Hou Shou's words to Fan Jin can be regarded as a point to the text, and can also be regarded as a guide to the three views. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info if you only look at the surface, Hou Shouyong did not agree with the three views shown by Fan Jin, and criticized it.

But if you look at the details on the surface, you will find that things are not so simple. If he was simply dissatisfied with Fan Jin, he could expel Fan Jin or reprimand him, and he didn't need to explain the reason so bitterly. In other words, what is the need for him to be like this to Fan Jin? This is clearly the attitude and method that the teacher will adopt when teaching his disciples.

If Fan Jin doesn't even understand this truth, and doesn't know how to beat snakes with sticks, there is no need for him to continue on the road of the imperial examination. After all, the imperial examination is for being an official, and being an official is for promotion, without this insight, how can you get mixed up in this circle. Therefore, his decisive kneeling down to call his teacher did not arouse Hou Shouyong's disgust, but instead pulled Fan Jin up with a smile.

"This official is nothing more than a momentary feeling, where can he be called a teaching, and he doesn't dare to bear the title of your teacher. To deal with people, you should know how to be flexible, which is also the way to stand. But we must also have the courage and persistence, otherwise this cleverness will not be beneficial but harmful. For example, the matter of Dafanzhuang is just a competition for a group of croppers, and the people involved are only a few acres of land, what does it have to do with us scholars? If you don't read a book, but you get mixed with them, it's not good for you. After you go back, you can't get involved in the battle, you must study, prepare for the exam with peace of mind, and live up to your talents. Let me ask you, which of the Pentateuch is your own scripture? ”

"If you return to your teacher, the disciple's scripture is the Spring and Autumn Period."

"Spring and Autumn...... Among the Five Classics, the Spring and Autumn Period has the largest number of words, and the current scholars are afraid to avoid it in order to get the first place in the imperial examination, and you are the only one who rises to the challenge. However, in the Spring and Autumn Period, if you can study successfully, the benefits are also the greatest. After you go back, continue to study hard, and the sage has a cloud: I don't know if the future is not now, you remember the instructions of the county today, and the achievements in the future may still be above the county. Hou Yi, take Fan into the gift room, register, and guarantee each other, all of which are up to you to help, so as not to do anything to others. ”

Not long after Fan Jin walked out of the room with Hou Yi, another middle-aged servant outside walked in, refilled tea for Hou Shouyong, and waited beside him. Seeing that his master took out the ink scroll and looked at it repeatedly in his hand, he was a little puzzled and asked, "Master, don't you think Fan Sheng's problem is not good, why don't you throw it away?" ”

"No, I don't think he did a bad job, on the contrary, I think he did it too well. Sage Cube...... His Majesty Chong Ling ascended the throne, Jiangling chased the new Zheng and took charge, everyone in the court was in danger, those who were round on the outside may be able to gain a foothold, and those on the inside should be on their own? Maybe he really needs to be a squareless person every day to live in the court. Although I said that I wanted to be round on the outside and square on the inside, I asked myself, how did I do it? Fan Jin is more free and easy than me, and he dares to express his heart more directly than me, and I grabbed this disciple first, but also with the selfishness of using this incense in the future. ”

"Fan Shengnian has not yet reached the crown and has never entered the pan, is the master's expectations for him too high?"

"Hou Zhong, you don't understand, this place in Guangdong is very evil. Its culture and education are not as good as those in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and they are divided into the southern list, and it is a very disadvantageous thing to compete with those students from the southeast. Therefore, after Lingnan students are promoted, they often go to business, and rarely continue to improve. Occasionally, those who rush to take the exam will not miss a few times, so Lingnan has more people and less jinshi, and people feel that Lingnan's culture and education are still poor. However, although there are few Jinshi in Guangdong, it can produce champions, with Lun Yugang in front and Lin Daqin in the back. It can be seen that there are talents here, and there are even more strange talents. Fan Jin is this person...... is not an ordinary scholar, but a poor man is willing to practice such a good hand at any cost, which shows his character of working hard for success. Such a person, if he meets by chance, can do great things. In my life, I have been angry with the prefect and the servants, and even a country chief dares to embarrass me. If you want to be angry in the future, you have to count on this student. I hope he is smart enough to understand me, so that I can put all my effort into him. ”

Hou Zhong said: "If he doesn't understand the master's guidance, what if it's just two ordinary words?" ”

"Then it proves that I have lost my eyes, this is a rotten piece of wood that cannot be carved, and everything is left to him. The left and right teachers called me and did not refuse, nor did I accept it, the advance and retreat are all up to me, so there is no need to worry. ”

Hou Shou gently beat the foam in the cup with the lid of the bowl, blowing away the heat in the cup, and was proud of his arrangement, since he arrived in Guangzhou, he has not been so proud for a long time. This move is easy to attack and defend, and the rest depends on Fan Jin's understanding.

"I don't know what will come now......"

As Hou Yi walked towards the room, Fan Jin was still thinking about what Hou Shouyong said in his heart. Through contact, he can be sure that Hou Shouyong is not the kind of person who is more emotional than rational, and when emotions come, he will say useless nonsense. What's more, his attitude just now was also extraordinarily solemn, and every word he said should be useful. The sentence in his words that he knows that he is not good now, if he expects it to be true, is the exam question of this county exam

There has been fraud in the imperial examination since ancient times, and the simplest and most crude method is to directly entrainment cheat sheets, this method Fan Jin disdains it, and Hou Shouyong is even more eye-catching. It is relatively easy to give acquiesced rankings to each other, but after the imperial examination, there are often students who do not make trouble, and it is also common to review Cheng Mo. What's more, Guangzhou is a provincial capital, once the examination is not detailed, your own steps must stand firm, in order not to be afraid of others' aftermath of the investigation.

The county exam questions are from the county, and there are only two questions in four books, which can already be revealed to themselves, if you don't do a good job and can't pass the exam, then there is no need for this protégé. Being able to know a question in advance and prepare for it has already taken a big advantage compared to other candidates, and this teacher is not a loss.

Moreover, with Hou Yi leading the way, Fan Jin's work of going through the formalities became extremely simple. When Fan Jin's name was reported, the Jing Cheng of the ceremonial room was obviously stunned for a moment, and seemed to be a little sluggish, and then pulled Hou Yi to the outer room.

Fan Jin knew that he was afraid that the Hong family had already listed himself as a target, if it weren't for the second master of the county government accompanying him, he wouldn't know how many obstacles he would have to set up for the county trial registration alone, and maybe he wouldn't even be able to register simply.

The official school is a subordinate institution of the county order, and the teaching is only the direct leader of the official school, in fact, the real person in charge of the official school is the county order, so it is very easy to find a student from the county school to protect Fan Jin. As for the mutual protection of the five children, it is not difficult.

After completing this set of procedures, Hou Yi sent Fan in and out of the door, and when he came to the door, Fan Jin quietly handed over the usual money, Hou Yi pushed it a few times, and finally reluctantly accepted it. Fan Jin asked, "But what kind of black hand does the Hong family want to do to the students?" ”

"It's good that Childe knows it in his own heart, and it's not good for me to say anything as a subordinate. Fortunately, since they have registered, they dare not use any means, and next, everyone compares the kung fu of the scientific field. I advise my son, it's best not to leave the county these days, so as not to get any complications when the exam starts. ”