Hu Yuan took a sip from a bowl of medicinal soup, but felt it was a little hot, so she put it down again, put on her clothes and wrote an official document.
There is another pot of medicine burning in the small stove indoors, and a boy is brewing it nearby.
Soon an old man lifted up the door curtain and entered. He was choked by the strong smell of medicine at first. Seeing this, he said to Hu Yuan: "Bake medicine during the day and at night. The medicine is three parts poisonous. Your disease is caused by overwork."
"Sincerely, you should let go of your official duties and take good care of your body. Don't be like Fan Xianggong who takes care of his illness and stays in office..."
After hearing this, the boy stood up and said: "Bah! What are you talking about, Mr. Xujiang? Are you cursing our husband? We will teach him..."
As he spoke, the boy's eyes turned red.
Hu Yuan smiled and said: "Uncle Tai just advised me to retire to work early to recuperate from illness. Although the words are unpleasant, I accept his love."
“Actually, the officials have already tacitly approved my request to become an official and recuperate from illness.”
“Oh?” The old man couldn’t help but stare at Hu Yuan.
Hu Yuan smiled and said, "The next thing you want to ask is, who will take my place in charge of Gou Guozijian?"
“That’s what I mean, who will take over?”
Hu Yuan said: "It's Wu Zhongfu, the iron censor."
The old man said in a loud voice: "That's good! With Tie Yushi here, no one in the court dares to look down on the Imperial College. Let's fight for money and food for us first. Now the imperial students only have 300 yuan per month for cooking, and even Lianzhou County
It’s not even as good as school.”
Hu Yuan said: "There is no time to rush. The imperial court has allocated more than 200 hectares of land and 6,000 to 7,000 houses for the Imperial College. At that time, the Imperial College only had 200 people. Now it has expanded to 900 people. It is inevitable that it will make ends meet. The matter is slowly being debated.
, don’t be too anxious.”
The young man said: "My husband takes out money from his salary every year to support lonely students."
The old man said: "Ten students from the Imperial College can only have three guan in a month, and one hundred students can only have 30 guan. The full quota of 900 students from the Imperial College is only more than 700, and the total number is only more than 200 guan. One observation envoy has a salary."
That’s all.”
“Isn’t it a joke that the imperial court can support one observer, but cannot support hundreds of imperial students? I would like to appeal to the emperor to request more money and food for the imperial students.”
Hu Yuan said: "Uncle Tai, you still have such a temper. If you can fight with the imperial court, how can we not fight? When Uncle Ouyang Yong recommended you and me to the Imperial Academy to give lectures, he was already risking the disdain of the world. Now, mentioning this matter is not an order.
Uncle Yong, is he in trouble?"
“Hmph! You are so honest that you are bullied to the point of being bullied.” The old man said, hating the fact that iron cannot be transformed into steel.
Hu Yuan looked at the candlelight and said: "It's really useless. I have been in Taixue for thirty years. Every time I think of what Fan Xianggong said at the beginning, 'When I am an official, I will generously discuss world affairs and work hard without caring about my own life.'"
"The great unfinished business of Fan Xianggong was entrusted to my hands, and I entrusted it to your hands. It depends on you how to proceed in the future. The original intention of Fan Xianggong to establish the Imperial Academy was to make the world's rulers through talents.
The most talented people in the world are educated, and the true source of education is school.”
“Fan Xianggong implemented the New Deal for only one year before it was abandoned, which meant that there were no available talents around him.”
Hearing this, the old man said angrily: "This burden is too heavy for me to bear. Besides, the person in charge of Gou Guozijian is Tie Yushi. How can they listen to me?"
Hu Yuan smiled and said, "You don't have to worry about this. After Wu Zhongfu takes office, Uncle Ouyang Yong will probably recommend you to take charge of Gou Taixue. After all, after I leave, you are the only one who can stick to Fan Xianggong's ideas."
This old man is Li Gou, also known as Taibo and Mr. Xujiang. When he was young, he had a certain temperament and was a chivalrous person. After practicing Confucianism, he still couldn't change his temper.
Fan Zhongyan implemented the New Deal and mostly used Li Gou's theory.
When Fan Zhongyan was besieged by political opponents in the court, Li Gou was unable to support him in Jiangxi, so he scolded Zhang You who opposed the New Deal in Fujian.
After the failure of the Qingli New Deal, Li Gou was pushed to teach at Taixue, first as an assistant at Taixue, and later as one of the eight lecturers at the Imperial College.
Now he is entrusted by Hu Yuan to be the power manager Gou Taixue.
The supervisor of the Guozi is the same as the supervisor of the country, Guan Gou Guozi's supervisor, and the same manager of Guan Gouguo.
If he is an attendant, he is called a supervisor of the state. If he is not an attendant, he is called Guan Gou.
As for the power manager Gou Taixue, it is even more humble. Hu Yuan and Li Gou both have no background, and now their status is far beyond the ordinary promotion.
That's right, neither of them passed the Jinshi examination, but their talents and learning were both admired by people all over the world.
However, although Hu Yuan and Li Gou came from the same background and both supported Fan Zhongyan's reform, their ideas were not the same, and they often argued. However, with the failure of the New Deal and Fan Zhongyan's death, the two slowly settled their differences and have come to this day.
The purpose is to break the stuffy atmosphere in the court and cultivate and select useful talents.
Speaking of the New Deal.
Hu Yuan said: "Today's official family may not have the desire to eliminate the evils of the world, otherwise they would not use Ouyang Yongshu to preside over the tribute examination, and you and I to preside over the Imperial College? But the official family is old, and the issue of establishing a heir has become a big deal in the court. Not to mention the elimination of the long-standing abuses in the court. I am afraid that the officials will not be able to see this matter, and you and I will not be able to see it, so we have to leave it to the next generation. If the next generation has no more available people, how can you and I see each other under the circumstances? Mr. Fan?"
Li Gou waved his hand and said: "Okay, okay, please stop talking. In the past, although you and I both served under Fan Xianggong, you didn't obey me and I didn't obey you. But from today on, you will entrust me with the responsibility." I will handle the matter well. Just like what Zhuge Wuhou said, I will devote myself to my life and die."
“It’s just that once you take off your errand, one of the four truths will be missing. In the eyes of others, I’m afraid you’re just a ‘power’ truth.”
In the Jiayou year, Fu Bi became prime minister, Ouyang Xiu was appointed Hanlin bachelor, Bao Zheng was appointed Yushi Zhongcheng, and Hu Yuan was appointed minister in Taixue, gaining the reputation of the world.
At that time, the scholar-bureaucrats said that Fu Gongzhen was the prime minister, Ouyang Yongshu was a Hanlin scholar, Bao Laozhen was a Zhongcheng, and Hu Gongzhen was a gentleman.
The name of Jiayou Sizhen became a favorite among the government and the public.
Li Gou was in charge of Gou Taixue, and he mocked himself as "Quan", which made the two of them laugh. Li Gou also admitted that he was inferior to Hu Yuan, which put an end to the lifelong dispute between the two.
Li Gou suddenly said: "That's right, we haven't talked about the real thing yet."
Hu Yuan smiled and said: "Brother Tai Bo, are you looking for me because of the examination?"
“Exactly, exactly.”
“How are these ten students?”
Li Gou caressed his beard and smiled and said: "It's all right. One of them is outstanding, but he is a Jingsheng. I can't help but wonder, do you know the origin of this person?"
"which one?"
Li Gou said: "It's a man named Zhang Yue. Where is he from? A mere economics student can write such an article, but it's only half an article. If it were an article..."
“Where is the article?” Hu Yuan asked.
“If it were just one article, I wouldn’t dare to be his teacher.” Li Gou laughed.
Hu Yuan smiled and said: "You have always been so arrogant, but you can say this to a student. It seems that this chapter is really remarkable!"
“What is he from?”
Hu Yuan smiled slightly and said, "Let me read his article first."
“Tell me his origin first!” Li Gou seemed angry.
Hu Yuan smiled and said: "Most of today's ten papers were written by others. Only Zhang Yue's article was modified by me at short notice. If my prediction is correct, the outstanding article you said should be..."
“The great meaning of the university.”
“Haha!” The two of them laughed together.
“What a good Mr. Anding!”
Hu Yuan smiled slightly and said: "Screening for talents and selecting suitable people is a matter between you and me. How can we say how good this guy's article is?"
Li Gou took it out of his sleeve and said, "It's up to you."
Hu Yuan immediately read: ‘The book of the university is the method that the ancient universities taught people. Since the people were born from heaven, they must be benevolent, righteous, propriety and wisdom. However, their temperament and talents may not be the same...'
Hu Yuan knew in his heart that this was Mencius’ theory of the goodness of nature...
The following are the Three Outlines and Eight Articles...
"...Zi Gong said: "The Master's articles can be obtained and heard. The Master's talk about human nature and the way of heaven cannot be obtained and heard." Therefore, it is said that the Master did not talk about the study of human nature, but the Confucian scholars only talked about the order of the family and did not know anything about it.
It is a mistake to be honest and sincere.”
“However, at the beginning of Zhongyong, it is said that ‘the destiny is called nature, and the will of nature is called Tao’. Therefore, we can know that knowing the destiny is the nature, and sincerity is the way..."
Hu Yuan couldn't help but marvel when he saw this. However, when he wanted to read further, he found that the article ended here...
Hu Yuan couldn't help but turn the page, and there was a blank space behind it.
Li Gou on the side could not help but laugh: "I saw this just now, and the feeling of frustration has not dissipated until now..."
Hu Yuan couldn’t help but shake his head and laugh.
This feeling of "out of context" is really uncomfortable!
Even a great scholar like Hu Yuan did not recover for a while.
It’s like an ambitious article. It has a good beginning, and the foreshadowing is getting better and better. When the argument is presented, it makes people gasp in admiration. Just when he was asked to see how to take it to the next level, when he drew a leopard’s tail, it disappeared...
Who can withstand this?
“Did this kid do it on purpose? Anyway, if that’s the case, there’s no way he can get into the Imperial Academy.” Li Gou said with a sneer.
“That’s what you wanted anyway.”
“Oh?” Li Gou asked back.
Hu Yuan said: "Don't you want to know who this son is? This son comes from the Zhang family in Pucheng and is of the same clan as Zhang Ziping, the number one scholar in Jinke. And Zhang Boyi, who you scolded, is his teacher..."
Li Gou was stunned after hearing this: "Is this true?"
"That's right," Hu Yuan said with a smile, "Now I will retire and return to my hometown to recuperate. Whether you take this son or not is entirely up to you. Do you want me to see? It's better not to take it.
."
Li Gou looked solemn after hearing this. If he said that he did not know Zhang Yue's identity, he would have wanted to take this student to Taixue for "training" and let him know the consequences of "breaking the chapter".
But now that he knows it, it makes him...
Li Gou sneered and said: "No wonder I should have thought that he was a student of 'Zhang Zi' just by looking at his handwriting. If he has such a teacher, why would he go all the way to study at Taixue?"
‘Zhang Zi’ is exactly what Li Gou called Zhang Youzhi, which seems to be a compliment but is actually a disparagement.
“Oh? That means I won’t take it?”
Li Gou said: "If I don't take it, you must have some concerns in your heart. Maybe you will go to Uncle Ouyang Yong to arrange it for me, saying that I am abandoning the public for personal reasons. How can I do what you want?"
“Well, since he is admitted, I will let him not be able to leave even if he wants to, and he won’t be able to stay even if he wants to stay.”
Hu Yuan laughed when he heard this and said, "The only bad thing about you is your mouth."