Zhang Shizhang Yue's original purpose today was to thank Lieutenant Xue, but he didn't expect Lieutenant Xue to leave halfway.

And this meeting suddenly seemed to be a test.

Zhang Yue was not good at speaking, and continued to remain silent.

Zhang Shi said sincerely: "My brother is the most diligent and hard-working on weekdays, but unfortunately he can't find a way, and he suffers from no famous teacher to guide him. ”

Zhang Yue knew that this was his brother seeking a way for himself.

Wu Anshi smiled: "Oh? Is that so? Haven't moved yet, asking what Saburo is doing?

Zhang Yue wanted to explain that he didn't know anything, but seeing his brother's expectant eyes, he could only barely hold on to the scene at this time.

Zhang Yue took out Mencius, who had been reciting the whole book in the past few days, and said, "Govern Mencius." ”

As soon as these words came out, Wu Anshi and the old man on the side were stunned, and then shook their heads and smiled.

Even Zhang Shi, who was a 'non-scholar', had a dull face, and reminded Zhang Yue in a low voice: "Third brother, Mencius is not a classic. ”

Zhang Yue understands that if he makes a fool of himself, it is all misleading from the experience of later generations.

Mencius was included in the Four Books by Zhu Xi during the Southern Song Dynasty and became a must-read in the imperial examinations of the Ming Dynasty.

However, the system of the Northern Song Dynasty only had 12 classics, and it was not until the Southern Song Dynasty that Mencius was added and listed as the 13 classics known to later generations. Mencius was far more than a sage, and at that time scholars were called Confucius and Mencius, but in the Song Dynasty, scholars were called Confucius.

Zhang Yue read Mencius for a long time, only to realize that it was an 'extracurricular book', and he knew it was so......

Wu Anshi was also a little embarrassed, and forcibly explained: "Although I haven't heard that reading the scriptures began with Meng, San Lang can be said to have found another way. His brother Erlang did have some experience in governing Mencius, but unfortunately Chen Gong came from Jianyang this time but never saw it. ”

The old man said lightly: "The old man is returning to his hometown, of course he wants to see the demeanor of today's fellow villagers." However, under the prestige, it is often difficult to deserve. In the past, your in-laws and husbands once talked to the old man about his hometown Zhongyong, and when it was a day, it was a big one, and it was conceivable that everyone was confused. ”

Jiefu? jeff？

Zhang Yue was stunned when he heard it, when he went to the forum, he always saw some jokes, such as Ming Chengzu Zhu Di, English name Judy, Lu You's English name WIFI, as for Wang Anshi, the word Jiefu is called Jeff.

This old man knows Wang Anshi, and it seems that his identity is above him.

However, this old man seems to have come specially for the second brother, and he didn't see the second brother, so he saw himself casually. The county lieutenant Xue was not on official business, but left with interest.

Now Zhang Yue pretended to be a child's innocent appearance and said: "I think the old gentleman must be young." ”

As soon as these words came out, Wu Anzhi's face changed, and he peeked at the old man's face.

The old man was also stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help patting his legs and laughing: "What a sharp-toothed child." ”

Wu Anzhi saw that the old man was not only not angry, but smiled and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

He also smiled on the side: "Good Zhang Saburo." ”

Zhang Shi thought for a while, and then understood what Zhang Yue meant by 'stalk', and hurriedly said: "San Lang is rude, quickly apologize to the old gentleman!" ”

Zhang Yue guessed the identity of this old man, the other party was from Jianyang, and his surname was Chen, and Wu Anzhi was respectful to him, so the identity of the other party was about to come out.

It's not that Zhang Yue learns history well, but a very famous allusion, the four-phase hairpin.

In the fifth year of Qingli, Han Qi knew Yangzhou, and four flowers bloomed in the backyard of his official mansion. This flower is red up and down, only in the middle is the astragalus, the prime minister's clothes are also red robe waist gold, and this flower is very similar, so the flower gold is wrapped around the waist, and the gold belt is around.

It is rumored that as soon as such a flower blooms, it will be a prime minister, a big dealer.

At that time, Wang Jue, who was judged by Dali Temple, and Wang Anshi, who was judged by Dali Temple, were in Yangzhou, and Han Qi invited them to enjoy the flowers together. Han Qi invited the envoys of the prefecture and Qianzhi to come again, but the other party happened to be unwell.

At this time, Chen Shengzhi of Dali Temple happened to pass by Yangzhou, and Han Qi invited him by the way.

On that day, the four of them cut off the flower hairpin and put it on their heads, and sure enough, thirty years later, all four of them successively became prime ministers.

And Chen Shengzhi, who is a temporary substitute, is a native of Jianyang, Jianzhou, Zhang Yue's fellow villager, and he happens to be very familiar with Wang Anshi.

A future prime minister was actually ridiculed for being unknown to everyone in the future! Zhang Yue was on the verge of death just now, frantically tempting.

"It's okay, it's okay." The old man smiled.

The atmosphere was good, and the old man didn't seem to blame.

Zhang Shi still got up and apologized: "San Lang, he is not sincere, I was negligent in disciplining, and please punish him." ”

The old man smiled and looked at Zhang Yue, and asked kindly, "Oh?" Then tell me, how to govern Mencius? Okay, how about not ordering my brother? ”

Zhang Yue said: "Thank you old gentleman for not caring, Han Changli once said, since Confucius did not, the group of disciples did not have books, only Meng Ke's clan got its sect, read Meng Ke's book, and then know Confucius's Taoism." ”

Han Changli is Han Yu, and he once admired Mencius very much. He had a Taoist theory that proposed 'Yao Shun Tang Yu, Zhou Gong Confucius and Meng', and after Mencius, the Taoist system was lost, until he inherited the Taoist system.

But seeing that the old man nodded and said to Wu Anshi: "This is not unreasonable. ”

Wu Anshi asked the old man for advice: "Gong Chen, the little nephew has heard a little about the people who govern the scriptures, but I don't know who everyone is in the world?" ”

The old man pointed and said: "Everyone who governs Meng, since Mr. Taishan Sun and Mr. Culai Shi, such as Lu, Yin, Zou and others, although they have been handed down from generation to generation, they are not as good as everyone. Now that Sun Xin is counted as one, it is counted as one of your second brother's in-laws! ”

Wang Anshi wrote a poem to Wu Chong, 'The same official, the same tooth, the same family, friends have the most marriages. The dust and sand in the two places are now dirty, and the wind and moon have been together for two years'.

Tongguan refers to the fact that both of them are appointed as group herding judges, the same tooth is the same person who was born in the same year, and the same person is the same person who is the Jinshi in the same year. And Wu Yu was the examiner of the imperial examination that year, and it was Wang Anshi and his brother Wu Chong who he admitted.

In the second year, Fengyue said that the two of them served as the judge of the herd for two years.

Friends have the most marriages, that is, two in-laws, Wang Anshi's eldest daughter married Wu Chong's second son Wu Anzhi at the age of seventeen, and now lives in Bianliang, Tokyo, and has given birth to a granddaughter at this time.

Wang Anshi also highly admired Mencius, and was jokingly said by later generations that except for Mencius, who did not speak for profit, and Wang Anshi talked about profit all day long, the two of them thought exactly the same.

The old man said: "This little Langjun is right, Han Changli respects Meng, so the call for the government and the opposition to list "Mencius" from Zishu has been continuous, and there are even Confucius and Mencius who call it together. ”

Wu Anshi said: "However, Meng said that he could not justify himself, Sima Junshi had already said its disadvantages, and also wrote an article to refute his theory of hegemony. ”

The old man continued: "Mencius's saying, although it is said that it is based on the people, not the official, but the king, so it is degraded. ”

"The people are noble, and the king is light." When it comes to this step, Wu Anshi can only echo the old man's words, and he has no creative ideas.

The old man continued: "Confucius did not talk about the nature of the mandate of heaven, but Mencius insisted on goodness and dedication, which is not the authentic words of Confucianism, and this statement is one-sided......"

The two of them chatted by themselves, and even forgot about Zhang Shizhang for a while, but it is expected that to such an extent, ordinary people are powerless to interject.

However, Zhang Yue nodded in agreement, he could understand, thanks to the skills accumulated in the forum back then.

Zhang Shi glanced at Zhang Yue and thought, he was confused, how could Zhang Yue understand?

Wu Anshi looked at Zhang Shi and shook his head slightly, the little child is only a few years old, how can he know the key. The old man is no longer limited to the scope of governing the scriptures, but has risen to the height of self-cultivation and governance of the country. Not to mention children, even if you are alone, you can only go along with it.

Seeing Zhang Yue, the old man couldn't help nodding and smiled slightly: "Oh? What the old man just said, how much do you understand? ”

Zhang Yue said: "I don't dare to take it seriously, but I just happened to think of some of the experiences of governing Meng." ”

"Thoughts?" The old man burst into laughter, "The old man laughed a lot more today than usual. ”

Zhang Shi had no choice but to laugh awkwardly, very restless. Wu Anshi also laughed with the old man, but his face was not very good-looking, he was only a child, and he was so ignorant that the second son had almost offended the old man.

"If you say something about a child, Chen Gong doesn't have to take it seriously."

The old man waved his hand and looked at Zhang Yue and said, "What do you think about reading Meng?" ”

Zhang Yue thought for a while and said, "What the old gentleman said, it seems that Mencius can't respect the scriptures. ”

"But when I read the words of the sages, if the spring breeze turns into rain, moisturizing things silently, like a dragon that sees the beginning but does not see the end. But reading Mencius's sayings, if you are always drunk, and your words are fierce and harsh, you can refute heresies and raise my heart to be righteous and righteous! ”

Zhang Shi hurriedly remedied: "What does the child's family know, the younger brother is talking nonsense, and please don't care." ”

Wu Anshi felt that there was some truth and looked at the old man's face.

The old man waved his hand and said with a slight smile: "Zhang Sanlang, this was taught by the second brother?" ”

Zhang Yue said: "No. ”

The old man stroked his beard and said to himself: "If Confucius is a generous elder, Mencius is a strict teacher. Of course, although it is a little out of the ordinary, it is a little less calm, but it is not enough to correct the accumulation of shortcomings up and down, which makes the treacherous person frightened. This may be the reason why Meng is becoming more and more respected! ”

Speaking of this, the old man looked at Zhang Yue and said, "You can see the wind and bones when you read, which is really commendable." The children can be taught! ”

If Confucius is gentle and gentlemanly, he seems to have never seen him angry in front of anyone, and he often says good things about people behind his back.

That Mencius is a character gang, you can know it by reading Mencius. Mencius saw many kings and scolded many kings, Mencius scolded King Liang Xiang, who did not look like a human king, so he did not see what he feared, and called the king of Shang a single husband.

Seeing that Zhang Yue's words actually entered the old man's meaning, Zhang Shi was overjoyed, and Wu Anshi was also impressed.

Zhang Shi was overjoyed when he heard this, and suddenly felt that his face was bright, and his decision to let San Lang study was right.

Wu Anshi said with a smile: "Since Gong Chen appreciates this son so much, Zi You just lacks a scholar, so it is better to ......"

Scholar?

When Zhang Yue heard this, his heart suddenly cooled.

The old man smiled when he heard this: "It's good...... It's just that it won't be wronged. ”

Grievance? How is this possible.

Wu Anshi thought so, and then said to Zhang Shi: "Brother Zhang, this old gentleman is actually a member of the court, and his nephew just lacks a companion, so Ling Erlang's talent is more than enough, but now that Erlang is not here, he really missed a great opportunity." ”

"But it's just a coincidence, who would have expected to meet San Lang by chance. San Lang is very talented, and you say that he suffers from not having the guidance of the Master. It just so happened that you would like him to study with the old gentleman's nephew? ”

Zhang Shi hesitated a little when he heard this.

Wu Anshi paused and said: "Eh, the name says that it is a scholar, but it is also half a companion, and it can also be learned and read the same." ”

Companion reading?

Zhang Yue remembered a sentence and accompanied the prince to read.

Of course, the children of the Chen family are not princes, but the treatment is the same. As the son of a dignitary, Xixi generally does not dare to discipline, but if he makes a mistake, Xixi will scold his companion and accept it on his behalf, and at the same time form a first-class personal attachment and must be loyal to the family.

However, there are many benefits, the high cost of reading is equal to the other party's all-inclusive, and at the same time receive the same education, you can also go to the solution, and at the same time it is easy to solve the test.

The Cao test is the examination presided over by the Road Transfer Division, which is named because the Transfer Division is called the Cao Division, and it is also called the other head test.

The test is equivalent to the solution. However, the test objects of the Cao test are specifically the children of current officials, relatives within five suits, and in recent years, doormen have also been included. Zhang Yue became a companion to take the exam as a guest of the Chen family.

For Zhang Yue now, accepting companionship is not a humiliation, and it is even a good choice. If Chen Shengzhi releases his words, there will be many children from poor families who will fight for this place.

No one thinks that the scholar is a kind of humiliation, whether it is the old man or Wu Anshi, they are sincere, and they don't look down on people, but the disparity in identity is really there.

It's just that Zhang Yue had too much inner drama before, and he thought that with the status of the old man today, he should not hesitate to help his fellow villagers advance, right? Now I realize that I am a matter of course, what are I dreaming about?