Zhang Yuan stood next to Hou Zhihan, waiting for the county lord to answer the question, the Hou county commander thought hard for a long time, twisted a few whiskers, and couldn't think of a good sentence that could match the "smoke lock pond willow", raised his eyes to look at Wang Siren who was sitting opposite, and said with a wry smile: "This is very difficult, the teacher can have a good right?" ”

Wang Siren glanced at Zhang Yuan, who was silent, and said with a smile: "The bell must be tied to the bell, and Brother Tianyin has to ask Zhang Yuan." ”

Hou Zhihan asked: "Zhang Yuan, you have thought about it for a few days, do you have a good couplet?" ”

After going around, Hou Xianling asked again to test Zhang Yuan, it was Zhang Yuan's own question, the examiners and candidates were all him, and it would be intolerable if he didn't cheat.

Zhang Yuan said: "Yu Xianzun, after the student drafted this upper couplet, in order to seek the lower couplet, he also thought about walking and eating, but he thought of two couplets, but they were not very agreeable——"

Hou Zhihan said: "Let's hear it." ”

Zhang Yuanlang chanted: "The lamp pile Yinhan Bridge." ”

"Lamp-pile-silver-Han-bridge."

Hou Zhihan and Wang Siren chanted together, Hou Zhihan said: "The radicals of the five elements are there, this artistic conception is worse, is there anything else?" ”

Zhang Yuan chanted again: "Taoran Jinjiang embankment." ”

Wang Siren praised: "This sentence is good, although it is still slightly inferior to the previous sentence 'smoke lock pond willow', and it is also slightly inappropriate, but it can also be called wonderful." ”

Hou Zhihan also nodded in agreement: "The smoke locks the pond willows, and the peach burns the Jinjiang embankment, which is indeed wonderful." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "The two adults are overrated, this kind of couplet is inevitably far-fetched, wasted in vain, and does not contribute to mental knowledge. ”

Hou Zhihan nodded again and again, and now he saw that Zhang Yuan's vision was different from before, and asked with a pleasant face: "Have you learned the art of making?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Not yet, the student used to be greedy for fun and dropped out of school, since suffering from eye disease, only to repent, now is reading the Spring and Autumn Three Legends, the student thinks, if the four books and five classics have not been read to learn the art early, it is simply to drink to quench thirst, only fear of becoming a pedantic person who is sparse in knowledge and ignorant of current affairs." ”

Wang Siren clapped his hands and said: "This is a great goodness, it is the strategy of strength and far-reaching, okay, then I will come to test your Spring and Autumn Classics, have you read Zuo Chuan?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "I have read it through." ”

Reading through is very different from having read, reading once is reading, and reading through is basically mastering the meaning and rhyme of the whole book.

Wang Siren nodded, and was about to ask a question, when he suddenly lost his smile and said to Hou Zhihan: "Brother Tianyin is a famous master of the Spring and Autumn Period, or Brother Tianyin should ask him." ”

Hou Zhihan's imperial examination is the "Spring and Autumn Period".

Hou Zhihan pushed back, and in the end it was up to him to ask, knowing that Zhang Yuan was not shallow in knowledge, then of course he would not just let Zhang Yuan recite the scriptures, thought for a moment, and asked: "The Spring and Autumn Classics, in your opinion, do you focus on reading the scriptures, or do you focus on reading the scriptures?" ”

This question can be answered very shallowly or deeply, which depends on Zhang Yuan's comprehension of the doctrine of the Spring and Autumn Classics.

Zhang Yuan thought for a while and replied: "The sage wrote the scriptures, although the clouds and the righteousness of the praise and depreciation are tied to one word, but not the shallow and ugly can be recognized, and they must be carefully thought and played in the three transmissions, so as to be able to penetrate. ”

Hou Zhihan's eyes lit up when he heard this, Zhang Yuan's argument was very insightful, and he thought that it was necessary to pass on the scriptures at the same time, focusing on the transmission, which was quite different from the style of study of today's scholars, and praised: "It is rare to have such insight at a young age, and the county will try you to come in February next year, and the county will take you." ”

Zhang Yuan hurriedly thanked the county lord.

Wang Siren said with a smile: "With this question, even if you pass the county test, Brother Tianyin is not afraid that people will say that you are covering up?" ”

Hou Zhihan laughed and said: "It seems that talents like Zhang Yuan should be covered up, of course, I still have to participate in the county exam next year." ”

The girl of the Wang family on the seat over there looked at Zhang Yuan taking the exam with her hand, with a smile on the corner of her mouth, and suddenly heard Wang Siren coughing, quickly sat up straight, and ate the vegetables without squinting.

Wang Siren asked: "Zhang Yuan, have you eaten enough?" ”

Zhang Yuan said honestly: "The students haven't eaten enough. ”

Hou Zhihan said with a smile: "I only care about him, I almost forget that he hasn't eaten enough, go eat, go eat, don't worry, wait for the county to send someone to send you home." ”

Hou Xianling was in a happy mood, and found a talent under his rule that was also one of his political achievements, and if Zhang Yuan could become famous in the imperial examination, Hou Xianling was his teacher, even if Zhang Yuanguan did a big job, he had to be honored as a teacher when he saw him, and the intricate relationship between the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty came from this.

Zhang Yuan is indeed hungry, because of Zhang Dachun's matter he didn't eat at noon, although the dishes of this banquet are light but delicious, the white rice is soft and delicious, fifteen-year-old Zhang Yuan is growing his body, the Zhengde blue and white porcelain bowl here is small, Zhang Yuan ate five bowls in a row, the waiter on the side of the rice is not repeated, the Wang family girl who is sitting on the side can't close his mouth, Zhang Yuan glanced at her, explained: "I didn't eat at noon." ”

The girl of the Wang family was stunned for a moment, and then laughed out loud, the more she thought about it, the more she laughed, she couldn't help herself, she simply lay down on the table and laughed, and the boy who was waiting on the side couldn't help laughing.

Zhang Yuanxin said: "The laughter is so low, what's so funny about this." ”

Wang Siren frowned, and then asked, "What joke did Zhang Yuan say again, let's listen to it." ”

Zhang Yuan got up and replied: "The student didn't tell a joke, he just said that he didn't eat at noon, and he really didn't know where to laugh." ”

Wang Siren and Hou Zhihan glanced at each other, and they also laughed.

Wang Siren said with a smile: "Zhang Yuan, don't you know that there is a saying in Shaoxing that says that one goes to a banquet and three is full, which means that when villagers go to a banquet, they will be hungry first, so that they can free up their belly to eat at the banquet, eat enough, and they will not feel hungry the next day." ”

Zhang Yuan said solemnly: "The student did not deliberately go hungry first, but because of the slave's complaint, he was so anxious that he forgot to eat. ”

As soon as these words came out, Wang Siren and Hou Zhihan laughed again, and Hou Zhihan said repeatedly: "This son is good, this son is good." Said to Wang Siren: "It's like a teacher's personal transmission." ”

Wang Siren said: "The future is terrifying, I should avoid him from the place." This is the words of Ouyang Xiu's praise for Su Shi in the past.

The girl of the Wang family opposite Zhang Yuan was already laughing so much that she fell under the table, and Wang Siren didn't even cough.

The meal was full, Zhang Yuan resigned, and Wang Siren and the others stayed in the Hou County Order's house to rest, and the Hou County Order ordered a government official to send Zhang Yuan back.

Zhang Yuan said goodbye to the county lord, and then to Wang Siren, and said: "I don't know when I will be able to listen to Mr. Yan'an's teachings again?" ”

Wang Siren said with a smile: "I built a garden in Huiji Mountain, and after the garden is completed, I should invite your uncle and ancestor to visit the garden, and invite you at that time." ”

The men's girl next to Wang Siren looked at Zhang Yuan with sparkling eyes, and the smile on her lips was still there.

Zhang Yuan followed a servant out of the county office, but saw Xiao Xi Nu Wuling waiting outside, and when he saw him come out, he hurriedly stepped forward with a lantern and said, "Young master, you can come out." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Didn't you tell you to go back first." ”

Wu Ling said: "I went back first, and I came again after dinner, and my wife was worried about the young master." ”

Zhang Yuan didn't have to send the servant, he had Xiao Xi slave to go back.

The master and servant walked slowly along the Fu River, and Wu Ling said: "Young master, Zhang Cai's family has moved out, and my wife is still a little unbearable." ”

Zhang Yuan didn't speak, and said in his heart: "There are a lot of things about domestic slaves in the Jiangnan region of the late Ming Dynasty who rebel against their masters, I would rather hire workers than domestic slaves, hired workers can be dismissed at any time, domestic slaves seem to bring their families and even land to take refuge, in fact, they are to evade taxes, and there is also to take advantage of the master's family to make profits, and even use the power to bully others and do evil, of course, I don't even have a reputation for being a student now, and no one will come to take refuge, but that day will come, just need to work hard, and there will be efforts for the surname-"

Thinking of this, Zhang Yuan's childlike heart suddenly rose, and he smiled and asked the river in the dark: "What do you say about Fuhe?" ”

The Fu River flowed silently, acquiescing to Zhang Yuan's words.

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