Chapter 102: Talking about Confucius City, taking advantage of the great scholar to advance to Beijing
According to the content of the invitation letter, the time for the Academy Competition was set on the first day of July. Due to the national mourning, the Academy Competition, which was originally scheduled for early June, had to be postponed for nearly a month.
"Master Du can go to the Guoxue Palace to participate in the Academy Competition. It's amazing!"
"There are only a handful of students from a poor family who can be invited to participate in the competition by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Du Ning is really the number one student from a poor family in the contemporary era."
"It would be great if I could also participate in the Academy Competition..."
Almost all the students looked at Du Ning with envy. Being able to compete with the elites of his peers from all over the country made people excited.
Ye Jinghong said to Du Ning: "If you achieve excellent results in the Academy Competition, your academic status can be transferred to the Guoxue Palace and you will become a student of the Guoxue Palace."
Du Ning was immediately surprised. Fan Qianfeng, the half-saint of the Yun Kingdom, served as the master of the Guoxue Palace. His status as a student of the Guoxue Palace was equivalent to that of a half-sage disciple in terms of reputation.
With such an identity, even the imperial officials in the capital would not dare to offend him easily.
After hearing this, the others simply wished they could participate in the Academy Competition.
It's a pity that the number of places for the Academy Competition is limited, and they don't have the qualifications.
"But I advise you not to have any delusions in this regard."
Ye Jinghong turned around and said seriously: "Students from the Guoxue Palace are all the elites among the elites. You have just stepped into the eighth-level examination. Compared with them, you still have a big gap. Even if your grades are at the bottom, I will not
I won’t find it strange.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the students suddenly showed dissatisfaction. Didn't Ye Jinghong's words hurt Du Ning's self-confidence?
Luo Wenxuan said: "What are you saying, Mr. Ye? We all have seen the talent of Mr. Du. The scholars from the semi-sage family of Liao are just as good as the students from the Guoxue Palace, right? Weren't they also defeated by Mr. Du?"<
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Cao Qingyun also said: "That's right! Mr. Du defeated the Ke family's eighth-rank scholar when he was a ninth-rank scholar. Now that he has been promoted to an eighth-rank scholar, his Confucianism and Taoism are naturally better than those of a judge."
"When Mr. Du participates in the Academy Competition, his results will definitely be no worse than anyone else's. He might be able to win the crown and bring honor to our Suzhou Academy of Literature."
"You are right. Mr. Du's trip will definitely bring glory to us Suzhou people and make him proud."
Except for Zhang Gui and a few others who remained silent, most of the others were full of absolute confidence in Du Ning.
"Hmph! Confidence is a good thing, but overconfidence can be a bad thing." Ye Jinghong said disapprovingly.
Du Ning glanced at Ye Jinghong and felt surprised, because he had known Ye Jinghong for so long, and it was the first time he heard Ye Jinghong speak sarcastically about himself in front of so many people.
There must be a reason.
Du Ning thought about it, suddenly realized, and said to Ye Jinghong: "Mr. Ye is worried that the students will be proud and complacent because of their achievements in the battle with the Liao people, so he wants to remind the students that students can be taught. Please rest assured, Mr. Ye."
, There are people outside the world, and there is a God outside the world. Students will not be overconfident and will definitely perform normally in the academy competition and not embarrass Suzhou Liberal Arts College."
Luo Wenxuan, Cao Qingyun and others changed their expressions one after another, and then showed ashamed expressions.
As students of the Scholar Class 1, they did not discover Ye Jinghong's intentions. Only Du Ning discovered it himself.
It’s really annoying to compare people to each other.
"We misunderstood Mr. Ye, please forgive me."
"Please forgive me, Mr. Ye."
Ye Jinghong waved his hand, not taking everyone's misunderstanding to heart, and said happily to Du Ning: "I thought you would be proud and complacent, but I didn't expect that you still maintain a normal heart, which is really rare." p>
Du Ning said: "The students' ability is nothing. There are too many people who are more capable than students, such as the gentlemen of the State Liberal Arts College, and even more like you. So I have nothing to be proud of at all. Pride is not
It will increase my knowledge."
"Haha..."
Ye Jinghong laughed and said: "My vision is not wrong. Your future achievements will definitely be higher than mine. When do you plan to go to the Guoxue Palace? I will carry you there at the same pace as I am. I will move forward at full speed at the same speed as I am. No matter what,
It only takes half a day to reach the Guoxue Palace in the capital."
"I'm just going to the capital. How dare I bother Mr. Ye? I can go there myself."
Du Ning knew that Ye Jinghong wanted to help him, but he didn't want to trouble Ye Jinghong. After all, he would feel a little guilty if he caused trouble to others out of thin air.
"No, you are now the most talented person in our Suzhou, and you deserve my personal escort. Moreover, you have offended the officials of the Xian Wang Party. They are always trying to frame you. I will not worry if you are allowed to go to the capital alone." Ye Jing.
Hong said seriously.
"Ahem...when did I say that I was the most talented person in Suzhou? Mr. Ye, please don't slander me out of thin air." Du Ning couldn't laugh or cry.
"You never said it, but everyone in Suzhou agrees with you. You must be the most talented person in Suzhou. No one else can claim this title except you." Cao Qingyun said with a smile.
Most students nodded with smiles. Ever since Du Ning Wen Dou defeated ten members of the Ke family, many people in Suzhou City praised Du Ning as the well-deserved number one talent in Suzhou.
Du Ning doesn’t call himself that, but everyone agrees that no one objects to it!
Mainly because there is no reason to object.
Single-handedly defeating the semi-saint family with its members, classics, meanings and policy articles both support the country.
Looking at the whole of Suzhou, who among his peers can suppress Du Ning's literary talent?
Even if they span one generation, those Jinshi, Hanlin, or bachelors are all qualified to be compared with them.
Even if Du Ning shouted "I am the number one talent in Suzhou", no one would object, and even if some people disagreed, they would not dare to say it.
Du Ning's achievements are there, and so is his literary reputation.
Luo Wenxuan said: "I think Mr. Ye is right. You are not an ordinary student from a poor family. If you make any mistake, it will not only be a loss for our Suzhou Academy of Literature, but also a loss for the country and the entire human race.
And the people from the Ke family of Liao who have had a holiday with you must be extremely happy, and you must also consider your own safety."
"And you are not familiar with this place in the capital. With Mr. Ye by your side, he will help you arrange everything properly. If the people of the Xian Wang Party know that you are with Mr. Ye, they will definitely be frightened so that they will not dare to treat you arbitrarily.
Take action."
Everyone nodded, these words hit the most critical point.
Ye Jinghong is a great scholar. If anyone dares to touch Du Ning under Ye Jinghong's eyes, even the wise king himself would dare to kill him on the spot.
Now the little emperor is in charge of the government, not the eighth prince who is known as a wise king and brings disaster to the country and the people.
"I understand, thank you very much."
Du Ning was grateful and handed over to Ye Jinghong and said: "The Academy Competition is a very important test. I plan to go to the Guoxue Palace tomorrow, and there will be Mr. Lao Ye."
Ye Jinghong nodded lightly: "Go to the Guoxue Palace early so that you can familiarize yourself with the environment there, make more adequate preparations, and avoid being rushed. I will take you to the capital early tomorrow morning."
"Thank you, Mr. Ye." Du Ning said gratefully.
"It's a small effort, what are you grateful for?" Ye Jinghong smiled.
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The next day.
Early in the morning, Du Ning arrived at the square of the Prefectural Literary Academy, where Ye Jinghong was already waiting.
"Good morning, Mr. Ye." Du Ning stepped forward to greet him.
"Let's go!"
Ye Jinghong's talents emerged all over his body, turning into a rising cloud.
Du Ning stepped on it and felt that the white clouds had a solid texture and a soft elasticity, which could play a better buffering role when "sudden braking".
Pingbu Qingyun has a magical power that protects the two of them, and then turns into a white light and escapes into the sky.
"So fast!"
Du Ning was astonished. Standing within the protection of Pingbu Qingyun, not only could he not hear any noise, but he could not feel the fierce wind and airflow coming towards him.
It’s even better than airplanes!
Du Ning looked down and saw that the entire city of Suzhou was rapidly getting smaller and farther and farther away from him.
"Do you know about the trials of various nations in Kongcheng?" Ye Jinghong suddenly said.
"Students have heard a little bit about it," Du Ning replied.
"Then how much do you know about the Holy Family?" Ye Jinghong asked again.
Du Ning said slowly: "After the death of Kong Sheng, his descendants established the Holy Family, which has a transcendent status. It belongs to the entire human race in name, but is not included in any country. The family heads of the past generations inherit the Duke of Yansheng hereditary. If Duke Yansheng comes,
The emperor must lower his rank to welcome him from afar."
"Under the leadership of Duke Yansheng in the past dynasties, the Holy Family spread out and multiplied rapidly, so they built a Kongcheng in their own fiefdom. Later, they continued to expand and gradually became the largest prosperous city in the human race." p>
"The literary academy in Confucius is called 'Qufu Academy', and scholars from other countries respectfully call it 'Shengyuan'. This is because Confucius is famous all over the world, and his disciples have produced many saints, all of whom came from Qufu Academy." p>
"Every year, the disciples and grandsons of Saint Confucius would come from all over the country to gather in Kongcheng to conduct a comprehensive trial. Later, this habit continued with the academy of various countries sending domestic elite students to the competition to form the trial of all countries. Today,
Students from all countries in the world have been educated in Confucianism and Taoism, so theoretically they can be regarded as half disciples of Confucius. However, all students who come to Confucius City, regardless of their level of Confucianism or Taoism, are regarded as Confucius and all the saints.
disciple."
"I remember that the sword test conference of various countries was held in the Holy Courtyard of Kongcheng, and it was also one of the contents of the trials of Jinshi-level countries."
Ye Jinghong nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, if you can understand this, it means you have read a lot of books."
"Mr. Ye won't ask about this without reason. Does it have anything to do with Academy Wenbi?" Du Ning's face changed slightly.
"Actually, I didn't say all of what I said yesterday. If you achieve excellent results in the literary competition of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, you will not only be able to transfer your student status to the Chinese Academy of Sciences, but also get a place in Kongcheng to participate in the trials of various countries." Ye Jinghong smiled.
Tao.
"Then I will fight for it no matter what."
Du Ning's eyes burst with fighting spirit, and he suddenly realized that after setting his goal to be more long-term, it was nothing compared with the elite literary elite of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Being able to compare literary works with the elites of other countries is the real pattern.
"Mr. Ye wants me to set my sights as far as possible and see more experiences in the future."
"The length of a person's vision depends on his knowledge. With knowledge, he can see farther than others. If he has no knowledge, even if he looks further away, he will still be confused and unable to see the truth."
"Continuous learning and progress is to see things farther and clearer than others, so that we can avoid many detours and find our own shortcut to Confucianism and Taoism."
Du Ning's eyes were intense, he held his head high and looked toward the distant sky.
The white clouds in the sky are retreating at an extremely fast speed, the fiery sun hangs in the sky, and occasionally other smooth blue clouds can be seen passing by.
Anyone who knows Ye Jinghong will bow their hands to Ye Jinghong from the opposite side, and Ye Jinghong will smile back, even if he has said hello.
to noon.
The two arrived at the capital of Yun Kingdom. Standing at a high altitude and looking down, they could see many buildings in the city.
In Du Ning's eyes, the entire capital city was like a model, with everything visible at a glance.
One of the city-within-a-city is the imperial city of Yun Kingdom, and the imperial palace is located in it.
There is also a city within a city, which is twice the area of the imperial city.
There is naturally the Guoxue Palace, the country's highest-level liberal arts academy, where Half-Saint Fan Qianfeng sits and guards the country.
Du Ning filtered the route and direction of the capital in his mind, and had an impression in his mind, so that he would not get lost in a strange place.
"Stand firm."
Ye Jinghong reminded him and descended from the sky at a steady pace.
The whole capital seems to be getting bigger and bigger.
Finally, Ye Jinghong's meteoric rise landed on a street in the capital.
People on the street were not surprised by Ye Jinghong and Du Ning falling from the sky, because people in the capital could often see bachelors or scholars from the Guoxue Palace flying around in the sky on white clouds.
If you can't see Pingbuqingyun flying around in one day, people in the capital will be really surprised.
Ye Jinghong took Du Ning to the Guoxue Palace on foot to show respect to the Guoxue Palace and the Half Saint. This is etiquette.
Unless there is an urgent situation, you will ignore some etiquette and enter the Guoxue Palace directly.
The streets in the capital are wider than those in Suzhou. The scholars and people here are full of confidence and feel proud to be from the capital.
The public security here is also the best. If you encounter something unfair, whether you complain to the Jinluan Palace or the Guoxue Palace, someone will handle it as soon as possible.
Of course, there must be some corruption and perversion of the law. After all, this is the capital, so there must be all kinds of people.
It's just that those people's methods are extremely clever. Where they can be greedy, they will not be polite, but where they can't be greedy, they will be unselfish.
The essence of officialdom is similar to being a human being. There is a degree of what can and cannot be done.
If it's just a trivial matter, if you're caught first, admit your mistake, and be punished, you'll be fine.
If something big happens, whoever dares to come forward to guarantee it will pay a heavy price.
Therefore, the overall situation in the capital is relatively better than that in other prefectures.
After all, this place is under the feet of the emperor and under the supervision of the semi-saint. The sky net is vast and there is no leakage. Anyone who commits treachery and evil will be severely punished.