After Zhang Yue left, calligraphy professor Yang Nanzhong walked into Li Gou's room.
Yang Nanzhong glanced at Zhang Yue’s back and said with a smile, “Which student is this angry?”
Li Gou glanced at Yang Nanzhong and said, "He is a Fujianese. If Mr. Anding hadn't repeatedly asked me to take care of this person when he returned to Hangzhou, I would have kicked him out of Taixue."
Yang Nazhong laughed and said: "Li Xujiang is such a man, he always speaks so openly. I am about to recommend someone today, and he happens to be from Fujian. But after you said that, I don't dare to do it."
"If there is real talent and learning, I will be willing to step in to meet it. If not, don't blame me for being embarrassed."
Yang Nanzhong said: "Of course, this person's name is Zheng Huan. He uses cursive calligraphy and is best at painting figures. I also asked Mr. Xu Jiang to recommend him to the painting academy on his behalf."
Li Gou glanced at Yang Nanzhong and said, "Why don't you report this matter to jail? I'm afraid there's nothing I can do about it."
After Hu Yuan left.
In this case, Wuzhong, the Tie Yushi, will re-judge Guozijian.
Wu Zhongfu is a selfless person who cannot tolerate a grain of sand in his eyes and is extremely strict with school rules.
In discussions about governance in Taixue, the trend of yellow figures prevailed, and they were known as the "Unofficial Yushitai". Not only that, even the emperor of the day dared to criticize.
Now the official is a good-tempered person, and he never cares about these words when they reach his ears, but the officials below can't stand it, especially after Wu Zhongfu was ordered to be sentenced to prison.
One day when he was inspecting the dining hall, he happened to listen to two imperial students discussing government affairs and criticizing Wen Yanbo, Hu Qi and other ruling ministers. As a result, he was caught on the spot. Wu Zhongfu was furious and wanted to expel the two from school.
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When Li Gou found out about the matter, he led the Imperial Academy to speak directly, and doctors and other academic officials also interceded for the two imperial students.
Wu Zhongfu claimed to be impartial and impartial, but he was just listening to advice.
So the two of them had a quarrel and almost fell apart.
The last two imperial students dropped out of school on their own initiative. As soon as this matter came out of the Imperial College, there was a feud between them.
Yang Nanzhong sighed: "The personal grudge you had with Judge Wu has now extended to Imperial College. You are too straightforward and stubborn, so can't you say a few nice words to Judge Wu?"
Li Gou changed his expression and said: "How can we give in so easily when it is a big issue? During the reign of Emperor Huan and Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, his administration was ridiculous. The country's orders were entrusted to the eunuch temple. The imperial students were ashamed to be in the company and spoke out. This is also a great event in the history of history.
Things to write about in special books.”
“As for the students’ words, it is inevitable that they will be light and violent, but they can be guided slowly, but they cannot be blocked. Judge Wu’s move is close to being a treacherous one and will ruin his reputation for life!”
Yang Nanzhong shook his head. He knew that even if he argued with Li Gou for three days and three nights, he would not be able to convince the other party. Moreover, the talents and knowledge he had in mind were not enough to argue with Li Gou for three days and three nights, so he gave up.
Yang Nanzhong immediately took some pieces of paper from Li Gou's desk and asked, "What is this?"
Li Gou said: "Jiefu gave it to me."
Yang Nanzhong read a few words: "In the beginning, human nature is inherently good..."
Then Yang Nanzhong said: "This three-character poem is even superficial, why do you value it so much?"
Yang Nanzhong said: "It's a long story. When Wang Jiefu got to know Changzhou, Uncle Chen Yang wrote to him and called him a prodigy in the countryside who wrote this poem. Wang Jiefu read it and found it catchy and interesting. He said that nowadays, children are learning.
"One Hundred Family Surnames" and "Thousand-Character Essay" can be used to clarify the principles for daily use. If you then use this three-character poem to increase your knowledge and understanding of the truth, it can be said to be the best."
"After Wang Jiefu promoted this book in Changzhou, many old Confucian scholars praised it for its good works. Now he happened to come to Beijing to report on his work, so he found me. I asked me to report it to Supervisor Wu so that this poem can be promoted to schools in prefectures and counties all over the world."
Li Gou and Wang Anshi did meet once.
Li Gou was twelve years older than Wang Anshi, and the two had quite a close relationship.
Zeng Gong was a student of Li Gou and a close friend of Wang Anshi.
Wang Anshi went to Beijing to consult Emperor Renzong, but his efforts were lost in the sea and did not receive any reply from Emperor Renzong.
Wang Anshi wrote this ten-thousand-character book out of a passionate heart, with a good plan for governing the country and ensuring peace of the country. As long as the officials were willing to adopt it, he could carry out the strategy and repay the officials' kindness with his life.
However, Emperor Renzong's cold reaction made some Wang Anshi feel despair.
In this book, Wang Anshi believed that "now that the world is safe and in chaos, we can still do something about it, but when we can do something, don't rush to today", but Emperor Renzong was a little greedy for "escape".
Wang Anshi was disheartened. When he met Li Gou, he asked him to recommend this three-character poem for him. He planned to resign and return to his hometown to retire.
However, at this time, Song Renzong entrusted Wang Anshi with important tasks, making him serve as the minister of the ancestral hall, Wai Lang, and the judge of the third division.
The Third Division was the real power department of the Song Dynasty, and the Third Division of Government Affairs could manage most of the affairs.
These three divisions are Yantie, Duzhi, and Hubu divisions. The Duzhi division where Wang Anshi is located is led by the Duzhi envoy, one deputy envoy, and three judges.
The position is to control the wealth of the world, to check whether it is available every year, to control its comings and goings, and to calculate the use of the country.
This position allowed Wang Anshi to understand all aspects of the Song Dynasty's finances and learn a lot of experience in governing the country.
However, Li Gou, who was entrusted by Wang Anshi, failed to report the matter of the three-character poem to Guozijian. This was all because he was at odds with Wuzhong, which led to the incident.
Li Gou was also very sorry for this.
Yang Nanzhong listened to Li Gou talking about Wang Anshi and said with a smile: "Although I don't know Jiefu, I know from this article that he is definitely not worthy of being an official."
“How to see?”
Yang Nanzhong said with a smile: "Did you know that in the second year of Qingli, Wang Jiefu could have been ranked number one, but why he was ranked fourth?"
“Why?”
Yang Nanzhong said: "I heard the words of my grandfather Yan Gong. He wrote a sentence in the palace examination article, 'A child has its own friends'! This sentence comes from "Luo Gao" and is the words of Zhou Gong to persuade him to become a king. Wang Jiefu used Zhou Gong's tone to address officials.
Is it okay to be a child? Therefore, the officials demoted Wang Jiefu to fourth place!"
Li Gou said: "There is another matter."
Yang Nanzhong said: "Now Wang Jiefu tries to persuade officials to do the same thing again and repeat the same mistakes!"
Li Gou said: "No wonder, no wonder, if Wang Jiefu had not lost his official career, he would not have given me this poem and warned me again and again. It is a pity."
Yang Nanzhong saw that Wang Jiefu and Li Gou valued this three-character poem so much that he read it again. After reading it this time, he also felt that it was catchy and the sentence was approachable.
"It has the literary grace and rhetoric of a thousand-character prose and the beauty of memorizing hundreds of family names. It is really a good article. You said it was written by a child prodigy. Why does such a child prodigy not know his name? If he gave it to an official, he would be given an official position.
It’s not difficult either.”
Li Gou said: "I thought so too."
Now the ‘author’ of the three-character poem, Zhang Yuezheng, returned to his house angrily and told Liu Ji about the matter.
Liu Ji also said: "It would be too harsh to speak directly. There is no such truth."
"Although your poems and poems have always been bad, the meaning of the classics has always been excellent, so it is not enough to be dismissed."
In Taixue, because Hu Yuan advocated Confucianism, Jinshizhai spent three days examining poems and verses and eight days examining the meaning of the classics.
Private examinations are conducted on weekdays, and students are graded based on poetry, classics and meaning.
If the poems and scriptures have excellent meanings, it will be rated as high, if one of them is excellent and the other is average, it will be rated as medium, if it is average, if one is excellent and the other is not, it will be rated as low.
If it is a tie and a no for three times, or two no's once, the original place of residence will be returned.
Zhang Yue's three private examinations were all excellent and one failed, so it was not his turn to be expelled.
At the same time, Taixue also assesses professional skills, which is decided by Zhijiao and Zhaizhang.
Speaking directly, it mainly depends on how much you are "feeling the wind" on weekdays and whether you "have not stayed overnight" to judge. People like Huang Haoyi who are "frail and sick" can only get a low score for their skills.
As for Zhang Yue, a good student who stayed close to home and studied in his studio all day long, plus he was on good terms with Liu Ji on weekdays, his skills were naturally regarded as "excellent".
Considering this aspect, there is no reason for Zhang Yue to be expelled no matter what.
Therefore, Liu Ji was also very angry because of Zhang Yue, and wondered whether Li Gou was avenging his private revenge.
Liu Jidao: "Don't worry, Sanlang. I have a good relationship with Yang Zhi, and I will ask him to intercede for you. No matter how ungrateful Li Zhi is, he will still show respect to Yang Zhi."
Zhang Yue thought to himself, this is not good. Zhang Youzhi and Yang Nanzhong are not on good terms, so this favor should not be owed.
Zhang Yue immediately said: "Thank you very much, Chief, for your generous intervention. I am indeed not proficient in poetry and prose, so it is not unreasonable to criticize me directly. I want to study poetry and poetry in these three months. If it fails, I will study it later."
Please ask the chief for help."
Liu Ji nodded after hearing this and said: "Forget it, I'll just follow Sanlang. But Sanlang still needs to find a famous teacher to learn poetry and composition. Now that spring is coming, the people in the house may not have the time to give guidance, so it is best to find a famous teacher."
Zhang Yue listened to Liu Ji's advice, but he wanted to find a teacher who could teach him poetry.
At this time, Zhang Yue thought of Cai Que. After entering the Imperial Academy, the two of them did not move around much.
Cai is indeed a person who attaches great importance to fame. This time, he ranked 62nd among the Tai students in the examination, and the probability of becoming a Jinshi is quite high.
It is actually not difficult to solve the 600 quota for Tai students. Except for Guo Ziyuan, the ranking is not of much value for the final reference in the provincial examination.
But being ranked among the 62nd place shows that Cai Que is still very good. Zhang Yue also knew that Cai Que was an excellent composer of poems and poems. He had the habit of composing poems casually on weekdays and was quite respected among Tai students.
Historically, he was appreciated by Han Jiang, who wrote a flattering poem: "The Confucian Garden once promoted the officials of the Tang Dynasty, but now the altar worships the Huaiyin of the Han Dynasty."
At that time, Han Jiang wrote a poem for Shaanxi Province. Cai Que held a banquet in honor of Han Jiang and presented this poem during the dinner.
Coupled with the later "Che Gaiting Poetry Case"...
Therefore, when Zhang Yue found Cai Que and planned to ask for poetry lessons, he also thought, how can I find Cai Que to learn poetry? What he did was really impressive.
Fortunately, Cai Que said frankly that he is currently busy preparing for the provincial examination and has no time for it.
However, Cai did indeed uphold justice and immediately recommended that Zhang Yue should study with Wu Chuhou, his teacher of poetry and fu.
Wu Chuhou is now serving as the general supervisor in Beijing. He is a soldier of Shaowu. Before the Song Dynasty, Shaowujun served as a governor for Jianzhou, so he and Zhang Yue can be regarded as fellow villagers.
But when he heard Cai Que mentioning Wu Chuhou, Zhang Yue felt trembling in his heart.
Isn’t this person also a traitor in the history of the Song Dynasty?
When we arrived in the Song Dynasty, we didn’t do anything, but we saw that “treacherous officials gathered together.” Next time we meet Cai Jing, Cai Bian, and Lu Huiqing, everyone can play two tables of mahjong.
Cai Que was very enthusiastic, but Zhang Yue thought that he was afraid of following in the footsteps of Cai Que because he learned poetry from Wu Chuhou.
