And she also knows that Tianjimen has no other financial sources, and she is not like Shaolin, Wudang and other sects have an endless stream of pilgrims every year, and the "sesame oil money" donated by pilgrims and good men and women alone is enough to maintain the operation of the sect.

Tianjimen is not like Huashan, which has its own industrial chain around it.

There is nothing in the Tianji Gate.

Murong Zheng said: "This is the silver that I supplied to the five major sects, what do you think is the reason why they are willing to let me go this time?" That is, I have provided enough silver, if I share my benefits with them, they will be quiet, and the main reason why Tianyu Gongzi and Guo Yang's martial arts status has been recognized by them is that they have provided enough silver." The five major sects, the elders of the martial arts, is the martial arts alliance to maintain the stability of the martial arts?"

"To put it bluntly, the Martial Arts League is just a bureaucracy, for them, it doesn't matter who the leader of the Martial Arts Alliance and the leader of the big forces is, the important thing is whether they can get the same treatment as before. ”

"The fundamental reason why they rebelled against me is that I cut off their financial connections and made them stretched, so they will come to remove me as the leader of the martial arts alliance under the banner of maintaining the stability of the martial arts, Qiqi, you have been deceived by these hypocrites. ”

"Besides, what is the difference between this kind of behavior of letting other forces supply these big forces and collecting protection money from local ruffians in the countryside? Therefore, I want to break the monopoly of the five major sects on the rivers and lakes, and only in this way can the rivers and lakes become a whole then there will be no more such things. ”

Lan Qi is speechless now, she originally wanted to persuade Murong Zheng to turn back this time, but Murong Zheng was about to convince her, is this the truth?

Seeing Lan Qi's dazed expression, Murong Zheng knew that he was about to convince her.

But Lan Qi is not a person without any thoughts, she said: "This is all an excuse for your inflated desire for power, if you unify the martial arts, and the martial arts become a whole, then it will form an opposition to the imperial court, in that case, the martial arts and the imperial court will have a direct conflict." ”

Murong Zheng smiled: "But so what? The current court is unfair, and it should be criticized. ”

Lan Qixiu's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and she said, "You want to rebel?"

Murong Zheng shook his head and took out a few books from his bookshelf, he handed the book to Lan Qi, Lan Qi looked at the cover of the book, and some of the contents inside, these books are very ordinary books, books that can be bought in any bookstore, these books are "University", "The Mean", "Analects", "Mencius", "Book of Songs", "Book of Rites", "Zhou Yi", "Spring and Autumn".

And these books are our common "Four Books and Five Classics". It is also the mainstream book of this era, and it is also a necessary book for the imperial examination and fame. Lan Qi only dabbled in these books slightly, unlike Lou Yun and Murong Zheng, Nangong Li, and they were so memorable that they could recite them throughout.

Lan Qi picked up the book and flipped through it casually, then asked, "Why are you asking me to read this?" There seems to be nothing wrong with these books, there is no forbidden content, and they can be bought at any time in the bookstore. ”

Murong Zheng sat down, and he said, "That's true, these books can indeed be bought at any bookstore at any time. These are just ordinary books. But Kiki, have you noticed what these books are?"

Lan Qi put the book down, she said: "This is just the Four Books and Five Classics, my master also taught me when I was a child, and my favorite is this Book of Poetry, which has many articles and beautiful style. My favorite is the one "Pu Jia", you know this. ”

Murong Zheng said: "Of course I know this, I also copied one for you at the beginning, but this is not the point, and these books have been listed by the emperor as special books for the imperial examination many years ago. I once took the imperial examination, Qiqi, do you know what Baguwen is?"

Lan Qi shook his head at this time and said, "I don't know, is it eight articles?"

Murong Zheng sighed and shook his head and said: "The eight-strand essay refers to the eight parts of the article, that is, it must be written in accordance with these eight parts, these eight parts are to break the topic, inherit the topic, start to speak, start, start the shares, middle shares, back shares, and bundle shares. The content of the Bagu article must be in the tone of Confucius and Mencius' 'sages', and it is absolutely not allowed to play freely, and the length of the sentence, the complexity and simplicity of the words, and the pitch of the voice must also be relatively written, and the number of words is also limited. ”

"At the beginning, the main idea is revealed, which is 'breaking the problem'. Then it is elaborated on the basis of the above, which is called 'inheriting the topic'. Then the discussion begins, and it is called 'talking'. Then it is 'start', as a breakthrough to lead to the text after the beginning of the lecture. The following is divided into four paragraphs: "starting shares", "middle shares", "back shares" and "bundle shares", and in each paragraph, there are two strands of dual text, a total of eight shares, so it is called eight strands. ”

Listening to Murong Zheng's endless talk, Lan Qi was confused, it was not that she had poor comprehension, it was just that she was a woman and had never been exposed to such a thing as the imperial examination, and the status of women in this era has not been very high, of course, except for Zhu Yunchang, although Zhu Yunchang has banned human trafficking, and the status of women has been appropriately improved, but it is still not fundamentally pulled out.

For example, in this imperial examination, in this era, women's lack of talent is the mainstream of morality, except for Nangong Li, Qiu Yuling, a young lady from a family who has gone to her own private school, other civilian women except for those who have entered the various major schools, the rest have basically not received the corresponding education, let alone recite this book throughout, and some don't know even the words.

Women's right to education, let alone the right to participate in the imperial examinations, has not been universalized.

Lan Qi asked, "What the hell are you trying to say?" I don't understand what you're saying. ”

Murong Zheng sighed and shook his head, he said: "Forget it, these boil down to one sentence, the questions in the imperial examination are directly taken from the Four Books and Five Classics, and they must be answered in the tone of Confucius and Mencius." You can't express your own opinions. Otherwise, it is unqualified. ”

Lan Qi thought for a while and said, "Isn't this very good? Those who want to gain fame only need to study the Four Books and Five Classics." After that, as long as you learn to answer in the tone of the sage, you can get the title of the gold list. As long as you work hard, study hard, and answer questions like a stream, then you can 'spring breeze proudly, and see all the Chang'an flowers in one day. ’”

Murong Zheng said: "No, this is the most dangerous, if everyone goes to participate in the imperial examination in order to gain fame, then our country will be in danger, and we can't let our students take the exam for the sake of the exam." If this continues, they will not have their own opinions, which is an act of shackling the mind and harming talents. ”

"The eight strands of literature implemented by the emperor are no less than the book burning pit of Qin Shi Huang. However, I think that the harm of the Baguwen is far greater than that of burning books and pit Confucianism, and it will harm future generations with infinite poison. ”

(End of chapter)