confucian scholars, and wanted to use poetry to suppress his opponents.

It seems that there is a deep grudge with that enemy!

"Don't worry sir, the disciple will do his best when the time comes!"

Mr. Cen was kind to him, and as his disciple, Lu Fang didn't mind helping him out.

……

Along the way, the two of them arrived at Da Han's imperial capital——Han Jing when it was dark!

Although Hanjing is not as big as Xuantian City, it is also much larger than the largest city in Tiannan. What surprised Lu Fang was that there was a thick layer of clouds with pale golden light in the sky above Hanjing. !
It is very similar to what I have seen above Xuantian City.

Could this be... the luck of the Dahan Dynasty?

"Sir, what is this pale golden cloud?"

"That's the luck of the Dahan Dynasty!"

Mr. Cen was not surprised either, knowing that Lu Fang had never seen it before, he explained: "Whether the imperial court is prosperous or not can be seen from the luck that manifests once!"

What luck!
Lu Fang roughly estimated that the luck of the Dahan Dynasty should be less than one-tenth of that of Xuantian City, and asked, "Is the Dahan Dynasty prosperous?"

"It's not exactly prosperous."

Mr. Cen thought for a while and said: "But in terms of dynasty, it's not bad. I'm afraid Shen Zhi doesn't know that besides dynasty, there are also dynasties in this world. There are three major dynasties in this world. The Dahan Dynasty we are in , is the subsidiary dynasty of the Daxing Dynasty!"

"Affiliated Dynasty? Daxing?"

Lu Fang was stunned for a moment, the situation was similar to that of the Xuanling Realm, and asked again: "Where is the Daxing Dynasty? Is it far from us?"

"It's far away, about 20 miles to the south from here!"

Mr. Cen went on to say: "There is a school in Daxing, where there are many masters and the only former teacher in Daxing. It is a holy place for our Confucian students!"

"Master?"

Lu Fang only knew that above the Great Confucianism was the Great Confucianism, and above the Great Confucianism was the Grand Master, and this was the first time he had heard of this former teacher.

"Sir, have you ever been to the academy?"

"Well, I went there 20 years ago. Now that you have gathered your courage, I can tell you about the academy!"

Master Cen took Lu Fang to fly in one direction, and said, "I think you also know that you can be called a master after you have cultivated your literary mind. Only the examination will do!"

Still need to check?

Lu Fang was naturally taken aback for a moment: "What is the content of the assessment?"

"Nature is the understanding of Confucian classics, which is not as simple as knowing the ordinary essence."

"Understood? What about Hongru like the dean? Has he also passed the examination?"

"That's right, everyone above Confucianism needs to be assessed!"

"Does that mean that after cultivating a literary mind, there is no such thing as Confucianism or Daoism, but instead a title?"

"You can say the same!"

Mr. Cen nodded: "It doesn't matter whether it is the realm or the title, it's just a saying. Above the Great Confucianism is a great Confucian like the headmaster, above the great Confucianism is the Grandmaster, and above the Grandmaster, it is the first teacher!

There are only three ancestors in the whole world, and they are all in the school palaces of each dynasty. As for grand masters, some dynasties also have them. Wait for many years. "

"Sir, you have been to the academy, but have you ever met your former teacher?"

"No."

Mr. Cen shook his head and said, "When I went there, I only saw one grandmaster who was in charge of the assessment!"

Lu Fang hurriedly asked: "What kind of strength does the master have?"

"Don't aim too high!"

Master Cen turned his head and glared at him.

Lu Fangyou didn't give up: "Sir, you always say that I should devote myself to Confucianism and Taoism, but what if I practice Confucianism and Taoism to the extreme? You don't tell me."

This gentleman is good at everything, except for the six arts, he has never taught Lu Fang how to fight against the enemy, and he never answered when asked him, and he also said that Confucian students should never fight bravely.

"Extreme Confucianism and Taoism? Even the former master dare not say that he has cultivated to the extreme of Confucianism and Taoism!"

Mr. Cen glared at him again, then turned around and said, "If you leave poems on the poem wall, I will tell you what strength a master can have!"

Lu Fang nodded immediately: "Okay! It's a deal!"

With Tang poems and Song poems in his mind, Lu Fang is naturally very sure. Although the poems written by these people are not very good, they still have the ability to taste. When the time comes, just pick out two at random, and it will not be easy to get in the top three?
Mr. Cen immediately turned his head and smiled: "Shen Zhi, you really hide your clumsiness from me when it comes to poetry, no wonder Mr. Li suspects that you are quite talented in poetry!"

"What kind of poetic talent can a disciple have? You are joking, sir!"

"Okay, don't pretend to be here with the old man, we will arrive at the residence of the old man's friend."

"Yuwangfu?"

Lu Fang looked forward and was stunned: "Sir, is your friend a prince?"

(End of this chapter)