On the other side of Peng's house.

County Lieutenant Peng happened to be drinking tea all day long, and the yamen errand he said was just a pretext, in fact, he had already sat on the sidelines.

It's not that he doesn't want to slap the old man. First, he is not good at poetry, books, scriptures, and righteousness, and together with the old man and Wu Anshi, he can't talk, but he is just a dwarf watching a play, and he just goes up and down with others. The so-called offering ugliness is better than hiding it, and the county lieutenant Peng simply waited for the old man to say that they were almost done before coming forward.

And someone eavesdropped on the news, and the person who came to report informed the county lieutenant Peng.

"This Brother Erlang of the Zhang family can actually talk to them so much? It's a rare thing. Lieutenant Peng said as he paced.

He knew that this old man's eyes were too high, and few scholars could enter his blue eyes, Zhang Yue was not very old, and he heard his nephew say that reading on weekdays was just to watch the flowers.

If it weren't for the fact that both of them read very poorly, they wouldn't have been able to become good friends.

But it was this chapter that made the old man talk so speculatively, which impressed Lieutenant Peng. Just now County Lieutenant Peng was very satisfied with the water gift given by the Zhang family, which showed that he had spent a certain amount of effort to prepare.

"It seems that this chapter Erlang and Zhang Sanlang are not idle people." Lieutenant Peng was thoughtful.

Someone from the side said, "The county lieutenant has almost finished talking. ”

County Lieutenant Peng nodded, and immediately walked to the front room from the other side.

At this moment, Wu Anshi threw an invitation to Zhang Yue.

Zhang Yue was also hesitating, but Zhang Shi had already gotten up and said: "Duomeng Wu Dalang Jun Qingyan, this is really a blessing for the younger brother, it's just ...... Brother...... He's so stupid and embarrassed to make ......"

"Zhang Dalangjun doesn't have to answer so quickly in this matter." Wu Anshi interrupted Zhang Shi's words, and showed a slight displeasure.

At this time, the county lieutenant Peng was stepping on this sentence, and he also rushed to save Zhang Shizhang, but when he saw him, he arched his hand and said: "It's late, it's late, I missed the high theory, and I ask you to forgive me!" ”

Wu Anshi said with a smile: "It's unfortunate that the young prince came, and we are also finishing talking!" ”

County Lieutenant Peng smiled: "Then order soup!" ”

Several soldiers came with soup from the left and right.

The matter was a foregone conclusion, Zhang Yue saw that his brother refused, and his heart was relieved.

On the contrary, when I raised the bowl with a big heart and smelled the soup first, but the sweet taste of the herbs, it can be seen that it is stewed with licorice and other herbs, which is really a bowl of good soup that clears heat and nourishes.

"What a soup!"

Zhang Yue took a sip, smacked his mouth and wanted to drink again, but saw that the old man and Wu Anshi were just holding up the lamp, and their eyes were just right.

Wu Anshi's eyes clearly said, 'This son has a really big heart'. But the old man had a smile in his eyes. And his brother Zhang Shi just took a sip.

Zhang Yue couldn't drink anymore, so he had to put down the soup bowl.

Seeing this, Zhang Shi got up and said goodbye, and so did Zhang Yue.

Wu Anshi opened his mouth and left one or two, and was about to order someone to send it out.

The old man suddenly spoke: "Zhang Sanlang, fame is nothing more than something outside the body, such as Liu Bang and Han Xin, when it comes to the day of success, who remembers when they were cold." It is necessary to know that there is no end to learning, there is no famous teacher to guide you, only with diligence and hard work, and it is not too much to make a boat out of paper! ”

"The old man returned to his hometown, just to maintain his longevity, by the way, he saw the demeanor of the young man, the scholar is not a scholar, it is just a name, how do you think about it?"

Zhang Shi beside him also said: "Third brother, what do you think of yourself?" ”

Zhang Yue already had the answer in his heart, but he still made a dilemma. To be honest, if it was a companion instead of a scholar, I would have agreed a long time ago.

Finally, Zhang Yue gave a long salute to the old man and said, "Thank you for the old man's kind words." The end of the school thinks like this, the sage is impermanent, with a childlike heart, always diligent, everything can be taught. ”

Zhang Yue's words came out.

Xue County Lieutenant and the others were all fine when they heard the words, but the old man showed a strange expression.

Wu Anshi was surprised: "Zhang Sanlang, do you know this ......?"

But seeing that the old man interrupted Wu Anshi's words, he said, "Eh, ......"

Wu Anshi saluted the old man, and then stepped aside.

The old man said as if talking to himself: "The sage is impermanent, and Confucius is also a teacher of Tanzi, Chang Hong, Shixiang, and Lao Dan." How can you teach good disciples? ”

The old man listened to Zhang Yue's words, as if he had solved his big doubts.

At this time, the old man looked at Zhang Yue and smiled: "San Lang said it well, it is really rare to be able to have a pure heart. The old man has a separate field in Jianyang Kaoting, you might as well come here when he has time, and the old man will wait for him! ”

Zhang Yue was stunned when he heard this, and hurriedly saluted: "How dare you learn later, thank you to the old man." ”

The old man nodded and said no more.

Peng County Lieutenant was secretly surprised, and he was even more impressed with Zhang Yue, and secretly said in his heart, I have to tell Jingyi, make friends with Zhang Sanlang in the future, and never lose contact.

"Gong Chen, this chapter of Da Langjun has no intention of making his brother a scholar, and you invite his brother to another field, is this person's talent really outstanding? So you want to include the door? Wu Anshi said.

"An Shi, do you think I think I am a Zhuang Tianhu?"

"This ......"

The old man said: "I respect my father, my father has been an official so far, and the glory and wealth are just idle. I regard you as my own son and nephew. But I advise you to wait for you to stand up for the court, just like Xie Xuan, and set up Lanzhiyu under the court steps. ”

"What do you think you and I have? In the past, Meng Weijun ordered Feng Tan to go to Xue Di to collect the accounts, and buy whatever was less. But Feng Tan burned the deed. Now is the old man short of a scholar, or a lack of companions? What is lacking is the reputation of courtesy and respect. ”

Wu Anshi was shocked when she heard this: "What Chen Gong said is extremely true. ”

The old man said: "This chapter of Da Langjun is a brother, and he refuses to let his younger brother suffer the slightest grievance, what's wrong?" With this brother, how can his brother not work hard to repay? As for whether it is talented, it is impossible to see for a while, but brotherly harmony is a sign of family prosperity. ”

Wu Anshi understood that the old man borrowed the matter of the Zhang family Kunzhong and educated himself in turn, so he bowed his head and happily accepted the teaching.

"Then the little nephew immediately went to find this chapter Sanlangjun and recruited his subordinates in the name of companionship?"

After speaking, Wu Anshi got up and wanted to leave, but saw the old man wave his hand and said, "Eh, this is not necessary." ”

"Dare to ask the truth?"

The old man sighed: "This son is from the Han family, and he is not as famous as his second brother. They are unwilling, I must not be courteous to the teacher, so how can the teacher be willing. ”

"I see," Wu Anshi suddenly said, "That's a missed opportunity." ”

"The reader is inevitably arrogant, and he is in a hurry to recruit him, and he doesn't know how many catties he weighs. Let him go out and suffer some hardships, and then open the door when he turns back. ”

When Zhang Shi and Zhang Yue went home and left, the elder brother looked worried.

Zhang Yue can understand his brother's feelings, in fact, it doesn't hurt to be a scholar, as a modern person, he can't accept it for a while, but the ancients didn't mean it at all.

For example, Wang Shu, a famous minister of the Song Dynasty, was the scholar of the master Wang Ji, who was exposed to the master's reading process and passed the exam at the same time as Wang Ji.

It was also a good story at the time.

The two brothers returned home from the city for a long time. It wasn't until he left the city that Zhang Shi said: "Third brother, you won't be annoyed with me." ”

Zhang Yue did regret a little at the bottom of his heart at the moment, but he was generally satisfied with his brother's arrangement: "Thank you brother for coming forward for me, otherwise I would be afraid that I would be uncertain at that time." ”

Zhang Shi said: "In fact, if you are reading as a companion of others, you can go to Cao as a guest." Seven people in our Jianzhou Cao test can solve one person. In other words, a hundred people can only solve one or two people. ”

Zhang Yue was taken aback, thinking that this admission rate was too low.

In the late Tang Dynasty, Du Xunhe, because of his poor background, failed to succeed repeatedly, so he sighed with emotion: 'There are empty chapters spread in the sea, and there are no relatives in the court'.

The Song Dynasty was different, because of the existence of the imperial examination system, which strictly cracked down on the contempt habits such as the line scroll and the recommendation of the scroll, so that the Song Dynasty scholars could finally straighten their waists and say, 'Only the vague name is fair, and the lonely cold should seek this'.

The emperor of the Song Dynasty also liked to promote scholars from the Han family to balance the court, which was 'the family of reading should not compete with the Han scholars'.

Therefore, compared with the Tang Dynasty, the imperial examination of the Song Dynasty really has a bit of the meaning of 'meritocracy'.

However, the disparity between the admission ratio of the Cao test and the test still hit Zhang Yue. The Song Dynasty did not show talents, and the fame of the people was raised, even if thousands of troops and horses had killed and gone straight to the Beijing Division of Rites to take the test, but once they failed the list, they had to go back and take the test again.

But why did the elder brother still disagree with him to take the test knowing this?

"Then why doesn't my brother want me to go?"

But seeing Zhang Shidao: "You are what I have watched grow up since I was a child, how much talent do you have in your chest, I don't know yet?" You just answered it, but if you really continue to take the exam, I'm afraid it will be exposed. ”

Zhang Yue was speechless when he heard this, his brother was so ...... Know yourself.

Zhang Shi said again: "There are also children of other people, who are from the Gaomen clan, I am afraid that they have a bad temper on weekdays and are inappropriate people." It is good to be a scholar, and it is also like An Tong, not only to be exquisite, but also to serve the master's family in a small way. But you have been pampered since you were a child, you don't know how to look at people's faces, and you can go up and down with others, how can you stand it, I still feel inappropriate after thinking about it again and again. ”

Zhang Yue understood after hearing this, it turned out that what his brother really meant was reluctant to endure hardships by himself.

Zhang Yue's eyes were slightly red, to use a sentence from later generations, some people don't care if you fly high or not, they only care if you are tired of flying.

Not wanting his brother to see the emotion in his eyes, Zhang Yue just lowered his head and said, "Brother, I understand." ”

Zhang Shi thought that Zhang Yue was a little unhappy because of this, and immediately said: "Don't worry, isn't it just reading?" I'll definitely find you a good gentleman. ”

"Okay!"

Zhang Shi was relieved to see Zhang Yue's answer, and he saw a vendor selling noodles on the bridge pavilion of Nanpu Bridge and asked, "Third brother, are you hungry!" ”

"Hmm!" Zhang Yue nodded very hard, and then his stomach rumbled.

Soon, the two brothers squatted on the railing of the bridge pavilion and each held a large sea bowl, gulping down the powder.

At this moment, the stream under the bridge is turbulent, and the pedestrians on the bridge continue to work for life, and the thunder rumbles in the sky, making it look like it is going to rain.

Summer nights, torrential rain!

The sound of rain in my ears is endless, and it is a good weather to hide in the futon and sleep. After Zhang Yue lay on the bed and fell asleep, he entered another world by default.

The things of the day were put in front of him like a marquee.

The things that he hesitated when he was in Peng's house, but when he thought about it carefully, it made Zhang Yue's heart as clear as a mirror. At this moment, he finally did not object to the decision made by Zhang Shi for him, and was even glad that Zhang Shi refused on his behalf.

Just as the old man told himself at the beginning, 'The world is a matter of the world, the heart of a young man, and the dream is clear and deep'.

The young man's heart needs to be wiped often.

But the Buddhists don't like to wipe this word, such as the unveiling saying, 'The body is a Bodhi tree, the heart is like a mirror, always wipe diligently, don't make dust'.

But this sentence has always been considered to be a kung fu has not arrived, so there is the next sentence 'Bodhi has no tree, the mirror is not a platform, there is nothing originally, where to stir up dust'.

In fact, as long as you do work, you have to work hard, and you have to work hard to work, how can you do kung fu without intention? Therefore, the heart of a teenager lies in a pure word.

It's just the idea of constantly introspecting and returning to his original mind, which is whisking.

So why is it important to wipe off?

It lies in the phrase 'consistent', and conversely, 'don't go when you see the road'.

There are hundreds of thousands of paths in life, and choice is sometimes more important than hard work.

For example, being a scholar is certainly the choice of most poor families, but for Zhang Yue, can he stand the anger of the second ancestor of the family, endure it for ten years, and have a chance to get ahead?

Forget it, I'm a person who has been stepped on by others, and I have to step on it back. Do you really want to be a scholar, can you compromise and seek perfection?

If you really take this step, you won't be able to turn over for the rest of your life.

Therefore, don't be tempted by immediate benefits, and ask yourself realistically what you want, what you don't want, what you can get, and what you can't.

Therefore, Zhang Yue knew very clearly at this moment that he was unwilling to take this road. Fortunately, my brother refused for himself today, in case he couldn't resist the temptation, and he promised in person and then repented, it would offend people.

If you don't take this road, which way will you go?

Zhang Yue immediately unfolded another picture in front of him, and for some reason Zhang Yue dreamed of his second brother Zhang Xu.

Zhang Yue suddenly dreamed that Zhang Xu entered Beijing, and after the guarantee of his teacher Chen Xiang, he passed the township examination in Beijing as a supervisor, and then passed the general examination, the palace examination, and finally the jinshi. In the end, Zhang Xu was appreciated by Wen Yanbo, the prime minister of the dynasty, and married his daughter to her.

The elder brother then returned to his hometown in a beautiful manner, and the villagers praised him for his glory to his ancestors, at that time he not only redeemed the house and land that the family should have, but also the county order, Peng County Lieutenant, etc., all changed their faces and competed to kneel and lick...... Myself.

Zhao Zhisi cried and shouted and begged him to let him go, and the adults didn't remember the villains.

And because of the support of the second brother, he didn't have to study so hard, he directly became a Yanei, and lived a happy life from then on.

One day, he and seven or eight gentlemen were walking on the street and came across a beautiful girl who made his heart flutter......

This is the end of the face painting, so that after waking up from the dream, Zhang Yue was very depressed for a long time.

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