Di Jin was silent.
Do I look like someone who wants to be an official?
Um……
It's not that I don't want to, but it's obviously not that way.
Guo Chengshou's grandfather, Guo Shouwen, was a famous general in the early Song Dynasty. He experienced hundreds of battles and made great contributions in a series of wars in which the Song Dynasty destroyed Shu, the Southern Han Dynasty, the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the Northern Han Dynasty, recruited Wu Yue, and rejected the Liao Kingdom in the north.
Guo Chengshou's father, Guo Chongde, was an official in the middle of the crown prince's family. He was a fifth-rank official with no actual duties. He was a standard relative of the emperor. After all, he had a good father and his sister was the empress of Song Zhenzong, so he was naturally rewarded.
In comparison, Guo Chengshou's uncles were more ambitious. Although they all entered the official position through their family background, they all achieved noble positions such as observation envoy, defense envoy, regiment training envoy, and governor, becoming the highest rank of military commanders.
These noble officials generally do not grant the title to the generals who lead the army. Even if they have no actual military power, they still have to take office and have a certain influence.
It can be seen that Guo Chengshou's words, especially at the gate of the academy and in public, are by no means false.
The Guo family was fully capable and recommended him to the court as an official. He took off his coarse clothes and put on official robes to become a member of the official class.
But Di Jin was still unmoved.
The reason is the same as refusing to be promoted to an official in the Imperial City. If you have to be recommended by a relative's military general's family, even if you make meritorious service in the future, your future prospects are basically limited. Unless a miracle occurs, the end of a lifetime of hard work is basically the starting point of a Jinshi.
Without the slightest hesitation, he repeated what he said to Lei Jun yesterday: "Brother Wuxie has good intentions, I accept it from my heart. I want to pass the imperial examination, become an official in the imperial examination, and don't seek any other way!"
Guo Chengshou stared at him, the corners of his mouth widened slightly, his hand stretched out, and he walked towards the academy in a gesture of swimming with his arms.
Seeing how weak he was, Di Jin was afraid that if he tried hard enough, he would knock the sick man down, so he had no choice but to let him drag him and whispered: "Brother Wuxie, you don't have to be like this..."
Guo Chengshou said with a smile: "I'm not being pretentious, I really admire you. When I was in prison, although I didn't suffer, I was still desperate. At that time, I was hoping that someone could save me from the abyss and wash away my grievances. But after thinking about it again, I couldn't believe it. Unexpectedly, it was Brother Shilin, whom I only met once, who came to the rescue."
Di Jin did clear up the wrongdoing for the other party, but the starting point was not to completely save the person, but because he did not want to find half of the case twice and stop at the truth.
Of course, saving is saving, and there is no need to pretend to deny credit, so Di Jin was just thinking about how to use this favor appropriately when he found a group of students coming over.
Seeing that they were facing each other, most of the students stepped aside, but two or three people stepped forward and saluted Guo Chengshou: "We were deceived by thieves before, and we have offended many people. I hope Wu Xie will forgive me!"
The academy students that day dared to add insult to injury because there was a murder case involved, and the person who was killed was the prison prison. They naturally stood on the moral high ground and carried out the murder to avoid tarnishing their reputation.
Now that the truth is out, some people still don't believe it and think it's just a big lie and the old slave is the one to blame. However, there are also many people who think that the truth of the matter should be like this based on Hao Qingyu's personality. However, they regret that what they said that day was too decisive and hope to ease it. Let’s talk about the relationship.
But what they didn't expect was that Guo Chengshou didn't even pay attention to the situation, just pretended that these people didn't exist and walked straight forward.
Several students moved awkwardly to the left and right, and those observing not far away hurriedly backed away.
When he entered the school in the atrium, Di Jin said, "Aren't you asking me to offend others too?"
Guo Chengshou asked back: "They are arrogant at the front and respectful at the back. The thought of them makes people laugh. With Brother Shilin's temperament, how can he look down on them?"
Di Jin really disliked him in his heart, and he would not pretend to flatter or lower himself, but there was really no need to directly offend people, so he sighed slightly.
Guo Chengshou laughed loudly, and an unnatural flush appeared on his face: "When my father proposed to be recommended as an official, and I repaid this kindness, I knew that you would not agree, and as expected! Let's not be polite. , let’s go visit the mountain leader together! Let’s go!”
The headmaster of Jinyang Academy is Qian Weiyong, whose name is German and whose name is Taishan Jushi. He was quite famous in the Zhenzong Dynasty and was recommended to serve as an official. Unfortunately, he was not suitable for the officialdom and retired early. Later, he merged with the state and was invited. Entered the academy to give lectures.
After the old mountain leader died of illness, he took over as the new mountain leader. He still did a lot of practical things in his early years. Unfortunately, in recent years, he has gotten older and has been suffering from illness. He had not been seen for a long time because he went to the mountains to recuperate.
Obviously, Hao Qingyu dared to blackmail students and accept benefits in private, which had a lot to do with the fact that the headmaster was old and frail and could not care about the running of the academy.
Now he was forced to come to the academy to sit in charge, which made his health worse. When Di Jin and Guo Chengshou walked into the courtyard, the first thing they heard was a series of coughs, and then they saw four or five lecturers asking for help. Busy.
Di Jin frowned slightly and stepped forward to greet him. He saw the old mountain chief looking at him with a dull look. He didn't know whether he could see his face clearly, and then he started to say something special: "The hearts of the people in the academy." Floating and noisy, it is time for good people to calm down... Ahem... Today, if you take a closer look, you will know more about the wealth of beautiful jade... Ahem, cough..."
I didn’t listen carefully after that, there was no need.
Di Jin felt quite cold.
He had also inquired before entering the academy. The person who was best at Xikun Ti was undoubtedly the mountain leader. Now that he couldn't even speak clearly, how could he still teach?
As for these lecturers, looking at their fawning looks, they are probably thinking about how to take over the positions of the mountain chief and the supervisor. Do such lecturers still have the heart to teach?
When going through the accommodation formalities, Di Jin couldn't hold back after all and asked in a low voice: "I admire Xikun style. I wonder who is the best at teaching in this style of writing?"
Guo Chengshou waved his hand: "Xikun Ti also depends on the professors of Taixue, the rest are just mediocre!"
Di Jin was speechless: "If I can enter the Capital Imperial College, do I still need to ask Brother Wuxie?"
Guo Chengshou laughed loudly: "It can be seen that Brother Shilin is just like his name. He is determined to take the imperial examination and become an official. If you don't mind, what do you think of me?"
Di Jin was slightly startled: "Brother Guo, do you want you to teach me?"
"That's serious!" Guo Chengshou said: "If Brother Di wants to find his own master, I also have someone to recommend. If it's just Xikun style, we can discuss it with each other..."
Di Jin weighed it for a moment, then bowed his hands and said, "That's good for you!"
So, just after confirming the dormitory, Lin Xiaoyi didn't have time to clean up, so she started moving books with Guo Chengshou's book boy, and moved a book of pre-Tang poetry from Guo Chengshou's yard to Di Jin's house.
From this point alone, Di Jin knew that this relative was really something.
There is a saying in later generations that if you read 300 Tang poems by heart, you will be able to recite them without being able to compose them. In the early Song Dynasty, poets basically copied Tang poems.
Bai Juyi and Jia Dao first became the objects of imitation, forming the "Bai style" and the "Late Tang style". The former were mostly nobles, imitating Bai Juyi's leisure and simplicity, while the latter were mostly poor scholars. Poor scholars had a deep appreciation for Jia Dao's simplicity. Natural closeness.
However, the styles of these two companies were not in line with the development of the flourishing Song Dynasty.
Regardless of whether this prosperity is ironic or not, compared to ancient times, the economy of the Song Dynasty was indeed developing well, especially after signing the Chanyuan Alliance and no longer fighting the Liao Kingdom. Various places became more and more prosperous, and the trend of hedonism spread rapidly. .
In the eyes of scholar-bureaucrats, enjoyment is not just about spending money, but also about elegant conversation.
As a result, Bai Juyi's poems were considered vulgar and vulgar, and Jia Dao's poems made people feel shabby and poor. Only Li Shangyin's poems were beautiful, neat, rich and elegant, so they naturally became popular and eventually formed the Xikun style.
In fact, even those who cannot write poetry know that blindly piling up allusions and pursuing magnificence will only turn poetry into a tool to show off rhetoric. However, combined with the background of the times, today's scholars feel that this style of writing is the most appropriate.
So on the first day of school, Guo Chengshou brought a book of poems and sat down with a smile: "From today on, Brother Shilin and I will read the magnificence of Li Yishan from the previous dynasty, study the classics of Yang Wengong from our dynasty, and hope to interpret them." Before, I gained a little bit!”
Di Jin opened the poetry book and smiled sincerely: "Please!"
