The court of the academy was full of tables and chairs, and the scholars who had received the number plates entered the examination room one after another, but fortunately, there was a layer of clouds floating in the sky today, but it was not heavy, blocking the blazing sun above the clouds, and the mountain breeze blew, and the examination room was cool.

Li Gang held a roll of paper in his hand, stood on a high platform and shouted to the three hundred and twenty-six young scholars: "The heavens testify, my Yushan Academy will be fair and the same, and my Yushan Academy will be treated equally, whether it is a child of an official family, or a scholar from a poor family, whether it is a famous apprentice, or a self-taught, as long as you achieve more than 60 points, you can enter my Yushan to study." If you break your oath, the gods will forsake it. ”

As soon as the words fell, a thick pillar of incense was ignited, and Mr. Shuyuan, who was standing under the platform, began to distribute the test papers, asking the scholar to fill in his place of origin and name first, and then Mr. himself pasted his name and place with a slip of paper. It's too late to transcribe the scroll, so it's just like this, and there will be a special person who transcribes the scroll next time.

This move made Ma Zhou's pupils shrink slightly, and seeing Yun Ye looking at him with a smile, his old face turned red, and he began to bow his head and write his place of origin and name. Mr. Jin Zhu made the paper with a blank face and continued to paste the name of the next candidate.

Ma Zhou looked at the test paper and there were only three questions, one of which was "I want the fish, I want the bear's paw, you can't have both, give up the fish and take the bear's paw." Now I want to have both, and get the law? ”

What kind of weirdness is this? Ma Zhou's sweat has come down, because the next sentence is the analogy of life and discipline, Kong said Chengren, Meng said to take righteousness, no one has ever sued him, benevolence and righteousness must be there, and life must also be had. Too greedy, isn't it?

Read on. Fortunately, it was all because of the intention, and he decided not to look at the first question. Just concentrate on the last two questions. This was not difficult for him, and when Shi Xiang burned to a small half, he had already answered those two questions in a dazzling manner. After confirming it repeatedly, I put my mind on the first question again.

Those who can recommend themselves to the academy examination are not weak, there are no people who fish in troubled waters, and the scholars of the Tang Dynasty have a sense of reverence in their studies, and there are no shameless people who deceive themselves on this.

When the incense burned to the ordinary, the scholars in the examination room were all crying and frowning, and they didn't dare to choose to be wall grass if they had the courage to do it. There is either right or wrong on this issue, and there is no middle way to go.

Yun Ye sighed. The rigidity of their thinking made them dare not take a step beyond the thunder pool. But I don't know that the government has always been seeking common ground while reserving differences, and keeps asking for it. Keep compromising, and finally reach a consensus, there is nothing in this world that cannot be discussed, this is the most basic thing as an official.

If you don't have these qualities, you can't be an official, Li Gang didn't agree with Yun Ye at first, the literati have no backbone, are they still called literati, he extremely despises this kind of political practice that has no discipline and does everything in order to achieve the goal. It was only at Yun Ye's repeated insistence that this question was added.

If Li Er would understand Yun Ye here, Fang Xuanling would also understand, and the eldest grandson Wuji would also understand, because that's what they did, the so-called rigidity can't last long, softness can't be kept, and they have deep samadhi.

The Tang Dynasty is too strong, but the Song Dynasty behind is too soft, one falls apart in the fight, and the other Yashan finally perishes, Yun Ye desperately wants to instill the spirit of negotiation into the officials of the Tang Dynasty, what is it better for his own people to sit down and talk than to pick up a knife and greet the door of the head, the army is the last means of conversation, not to be used lightly, it is their duty to protect the family and defend the country, if the military and the government are completely separated, will it avoid the sequelae of the monopoly of power by the moderation?

It doesn't matter if they can't answer, Yun Ye clenched his fists, he still has time, at least fifty years to use. I don't believe that they will learn to sit down and negotiate, escort the people, and open up living space for them, which is what the army should do, and the government should be born without the army, they should appear in the desert, wasteland, jungle, and sea, instead of being surrounded in Chang'an.

"You are a free person, strange from and about, vague from and out, some strange ideas are not unusual, although the old man doesn't know why you have to add this strange question, but I can see that you are very painful, the reason why I promised you to do this is to let you see the reality clearly, how strong the power of habit is, you want to challenge him, the consequences are more terrible than using the mantis arm as a car.

You don't have to worry about the reproaches that will follow, I tell the other gentlemen that this question is a test of the student's mind, and if he chooses to answer this question and finds a way, no matter how good his grades are, the college will dethrone him and not give him any chance. ”

Li Gang's voice slowly sounded from behind Yun Ye, this old man is always conniving at himself, even if he knows that he is wrong, he will let him try, and when he is out of control at the last time, he will stand up and clean up the mess for him.

The doctrine of the later generations of politicians may not be suitable for the current social environment, and the Nordic Europe, which first produced these things, is still in a primitive and barbaric society, and there are still some robbers who carry axes everywhere, shouting and raping and killing for fun.

It's boring to think about, Europe is still under the rule of madmen, the Pope has just burned down the Roman library, countless principalities are fighting each other, knights are wearing tin jars and poking around with brittle wooden spears two feet long.

The Bible is still written on sheepskin, and if you want to write a story, you have to kill the sheep first, Yun Ye suddenly felt as if he was putting the cart before the horse, the ancestors have never lacked wise people, and they are some kind of big-tailed wolf here.

His own knowledge is as profound as Mr. Li Gang's? Is his will as strong as Li Er? If you killed so many sons and daughters, if you gave it to yourself, you would have gone crazy a long time ago, and you wanted to change Datang, but you didn't know that Datang was also changing itself, and those doctrines in later generations were really right? Not necessarily, at least for now, the people of Datang may be the happiest people in the world, although most of them still don't have enough to eat.

The officials of the Tang Dynasty are also the most incorruptible at this time, the locust plague is coming, some people jump into the sea of fire to be responsible, Chang'an was burned, some people locked themselves in the house and burned them alive, what do you want them to do, even now, there are good schools, and the people under their rule can't enjoy it, aren't there officials rushing to the door to theorize? Completely ignoring the two people standing in front of him, one was the Taifu and the other was the Marquis, so he dared to point his nose and roar, until the academy agreed to build a primary school, he respectfully apologized, although when he left, he quietly said that he hoped that his eldest son could enter the academy to study, and also sent Yun Ye several carts of fresh tea, just like this, it was already the most competent county order that Yun Ye had seen in his two lives.

When Cheng Qian succeeds to the throne, it would be good to sue him for the danger of the festival, and he can solve it as he pleases, as long as he passes on the precious natural sciences he knows, he will be a generation of grandmasters, and he is a great grandmaster, not the pseudo-grandmaster who hides in the small courtyard with his aunt all day long to make people.

"Master Li, whoever answers the first question must be dethroned." Yun Ye smiled brightly and said to Li Gang, and deliberately strengthened his tone: "You must be down!" ”

Lao Li's shou eyebrows seemed to be dancing, stroking his beard with great relief, repeating Yun Ye's words: "It must fall." After saying that, the two of them burst out laughing, causing the candidates to look at each other and be at a loss.

Ma Zhou's mind turned thousands of thoughts, although it is extremely difficult to survive from the cracks, it is not impossible, but no matter how you do it, you can't bypass the premise that righteousness is lost.

He has a very good impression of the academy, yesterday Yun Ye's words of encouragement made him much more confident, Xu Jingzong's food card solved his most embarrassing dilemma, a night in the library building, let him love the vast books of the academy, even if it is the most delicious bun in the academy, he can't let him put down the scrolls in his hand, he didn't sleep all night, he only read two of those books, even if he has the ability to forget, he can't read all the classics in one night.

The exam is famous, so that his last trace of anxiety disappears, looking at the green mountains and clear waters, bathing in the cool breeze, this is a fairy land, is the ivory tower in the dreams of all students, but unfortunately he has no chance with me, the heartache is terrible, and the tears can't stop flowing.

However, the pen in his hand was still steady, and a line of large characters appeared on the scroll: "Fish, I can do what I want; The bear's paw is also what I want, and I can't have both, and the one who gives up the fish and takes the bear's paw. Life, also what I want; Righteousness is also what I want, and I can't have both, and those who sacrifice their lives to take righteousness are also. ”

After the words were written, he seemed to have his spine removed, lying on the table, his hands clenched into fists, the delicate brush of the academy was also unconsciously pinched off by him, and the ink painted his wrists black, he only felt as if he had given up the most beautiful thing in history, his chest was wooden, and he was in real pain.

Some of the other scholars no longer hesitated, and they were also writing hard, reading out of their mouths unconsciously, and their voices became louder and louder: "Fish, I can do what I want; The bear's paw is also what I want, and I can't have both, and the one who gives up the fish and takes the bear's paw. Life, also what I want; Righteousness is also what I want, and I can't have both, and those who sacrifice their lives to take righteousness are also. ”

Li Gang got up from his chair, looked at the scholars below and asked, "Has anyone answered the first question?" ”

There was silence in the audience, and Li Gang raised his voice and asked again: "Has anyone answered the first question?" When the last wisp of green smoke dissipated from the incense, Li Gang picked up the test paper, slowly tore it into two pieces and threw it in the air and said with a smile: "The last two questions are very simple, only thirty points, the first question is the most difficult, there are seventy points, children, you are facing your own heart, you have made the most correct choice, no answer is the best answer, Yushan Academy believes that the noble character is the real noble, children, lack of knowledge, it is nothing, just learn." The lack of character is the greatest incompleteness, which cannot be learned.

Welcome, new students of the College, you are all qualified and good children, and the College welcomes you. ”

There was not much cheering, but more crying, this was a torture of the soul, for Yun Ye, for Ma Zhou, and even for everyone.