Sun Fangru entered the courtyard, came to Sun Zhaoyuan's house, and knocked on the door.

Sun Zhaoyuan opened the door, saw that it was Sun Fangru, smiled and welcomed into the house, Sun Fangru chose an inconspicuous chair to sit down because he was a junior.

Sun Fangru said: "My father has already said that my uncle is worried about my nephew, and my nephew originally planned to come to my uncle a long time ago, but after thinking about it, my uncle was very busy for the marriage celebration some time ago. ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "Since you were a child, you are a person who will think about others, although I am an uncle and nephew, but in terms of age, there is only a few years apart. ”

Sun Fangru said: "Since the last time my father took me to report to you because he was worried that my uncle would be arrested by Qingqiu Prefecture, my father has urged me to work hard in my studies even more strictly, worried that if the family has no foundation in the imperial court, it will be slaughtered. At that time, I always felt that if Uncle Zhaoyuan wanted to take a scientific examination, it would be a matter of being able to catch it, and later Uncle Zhaoyuan really became the champion, and now he is also a big member. ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "This time I also want to say something from the bottom of my heart to you, although I am a governor of one party, and I have the authority to determine the future of people, but I also need to promote people to have this endowment before they can operate." Your father wrote to me before, saying that you are profound in your studies and have not found any relationship, and that with your own knowledge, you have passed the children's examination and become a talent, so I want to personally test your knowledge. ”

Sun Fangru was confident and said, "Uncle, please ask the question." ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "Today, I will test you two Analect characters. Yan Yuan and Zigong are both Confucius's protégés, why did Confucius only praise Yan Yuan and not Zigong? ”

Sun Fangru meditated on the record of the two in the Analects in his heart, and then he knew it in his heart, and said: "Yan Yuan is very studious, and very modest, what he does every day is just to humbly learn self-cultivation. Confucius saw it in his eyes and was happy in his heart, so he praised Yan Yuan every time. Yan Yuan doesn't care how Confucius praises, he never gets complacent, and he is still diligent in learning. Therefore, among the protégés of Confucius, the achievements are quite high. According to the Analects, Zigong was also very smart, had a high talent for business, bought low and sold high, made a lot of money, was the richest man among Confucius's disciples, spoke sharply, and once saved the state of Lu with his eloquence, so as not to be destroyed by a powerful country. However, Confucius expected his disciples to cultivate morality, but Zigong had moral deficiencies, for example, Zigong liked to talk about people behind his back, loved pomp, and paid attention to face. As a result, Confucius always criticized Zigongli's eloquent words, saying that he was a "woman", but did not praise him too much. ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "It seems that you still know the Four Books and Five Classics, and presumably the article is not a problem, so do you know why I asked you these two characters?" ”

Sun Fangru pondered for a while and said: "I want to come to my uncle to let me learn more Yan Yuan to learn more about self-cultivation and self-cultivation, and the young students will pay tribute to their clever words." ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "Actually, my uncle has some expectations for you, in the Sun family, you have a good understanding, and your heart is also pure and kind, I think you and Yan Yuan seem to be somewhat similar, but if you want to be an official in the future, especially to be a big official, it is a drag to be pure and kind-hearted, and Zigong this person, although Confucius doesn't like it very much, but he is indeed an official material, sharp words, good at manipulating people's hearts, secretly manipulating the operation situation, and is indeed a rare talent in politics." What my uncle wants to say is that if you want to be an official and a big official, you must first be a person, this person must be as innocent as a child, so that he will not take the evil road and enter the crooked and evil way, otherwise he will be evil in his heart, even if he is a big official, after all, it will harm the world and harm the common people. But as an official, he can only be a man, so he can't kill and make decisions and strategize. The way of being an official is to care about the heart, not only in the heart of oneself, but also in the heart of others, only by understanding the mind, knowing oneself and knowing the other, in order to be invincible, and then with words and eloquence, to establish oneself in an invincible position, in order to want to get, turn the river and the sea. As the saying goes, if the wicked use the Righteous Law, then the Righteous Law is also evil, and if the righteous people use the Evil Law, then the Evil Law is also right, you must first be a righteous person, and secondly, you must also learn the Evil Law, so that both good and evil can be used for you. ”

Sun Fangru thought for a while, then understood his meaning and said, "What my uncle said, my nephew wrote it down." ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "Under the examination, you can participate in the township examination, according to your current knowledge, you must also be able to participate in the examination, if you have made great progress in three years, it is not impossible to participate in the palace examination." If you have the status of Jinshi, I will find an opportunity to push you up, and our Sun family will be invincible in the future. ”

Sun Fangru said: "In the past three years, my nephew must be diligent in learning and asking questions, and strive to be able to enter the Jinshi, so that my uncle can exert his strength, let the Sun family raise his eyebrows, and expand the clan." ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said with a smile: "With this awareness, I want to be successful in the future, but if you become a big and small material, it depends on your own efforts, if you are a mediocre person, I will use all my strength to push you, and it will be in vain." ”

said some homely gossip again, and Sun Fangru returned home happily.

Although Sun Zhaoyuan told Sun Fangru to let him work his own, he was still not very stable when he thought about it, and after thinking about it for a long time, he still went to Lin Zihao's mansion.

happened to meet the disciple again, Sun Zhaoyuan said: "Little brother, do you still recognize me?" ”

That Menzi looked at it, it turned out to be the young man who begged him to report to see Lin Zihao, who had not seen him for a few years, and was already a tall adult. Of course, the man knew that Sun Zhaoyuan was already the most prominent figure in the world, so he hurriedly ran over and asked flatteringly: "Lord Sun is coming to my master again." ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "Yes, yes, yes, I came to Lord Lin this time, and I discussed some important things with him." After saying that, he took a little bit of broken silver from the underwear belt and wanted to stuff it into Menzi.

The janitor hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Back then, the villain had no eyes and accepted the money from Lord Sun to open the door, but Lord Sun didn't care, it was already a gift from God, how dare I collect money this time, isn't it that my lord wants to drive me out and find another way to live." You are an old man and a distinguished guest of my family, so I will directly lead you in and let my master be hospitable. ”

After speaking, he led Sun Zhaoyuan into the Lin Mansion, sat in the hall, and served good tea. After a while, Lin Zihao was out of breath, ran to the hall, grabbed Sun Zhaoyuan, and said: "Lord Sun, if you have something, just ask me to take you to the house, how can I work for you, Lin has lost his welcome, please forgive Lord Sun." ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "Uncle Lin, don't see outside, I also have nothing to do, I haven't been on your house for a few years, so I came to see Uncle Lin, brought the deer antler velvet from Changliuzhou, and greeted Uncle Lin." As he spoke, he presented the gift box.

Lin Zihao hurriedly took it with his hand, put it on the table respectfully, and said, "I didn't think about it, my nephew still remembers caring about me, it's really heartfelt." ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "That's natural, I think back then, Uncle Lin caused a lot of trouble in order to let me study in Yong'an Prefecture, this kind of kindness, Sun Zhaoyuan naturally remembered it." ”

Lin Zihao said: "At that time, the situation was indeed a bit dangerous, if it wasn't for the virtuous nephew who was the champion of creation, how could he escape the situation set up by the Tu Catalogue and his gang." However, fortune and misfortune depend on each other, because of this case, the relevant wronged people and so on were later compensated by the imperial court, I was promoted to the state capital saint envoy, Wu Cunxin and Zhao Shiqiang are also not shallow, and they are also a number of famous characters in Yong'an Prefecture. ”

Sun Zhaoyuan smiled and said tentatively: "If I do it again, take such a big risk, does Uncle Lin dare to help me change the student registration file again?" ”

Lin Zihao has lived in Huanhai for a long time, so he naturally knows Sun Zhaoyuan's temptation, and said: "That's nature, if you can help the talented people in this world, you will not hesitate to take our lives." ”

Sun Zhaoyuan laughed a few more times and said: "I have a distant nephew, called Fang Ru, and he also has some talents among the children of the Sun family. ”

Lin Zihao said: "Due to the rebellion in Qingqiu Prefecture, all the student registration files in Qingqiu Prefecture have been transferred to the state capitals across the country, so the student status issue can be handled in Yong'an Prefecture in accordance with the law, and it is not illegal." I think there are still three years before the scientific examination ceremony, and what my uncle can do is to find the best school teacher in Yong'an Prefecture and teach Fang Ru carefully, so as to prepare for the day of the scientific examination. If it was at that time, my uncle would still be a saint envoy in this state, and he would also improvise to see if there was anything he could do to help, and he would not have to worry about the virtuous nephew. ”

Sun Zhaoyuan drank tea with a smile, and chatted with Lin Zihao about many other things before returning home. That Lin Zihao merged the whole family and sent Sun Zhaoyuan out of the house.

Sun Zhaoyuan waited to get out of the door, and then turned to Wang Youming's house. Wang Youming's disciple couldn't recognize Sun Zhaoyuan, so he asked Sun Zhaoyuan what was the matter. Sun Zhaoyuan said: "I ask to see Lord Wang Youming." ”

The man didn't look at him with a straight face, and said, "Your Excellency the governor of this state, how can you see it if you want to?" ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "What does the little brother want?" ”

The man usually relies on being the gatekeeper of the governor of this state, and everyone who usually comes to ask to see has to stuff some silver taels, and he is never afraid of what others dare to do, is there anyone bigger than Wang Youming in this state capital, so he said: "If you ask to see, I am afraid that you will have to show some sincerity." ”

Sun Zhaoyuan had a bad seizure, so he took the broken silver and gave it to Menzi.

Menzi said: "This is what I can count as seeing that my lord is sincere, let's say, whoever is the surname, I will go to report to my lord." ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "I am Sun Zhaoyuan, but Uncle Wang's old acquaintance." ”

Menzi was so shocked that all the silver in his hand fell to the ground, and he hurriedly smiled all over his face, came to give his hand, and said: "I also said that where is someone so arrogant, it was Lord Sun, and the little one has eyes and does not know Mount Tai, please forgive me." ”

Sun Zhaoyuan didn't want to see this person in general, and if it was passed out, wouldn't it make people laugh, and he was even more afraid of slapping Wang Youming in the face, so he said: "Those who don't know are not guilty, please inform Uncle Wang." ”

Menzi picked up the silver on the ground, held it with both hands and handed it to Sun Zhaoyuan, and said, "Lord Sun, your silver has fallen to the ground, the small one will help you pick it up, and the thing will be returned to its original owner." ”