"The son of one of my cousins once served as the chief registrar in Shiyang County. It is said that he was also related to the demon trouble in Shiyang County at that time."
Wang Ye started talking loudly. The people next to him stopped and looked a little surprised. He Shilin also nodded and listened.
"At that time, I heard that Song Mu made a sensation. On that night of demon trouble, he actually wrote such a poem of nine talents, which stirred the whole world. It also inspired the inscriptions on the inscriptions of his ancestors, and instantly changed his hands."
Wang Ye said calmly, with almost no frustration in his expression, but the expressions of everyone who listened to all this brightened up.
They had heard a lot about Song Mu, but it was true that Song Mu's achievements were too dazzling. He had been named in the "Tianwen Magazine" six times in a row. This achievement can be said to be extremely enviable.
But that's all, and little is known about the rest.
Just today, when several instructors met, they all chatted with each other about Song Mu.
Xiao Li, who was sitting next to him, looked the most frustrated at the moment. After all, in addition to this matter, he also knew a shocking secret.
If they knew that the "Three Character Classic" was written by Song Mu, and now they have collected several rubbing stones of the "Three Character Classic", they would probably jump up immediately.
It's just that there has been an order from above on this matter. Unless the court announces it, he can only die in his heart.
So now listening to these words, Xiao Li looked a little embarrassed, but he smiled frequently.
Wang Ye seemed to have opened up the topic in an instant. At that moment, the bold instructor asked a few questions, and Wang Ye also took over the topic with a smile.
"After that incident, my nephew was sent to the Western Frontier to be the chief registrant. He sent me a parting letter, but he also said that Song Mu would definitely soar into the sky in the future."
Wang Ye said this immediately, with a somewhat relieved expression on his face.
"As expected, what happens after that is also going up step by step."
He Shilin nodded while holding his beard, but still asked,
"Is it these things that made Mr. Wang pay attention to Song Mu?"
When Wang Ye heard this, he waved his hands and then said with a bit of laughter.
"I'm not afraid of the jokes of you adults. Last year, my daughter got engaged to the son of the owner of Yingxuefang. During the Chinese Valentine's Day a few days ago, my daughter received a poem from Mr. Xu."
Hearing what the other party said, everyone felt a little embarrassed. After all, it seemed inappropriate to talk about purdah here.
But this matter was actually related to Song Mu, which made everyone turn their ears.
However, all the officials who knew the inside story looked calm. The engagement was one of the few charitable aspects of the king.
"My little girl received a poem sent by Mr. Xu. I also read the poem, which surprised me a bit."
Wang Ye said this, and seemed to deliberately raise his head to glance at He Shilin.
"Everyone should know that Mr. Xu has never been good at poetry, otherwise he would have been a scholar long ago."
Sure enough, He Shilin's face was a little unhappy when he heard this. He thought that when he first came to Jiangnan West Road, Xu Yuncai wrote a crooked poem that made him almost breathless.
Everyone also bowed his head and said nothing, but the king continued.
"Although it is a love poem, I have to say that it is extremely accomplished. It is simply the best among Chinese Valentine's Day poems. If it is spread in the future, it may become a good story."
As he said this, Wang Ye extended his hand, and the ink next to the wooden board in the distance suddenly danced out of thin air. In an instant, it danced on the white paper on top, and then slowly gathered into a poem.
It is Song Mu's "Magpie Bridge Immortal".
"This is the poem Mr. Xu sent to his daughter. Please take a look."
When everyone heard this, they were also surprised. Looking over there, they suddenly exclaimed when they saw "How could it be morning and evening" above.
"It's really a good song! It's so touching." Several instructors said at once.
Seeing this situation, He Shilin was not happy at all. Perhaps he felt that it was too outrageous for everyone to talk about a love poem again.
So He Shilin snorted lightly and said.
"Then why does Mr. Wang know that this is what Song Mu did?"
Hearing He Shilin's inquiry, Wang Ye smiled and then spoke.
"I have already asked. Mr. Xu happened to recognize Song Mu in those days, and even visited him once. At that time, he came out excitedly."
After hearing these words, everyone was a little stunned, and someone immediately said.
"Song Mu is indeed very accomplished in poetry. He wrote very good poems during the college examination before, and even attracted Du Sheng's shadow to come,"
"I heard that Du Shengke tried his best to let him enter the Du Shi Sect, but he never agreed."
As he said that, everyone looked at Xiao Li next to him, and Xiao Li also grinned. This was indeed the case. At first, he and others felt that Song Mu had missed a good opportunity.
But Wang Ye shook his head at this moment.
"No, this person is quite ambitious. Speaking of which, this time, I also want to see what kind of poems he can write."
Just as he finished speaking, there was sudden movement on the altar in the examination room.
I only saw a sky-blue star on the second floor, which was now emitting a blue light, rippling towards the surroundings.
"The literary star has just begun to rise, and now someone writes a talented article?"
One sentence immediately attracted the attention of a group of officials back to the examination room.
…
In the examination room, Song Mu had just drafted the first few questions on the classics in his mind. He was thinking hard about how to write these questions when he suddenly felt a movement around him.
Song Mu raised his gaze and looked towards the field, nodding in his mind.
This provincial examination is not like the scene of the college examination, it is even more hidden and crouching tigers. Now it is only noon, and someone has written a talent article.
Song Mu secretly praised him and then devoted himself to his own examination questions.
The twists and turns of today's classic question made Song Mu feel a little uncomfortable, and the last question really exhausted Song Mu's thoughts.
Finally, Song Mu came to a rough conclusion about all this, and then he picked up the pen.
At that moment, Song Mu began to write ink on the draft paper.
"In ancient times, those who wanted to bring enlightened virtue to the world should first govern their country; those who wanted to govern their country, first managed their families; those who wanted to bring order to their families, first cultivated their own bodies."
Song Mu immediately wrote down a line of words on the draft paper in front of him. It was a sentence from Dao Sheng's "Book of Rites", but at this moment, he was a little confused.
In fact, this sentence is the ultimate suture. The three words "morality and nourishing the body" come from "The Great Learning", the five words "cultivating one's body leads to the establishment of the Tao" come from "The Doctrine of the Mean", and "pacifying the world" should come from Dai Sheng's "The Great Learning" in the Western Han Dynasty. "Book of Rites·University".
The question maker pieced these sentences together and came up with a new truth.
Moisturizing the body with virtue can cultivate one's moral character, and then Confucianism and Taoism can be established. Because Confucianism and etiquette are in the heart, the world can be peaceful.
At the end of the sentence, it actually means that a gentleman needs to cultivate virtue.
Virtue, besides learning and etiquette, is what Confucianism pays the most attention to, but its content is also broad enough, and there is enough content from any angle.
Song Mu had been thinking about this for too long, thinking hard from small virtues to great virtues, from his own virtues to other virtues, but at this moment, he suddenly had a hint of enlightenment in his heart.
At the moment, Song Mu wrote a sentence on the draft paper again.
"A gentleman should advance his virtues and cultivate his profession in a timely manner."
…(To be continued)
