Chapter 13: The Theory of the Six Kingdoms
Untitled!
This is the exam question that Ouyang Xiu came up with!
You can write whatever you want, the scope is quite broad, you just need to submit an article. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
If you think about it carefully, it seems to make sense, but the level of the children who came to take the exam was uneven, and the proposition was really difficult to handle. Wouldn't it be embarrassing to choose a random paragraph from what "Shangshu" and "Chinese", many people may not have read it, and they don't know the meaning of the origin at all?
It's better to have no titles, everyone can write what they are best at, which can reflect everyone's academic level and literary talent, which is very intuitive.
When most of the candidates heard Ouyang Xiu say this, they suddenly felt a lot more relaxed, and they all began to bow their heads and write hard, transcribing the words they had recently practiced or pieced together on the rolling paper.
Untitled, such an exam question is simple enough, but Xue Zong is a little at a loss, what should he write?
I have no feeling for the subset of classics and histories, as for the literature of the Song Dynasty...... You can't fill in a few words, right? It seems that it is difficult to get into the hall of elegance in these years, Liu Yong is an example, he was ordered to fill in the words, and the emperor cut off the hope of the imperial examination, which can be regarded as a lesson for the scholars of the Great Song Dynasty.
What about the sisters in the green building tiles? In addition to leaving the name of the wind and snow, what is the substantive use of the Qinglou Bo Xing? Thinking about Liu Yong's fate, Xue Zong didn't want to be buried by a prostitute/woman after his death.
Not to mention that far away, just now, can Ouyang Xiu be able to see it?
One of the eight great masters of the Tang and Song dynasties, a generation of literary heroes, seems to have launched some ancient literary movement, and he appreciates the solid articles that quote scriptures and classics and talk about the past and the present.
Don't ask Xue Zong how he knew, just two days before the crossing, a handwritten post by Ouyang Xiu's apprentice Zeng Gong was auctioned at a sky-high price. Xue Zong happened to see it on the Internet and saw some extended reports.
Ancient texts, the ancient texts of the Qin and Han dynasties, rather than those of the two Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties that only seek gorgeousness and do not seek connotation.
If you write an argumentative essay in ancient style, you must have a very good appetite for Ouyang Xiu.
But such an article will definitely not be written on its own, but it is okay to learn from it, but it seems that it is not so glamorous to be a copyist......
That's it, people don't shamelessly treat young people, and if necessary, you can only be cheeky once.
Thanks to the middle school Chinese teacher, thanks to the super good memory, Xue Zong still remembers some poems and articles, which will come in handy.
But what about writing that one?
The Song Dynasty before is definitely not good, and the future ...... The eight-strand format is too stiff, and I haven't memorized a few, and if I say that the most suitable one seems to be the Song Dynasty article that has not yet been published.
It's like Su Xun's "Theory of the Six Kingdoms", this gentleman should be in his prime now, as if he is still in his hometown in Shuzhong, but is this article born or not? It would not be good if the "copyist public" turned into the plagiarism of Chiguoguo.
Thinking about it carefully, it seems that Su Xun came to Tokyo after both sons grew up. Calculating the time, Su Shi and Su Zhe brothers should still be just children now, so there are still more than ten years to enter Beijing, so it should be safe.
I'm sorry, Su Laoquan!
Xue Zong immediately picked up the pen and wrote: The destruction of the Six Kingdoms is not good for non-soldiers, the war is not good, and the disadvantage is to bribe Qin. bribing Qin and losing his strength will also be ruined......
Although Xue Zong was literate in the past, he probably hadn't practiced calligraphy much, so the handwriting was inevitably a little ugly, Ouyang Gong, you will look at this when the time comes!
After the article is written, the volume is handed in, and the good news is waiting, Xue Zong is very confident in this.
After returning home, I also told my grandmother like this, it is estimated that it is enough to be admitted to the Jinshi with a "Theory of the Six Kingdoms", and it is absolutely no problem to enter the Simen Pavilion.
Seeing that in April, the grand event of Jinmingchi's review of the water army is approaching, and the matter of saltpeter ice making needs to be hurried......
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Ouyang Xiu went to preside over the recruitment examination of the Four Gates, which was a temporary appointment, because he was outstanding in knowledge and had served in the pavilion.
Now his own ministry is a bachelor of Hanlin and knows the system, so he is rarely allowed to participate in confidential matters, and he is forbidden to enter and leave the palace in order to prepare for the emperor's inquiries and advice.
In recent times, the most important and controversial troublesome matter for the imperial court was undoubtedly the peace negotiations with the Western Xia.
The three battles in the northwest were all defeated, and the party members were fearless and arrogant, and Li Yuanhao's envoy was completely open to the lion.
actually put forward a request for an annual gift of 200,000 silver, 200,000 horses of silk, and 100,000 catties of tea, saying that it was a new gift, but where was the reward? It's clearly the old coins that have been extorted.
The Great Song Dynasty has sent a lot of coins to the Liao State every year, which was set by the alliance of the Yuanyuan, the two sides are each other's brother countries, and the Liao State occupies the sixteen states of Youyun, with strong strength, at least the military strength is slightly superior to the Great Song Dynasty.
The strength is not as good as others, and it is reasonable to spend money to buy peace for a while.
But the Western Xia is different, the party people have occupied the northwest since the end of the Tang Dynasty, but it is just a small military envoy. After the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, they were also a vassal, but after the territory continued to expand over the years, it began to expand a little.
At the beginning, Li Jiqian was just a matter of separating one side, as long as he still claimed that the ministers did not oppose him, the Great Song Dynasty actually turned a blind eye all the time.
However, five years ago, Li Yuanhao brazenly proclaimed himself emperor.
For the Great Song Dynasty, this is undoubtedly Chiguoguo's rebellion, and the last fig leaf was completely torn off, so naturally it was unbearable. However, it is a pity that many military conquests have won fewer victories and more defeats, so that they have ended up in the current situation.
The monarch actually had to pay a large sum of money to a traitor and thief, in order to buy the status of a courtier and buy the stability of the frontier.
No matter how you look at it, I think it's ironic.
But it happened, the envoys of the Western Xia were fearless and very rampant, and almost hurt people on horseback in the city of Tokyo, even when they worshiped His Majesty the Emperor, they were arrogant.
On the issue of the year's gift, they are even more arrogant and greedy, and the prime ministers of the two governments who are biased to negotiate have shown their intention to back down.
Yan Shu's war-weariness was fully revealed, and Zhang De seemed to be a dying old man, and he had long lost his ambition, and seeing this, Jia Chang, the governor of the political affairs, became even more daring in his approach of settling affairs and calming people, and it is said that he had already agreed.
However, some officials led by Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi were resolutely opposed, and the eight princes of the two governments and some close ministers did not quarrel about this.
Emperor Zhao Zhen has never spoken, this official is benevolent and righteous, and he obviously holds the supreme power in the world, but he seems to have an attitude of ruling in terms of politics.
It is rare that there will be a time when the cadres are arbitrary, so the atmosphere of the Great Song Dynasty in recent years has been relatively relaxed, and even if it is such a major event as giving the Western Xia year, it is not easy to speak.
Not only did he silently watch the prime ministers quarrel, but when Ouyang Xiu entered the palace to ask for a meeting, Zhao Zhen didn't mention it at all, but just casually asked about the Simen Pavilion.
After Ouyang Xiu answered truthfully, he quit the palace. The major events are not mixed up for the time being, and since the official family asked about the Simen Pavilion, they naturally dare not slack off in the enrollment of papers.
When I returned to Xiqing Academy, many of the doctors of Guozijian were already busy, and the initial screening of the examination papers had been basically completed.
Most of the sentences are not understood, and the volume with a lot of typos is directly eliminated, as long as it is literate, there is a great chance of learning a little bit of literacy.
Of course, the final decision belongs to Ouyang Xiu, and he has to look at the volume, especially the best works, and there are even good articles that can be called outside the Donghua Gate.
When Ouyang Xiu entered the door, there were already twenty scrolls on the table, waiting for him to review them.
It can be regarded as a routine, Ouyang Xiu looked at it one by one, and when the time comes, these students will be good seedlings of the Simen Pavilion and need to be taken care of.
Not to mention, there are really good articles, it seems that there are many candidates with good potential, and they will focus on training in Simen Hall for two years, and they will be the pillars of the country in the future.
Especially when he saw the next piece of article, Ouyang Xiu's eyes suddenly lit up, and he was completely attracted.
The Six Kingdoms were shattered, the non-soldiers were disadvantaged, the war was not good, and the disadvantage was to bribe Qin.
Bribing Qin and losing strength is also the way to ruin. Or said: The six countries mourned each other and bribed Qin Ye?
Said: Those who do not bribe will be mourned by those who bribe, and those who lose strong reinforcement cannot be finished alone. Therefore, it is said: The disadvantage is to bribe Qin.
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The six kingdoms of Fu and Qin are all princes, and their strength is weaker than that of Qin, and they still have the potential to win without bribery.
The story of the world's greatness, and the collapse of the Six Kingdoms, is under the Six Kingdoms.
After reading this article in one go, Ouyang Xiu only felt that his heart was surging, and he couldn't help but high-five, and shouted repeatedly, "Good, good, good!" ”