At the other end of Peng's house.
Lieutenant Peng County happened to have some free time to drink tea. What he said about yamen errands was just an excuse. In fact, he had been sitting aside for a long time.
It wasn't that he didn't want to curry favor with the old man. First of all, he was not good at reading poems, books and classics. He also couldn't get along with the old man and Wu Anshi. He was just a dwarf watching a play and following others. As the saying goes, it is better to hide one's humility than to show off one's ugliness, so Lieutenant Peng County simply waited until the old man and the others had finished speaking before he came forward.
Someone overheard the news, and the person who came to report informed Peng County Lieutenant.
"It's rare for the Erlang brothers of the Zhang family to be able to talk to them like this? It's a rare thing." Peng Xianwei said while pacing.
He knew that this old man's eyes were as high as his head, and few scholars could fall in his favor. Zhang Yue was not very old, and he heard from his nephew that reading in ordinary times was just about taking a quick look at the flowers.
If both of them weren't very poor at reading, they wouldn't be good friends.
But it was in this chapter that Yue and the old man chatted so speculatively, which made Peng Xianwei look at him with admiration. Just now, Lieutenant Peng County saw the gift given by the Zhang family and was very satisfied. It can be seen that he spent a lot of time preparing it.
"It seems that Zhang Erlang and Zhang Sanlang are no ordinary people." Captain Peng County thought thoughtfully.
Someone coming from the side reported: "The county captain and the others have almost finished chatting."
Lieutenant Peng Xian nodded and immediately walked to the front room from the other side.
At this moment, Wu Anshi extended an invitation to Zhang Yue.
Zhang Yue was also hesitating, but Zhang Shi had already stood up and said: "I am favored by Mr. Wu Dalang. This is really a blessing for my younger brother, but... my younger brother... he is too stupid to be brought up..."
"Mr. Zhang Dalang doesn't have to answer so quickly." Wu Anshi interrupted Zhang Shi's words and showed a slightly displeased look.
At this time, Lieutenant Peng County was following this sentence, and he also rushed to save Zhang Shi Zhang Yue, but when he saw him, he cupped his hands and said: "I'm late, I'm late, I missed the lecture, please forgive me!"
Wu Anshi smiled and said: "Unfortunately, Young Master is here, we are just finishing our talk!"
Lieutenant Peng Xian smiled and said: "Then order soup!"
Several military men came from the left and right carrying soup.
The matter was a foregone conclusion, Zhang Yue felt relieved when his brother refused.
On the contrary, I raised the bowl with great concern and smelled the soup first, but the sweet smell of medicinal herbs made me realize that it was stewed with licorice and other medicinal herbs. It was really a bowl of heat-clearing and nourishing soup.
“What a delicious soup!”
Zhang Yue took a sip, smacked his lips and wanted to drink more, but saw the old man and Wu Anshi holding up their empty cups and looking at them.
Wu Anshi's eyes clearly said 'This kid has such a big heart'. But the old man had a smile in his eyes. And his brother Zhang Shi only took a sip.
Zhang Yue couldn't drink anymore, so he had to put down the soup bowl.
Seeing this, Zhang Shi stood up and left, as did Zhang Yue.
Wu Anshi opened his mouth to leave a few words, and was about to order someone to send them away.
The old man suddenly said: "Zhang Sanlang, his reputation is nothing more than what is external to him, such as Liu Bang and Han Xin. When they have achieved success, who will remember when they were humble. You must know that there is no limit to the sea of learning. Without the guidance of famous teachers, it is impossible to rely only on hard work and hard work." It’s like making a boat out of paper!”
"I came back to my hometown after serving as an official. I just want to maintain my longevity. By the way, I can see the outstanding talents of my younger generation. The difference between being a scholar and a scholar is just a status. How do you think about it?"
Zhang Shi, who was beside him, also said: "Third brother, how do you think about it?"
Zhang Yue already had the answer in his heart, but he still looked in a dilemma. To be honest, if it was a reading companion instead of a book boy, I would have agreed long ago.
Finally, Zhang Yue gave a long salute to the old man and said: "Thank you very much, old man, for your kind words. This is what Mo Xue thinks. Sages and impermanent teachers, with the heart of a child, are always diligent in brushing, and everything can be learned from them."
As soon as Zhang Yue said this.
Xue Xianwei and others all seemed fine after hearing this, but the old man showed a strange expression.
Wu Anshi was surprised and said: "Zhang Sanlang, do you know this..."
But the old man interrupted Wu Anshi and said: "Hey..."
Wu Anshi saluted the old man and then stepped aside.
The old man seemed to be talking to himself: "The sage is impermanent, and Confucius was also taught by Tanzi, Changhong, Xiang, and Laodan. How can we teach good disciples if our hands are even longer than those of Zhang?"
After listening to Zhang Yue's words, the old man seemed to have solved his great doubts.
At this time, the old man looked at Zhang Yue and said with a smile: "Sanlang said it well, it is really rare to have an innocent heart. I have a private house in Kaoting, Jianyang. You may as well come here when you are free someday. I will sweep the couch. Waiting!"
Zhang Yue was stunned when he heard this, and quickly saluted and said: "How can I dare to be a junior? Thank you, old gentleman."
The old man nodded and said no more words.
Pengxian Lieutenant was secretly surprised, and he looked at Zhang Yue with admiration and thought secretly, I have to tell Jingyi to make a good friend of Zhang Sanlang in the future and never lose contact.
"Mr. Chen, in this chapter, since the great man has no intention of making his younger brother a scholar, and you invite his younger brother to another place, is this person really talented? Do you want to be included in your sect?" Wu An asked in poetry.
"Anshi, do you think I treat people as farmers?"
"this……"
The old man said: "My dear father and I, my father has been an official so far, and his wealth and wealth are nothing but ordinary. I regard you as my own nephew. But I advise you, when you stand up to the throne, you should be like Xie Xuan, and serve Lanzhiyu Set up under the steps of the court."
"Why do you think you and I have so little? In the past, Lord Mengchang ordered Feng Chen to go to Xuedi to collect the debt and buy whatever was needed. But Feng Chen burned the deed. Now I am short of a scholar or a boy. Reading companion? What he lacks is the reputation of being polite and respectful to scholars."
Wu Anshi was shocked when he heard this and said: "What Mr. Chen said is absolutely true."
The old man said: "In this chapter, the elder man is an elder brother and refuses to let his younger brother suffer any injustice. What's wrong with that? With such an elder brother, how can his younger brother not work hard to repay the favor? As for whether he is talented or not, I can't tell for a while, but brotherly harmony is the key to peace. A sign of prosperity for the family.”
Wu Anshi understood that the old man was using the story of Kunzhong from the Zhang family to educate himself, so he bowed his head and accepted the instruction happily.
"Then my nephew will go immediately to find this Chapter Sanlang and recruit his disciples in the name of accompanying him?"
After saying that, Wu Anshi stood up and was about to leave, but saw the old man waving his hand and saying, "Hey, that's not necessary."
"Dare I ask the reason behind this?"
The old man sighed: "This son is from the Han family, and he is not as famous as his second brother. I treat him as a companion, but the other companions in the house are not willing to accept it. They are not willing to accept it, and I cannot treat it as a teacher. So what about the teacher? Be willing.”
"So that's it," Wu Anshi suddenly realized, "then we just missed it."
"A scholar will inevitably be arrogant and eager to recruit him. He doesn't know how many pounds the portion is. Let him go out and hit a wall and suffer a little, so that when he comes back, he can open the door to you."
When Zhang Shi and Zhang Yue went home and left, the elder brother looked worried.
Zhang Yue can understand his brother's mood. In fact, it's okay to be a book boy. As a modern person, he can understand that he can't accept it for a while, but the ancients didn't mean this at all.
For example, Wang Shu, a famous official in the Song Dynasty, was the scholar of his master Wang Ji. He was deeply influenced by his master's study and passed the exam at the same time as Wang Ji.
This was also a good story at the time.
The two brothers returned home from the city and walked for a long time. It wasn't until he left the city that Zhang Shi said, "Third brother, you won't be annoying me."
Zhang Yue did feel a little regretful at this moment, but he was generally satisfied with his brother's arrangement: "Thank you, brother, for coming forward for me, otherwise I would have been unsure."
Zhang Shi said: "Actually, if you serve as someone else's companion, you can go to the Cao Examination as a guest. In our Jianzhou Cao Examination, seven people can answer one person. But for the exam, a hundred people can only answer one or two people."
Zhang Yue was surprised and thought that the admission rate was too low.
In the late Tang Dynasty, Du Xunhe, who came from a poor background and failed in many tests, lamented that "there are no chapters spread across the country, and no relatives in the court."
The Song Dynasty was different. Due to the imperial examination and the existence of the name-blinding system, it strictly cracked down on bad habits such as writing and recommending papers, so that scholars in the Song Dynasty could finally straighten their backs. "Only the name-blinding system is fair, and it is appropriate for Lonely Han to do this." Zhongqiu'.
The emperors of the Song Dynasty also liked to promote scholars from poor families to balance the court. This is why "the family of Dai Yue should not compete with the poor scholars for academic qualifications."
Therefore, compared with the Tang Dynasty, the imperial examinations in the Song Dynasty truly had a somewhat "merit-only" meaning.
However, the disparity in the admission ratio between the admission test and the solved test still hit Zhang Yue. There were no scholars in the Song Dynasty, and even if they passed the examination with thousands of troops and went straight to the Ministry of Etiquette examination in the capital, if they failed, they would have to go back and take the examination again.
But why does the elder brother still not agree to participate in the imperial examination even though he knows this?
"Then why didn't my brother want me to go?"
But Zhang Shi said: "I have watched you grow up since you were a child. I don't know how much talent you have in your mind? Just now you just got the answer. If you really continue to take the exam, I'm afraid it will be revealed." ”
Zhang Yue was speechless upon hearing this, his brother actually understood him so well.
Zhang Shi added: "There are also children from this family who are from high-ranking noble families. I am afraid that they usually have a bad temper and are inappropriate people. Being a book boy sounds good, and it is similar to An Tong. Not only does his mind have to be You have eight exquisite windows, but you have to lie down on the ground and serve your master. But you have been pampered since you were a child, and you never know how to look at people's faces. You follow people up and down. How can you stand being angry? After thinking about it again and again, I still feel that it is inappropriate. "
Zhang Yue finally understood after hearing this. It turned out that what his brother really meant was that he was reluctant to endure hardship.
Zhang Yue's eyes were slightly red. To use a later saying, some people don't care whether you fly high or not, they only care whether you are tired from flying.
Not wanting his brother to see the emotion in his eyes, Zhang Yue just lowered his head and said, "Brother, I understand."
Zhang Shi thought Zhang Yue was a little unhappy because of this, and immediately said: "Don't worry, isn't it just studying? I will definitely find a good husband for you."
"OK!"
Zhang Shi breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Zhang Yue's promise. He saw a vendor selling rice soup at the pavilion of Nanpu Bridge and asked, "Third brother, are you hungry?"
"Yeah!" Zhang Yue nodded vigorously, and then his stomach rumbled.
Soon the two brothers were squatting by the railing of the bridge pavilion, each holding a large bowl, sipping noodles in big mouthfuls.
At this moment, the stream under the bridge is flowing rapidly, the pedestrians on the bridge continue to live a busy life, and there is thunder in the sky, as if it is going to rain.
Summer night, heavy rain!
The rain could not stop in my ears, it was the perfect weather to hide under the quilt and sleep. After Zhang Yue fell asleep in bed, he entered another world by default.
The events of the day were played out in front of him like a revolving lantern.
The things that he hesitated about when he was at Peng's house, when he thought about it carefully here, it made Zhang Yue's heart as clear as a mirror. At this moment, he finally did not object to Zhang Shi's decision for him, and was even glad that Zhang Shi refused on his behalf.
Just as the old man told himself at the beginning, 'Everything in the world, young people's hearts, are clear and deep in dreams'.
The young heart needs to be brushed away frequently.
But Buddhists don't like the word "wiping". For example, the saying goes, "The body is like a Bodhi tree, and the mind is like a mirror. Wipe it diligently at all times to avoid causing dust."
But this sentence has always been considered to be unfinished, so the next sentence came out: "Bodhi has no tree, and the mirror is not a stand. There is nothing in the first place, so how can it cause dust."
In fact, this is not the case. As long as you want to achieve success, you must use your strength, and to use your strength, you must put your heart and effort into it. How can you do Kung Fu without intention? Therefore, the heart of a young man lies in a pure word.
Pure means constantly introspecting and returning to his original thoughts. This is wiping.
So why is wiping important?
It lies in the sentence 'consistency', which in turn means 'seeing the road but not taking it'.
There are hundreds of paths in life, and choices are sometimes more important than hard work.
For example, being a book boy is certainly the choice of most poor families, but for Zhang Yue, can he withstand the anger of his second generation ancestor and endure it for ten years to get a chance to stand out?
Forget it, I am someone who will step back if others step on me. If you really want to become a book boy, can you tolerate compromises?
If you really take this step, you will never be able to turn around in your life.
Therefore, don’t be tempted by the immediate benefits, and ask yourself realistically what you want, what you don’t want, what you can get, and what you can’t get.
Therefore, Zhang Yue knew very clearly at this moment that he did not want to take this path. Fortunately, my brother refused for me today. If I couldn't control the temptation and agreed in person and then regretted it later, I would have offended someone.
So if you don’t want to take this path, which path should you take?
Immediately, another picture unfolded in front of Zhang Yue. For some reason, Zhang Yue dreamed of his second brother Zhang Xu.
Zhang Yuetu dreamed that Zhang Xu went to Beijing and passed the provincial examination in Beijing as a supervisor through the recommendation of his teacher Chen Xiang. Then he passed the joint examination, the palace examination, and finally passed the Jinshi examination. In the end, Zhang Xu was appreciated by the prime minister Wen Yanbo and married his daughter to her.
The elder brother then returned to his hometown in glory, and the villagers all praised him for his glorious ancestors. At that time, he not only redeemed the family's house and property, but also the county magistrate, Peng County Lieutenant, etc. all changed their faces and competed to kneel and lick... …Own.
Zhao Yasi cried and begged himself to let him go, as adults do not remember the faults of villains.
And because of the support of my second brother, I didn't have to study so hard. I became a yamen directly and lived a happy life from then on.
One day, he and seven or eight dandy boys were walking rampantly on the street when they came across a beautiful woman who made his heart flutter...
The face painting ended here, so that after waking up from the dream, Zhang Yue was depressed for a long time.
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