Want to learn poetry and poetry? The kind who were demoted to Lingnan.
The relationship between Wu Chuhou and Cai Que was like this. Cai Que learned poetry and poetry from Wu Chuhou when he was young. Later, when Cai Que became prime minister, Wu Chuhou came to ask Cai Que for his guidance.
Cai Que refused to agree, and later Wu Chuhou joined Wang Gui's sect. Cai Que squeezed Wu Chuhou in everything.
Wu Chuhou was so angry that he finally initiated the Chegaiting Poetry Case and had Cai Que demoted to Lingnan, where he eventually died of old age.
Some people said that although Cai indeed deserved to die, he was not killed in the name of poetry. Wu Chuhou's move was also honored as a traitor.
Therefore, Zhang Yue heard that Cai Que recommended him to study poetry from Wu Chuhou. Of course, Zhang Yue knew that the other party meant well. However, Zhang Yue thought that he was not ready to risk being demoted to Lingnan to study poetry, so he declined Cai Que politely.
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When Zhang Yue went to visit Cai Que, he brought two bottles of plain wine, several propaganda pens, and a corner of Shu paper.
Vegetarian wine is eaten on a daily basis. If you eat some vegetarian wine in Taixue, you will not be scolded without being directly told and seen. There is a heavy workload on weekdays, so Taixue students usually like this taste.
As for the Xuanbi Shu note, it was given to Cai Que to congratulate him on being named on the Golden List next spring.
Cai was indeed very happy to see Zhang Yue giving him gifts.
On the way Zhang Yue returned to his apartment, he saw Cai Que bringing a dose of Taimo and several kilograms of pomegranates to him. This pomegranate was also called Golden Cherry. Jiangnan avoided Qian Miu's name and called the pomegranate Golden Cherry.
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Zhang Yue saw that Cai was acting like this. Zhou Zhang couldn't help but said: "Brother Zhizheng, you are out of touch with this. This Xuanbi plain wine is just something I have taken advantage of. You are embarrassing me by doing this."
Zhang Yue knew that Cai Que's family was indeed in a bad situation. His father was dismissed by Chen Zhizhong, and the family lived in Chenzhou, where they had no meal at all.
In the past, Zhang Dun's brother-in-law Huang Haoqian often helped him. Even so, after arriving at the Imperial Academy, Cai Que's life was very tight.
Cai Que said with a smile: "Sanlang, as the saying goes, courtesy should reciprocate. You said that this xuan pen and plain wine are handy gifts, but no one else gave them to you, only me. It shows that you keep Brother Yu in your heart. I accept this friendship.
Already."
Zhang Yue stopped refusing and said, "Okay, I'm just waiting for the good news from Brother Chizheng, Dakui!"
Cai Que said with firm eyes: "Shengsanlang has said good things... What's wrong, what else can Sanlang say?"
Zhang Yue hesitated for a moment, but decided to speak out: "Brother Zhizheng is upright and refuses to take advantage of his friends. This is the behavior of a gentleman. I think that when he is released as an official, he will be able to take care of the people in this way, be fair and honest."
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Cai Que smiled and said: "Sanlang, what's the point? I can't see the time to let go now. I'm leaving!"
Zhang Yue watched Cai Que off and said to his heart, Cai Que was young and poor, and was accused of corruption and bribery when he first became an official. The stigma was written on his resume, so that his official reputation was always bad.
I don’t know how well he will listen even if I remind him like this.
You must be cautious when you first enter the official career. If you make a wrong step at the beginning, you will have to bear this penalty for the rest of your life. The normal route of promotion will be very difficult, unless he is willing to find other ways or attach himself to noble people.
But is it an easy road to cling to a noble person?
Not only must you be good at flattering people and be good at flattering, but more importantly, you must have value that noble people value and be obedient.
Zhang Yue didn't know how much Cai Que would listen to his advice, so he could only express his sincerity.
After Zhang Yue returned to his residence, he distributed all the several kilograms of pomegranates donated by Cai Que to his classmates.
This is also what my brother Zhang Shi has always said. If you have delicious food on hand, you must share it with others and don't keep it to yourself.
During the period, a classmate also took a pomegranate and ate it. While eating, he laughed and said, "Sanlang must have gotten a lot of money for engraving seals recently."
Zhang Yue smiled and said nothing when he heard this.
There is no way. Although there are many outstanding people in Taixue, there are many who are smart in reading and well-educated people. However, there are also many people who lack some thoughtfulness in dealing with others. However, most of these people do not have bad intentions, and Zhang Yue does not take it seriously.
Already.
Speaking of it, his daily expenses are indeed covered by his stamps. Every month, he sells and gives away two and a half yuan, and he can also earn two or three yuan.
Zhang Yue received a letter from his family. The family had asked the messenger who was on business in Beijing to bring him winter clothes and several coins. It is estimated that by then his money will be much looser.
Zhang Yue carved two more seals that night. The next day was the day when the Imperial Academy rested.
Zhang Yue happened to have five or six idle chapters at hand that he wanted to get rid of.
Of course, brother Ouyang Fa often came to Zhang Yue to buy leisure stamps, but among friends, Zhang Yue could never ask for money. Ouyang Fa asked for money, and Zhang Yue always gave it to him as a gift.
Of course, the two brothers Ouyang Fa would not ask for anything in vain. They always gave good things as gifts, which always made Zhang Yue very embarrassed.
So Zhang Yue had leisure seals engraved on his hands. In addition to giving them to Ouyang Xiu and Ouyang Fa, he would always sell them to Daxiangguo Temple to earn some extra money.
That day Zhang Yue got up early and went to visit Ouyang Xiu at his home.
Ouyang Xiu is now a Hanlin bachelor and a Longtuge bachelor, and has the authority to know Kaifeng Mansion.
This position is not the "Kaifeng Prefecture Yin" often mentioned in dramas. This position is not permanent. Generally, everyone has the authority to know the Kaifeng Prefecture and the Kaifeng Prefecture.
Ouyang Xiu knew that Kaifeng Mansion was busy with affairs. Zhang Yue never met Ouyang Xiu once again.
Zhang Yue visited Ouyang Xiu's house several times in the past six months, and he was always received by brothers Ouyang Fa and Ouyang Di.
Zhang Yue went to Ouyang Xiu's house today and bought some water to present to Zhi.
Unexpectedly, Ouyang Xiu was at the house.
Ouyang Fa accompanied Zhang Yue into the house and told Ouyang Xiu to receive the guests at the house and asked him to come along and get to know each other.
Thinking of this, Zhang Yue cheered up and walked into the hall.
But I saw Ouyang Xiu sitting high in the hall, and two young officials in green robes were sitting below him.
Zhang Yue first greeted Ouyang Xiu, and Ouyang Xiu smiled and said to the two people in the hall: "This is Mr. Sanlang of the Zhang family whom I just mentioned to you."
When the two of them heard the words, they stood up and greeted each other.
One person called himself Chen Shunyu, a native of Xiuzhou.
Another person called himself Qian Zao, a native of Suzhou.
Qian Zao smiled lightly and said: "Sanlang, you are worthy of being a son of a famous family."
As for Chen Shunqin, he said: "Brother Zihou's younger brother, I was also present at the Wu Mansion banquet that day. The phrase 'all the surnames in the world look up' are still fresh in my memory."
Zhang Yue said humbly and felt ashamed, and these two people had heard about it.
This Chen Shunyu studied under Hu Yuan when he was in Huzhou, and won the Jinshi in the sixth year of Qingli.
As for Qian Zao, he had an even better background. His ancestor was Qian Mi of Wuyue Kingdom, and his uncle was Qian Mingyi, a Hanlin scholar, who was a mortal enemy of Ouyang Xiu.
Qian Mingyi used the incident between Ouyang Xiu and his niece to criticize Ouyang Xiu, and eventually Ouyang Xiu was demoted to Chuzhou. However, another Qian family member, Qian Weiyan, was Ouyang Xiu's boss and was kind to him.
However, I heard that later when Ouyang was compiling the History of the Five Dynasties, he made many disparaging remarks about the Qian family of Wuyue, which was probably a public revenge.
Zhang Yue wondered why Qian Zao was here? Since he was an enemy, how could he appear in Ouyang Xiu's private residence?
Zhang Yue was secretly surprised, and soon the two of them said goodbye.
Ouyang Xiu’s expression was a little dull, and Zhang Yue didn’t dare to ask any more questions.
Ouyang Xiu held a stack of manuscripts and smiled and said: "These two people want to take a major next year, so they have come to submit their strategies to me."
It suddenly dawned on Zhang Yue.
Dake is the system examination. According to regulations, those who participate in the system examination must submit fifty policy essays to the two-system officials or above, twenty-five essays, and twenty-five essays. Then the two-system officials will select those who are excellent in both poetry and theory to participate.
For the pavilion examination, the two of them came to Ouyang Xiu to submit their papers today.
Zhang Yue had an idea in his mind and immediately told Ouyang Xiu that he was looking for a poetry teacher.
Ouyang Xiu said to Zhang Yue: "I have read your poems and poems about the meaning of the classics. The meaning of the classics is above the theory, and the theory is above the poems. As for the poems, it is difficult to understand."
Zhang Yue knew that this was a fact. He really had no talent for poetry, because it could not be improved by rote memorization.
Ouyang Fa laughed at the side and said: "Sanlang is not good at poetry, so why not take the major exam? I just don't know if Sanlang is sure about the Six Essays on Secret Pavilion."
Ouyang Xiu glanced at Zhang Yue and scolded Ouyang: "Didn't you harm Sanlang?"
In addition to the nomination of two recommenders, the system science department also needs the approval of two system officials. The most difficult thing is the six secret chambers.
The Six Essays on the Secret Pavilion are so difficult, and the scope of the questions is so broad that it’s so wide that it’s mind-boggling!
To what extent?
Including the text or commentaries of ‘Nine Classics, Seventeen Histories, Seven Books, Guoyu, Xunzi, Yangzi, Guanzi, Wen Zhongzi’.
In other words, candidates must first memorize the texts and annotations of these books.
Zhang Yue spent several years memorizing one of the Nine Classics.
As for what the Seventeen Histories are? In later generations, they are the same as those who can read the Twenty-Four Histories.
The Seven Books are Sun Tzu's Art of War, Wu Zi's Art of War, etc., which are also the Seven Books of Martial Arts. If you learn them all, you can become the number one scholar in martial arts.
There are also the following and so on.
Those who have read the text and commentaries of any of the Nine Classics, Seventeen Histories, and Seven Books can be called a great person among liberal arts students.
The talents selected by the system of science and technology should not only be able to master classics, but also be familiar with history, and even be able to "talk about military affairs on paper".
Zhang Yue immediately said: "I have learned from Ouyang that I will master the Nine Classics at the age of fourteen."
If most people say that he has mastered the Nine Classics, others will say that he is not ashamed.
Zhang Yue is very confident. He will slap anyone in the face who dares to question.
Zhang Yue had a black line on his face. Can the boss stop playing tricks? Wouldn't it be better to be more serious?
Ouyang Xiu said with a smile: "...Xiu already knows that you are good at the Nine Classics. You took eleven exams when you were in the county school, and you passed nine in all but one of eight. You are truly a talent with broad knowledge and memorization that is rare to see in a hundred years."
, It’s just a pity that I can’t take the major exam now.”
“I don’t know why?” Zhang Yue asked.
Ouyang Xiu said with a smile: "A major subject requires approval from officials of two or more systems. Now you are not well-known. This is difficult. Secondly, in recent years, most of the people who have taken the major examination are those who have been admitted as Jinshi. You still put Jinshi qualification first."
“It sounds like you are quite like another student of mine, Zeng Zigu. He is good at strategy and argumentation, but he is not good at writing essays, so he failed many times. It was not until last year that he passed the imperial examination.”
Zhang Yue thought to himself, after all, he still had to take the imperial examination first, but his own poetry was indeed a shortcoming.
Zhang Yue heard this: "Scholar Ouyang, my poems..."
Ouyang Xiu smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. I'll just find someone to teach you. I just don't know if he will agree or not."
