Chapter five hundred and twenty seventh old tune no one listens
Although he can memorize the Four Books and be familiar with the Five Classics, Zhang Shou's understanding of these things is far from his understanding of the history books - he reads the history books with his own thinking, so he reads them with gusto. As for the Four Books and the Five Classics
Well, even though he knows every word and sentence by heart because of his extraordinary talent, his understanding is much worse.
As for metaphysical things, it's even more embarrassing. His understanding is as bad as it is. For example, he did the worst in college, and the course with the worst grades was a certain philosophy...
Of course, since it was a closed book, there was no way to cheat!
Therefore, when Hong Shanchang began to seriously talk about his further understanding of Neo-Confucianism, Zhang Shou was truly confused.
He sat there with a smile on his face, seemingly listening to President Hong Shan's lecture very seriously, but in fact, he was thinking about what to eat for dinner tonight. He wondered whether the mutton he had ordered Aunt Liu to buy in the morning had a strong smell.
Next, in addition to braised lamb chops, should we also make some plain mutton? Should we also add more chili peppers to the bowl of mutton soup...
However, Zhu Ying, who came here specially today and occupied the huge Guangye Hall with Wu, and even let her mother Li, the proud servant of her grandmother, go out for a walk, did not know that Zhang Shou was wandering in the world.
She looked around several times, and when she found that Zhang Shou was still listening calmly and with a smile, she couldn't help but complain.
"Ah Shou is really easy to sit on. If I had asked him, he would have lost his temper and found an excuse to leave!"
Wu was quietly brought here by Zhu Ying today. The prospective mother-in-law and daughter-in-law entered the Imperial Academy as family members. She originally thought that there would always be female relatives from other families coming here to listen to the lecture, but she didn't expect that it was just the two of them, which inevitably made her feel a little worried.
However.
Although she couldn't see clearly the person lecturing in Sui Xing Hall at this time, she was lucky enough to hear some voices, and she finally felt a little calmer.
Therefore, even though she did not understand what Hong Shanzhang said, her patience was much stronger than that of Zhu Ying. She immediately smiled and consoled her: "After all, this is about knowledge. If we don't understand, the people below must understand."
Ah Shou has been fond of reading since he was a child. During the years when his health was getting better, whenever Liu Tou came to Beijing, he would often ask people to buy books and bring them home. He knows a lot, and he must have learned a lot from what he heard."
"That's not necessarily the case." Zhu Ying was usually quite close to the Wu family and would usually not dismiss her words, but at this moment she said a little unconvinced, "Aunt Wu, please really don't intimidate these so-called great Confucian scholars.
, they talk a lot, but often the meaning is not understood. Look at the expressions of these guys below."
Zhu Ying couldn't help but pull Wu over, and then pointed at the supervisors and examiners below, and even sharply pointed out which area and which one was showing off.
Wu looked over one by one and found that it was indeed the case, and was immediately shocked. She had never had the opportunity to study when she was a child, and now she only knew a few words, so she always had a natural awe for scholars.
Therefore, she still admires Zhang Shou's father, Zhang Xiucai, who died many years ago. She is also very grateful to Widow Zhang who is also literate and helped her become blind. Even the people who stayed at home
She also secretly ordered people to entertain the two people whom Zhang Shou said were insignificant.
What she feared the most was that Zhang Shou entered the Imperial Academy at such a young age, only to be underestimated because of his youth. Every time she thought of her, she regretted that she had kicked away the gentleman sent by the Duke of Zhao because of Zhang Shou's poor health, so she forced herself to
The best time for studying was delayed. If Zhang Shou hadn't turned out to be studious and even gifted, it would be too late for her to regret it now.
Therefore, now that she discovered that scholars can be lazy and playful like this, she couldn't help but said with complicated emotions: "I thought that those who can be admitted to the Imperial College and study in the Imperial College should be diligent and not dare to slack off.
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"Haha," Zhu Ying snorted disdainfully, "Aunt Wu, you are overthinking. Some of the candidates have real talents, but there are also others who just happened to get the test questions right, or the articles did not suit the examiner's taste.
So you got shit luck. Let alone the supervisors of the Imperial College, even Suixingtang, which is known as the head of the six halls, still has experienced veterans who are qualified to come up."
"Besides, these supervisors are extremely naughty. In the past, when their teacher was lecturing from above, they would dare to doze off or even get distracted below. What's more, the old man Hong who is lecturing now is just talking nonsense? Don't treat scholars too much.
Take it seriously, even those who listen carefully are probably just pretending! How can a sincere gentleman like Ah Shou really listen well?"
As soon as Mrs. Wu heard Zhu Ying praising Zhang Shou, she immediately forgot to blame these scholars for not paying attention, and completely turned into a loving mother who enjoyed hearing others praise her son. At that moment, she looked at Zhang Shou's contented look and nodded in agreement.
Said: "Ah Shou has always been so serious about everything since he was a child. His demeanor and demeanor are the most like a woman's."
If Zhang Shou knew that his acting skills of pretending to listen carefully had won unanimous praise from Wu and Zhu Ying, the soon-to-be mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, he would definitely be dumbfounded. However, it was not just the two who were hiding in Guangye Hall watching the fun.
Even Lu Sanlang beside him, yawning for an unknown number of times, still didn't wait for Hong Shanchang's closing words.
Not long after Lu Sanlang started his lecture, he deliberately changed seats with Xu Heijun from the Shengqi Hall. And because of his taking the lead, the other students who came from Jiuzhang Hall today followed suit, and each one of them carefully proposed and
Xu Heijun changed seats, and he readily agreed to the request every time. Therefore, the black-faced eunuch in the Shengqi Hall moved his seat again and again, and actually sat at the edge.
Ji Jiu, who was sitting next to him in order to show his demeanor as the captain, changed his seat and there was a black-faced supervisor next to him, so he simply didn't change his seat.
But Lu Sanlang didn't think that his senior had given others a bad start. After enduring it again and again, he finally couldn't bear it anymore and asked in a low voice: "Little sir, is this old guy finished? I'm really lucky that you can do it."
Listen! Zhang Chen and the others were so smart that by investigating that weird theft and arson case, no one came!"
Zhang Shou remained motionless and didn't even blink: "Zhang Chen and the others have serious business, so there is no need to force it. As for listening, you are too impatient. Keep a normal mind and you will naturally listen."
Nonsense. In the past, he could just get through the more boring classes like this. Now he just listens to nonsense lectures for more than half an hour. What a joke!
Not only that, while he was distracted, he could still hear the movements around him, without any risk of being found out. But the next moment, he heard the third prince, who was always the most kind to others, couldn't help but mutter.
"But what Chief Hong Shan said is too vague."
It is indeed too reluctant to let such an old child come to listen to philosophy. Zhang Shou thought so in his heart, but he did not realize that before, letting such a young child study mathematics with a group of others was also a trick - if If Lu Sanlang is indeed a genius with talents in mathematics and business, then the little bean-like Third Prince is even more of a genius.
Therefore, he tilted his head slightly and approached the third prince, and laughed softly: "Zheng Rong, mathematics, physics and chemistry are very important, but literature, history and philosophy are equally important, so they cannot be neglected."
Knowing the title of this mathematician, physicist, culture, history and philosopher, the third prince would definitely be confused, so after giving such a very general lesson, he whispered: "Don't frown, don't be confused, and don't shake your head, because this will make people who are observing you all the time People feel dissatisfied and contemptuous. Regardless of whether you can understand or not, you must listen hard... at least make it appear that you are listening hard."
Lu Sanlang pricked up his ears to listen to Zhang Shou's admonishment to the third prince. When he heard the first sentence, he couldn't help but nodded secretly, thinking that Zhang Shou had indeed grasped the key point, but when he heard the last very slight sentence, he almost choked. Coughed.
Is Zhang Shou just pretending? But when he just thought this, he found that Zhang Shou's lips were squirming, and he casually derived some very simple explanations of terms based on what Hong Shanchang said, and told them to the third prince. At first, he just While eavesdropping, I unknowingly completely forgot about Mr. Hong Shan on the stage and listened carefully to Zhang Shou's comments.
Zhang Shou is indeed not that interested in philosophy, but he still has a good foundation in literature and history. At this time, he also gave the third prince a lecture. From the Northern Song Dynasty to the Southern Song Dynasty, a bunch of Neo-Confucianists interpreted the word "Li" and "Cun Tianli" What is the purpose of destroying human desire, and what is the difference between the truth in Li Zi and Mathematics...
Fortunately, Zhang Shou was surrounded by students from Jiuzhangtang, and most of them were impatient to listen to Hong Shanzhang's long speech. Therefore, even if he found that Zhang Shou was instilling some subtle things into the third prince, he raised his eyebrows like Lu Sanlang at this time. There are far more people who eavesdrop than those who listen to Mr. Hong Shan’s lectures.
In the eyes of Chief Hong Shan, not only did his carefully prepared lectures fail to achieve the desired results, but many people from supervisors to candidates were drowsy there. He couldn't help but feel sad and disappointed. If This was at Yuzhang Academy, and he had already scolded him with harsh words, but now that he wanted to scold him, he couldn't help but think of the earnest instructions of his mentor, the old mountain master.
"When you arrive in the capital, think more about self-denial and restoration of propriety. Don't be impatient, let alone be irritable..."
So, with deep resentment and dissatisfaction, Chief Hong Shan finally walked off the stage, and the applause corresponding to it was quite warm. This was the only thing that made him feel happy. But he didn't know that a certain mean-mouthed person Ju Ren has already made sarcastic remarks behind his back.
"If he knew that everyone was applauding not because he spoke well, but because he had finally finished speaking, I wonder if he would be disappointed! He might as well take out the Four Books and Five Classics and talk about them, which would be better than these things. It’s much more interesting. Neo-Confucianism... Haha, there are so many Neo-Confucianists in the two Song Dynasties, and we in Guangdong also have lecturers with much higher level of lectures than him, why should we listen to him?"
Although Fang Qing and Song Juren have always been enemies and sworn enemies, but comparing his teacher, Yue Shanchang, with the Hong Shanchang just now, he couldn't help but say: "It is indeed too rigid... No, it should be said that it is too rigid. You know, the emperor This time, several mountain chiefs were summoned to Beijing. It was said that they wanted to promote various disciplines and let a hundred flowers bloom, but instead he advocated Li Zi, which is not in line with the holy will."
When the old Juren on the side heard what Fang Qing said, his eyes lit up. Before the third Chief Xiao Shan started speaking, he immediately asked: "How do you know that the emperor is going to promote all subjects and let a hundred flowers bloom this time?
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Fang Qing was just outspoken for a moment. When Lao Juren asked this question, he was not stupid and immediately realized that he had made a mistake. However, he wanted not to answer the question, but people were sitting next to him, and even those around him had just heard him.
The people who had commented with Song Juren also looked at him, and he suddenly felt a little sweaty on his back.
At this time, Song Juren calmly came to the rescue again and said: "Isn't this obvious? The former director of Zhaoming Academy, Yue Shan, was good at agricultural science. Zhaoming Academy has cultivated many talents in farmland and water conservancy.
The one who just came here, Chief Xiao Shan of Taihu Academy, is also a powerful character. It is said that he is very good at building bridges. He has drawn many bridges in South Zhili and Zhejiang."
Seeing that many people were looking at him, he suddenly became even more proud: "Not only the bridge builders, the students in Taihu Academy even come from a boating family. It is said that some of them know the star-pulling technique commonly used at sea. As for Huating
Academy..."
Song Juren paused for a moment, then shrugged and said: "That's also unusual. Mr. Xu Shanzhang is very good at building and gardening. Many of the gardens in Songjiang, Suzhou, Yangzhou, are all created by him, but he is not very good at it.
It’s just propaganda. In fact, even Zhangyuan, where Dr. Zhang of the Imperial Academy lives now, was designed by him..."
After showing off to this point, he suddenly stopped talking and looked very unnatural on his face.
Zhang Shou's Zhang Garden... that is not an ordinary house. It is the villa of Prince Lu, the emperor's brother who was rumored to have colluded with the King of Industry to plot evil, and died inexplicably. Designing a villa for such a prince, then
How could Chief Xu Shan bring it up? He hasn't even mentioned it all these years. He is so mean-mouthed and shows it off. Doesn't that mean he has nothing to do to cause trouble for others?
He originally just wanted to relieve Fang Qing, but why was he suddenly infected?
However, after the words had been spoken, some people around him understood it, but some people did not realize it at all. Instead, they asked with great interest what other gardens Xu Shanchang had designed... Song Juren, who was anxious to gain wisdom, could only think of himself.
He listed all the famous gardens that he could think of and introduced in detail a certain one he had visited.
Finally, he waited for a voice that made him feel like a fairy: "Have you said enough? Shut up! What's there to show off about these things? It doesn't matter if you have been there. It's not your design. It's shallow! Okay.
Listen!"
If he had been ridiculed like this, Song Juren would have retorted a long time ago, but now he shut up obediently, and then he was relieved to see the people around him who were asking endless questions also shut up one by one. Although some people shouted at him.
Their young Juren glanced at him angrily, but at this moment Song Juren only felt grateful. After such an interruption, no one finally talked to him!
Song Ju listened to the lectures of Xiao Shanchang and Xu Shanchang with trepidation, but did not pay attention to what they said. Finally, he saw a familiar figure calmly stood up and walked forward. When people walked into Suixing Hall,
He also turned around and looked around. Although he couldn't see clearly from his position, he seemed to feel that someone was looking in his direction, and even smiled slightly at him.