Peng County Lieutenant had some free time to drink tea. What he said about yamen errands was just an excuse. In fact, he had been sitting aside for a long time.
It's not that he doesn't want to please the old man. First of all, he is not good at poetry and classics. He can't get along with the old man and Wu Anshi. He is just a dwarf watching a play and following others. As the saying goes, it is better to hide one's humility than to show one's ugliness, Peng County Lieutenant
Just wait until the old man and the others have finished speaking before they come forward.
Someone overheard the news, and the person who came to report it informed Peng County Lieutenant.
“It’s rare for the Erlang brothers of the Zhang family to be able to talk to them so well.” Lieutenant Peng Xian said while pacing.
He knew that this old man's eyes were as high as his head, and few scholars could be favored by him. Zhang Yue was not very old, and he heard from his nephew that he usually only studied at a glance.
Had it not been that both of them were very poor at reading, they would not have been able to become good friends.
But it was precisely this time that Zhang Yue and the old man chatted so speculatively that it made Peng Xianwei look at him with admiration. Just now, Peng Xianwei saw the gift from the Zhang family and was very satisfied. It can be seen that he spent a lot of time preparing.
"It seems that Zhang Erlang and Zhang Sanlang are not just ordinary people." Peng Xianwei thought thoughtfully.
Someone coming from the side reported: "The county captain and the others have almost finished chatting."
Peng Xianwei nodded and immediately walked to the front room from the other side.
At this moment, Wu Anshi extended an invitation to Zhang Yue.
Zhang Yue was also hesitating, but Zhang Shi had already stood up and said: "I am favored by Mr. Wu Dalang. This is really a blessing for my younger brother, but... my younger brother... he is really stupid and difficult to cultivate..."
"Zhang Dalangjun doesn't have to answer so quickly." Wu Anshi interrupted Zhang Shi's words and showed a slightly displeased look.
At this time, Lieutenant Peng County was following this sentence, and he also rushed to save Zhang Shi Zhang Yue, but when he saw him, he cupped his hands and said: "I'm late, I'm late, I missed the lecture, please forgive me!"
Wu Anshi smiled and said: "It's unfortunate that Young Master is here, we are just finishing our talk!"
Peng Xianwei smiled and said: "Then order soup!"
Several military men came from the left and right carrying soup.
The matter was a foregone conclusion, Zhang Yue felt relieved when his brother refused.
On the contrary, I raised the bowl and smelled the soup with great concern. The sweet and fragrant smell of the medicinal materials made me realize that it was stewed with licorice and other medicinal materials. It can be said to be a good bowl of heat-clearing and nourishing soup.
“What a delicious soup!”
Zhang Yue took a sip, smacked his lips and wanted to drink more, but saw the old man and Wu Anshi holding up their empty cups and looking at them with their eyes.
Wu Anshi's eyes clearly said, "This kid is really big-hearted." But the old man's eyes were full of smiles. And his brother Zhang Shi only took a sip.
Zhang Yue couldn't drink anymore, so he had to put down the soup bowl.
Seeing this, Zhang Shi stood up and left, and Zhang Yue did the same.
Wu Anshi opened his mouth and left a few words in vain, and was about to order someone to send them out.
The old man suddenly spoke: "Zhang Sanlang's reputation is nothing more than what is external to him, such as Liu Bang and Han Xin. On the day of success, who will remember when they were humble? You must know that there is no limit to the sea of learning. Without the guidance of famous teachers, it is impossible to rely only on hard work and hard work."
It’s better to make a boat out of paper!”
“I came back to my hometown after serving as an official. I just want to maintain my longevity. By the way, I want to see the outstanding demeanor of the younger generation. The scholar is not just a scholar. It’s just a status. How do you think about it?”
Zhang Shi, who was beside him, said: "Third brother, what do you think?"
Zhang Yue already had the answer deep in his heart, but he still looked in a dilemma. To be honest, if he had been a reading companion instead of a book boy, he would have agreed long ago.
At the end, Zhang Yue gave a long salute to the old man and said: "Thank you very much, Mr. Old, for your kind words. This is what Mo Xue thinks. Sages and impermanent teachers, with the heart of a child, always brushing it diligently, can learn from everything."
Zhang Yue said this.
Xue Xianwei and others all seemed fine after hearing this, but the old man had a strange look on his face.
Wu Anshi was surprised and said: "Zhang Sanlang, do you know this..."
But the old man interrupted Wu Anshi and said: "Hey..."
Wu Anshi saluted the old man and then stepped aside.
The old man seemed to be talking to himself: "The sage is impermanent, and Confucius also taught Tanzi, Chang Hong, Xiang, and Lao Dan. How can you teach good disciples if your hands are even with Zhang?"
The old man listened to Zhang Yue's words and seemed to have solved his great doubts.
At this time, the old man looked at Zhang Yue and said with a smile: "Sanlang said it well, it is really rare to have an innocent heart. I have a private house in Kaoting, Jianyang. You may as well come here when you have time. I will sweep the couch.
Looking forward to it!”
Zhang Yue was stunned when he heard the words, and quickly saluted and said: "How dare you learn from me? Thank you, old gentleman."
The old man nodded and said no more words.
Pengxian Lieutenant was secretly surprised, and he looked at Zhang Yue with admiration and thought secretly, I have to tell Jingyi to make good friends with Zhang Sanlang in the future, and never lose contact.
“Mr. Chen, in this chapter, since the great man has no intention of making his younger brother a scholar, and you invite his younger brother to a different school, is this person’s talent really extraordinary? That’s why you want to include him as a disciple?” Wu An said in a poem.
“Anshi, do you think I treat people as farmers?”
"this……"
The old man said: "My dear father and I, my father has been an official so far, and his wealth and honor have been nothing but ordinary. I regard you as my own nephew. But I advise you, when you stand up to the throne, you should be like Xie Xuan, and serve Lanzhiyu."
Set up under the steps of the courtyard."
"Why do you think you and I have so little? In the past, Lord Mengchang ordered Feng Chen to go to Xuedi to collect the debt, and he would buy whatever he wanted. But Feng Chen burned the deed. Now I am in need of a scholar or a boy.
Reading companion? What he lacks is the reputation of being courteous and respectful to the wise."
Wu Anshi heard the words and said in surprise: "What Mr. Chen said is absolutely true."
The old man said: "In this chapter, the elder man is an elder brother and refuses to let his younger brother suffer any injustice. What's wrong? With such an elder brother, how can his younger brother not work hard to repay the favor? As for whether he is talented or not, I can't tell for a while, but brotherly harmony is what matters.
A sign of prosperity for the family."
Wu Anshi understood that the old man used the story of Kunzhong of the Zhang family to educate himself in turn, so he bowed his head and accepted the teaching happily.
“Then my nephew will immediately go find Mr. Sanlang of this chapter and recruit his disciples in the name of accompanying him as a reading companion?”
After saying that, Wu Anshi stood up and was about to leave, but saw the old man waving his hand and saying, "Hey, that's not necessary."
“Dare I ask the reason behind this?”
The old man sighed: "This son is from the Han family, and he is not as famous as his second brother. I treat him as a companion, but the other companions in the house are not willing to accept it. They are not willing to accept it, and I cannot treat it as a teacher. So what about the teacher?"
Willingly."
“So that’s the case,” Wu Anshi suddenly realized, “then we just missed it.”
“A scholar will inevitably be arrogant and eager to recruit him. He doesn’t know how many kilograms the portion is. Let him go out and hit a wall and suffer a little, so that when he comes back, he can open the door to you."
When Zhang Shi and Zhang Yue went home and left, the elder brother looked worried.
Zhang Yue can understand his brother's mood. In fact, it's okay for him to be a book boy. As a modern person, he can understand that he can't accept it for a while, but the ancients didn't mean this at all.
For example, Wang Shu, a famous official in the Song Dynasty, was the scholar of his master Wang Ji. He was influenced by his experience while serving his master's studies, and passed the exam at the same time as Wang Ji.
This was also a good story at the time.
The two brothers returned home from the city and walked for a long time. It was not until they left the city that Zhang Shi said: "Third brother, you won't be angry with me."
Zhang Yue did feel a little regretful at the moment, but he was generally satisfied with his brother's arrangement: "Thank you, brother, for coming forward for me, otherwise I would have been unsure."
Chapter Shidao: "In fact, if you are a companion for others, you can go to the Cao Examination as a guest. In our Jianzhou Cao Examination, seven people can answer one person. But for the interpretation test, a hundred people can only answer one or two people."
Zhang Yue was surprised, thinking that the admission rate was too low.
In the late Tang Dynasty, Du Xunhe came from a poor family and failed in many tests, so he lamented that "there are no chapters to be spread across the country, and no relatives in the court."
The Song Dynasty was different. Due to the imperial examination and the existence of the name-blinding system, the bad habits of writing and recommending examination papers were strictly cracked down, so that scholars in the Song Dynasty could finally straighten their backs. "Only the name-blinding system is fair, and it is appropriate for Lonely Han to do this."
Zhongqiu'.
Emperors of the Song Dynasty also liked to promote scholars from poor families to balance the court. This is why "the family of Dai Yue should not compete with poor scholars for academic qualifications".
Therefore, compared with the Tang Dynasty, the imperial examination system in the Song Dynasty actually had a somewhat "merit-based examination" meaning.
However, the disparity in the admission ratio between the imperial examination and the civil examination still hit Zhang Yue. In the Song Dynasty, there were no scholars and the reputation of being a scholar. Even if thousands of troops passed the civil examination and went straight to the capital's rites examination, once they failed, they would have to go back and take the exam again.
One solution test.
But why does my brother still not agree to take part in the imperial examination even though he knows this?
“Then why didn’t my brother want me to go?”
But Jian Zhangshi said: "I have watched you grow up since you were a child. I don't know how much talent you have in you? Just now you just answered the question easily. If you really continue to take the exam, I'm afraid it will be revealed."
Already."
Zhang Yue was speechless upon hearing this. His brother actually understood him so well.
Zhang Shi added: "There are also other children who are from high-ranking noble families. I am afraid that they usually have a bad temper and are inappropriate people. It sounds good to be a book boy for others, and it is similar to An Tong. Not only does his mind have to be
Even though you have eight exquisite windows, you have to lie down on the ground and serve your master. But you have been pampered since you were a child. You never know how to read people's faces and follow them up and down. How can you bear the anger? After thinking about it again and again, I still feel that it is inappropriate."
Zhang Yue listened and finally understood. It turned out that what his brother really meant was that he was reluctant to endure hardship.
Zhang Yue's eyes were slightly red. To use a later saying, some people don't care whether you fly high or not, they only care whether you are tired from flying.
Not wanting his brother to see the emotion in his eyes, Zhang Yue just lowered his head and said, "Brother, I understand."
Zhang Shi thought Zhang Yue was a little unhappy because of this, and immediately said: "Don't worry, isn't it just studying? I will definitely find a good husband for you."
"OK!"
Zhang Shi was relieved when he saw Zhang Yue's promise. He saw a vendor selling rice soup at the pavilion of Nanpu Bridge and asked, "Third brother, are you hungry?"
“Yeah!” Zhang Yue nodded vigorously, and then his stomach rumbled.
Soon the two brothers were squatting by the railing of the bridge pavilion, each holding a large bowl, slurping noodles in big mouthfuls.
At this moment, the stream under the bridge is flowing turbulently, the pedestrians on the bridge continue to go about their daily lives, and there is thunder in the sky, as if it is going to rain.
Summer night, heavy rain!
The sound of rain could not be heard in his ears, and it was a good weather to hide under the quilt and sleep. After Zhang Yue fell asleep on the bed, he entered another world by default.
The events of the day were played out before him like a revolving door.
Things he hesitated about when he was at Peng's house, when he thought about it carefully here, it made Zhang Yue's heart as clear as a mirror. At this moment, he finally did not object to the decision Zhang Shi made for him, and was even glad that Zhang Shi refused on his behalf.
Just as the old man told himself at the beginning, ‘Everything in the world, young people’s minds, are clearly understood in dreams’.
Youth’s heart needs to be wiped clean frequently.
But Buddhists don't like the word "wiping", such as the saying, "The body is like a Bodhi tree, the mind is like a mirror stand, brush it diligently at all times to prevent dust".
But this sentence has always been considered to be unfinished, so the next sentence came up: "Bodhi has no tree, and the mirror is not a stand. There is nothing in the beginning, so how can it cause dust?"
In fact, it is not the case. As long as you do something well, you must use your strength. To use your strength, you must put your heart and effort into it. How can you do it without intention? Therefore, the youthful heart lies in a pure word.
Pure means constantly introspecting and returning to one's original thoughts. This is wiping.
Then why is wiping important?
lies in the word "consistent", which in turn means "seeing the road without taking it".
There are hundreds of paths in life, and choices are sometimes more important than hard work.
For example, being a bookboy is certainly the choice of most poor families, but for Zhang Yue, can he endure the anger of his second generation ancestor and endure it for ten years to get a chance to get ahead?
Forget it, I am a person who has to step back when someone steps on me. If I really want to be a book boy, can I endure the humiliation?
If you really take this step, you will never be able to turn around in your life.
Therefore, don’t be tempted by the immediate benefits, and ask yourself realistically what you want, what you don’t want, what you can get, and what you can’t get.
Therefore, Zhang Yue knew very clearly at this moment that he did not want to take this path. Fortunately, his brother refused for him today. If he could not resist the temptation and agreed in person but then regretted it later, he would have offended others.
Then if you don’t want to go this way, which way will you take?
Zhang Yue then saw another picture unfolding in front of him. For some reason, Zhang Yue dreamed of his second brother Zhang Xu.
Zhang Yuetu dreamed that Zhang Xu came to Beijing. After being recommended by his teacher Chen Xiang, he passed the provincial examination as a supervisor in Beijing, and then passed the joint examination, the imperial examination, and finally the Jinshi. Finally, Zhang Xu got the chance to win the title of Prime Minister Wen Yanbo.
He appreciated her and married his daughter to her.
The elder brother then returned to his hometown in glory, and the villagers all praised him for his glorious ancestors. At that time, he not only redeemed the house and property owned by the family, but also the county magistrate, Peng County Lieutenant, etc. all changed their faces and competed to kneel and lick...
…Own.
Zhao Yasi cried and begged himself to let him go, for adults do not remember the faults of small people.
And because of the support of my second brother, I didn’t have to study so hard, I became a yamen directly, and lived a happy life from then on.
One day he and seven or eight dandy boys were walking rampant on the street when they came across a beautiful woman who made his heart flutter...
The picture ended here, so that after waking up from the dream, Zhang Yue was very depressed for a long time.