There was a subtle relationship between the two of them. Long Jintian looked at Mr. Gu's cheerful and strategizing appearance, and the corner of his mouth couldn't help but curl up. This young man was really quite interesting. He saw from him,
Smelling the same scent, he was a friend rather than an enemy. He turned his head and glanced at Mr. Qiao Ge. His old eyes were indeed getting better and better. He was able to find extraordinary people like Gu Liufei in Jiangnan.
It is indeed a skill. It seems that he has gained something by letting this old guy travel around and ignore the government affairs. At least this imperial examination is really valuable.
"Gu Liufei, I will test you first. If you cannot answer my questions one by one, then you will be removed from this imperial examination."
Long Jinxiu flattened his lips in boredom. The emperor brother was so unreliable again. He was very pleased with Gu Liufei, but he still wanted to make things difficult for others in public. He was not afraid that people would hate him.
As soon as Long Jintian said this, the candidates present were nervous. However, amidst the tension, there was also a hint of excitement. Everyone knew that Mr. Gu was the Gong Yuan of this year's Jiangnan Gongyuan, that is, among all the candidates
First place. If he cannot answer the questions asked by the emperor, it means that he will not be able to get even a small official in this imperial examination.
Manager Chen was arranged to the front by Young Master Zhao, which also facilitated the conversation between Su Zhengkang and Liu Meizhuang behind him. Su Zhengkang touched his nose, his eyes sparkling with interest. He raised his arm and bumped against the person next to him.
Liu Mei Zhuang is full of schadenfreude.
"Young Master Gu is really in trouble now. If you can't answer the question, you will fail this time. Originally, Gong Yuan could be a county magistrate, so you can have a wife based on your husband's wealth. Even if you don't become the first lady, you can at least become the first lady."
You can be a magistrate's wife, but now I guess you can't even be a magistrate's wife."
Liu Meizhuang raised her eyebrows. Standing at the last position means she doesn't have to squeeze in between the book boys. She can stand far away and no one will notice her, a pretty little book boy. As for talking, she can't
No one would hear her. Everyone in the imperial examination looked at the stage, and she took advantage of the opportunity. She glanced at Su Zhengkang with disdain, and she was puzzled. This young master Su was not doing well all day long.
Why do you have to be around her Liu Meizhuang when you stay in Wenwen Village? I don’t mind if you surround me. The key is that he can’t say a single good word from his mouth. How can he be so sure that his husband will not be able to answer? Now standing here
It would be too early to make sarcastic comments below.
"Are you jealous that others can take part in the imperial examination but you can't?" She had heard about this. Moreover, Su Zhengkang's talent was not inferior to Liu Ruofeng's.
She still remembers a poem clearly. If he takes part in the imperial examination, even if there are many talents and there are candidates for the top three, Su Zhengkang can become a ninth-grade sesame official casually.
Su Zhengkang smiled instead of getting angry. What's the good thing about being an official? If he hugs two beauties for nothing, the people will say that he is a faint official. If he only takes a little money, he will become a corrupt official. If he tries a case and gets slapped twice, the prisoner will still do it.
The prisoner's family members described him as a doggy official. Being an official was not worthwhile no matter what. If he were an official, he would not be able to hug beauties as he pleased and count banknotes freely.
"Alas, Miss Liu is still so venomous. This is a disease and needs to be corrected."
"Compared to Young Master Su, my little skills are nothing compared to a big witch." Compared to her venomous tongue, her eyebrow makeup is not half inferior to that of Su Zhengkang. She glanced at Mr. Gu San on the stage and said, "I dare to ask.
Mr. Su, what if Mr. Gu and Mr. Gu answer all the questions?"
Then...that's the answer, that's the answer...
Su Zhengkang stopped talking. Even if he was stupid, he could see that the emperor seemed to be very interested in Mr. Gu. If he answered the question, he would naturally get the top spot. As for Liu Ruofeng, he was also very talented and learned.
Yes, but it's even worse than Mr. Gu. You know, the Liu Ruofeng who went to Jiangnan Gongyuan in Jiangnan was not the real Liu Ruofeng, but Miss Liu. Miss Liu didn't know what kind of bad luck she had, but she actually
With the word benevolence, he won attention and even passed the Jiangnan Gongyuan Examination.
Liu Meizhuang's eyes were full of confidence. If she answered the question, she would not be able to escape the position of No. 1 Scholar. And even if she failed to answer the question, the Third Young Master Gu was still the young Marquis. According to the hereditary system among marquises, the Marquis's family would not have to use it at all.
Participate in the imperial examination. Marquis families are generally inherited by the eldest son. However, Mr. Gu has three sons. Gu Hengyi and Gu Xiangyi are just the sons of aunts, and they are basically concubines. Only the third son Gu is the son of Mr. Gu and his wife, Mrs. Gu.
In other words, Mr. Gu is the best candidate to inherit the position of the Marquis. Moreover, the fact that Mr. Gu is the Marquis of Zhenyuan was only informed to the eldest son, and not even Gu Hengyi and Gu Xiangyi knew about it. This is fully demonstrated.
Mr. Gu’s intention to pass the throne to Mr. Gu.
On the stage, Mr. Gu, dressed in white, stood out among the candidates. His cool and cool appearance was really intimidating, and he didn't dare to get involved. No wonder the elegant scholar from Jiangnan gave him the word "Exalted Immortal". In fact, he also
It is indeed worthy of these two words.
Looking at Long Jintian on the dragon chair, Master Gu's lips curled up slightly. The reason why he took the imperial examination was not at all, it was all just to deceive others, even if Long Jintian wanted to expel him from the imperial examination.
He didn't care at all. From the time he was sensible, his father had given him the important responsibility of the family. The so-called fame and fortune, to him, were just a passing cloud and a flash in the pan.
"Please ask your Majesty for a question."
When Long Jintian heard what he said, he felt more and more appreciative. Gu Liufei dared to face the enemy, which showed that he was very courageous, or maybe he was too conceited. But conceitedness also requires the capital of conceitedness, right? In other words, he
I don’t look down on the position of number one scholar at all. It’s interesting, very interesting. The imperial examination was originally opened for those who were willing to serve the court, but now it has become a way for those who want fame and fortune, and it has become a clique for powerful officials to consolidate their power.
But Gu Liufei's goal was not to take the imperial examination at all. Very good, he also wanted to see what kind of tricks Gu Liufei played. He obviously participated in the imperial examination, but he had no interest in it.
"The Tao you have learned is nothing more than the Four Books and Five Classics, which serve as general guides for governance. Since you are regarded as the first master in Jiangnan, you must be very proficient in it, so I will use these to test you. I will introduce you to the next.
"
Long Jintian stood in front of the dragon chair, walked back and forth for two or three steps, his eyes lit up, and he had an idea immediately, saying: "The Master said: The Tao is not far away from people; people should not be Tao to keep people far away.
.”
Young Master Gu didn't take it seriously. He was full of confidence and raised his head and replied: "The emperor's words come from "The Doctrine of the Mean". The poem goes: If you attack the enemy, you will not be far away. If you hold the enemy to attack the enemy, you will look at it with a glance.
I thought it was far away.”
Being able to answer the question in a short period of time, and also being able to tell the source accurately, made Lord Lu somewhat impressed. When the Third Young Master Gu and Liu Ruofeng first came to Kyoto, he knew that the Third Young Master Gu was anything but ordinary.
generation, she even asked Su Pingting to use a beauty trap to trap Third Young Master Gu. Later, when she saw that Third Young Master Gu only had sex with women all day long, she thought that this Mr. Gu’s successor was just a mediocre person. Now that I think about it, I feel
How could a son like Master Gu be so bad? Looking sideways at the Prime Minister who was secretly satisfied, the smile on Lord Lu's face showed a hint of schadenfreude. Master Gu hid
After not showing up for more than ten years, it is not easy to appear in Kyoto now. He even asked Mr. Gu to take part in the imperial examination, which is even more interesting.
Lu Zimo naturally noticed something unusual about Mr. Lu. Was there something else his father had not told him? Normally, he had never seen his father having fun. Of course, he believed he would find out one day.
Lu Zimo naturally also noticed something unusual about Mr. Lu. Is there something else that his father has not told him? Of course, he believes that his father will tell him one day.
At this time, I heard Long Jintian ask the question again. "What is self-cultivation and correcting one's mind?"
It only took a moment for Mr. Gu to have the answer. "The so-called self-cultivation lies in rectifying one's mind. If the body is angry, it cannot be righteous. If there is fear, it cannot be righteous. If there is joy, it cannot be righteous. If there is worry, it cannot be righteous.
Then it cannot be corrected. If the mind is absent-minded, it cannot see, hear but not smell, and eat without knowing its taste. This is called self-cultivation by correcting the mind. This comes from "The Great Learning".
Long Jintian was silent for a while, and then said again: "Then why is Qi Qi's family cultivating his body?"
Mr. Gu San did not pause. "The so-called people who regulate their families are cultivating their bodies. They should avoid those who love them, avoid those who despise and hate them, avoid those who are in awe of them, and avoid those who mourn them.
There are very few people in the world who know their evils when they are good, and know their beauty when they are evil. Therefore, there is a proverb: "A man should not be aware of the evil of his son, and he should not know the strength of his seedlings."
."This means that if you don't cultivate your body, you can't manage your family. This is the same as above, from "The Great Learning"
Long Jintian's eyebrows were deeply furrowed, and then he paced on the dragon chair and turned to look at Mr. Gu. "Then how to explain what Mencius said about 'sincerity is the way of heaven' and 'the most sincere and immovable person, there is no such thing.
also'?"
Mr. Gu San thought for a moment and then replied: "Only sincerity in the world can fulfill the nature of human beings. If the nature of human beings can be fulfilled, the nature of things can be fulfilled. If the nature of things can be fulfilled, the nature of things can be praised."
The transformation and education of music can praise the transformation and education of heaven and earth, and then it can be compared with heaven and earth. Secondly, it leads to music, music can have sincerity, sincerity can lead to shape, shape can lead to clarity, clarity can lead to movement, movement can lead to change, and change can lead to transformation.
The world can be transformed if it is most sincere."
When Mr. Qiao Ge saw Mr. Gu's answers fluently, he was secretly satisfied. This kid was worth the trouble. Mr. Qiao Ge taught him personally. He was really promising.
Long Jintian was also extremely satisfied with Third Young Master Gu's performance and sat down again. "You are indeed Mr. Qiao Ge's disciple!"
"Your Majesty's reward." Even though Liu Fei was in the limelight and he, Mr. Qiao Ge, was also proud of himself, he still should not be shy in front of the Emperor who is more than ten thousand people.