Chapter 15 People in Song Dynasty are always in compromise
"This Fan's surname is Fan. Think about who else in the Song Dynasty is named Fan?"
Su Yanming chuckled.
Xu Hanliang scratched his head, and a look of horror suddenly appeared on his face: "Fan Zhongyan lived for more than 150 years?"
Su Yanming wanted to laugh, but held it back.
I feel that if I smiled this time, all the merits I gained from burning incense and worshiping Buddha in the first half of my life would probably be wiped out by this smile.
"Mr. Fan is the direct grandson of Duke Wen Zheng and the son of Duke Chun Ren."
After hearing the identity of the old man, Xu Hanliang suddenly realized.
He is from the Fan family.
Fan, Fan family?!
Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, the influence of the gentry has obviously not been as terrifying as that of the Tang Dynasty.
Under the operation of the founding emperor, the strength of the gentry was greatly weakened, but this did not mean that there were no gentry.
The Fan family was a rare noble family in the Song Dynasty.
Not to mention Fan Wenzheng's influence, even after his death nearly a hundred years ago, he is still the spiritual belief of the reformists in the DPRK and China.
Fan Zhongyan's second son, Fan Chunren, also served as prime minister in two dynasties and had great influence.
The third son, Fan Chunli, would most likely have been granted the title of Marquis and Prime Minister if it had not been for the influence of the "Yuanyou traitor case".
Even if there were not, having one sect and two prime ministers would be respected by many aristocratic families.
Unlike Wang Anshi's toughness, Fan Chongyan has a good reputation among both reformists and conservatives.
Especially after Wang Anshi's reform was implemented, Fan Zhongyan's reputation increased.
As the writer said, the temperament of the Song Dynasty people always likes to reconcile and compromise.
For example, if you say that this room is too dark and you need to open a window here, no one will allow it.
But if you advocate removing the roof, they will mediate and be willing to open the windows.
Although the Fan family is no longer in glory now, the government, whether they are reformists or conservatives, will give the Fan family a face.
It can be said that Mr. Fan is one of the few people from Fan Zhongyan’s direct grandson who can survive to this day.
Although he offended Cai Jing and now Xianfu is at home, there is still the possibility of recalling him to the court.
Many people are willing to give away Mr. Fan's face. If they really build a good relationship with him, they might be able to fish out that cheap father!
Although Xu Hanliang is proficient in history, Mr. Fan probably has no great achievements.
Otherwise, you should have heard some of it yourself.
But there are not many people who can leave their names in history. They are either loyal and brave people, or they are treacherous and evil people.
"Thank you, Chief Su Shan, for reminding me."
Xu Hanliang thanked Su Yanming.
"Your father and I are candidates for the same examination, so we should naturally take care of you." Su Yanming straightened his beard and said, "However, the follow-up depends on your performance."
After Xu Hanliang thanked him again, Su Yanming slowly left.
The reason why he mentioned Xu Hanliang was not only because of his father, but also because of Xu Hanliang's two lines of poems that have been widely circulated.
Xu Hanliang did not stay in the academy for too long, but took all the books that were left there in the academy back home.
After bidding farewell to Li Zhongwen, Xu Hanliang happily entered the house.
Xu Hanliang had almost forgotten about buying scriptures yesterday.
There happened to be some in the academy, so he took it back.
In this era, woodblock printing was already very mature, so the price of books naturally dropped.
Although movable type printing has not yet been popularized, Xu Hanliang is not ready to mess with it.
Compared with woodblock printing, movable type printing is actually not much cheaper, and it is impossible to make any profit from it.
Moreover, Xu Hanliang was not willing to make money from those poor scholars, but wanted to make money from those who had money.
Opening the textbooks of the Song Dynasty, the first one is "New Meanings of the Three Classics" written by Wang Anshi.
Although now all those with vested interests in the dynasty hate Wang Anshi with itch.
But they couldn't bear to let go of many of the political and cultural legacies left over from Wang Anshi's period.
"New Meanings of the Three Classics" is one of them.
Nowadays, there are only a few Jinshi subjects, mainly poetry, classics and theory.
It has to be said that these things are extremely challenging for memory.
The young mother, who was still busy at home, was a little surprised when she saw Xu Hanliang returning home and studying.
However, adhering to the concept that readers should not be disturbed, I did not say much.
As Xu Hanliang began to study, a strange thing happened.
Xu Hanliang believed that his memory in the past was actually not that good.
But now after reading a page of the book, the contents of the book are imprinted in my mind like an ax and a chisel.
It was a thick book with new meanings in the Three Classics. In just a few hours, Xu Hanliang seemed to have memorized it all in his mind.
Just turn a page and you can even remember the content of that page.
"I'm going, God!"
Xu Hanliang closed the page of the book heavily and exclaimed.
A large part of the imperial examination competition itself is memory.
Secondly, the policy theory competition is about the ability to understand policies and one's own political sense.
Of course, there is no need to say much about poems and poems. There are countless poems and poems in my mind that have not appeared in this era.
Any article you pick out is an extremely excellent piece of work.
Originally, Xu Hanliang had high hopes for the imperial examination, but not much.
But now it seems that my future plans should be more flexible.
Although his memory is super strong, Xu Hanliang is still a little sleepy after reading for so long.
The sky outside the window has dimmed, and under the dim light, Xu Hanliang is writing quickly with a piece of paper.
Seeing her son's hard work through the window, the young lady's face showed an expression of admiration.
Zhiniang is literate. When Xu Hanliang was still a child, Zhiniang followed him.
Although I don't know many words, I still have no problem with basic reading and writing.
Contrary to what Zhimiang thought, what Xu Hanliang wrote was not a righteous article, but a novel.
In this era, novels are still unpopular.
As the saying goes, Tang poetry, Song lyrics, Yuan opera, Ming novels, and Qing treaties.
There is still a small age difference between Song poetry and Ming novels.
The novel written by Xu Hanliang is called "The Story of Cui Yingying Waiting for the Moon in the West Chamber".
Because of his enhanced memory, even things he had seen in his previous life were now deeply engraved in his mind.
Xu Hanliang originally practiced calligraphy in his spare time, so he simply switched from practicing calligraphy to writing novels.
On weekdays, if the young lady is bored at home, she can read a novel.
Xu Hanliang originally wanted to write some books about the domineering scholar falling in love with me and the scholar and I in our twenties and thirties.
I was also worried that something so ahead of its time would be somewhat inappropriate, so I changed it to The West Chamber.
For women, "The Romance of the West Chamber" shouldn't be too ugly.
In the Song Dynasty, where the commodity economy was extremely developed, culture and entertainment were even more abundant.
In fact, novels have already appeared in the market, but most of them are fantasy novels, which are really not attractive to women.