Chapter 426: On the Eve of the Imperial Examination

"Although there are thousands of people, I am alone!" Zhang Bairen muttered.

Although the voice was low, he could hear it clearly with Zhang Fei's Dao skills, and he looked at Zhang Bairen with a pair of eyes and was stunned for a long time, but he didn't say anything after all.

Luoyang sells paper, I don't know how many gate valve families have smashed how many porcelain, all the gate valves are angry, but they dare not make it.

If you want to stop the sale of paper, don't say anything else, you can put Confucianism in place first.

"You put yourself in danger with this move, I'm afraid that the actions of the Gate Valve Family against you will soon begin" Zhang Fei looked at Zhang Bairen with serious eyes.

Zhang Bairen smiled and said nothing, Zhang Fei smiled bitterly: "Thinking for your father, you have such a ability now, why not give your brother a certain future." ”

The two horizontal eyebrows trembled, and Zhang Bairen's eyebrows furrowed: "Zhang Baiyi is now the same age as me, what can he do, my father has been teaching me for ten or eight years, and he has been talking to me about these things." ”

Zhang Fei smiled bitterly and was silent.

The two turned around, Zhang Fei really didn't say anything more, stayed in Zhang's mansion for the night, and the father and son left separately.

Watching Zhang Fei leave, Zhang Bairen sighed softly, he did not lack fatherly love, and he had a father in his last life.

With Zhang Fei, it's just to be polite in Zhang's mother's face, and as for the rest, there really hasn't been.

"My lord, Wang Tong invites you to come over" Xiaohu walked over and saluted Zhang Bairen respectfully.

"Prepare the carriage" Zhang Bairen said, turned around and boarded the carriage, and headed towards Wang Tong's mansion.

Wang Tong invited himself to a banquet for nothing more than a matter of scientific research.

Zhang Bairen's eyes narrowed slightly, his fingers tapped on the dark grid of the carriage, sweeping the endless crowd on the street, and there were as many as eight tracking spies that he could detect.

"It seems that my head is really valuable" A strand of hair slowly flowed through his fingertips, like a spiritual snake, a living thing.

The carriage rolled and came to Wang Tong's mansion.

It is said to be a mansion, but it is better to say that it is a small courtyard.

There was already a scholar waiting at the gatehouse, and when he saw Zhang Bairen getting out of the car, he walked over with a glance, and saluted Zhang Bairen meticulously like an old master: "But Zhang Bairen and Zhang Dudu?"

"It's the poor road," Zhang Bairen nodded.

"Adults, please" The boy looked at Zhang Bairen, his eyes full of envy.

Zhang Bairen is younger than himself, but he is enough to be on an equal footing with his own teacher, and he is definitely a model of youth success.

As the boy walked into the house, Wang Tong was fiddling with the charcoal fire, and subconsciously tightened the clothes on his body, Zhang Bairen stepped forward and saluted: "I've seen Mr." ”

"Don't be polite, let's not do this set" Wang Tong waved his hand, put down the burning stick in his hand, and then said: "Drink a cup of hot tea to warm up." ”

Wang Tong's spirit was vast and broad, and he could see at a glance that Zhang Bairen seemed to be in a state that was not right at this time.

"It's nothing, it's just a little problem" Zhang Bairen sat in front of the stove, he was not really cold, but after cultivating Dao Gong, he would have an illusion of coldness, so he felt very cold.

"The regulations for the imperial examination have been drafted, so let's see what's wrong," Wang Tong handed over a fold in his hand.

Zhang Bairen took it and looked at it, and nodded after a while: "There is nothing wrong with it, but the diet and heating must be in place, and now the weather is getting colder, if the pen and ink are frozen, it is not conducive to scientific research." ”

Wang Tong was stunned: "You kid is really to the point, the old man has never considered this problem." ”

"Although it is not a cold winter now, it is already late autumn, and there is cold ice condensation in the morning and evening, so this matter has to be considered. Even if someone secretly calculates, they have to take precautions" Zhang Bairen's eyes flashed with wisdom.

"These charters still need to be completed by Mr. Xiao," Wang Tong said with a smile.

Zhang Bairen was not polite, picked up the pen and slowly combed through, after listing a few articles of association, he had a conversation with Wang Tong, seeing that the sky was getting dark, Wang Tong smiled and said: "If Mr. Xiao doesn't dislike the humble house and the beam rice is rough, why don't you eat in the cold house and then leave?"

Zhang Bairen has no reason to be allowed, Wang Tong's food is very simple, and the simplicity is a bit excessive.

A bowl of white rice, a little brown rice mixed with white rice, a bowl of greens, a plate of tofu, and that's it.

In fact, Wang Tong's food is absolutely good in this era, you must know that many people eat grass root bark, eat bran vegetables, as for the rice can only be eaten during the New Year.

After dinner between the two parties, Zhang Bairen got up to say goodbye and left.

Although the food is simple, the vegetables are well prepared and taste very good. The tofu is carefully pickled and has a hint of milk tofu flavor.

After returning home and practicing swordsmanship for a while, he looked at the bright moon in the sky, the leaves slowly withered and yellowed, sighed softly, and tightened his coat.

In ancient times, there was no entertainment, Zhang Bairen sat in the lobby and played the piano silently, the sound of the mountains and flowing water dispelled the silence of the night, and the guards in the dark were intoxicated by the music and could not extricate themselves.

Zhang Bairen slowly stood up, held the Tao Te Ching in his hand and looked at it for a while before he put his clothes together and went to sleep.

The scientific expedition will definitely not be so peaceful, and something big will definitely happen.

Three days later, the scientific examination was held as scheduled, and the whole country was shaken by the scientific examination, and the world congratulated it.

The place of the scientific expedition was in the Guozi Prison, and the black pressure pressed that many scholars had already lined up outside the Guozi Prison before dawn, carefully studying the books in the cold wind.

Grinding guns in battle, not fast and light.

Zhang Bairen rode through the scholars in a carriage and entered the Guozi Prison, where the lights were bright at this time, and the Great Confucian Wang Tong and more than a dozen other invigilators were sitting in the lobby discussing something.

In the Guozi Prison, there are five steps and one post, and there are masters sent by the palace with serious faces everywhere.

"Forgive me, this official is late" Looking at the people in the room, Zhang Bairen clenched his fists and confessed to a crime, and the room was full of Confucian people with half-white or even completely white hair. All of them are white-headed, dignified, and majestic.

"Your kid is finally here!" Wang Tong stood up and smiled, turned to a dozen Confucian Confucians, and said, "Everyone, this is Zhang Bairen, the founder of the prosperity of my Confucianism and the enlightened teacher of the Hanmen scholars. ”

"I've seen Mr. Zhang" All the Confucian faces were solemn, and they all saluted respectfully.

"I don't dare to be such a big gift to everyone," Zhang Bairen hurriedly returned the salute.

"Why don't you dare, you invented papermaking and printing, and my Confucianism has the opportunity to flourish, completely overpowering the hundreds of schools, and it is really worthy of the name" A great Confucian face was full of smiles.

"Mr. Zhang is really young and promising, and he is talented, please take a seat, let's discuss the matter of the imperial examination and see if there is anything missing," a great Confucian said.

Everyone took their seats and began to analyze the various rules that had been formulated before.

It is nothing more than to worship Confucius in the temple first, and after worshipping Confucius, various processes are carried out, and even the urgent matters of the scholars are also counted.

After some checking, at this time the sun gradually rose, the sky was bright, Wang Tongcai stood up and said: "This matter is very important, everything we do today must be recorded in history, for the rules of future generations, all should be scrutinized in every way before thinking twice, now that it has been approved, then let's start." ”

"All gentlemen encourage each other," everyone said in unison, and they got busy with their duties.

The gate of Guozijian opened, countless scholars rushed in, came to the Guozijian hall, the sacrificial ceremony was presided over by the Confucian Wang Tong and other great Confucians, and even Zhang Bairen was mixed in the crowd, changed into a purple shirt, wearing a jade crown is gorgeous, and his demeanor is unparalleled.

"Who is that young man?" actually standing with all the great Confucians" Looking at the short figures mixed in with the great Confucians in front of the temple, a purple shirt and the Confucian robes of the great Confucians were particularly dazzling, and everyone couldn't ignore it.

"Then you are shallow, this person is my master of the Enlightenment of the Poor Sect, Zhang Bairen is also. Only Master Zhang can have such a bearing, so that he can open the imperial examination, papermaking, printing and other feats, and open a road to heaven for my poor disciples. A scholar said thoughtfully.

"Ah, he's Master Zhang? He's really young, and he's a little too young. If you really have ambitions, you are not old, and you have no ambition to live for a hundred years, but Zhang Shi has such a ability at such an age, which is really amazing" The eyes of a Confucian student with a gray beard and a wrinkled face were full of amazement and shock.

"Master Zhang is the reincarnation of a celestial being, and he specializes in saving us, so it is natural that he has some miracles," a thin scholar said with a fanatical face.