"Is this the reason why you passed the provincial examination twice but did not take part in the palace examination?"
Zhu Yunxi looked at Jing Qing with bright eyes and asked.
The Confucian scholars of this era were completely different from the stereotyped scholars of later generations, as if they were all carved out of the same mold. They were all really strong in personality, hard-boned, and iron-headed.
Jingqing may have realized that he had made a mistake, and Tiexuan had pulled him nervously just now, which made him unwilling to say more.
Li Jinglong laughed at the side and said, "My dear brother, it's okay to say it. There are no outsiders here. Who can talk about it?" He continued to laugh and said, "Besides, my cousin has a higher status than me.
Guigui, you can talk to the palace, if you think what you said is reasonable, it would be a good thing to go back and tell others, isn't it?"
Jing Qing looked at Zhu Yunxi, whose eyes were clear and encouraging.
Looking at Tie Xuan again, his expression changed to one of agreement.
At that moment, he said loudly, "That's not entirely true. The first time is that my mother is in poor health, and I have to fulfill my filial piety at home."
"Everyone in the world regards filial piety as more important than the sky. But for the sake of filial piety, how many people in the past and present have given up the palace examination, the leaping through the dragon gate to get promoted, and the high official and generous salary? How many people in the past and present have been able to do it?" Zhu Yunxi raised his hand.
Wine Glass, "This matter should come to light!"
The word filial piety means higher than the sky.
However, it is rarely done well!
A glass of wine, everyone drank it together.
"What about the second time?" Zhu Yunxi filled a glass for Jing Qing with his own hands and continued.
Jingqing bowed and thanked him, and said, "For the second time, I'm too angry!" He said with a bitter smile, "This is the second time I'm going to take the test in Zhongxiang, and I wanted to go to the capital palace to take the test...
....."
At this time, Xie Jin shook his head and said, "Tsk, tsk, look at the two consecutive provincial examinations, and they are all Jie Yuan, this is a talented person!"
Hearing this, Yang Shiqi suddenly blushed.
Zhu Yunxi glanced at Jin, who immediately lowered his eyebrows and drank without interrupting.
"Before entering Beijing, Mr. Zhang, the right governor of Shaanxi Xuezheng, hosted a banquet for the scholars!" Jing Qing continued, "During the dinner, Mr. Zhang and I discussed Confucianism and had quite a dispute!"
Zhang Yunzhao, a scholar in Shaanxi, has some impressions of Zhu Yunxi. He was a student from Jiangnan and Zhejiang, and he was a die-hard supporter of the so-called Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism. He was quite aristocratic in the court and was quite popular.
"What are you arguing about?" Zhu Yunxi continued to ask with a smile, "But you said Neo-Confucianism is not good?"
"Neo-Confucianism began in the Song Dynasty. It has been passed down for generations and has gathered the talents of all the sages and masters. It is naturally good and excellent!" Jing Qing said hurriedly, "I have also studied the scriptures of Neo-Confucianism, but my experience is completely different from that of Master Zhang!"
"Master Zhang likes to talk freely, and he always talks about the Three Cardinal Principles and Five Constant Rules, as well as the ethics of the world."
"But I feel that whether it is Neo-Confucianism, Han Confucianism, or Tang Confucianism, the basic core of what is said is that a scholar must be magnanimous and perseverant, and a scholar must be upright and unyielding!"
"Actually, I didn't say anything, but Zhang Xuezheng was very unhappy!"
Thinking of this, Zhu Yunxi could also imagine why the Xue Zheng Association in a province was unhappy.
It is a good thing to host a banquet for these high school students. It is also a good thing to talk about knowledge, but there is this stupid young man who has an argument with his scholar in public.
In the world, ordinary leaders always say that everyone can speak freely.
But actually the implication is, shut the fuck up and listen to me.
I said, you applaud.
"Zhang Xuezheng said, don't read these superficial things when you are studying."
"I say this because I have studied deeply, so I say this!"
"The Neo-Confucian classics were not written by one person, but students only memorize Zhu Xi's annotations. If this continues, won't all students in the world come from the same mold?"
"A scholar should be ambitious and strive for self-improvement. This is not just rhetoric!"
"Furthermore, the so-called scholars should be diligent in state affairs, not just moral education!"
As he spoke, Jingqing suddenly became a little angry, "What's a small thing, starving to death, and a big thing if you lose your moral integrity? Fortunately, they can say it, it's simply... moral education, is this kind of education?
? It is immoral for a widow to remarry? Scholars all over the world have read their books into the belly of dogs. They do not do business all day long. They talk about their family and the world, but their eyes are only focused on women remarrying. It is really unreasonable!"
"This statement should be brought to light again!" Zhu Yunxi continued to laugh.
It should be noted that the social atmosphere has always been very tolerant, including in the Song Dynasty. The daughters-in-law of prime ministers in the Song Dynasty often remarried after their husbands died. Wang Anshi’s daughter-in-law Chongshi, Yue Fei’s ex-wife Liu, and Lu You’s ex-wife Tang Wan all remarried others. For example,
The queen of Renzong of Lian Song Dynasty......
Remarrying is human ethics.
These Taoist scholars put what they consider to be so-called morality above human ethics and force people to accept it.
But having said that, Neo-Confucianism is not all bad, what is bad is the human heart.
Neo-Confucianism originated in the Song Dynasty but flourished in the Yuan Dynasty.
Probably because Neo-Confucianism has one thing that is extremely beneficial to rulers, that is, the great righteousness of monarch and ministers it promotes surpasses the debate between Hua and Yi in the theories of the past dynasties.
Jing Qing drank half the cup and continued with a wry smile, "Actually, I was just thinking hard at the moment and was arguing endlessly with Zhang Xuezheng. Later, Zhang Xuezheng seemed a little annoyed, so he said to me, you are in charge of students in Shaanxi, if you go to the capital, students from Jiangnan
The gathering place is a bit unsatisfactory!"
Zhu Yunxi was surprised and said with a smile, "Although you and I have known each other for a short time, it seems to me that you are a bit arrogant. The more he says this, the more competitive you should be, and you must get the top spot in the palace examination."
, why didn’t you take part in the imperial examination?”
Jing Qing laughed a few times and said, "I thought so at the beginning, but Zhang Xuezheng also said that the court's top priority in recruiting scholars is virtue. I am so frivolous and like to get into trouble, so I may not please the examiner!"
"He also said that all the high officials in the court were from the South. Those who set the questions from the Ministry of Rites, those who graded the papers from the Hanlin Academy, those who invigilated the exams, those who took the exams, and those who reviewed the exams were all Southerners, and they were all disciples of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism. I passed the provincial examination, but I failed
You may not be able to pass the imperial examination."
"So in a fit of anger, I said some things I shouldn't have said!"
"What exactly did you say?" Zhu Yunxi asked with a smile.
"I would like to say that at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, all high-ranking officials were from Huai, but now they are all men. Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism used partial generalizations to shackle people's hearts. It's okay not to participate in such an imperial examination!"
Hearing this, Zhu Yunxi's face instantly dropped.
At the same time, after Jing Qing finished speaking, Tie Xuan suddenly added, "Later, Zhang Xuezheng wrote to the emperor, saying that brother Jing Xian ignored everyone who did not participate in the imperial examination and regarded the court's talent acquisition as child's play. The emperor was furious and punished brother Jing Xian for ten years.
Can’t take the imperial examination!”
At this moment, Zhu Yunxi's face became even more ugly.
"It's over, the old Taoist surnamed Zhang will be in trouble!" Li Jinglong looked at Zhu Yunxi's face and thought to himself. Then he looked at Tie Xuan and said in his heart, "They say that biting dogs don't bark. It's true.
.Lao Tie is not a man of many words on weekdays, but when he does speak, he speaks right to the point. He is so sure and ruthless!"
The reason why Zhu Yunxi looked so bad was precisely because of what Jing Qing said, that all high-ranking officials were from the South.
To put it in detail, most of the officials in places such as the Inspectorate, Hanlin Academy and Yushitai are Jiangnan officials.
This involves an issue, forming associations and forming parties!
The demise of the Ming Dynasty was due to party struggle and party formation!