Seeing that Xiao Mo and Xiao Shenyan were both looking at him with concern, Wu Gou's face couldn't help but bring a hint of pride, but he finally heard the news. (This book is reprinted in 1 Literature Network.6.) {Bubble, book.} Head. ｝

I only heard Wu Gou say slowly: "The chief examiner of the eldest son county this time is Zhu Ruide, the Fengyi Lang of Deyang City, this person is sixty and three this year, he is old-fashioned, rigorous by nature, and has served as the chief examiner of the county examination many times before, according to the news I have gotten, this Zhu Ruide is too strict in judging the papers, and several deputy examiners under him are also required to judge the papers strictly, so the county exams he presided over are the lowest in the county. ”

After hearing Wu Gou's words, Xiao Shenyan and Wang Jirui already showed worry on their faces, but Xiao Mo still looked as usual, he was very confident in the results of his hard work over the years, and he had also seen the test papers that Xiao Shenyan answered when he took the county and state exams, in Xiao Mo's opinion, as long as he had enough knowledge, no matter what kind of examiner he faced, it would not become a major problem.

What's more, judging from Xiao Mo's understanding of Wu Gou, Wu Gou's words are obviously not finished.

Sure enough, Wu Gou continued: "But don't worry about this little brother, that Zhu Ruide is upright, as long as he learns, he will not let you pass guò, but there is one little brother you must pay attention to, that Zhu Ruide has said a sentence before - 'Anyone who participates in the county examination, learning and getting started, in the four books and five classics, each family scripture, should be based on memorization, not too ambitious'." ”

Hearing Wu Gou's words, Xiao Mo knew in his heart that it was obvious that this Wu Ruide was old-fashioned and only liked people who followed the rules. It is believed that the main purpose of candidates taking the county examination at this stage should only be to memorize and understand, and they do not like the self-righteous extension of the candidate's self-righteousness when the foundation is unstable.

However, in this era, the status of literati is high, and there are many scholars who read and follow the literature, and many people like to talk in order to highlight themselves among countless literati, and often express some unique opinions to attract the attention of others, especially in the imperial examination, and the vast majority of examiners are also happy to see it happen.

Thinking of this, Xiao Mo hurriedly thanked Wu Gou, because Xiao Mo himself is one of the readers who habitually likes to express unique "high views", if he moves the opinions of later generations as usual when taking the exam, even if he is reasonable, it will inevitably leave a lofty impression on Zhu Ruide.

Therefore, in a word, even Xiao Shenyan's impression of Wu Gou is much better.

After chatting a few words, Xiao Mo accidentally asked when "Immortal Dao Quest" would be published, but saw Wu Gou smile mysteriously, and actually took out a book from his sleeve, which was made and made without losing its quaintness, and the words displayed on it were the words "Immortal Dao Quest".

This book is obviously much thicker than the first draft that Xiao Mo gave to Wu Gou, and obviously Wu Gou has added a lot of mixed comments in it.

"Already printing in large quantities? When will it be sold? ”

Xiao Mo asked in surprise.

The smile on Wu Gou's face became more and more mysterious, and he nodded to Xiao Mo and said, "It's coming out soon, why don't you take a look at the preamble in front of you, little brother?" ”

Looking at Wu Gou's expression, Xiao Mo became more and more puzzled in his heart, and began to look down and flip through the book.

As discussed between Xiao Mo and Wu Gou before, before the story, there were many prefaces and commentaries, all written by some famous literati, and there were many people's names that even Xiao Mo had heard, although there were mixed reviews and different opinions, but there was nothing that attracted Xiao Mo's attention.

Until Xiao Mo read the last article.

If the articles written by the previous literati can only be regarded as reviews, then this article is the real preface.

At least judging from Wu Gou's arrangement, this article is indeed used as a preface.

This article has only a few words, the number of words is only two or three hundred, the article does not have the same intentional literary brilliance as other literati, and there is a kind of atmosphere between the plain words, and there is no obvious praise or disparagement of Xiao Mo's behavior of writing stories such as ghosts and fairy tales, but it is an evaluation of the Confucian views that have been integrated into the knowledge of later generations in the stories written by Xiao Mo, but there are praises and disadvantages, but the praise is greater than the depreciation, but some of the suggestions and questions raised are also directly to the core of the problem.

Although Xiao Mo has devoted himself to integrating the insights of his later generations with the environment of this era and the lectures of the Four Books and Five Classics over the years, he has not yet reached the point of perfection after all, and this person can so clearly perceive the various flaws of these views, and his knowledge and insight are far higher than any great Confucian that Xiao Mo knows. At least when Xiao Mo read the articles written by those so-called Great Confucians, he didn't think that they could have such insight and knowledge, and I am afraid that at most they were similar to Xiao Shenyan.

And when Xiao Mo saw the name of the last article, he couldn't help but be shocked, and his expression became sluggish.

Niu Yuxian!!

The dean of Songshan Academy, a generation of Confucian scholars, Niu Yuxian!!

"Originally, I was familiar with an academician of Songshan Academy, and I wanted to ask him to write a preface for you, but I didn't expect that this story of yours was inadvertently seen by Mr. Yuxian, and a month later, I received the preface written by him, to be honest, I don't even dare to think about this kind of thing, and this story you wrote is so attractive that even Mr. Yuxian was attracted to it......"

Out of his mind, Xiao Mo listened to Wu Gou's explanation in a trance, but his mind was in a mess.

Niu Yuxian!!

What kind of meaning this name represents in this era, Xiao Mo couldn't be clearer.

Niu Yuxian himself has no less prestige in the Chu Dynasty than Prime Minister Zhang Qian, and the most important thing is that the Songshan Academy he presided over is the first academy in the world!!

In the palace examination over the years, those who have obtained the meritorious name of Jinshi are all students from Songshan Academy!! And there are more than one or two.

In the heyday, in the imperial examination ten years ago, half of the Jinshi who passed the guò palace examination were protégés of Niu Yuxian!!

In the past 20 years, countless protégés of Niu Yuxian have poured into the court, up to six Shangshu, down to a county master, and there are too many officials of the Chu Dynasty who are branded with the imprint of "Songshan Academy" and "Niu Yuxian"!!

It can be said that although Niu Yuxian is only a cloth cloth now, his control over the court is only comparable to two or three people, including Prime Minister Zhang Qian, Governor of Political Affairs and Privy Envoy Wang Han.

In fact, if it weren't for the fact that Zhang Qian, Wang Han and others were too high and ruthless in their methods, constantly excluding people like Sikong Min who could threaten their status from the court, the current Chu Dynasty would have been Niu Yuxian's world.

Would such a person really write a preface because of a nonsense story?

After experiencing the secret battle between Sikong Min and Zhang Qian, Xiao Mo didn't mind thinking more insidiously about these powerful people in the literary world.

No matter what kind of classics they have written before, no matter how many literati they have worshipped, no matter how many years they have left their names in history, but in Xiao Mo's heart, they have long thought that they have changed from literary heroes who are admired by themselves to politicians who have deep meaning in their words and deeds.

In Xiao Mo's view, Zhang Qian, Wang Han, Niu Yuxian, and Sikong Min are all the same kind of people, not only the top literati of this era, but also the representatives of civil power in this era, and the powerful people who compete for power and profit among each other!!

Among the four, Zhang Qian and Wang Han were in charge of the court, and Sikong Min was excluded after his recovery, while Niu Yuxian was unwilling to be suppressed by Zhang Qian, Wang Han and others on the one hand, and on the other hand, he was much more clever than Sikong Min.

Because, once a person has the power, no matter what kind of identity he was before, he will have already deteriorated.

And this time, why did Niu Yuxian suddenly write a preface to this story? And is this kind of change good or bad for you?