As a person who has studied in college, my comprehension ability is still very strong, and I can't memorize the Analects. Chen Yuan thought for a while, organized his language a little, and said: "Zeng Zi said, I reflect on myself many times a day, do I do my best to do things for others? Are you honest and trustworthy in your dealings with friends? Has the knowledge imparted by the master been reviewed? ”

Xu Fuzi's eyes couldn't help but light up, a little surprised, Chen Yuan couldn't recite the Analects, but the explanation was simple and easy to understand, but there were no mistakes.

"Well, yes, sit down!" Xu Fuzi stroked his beard and said lightly. Then continue with the lesson.

Chen Yuan was secretly relieved and escaped.

At the end of the day, Chen Yuan was dizzy when he heard it. Fortunately, Chen Yuan was withdrawn before, and there were few classmates who took care of him this time, otherwise he didn't know them, and he really didn't know how to explain it.

Thinking of taking a day in the ancient school, Chen Yuan felt funny when he thought about it.

The next day, Chen Yuan decisively became a truant scholar. I was going to go to the Jiming Temple for a walk, first, at the request of Fan Niangzi, and secondly, I also wanted to walk around to see if there was anything I could make a living.

The ancient temple Cui Wei overlooks the imperial city, and gradually feels that the journey is light. The building is cold into the three mountains, and the anvil and pestle are high in autumn. Xiang Xi Zhang Qin sits on the bamboo, and sometimes waits for the moon to accompany the monks. The Zen room has always been rewarded, and a few dust-free dreams are clear.

Jiming Temple is changed to the middle of the mountain, and Yongji is desolate and gray. Duxi is cool and famous, and who is here to praise the secluded.

Literati and ink writers have many descriptions of Jiming Temple.

And Zhu Di, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, often went to Jiming Temple to listen to Sanskrit music because of nightmares in his later years.

There are ten halls in Jiming Temple, covering a vast area. Because of Emperor Yongle, ordinary people were usually not allowed to come to offer incense. But there is so much sorrow in the world, and people always want to pray for the protection of the gods. Yongle can't win the love of the people, and the national teacher Yao Guangxiao is a monk and is admired, so there will be no martial law when the emperor is not there.

Therefore, the incense is flourishing and endless.

Sanskrit sound is indeed a secluded fairyland.

Chen Yuan couldn't help but sigh, but he unconsciously blocked the way of others.

Chen Yuan looked apologetic and was about to get out of the way.

"I never give way to fools." The teenager on the opposite side clenched his hands into fists and hummed.

Chen Yuan looked at it, it turned out to be two sons and daughters in fancy clothes, talking like powder, thirteen or fourteen years old, in the period of voice change, belonging to the ugly male duck voice. The older one is about twenty years old, with an extraordinary bearing, handsome eyebrows, wearing a Taoist robe with a brocade belt around his waist, a six-in-one hat on his head, and a crystal on the top of the hat, very handsome, and a small golden fan in his hand.

Chen Yuan smiled slightly: "I'm just the opposite. So he stepped aside.

The young man's face turned red, ready to get back on the field with his fists and feet.

"Sixth brother, don't mess around." The man in the Taoist robe stopped him and said, "Brother Tai is here to worship the Buddha?" ”

Chen Yuan shook his head: "I have a Buddha in my heart, but I don't worship Buddha." ”

The man in the Taoist robe sneered, his eyes were sharp, and he said: "Do you know that I have cultivated the Tao, called Changchun Zhenren, I learned some divination and calculation from the master, I see the dark clouds on your head, the corners of your mouth are tattooed, I am afraid that there will be disasters in the future." ”

Chen Yuan was taken aback, seeing that the sixth brother was watching a good show, it turned out that the other party still wanted to find a place for his younger brother. I laughed in my heart, I have crossed, when I was scared?

"Brother, do you know that I have also cultivated the Tao?"

"Oh?"

"I have practiced with my master for five years, and I have also learned divination, word measurement, and calculation, and I am known as a martial arts mountaineer." Chen Yuan stood against the wind, to the point that he had a bit of fairy wind bones, except for his shabby clothes. "I see that your forehead is dark, and your face is gloomy, and this lord is dark, and your Excellency will lose his respect."

"You, you" The sixth brother pointed at Chen Yuan, speechless in anger.

The man in the Taoist robe had a terrible gloomy face, he threatened Chen Yuan with a disaster, how could he know that the other party would curse him. His eyes wandered for a moment, but he smiled.

Chen Yuan bowed his hand slightly, walked past them, and walked towards the temple.

The man in the Taoist robe was not in a hurry to leave, but when he saw a few subordinates coming over in a hurry, he whispered: "Son, the scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion University has passed away, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has ordered you to go back quickly." ”

Hearing that his teacher had died, the man in the robe was very sad, and remembered the scene when the teacher taught him, and then he shook the Jiming Temple and looked at it, and Chen Yuan's figure did not enter the temple.

The Sanskrit sound in the temple was lingering, and Chen Yuan felt unprecedented peace.

This is different from the pure tourism of later generations, whether it is a merchant, a guest who travels, or a scholar, they all come here to ask for something, they burn incense and pray, so they are not pious.

"Whoa." The weather in Jiangnan was changeable, and the sun was still shining brightly, without any warning, and suddenly it rained heavily.

The raindrops and soybeans hit people's bodies, which is painful. It dripped on the ground, splashed with new mud, sprinkled on the roof, and heard the sound of ping-pong, as if it were fighting.

Pilgrims took shelter from the rain in the Buddhist hall, and Chen Yuan was among them.

Buddhism is important, and everyone is quiet. However, after a while, five or six scholars who looked like geniuses stood aside in disgust and distanced themselves from the other pilgrims. In their hearts, the poor are poor, vulgar, and ordinary nobles, and they dislike others as rich and unkind, and they have no ink in their hearts.

Chen Yuan took a closer look, and the leader was about 1.75 meters, with a long figure, red lips and pink face, and he was very handsome. The folding fan in his hand shook gently, but he was a handsome boy.

The handsome boy sighed: "Thousands of miles of resignation from family affairs, Jinling Post Road Chu Yunxi." Jiang Chun refused to keep the travelers, and the grass was green and sent the horseshoe. Liu Wenfang said, Jinling does not want to stay guests, I look at the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River, but I want to stay here. ”

The chubby scholar beside him said: "Brother Dezhao will definitely go to high school next year, this Jinling is naturally to keep you." ”

The handsome son arched his hand: "Brother Zonghuai, don't be modest, there will also be a brother on next year's list." ”

With such a big breath, the people around them secretly looked at them. Some are envious, some are jealous.

A Tsing Yi gown can't stand it: "You live in the south of the Yangtze River, blessed with nature, we have perennial wars in the north, but we study hard, but we may not lose to you, Zi said, modest and cautious self-cultivation of its wisdom is not wisdom, humble wisdom is great wisdom, humble courage is brave." ”

The faces of those Jiangnan talents changed, and the handsome son: "What are the feet?" ”

The Tsing Yi scholar replied: "No, Zhang Ziyu, a native of Kaifeng, Henan, dares to ask your surname." ”

Before the handsome boy could reply, the slightly chubby scholar rushed to say: "Under Li Juzhengzi Zonghuai, a native of Jishui, Ji'an Prefecture, Jiangxi, this is the first genius in the south of the Yangtze River, Li Qi and Li Dezhao, a native of Changle, Fujian Province, Fujian." ”

"Disrespectful and disrespectful". He opened his mouth and said, but he didn't have the slightest envy.

At the beginning of the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang was determined to implement the system of taking scholars through the imperial examination, and wanted to recruit all talented, knowledgeable, and ambitious people with lofty ideals in the world to serve the imperial court and consolidate the foundation of the Ming Dynasty.

However, in the 30th year of Hongwu, a major event occurred, which set the north and south against each other.

In the 30th year of Hongwu's examination, the chief and deputy examiners Liu Sanwu and Bai Xinzhu named 52 tribute students from among the hundreds of people in the country, among which Song Cong was the first tribute student and reported to the emperor. After the emperor's eyes, the list will be tried out. The official in charge of the Gongyuan copied the list of tribute students on the yellow list and posted it at the entrance of the Gongyuan. However, as soon as the yellow list was posted, there was an immediate uproar, causing disputes. On the yellow list, all the northern lifters were defeated, from Song Cong in the first place to Liu Zixin in the last place, all of them were candidates from Jiangnan. In the next palace test, Chen from Jian County, Fujian Province was taken as the champion again, and the northern lifters became more and more dissatisfied. So they thought that because the chief examiner, Liu Sanwu, a bachelor of Hanlin, and Bai Xinzhu, the deputy chief examiner, were both from the south, they deliberately suppressed the northern students and protected the southerners, so that all the candidates in the south could go to high school, and none of the northern candidates were selected.

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang was already a little dissatisfied with the landlords and intellectuals in the south, and because the country had to strengthen the defense of the northern border, it was the right time for the north to employ people. The Jinshi selected in this section are all southerners, so he is a little unhappy. So he went down to the Hanlin Academy to talk to Zhang Xin and preside over the review of the meeting. After more than 20 days of locking the courtyard and checking the papers, Zhang Xin truthfully reported the results of the review to Zhu Yuanzhang: "There is indeed a huge difference in the scores of candidates from the north and the south, and even Liu Zixin, who is in the last place, is much higher than the outstanding ones in the north. The examination papers of northerners can only be ranked 53rd and cannot be re-changed. After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang thought that Zhang Xin deliberately showed him the test papers with poor grades, and he was furious, and ordered the Criminal Department to immediately arrest Liu Sanwu, Zhang Xin, and Bai Xinju, and interrogate them strictly, asking them to tell the truth about the test. The officials of the Criminal and Criminal Department had no choice but to show their previous ability to carry torture and confessions when they handled the Hu and Lan cases, and also sent all the three people with hundreds of people into the Heavenly Army, and finally found out a large "favoritism" group involving more than 600 people, and reported it to the emperor. Zhu Yuanzhang obviously knew that it was an unjust case, but in order to appease the anger of the natives in the north, he wrote Zhu Criticism, saying that Liu Sanwu and Bai Xinzhu were the Blue Party, and Zhang Xin was the Hu Party, and he had the heart of rebellion. Liu Sanwu was exiled to the army because of his advanced age, and it was not until the early years of Jianwen that he was called back to Beijing to participate in the compilation of the "Spring and Autumn Daquan", while Zhang and Bai were executed by Ling Chi, and dozens of ministers and implicated people involved in the case were killed or exiled. In this year, all the selected jinshi were abolished, and the current champion was sentenced to death for bribery.

After that, the north and the south were completely opposed.

Challenging Jiangnan talents, Li Juzheng said unremittingly: "Brother Ziyu, I see that you are articulate and have some skills, but it is not as good as the article, how about the pair." ”

There are five or six talented people in Jiangnan, and Zhang Ji is alone, which clearly bullies people.

Li Juzheng said again: "Naturally, we won't bully the few, and we don't need Brother Dezhao, how about you and me." ”

"It's a deal." Zhang Ju immediately agreed.

Li Juzheng said: "Don't be shocked by the humiliation, watch the flowers bloom and fall in front of the court!" ”

Zhang Ji immediately replied: "Go and pay no attention to it, and watch the clouds rolling in the sky." ”

"Green water is not worry-free, because the wind wrinkles the face."

"Qingshan Yuan is not old, it is snow-white."

……

Half a pillar of incense came down, the two of them came and went, and there were more than a dozen of them, and everyone was amazed.

Li Qi gently shook the folding fan and stood with a smile. Li Juzheng was also calm, while Zhang Ju was already sweating on his forehead.

Chen Yuan was irritable, he had engaged in mediation a lot in his previous life, and he didn't want this farce to continue.

"Wait." He suddenly interrupted the two people who were comparing.

Everyone looked at him.