Chapter 2 is anxious and difficult to answer the exam questions

Grandpa kindly touched Yuan Xiaosheng's head and said, "In your opinion, your grandfather and I are just a complete bun." Tell you, your grandfather knows a lot. I think that when my grandfather robbed the house, he also got a lot of miscellaneous books, and later liberated them to donate to the country. When I took it to the cultural relics museum and handed it in, they said that it was all feudal dross, so I took it back and burned it. It's all books, how can I be willing to burn it, so I'll keep it, and take it out and flip through it when I'm okay to relieve my boredom. What do you think? Isn't it a good fit for your current needs? Grandpa laughed again.

Although I didn't hear it clearly, I still understood the general meaning, talking about the promotion of officialdom, which can be said to be a mantra and a pearl of words. If you can get such a book, and then integrate it into the real officialdom, why worry about not being dominant in the officialdom.

Thinking of this, Yuan Xiaosheng said eagerly: "Grandpa, what kind of book are you?" Take it out and show me. ”

Grandpa waved his hand and smiled: "You are my grandson, let alone let you see it, you can give it to you." But before I send it to you, I want to ask you a few questions, and if the answer satisfies me, I will naturally send it to you. If you answer incorrectly, you can only say that you have no connection with the book. Don't say that you are my grandson, even if you are my own grandson, I will not give it to you. ”

Yuan Xiaosheng smiled and said, "Grandpa, you said you went there." If you don't give me this book, I won't be your grandson. Besides, what is the difference between you and me, a grandson, and my own grandson? ”

My grandfather was in his thirties when he married my grandmother, and after giving birth to my mother, I didn't have children, so Yuan Xiaosheng, my grandson, was also my grandfather's only grandson.

Grandpa also smiled and said, "Don't be in a hurry to please me first, you can only count if you can answer my questions." As he spoke, he touched his bald head, thought for a while, and said, "Yes, now I'll ask you the first question." It seems that my grandfather's question is also made up, "What do you think is the main purpose of being an official?" ”

Yuan Xiaosheng thought about it, for more than two years, he was busy working hard, performing well, and wanted to climb a deputy share, as for what the purpose of being an official is, he really didn't think about it, not to mention the deputy unit-level cadres, and they were not officials, his grandfather immediately asked, and he really couldn't answer, so he scratched his head twice, and suddenly remembered an old saying, and immediately said: "If you don't make decisions for the people, it's better to go home and sell sweet potatoes." The purpose of being an official is to make decisions for the common people. ”

"Good!" Grandpa's loud voice immediately responded, Yuan Xiaosheng finally breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he had finally passed the first question, and he didn't want his grandfather to pause slightly, so he immediately changed the conversation and continued: "However, what you said is not specific enough, you just say that you want to be an official to be the master of the people, but how to be the master?" Tell me about it. After Grandpa finished speaking, he sat there with a dark face and looked at Yuan Xiaosheng.

"What do you do?" Yuan Xiaosheng muttered a sentence in his mouth, and Ma Shan, who had just relaxed his spirit, became nervous again, and hurriedly used his brain, trying to find some ancient sayings to answer, since his grandfather often read ancient books, if he answered in ancient languages, he would definitely be able to move his grandfather's heart more, but after thinking about it, he couldn't find an ancient saying that could answer the question of how to be an official for the people. can also overturn the boat, the official thinks about the danger in this way, and the danger will not come. After all, it is a tampered old saying, and after speaking, I felt a little weak in my heart, and I laughed twice.

Grandpa nodded, Yuan Xiaosheng was overjoyed, thinking that he had passed the test, but he didn't want his grandfather to say: "Your quote from Xun Laoer, although it has been tampered with, is also very appropriate to use here." But it doesn't matter, Xun Lao Er also said it under the guise of Kong Lao Er, it doesn't matter. ”

Xun Lao Er? Yuan Xiaosheng couldn't help but wonder, and immediately relieved, his grandfather often called Confucius the second Confucius, and Xunzi was naturally Xun the second in the eyes of his grandfather, maybe in the eyes of his grandfather, the feudal Confucians were all among the second. Yuan Xiaosheng couldn't help but sweat, it turned out that his grandfather knew no less than his own high-achieving student in the Chinese Department of the university, and he actually knew that this sentence came from Xunzi's remarks, and knew that Xunzi made a remark in the identity of Confucius, touched the back of his head and said with a smile: "Let grandpa see the joke." ”

Grandpa didn't care, and continued: "You have passed this question. Right now....... After saying and contemplating for a long time, but without saying a word, Yuan Xiaosheng thought that his grandfather was making up questions again, and he couldn't be idle, and began to think about what questions his grandfather would ask. The first question is for the purpose of the officer. In terms of logical reasoning, it should be to let yourself answer a question of why. The second question is, of course, what should it be. Then there is no doubt that my grandfather's second question must be to ask myself how to be an official, at most one more, how to be a good official.

Hehe, Yuan Xiaosheng laughed to himself in his stomach, smug in order to guess his grandfather's thoughts, thinking that he would not be caught off guard by his grandfather this time, and immediately began to prepare to answer the question of how to be a good official. If you want to be a good official, you must first win the hearts of the people, since ancient times: those who win the hearts of the people win the world, and no matter how big their official position is, they are also officials for the party and the country...... These are all ready-made things that I write all day long, and once my grandfather asks, I can naturally play to my heart's content. Thinking of this, Yuan Xiaosheng had a bottom in his heart, so he sat there calmly and waited for his grandfather's second question.

I didn't want my grandfather to think about it for about ten minutes, but he hadn't thought about what the second question was asking, Yuan Xiaosheng was a little anxious, and asked, "Grandpa, what is your second question, do you want to ask me how to be a good official?" ”

Bang -

As soon as Yuan Xiaosheng's words were finished, his head was beautifully knocked on his head by his grandfather with a pimple: "It's restless to sit there, who said to ask a second question." My second question is to test your patience surname to see if you can endure loneliness. It's good to be an official, but the downfall and cold bench before being an official are the most unbearable for ordinary people, I can't bear loneliness, I can't sit on the cold bench, I don't even want to be an official, what else to talk about being a good official. Besides, I'm sitting here now to test you, and I'm not only your grandfather, but also your leader, the leader speaks, what do you interject for no reason? ”

Yuan Xiaosheng touched his aching head that was knocked by his grandfather, and he really regretted it, he never thought that his grandfather would come up with such an exam question. Grandma saw that her grandson was beaten for no reason, of course she was not happy, she ran over with her little feet, stretched out her hand and touched her grandfather's bald head, and said angrily: "Did you old man take the wrong medicine today, your grandson just entered the door and you counted, and now you actually do it." ”

Yuan Xiaosheng hurriedly said to the outside: "Grandma, don't worry about me and grandpa, you've been busy for a long time, let's go back and rest." My grandfather is also for my good. As he spoke, he got up and pushed his grandmother into the house.

Yuan Xiaosheng came out, and saw that the grandfather was reaching out to touch his bald head, and it was estimated that his grandmother was not lightly beaten just now, so he hurriedly ran to his grandfather and helped his grandfather blow and flattered: "My grandmother is really, why is she so ruthless." As he spoke, he looked at his grandfather's face and found that his grandfather was really happy, so he hit the railroad while it was hot: "Grandpa, just take out your book and let me read it." ”

Grandpa sat there silent for a while and said, "Okay, you wait, I'll bring it to you." Then he turned and went into the house. After a while, he pulled out a stack of old, yellowed books. The book was probably some year old, and each one looked crumbling, as if it would break into pieces if touched at the slightest touch.

Yuan Xiaosheng carefully took those books from his grandfather's hands, and gently placed them on the stone table in front of him, only to see a few big characters written vertically on them with a brush: official x square x style, and the author of the following payment is Zhang Jux. Depressed, just a book jacket is so mutilated, and I don't know how much content is missing in it.

"Grandpa, what's the name of this book?" Yuan Xiaosheng thought that it was estimated that his grandfather accidentally crippled it when he was reading the book, and he should know the title and author of the book.

"Isn't that clearly written, official-square-style." My grandfather read it word by word: "Whoever is a person - Zhang - Ju." "It turned out that my grandfather didn't know.

"Can the official way be the title of the book, then there are two pieces missing in the middle. Besides, I don't seem to have heard of such a figure as Zhang Ju in history. Yuan Xiaosheng said suspiciously.

Grandpa looked at Yuan Xiaosheng with a reproachful face, and didn't speak for a long time, Yuan Xiaosheng's heart was furious, afraid that his grandfather would knock on the door of his head with a pimple, so he couldn't help touching his head.

Grandpa may have really wanted to knock on Yuan Xiaosheng's brain again, but he also touched the painful brain that he was knocked on by his grandmother just now, and after thinking about it, he still forgot it, and said with a look of hatred that iron is not made of steel: "I said why are you so brainless as a child." Those who become big things are not informal, do you want to be an official, or do you want to study the historical origin of this book? You know it's useful, just take it and study it's over, what do you care about it so much. If it doesn't work, okay. Grandpa, I'll help you come up with a title, let's call it "Officialdom Equation", yes, it's "Officialdom Equation". The name is still a bit modern, and it is exactly five words, which makes up for the broken words. Grandpa couldn't help but show a hint of joy in the corners of his eyes as he spoke, and seemed to be very smug about the name he gave to the book, and then touched his bald head and continued: "As for the author, just treat him as Zhang Juzheng." Didn't Zhang Juzheng be the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty, and what new policies he had, he should be regarded as a big man, and it is always worth learning from. ”

It's all about it, so don't you have anything to do with it? The name of an ancient book is "Officialdom Equation", the author is still a generation of famous ministers Zhang Juzheng, the name is gone anyway, just make up one, but it is too far-fetched to say that this kind of book was written by Zhang Juzheng, not to mention that Yuan Xiaosheng still has some admiration for a generation of famous ministers Zhang Juzheng, so he retorted: "Grandpa, don't you don't like to listen to your grandson's words." Zhang Ju is what kind of person, a generation of famous ministers, a product of official residence, wise and martial, rectifying the rule of officials, appointing the virtuous and using energy, reforming maladministration, strengthening border defense, and making the Ming Dynasty prosperous for a time, how could he write this kind of book. ”

After hearing this, my grandfather glared and asked, "What's wrong with this kind of book?" If this kind of book is not good, why do you want to read it with a dead face? If this kind of book is not good, will grandpa take it out and show it to you? Do you mean that grandpa is going to kill his grandson? ”