After Zhang Yue left, calligraphy professor Yang Nanzhong walked into Li Gou's room.
Yang Nanzhong glanced at Zhang Yue's back and said with a smile, "Which student is so angry?"
Li Gou glanced at Yang Nanzhong and said, "He is a Fujianese. If Mr. Anding hadn't repeatedly asked me to take care of this person when he returned to Hangzhou, I would have kicked him out of Taixue."
Yang Nanzhong laughed and said: "What a Li Xujiang, he always speaks so openly. I'm going to recommend someone today, and he happens to be from Fujian. But after you said that, I don't dare."
"If there is real talent and learning, I will be willing to step in to welcome it. If not, don't blame me for being embarrassed."
Yang Nanzhong said: "Of course, this person's name is Zheng Huan. He uses cursive calligraphy and is best at painting figures. I also asked Mr. Xu Jiang to recommend him to the painting academy on his behalf."
Li Gou glanced at Yang Nanzhong and said, "Why don't you report this matter to jail? I'm afraid there's nothing I can do about it."
After Hu Yuan left.
Then Wuzhong, the iron censor, would re-judge the Imperial College.
Wu Zhongfu is a selfless person, he cannot tolerate a grain of sand in his eyes, and he is very strict with school rules.
In the discussion of governance among the Imperial College, the trend of yellow and yellow figures prevailed, and they were known as the "Unofficial Yushitai". Not only that, even the emperor of the day dared to criticize.
Nowadays, the official is a good-tempered person, and he never cares if these words reach his ears, but the officials below can't stand it, especially after Wu Zhongfu was ordered to be sentenced to prison.
One day when he was inspecting the dining hall, he happened to listen to two imperial students discussing government affairs and criticizing Wen Yanbo, Hu Qi and other ruling ministers. As a result, he was caught on the spot. Wu Zhongfu was furious and wanted to expel the two from school.
After Li Gou found out about this matter, he led the imperial college to speak directly. Doctors and other academic officials also interceded for the two imperial students.
Wu Zhongfu claimed to be impartial and impartial, but he was just listening to advice.
So the two of them had a quarrel and almost fell apart.
In the end, the two imperial students dropped out of school on their own initiative. As soon as the incident came out of the Imperial College, they were at odds with the imperial college.
Yang Nanzhong sighed: "The personal grudge you had with Judge Wu has now extended to Imperial College. You are too straightforward and stubborn, so can't you say a few nice words to Judge Wu?"
Li Gou changed his expression and said: "How can we give in so easily when it is a big deal? During the reign of Emperor Huan and Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, his administration was ridiculous. The country's orders were entrusted to the eunuch temple. The imperial students were ashamed to be in the company and spoke out. This is also a great event in the history of the Qing Dynasty. Something special about books.”
"As for the students' words, it is inevitable that they will be light and violent, but they can be guided slowly, but they cannot be blocked. Judge Wu's move is close to being a treacherous one and will ruin his reputation for a lifetime!"
Yang Nanzhong shook his head. He knew that even if he argued with Li Gou for three days and three nights, he would not be able to convince him. What's more, the talents and knowledge I have in my mind are not enough to argue with Li Gou for three days and three nights, so I'll leave it at that.
Yang Nanzhong then took a few pieces of paper from Li Gou's desk and asked, "What is this?"
Li Gou said: "Jiefu gave it to me."
Yang Nanzhong read a few words: "In the beginning, human nature is inherently good..."
Then Yang Nanzhong said: "This three-character poem is even superficial, why do you value it so much?"
Yang Nanzhong said: "It's a long story. When Wang Jiefu got to know Changzhou, Uncle Chen Yang wrote to him and called him a prodigy in the countryside who wrote this poem. When Wang Jiefu read it, he found it very catchy and the meaning was interesting. He said that today's children are ignorant of education. "One Hundred Family Surnames" and "The Thousand-Character Essay" can be used to clarify the principles for daily use, and if you use this three-character poem to increase your knowledge and understanding of the principles, it can be said to be the best."
"After Wang Jiefu promoted this book in Changzhou, many old Confucian scholars praised it for its good works. Now he happened to come to Beijing to report on his work, so he found me. Let me report it to Supervisor Wu so that this poem can be promoted to schools in prefectures and counties all over the world."
Li Gou and Wang Anshi did meet once.
Li Gou was twelve years older than Wang Anshi, and the two had quite a close relationship.
Zeng Gong was a student of Li Gou and a close friend of Wang Anshi.
After Wang Anshi went to Beijing to consult with Emperor Renzong, his efforts fell into the sea without any reply from Emperor Renzong.
Wang Anshi wrote this book of ten thousand words with passion and a good plan for governing the country. As long as the officials are willing to adopt it, he can implement the strategy and repay the officials' kindness with his life.
However, Emperor Renzong's cold reaction made some Wang Anshi feel despair.
In this review, Wang Anshi believed that "now that the world is safe and in chaos, we can still do something about it. When we can do something, don't rush to today", but Emperor Renzong was a little greedy for "ease and comfort".
Wang Anshi was disheartened. When he met Li Gou, he asked him to recommend this three-character poem for him. He planned to resign and return to his hometown to retire.
However, at this time, Song Renzong entrusted Wang Anshi with important tasks, making him serve as the ancestral minister Wai Lang and the third division magistrate.
The Third Division was the real power department of the Song Dynasty, and the Third Division of Government Affairs could manage most of the affairs.
These three departments are Yantie, Duzhi and Hubu. The Duzhi Division where Wang Anshi is located is led by the Duzhi envoy, one deputy envoy and three judges.
The position is to control the wealth of the world, to check whether it is available every year, to control its comings and goings, and to calculate the use of the country.
This position allowed Wang Anshi to understand all aspects of the Song Dynasty's finances and learn a lot of experience in governing the country.
However, Li Gou was entrusted by Wang Anshi, but he failed to report the three-character poem to the Imperial College. This was all because he was at odds with Wuzhong, which led to the incident.
Li Gou was also very sorry for this.
When Yang Nanzhong heard Li Gou talking about Wang Anshi, he smiled and said, "Although I don't know Jiefu personally, I know from this article that the officialdom is definitely not desirable."
"How do you see it?"
Yang Nanzhong said with a smile: "Did you know that in the second year of Qingli, Wang Jiefu could have won the first place, but why did he get the fourth place?"
"Why?"
Yang Nanzhong said: "I heard the words of my grandfather Yan Gong. He wrote a sentence in the palace examination article, 'A child has its own friends'! This sentence comes from "Luo Gao" and is the words of Zhou Gong to persuade him to become a king. Wang Jiefu used Zhou Gong's tone to address officials. Is it okay to be a brat? So the officials demoted Wang Jiefu to fourth place!"
Li Gou said: "There is another matter."
Yang Nanzhong said: "Now Wang Jiefu persuades the officials to do the same thing again, and they will make the same mistake again!"
Li Gou said: "No wonder, no wonder, if Wang Jiefu had not lost his official career, he would not have given me this poem and warned me again and again. It's a pity."
Yang Nanzhong saw that Wang Jiefu and Li Gou valued this three-character poem so much that he read it again. After reading this, I also feel that it is catchy and approachable.
"It has the literary grace of a thousand-character prose and the beauty of memorizing hundreds of family names. It is really a good article. You said it was written by a child prodigy. Why doesn't such a child prodigy know his name? If he gave it to an official, he would be given an official and a half-job. It’s not difficult.”
Li Gou said: "I thought so too."
But now Zhang Yuezheng, the 'author' of the three-character poem, returned to his house angrily and told Liu Ji about the matter.
Liu Ji also said: "It would be too harsh to speak directly. There is no truth in this."
"Although your poems and poems have always been bad, the meaning of the classics has always been excellent. This is not a dismissal."
In Taixue, because Hu Yuan advocated Confucianism, Jinshizhai took three days to examine poems and verses, and eight days to examine the meaning of Confucian classics.
Private examinations are conducted on weekdays, and students are graded based on poetry, classics and meaning.
If the poems and scriptures have excellent meanings, then it is considered to be the best. If one of the poems is excellent and the other is average, it is considered to be average.
If there is a tie and a false result three times, or two false results once, the original place of residence will be returned.
Zhang Yue's three private examinations were both excellent and failed, so it was not his turn to be expelled.
At the same time, Taixue also assesses professional skills, which is decided by the direct lecturer and the chief of the post.
To put it bluntly, it mainly depends on how much you are "feeling the wind" on weekdays and whether you "have not stayed overnight" to judge. People like Huang Haoyi who are "frail and sick" can only get a low score.
As for Zhang Yue, a good student who stayed close to home and studied in his studio all day, and who was on good terms with Liu Ji on weekdays, his craft was definitely "excellent".
Considering this aspect, there is no reason for Zhang Yue to be fired no matter what.
Therefore, Liu Ji was also very angry for Zhang Yue and speculated whether Li Gou was avenging his personal revenge.
Liu Jidao: "Don't worry, Sanlang. I'm on good terms with Yang Zhi, and I'll ask him to intercede for you. No matter how ungrateful Li Zhi is, he will still show respect to Yang Zhi."
Zhang Yue thought to himself, this is not good. Zhang Youzhi and Yang Nanzhong are not on good terms, so this favor should not be owed.
Zhang Yue immediately said: "Thank you very much, Chief, for your generous intervention. I am indeed not proficient in poetry and prose, so it is not unreasonable to criticize me directly. I want to study poetry and poetry first in these three months. If it fails, I will study it later." Please ask the chief for help."
Liu Ji nodded after hearing this and said: "Forget it, just follow Sanlang. But Sanlang still needs to find a famous teacher to learn poetry and prose. Now that spring is coming, the people in the house may not have the time to give guidance, so it is best to find a famous teacher."
Zhang Yue listened to Liu Ji's advice, but he wanted to find a teacher who could teach him poetry.
At this time, Zhang Yue thought of Cai Que. After entering the Imperial Academy, the two of them didn't move around much.
Cai is indeed a man who attaches great importance to fame. This time he ranked 62nd among the Tai students in the examination, so the probability of becoming a Jinshi is quite high.
It is actually not difficult to solve the 600 quota for Taipei students. Except for Guo Ziyuan, the ranking is not of much value for the final reference in the provincial examination.
But being ranked among the 62nd shows that Cai Que is still very good. Zhang Yue also knew that Cai Que was an excellent composer of poems and poems. He had the habit of composing poems casually on weekdays and was highly respected among Tai students.
Historically, he was appreciated by Han Jiang, who wrote a flattering poem, "The Confucian Garden used to worship the officials of the Tang Dynasty, but now the altar worships the Huaiyin of the Han Dynasty."
At that time, Han Jiang was publishing poems for Shaanxi Province, and Cai Que hosted a banquet in honor of him, during which he presented this poem.
Coupled with the later "Che Gaiting Poetry Case"...
Therefore, when Zhang Yue found Cai Que and planned to ask for poetry lessons, he also thought, "How can I learn poetry from Cai Que?" What he did was really impressive.
Fortunately, Cai Que said frankly that he is currently busy preparing for the provincial examination and has no time for it.
However, Cai Que was indeed loyal and immediately recommended that Zhang Yue should study with Wu Chuhou, his teacher of poetry and fu.
Wu Chuhou is now serving as the general supervisor in Beijing. He is a Shaowu soldier. Shao Wujun had fought for Jianzhou before the Song Dynasty, so he and Zhang Yue could be considered fellow villagers.
But when he heard Cai Que mentioning Wu Chuhou, Zhang Yue felt trembling in his heart.
Isn't this person also a traitor in the history of Song Dynasty?
When we arrived in the Song Dynasty, we didn't do anything, but we saw that "treacherous ministers gathered together". Next time we meet Cai Jing, Cai Bian, and Lu Huiqing, everyone can play two tables of mahjong.
Cai Que was very enthusiastic, but Zhang Yue thought to himself that he was afraid of following in Cai Que's footsteps when he learned poetry from Wu Chuhou.
