From Guozijian to the Outer City Public School, of course the king of Jiangdu would not ride a horse like a young man - although the emperor who was older than him often liked to ride a horse to swagger through the city even if he went out of the palace, but he was afraid of the cold by nature and loved to enjoy happiness, so he would rather sit comfortably in the car with a hand stove in his arms. When the voice of the entourage announcing his arrival came from outside, he stared at him slightly.

He and Xu Heikui went to Guozijian first, and although they didn't come in person, they also sent someone to announce the exam questions—as for who was the person who announced the exam questions...... Needless to say? Of course, he just said to people in the Guozi Prison, his unsuccessful future son-in-law!

didn't feel like he was nepotistic at all, King Jiangdu yawned and stepped on the car and pedaled off the horse, but found that there was not even a ghost shadow in front of the gate, not at all like the scene where the scholar before Guozijian came out and greeted him with great fanfare.

Although he has never been a person who cares about hypocrisy, he is also a county king, and he will never be happy if he is neglected like this. He looked left and right, and wanted to ask if there was even a gatekeeper here, and finally heard a familiar voice: "Father-in-law, you are here so soon!" ”

The wind rushed out to greet someone else, it was Song Juren. Seeing that King Jiangdu was looking at him with a smile, he hurriedly explained: "Bachelor Zhang is in class, after all, this public school is not only in the middle of the mountain, other teachers are also in class. Liu Zhanshi and Lu Saijiu are here, and they will definitely not take you, the great sect, in their eyes. ”

At this moment, King Jiangdu suddenly felt relieved. Especially when he saw Liu Zhiyuan and Lu Juan really come out together, he immediately changed to a smiling face, where can he still see the slightest expression of criticism?

After a few pleasantries, he asked about the status of the exam in the mid-level hall. Sure enough, he saw a rather subtle expression on Lu Juan's face, and immediately after, the person's eyes obviously drifted.

"His Royal Highness the Prince's three exam questions are really quite exquisite, those little guys in the Mid-Mountain Hall, I'm afraid that it will be great if they can make one question, and it is estimated that there are few who can make two questions, let alone three questions." Speaking of this, Lu Juan paused, and then said with a wry smile, "If this topic is placed in the Nine Chapters Hall, the scripture calculation question is naturally not worth mentioning, but the other two are also difficult for them." ”

"I don't know about Banshan Hall, but the current text with the title of 'Three Years of No Change in the Way of the Father' in the Analects is estimated to be difficult for those students in Jiuzhangtang, and there may not be many people who can write this current text well, but there is no one."

It was none other than Song Juren who refuted Lu Juan. He didn't notice the expression of King Jiangdu rubbing his chin with interest after hearing this, and said to himself: "Because Lu Gaoyuan's bookstore prints a lot of books, and some of them are anthologies. Like the four-book title of not changing the way of the father for three years, there are many model texts, and it is said that he once gave away the collection of essays in order to promote the scriptures. ”

"The students of Jiuzhangtang can earn a few dollars by working part-time in public schools, and now most of the arithmetic textbooks can afford to buy, and they are no longer borrowed before, that is to say, they have a few collections of current texts in nine out of ten. Even if some people haven't turned it over, or even resold it because of lack of money, there must be people who have turned it, and even if most of them haven't remembered it, maybe someone will remember it. ”

Lu Juan saw that Song Juren was talking about things, and he suddenly became angry: "If Jiuzhangtang comes to take the exam, even if he memorizes Fan Wenyan and copies it to the volume, is it possible that he will be able to write this current article?" Are all the lecturers you were reading the papers dead? ”

"The lecturers may not be dead, but they may not have read the collections of current literature that are popular on the market today!"

Song Juren refuted Lu Juren seriously, and when he saw that people were suddenly dumbfounded, he said in an aggravated tone: "Shiwen is a stepping stone, and most of those officials who are admitted to the Jinshi don't know where to throw it, let alone buy a collection of Shiwen, and then figure out what new model essays everyone has in those Shiwen all the time." Don't say this, I don't know how many years ago I was admitted to the Jinshi lecture ......"

"I think when I took the township examination in Guangdong, the time when I returned from the township examination, the examiner who presided over the township examination that year didn't see that someone copied most of the model essays, and took someone as the seventh Asian dollar, but it was finally exposed, it was really a big shame, not to mention it afterwards, and was punished and demoted by the imperial court. People are still examiners! ”

Seeing that Lu Juan's face was really the only one in his life, King Jiangdu only thought it was really interesting, knowing that he shouldn't laugh, but he finally laughed: "Virtuous son-in-law, you are right, these scholars worked diligently to sharpen their craftsmanship before they became officials, and they threw this stepping stone aside after they became officials...... Hey, Lord Duanyin, I didn't mean you! ”

Obviously, it has already been done, but this time it was specially reactivated by the emperor, and even forced a Zhan Shifu Zhan Shi, Liu Zhiyuan originally felt weird, but at this time, he was called by the king of Jiangdu, and he was suddenly full of awkwardness.

But just now Song Juren and King Jiangdu said in this joking tone that the art is a stepping stone, and after knocking on the door, he will throw it away, even if he partially agrees, but he can't show such an attitude in front of outsiders, otherwise people will know that he is the top of the house but he is so contemptuous of Bagu Wen...... That's really going to be messed up!

It's just that he does hate Baguwen...... He was over fifty years old when he won the top prize, and in the best years of his life, except for studying, he was studying this useless thing, even if he won the palace test in the end, so what?

At that moment, he could only divert the topic with a cold face and said: "Okay, since the king of Jiangdu is here, please go to the mid-mountain hall to take a good look, so as to save people from questioning in the future, someone is making it convenient for these candidates." By the way, although the Banshan Hall has been divided before, but now they haven't decided what classes they will take, so these people will let them teach these folk children more. ”

"It's not to let them know what the folk are suffering, it's just to sharpen the temperament of these boys. Don't ask them to have any great benefits, even if they are rich idlers, but just ask for a little, don't become a scourge! ”

Of course, the king of Jiangdu was absolutely convinced by Liu Zhiyuan, but such an old man was used by the emperor to assist the crown prince, if he didn't have enough ability, how could it be!

He immediately agreed, and even said with great interest that it was better for the children of the clan to come to the public school to be a teacher to exercise, but he was blocked by Liu Zhiyuan with a sneer.

"Zongxue, those clans are all pampered, and in a place like the outer city, who can rest assured that the old man in the family? These old men should have a good rest. It's not like Banshan Hall, most of the people at home are half-hung goods that don't hurt their parents and don't love them, and the others can't do it. ”

Seeing Liu Zhiyuan's opposition, King Jiangdu snorted, but he retracted his whimsical words, but he couldn't help but wonder if he threw the unsuccessful sons in his family over to sharpen and sharpen. does not seek to become talents, but only hopes that their brothers can pick up the burden in the future, so as not to collapse the family business.

In order to make up for the unrealistic suggestion that he had just spoken, he stepped forward with a smile and supported Liu Zhiyuan, the kind of humble and good clan appearance, even Lu Juan looked a little sluggish.

And Song Juren, who had just provoked that topic first, shrank his head, and when he followed Lu Juan behind, he couldn't help but ask softly: "Lu Saijiu, my future father-in-law seems to respect the teacher and the elders?" ”

Fart's respect for the elderly! Thinking about the king and emperor of Jiangdu, as well as the king of Lu, it is simply the three evils of the capital! It's just that there is a maverick emperor who is in front of him, and there is his own king of Lu who is looking for death to attract attention, and the king of Jiangdu seems to be gentle and harmless!

Lu Juan really wanted to debunk this great Zongzheng who had become a virtuous king at this time, but thinking about his age, he was already a father, and he had already been called father-in-law by Song Ju, he finally decided to save some face, but he warned Song Juren without being salty: "Your father-in-law is a bit of a follower to the emperor, you have to know it in the future." ”

Although these three words of the emperor sound plain, even if Song Juren was jokingly called stupid by Ah Liu, he has been in the capital for so long, and has experienced the selection of the imperial chef, which is something that he dare not think of in his life, and his stomach is full of inopportune times, and now it has gradually condensed into a group of exquisite hearts, but there are absolutely no nine tricks, at most, he barely has two or three tricks.

But even so, he thought of the emperor's freewheeling temperament, and then thought of going to Jiangdu Wangfu that day, at first he was regarded as a flood beast by Jiangdu Wang's father and son, but when the county lord of Hailing said it clearly, Jiangdu Wang turned his anger into joy under his deliberate flattery, and finally recognized him as a son-in-law, and he hurriedly put a few labels on the future father-in-law in his heart at this time.

Moody, unpredictable, maverick...... In short, he must be careful in the future!

Helped Liu Zhiyuan to the mid-mountain hall to inspect the circle, and found that most of the boys who were answering the questions were crying and sad faces, and the king of Jiangdu didn't care that this was during the exam, so he actually admonished two sentences.

The words are nothing more than the same meaning as when he was in Guozijian before. The prince gave the same three questions to the sixth hall and the mid-mountain hall of the country, if the final answer results are not optimistic, then the so-called quota is written off, and it is better to have a shortage than an abundance.

Faced with such a news like a thunderbolt from the sky, Zhang Datou, who suddenly changed color, also completely forgot that this was the exam, and actually got up and asked: "Then dare to ask the king, if in the end, we will answer the question in the middle of the mountain hall The result is better!" ”

King Jiangdu glanced at Zhang Datou in surprise, but he didn't know anyone, and when he heard Liu Zhiyuan's explanation, he knew that it was Xiangyang Bo's son, and immediately laughed: "Ouch, you kid is very angry, right?" Yes, yes, I can promise you, if only more people in your Banshan Hall can really answer these three questions beautifully, but the Sixth Hall of Guozijian does not ......"

"Then their place will be given to you!"

In the face of this final statement, the others below were so excited that there was a small commotion, but then they fell into a dead silence, and I don't know how many people stared at the three questions they had copied, eager to swallow the ink-soaked paper. Although King Jiangdu gave such a statement, they really wouldn't do it!

The arithmetic questions seem to be quite simple, but when you think about it, it doesn't seem to be the same thing...... Of course, there are also some students who have learned some arithmetic with Zhang Shou in the cuiyun room in Rongshui Village, and they have some ideas at this time, but it will take time for that extremely stupid idea to be replaced by a real solution to the problem.

As for the current text, if they can write the eight-strand essay well, will they still need to mess around in the mid-levels hall before? Not to mention farming, most of them, not to mention having never been in the field at all, probably can't even tell the difference between rice and wheat!

So, when they continue to think hard at the desk after the silence, some people really want to show their greatest skills, such as Zhang Dahu, but there are also more people who try to show their learning attitude by writing as many papers as possible - even if it is to write some messy things......

And King Jiangdu obviously didn't have the heart to watch these people rack their brains to answer questions all the time, but accompanied by everyone, he quietly inspected other classrooms.

Seeing that there were children of different ages who were taking enlightenment classes such as "Three Character Classic", "Hundred Family Names", and "Thousand Character Text", some people were guiding the children to recite Jiujiu songs, and some were even talking about addition and subtraction, and there were even students who were obviously from Jiuzhangtang, explaining the most superficial natural knowledge, he couldn't help but sigh.

"No wonder others say that public school is about learning a little superficial things, but I think it's good to be superficial. Not everyone can be admitted to the rank of champion, if you can write and calculate, even if you read the yamen announcement and calculate the tax, you will not be easily deceived! ”

Having said that, he thought in his heart that he heard that there are many people in the southeast who can read and write, and there are more people who understand the laws of the Ming Dynasty, so many lawsuits gathered, and many magistrates hated it, and even privately even brought out the sentence that the people can make it impossible to know.

I think the emperor mentioned it to him at the beginning, and the sons of heaven in all dynasties have claimed to be the emperor, but all mistakes are the fault of traitors; And the officials all claim to be virtuous ministers, and if there is a mistake, it is a traitor who is harmful, and a servant is troubled; And the petty officials and servants, although it is difficult to push the responsibility down, but they are forced to the point that there is really no way, and they will also put the responsibility on the traitors and vagrants.

But they don't know that the so-called traitors and vagrants, when they are finally harmed, it will be like a huge wave overturning! If you can't read, you won't be capsized? Where did those rebellions and riots of the past come from! As long as the world is peaceful, everyone has food and clothing, and they all know some superficial truths, where can the villagers have the leisure to rebel?

Thinking about these things, King Jiangdu finally came to Jiuzhang Hall, and just heard Zhang Shou's voice.

"We have already seen the sails of the ship from the sea and the reason for the change in the length of the sun's shadow left by Takagi at noon, which proves that the earth is probably round, so we cannot help but ask, if it is not the heaven and the earth, but the earth is round, then in such a land, if we think that we are above, so we will not fall, then ......."

"Well, what about the people under the ball? Why doesn't it fall? Why does the water flow down, and why does the fruit fall from the trees when it is ripe? Why did the last experiment done in the Zhangyuan Stargazing Tower land iron blocks of different sizes almost at the same time? ”

Listening to these whys, King Jiangdu only felt that his head was a mess, and then he looked at Lu Juan and Liu Zhiyuan, which was not much better than him. He puffed his teeth slightly, and then said with a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, Master Zhang left Guozijian, otherwise what he said would simply make Guozijian bang the pan!" ”

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