In the Taixueshizhai.
Hu Yuan took a sip from a bowl of medicinal soup, but felt it was a bit hot, so she immediately put it down and put on her clothes to write an official document.
There is another pot of medicine burning in the small stove indoors, and a boy is brewing it nearby.
Soon an old man lifted the door curtain and entered. He was choked by the strong smell of medicine at first. Seeing this, he said to Hu Yuan: "You make medicine during the day and at night. The medicine is three parts poisonous. Your disease is caused by overwork." "Sincerely, you should let go of your official duties and take good care of your body. Don't stay in office like Fan Xianggong who takes care of his illness..."
After hearing this, the boy stood up and said, "Bah! What are you talking about, Mr. Xu Jiang? Are you cursing our husband? We sir him..."
As he spoke, the boy's eyes turned red.
Hu Yuan said with a smile: "Uncle Tai just advised me to retire early and recuperate from illness. Although the words are unpleasant, I accept his love."
"In fact, the official family has tacitly approved my request to become an official and recuperate from illness."
"Oh?" The old man couldn't help but stare at Hu Yuan.
Hu Yuan smiled and said: "The next thing you want to ask is, who will replace me in charge of Gou Guozijian?"
"That's what I mean. Who will take over?"
Hu Yuan said: "It's Iron Censor Wu Zhongfu."
The old man said in a loud voice: "That's good! With Tie Yushi here, no one in the court dares to look down on the Imperial College. Let's fight for money and food for us first. Now the imperial students only have 300 yuan per month for cooking, and even Lianzhou County It’s not even as good as school.”
Hu Yuan said: "There is no time to rush. The imperial court has allocated more than 200 hectares of land and 6,000 to 7,000 houses for the Imperial College. At that time, the Imperial College only had 200 people. Now it has expanded to 900 people. It is inevitable that it will make ends meet. This matter is slowly being debated. , don’t be too anxious.”
The boy said: "My husband takes out money from his salary every year to support the lonely students."
The old man said: "Ten imperial students can only have three guan in a month, and a hundred students can only have 30 guan. The full quota of 900 students in Taixue is only more than 700, and the total number is only more than 200 guan. One observer has a salary. That’s all.”
"Isn't it a joke that the imperial court can support one observer, but cannot support hundreds of imperial students? I want to appeal to the emperor and implore you to allocate more money and food to the imperial students."
Hu Yuan said: "Uncle Tai, you still have such a temper. If you can fight with the imperial court, how can we not fight? When Uncle Ouyang Yong recommended you and me to the Imperial Academy to teach, he was already risking the disapproval of the world. Now that he mentions it again, it is not an order." Is Uncle Yong in trouble?"
"Hmph! You are so honest that you are bullied to the point of being bullied." The old man said that he hated iron.
Hu Yuan looked at the candlelight and said: "It's really useless. I have been in Taixue for thirty years. Every time I think of what Fan Xianggong said at the beginning, 'Since he is an official, he will speak generously about world affairs and work hard without caring about his own life'."
"The great unfinished business of Xianggong Fan was entrusted to me, and I entrusted it to your hands. It depends on you how to proceed in the future. The original intention of Xianggong Fan when he founded the Imperial Academy was to make the world ruler through talents. The most talented people in the world are through education, and the place of education is in schools.”
"Fan Xianggong implemented the New Deal for only one year before it was abandoned because there were no available talents around him."
The old man heard this and said angrily: "This burden is too heavy for me to bear. Besides, the person in charge of Gou Guozijian is Tie Yushi. How can they listen to me?"
Hu Yuan smiled and said: "You don't have to worry about this. After Wu Zhongfu takes office, Uncle Ouyang Yong will probably recommend you to take charge of Gou Taixue. After all, after I leave, you are the only one who can stick to Fan Xianggong's ideas."
This old man is Li Gou, also known as Taibo and Mr. Xujiang. When he was young, he had a tendency to be a chivalrous person, but after practicing Confucianism, he still couldn't change his temper.
Fan Zhongyan implemented the New Deal and mostly used Li Gou's theory.
When Fan Zhongyan was besieged by his political opponents in court, Li Gou was unable to support him in Jiangxi, so he scolded Zhang You who opposed the New Deal in Fujian.
After the failure of the Qingli New Deal, Li Gou was pushed to teach at Taixue. He first served as an assistant at Taixue and later became one of the eight lecturers at the Imperial College.
Now he was entrusted by Hu Yuan to be the power manager Gou Taixue.
He is the supervisor of the Imperial Academy, and he is the supervisor of the Imperial Academy. He is in charge of the official affairs of the Imperial Academy. He is the highest academic official of the Imperial Academy.
If he is an attendant, he is judged to be a supervisor of the state. If he is not an attendant, he is called Guan Gou.
As for Gou Taixue, who is in charge of power, it is even more humble. Speaking of which, Hu Yuan and Li Gou both have no background, but now their status is far beyond the ordinary promotion.
Yes, neither of them passed the Jinshi examination, but their talents and learning were admired by people all over the world.
However, although Hu Yuan and Li Gou came from the same background and both supported Fan Zhongyan's reform, their ideas were not the same and they often argued. However, with the failure of the New Deal and Fan Zhongyan's death from illness, the two of them gradually settled their differences and came to this day, with the intention of breaking the stuffy atmosphere in the court and cultivating and selecting useful talents.
Talking about the New Deal.
Hu Yuan said: "Today's officials may not have the desire to eliminate the evils of the world, otherwise they would not use Ouyang Yongshu to preside over the tribute examination, and you and I to preside over the Imperial Academy? But the officials are old, and the issue of establishing a heir has become a big deal in the court. Let’s open up relations. Not to mention getting rid of the long-standing abuses in the court. I am afraid that the officials will not be able to see it, and you and I will not be able to see it, so we have to leave it to the next generation. If the next generation has no more available people, how can you and I see each other? Mr. Fan?"
Li Gou waved his hand and said: "Okay, okay, please stop talking. In the past, although you and I served under Mr. Fan, you didn't obey me and I didn't obey you. But from today on, you will entrust me with the responsibility." I will handle the matter well. As Zhuge Wuhou said, I will devote myself to my life and die."
"It's just that if you take off your job, one of the four truths will be missing. In the eyes of others, I'm afraid you're just a 'powerful' truth."
In the Jiayou year, Fu Bi became prime minister, Ouyang Xiu was appointed Hanlin bachelor, Bao Zheng was appointed Yushi Zhongcheng, and Hu Yuan was appointed minister of Taixue, which attracted the attention of the world.
At that time, the scholar-bureaucrats said that Fu Gong was really prime minister, Ouyang Yongshu was really a Hanlin scholar, Bao Laozhen was Zhongcheng, and Hu Gongzhen was a gentleman.
As a result, the name of Jiayou Sizhen became a favorite among the government and the public.
Li Gou Quan was in charge of Gou Taixue, and he mocked himself as "Quan" Zhen, which made the two of them laugh. It can be regarded as Li Gou admitting that he is not as good as Hu Yuan, and it can be regarded as an end to the lifelong dispute between the two.
Li Gou suddenly said: "That's right, we haven't gotten down to business yet."
Hu Yuan smiled and said, "Brother Tai Bo, are you looking for me because of the examination?"
"Exactly, exactly."
"How about these ten students?"
Li Gou stroked his beard and smiled and said: "Anyone can do it. One of them is outstanding, but he is a Jingsheng. I can't help but wonder, do you know the origin of this person?"
"which one?"
Li Gou said: "It's a man named Zhang Yue. Where is he from? A mere economics student can write such an article, but it's only half an article. If it were an article..."
"What about an article?" Hu Yuan asked.
"If it were an article, I wouldn't dare to be his teacher." Li Gou laughed.
Hu Yuan smiled and said: "You have always been so arrogant, but you can say this to a student. It seems that this chapter is really remarkable!"
"What is his origin?"
Hu Yuan smiled slightly and said, "Let me read his article first."
"Tell me his origin first!" Li Gou seemed angry.
Hu Yuan smiled and said: "Most of today's ten papers were written by others. Only Zhang Yue's article was modified by me at short notice. If my prediction is correct, the outstanding article you said should be..."
"The righteousness of the university."
"Haha!" The two of them laughed together.
"What a wonderful Mr. Anding!"
Hu Yuan smiled slightly and said: "Screening for talents and selecting suitable people is a matter between you and me. How can we say how good this guy's article is?"
Li Gou took it out of his sleeve and said, "It's up to you."
Hu Yuan immediately read the "Book of Great Learning", which is why ancient universities taught people. When people are born from heaven, they should all be endowed with benevolence, justice, propriety and wisdom. However, their temperaments and talents may not be the same...'
Hu Yuan knew in his heart that this was Mencius' theory of the goodness of nature...
The following are the three cardinal principles and eight principles...
"...Zigong said: "Master's articles can be read and heard. The Master's words about nature and the way of heaven cannot be heard. "Therefore it is said that the masters did not talk about the study of life and life, but the Confucians only talked about the family, and they did not know the truth and sincerity. This is a mistake."
"However, at the beginning of the Doctrine of the Mean, it is said that 'the destiny is called nature, and the will of nature is called Tao.' Therefore, we can know that knowing the destiny to be righteous is the nature, and sincerity is the way..."
Seeing this, Hu Yuan couldn't help but marvel. However, when he wanted to read further, he found that the article ended here...
Hu Yuan couldn't help but turn a page, but there was a blank space behind it.
Li Gou on the side couldn't help but laugh and said: "I saw this just now, and this feeling of frustration has not dissipated until now..."
Hu Yuan couldn't help but shake his head and laugh.
This "out of context" feeling is really uncomfortable!
Even a great scholar like Hu Yuan did not recover for a while.
It's like a great article, it starts off well, and the foreshadowing is getting better and better. When the arguments are put forward, people are amazed. Just when he was asked to see how to take it to a higher level, when he drew a leopard's tail, it actually disappeared...
Who can withstand this?
"Did this kid do it on purpose? Anyway, if so, the Imperial Academy would not be able to get into it." Li Gou said with a sneer.
"That's what you wanted anyway."
"Oh?" Li Gou asked.
Hu Yuan said: "Don't you want to know who this boy is? This boy comes from the Zhang family in Pucheng and is of the same clan as Zhang Ziping, the top scholar in the Jin Dynasty. And Zhang Boyi, who you scolded, is his teacher..."
Li Gou couldn't help but be stunned after hearing this: "Is this true?"
"That's right," Hu Yuan said with a smile, "Now I'm going to retire and go back to my hometown to recuperate. Whether you take this son or not is entirely up to you. Do you want me to see it? It's better not to take it. ."
Li Gou looked solemn after hearing this. If he said he didn't know Zhang Yue's identity, he would have wanted to take this student to Taixue for 'training' and let him know the consequences of 'breaking the chapter'.
But now that he knows it, it makes him...
Li Gou sneered and said: "No wonder I should have thought that he was a student of 'Zhang Zi' just by looking at his handwriting. If he has such a teacher, why would he go all the way to study at Taixue?"
"Zhang Zi" is exactly what Li Gou called Zhang Youzhi, which seemed to praise him but actually disparaged him.
"Oh? Then you won't take it?"
Li Gou said: "If I don't take it, you must have some concerns in your heart. Maybe you will go to Uncle Ouyang Yong to arrange something for me, saying that I am abandoning the public for personal reasons. How can I do what you want?"
"Forget it, since he has passed the exam, I will tell him that he can't leave even if he wants to, and he can't stay even if he wants to."
Hu Yuan burst out laughing when he heard this and said, "The only bad thing about you is your mouth."
