Chapter 1,238 My classmates are not cheap even when they are young
Chapter 1246 My classmates are not cheap even when they are young
Bianjing was suddenly cold, just when Han Zhongyan was on his mission to the Liao Kingdom.
The triennial provincial examination is also open.
That day at Taixue, Zhang Yue said, "If you are greedy for life and afraid of death, don't enter this door. If you want to get promoted and make money, please go elsewhere." After that, the scholars' enthusiasm for talking about politics was suddenly ignited.
Especially during this annual provincial examination, scholars from all over the world gathered in Bianjing.
Scholars have been asking questions about politics since ancient times. There has been debate for several days about whether or not to fight the Khitan for Liangzhou.
But even scholars are just a bunch of people. As long as there is such discussion, there will be pros and cons.
Although many people support a war with the Khitans, there are also many opponents. Among them, scholars from Hebei Province have related interests and many have objections.
There are also some people who are neither willing to abandon Liangzhou nor start a war with the Khitan, so they make suggestions in the middle, but it is a pity that they are all a joke.
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Now Zhang Yue is walking in the mansion, he has no time to think about anything else, but is waiting for a distinguished guest to come to the door.
Soon there was the sound of carriages and horses in the atrium. Hearing the sound, Zhang Yue immediately opened the door and went out, only to see a man with white hair getting out of the car slowly with the help of Huang Haoyi and Peng Jingyi.
Zhang Yue also stepped forward in three steps at a time, looked at the other person's face and said: "Senior brother!"
"Bye...meet the Prime Minister!"
Seeing the other party's restraint, Zhang Yue shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Senior brother."
Guo Lindao: "Prime Minister, please forgive me for the past titles I dare not call you again."
Zhang Yue nodded and said, "I don't have to."
Zhang Yue looked at Guo Lin's white hair and skinny cheeks and couldn't help but shake his head. The senior brother looked like an old man in his sixties. It seemed that repairing and writing books took too much effort.
Zhang Yue helped Guo Lin and the two of them go inside and sit across from each other. Guo Lin said, "I came here to take a look at Guo Xuan, and then left. I didn't dare to disturb the Prime Minister any more."
Zhang Yue said: "Senior brother, what are you talking about? Since you have come to my place, don't talk about staying for a while before leaving. I have written many times asking you to bring your family from Xijing to live in Tokyo, but you have always refused. But."
After hearing Zhang Yue's words, Guo Lin said: "Prime Minister, this is probably my senior brother's last insistence."
"Now the difference between you and me is like clouds and mud. If I suffer any more benefits, I'm afraid I will never be able to sit and talk to you like this again."
"Actually, it's enough for the world to know that I, Guo Lin, have a junior brother who has become the prime minister."
Zhang Yue sighed after hearing this and waved his hand to signal Guo Linxiu to mention it again.
Guo Lin continued: "Do you still remember what you and I talked about back then?"
"How high is the sky today? Prime Minister, you have already seen it for me, so I have seen it too."
Zhang Yue heard this and said: "It happened back then. Actually, it doesn't matter if you don't see it or not."
Guo Lin said sternly: "Prime Minister, if we scholars should conduct ourselves in the world, we should be the latitude and longitude of the heaven and the earth, the yin and yang, and be the teachers of the world!"
"If you are born, you will write history in front of the book, set an example for future generations, and be a teacher for all generations!"
"People's fortunes may be favorable or unfavorable, just like what Zhuangzi said about the transformation of dragons and snakes among the trees and wild geese. When they appear, they make a blockbuster, shocking hundreds of miles; when they hide, they hide deep in the abyss, and they are determined to make themselves known. But if you can go in and out of the nine heavens, you still have to go. It’s a good trip.”
Zhang Yue said: "Senior brother, I remember when you and I were studying together, you said that you liked Fan Wenzheng's line the most, 'worry first when the world is worried, then be happy when the world is happy'."
"And I like the sentence 'Gathering learning into a sea, I will swallow up nine rivers, and respect a hundred valleys; refine words into a front, then I will cut down floating clouds, and cut fine jade'."
Guo Lin smiled and said: "The next sentence is 'Today's scholars may be mellow and ancient, or gloomy in the times. Some may be as steep as the clouds, or as deep as the deep abyss."
At this point, Zhang Yue and Guo Lin both laughed.
This is exactly the current ambition of the two of them.
The two started chatting about things from their youth, and sat there reminiscing about the past.
Others would definitely not understand.
If you have a close friend who is already the prime minister of the dynasty when you are young, how can you not ask him to do anything for twenty years and not find an official position for yourself for twenty years?
How many people can do it?
Zhang Yue had a relative before he traveled through time. Although he was not a high-ranking official, he was very powerful. When he was in power, he treated you in a business-like manner. If you asked him to take care of something, he would be rejected 90% of the time. Whenever you talk to him, he will be very secretive.
After retiring, he became enthusiastic and approachable overnight. He told you everything he knew, and gossip only meant small things.
Zhang Yue hated him at first, but now he has almost become like this relative.
It’s not that the rolling pin turned into a baton or the local dog ate the royal food. It’s just that most people will go back to the topic after reminiscing about the past. It’s just that some people’s methods are more clever, and some people’s methods are more crude.
I designed a button in the previous words, but in the end it came back again without realizing it.
But I don’t deny that there are a lot of people who just come to you to reminisce about old times.
Guo Lin asked: "Prime Minister, does the imperial court really want to go to war with the Liao Kingdom?"
Zhang Yue said: "Brother, to be honest, this is the hardest thing for me to say to you."
Guo Lindao: "It's right for the Prime Minister not to say anything. But now everyone is talking about this matter. If the world is righteous, the common people will not discuss it. Now the people are discussing this matter. It must be quite difficult. If you are not in your position, you will not seek to govern. , I have gone too far when I say this, the Prime Minister is so undecided."
Zhang Yue smiled and said: "I don't mind. You are asking on behalf of Bachelor Sima! How is he?"
Guo Lin shook his head and said, "Not good. Bachelor Sima is the person I admire most in my life after Duke Fan Wenzheng."
Zhang Yue asked: "Senior brother, I heard that you have a daughter who was born last year?"
"Yes, it was Ji Ji last autumn. I have been in poor health in the past few years, and I have relied on her to serve her at home." Guo Lin said with a smile on his face when talking about his daughter.
She is a filial woman... Zhang Yue asked: "Have you ever made a promise to someone else?"
Guo Lin shook his head and said: "The small Han family is not as good as the rest of the ladies. No one cares about her. She has a rough and straight temperament and only knows a few superficial female workers."
Zhang Yue smiled slightly when he heard the words and said: "That's not what I heard. Senior brother, you write poetry and manage the family. Although your family is poor, the children you have raised must be diligent and thrifty. I admire Guo Xuan very much, and you, the daughter of the Guo family, think the same."
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Guo Lin was surprised and said: "Prime Minister, what does this mean?"
Zhang Yue said: "Since I have finally invited my senior brother to come to Bianjing City, I can't go in vain. My Sanlang is not married yet. You will meet me later. If you like it, we will give birth to our two children."
The eight characters are combined into one.”
Guo Lin was stunned when he heard this.
Zhang Yue said quickly: "Senior brother, don't worry. Although this is the Prime Minister's Mansion, there are not many rules."
"As for my Sanlang, he is not a playboy like that. He will never delay your daughter."
Zhang Yue thought to himself that back then, Zeng Gong fell in love with him and promised his sister to him. Now that he thinks about it, he still feels a little regretful. It's not that Qi Niang is bad, it's just that she has too many soft nails in her pocket.
I haven't discussed this matter with Qi Niang yet, so I made my own decision.
At this time, reports came out that both Guo Xuan and Zhang Cheng had returned to the mansion.
Zhang Yue immediately pulled Guo Lin into the lobby and watched Guo Xuan and Zhang Cheng enter together.
Guo Xuan was very happy to see his father, but Zhang Cheng was a little reserved. Guo Lin looked at Zhang Cheng carefully and then asked: "What books has my nephew read recently?"
Zhang Cheng said: "Report to Uncle Guo..."
Zhang Cheng answered them one by one.
Guo Lin's frown gradually relaxed after hearing this. Zhang Cheng had obviously put in some effort in studying again, but he was just like himself when he was young. He worked hard but couldn't see where the path was due to his talent.
It was very difficult to walk step by step, and I had to explore all by myself, just like a blind man groping for an elephant.
Guo Lin said to Zhang Cheng: "The way to study is to learn from the bottom to the top, but the step to the top is a personal experience, which can be known but cannot be expressed in words."
After listening to Guo Lin's words, others must have thought that Guo Lin didn't like Zhang Cheng and thought that Zhang Cheng didn't know how to learn. However, Zhang Yue knew that Guo Lin was passing on his own experience.
Zhang Cheng seemed to understand. Guo Lin looked at Zhang Yue and nodded, obviously having a crush on Zhang Cheng.
Zhang Yue stroked his beard and smiled, feeling extremely happy in his heart.
In the evening, a sumptuous banquet was set up. Huang Lu, Huang Haoyi, Peng Jingyi and others sat at a round table with Zhang Yue and Guo Lin and drank.
"My classmates are not cheap even when they are young, but Wuling's clothes and horses are light and fat."
After three glasses of wine, Guo Lin also sighed sincerely.
Zhang Yue smiled and everyone present was once his classmate, but now they are walking on different paths in life.
He said: "After the exam, I ended up enrolling as a child and returned empty-handed. The words are still before my eyes. In the blink of an eye, more than 20 years have passed."
Huang Haoyi is the worst drinker, and he likes to talk loudly when he is drunk.
After three rounds of drinking today, Huang Haoyi was clearly drunk. His face was full of bitterness and he said: "I still remember what the Prime Minister said back then. Among us children from poor families, some of us are as moral as Senior Brother Guo. Although we are poor, we are full of people wherever we go.
People respect you. Who doesn’t look up to you?”
"Either you work hard from the beginning like He Qixiangqi, and you may not end up well or have good luck in the end, but in any case you had a good time."
"Like a prime minister, he is a master of tricks. He is admired by others and can be in a good position. He must have real ability."
"The most taboo thing is that I am like this, and I don't have any good skills. I can't learn anything. I want to take the right path at first, but I can't learn morals and ethics, and I can't be ups and downs in doing things. It's really uncomfortable.
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Zhang Yue said: "I borrowed these words from others. I just want to tell you."
Huang Haoyi said: "I didn't listen to the Prime Minister's words. People are either smart or unique. I haven't achieved anything. It seems that I have spent a lot of effort. If you want to be arrogant, others will say you are crazy. If you want to take advantage of others, they will look down on you.
The last thing was missing."
Huang Lu said: "Silang, you are drunk. Those who lie down for a long time will fly high, and those who start first will thank you early. No one in this world can say for sure."
Huang Haoyi opened his drunken eyes and said: "There are so many classmates, but you have the best mentality from beginning to end. It was like this when I was studying, and it will be like this after becoming an official."
Huang Lu said: "What is good or bad is as good as one who does not ask for help from others. Whether he is high or low, he finds it for himself. Many people live a mediocre life and it is not bad. This kind of life is what Sanlang and I have dreamed of now."
Huang Lu is right, there are many people who think that everything goes well for them in their position.
"Afraid no one believes what you say?" Huang Haoyi said.
Huang Ludao: "If Sanlang becomes an official in two years' time, no matter where I am, I will resign immediately to accompany him!"
Everyone was surprised. They didn't expect that Huang Lu and Zhang Yue had such a deep friendship. They were advancing and retreating together!
Zhang Yue knew Huang Lu's ambition.
Perhaps he was appointed as the third envoy just because of his own recruitment, and truly regarded fame as dirt and wealth as floating clouds.
Zhang Yue immediately had a drink with Huang Lu, but he couldn't stop complaining. He was about to promote Huang Lu as deputy privy envoy, but he didn't expect that he blocked his mouth in advance as if he knew what he was thinking.
Reminiscing about the past is reminiscing after all, and by this point the wine was already tasteless. Everyone drank a few more drinks, and Zhang Yue broke up the drinking party immediately when he saw that Huang Haoyi was extremely drunk.
