"Gentlemen!"
Zhu Heji suddenly spoke amidst the cheers of "Saint, Saint".
As his voice sounded, the entire courtyard fell silent instantly. Everyone held their breath and stared at Zhu Heji, who had already acquired "half a godhead".
He is a "true saint" who can make a patient who is about to die alive and kicking within half an hour!
He led thousands of warriors, used surprise attacks and magic to capture Macau, and then swept across Guangzhou. He also captured the most ruthless and villainous man in Guangdong alive during the night battle on Longtoushan. It was a gratifying "true saint"!
At least for some young Confucian scholars in Chaozhou and Guangfu who have not lost their vitality, Zhu Heji is a saint who can lead them to conquer the world and establish unparalleled achievements.
Fu Honglie and Zhou Peigong also knew at this time that this rebel, who was called a "saint" by everyone, was Zhu Heji, the grandson of Zhu San in the Ming Dynasty!
The two of them didn't dare to make a mistake, so they quickly found two empty straw mats in a corner of the courtyard, followed the example of the others and sat down on their knees, listening carefully to what Zhu Heji had to say.
"Gentlemen, in three days we will have the start of our first imperial examination competition since the restoration of the Ming Dynasty in Guangdong! The Gu family first wishes you success in the examination and your title on the gold medal list. Then, the Gu family would like to ask you a question... .... Why do you want to take the Jinshi examination? Why do you want to read the books of sages and learn the arts of literature and martial arts? What is the greatest righteousness in the books of sages? What is the highest principle?"
Zhou Peigong and Fu Honglie, who were kneeling below, looked at each other and already had the answer in their hearts.
But the answer is different.
The biggest righteousness in Zhou Peigong's heart is of course promotion and wealth, and honoring the ancestors! Wasn't this what he was prepared for? It's a pity that the master of Tuhai has too many lackeys, including many of the Eight Banners disciples and slaves in coats. The height of the slaves is not comparable to that of Zhou Peigong.
Moreover, Zhou Peigong's articles were not very good, and it was a bit difficult to pass the examination, let alone get a title on the gold list.
Therefore, he served as a master for more than ten years, but he could not get a decent official, not even a county magistrate.
The greatest righteousness in Fu Honglie's heart is to be a good slave of the Qing Dynasty! He is a fool! It was unconditional loyalty to his master...and his contribution to the Qing Dynasty was unmatched by Zhou Peigong. It’s impossible for Zhou Peigong’s master to put money in it! Although Tu Hai did not promote him, he was a seventh-grade official of the prime minister's disciples, let alone a master? And Fu Honglie's official position was such that he lost all his money, and even served as a soldier. Now he is just a commoner!
Of course, for such a big effort, we expect to gain something. How can we just say we don’t want it and just don’t want it?
This good slave of the Qing Dynasty must continue to be a slave!
Of course, he is a slave with integrity!
Therefore, although he followed Kong Sizhen, he always maintained his identity as a commoner under the Qing emperor, and refused to join the Dingnan Princess Mansion as a servant... Otherwise, he would not still be a commoner!
In fact, Kong Sizhen admired him quite a lot. As long as he was willing to be a slave, what was the point of recommending him as an official?
But if he becomes Kong Sizhen's slave, what does it matter if he didn't fear the powerful and powerful to confront Wu Sangui before? Oh, after defeating King Pingxi who is proud of his troops, he then goes to work as a slave for Princess Dingnan who also supports his troops...
Idiot Fu can't do this. He must be a good slave of the Qing Dynasty with backbone, and only serve as a slave to the emperor. This is his moral principle!
At this time, Zhu Heji was already asking and answering himself. He raised his voice to the loudest level and almost roared: "Listen, everyone, the greatest righteousness in the hearts of our original Confucians is that the world is for the common good, and the world is for the common good. First of all, we must make the world the world for the people of the world, make the king the king of the people of the world, and make the people of the world the masters of the world... and not be the slaves of Xuanye's son!
The reason why we, the original Confucians, practice literature and martial arts is to realize the righteousness of the world as a common people. Literary and military strategies are used to realize and defend great righteousness. However, literary skills and military strategy alone are still not enough to achieve great justice. We must also have the determination to sacrifice our lives for charity and to sacrifice our lives for righteousness!
Gentlemen, do you have such determination? "
Well, after taking the imperial examination, I got the result of sacrificing one's life for charity and sacrificing one's life for righteousness!
Just when Zhou Peigong and Fu Honglie were stunned, thunderous shouts broke out in the courtyard.
"I would like to follow the saint... to sacrifice my life for righteousness and sacrifice my life for justice for the sake of the world's righteousness!"
Zhu Heji finally laughed with satisfaction when he saw the two to three hundred Confucian scholars in the courtyard getting excited.
It seems that the ideological mobilization these days has begun to bear fruit.
This speech was certainly not the first one he gave in the "Original Confucian Hall" in Guangzhou.
And he was not the only one to give a "original Confucian speech" to the scholars who came to Guangzhou to take the exam.
Joining him in the "Original Confucian Speech" were Zhuge Military Advisor, Yang Qilong, Master Guo, Lin Rujiang, Ma Xiucai and Ma Chenglong, who had read the books of sages and were also eloquent.
In addition, Zhu Heji also set up a small printing shop in the Prince's Mansion and printed a large number of pamphlets titled "Great Righteousness", "The World is Common", "Making Righteousness and Benevolence" and "Becoming Saint".
Every scholar who comes to Guangzhou to take the exam will get a lot of booklets - these are "college entrance exam review materials". Believe it or not, you have to read them proficiently!
While receiving "review materials", young Confucian students from the original Confucian school will also mobilize them to join the school... Only those who join the school are their own people, and it is easier for their own people to go to high school!
The sign of joining a school is to wear a black Confucian robe with cross-collar collars, a long sword for slashing people, and a red scarf or a red cloth on the head - a bald man who has just cut his braids cannot wear a scarf. , I can only wrap my head with red cloth.
Of course Zhou Peigong and Fu Honglie also received a bunch of poorly printed thread-bound pamphlets, and a young Confucian scholar who spoke Chaozhou Mandarin came to mobilize them to join the original Confucian school.
However, both of them politely declined the invitation to join the gang... To join the gang, you have to cut your braids!
How can you still be a slave if you cut off your braids?
Moreover, the purpose of the two of them coming to Guangzhou is not to get high school Jinshi, but to find out the details of the Guangzhou imperial examination and copy the list of fake Jinshi... If possible, they can explore the true and false status of the rebel army, and that will be considered satisfactory. Mission accomplished.
Therefore, the two of them did not prepare for the exam seriously in the next two days, and spent their time "touring" around.
After walking around Guangzhou twice, the time has arrived on the first day of October in the first year of the Ming Dynasty. This is the first day of the Guangzhou Competition!
This time, the Guangzhou Competition was held in the Gongyuan where the Guangdong Provincial Examination was originally held. Those who took the examination did not need to be a scholar or a scholar. They only needed to recite the Analects of Confucius silently when registering at the original Confucian halls in Guangzhou. That's it.
After passing, you will get an exam card, and then you can go to Gongyuan to take the exam on the first day of October.
The exam is divided into two sessions: poetry in the morning and essay in the afternoon. Among them, poetry is the preliminary test, and only those who pass it can participate in the article test in the afternoon. The article is just an eight-legged essay. If you can pass it, you will be able to pass the high school entrance examination.
After the high school entrance examination, there is another round of palace examination, which involves a policy paper. If you pass the palace examination, you will be the first Jinshi Master in Fuming.
Although neither Zhou Peigong nor Fu Honglie wanted to go to high school, they still arrived at Guangzhou Gongyuan early in the morning. Mixed in a large group of "black-robed scholars", they stood outside the gate waiting to enter.
Fu Honglie has also been to Guangzhou Gongyuan several times. This time when he returned to his old place, of course he had to take a closer look at the differences.
When he and Zhou Peigong squeezed outside the gate of Gongyuan, they found that there was an archway outside the gate of Gongyuan. Under the archway stood a row of "Zhanren Confucians" wearing light red Confucian clothes...all of them were Yishui's bearded Confucian is very aggressive and seems to be very reasonable.
There is also a pair of couplets posted on the archway. The first couplet is "Please go elsewhere for promotion and wealth", the second couplet is "If you are greedy for life and fear of death, don't enter this door", and the horizontal line is "True Confucianism is coming soon"!
