Li Yanchen shouted with great enthusiasm, causing the singing and dancing in the room to stop.
"What kind of etiquette is this?" Just when Jingqing was confused, he suddenly saw Cao Guogong Li Jinglong, Xie Jin and Tie Xuan all standing up seriously, and Tie Xuan even pulled him calmly.
I saw a young man with a long body and a face like a crown of jade coming in with a smile.
"Everyone, I've been a bad guest and disturbed your enjoyment!" The young man cupped his hands and said with a smile.
"What are you talking about?" Li Jinglong stepped forward and said, "We are all our own people, so how can we talk about being a bad guest?"
With that said, he actually welcomed the young man to the main seat.
Xie Jin also smiled and said, "Since we are guests, we should treat you as the best."
Tie Xuan didn't know what to say for a moment, so he could only bow his hands.
"Since we are here to have fun, why bother with so many gifts!"
Cousin Huang was naturally Zhu Yunxi, and he became the focus of the room as soon as he entered.
Jing Qing looked at him from the side and whispered to Tie Xuan, "Could it be that this cousin Huang is also a distinguished person with an identity?"
Tie Xuan asked, "How can we see it?"
"Look, silly brother, brother, you, Cao Guogong, and Xie Xueshi are all treating him..." Jing Qing said quite implicitly, and the subtext was that as soon as this person came in, the faces of the three of you changed.
Tie Xuan would not lie. He thought for a moment and said in a low voice, "Brother Xian is right. This cousin Huang is actually more valuable than Duke Cao Guogong." After saying that, he paused and said, "He is actually very powerful.
Okay, he has a generous temper and an open mind. After a while, my dear brother wants to get closer to him!"
Immediately, he confessed in a low voice, "Actually, I don't like to come to places like this, but people can't help themselves in the world. You and I are about to be released as officials. It will be of great help to have some assistants in the court!"
"Don't worry, stupid brother!" Jing Qing laughed in a low voice, "I'm not an idiot!"
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There is a lot of singing and dancing in the elegant room. The good thing about the singing and dancing in this place is that it does not compete with guests.
It can provide guests with visual enjoyment without affecting the sound of them talking to each other.
"Who is this?" Xie Jin looked at Yang Shiqi, who was sitting upright next to Li Jinglong, and asked, "It looks strange!"
"Bachelor Jie, late-born Yang Shiqi!" Yang Shiqi knew that the other party was a Hanlin bachelor who was a student of the emperor's grandson, so he did not dare to entrust him, so he said respectfully.
Unexpectedly, this behavior made Xie Jin a little unhappy, "Hey, I am a bachelor in private, but I don't have any real talent!"
"Bachelor is joking!" Yang Shiqi's face turned red, but his attitude remained respectful.
"Speaking of which, you two are from the same hometown! You are both from Ji'an, Jiangxi!" Li Jinglong said with a smile, "Shiqi is now a teacher in my house, teaching my incompetent son to read." He said and smiled again, "
Is he also a talented person in Jiangxi?"
"Are you also from Ji'an Prefecture?" As for whether you are close to someone from your hometown, Xie Jin was overjoyed when he heard that the other person was from his hometown. He shook his folding fan and said with a smile, "I didn't expect that I could meet my hometown people here today!" As he said,
Some sighed, "I haven't returned to my hometown for a long time!"
Then, he smiled and continued, "You are also a talented person, but why haven't I heard of it? Which academy are you from? Who is your master?"
He was a bit unruly by nature, a bit unrestrained based on his talents, and now he was a proud minister of the East Palace. In addition, he drank some wine, so his words were not too thoughtful.
These words made it clear that he wanted to embarrass the other party.
Yang Shiqi looked embarrassed and said in a low voice, "Wansheng traveled around the world in his early years and did not study in any academy!" After saying that, he paused and said, "Moreover, Wansheng has not yet been promoted to the imperial examination and does not have a teacher!"
"You didn't take the imperial examination?" Xie Jin asked curiously, "Did you fail the exam?"
What he said was another mistake of low emotional intelligence, which made people feel a little embarrassed.
"Yes, I was born late and stupid!" Yang Shiqi just felt embarrassed and said in a low voice, "I didn't succeed in the last year, so I stayed in the capital. Fortunately, Duke Cao appreciated me and continued to study hard while teaching, preparing to fight again in the autumn!"
"If you didn't pass the imperial examination, you can't be considered a talented person!" Xie Jin said, waving his fan, "In fact, now, the imperial examination in my Ming Dynasty has been extremely simple!"
As he spoke, he folded up his fan and continued, "The imperial examinations used to select scholars are nothing more than the teachings of the saints. But unlike the annotations of various schools in the previous dynasty, our dynasty only respects Zhu Xi!"
At this point, he picked up the wine glass, took a sip, and said with a smile, "As long as you memorize all Zhu Xi's annotations, don't make mistakes in the format during the imperial examination, and be neat and tidy yourself to make sure you don't make mistakes!"
"You must know that the country is currently short of officials! During the autumn examination this year, the Minister of Rites personally said that as long as they are close to each other, all the officials should be taken. Otherwise, there will be too many officials in the world, and in many places even the county magistrate will not be able to fill them.
superior!"
"The test questions are simple. The country is eager to select candidates for the country, and the selection of candidates is relaxed. If you don't get it, you..."
What he was talking about was something about which Zhu Yunxi was also worried.
Although the imperial examination is destined to be eliminated by the times, it is definitely not this era. Scholars in this era are still the best candidates to govern the world.
In the past few years, the old man's shortcomings of killing too many officials in his early years have been exposed.
There is actually a tendency among officials to be inactive, and there is an extreme shortage of basic local officials.
At this moment, Yang Shiqi's expression became more and more embarrassed, and he lowered his head.
"A momentary failure is nothing. Mr. Yang's wandering around as a young man reflects the sage's words, it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books!" Zhu Yunxi opened his mouth and said with a smile, "People suffer some setbacks when they are young.
It’s not a bad thing!” After saying that, he said to Xie Jin, “Besides, do you think everyone is like you, a young Jinshi and a proud man?”
After the words fell, Yang Shiqi could not be more grateful to Zhu Yunxi.
Jie Jin's casual words made him feel like he was falling into an ice cave. Because they were said in front of the emperor's grandson, if His Highness really keeps it in mind and has preconceptions, even if Yang Shiqi becomes the number one scholar in the future, he may not have great success.
future.
But at this moment, the emperor's grandson not only comforted him with words, but also helped him speak. Yang Shiqi's heart was really filled with excitement.
In fact, when it comes to Zhu Yunxi's impressions of Yang Shiqi, they are just average while being curious.
Historically, Yang Shiqi entered the official position a little later. During the Jianwen period, a Confucian scholar named Wang Shuying recommended him to Beijing to compile the true records of Taizu.
Later, Zhu Di was defeated and became emperor in Beijing. Yang Shiqi's official career was prosperous. He worked as an editor in the Hanlin Academy and became an important minister of the country.
The Confucian scholar Wang Shuying who recommended him committed suicide in a Taoist temple when Yongle ascended the throne. His wife committed suicide in prison, and two women threw themselves into a well. They can also be called loyal to the family. Moreover, his life
All his works and doctrines have been lost. Only some fragments of writing can be seen in the Sikuquanshu of the Qing Dynasty.
To put it in detail, this matter actually has nothing to do with Yang Shiqi. Everyone has different choices, and we cannot hold everyone to the same moral standards.
"Also, you are such a arrogant person!" Zhu Yunxi continued to smile at Xie Jin, "What about easy test questions and loose selection of materials? That's nonsense!" He said with a smile, "If you are the superior of yours, you will be in Zhongshushe
If they hear what you say, they will pull your skin out!"
Xie Jin smiled and didn't take it seriously.
Not only that, Jing Qing, who was standing next to him, suddenly said, "Just now, Bachelor Jie said that the test questions were simple and the selection of subjects was relaxed, which is true!"
Zhu Yunxi looked over with curious eyes, and Jingqing continued, "In my opinion, the imperial examination eight-part essay set by the emperor actually crucifies scholars!"
"The knowledge of a saint should be like a hundred flowers blooming, so why do we only respect Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism?"
"From the perspective of a late student, Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism mostly talked about general ethics and was regionally paranoid, which was a bit unrealistic."
"Scholars under this concept are more hypocritical and empty-headed than pragmatic!"
"My dynasty only respects Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism and uses it to recruit scholars. If things go on like this, scholars all over the world will talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality. Then..."
"To put it bluntly, if ordinary people can become officials by preaching ethics, righteousness, and morality, then everyone will inevitably pretend to be a saint. But who will do the actual work and do the facts!"
"Brother, shut up!" Jingqing kept talking, and Tiexuan was shocked.
However, Xie Jin applauded and applauded, as if he was reluctant to meet again.
"This scene is so clear and bold!" Zhu Yunxi thought to himself.
The eight-legged examination system for selecting scholars, and the exclusive respect for Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism were all decided by the old man against all odds. No one else dared to say it, but he dared to say it, and it was on this occasion.
At the moment, after wanting to watch for a moment, Zhu Yunxi smiled and said, "Is it possible that because you don't agree with the imperial court's method of selecting scholars, you were unwilling to take the imperial examination after winning the provincial examination twice?"