20. The Power of the Heart (I)
The master looked at Fan Qing a little helplessly, and said with a wry smile: "Dong Weng, in fact, it is not a big deal to choose who is the head of the case, but if the head of the case points out has made progress in his career in the future, he will definitely be grateful to Dong Weng, and Dong Weng will also be rewarded. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
And the previous article that was selected by other marking officers, it was really mellow, no edge, that person is more than 30 years old, has long been polished and smoothed, entering the officialdom will be smooth sailing, and the career will progress a lot smoother, as long as he has a little practical talent, he is Shangguan's favorite type of person who talks less and does more, and his subordinates are also thinking about Dong Weng's future. ”
The master's words made Fan Qing a little silent, for a long time, under the flickering candlelight, Fan Qing said some words that the master could not forget for the rest of his life: "My generation of scholars, why did they study hard for ten years, be admitted to the Jinshi, and become an official of the Ming Dynasty?" I think that from the very beginning, we should hold the glory of the ancestors, satisfy our own ideas, satisfy ourselves as the main, and the glory of the ancestors is the pretense.
However, after really becoming an official, watching hundreds of thousands of millions of living beings in a county, a state and a government live and work in peace and contentment or be displaced because of their every move, there will always be some touching, how bitter the people are, that poem is really good, Xing, the people are suffering, dying, the people are suffering, I am a people, my father and my ancestors are all people, they would rather suffer their whole lives, but also for me to study, let me be an official, and live a good life.
I have tasted the taste of not being able to eat enough, and I have tasted the taste of being bullied by the powerful, and it is precisely because I deeply understand this taste that I understand what the purpose of being an official is, that person's article is sleek, and he is well versed in the way of being a person, and the way of being an official.
It is true that the people of my generation have gone through a lot of experience, their abilities have been trained, and their cheeks have also been trained, but the vows we made at the beginning have long been unknown...... I can't change the way of the world, but I always hope that there can be a young man who can change the way of the world, I can't do anything for him, but at least, I can make him the head of the government. ”
The master looked at this Dong Weng who both made him feel familiar and strange to him with some complicated feelings, and sighed a long time: "Ideals, have long been eaten into the stomach, back then, when they were young and vigorous, who didn't want to ask for their lives for the people and change the way of the world, but after so many years, who did it?" Dong Weng, it is not easy for you to do this Suzhou prefect, the situation in the DPRK and China is turbulent, Dong Weng must not joke about his future! ”
Fan Qing didn't say anything more, shook his head, turned around and left the meeting hall, the master looked at Fan Qing's departing back, and smiled bitterly: "I know, you haven't given up yet, you just don't dare...... But...... Alas......"
Zheng Guang doesn't care too much about the title of the head of the provincial examination, although it can indeed bring many benefits, but it is only until the hospital examination, and when it comes to the hospital examination, those who pass can obtain the qualification to participate in the township examination, and then enter the prefecture and county to study, some choose to study for a few more years before participating in the township examination, and there are also those who choose to participate in the township examination immediately, but generally speaking, young people like Zheng Guang choose to participate in the township examination immediately.
After the strict prudence of the early days of the dynasty, most of them are just a decoration, whether you learn or not, whether you go to class or not, in fact, it doesn't matter, the management is very loose, just like the discipline of the county school and the county school, the requirements are very low, so in the school and the county school, basically can't learn too many things, and the students who can pass the three exams also have a certain amount of confidence, a group of winners of the children's test together, just don't mess up, who expects them to study?
Zheng Guang has already made a plan, after this period of turmoil has passed, he will participate in the college examination, after passing the college examination, no matter what the result is, Zheng Guang will choose to go out to study with Tang Shunzhi, see the southeast scenery, see the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River that he has not had the opportunity to see in the first 16 years, the so-called reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles, reading and going out to study, are very important links to increase knowledge.
On the one hand, it is really to visit famous teachers to increase knowledge, on the other hand, it is through the people and things seen in all aspects of the study tour, enhance social experience, and lay a social foundation for being an official, after all, everyone is a scholar before becoming an official, except for reading exams, life is very monotonous, except for a few rich children who have spare money to play, most of the poor children have no other programs except for reading is reading.
This has also led to a lot of poor children in the study and become an official after the confusion, encounter practical problems do not know how to deal with, can only learn from scratch, but also mostly for self-study, one is not good, comprehension and self-learning ability is insufficient, resulting in the jurisdiction of the local disaster, the head is light, so don't think that everything is fine when you become an official, when you become an official, the devil's experience has just begun.
Tang Shunzhi did teach Zheng Guang a lot of relevant knowledge, but the so-called paper is finally shallow, never know that this matter has to be done, do it yourself, how to do it is better than what you hear, many things can not be understood by listening, according to the time, place and background, may be ever-changing at any time, people are unguardable, Tang Shunzhi, who is well versed in this way, suggested that Zheng Guang, in the period before the township test after the hospital examination, go out to study with himself, and really contact the Ming Dynasty.
This is very much needed for Zheng Guang, who has just escaped from the blood and fire of the Great Song Dynasty and entered a relatively peaceful period, to be honest, the customs of the Ming Dynasty and the sophistication of people are a very vague concept for Zheng Guang, and it doesn't matter if you take the exam with such a concept, if you go to be an official and do things, or even play games with others, it will be dead.
Zheng Guang desperately needed to make up all the knowledge of the Ming Dynasty.
Whether it is from the book or from the mouth, it is not his own, only seeing and experiencing it with his own eyes is his own, so while preparing for the college examination a month later, Zheng Guang wrote to Tang Shunzhi to ask about some related matters of the study tour.
When he received Zheng Guang's letter, Tang Shunzhi was drinking with some friends in a painting boat, and took out the letter, Tang Shunzhi read it, with a smile on his face, and someone around him asked: "Yingde?" Why do you smile so brightly? Isn't your old friend coming? Hahahaha! ”
Immediately, someone laughed, everyone in the boat was a chic person, and they liked these so-called gossip very much, as soon as they heard this, everyone focused on Tang Shunzhi, Tang Shunyi punched the man's stomach, and said angrily: "Listen to your nonsense!" This is my student! After the exam, I said that after the exam, I wanted to go out with me to study and see the world! ”
A white-haired old man became interested: "Your student? You are just two students, or a father and son, Zheng Wei is dead, is that Zheng Guang? ”
Tang Shunzhi nodded: "Yes, Zheng Guang." ”
The white-haired old man asked curiously: "Have you passed the government test?" ”
Tang Shunzhi said with a smile: "The Suzhou government is the first to try the case." ”
The eyes of everyone in the boat lit up, and the person who was beaten in the stomach was surprised: "The head of the Suzhou Mansion Trial? That is the most competitive house in the whole Nanzhili, and if you can stand out in Suzhou Mansion, it is very likely that you will pass the township test! Not to mention the township test, it is very possible to take the test, and the jinshi is almost the same! ”
Tang Shunzhi glanced at him: "If you talk nonsense, I will make you a martyr immediately!" I haven't been beaten by me for a long time, and my skin is itchy, right? ”
The white-haired old man smiled, nodded and said: "Although the words are vulgar, but it is true, the imperial examination in Suzhou Mansion has always been difficult to examine, there are many references, and the competition is fierce, I didn't dare to refer to Suzhou Mansion at the beginning, so I went to the state and county with a small number of people, but by the way, these two disciples you received are all outstanding people for a while, if Zheng Wei is not dead, he should have already entered the house by now, I am afraid that he is also a prefect-level figure, although it is a pity, but it seems that this Zheng Guang is not a father!" ”
Tang Shunzhi smiled: "Although Guang'er is young, he started reading at the age of four, and after losing his father at the age of nine, he seemed to grow up overnight, and he only studied and kept filial piety behind closed doors for three years.
Fortunately, he did not sink into sadness, Guang'er is determined, and he will never be convinced of what he recognizes, which is very similar to his father, and in terms of talent, Guang'er is better than his father, so I am very confident that he can achieve a higher ranking in this subject, and even hit the top of the second class. ”
The white-haired old man's eyebrows were raised, and he grinned: "You Tang Shunzhi's high disciple, you don't expect the position of the Three Dingjia Armor?" ”