At Ouyang Xiu's residence, Hu Su and Cai Xiang stood in the yard and looked at the sky. Cai Xiang shouted into the room: "Uncle Yong, this is a good weather, why are you hiding in the room if you don't go out for a trip? It was still fine in the museum just now, don't pretend to be sick!"

Ouyang Xiu in the study was about to say that he was sick, but when he heard Cai Xiang's last sentence, he had to swallow his words back into his stomach and said in a muffled voice: "You just go, I'll study at home by myself!"

Cai Xiang laughed out loud: "Uncle Yong is still yelling with Xu Huaijiao? If you have something to say, I respect you as a man! But if someone talks about it, you will be resentful and look down on you like a woman!"

Hu Su also said: "Xu Waijian, the minister, what you said at that time was indeed over. Xu Waijian was just enlightened and did not do anything to you. It was rare to be generous. The ancients took the blame for the blame. Speaking of which, you should go to Xu's mansion to thank the waiting family. How could you hide in such a way and dare not see anyone?"

After becoming a Jinshi in the eighth year of Tiansheng, Ouyang Xiu became the Jinshi of the Secretariat and was promoted to the post of Xijing as the proofreader of the Secretariat. He was promoted to the Dali judge and the proofreader of the Pavilion. I remember that when Xu Ping first passed the imperial examination, he was appointed as the chief general and the chief magistrate of Yongzhou, which was higher than the current Ouyang Xiu's official rank. According to the order of official qualifications, Ouyang Xiu had to take two or six exams to be the chief magistrate. Now, the two are one in the sky and the other underground. If it were not for Ouyang Xiu's status in the literary world, Xu Ping could have been regarded as the teachings of superiors to the subordinates at that time. To put it bluntly, ordinary small officials of this level would not have a chance to teach Xu Ping a few words.

In the eyes of Hu Su and others, Ouyang Xiu had any face in front of Xu Ping? Without face, he would naturally not lose face. He just listen carefully and do whatever he should do.

Ouyang Xiu didn't think so. In the first year of Tiansheng, he was the first time to be awarded the Suizhou trial at the age of sixteen. At that time, the article was very good, especially the sentence "The snake inside fights but the snake outside is injured, the new ghost is big but the ghost is small" was passed down for a while. He was dismissed by accident and was dismissed, but he became famous.

In the fifth year of Tiansheng, Ouyang Xiu passed the Examination Examination and failed the provincial examination. That year, Ouyang Xiu met Xu Ping for the first time and was in the same exam room with him. As a result, Xu Ping, who was three years younger than him, was not ranked high in high school, passed the palace examination smoothly. When he was still on the show, he showed a first-class Jinshi.

After Ouyang Xiu failed, he was appreciated by noble people. First, Xu Yan married his daughter to her and taught him personally, so that he could make his knowledge progress. In the eighth year of Tiansheng, he passed the imperial examination and was appreciated by Qian Weiyan when he arrived in Luoyang. He was friends with Yin Zhu and others. His literary style changed and he achieved great results, and he was in the limelight for a while.

After Mrs. Xu passed away, she was appreciated by Yang Daya, a doctor in the Ministry of War, and married her daughter to him.

After that, Qian Weiyan was demoted and Wang Shu was in charge of Henan Prefecture. Ouyang Xiu was appreciated by Wang Shu and recommended him to the hall.

It can be said that Ouyang Xiu has been smooth sailing over the past decade, and has noble people helping him all the way. In addition, the flattery of literati colleagues, he is inevitably arrogant and has a very high spirit. Ouyang Xiu's literary style is as ancient as he learns Han Yu's articles. In fact, he not only learned Han Yu's articles, but also took Han Yu's responsibility at this time to inherit the sages' traditions and create a new style of Confucianism.

Han Yu banned Buddhism, Ouyang Xiu also banned Buddhism, and he went further and wanted to cut off the roots of Buddhist thought. After the Northern Song Dynasty, Confucianism completely overwhelmed Buddhism, and Ouyang Xiu's contribution was the best. Han Yu preached the ritual, respected Mencius, and Ouyang Xiu was the same. He denounced other schools of Confucianism as pseudo-learning and spared no effort to criticize articles.

He was appreciated by noble people and was famous all over the world. He also took responsibility for his successor to the saints. At this time, Ouyang Xiu could be said to be arrogant and looked down on the world without any children. Suddenly, Xu Ping criticized him and said it, but he pointed it at his painful feet. He really didn't understand the learning of saving the world. He wanted to refute it but didn't know where to start.

Cai Xiang and Hu Su were outside, saying one by one, and it seemed that Ouyang Xiu would not leave if he didn't go out.

Ouyang Xiu sighed, looked at the eight words he hung in the study when he came back that day, "Because he was confused, he made people clear", and shook his head. Mencius was Mencius. Thousands of years later, a sentence made people unable to raise their heads.

If you don’t understand, you still want people to understand. Isn’t this nonsense? If you can say something about money, can Xu Ping still say that? It seems that you will really have to work hard on these ways to save the world in the future.

After sorting out his clothes and hats, Ouyang Xiu left the door and said to Cai Xiang and Hu Su: "You two have been waiting for a long time."

Cai Xiang smiled and said, "You are usually the thickest, why can't you be so worried this time? Tell you that Xu Waijian is not in the mansion, so he took people back to the village in Zhongmu. We went to his mansion for a party, so you don't have to worry that he called you over and talk about it. There are scenery and delicious food in the mansion. Xu Chang and others in his family treated us very well. Where can I find such a place in the capital?"

Hu Su interrupted: "To be honest, Xu Waizhi is really good to us, the staff of the museum. If Uncle Yong had not said too much a few days ago, Xu Waizhi would not be angry with you."

"Let's go, let's go. In addition to Fan Waijian, Xu Waijian is the best choice for you to speak. Uncle Yong, you can also talk to yourself in the future. Don't say anything but your brain!"

Cai Xiang said as he pulled Ouyang Xiu toward the door.

After hearing this, Ouyang Xiu couldn't believe it was said from Cai Xiang. He was just talking but Cai Xiang was not qualified to say this? At least he went from discussing matters to discussing people. Cai Xiang didn't like anyone, so he started to criticize him directly, and he didn't even feel like presenting facts and reasoning. In the past, Cai Xiang was always afraid that the world would be in chaos when he was with Ouyang Xiu. Why did he change his personality this time? He should pay attention to his words when speaking?

At this time, Ouyang Xiu, who spoke rudely, was still not as good as Cai Xiang. Ouyang Xiu was good at writing and Cai Xiang had good calligraphy. The two of them liked to show off their airs. When Empress Dowager Liu was still there, Cai Xiang had just passed the Jinshi and wanted him to write a piece of calligraphy to make a screen in the palace, but Cai Xiang ignored it.

Ouyang Xiu was appreciated by noble people, but Cai Xiang didn't need it. Xianyou Cai family was a famous family in Jiangnan. Several Jinshi were no longer enough to describe his family. There were countless officials in the court. Cai Xiang's son had the first place in the imperial examination and ranked tenth in the palace examination at the age of nineteen. Except for Ouyang Xiu who was the provincial governor, he was both inferior to Ouyang Xiu and the palace examination.

The two of them are both arrogant and speak without any scruples. No one can say anything about this. The difference is that Cai Xiang does not regard himself as a contemporary Han Yu, does not guide the country in academic thoughts, and does not cause trouble everywhere like Ouyang Xiu.

Anyone who said that I was acceptable, Ouyang Xiu felt that it was really reckless this time. But I never expected that even Cai Xiang, a person who could speak better than me, could criticize him?

What kind of world is this? This time I offended Xu Ping, why did I feel that everything around me has changed?
Chapter completed!