"Brother Yue is really smart, yes, the question in the third session of the main examiner is the 'Drum Three Links'! The drum is a musical instrument of the Qiang nationality that originated from Waiyi, and was later familiar with the Central Plains, which is not only a beautiful musical instrument, but also the sound of the golden iron horse cheered by Mingjing! ”

Yue Chen was slightly embarrassed by Ye Yu's praise, but then he arched his hand and admired: "Yue is just an afterthought, compared with Ye Jieyuan, it can be said that it is far from it!" ”

As soon as the two of them finished speaking, everyone suddenly realized, and they regretted why they were careless at that time, and they didn't hear the difference in the sound of the drum, otherwise wouldn't this Qiu Yuanlang be himself!

Meng Tong pondered for a while, and was quite unconvinced in his heart, so he stepped forward to ask the two examiners: "Please forgive the students for disagreeing, in the humble opinion of the students, since they are the students who take the imperial examination and take the examination questions, then it should be that the examination questions originate from the test papers, and the two examiners do not follow the scientific examination regulations, and the students feel that it is really inappropriate......

"Oh? Are you questioning the official? When Fan Chengda heard this, his brows furrowed slightly, and his voice was cold and slightly displeased.

"Students don't dare, students just talk about things! If the examiner conceals the test questions in a blank paper, this does not violate the examination regulations. However, if you beat the drum three times as the test question, the students think that you are ......."

"What is it? Why don't you go on? Fan Chengda saw that Meng Tong wanted to speak and stopped, so he snorted coldly: "Do you think that this official is hiding his personal interests in secret and misleading people's children?" ”

"Students don't dare!"

The words caused an uproar in the hall, and everyone whispered, and felt that what Meng Tong said seemed to have some truth. It is a bit difficult to cheat on the test questions, but if you have hinted in advance for the question of 'Drum Three Links', it is not easy to guess the test questions.

Moreover, this kind of test questions that are not just written are difficult to convince. After all, in the eyes of everyone, this is not a study, but a trick based on luck.

"Humph! Pedantic! After Fan Chengda listened to Meng Tong's story, he snorted coldly and turned his head: "Ye Yu, do you think this official's move is right or wrong?" ”

"Yes!" Ye Yu replied with a decisive answer.

Ye Yu didn't want to pick up this hot potato, after all, this was a question from the examiner, and he was just a candidate. But since Fan Dacheng threw this potato to him, he could only take it hard.

"Oh? How so? Fan Chengda asked with interest.

Ye Yu replied respectfully: "The imperial examination is a talented person who is smart and witty, not a person who is confined to books!" If everyone is obsessed with books, they will become slaves of books, and there will be no progress in their lives! How will such scholars contribute to the reform of the imperial court in the future? ”

As soon as Ye Yu said this, it was like adding fuel to the fire, Yue Lin and Fan Dacheng both looked happy, but the fifteen room officials, the internal and external curtain officials, and the people present were all in an uproar.

"Ye Jieyuan, if it is as you said, then why should students like us study? And you, who are also a scholar, how can you say such contradictory things? Meng Tong smiled coldly and pointed out Ye Yu's shortcomings in public to refute them.

"Paradoxical? Ye Mou doesn't dare to agree, the book is the carrier of my Chinese cultural inheritance, if our descendants want to carry on the unique learning of the past saints, how can we not learn the essence of this book? But if our descendants inherit the theories of our ancestors in everything and do not want to forge ahead, how can we carry them forward?

Presumably Brother Meng Nian is familiar with Xunzi, which has the narration of 'green is taken from blue and green is blue, ice water is cold for ...... water'. Therefore, we and other future generations, while learning the words of books, should have an enterprising spirit, instead of standing still and resting on our laurels! ”

After some remarks, Meng Tong was speechless, but then retorted: "Even if it is as you said, there must be words and books as the carrier, and now in the autumn of the department, the examiner does not take words as the topic, Ye Jieyuan, how do you explain this?" ”

Ye Yu glanced at Meng Tong and saw that this person was very delicate, and from the raised arm, he could see that there were Buddhist beads hanging on his wrist. So he suddenly came to Feizhi and had a plan: "Brother Meng Nian is a person who believes in Buddhism? ”

Meng Tong didn't know what Ye Yu meant, but since the other party asked him, he couldn't be rude, so he immediately said in a deep voice: "My mother believes in Buddhism, and Meng also knows Zen quite a lot!" ”

"Oh! Well, I think Brother Meng Nian has read it, one of the paragraphs, Ye remembers that the Zen master got Buddhism from Huangmei and returned to Caohou Village in Shaozhou, and no one knew about it. At that time, there was a Confucian Liu Zhiluo, who was very courteous. Liu Zhiluo has an aunt as a nun, whose name is endless, and she often reads.

As soon as the Zen master heard the scriptures, he knew the meaning of them, so the nuns took the scriptures and asked for words, but the Zen master said that he was illiterate. At that time, the nun was shocked and said, 'I don't know how to read words, how can I know righteousness?' ’。 The Zen master said plainly: The wonderful principles of the Buddhas are not about words......"

"The wonderful principles of the Buddhas are not about words...... Meng Tong recalled these eight words, and seemed to be thoughtful.

Ye Yu then said to everyone: "Since the Buddhas are wonderful and not about words, what is wrong with the two examiners who do not leave words on the test questions?" If any question is expressed in writing, wouldn't it be inferior? ”

After a lot of talking, the originally boiling hall gradually became quieter. And Yue Lin and Fan Dacheng, who were in the chief, glanced at each other in unison. And from each other's eyes, they all saw a look of consternation.

In the following opinion, the intention of the two examiners is to let you understand that everything is by no means static! Let me and other students not read dead books, dead books! Reading is only self-cultivation, but the knowledge of governing the country and the country is outside the books! With such good intentions, don't you still understand? ”

“……”

"We are ashamed to live up to our teacher's good intentions!" After a moment of silence, everyone apologized in unison to the two examiners. Although Meng Tong disagreed, he had to be silent when the general trend was ahead.

Fan Dacheng first glanced at Ye Yu with relief, and then looked around at everyone: "You can understand the good intentions, and it is not in vain that this official and Lord Yue have worked hard!" Well, this is the time for you young people to get together, and the two of us will not mix, so as not to let go of them! ”

Then Fan Chengda and Yue Lin walked out of the hall, which also made everyone feel relaxed. Then the deer feast officially began, the poem of songs, the dance of the stars, and the feast until the time of Shen was dispersed.

Fan Chengda and Yue Lin, who walked out of the mansion, listened to the noise in the hall, Yue Lin couldn't help but shake his head and said to himself: "It seems that the two of us really shouldn't stay in it!" ”

"Huh! In the Fangcai Hall, Fan Mou is acting on behalf of him, and I hope that Brother Yue will not be surprised! ”

"Eh, why did Brother Fan say this, the dog is among the sons of today's imperial examination, and Yue should be like this in order to avoid suspicion! However, Ye Yu's words surprised Yue......"

When Fan Chengda heard this, he laughed heartily: "Not only you, Fan is also quite surprised!" You and I jointly drafted the exam questions, just to let these students understand the truth of pushing through the old and bringing forth the new, and not to be the successors of the pedantic generation in the DPRK and China in the future! ”

"Yes, you and I are thinking about how to uphold the imperial court in a reasonable and evidence-based manner! But he never thought that Ye Yu, this kid, would use the exposition of Buddhism as an argument! In this way, it solves your and my worries! ”

"This son has a good way of doing business, and I heard that Lord Yang Hui of Taishi Ling came to the door to accept apprentices for this son! And the first scientific examination topped the list, which surprised Fan. Now that he has the essence of Buddhism, is this son not an all-rounder? ”

Looking at Fan Chengda's surprised look, Yue Lin sneered and said, "Whether it is an all-round talent, you and I will wait and see!" ”

……

The new imperial examination people will meet tomorrow in the restaurant, this is called the same year, Ye Yu is very familiar with this, it is the graduation party. Ye Yu wanted to refuse, but he couldn't stand Yue Chen's soft grinding and hard bubbles, and finally had to agree to tomorrow's party.

For Yue Chen, who is the same year, Ye Yu is still very willing to date. It's not because he is Yue Lin's son, but the humble attitude that Yue Chen gave Ye Yu made Ye Yu feel that this person was worth associating.

As for Meng Tong, whom Yue Chen introduced to him later, Ye Yu was not secretly estranged because of Fang Cai's controversy. After getting to know each other, Ye Yu felt that although Meng Tong was arrogant and not inferior to others, he was indeed talented.

However, in the verbal conversation, Ye Yu could clearly feel that Meng Tong's mouth was the way of Confucius and Mencius, and his decent speech made Ye Yu feel bored for a while.

The Luming banquet ended in the midst of everyone's scrambling, and it was already evening when Ye Yu returned home. When he pushed his wheelchair into the house, he found that the congratulatory gifts in the courtyard were piled up like a hill.

"Young master, are you back......" Qiulan saw Ye Yu at a glance, and then greeted him with a cordial step.

It is said that a girl in love is the most beautiful, and Qiulan after last night's * is obviously moisturized and beautiful. However, Ye Yu's face turned cold while admiring it: "Didn't you let you rest more?" ”

"Young master, I'm fine......" Qiulan knew what Ye Yu meant, and then lowered her head shyly.

"Are you really okay?"

"I'm really fine, young master!"

Ye Yu touched his forehead, and said to himself a little drunkly: "There is no reason, young master, I have attacked the city five times, and you are all right?" ”

"Young Master, what are you talking nonsense?" Qiu Lan was so bluntly said by Ye Yu, and her blush suddenly rose, but fortunately, She Dongcheng had already left with interest, so she was not embarrassed.

"Huh! Am I misremembering? Ye Yu said that in the end, he actually laughed to himself.

At this time, Uncle Sun came over and handed a stack of lists to Ye Yu: "Young Master, this is the list of some people who gave congratulatory gifts today......"

"Wow, that's a lot!" Ye Yu glanced at the list, then waved his hand and said tiredly: "You can arrange these things with Uncle Su, and the people in the business will be arranged by Uncle Su to receive them!" ”

"As for the distant relatives who can't be beaten by these eight poles, Uncle Sun, you just look at the arrangement! No one asks about the poor city, the rich live in the mountains and have distant relatives, and there are so many relatives in many places for no reason, where can I recognize them! ”

"Young Master, this world has been hot and cold since ancient times, but if they ask about you, Young Master, how should the old grandson deal with it?"

"Let's just say that in order to heal my leg injury, I went to a famous doctor, and I won't be able to come back for a while......"

Speaking of this, Ye Yu leisurely thought of Ye Mengxin's father and son, so he asked, "By the way, is my uncle okay recently?" ”

"The second master has not seen any guests at home recently, and I heard that he is seriously ill ......"

When Ye Yu heard the news, he couldn't help laughing, and then mocked: "Oh? Hehe! It seems that I, who is a nephew, will come to visit the door another day......"