That's right, the Dahan Dynasty also had imperial examinations.

And it is held every five years, in order to naturally select talents for the imperial court.

The threshold for participating in the imperial examination is not high, as long as you have cultivated a literary style, it is also the best way out for most ordinary academy students.

However, the students of Jizhou Academy and even the eight major academies are different.

The students who can become the students of these eight academies are all young talents from various states, and most of them are determined to cultivate Confucianism and Taoism, and becoming officials is only their second choice.

It is only when they find that it is difficult for them to improve their Confucianism and Taoism cultivation that they will choose to participate in the imperial examination, wanting to seek that slim opportunity for a breakthrough in the officialdom experience.

Lu Fang's father and mother don't know much about this, in their opinion, studying is to be an official.

Especially some time before the completion of the imperial examination, Jizhou Academy produced a student who ranked fifth in the palace examination, and just the state capital master beat the gong and drum to send a huge plaque to the student's home, which showed them enough excitement.

The two of them also dreamed in private, and when Lu Fang grew up, they would also let him take the entrance examination.

In their opinion, Lu Fang is a Wenqu star, and it is not a problem for them to earn a plaque of the state capital.

Of course, Lu Fang didn't think so.

He just wanted to devote himself to studying the Confucian classics in order to explore Confucianism and Taoism, a different cultivation system from Xiuzhen.

Hearing what Mr. Cen Fuzi said, he asked, "Sir, didn't you say that it is a waste of time to enter the court as an official?" Why do you still let your disciples participate in the imperial examinations? ”

"For your senior brother Lezhi, it's a bit of a waste of time, but it's different for you."

Master Cen smiled at him and explained, "Although you have now gathered into a literary courage and your knowledge is not bad, after all, you are still young, and you have never left the academy in the past ten years.

You must know that my Confucian essence is not only in the book, but also in the world!

This is also the reason why the old man and other masters of the academy let the disciples after gathering courage go out to study. ”

Then he said with a straight face: "Prudence, you are not yet one year old to quote the literary atmosphere, three years old to establish Wende, and now under the age of eleven to gather literary courage, you ...... On the way to Confucianism, the progress is too fast!

Although the old man and the dean didn't see anything wrong for the time being, you understand the truth that if you want to hurry, you can't reach it.

Especially at your current stage, if you are brave enough to become literate, you are ready to refine your literary mind, and the literary heart is the most important realm for practicing Confucianism and Taoism, which is related to whether you can go further in Confucianism and Taoism in the future.

The old man knows that with your talent and qualifications, coupled with your diligence, you should be able to refine your literary heart in less than ten years.

However, you must know that how big the heart is, how great the achievements in Confucianism and Taoism will be!

After all, you are still too young, and some things can not be understood just by reading books, and there are some profound, ineffable things that can only be understood, and you still have to experience them to understand.

In this way, you will be able to appreciate the essence that you can't experience in books, you can see farther, your 'heart' will be bigger, the literary heart refined in this way will be stronger, and you will be able to go further on the road of Confucianism and Taoism! ”

"What does Mr. mean is that after letting the disciple enter the court as an official, he will consider the matter of refining the heart of the text?"

Lu Fang naturally understood what he meant, and after thinking about it, it made some sense.

It's not that I have too little experience, but my cultivation on the way of Confucianism and Taoism is indeed a little too aggressive, and the realm of refinement is too fast, and I may not see any problems now, but it will definitely have an impact in the future.

"Not bad!"

Master Cen nodded: "Officialdom or the battlefield is the best place to sharpen people's hearts, and the old man hopes that you would better enter the court to sharpen your heart for ten years before you consider refining your literary heart." ”

"The next imperial examination is in five years......

Lu Fang thought for a while and asked, "Sir, in the past five years, do I still have to go out to study alone?" ”

"Forget it when you travel alone!"

Master Cen smiled: "Although Dahan is quite stable, you are young after all, how can the old man rest assured that you will go out alone?" The old man has thought about it, and he will take you to Hanjing first to take you around Hanjing at the invitation of the king.

After that, I will go around to other states, and it will take you about two years to take you on a brief tour, and then take you back to the academy to prepare for the imperial examination.

Although there are not many disciples of the academy participating in the imperial examination, it is still not to be underestimated, since it has been decided to let you participate, it is natural to prepare well, and the top prize in the examination can be higher for you to enter the officialdom. ”

"Okay!"

Lu Fang clasped his fists and saluted: "The disciple is all on the orders of Mr.!" ”

He originally planned to take the opportunity to go out to study to find Qingyun after gathering the courage of Wen.

However, not to mention the size of the world, even the Dahan where he is located is almost half the size of Xuantian, and it is naturally not easy to find someone whose name is not even clear in such a large place.

He still doesn't know if it's a coincidence that he was born in the Lu family, as for his own name, it was also taken by the village chief when he came to his house with his divine sense to register after the full moon.

Therefore, he doesn't know whether Qingyun is still called Wu Qingyun or not.

It would be much better if he became an official, and after becoming an official, he would at least have someone available, and he could also find people of the same age as him, or even people born on the same day, the same month, and the same year through places like the household department.

Well, you can also try to go to Beijing with the master this time to see if there is a chance to go to the household department to have a look.

……

A day later.

Lu Fang said goodbye to his parents, and together with Master Cen, he summoned a fresh breeze with his demeanor, and flew towards Hanjing with his body.

"Be cautious, have you ever heard of the spring outing in Hanjing?"

Leaving the academy this time had the meaning of traveling, but Master Cen was not in a hurry, and pressed his speed to the same level as Lu Fang.

"I heard Brother Lezhi mention something before, saying that many college students will participate, hmm...... It seems that there are other poetry and song competitions and so on? ”

Speaking of this, Lu Fang smiled: "Mr. has also participated in this spring outing?" ”

"The spring outing is actually a poetry party, and the old man participated in it a few times when he was young."

Master Cen also smiled: "Hehe, you know carefully, the old man has no attainments in poetry, and he failed to leave a mark on the poetry wall, but Lao Li and the dean left a few poems on the poetry wall." ”

"Shibi?"

"The Poetry Wall is a wall that records the best poems selected by each poetry meeting for future generations to admire."

"Then I have to take a good look, sir, when will the spring outing begin?"

"It will start tomorrow, for half a month, and the last day will be selected, and three poems will be selected each time to stay on the poetry wall, hehe, can you try it this time?"

"What's there to try?"

Lu Fang smiled: "The disciples of this spring outing can go and have a look, poetry or something, the disciples don't plan to participate." ”

There are a lot of poems circulating in this world, and Lu Fang has naturally seen a lot of books about poetry.

However, this level is not to say that it can't be done, but compared to the Tang poems and Song lyrics that Lu Fang is familiar with, it is more than a star and a half.

"You still have to participate, I'm afraid that the name of your prodigy has already spread to Hanjing! If you don't leave one or two poems when you arrive in Hanjing, the people next to you will still be afraid! ”

"If you're afraid, you're afraid, there's no practical benefit to participating, it's not interesting!"

"How can it be boring?"

Master Cen was a little anxious: "Although the old man hasn't seen what poetry you have done, you have new ideas every time you inquire in your knowledge, and your opinions are very different from others, so it must be difficult for you to make poems!" ”

"Sir wants the disciple to show his face at the spring outing?"

"Of course!"

Master Cen let Lu Fang see through his thoughts, and his old face was slightly red: "The old man heard that there will be a spring outing, hmm...... There is a great Confucian who is not very good at dealing with the teacher, and he will bring his disciples to participate, and Lezhi is in retreat, you are the disciple of the old man, and the old man naturally doesn't want you to lose to him at the spring outing! ”

Lu Fang was stunned: "Mr. is so sure about his disciples?" ”

He has never written any poems, where does his faith come from?

"Of course!"

Master Cen smiled: "Shenzhi, you have gathered literary courage at such a young age, and you are much better than them in Confucianism and Taoism......

After a pause, he took out a book from his arms and said: "Don't be too casual, you have been pondering for the past two days, you can take a look at this collection of poems recorded at the poetry meeting in recent years, not to mention that it can be compared with the above, don't be too far behind!"

Don't be under pressure, when the old man will let a few other friends speak out and praise your poems, then he will naturally easily overpower that person's disciple, his poetry talent is not very good, the old man still doesn't believe how big his disciple can be poetry! ”

"Sir, you ......"

Lu Fang was a little surprised, but he didn't expect that he, the gentleman, also planned to win over several other Confucians, and wanted to suppress his opponents through poetry.

It seems that he has a deep grudge against that opponent!

"Sir, don't worry, the disciple should do his best when the time comes!"

Master Cen is not kind to him, and as his disciple, Lu Fang doesn't mind helping him vent his anger.

……

Unhurried all the way, when it was dark, the two arrived at Hanjing, the capital of Dahan!

Although Hanjing is not as big as Xuantian City, it is also much larger than the largest city in Tiannan, and what makes Lu Fang feel suspicious is that in the sky above Hanjing, there is a thick cloud that glows with a pale golden light for an unknown number of miles!

It's very similar to what I've seen in the sky above Xuantian City.

Could this be...... The luck of the Dahan Dynasty?

"Sir, what are these pale golden clouds?"

"That's the luck of the Dahan Dynasty!"

Master Cen was not surprised, knowing that Lu Fang had never seen it before, and explained: "Whether the court is prosperous or not, it can be seen from the luck that appeared in one day!" ”

What luck!

Lu Fang roughly estimated that the luck of the Dahan Dynasty should be less than one-tenth of Xuantian City, and asked, "Is the Dahan Dynasty prosperous?" ”

"It's not prosperous."

Master Cen thought for a while and said: "But it's not bad from the perspective of the dynasty, I'm afraid I don't know it yet, in addition to the dynasty, there is also the existence of the dynasty in this world, there are three major dynasties in this world, and the Dahan Dynasty we are in is a subsidiary dynasty of the Daxing Dynasty!" ”

"Affiliated dynasties? Daxing? ”

Lu Fang was stunned, this situation was similar to the Xuanling Realm, and asked, "Where is the Daxing Dynasty?" Far from us? ”

"Far away, almost 200,000 miles south of here!"

Master Cen continued: "There is a school palace in Daxing, where all the grandmasters and the only ancestor of Daxing are seated, and it is a holy place for our Confucian students!" ”

"Ancestor?"

Lu Fang only knew that above the Great Confucian was the Hongru, and above the Hongru was the grandmaster, and this was the first time he had heard of this ancestor.

"Sir has been to the Academy?"

"Well, I went there twenty years ago, and now that you have gathered the courage, the old man can also mention the matter of the Xue Palace to you!"

Master Cen took Lu Fang and flew in one direction, while saying: "I think you also know that after refining the literary heart, you can be called a master, but if you can become a great Confucian like the old man, you need to go to the school palace to pass the assessment of the great Confucian!" ”

Still need to be assessed?

Lu Fang was naturally stunned for a moment: "What is the content of the assessment?" ”

"Naturally, it is an understanding of the Confucian classics, which is not as simple as knowing the ordinary essence."

"Understand? What about Hongru like the dean? Is it also assessed? ”

"Yes, the above Confucians need to be assessed!"

"Does that mean that after refining the literary heart, there is no such thing as the realm of Confucianism and Taoism, but it has been changed to a title?"

"You can say that, so to speak!"

Master Cen nodded: "It doesn't matter whether it's the realm or the title, it's just a saying, above the Great Confucian is the dean's Hongru, above the Hongru is the grandmaster, and the grandmaster is higher, that is the first master!"

There are only three ancestors in the whole world, and they are all in the school palace of each dynasty, and as for the grandmasters, some dynasties also have them, well, we don't have them, and if the dean wants to become a grandmaster, it is estimated that it will take many years to do it. ”

"Sir, I've been to the Academy, have you ever seen the first teacher?"

"Nope."

Master Cen shook his head and said, "When the old man first went, he only saw a grandmaster who was in charge of the assessment!" ”

Lu Fang hurriedly asked, "What kind of strength does the Grandmaster have?" ”

"Don't be too ambitious!"

Master Cen turned his head and glared at him.

Lu Fang didn't give up: "Sir, you always say that I should concentrate on Confucianism and Taoism, but what about this Confucianism and Taoism cultivation to the extreme?" You don't tell me about it. ”

This gentleman is good at everything, but except for the six arts, he has never taught Lu Fang how to fight the enemy, and he never answered when he asked him, and he said that Confucian students must not fight bravely.

"Confucianism and Taoism are extreme? Even the ancestor didn't dare to say that he had cultivated to the extreme of Confucianism and Taoism! ”

Master Cen glared at him again, then turned around: "If you leave poems on the poetry wall, the old man will tell you what strength the Grandmaster can have!" ”

Lu Fang nodded immediately: "Okay!" Deal! ”

With Tang and Song poems in his mind, Lu Fang is naturally very sure, although the poems written by these people are not very good, but they still have the ability to taste, and when the time comes, it is not easy to take out two poems at random, and it is not easy to get the top three?

Master Cen suddenly turned his head and smiled: "Shenzhi, you really hid the old man from the old man in poetry, no wonder Li Lao suspects that you are quite talented in poetry!" ”

"What kind of poetry can a disciple have? The gentleman laughed! ”

"Okay, don't pretend to be here with the old man, and go to the old man's friend's residence in front."

"The Imperial Palace?"

Lu Fang looked forward and was stunned: "Sir, your friend is a prince?" ”

I really don't want to go undercover anymore