The first thousand four hundred and fifteen chapters
"Brother Xu, I hope Brother Xu will not refuse these fifty taels of silver. I hope Brother Xu can prepare for the exam carefully and not distract himself from the daily necessities. In fact, Ping An should have given out more silver taels, but Ping An
He is responsible for organizing the army and leading the militia to fight against the Japanese. It costs countless money and food. It is really powerless. I hope Brother Xu will not dislike it."
After drinking and eating, Zhu Pingan took out a fifty-tael silver note from his sleeve, handed it to Xu Wei with both hands, and said seriously.
"How could it be, how could it be..." Xu Wei didn't mean to refuse at all. He immediately stretched out his greasy paws and took away the banknote from Zhu Pingan's hand. His small eyes narrowed into a slit when he smiled.
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Liu Dadao was heartbroken when he saw Xu Wei taking away the silver notes without being polite at all. He knew that all the money Zhu Pingan had was invested in military expenses, and these fifty taels of silver were the only emergency money left.
"Brother Xu, before we say goodbye, I would like to say one more word to you. I hope Brother Xu won't be surprised." Zhu Ping'an cupped his hands and said.
"As long as you don't want the fifty taels of silver back, you can say whatever you want." Xu Wei stuffed the fifty taels of silver notes deep into his arms, then waved his hand and said with a generous smile on his fat face.
"Ping'an is actually a repetitive person." Zhu Ping'an said in a dumbfounded voice.
"Haha, it's okay if you just say it." Xu Wei grinned.
"Brother Xu may not like to hear this, but Ping An still has to say it. I hope Brother Xu will pay attention..." Zhu Ping'an cupped his hands and reminded Xu Wei, "The most important thing in the imperial examination is
Eight-part composition. Eight-part composition is to interpret the meaning of the scriptures and speak on behalf of the saints. There must be no opinions that deviate from the sacred teachings and the Four Books and Five Classics. Brother Xu’s understanding of the Four Books and Five Classics is far beyond ordinary people, but in the imperial examination, he still failed
You need to restrain yourself, and don’t contradict the sage’s views or contradict the sage’s wishes.”
All in all, in short, Zhu Pingan wanted to remind Xu Wei not to bring personal belongings during the imperial examination.
The fundamental reason why Xu Wei failed in the imperial examination was that his thinking was too advanced and contradicted many of the words of saints such as Confucius and Mencius.
Maybe he didn't notice it during the exam, or maybe he noticed it, but didn't control his thoughts; maybe he noticed it, and controlled it, but couldn't hide it between the lines. No matter what the reason is, if you are in the imperial examination
If there is some private information in the essay, no matter how good your writing is, you will still get a zero score.
Since Xu Wei is now focused on taking the imperial examination, Zhu Ping'an, as a friend, has the responsibility and obligation to remind Xu Wei, asking him to pay attention and pay attention, be careful and be careful, and not make similar problems again.
"Haha, this is the most basic point of stereotyped writing, of course I know it." Xu Wei couldn't help laughing when he heard this, with a familiar expression on his face. He thought Zhu Pingan was going to say something, but he didn't expect this.
"I hope Brother Xu will remember this." After Zhu Pingan repeatedly warned him, he said goodbye to Xu Wei and left.
"Okay, okay, remember, remember."
Behind Zhu Pingan, Xu Wei waved his hand perfunctorily, not taking Zhu Pingan's words to heart at all.
Even though I took the imperial examination, I still know this.
How could I, Xu Wei, make such a simple mistake? I, Xu Wei, know the meaning of the saint all too well...
In fact, Zhu Pingan was already tipsy when he came out of Xu Wei's house. After all, his drinking capacity was not very good. Although the alcohol content of the rice wine was a little lower, after drinking five or six glasses of wine with Xu Wei, Zhu Pingan couldn't help but feel tipsy.
Walking back on the street, it was already dusk. The sun had already set. There was only the afterglow in the western sky. The breeze was blowing, which was very cool. It made Zhu Ping'an's slightly hot face feel much better.
"Japanese pirates invaded Taizhou again. They sailed for several miles, attacked cities and towns, and killed and captured residents. The local people were devastated..."
"No, it's too tragic. I heard that one county was attacked by Japanese pirates, and the county magistrate was killed."
At this moment, people were coming and going on the street, and suddenly the voices of passers-by talking came to Zhu Pingan's ears.
Japanese pirates invade Taizhou again, and the county town is captured...
After these keywords reached Zhu Pingan's ears, Zhu Pingan suddenly broke into a cold sweat and his drunkenness disappeared.
"Brother, I'm sorry, do you know what the situation is in Jingnan County?"
Zhu Ping'an broke into a cold sweat and quickly caught up with the passers-by, apologizing and asking eagerly.
Zhu Ping'an had just come from Jingnan to take up his post. He had been a county magistrate in Jingnan for such a long time. His feelings for Jingnan were not ordinary deep, and his feelings for the people of Jingnan were not ordinary deep either. If he could not help but care, he would be in trouble.
"Jingnan? Little brother, I'm sorry, I don't know Jingnan's situation. I just heard about it."
"have no idea."
Several pedestrians shook their heads, not knowing Jingnan's situation.
"Who are the counties that were attacked just now?" Zhu Pingan asked again.
"It seems to be Linhai or Taiping. I don't remember it very clearly. We heard it through hearsay. If you really want to know, I suggest you go to the teahouse in front and ask. That's where we heard about it."
The pedestrian replied.
"Thank you, thank you so much." Zhu Pingan thanked them with his hands in hand.
People are a little selfish to some extent. When he heard passers-by say that the county that had been breached was Linhai County or Taiping County, Zhu Ping'an felt sorry for both counties, but he also breathed a sigh of relief. It wasn't Jingnan, but luckily it wasn't.
Jingnan......
After thanking the passerby, Zhu Ping'an took Liu Mu and Liu Dadao to the teahouse directed by the passerby - Yihuchun Teahouse.
Zhu Pingan entered the teahouse and found that there were many people in the teahouse. In the middle of the table was the storyteller, who was talking about what happened to Taizhou. Zhu Pingan borrowed ten coins from Liu Mu and ordered a pot of the most popular teahouse.
Cheap tea, the three of them sat there and listened to what Mr. Shu said.
After listening for about a cup of tea, Zhu Ping'an almost understood the situation of the Japanese invasion in Taizhou.
The Japanese pirates who invaded Taizhou this time were Chen Dong, the big leader under Wang Zhi. He seduced and assembled nearly ten thousand Japanese pirates to invade eastern Zhejiang. They landed in the Xiangshan and Zhoushan areas of Zhejiang. Taizhou was not their only destination. After landing, they divided their forces.
Four groups of rogue bandits invaded the four prefectures of Taizhou, Wenzhou, Ningbo and Shaoxing. This time, the Japanese bandits committed robbing crimes. It was a passing robbery. The attack area was wide and the impact was great. However, they did not focus on attacking the city, and the attack was just a trial.
Linhai County was relatively unlucky in nature of the attack. Under a tentative attack by the Japanese pirates, the county seat was captured and the county magistrate was killed.
Zhu Pingan specifically asked the storyteller how the situation in Jingnan was. The storyteller only knew that Jingnan was the county with the least casualties in Taizhou. As for the specific casualties, he did not know.
Although he did not know the specific casualties in Jingnan, Zhu Pingan was relieved to hear that Jingnan was the county with the least damage.