Five watches, the sky is cloudy, it seems to be bright but not bright, there are a few stars hanging in the air, and occasionally there are some cats, mice and insects chirping all the sounds, the homes of ordinary people are still sleeping peacefully, the gate of the imperial city palace has already beaten the official street drum, and has formed a habit, Han Rui opened his eyes on time, got up cautiously, hooked his shoes and left.

I slept late at night, and I had to get up in the morning, I definitely didn't have much energy, after washing, I solved a pancake to satisfy my hunger, and hurriedly rushed to the imperial city, and when I arrived at the official office, the sequelae of the night shift began to be highlighted, and I was tired, in a trance, and completely out of state.

Fortunately, everyone knew the pain of Ye Zhizhi, and did not blame Han Rui, but expressed sympathy, and several colleagues with a good relationship took the initiative to share some work for him, Han Rui took the opportunity to hide in the corner, sleeping at the desk, in a daze, and vaguely heard someone calling ...... "Yu Secret Supervisor, Yan Shaojian, Xiao Writings." ”

Han Rui was excited, hurriedly straightened up, rubbed his face vigorously, barely recovered some of his spirits, stood up, and greeted the secretary and several chief officials, but there was a little strange in his heart, didn't they go to the court to listen to the government, why did they come back so quickly, is it because of what happened last night?

In fact, Han Rui's guess was wrong, in the later generations, this kind of state dispute must be the top priority, but in this era, it is just the most normal trivial matter, it happens almost every year, there is no moment of stopping, the attitude of the imperial court towards this kind of thing is also very clear, just fight back, there is nothing to discuss.

Yu Shinan and the others walked in, groaned, and said by name: "Han Rui, the scholar of the Dingbu School...... Orthography......"

ordered three or five officials, and then called a dozen scribes from outside to come in, Yu Shinan didn't say anything, and directly ordered: "You wait to travel with us." ”

Everyone should be, according to the instructions, pack up the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, put it in the basket, and go out with it, and go out of the imperial city from the door, three carriages are waiting there, squeeze it, and they can also sit down, as for those scribes, it will be harder, so they have to walk, fortunately, the destination is not far away, that is, the opposite Wubenfang Guozijian.

The time is not big, came to the place, everyone got off in turn, logically speaking, at the time of the imperial examination, the Guozijian took a two-month vacation, and it was not until March that the normal enrollment and teaching order was resumed, but today it was said that there were people coming and going, bustling, very lively, one by one Confucian students, gathered under the pine locust tree, as if waiting for the arrival of someone.

At the beginning, Han Rui naturally thought that these people were waiting for Yu Shinan and them, but then he found out that it was not, when he saw Yu Shinan and they came, those people did not move, and they did not even have the meaning of coming to greet them, which is normal, after all, all the officials in the capital, ordinary people, all year round, can see the minister and prime minister almost every day, and the awe is naturally not so serious.

However, it can also be seen that these people do not seem to be students of Guozijian, otherwise they would definitely not be indifferent if they knew the identities of Yu Shinan and the others.

"What's it today?" Han Rui was surprised and asked others, could it be that he had been an official for a long time and was easy to get out of touch with society, and he didn't remember what special festival was today.

"I don't know." The officials next to him also looked at each other, confused.

Just when everyone was puzzled, one person simply went to inquire, ran back and said with a smile: "Everyone has forgotten, yesterday the list of all subjects, today it is said that the middle of the move, it is indispensable to come back to thank Professor and Dr. Xie for them, these people are here to join in the fun, but also stained with joy and luck." ”

"Haha, human nature, understandable."

Everyone was relieved, but Yu Shinan and Yan Shigu looked at each other, frowning secretly, no wonder they pushed back and forth, and the debate was set for today, and it was held here, it turned out that they wanted to take this opportunity, maybe they had some idea, and they had to deal with it carefully.

"The ...... of the Secret Prison of Yu"

In front of an attic in the Guozi Prison, Kong Yingda greeted him from a distance, greeted him, and led everyone in, which was spacious, simple and elegant, and a group of Confucian scholars were scattered in the hall, scattered and sitting, talking and laughing.

It's not a level, Han Rui and the others are also very knowledgeable, waiting in the courtyard corridor, and it didn't take long for someone to come outside, but it was the Cui Zheng family headed by the two families, and they were also twenty or thirty Confucian scholars, and everyone in the hall also came out to greet each other, and the two groups of people were full of smiles, polite, polite, and pleasant, as if they were friends.

Well, maybe among the two groups of people, there are really friends who have been friends for many years and have deep feelings, but today, for the sake of their own way, academic disputes, they have to start arguing, and some people can't beat each other with flowers in their hearts, but for the so-called graceful demeanor, they must greet each other politely and treat each other politely.

However, in the end, it was important to be serious, hypocritical for a while, the two gangs entered the hall, and they did not dislike crowding, at the beginning, they still adhered to the Confucian style, laughter and laughter, but they were just hiding the edge, but later, they couldn't bear it, and the surname Suo spread it out, and slowly argued, fortunately, everyone held their own identities and did not develop into a noisy market.

Perhaps it was also expected that there would be such a situation, both sides brought people to make peace, and under their mediation, everyone died down, barely smiled, and the atmosphere eased somewhat, just outside the corridor, Han Rui and the others could vaguely hear what everyone in the hall was talking about.

The imperial court revised the scriptures, Li Shimin issued an order, has been promulgated in the world, there is no possibility of change, clearly, naturally no one dares to object, but it does not mean that they are convinced, unify the scriptures, reshape the Confucian Taoist system, can, but, with whose doctrine as the standard, this is the controversial place, since the talk can't be reached, no one can convince anyone, so there can only be a debate.

This is also expected, the beginning of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, until now, there should be a history of thousands of years, and then it is the sons of a hundred schools of thought that fight, and then it is the internal sects of Confucianism pinching each other, the ancient tradition, as for the debate, whether the other party is convinced, whether it has an effect, is not within the scope of consideration.

With a decision, everyone did not delay, put on their shoes and walked out, led by Kong Yingda, to the altar under the Guozijian and Sangong Huai, Yan Shigu was a few steps behind, and ordered: "Later, your task is to record all the words of the debate on the stage." ”

Understood, Han Rui and the others nodded one after another, and went with them, and after a long time, it turned out that they were here to be recorders, which is the work of the secretary and supervisor, and it can be regarded as a professional counterpart.

A group of people are mighty, themselves are celebrities, must lead the eyes of the students of the Guozijian, hearing their introduction, those who came to admire, suddenly showed admiration, naturally, followed to the altar, found that the great Confucian scholars sat on the stage, to see the situation is not to lecture, is to debate, for a while, more fanatical, the moment do not care about waiting and the first lift, have flocked around the altar, ready to feast their ears, from which to learn and benefit.

The celebrity effect, both ancient and modern, is very significant, in an instant, around the altar, immediately surrounded by hundreds of scholars, and there is a trend of increasing and increasing, and it is not a shrew quarrel, it is above board, not afraid of people to watch, besides, it is just a debate, there are wins and losses, it is very normal, and the great Confucian scholars on the stage are not worried about the reputation of humiliation.

However, there is always a high-sounding reason for debate, just when Kong Yingda was thinking about it and finding a decent excuse to fool the past, someone on the other side stood up, surnamed Zheng, Han Rui vaguely remembered that it was the brother of a certain house in the father-in-law Zheng Renji's clan, with fluttering white clothes, a bright and beautiful expression, elegant demeanor, long hair, and a floating temperament, and a celebrity at a glance.

"Today, I'm going to ask all the scholars in the court for teaching." Zheng someone's attitude was very humble, his face was warm, and he said with a smile: "In recent years, the Shenggong from all over Hedong has rarely been admitted to the Jinshi, and I am thinking about it, it must be that there is a lack of knowledge and can not teach good apprentices, so I came to ask for advice and learn from the scriptures, and go back to teach, so as not to mislead people's children. ”

Yu Shinan and the others' faces changed immediately, and these words concealed murderous intentions.

Everyone at the bottom, the scholars with flexible brains and exuding thinking, have understood its meaning, and can't help but question, it seems that in the past few years, most of the people on the list of Jinshi are southern scholars, and most of the examiners are Jiangnan people, will there be any insider among them.

"Mr. Zheng said with a smile, Xingyang Zheng's family, the family is profound, and the scriptures are famous all over the world, we have always admired them, how dare we be arrogant and give advice." Yu Shinan remained silent and said slowly: "Besides, there are thousands of people in Jiangnan, and only a few people have won the award, and the results are not necessarily very good. ”

Jiang is still old and spicy, Yan Shigu and others are relieved, and the squatters at the bottom also feel reasonable, after all, the base of people is large, so many people take the exam, and it is normal to have a few more.

Amazing, it's just a prelude, it's so exciting, isn't it more fascinating later, Han Rui secretly admired, and found a good position with a group of colleagues, set up a good pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, always ready to record, and was responsible for copying, naturally those scribes, a few of them, just sort out and proofread afterwards.

actually resolved it, the person surnamed Zheng secretly said that it was a pity, but he didn't care, anyway, he gave the reason for the debate, how it should be arranged, and after consultation, he gave it back.

After some discussion, both sides sent representatives, and they may have tentative thoughts, and the two people sent out were both little-known Confucian scholars, at least in Han Rui's eyes, it was true, and they were naturally quite disappointed, but when the two opened their mouths to debate, their words were sharp, but they were eye-opening.

The debate was Zhou Yi, known as the king of the hundred classics, which can be described as broad and profound, so Han Rui didn't understand, it was really too bullying, Han Rui muttered, good Analects, Filial Piety, Book of Rites, Shangshu...... I don't argue with these great scriptures, uh, it seems that the I Ching is also one of the great scriptures, but it is Han Rui's weakest weakness, hexagram or something, a little difficult to understand.

Han Rui complained that people didn't transfer by his will, arguing and arguing, and he didn't know if other people understood, anyway, he was very focused, but he didn't find it, and there was a group of people behind him......

(To be continued)