Chapter 20: Falling Flowers and Birds Mess Up Twelve
In the Tang Dynasty, most of the questions assigned to the Jinshi and Erudite Hongci exams came from the "Nine Classics". The so-called "Nine Classics" refers to the nine Confucian classics stipulated by the Tang government, which are divided into three categories: major classics, middle classics, and minor classics. The Great Sutra includes the Book of Rites and the Zuo Chuan; The Zhongjing includes the Poems, the Rites of the Week, the Rites of Etiquette, and the Book of Changes; The minor classics include the Book of Shang, the Legend of the Ram, and the Legend of Guliang. However, the frequency of the "Nine Classics" is obviously hot and cold, the most popular is the "Book of Rites", followed by "Shangshu", and then "Zhou Yi" and "Zuo Chuan", "Zhou Li", "Book of Songs" and "Rites" are unpopular, as for "The Legend of the Ram" and "The Legend of Guliang" are not even unpopular, because they have never been published.
Among the 80 existing Tang Dynasty provincial examination questions, only three are from "Zhou Li", namely "Mingshui Fu" in the eighth year of Zhenyuan, "Xianglao Xian Xian Xian Nengshu Fu" in Yuan and ten years, and "Lonely Bamboo Guan Fu" in Ziting's retest. Among them, the "Ming Shui Fu" in the eighth year of Zhenyuan is also seen in the "Book of Rites". That is to say, except for "Lonely Bamboo Pipe Fu", the title that is really only related to "Zhou Li" has only appeared once!
A small probability event, an absolute small probability event!
The occurrence of small probability events is the result of human manipulation. The questioner set up a game, and for most movers, it was a dead end that could not be solved.
On the one hand, the title comes from the "Zhou Li" serious, it can't be said to be cold and secluded, you can't guess the problem, it can only prove that your knowledge is shallow, and you can't complain about others. If you have any grievances, you can only hold them in your stomach.
On the other hand, the title is from "Zhou Li", which is impartial. Because what you take and what you learn, it's the same in ancient and modern times. "Zhou Li" is an ice lump here for the questioner, and it is naturally not fragrant and sweet for the lifter. Many people lit lamps and boiled oil for the rest of their lives, studying only one scripture. Obviously, this scripture may be the Book of Rites, or the Book of Rites, but it will never be the Book of Rites! Therefore, for most of the lifters, "Zhou Li" is a weakness, a fatal weakness. This point, as long as the people who have mixed in the science field, everyone knows it.
I'm sorry, the questioner is going for your weakness, obviously not doing the right thing!
The person who made the question is nominally the emperor, but the problem is that Li You, who only knows how to play crazy, may not have such leisure and leisure, and even if he has such leisure and leisure, he may not be willing to use such a brain. This glorious task naturally fell into the hands of the Hanlin Academy, which was the world of Yuan Zhen, Li Shen and Li Deyu. And they have only one purpose, which is to play you to death.
"Sample, I can't kill you!" I seemed to see a sinister smile on Yuan Zhen's handsome face.
The aura of cheating on his head was ruthlessly dethroned, and his career was instantly bleak. Who has ever experienced the pain of falling from heaven to earth, so real? In the future, for a long time, the eleven deposed people will be the "people of the hour" in Chang'an. They will surely become the focus of street discussions, the talk after tea and dinner, and the joke when they are staggered.
It's not fair!
The 14 lifters stole the jinshi through unfair competition methods such as solicitation, which is certainly unfair to the other lifters. However, when asking for help becomes a habit, a fashion, and an unspoken rule, how can they choose?
Under the face of justice, concealing sinister intentions and dirty purposes, Yuan Zhi unceremoniously put fourteen moves into the net, without the slightest guilt. Of course, the goal of Yuan Zhen is not these small fish and shrimp, but the big fish behind them, Li Zongmin, Li Zongmin, a member of the Zhongshu House.
It's not fair! That's not fair to the fourteen! Because, except for the three who barely passed, it will be difficult for others to have another chance to turn over.
Still, someone turned over. And not one, at least two. The first salted fish to turn over was Pei Wei, Pei Du's son. Pei Yun was able to turn over, not because of how good he was, but because his father was very good.
Pei Du's prestige is very high, how high is it? Sometimes, even the emperor has to sell his face, this is the case with the dead Li Chun, and the same is true for the living Li You. The results of the re-examination were submitted, and with a wave of Li You's pen, he gave Pei Yu a jinshi, and he gave him a jinshi! You say, is Pei Du Niu a cow?
However, the road of life still has to be walked by yourself, even if your father is Li Gang, there are times when you have a heel or braids. Therefore, it is better to rely on oneself than to rely on oneself. Relying on his father's face, Pei Yun's Jinshi was lost, but in his life, he never did anything earth-shattering. The only thing he was able to leave such a deed in history was the tribute case in the first year of Changqing, although it was not very glorious, after all, it still made many people remember his name.
The second salted fish that turned over was Zheng Lang, the younger brother of the doctor Zheng Qin.
It's a shame to say that Zheng Lang is from a family of scholars in Shandong, but he can't guess the question from "Zhou Li", which seems a little unreasonable. There are only two possibilities for this situation: first, Zheng Lang is a gentleman who does not learn and has no skills; Second, the question is a little biased, not in the general sense, but specifically for the exam-taking students.
So, is Zheng Lang a gentleman who doesn't learn and doesn't know how to do it? Yes and no. Zheng Lang is a gentleman, not fake; Zheng Lang is a gentleman who doesn't know how to learn, it's not true. Because, in the following time, Zheng Lang used the gorgeous performance of his life to solemnly declare: I, Zheng Lang, am not a parallel import, let alone a straw bag.
Boiled duck, flew; The Jinshi who got it was lost. Zheng Lang left Chang'an without looking back, without the slightest nostalgia, only a firm belief: Chang'an, I will definitely come back!
Leaving Chang'an, Zheng Lang ran to Xiangfan, Hubei Province, and became a staff member of Liu Gongxuan, the envoy of Shannan Dongdao. In his new job, Zheng Langgan is thriving and at ease. Soon, he fulfilled his vow and returned to Chang'an, which had brought him infinite humiliation.
In Chang'an, the first official position he received was the right glean. In the decades that followed, Zheng Lang's official became bigger and bigger. Whether it is a Beijing official or a local official, he has made outstanding achievements and has been highly praised. Thirty-five years later, following his father Zheng Xunyu, uncle Zheng Yuqing and elder brother Zheng Qin, Zheng Lang strode into the political hall and became the leader of the civil official group, adding another stroke to the honor of this great family.
Zheng Lang, a person who was once identified as a mediocre talent by Chang'an, a person who was once mired in the quagmire of dishonor, and a person who was once used as a talking point and a joke by Chang'an, completed a difficult and gorgeous transformation in thirty-five years.