295, is there still room for decline? (please order)
After Liu Jinyuan finished reciting the Yan family's family instructions.
Zhang Jiuling and Bai Gui were both slightly surprised.
The Yan family's family motto contains more than 30,000 words, which is a lot of words. Being able to recite the Yan family's motto shows Liu Jinyuan's talent and intelligence.
Since Zhang Jiuling was determined to teach Liu Jinyuan, he would not praise him too much. He only encouraged him and then asked a few questions about the Confucian scriptures to explain the words.
Liu Jinyuan calmly answered each question one by one.
But as the questions became more and more difficult, I began to have trouble answering them.
"Your Majesty is gifted with extraordinary talents and is rarely intelligent."
"Teach for another one or two years, and take part in the Children's and Ming Jing subjects... maybe there will be some gains."
Zhang Jiuling considered his words and said.
He didn't dare to say that Liu Jinyuan would definitely win the title, so he could only say so vaguely. If he said that he would definitely win, then he would be blamed if he didn't win. But he used vague words, and he would still thank him as a teacher if he didn't win.
Nor will he blame his family.
"Liu Yan of the Tang Dynasty was seven years old. He was a child prodigy and wrote the correct characters." - "Three Character Classic"
In ancient times, Tongzi subjects were very popular, and prodigies were very popular from top to bottom. In the imperial examinations of the Tang Dynasty, Tongzi subjects were set up as regular subjects. The difference between regular subjects and system subjects is that regular subjects will be tested once in a certain period of time.
The imperial examinations were established, and the imperial examinations were held whenever the emperor wanted to select talents. The imperial examinations were held only once every few decades, and they were not always guaranteed.
Yang Jiong, one of the Four Great Masters of the early Tang Dynasty, passed the boy's exam in the sixth year of Xianqing's reign and was awarded the title of School Scholar.
"In all children's subjects, those under ten years old who can understand one classic, "The Classic of Filial Piety" and "The Analects of Confucius", and have ten volumes of recitations, will be awarded an official position; those who understand seven will be assigned to one's family background." - "New Book of Tang"
The meaning of this sentence is that those who can recite ten articles in Tongzi Ke will be awarded an official position, and those who can recite seven articles will be awarded a family background.
"Zi Shou is right."
"Jin Yuan is talented and intelligent, and it is not difficult to get the supernatural sciences. However, I want him to continue studying hard at home, polish his temperament, and wait until the time comes to take the Jinshi major. It would be better..."
Liu Youqiu, who was wearing a purple robe, strode into the living room and said with a smile.
"I've met Mr. Liu."
"I've met Mr. Liu."
Bai Gui and Zhang Jiuling stood up to greet them.
When Liu Youqiu returned to the Liu Mansion, the atmosphere suddenly became much more depressing.
Not as relaxed and comfortable as before.
"Xiang Liu is right, it is not a good place to be awarded an official position too soon after passing the child examination."
"If you can get into the Jinshi major, try your best to get into the Jinshi major..."
Zhang Jiuling replied.
The big guys who can pass the Jinshi subject are not necessarily much worse than the child prodigies who were young. It’s just that both have their own advantages. The Tongzi subject will undoubtedly be easier than the Jinshi subject. When you grow up, you can take the Jinshi exam.
The examination will be more difficult. But similarly, those who are admitted to the Children's Department are mostly teenagers under the age of ten, and sometimes they will not be promoted to official positions. Even if they are awarded officials, there will not be much benefit for people from the Children's Department to enter the officialdom early.
It just depends on how to choose between the two.
The Liu Mansion obviously intended for Liu Jinyuan to take a safer path.
A boy who passes the examination may not necessarily develop better than a Jinshi in the Jinshi examination.
It is not necessarily a good thing for a boy to become an official at an early age.
"Zishou, Meihe, this is the teacher's gift for applying. Please accept it. I will send you to your residence later."
"As for teaching Jin Yuan..."
"Since you two are applying together, you can just set aside three days a month for teaching. Jin Yuan also has a teacher. You two are here just to give him advice..."
Liu Youqiu pondered for a while and said.
"My subordinate understands this matter."
Bai Gui and Liu Jinyuan replied respectively.
Bai Gui originally planned not to take on this job, but after hearing Liu Youqiu say that he would come three times a month, it would be just a casual thing. It would not take much effort to agree to it. Anyway, it is impossible to instruct Liu Jinyuan for too long a day.
, in real terms, it means that I only provide guidance for less than half a day a month.
But don’t underestimate the three guidances in this month.
Those who can become the number one scholar and the third most successful person in the imperial examination must have great insights. This thing is worth tens of thousands of gold, and ordinary people can't buy it.
As for Liu Youqiu himself, Bai Gui still knows a little bit about him. Liu Youqiu passed the legal examination in the imperial examination during the Wu and Zhou Dynasties, was ordered to be a county captain, and climbed up step by step.
Liu Youqiu was not from the Jinshi Department.
Although in the Tang Dynasty there was no unspoken rule in the Ming Dynasty that one could not enter the cabinet without joining the Imperial Academy, the title "White-robed Prime Minister of the Jinshi Branch" was not given for nothing. People who were born in the Jinshi Branch had more opportunities than officials who were born in other branches.
Liu Youqiu asked Liu Jinyuan to give Bai Gui and Zhang Jiuling the apprenticeship ceremony.
There are many items given as apprenticeship gifts, all of which are quite valuable.
It's roughly worth about three to four hundred guan.
In the Liu Mansion, the two impromptuly taught Liu Jinyuan some knowledge.
Wait until it gets dark later.
Come out of Liu Mansion.
Bai Gui and Zhang Jiuling said goodbye to each other and left on horseback.
Arrive at Jinxian Temple.
The female officer asked Bai Gui to go to the back court to meet Princess Jinxian.
"Brother Bai Dao..."
"This time you and I left Shengyefang before the dawn drum was beaten, which is considered a crime of night. An imperial envoy went to the father to impeach..."
"Tell me and you..."
Princess Jinxian pursed her red lips, feeling a little embarrassed, "I said that you and I were alone together in a phoenix chariot, which was offensive to morals and ruined the reputation of the royal family. My father scolded me, and then..."
When Bai Gui heard this, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
Destroy the reputation of the royal family?
The reputation of Li Tang's royal family and the reputation of the princess...is there any room for decline?!
From the time when Princess Gaoyang asked Fang Yiai, the Prince Consort, to guard the door, and when she fell in love with Monk Bianji, a disciple of Tang Xuanzang, the reputation of the royal princess of Li Tang had been trampled under her feet countless times.
Nowadays, Princess Taiping has countless favors. During the time of Wu Zhou, she occasionally gave a few to Wu Zetian...
"What did the saint say?"
Bai Gui sighed.
Now Tang Ruizong and Li Dan have not sent troops to arrest him. It seems that this matter has not reached the point of irreversibility. If it were in other dynasties, he would not dare to ride in a phoenix chariot with the princess, but who would have expected that this was a common thing in the Tang Dynasty.
To cause trouble for him.
This matter is in a gray area.
You can cause trouble for him, but you don't want to cause trouble for him.
It was completely within Tang Ruizong's thoughts.
However, according to Bai Gui's guess, this was just Tang Ruizong's plan that Li Dan secretly wanted to use this as an excuse to coerce him to "voluntarily" marry Princess Jinxian and become the prince's consort.
Although he said he had a wife, there was really no marriage contract in this world. His parents died early under the Bai clan of Gui, and it was his brother Bai Huang who took care of him. After he became an official, he has been wandering around and has not made a marriage arrangement for him.
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With his status as the top scholar and his face as beautiful as a crown jewel, it can be said that all the powerful people in Chang'an were eyeing him as their son-in-law. However, everyone saw that the emperor wanted to recruit him as his son-in-law, so they restrained their thoughts.
I dare not compete with the emperor for his son-in-law.