Although Guozijian has an open day every month, for example, when the Yueshan chief of Zhaoming Academy and his party arrived in the capital, it was the open day of Guozijian and the recruitment of new students in Jiuzhangtang, so there were many onlookers, but this time the emperor decreed that the four famous mountain chiefs and Zhang Shou, the doctor of Guozi, who had been in the limelight in the past year, gave lectures in the Frank Hall, which attracted much attention.

This kind of lecture is completely different from the previous open days of Guozijian!

Therefore, from early in the morning of this day, the street where Guozijian was located began to be crowded. Although it is not yet October, the move to Beijing to catch the exam is far from being completed - after all, many state capitals have just been released, and the new people are still on the way even if they go to Beijing by bus, and the only ones who can come are some "former students" who have long been famous.

At this time, everyone gathered in twos and threes according to their origins or friendships, but the topic of discussion was not just today's lecture. Because these days, there are too many things happening in the capital one by one! During the chat, someone just said that the emperor planned to let Zhu Jing, the Duke of Zhao, be the secretary of the military department, which was really against the ancestral system, and was sprayed all over his face by the people next to him.

"At that time, there were more cases of military attachés being transferred to civilian officials! Not to mention the secretary of the military department, a Confucian general beside Taizu also served as a secretary of the ministry, a dignified official! If you don't know what the ancestral system is, don't talk about it, make people laugh! ”

It was none other than Fang Qing, who was famous for his fame, and couldn't hold back today, so he came to listen to this rare lecture. And the one next to him who was still a little uneasy to walk was Song Juren, who had received seven or eight thorns on his buttocks and had not yet fully recovered.

Song Juren, who has always been cheap-mouthed, couldn't help but want to ridicule each other just after hearing people's nonsense, but he didn't expect to be taken advantage of by Fang Qing, but he was not to be outdone: "Don't talk about the ancestral system all day long." As long as you don't bring troops, you can take charge of the ministry even if you want the country. As long as he leads the troops, he needs to be transferred to the martial rank, which is precedent. Go back and read the Sermon of Taizu! ”

The reader who provoked this topic was caught off guard by Fang Qing and Song Juren's joint blow. Although the other people around him wanted to fight back, the four words of "Taizu Sermon" were too deterrent.

So, after a moment of silence for the person standing in this corner, someone suddenly diverted the topic: "By the way, have you heard of the recent colorful cotton turmoil?" It's just funny, shouldn't all the cotton in this world be white? What kind of brown cotton, I don't think it's auspicious, but it should be a demon omen, it's good to burn it! ”

As soon as these words came out, two people just echoed them, and Song Juren, who was not angry that he had just been preempted by Fang Qing, laughed, but Fang Qing, who was familiar with him, immediately heard Song Bastard's undisguised mockery.

"It's good to burn it, say it beforehand, you can barely say that you have different political views, and you are angry, and afterwards, it's still in this public, this old man who doesn't know where he comes from, aren't you afraid of being told that you are with the snitch? Besides, if you can pass five levels and cut six generals, you won't even have read the Da Ming Law, right? Don't you know what arson is? ”

The atmosphere that had just warmed up a little quickly cooled down again. Especially the person who advocated a good burn just now, seeing that most of the eyes cast around him were weird and subtle, he almost regretted his intestines.

Especially the guy who has already found out that he is looking for his fault at this time, it is one of the two people who Zhenzhen has refuted Zhao Guogong's appointment as a military secretary in violation of the ancestral system, and the guy next to him who was the first to attack before seems to be eager to try, and intends to follow him to squeeze two sentences, he was suddenly ashamed and angry, but after all, he did not become angry and angry, but simply brushed his sleeves and turned elsewhere.

I can't afford to mess with you, I can afford to hide, right?

However, Song Juren was about to be proud, but unexpectedly, Fang Qing on the side suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed him, and then dragged him in another direction without saying anything, and when he left the place where the people gathered at the beginning, there were other people talking around, and then he let go of his hand and sneered lowly: "Don't just care about the benefits of your tongue, what do you think if someone recognizes you?" ”

"As long as people shout, this is the scum who doesn't know how to cherish his fame, but he actually studies the way of cooking, do you think you can still get out of it? How hard you scolded people just now, how ruthless you were scolded after that! ”

Song Juren's face changed when he boarded, and his first reaction was to look around to see if anyone heard Fang Qing's whisper. When he was sure that no one noticed, he glared at Fang Qing angrily and said, "You are crazy, what good is it for you to expose my shortcomings!" Isn't it because you yourself are quick to talk first, and then I make this old mistake? "In the future, he must not mix with the crow's mouth, otherwise he will definitely be cheap!

Fang Qing and Song Juren glared at each other without fear, so although some people around them talked about Caimian and Zhao Guogongqian's resignation from the military department again, and even such a "trivial matter" as the Cangzhou dart boat, they couldn't care about making sarcastic remarks anymore.

Just as there was a lot of noise all around, a loud drum beat suddenly came. As the drums of the Drum Tower gradually spread, the originally noisy place gradually quieted down, although it was not yet to the point of silence, but at least the voice of the loud voice could be heard clearly.

"All beings are silent! The mountain chief and Dr. Zhang are about to arrive, and the space in front of the hall is limited, so they come to get the number plate according to their place of origin and take their seats according to the number plate! ”

When they heard the word "seated", some people were secretly surprised, thinking that they had heard that all parts of the Guozijian had undergone repairs, could it be that the hall was renovated now, so it could accommodate so many people? But when the people crowded at the front took out the road guide or other identification documents, successfully passed the verification and got the number plate, and then entered, they were immediately disappointed.

What kind of seating, it was just a white line in front of the hall to mark a lot of blocks such as A, B, C, D, etc., so they were instructed to go over and sit on the ground. The only thing that is a little more humane is that those who go early can still grab the straw futons, at least to ensure that when they sit down to listen to the lecture, they will not have a cold butt.

This kind of treatment, when Song Juren and Fang Qing were introduced to the demarcated area to "sit down", they naturally frowned, but when a lone old man who took a step earlier and sat down on the futon beckoned them to sit down, he said with a smile: "Although the township test will test the Gongyuan is a little broken, but when the palace test, it is also sitting on the ground." ”

"So get used to it as soon as possible, so that when you go to the temple to try it in the future, because it's too cold, you can't hold the pen and can't write an article, then it's really going to be painful."

Although Song Juren said that he was cheap, he was also a self-acquainted character, and immediately stepped forward and sat down with a smile, and then greeted him warmly: "The old-timers are so experienced, is it possible that they have participated in the palace examination?" ”

As soon as he said this, he was punched in the head by Fang Qing. After the fight, Fang Qing arched his hand to the old man embarrassedly, and then said apologetically: "Forgive me, senior, this friend of mine often talks nonsense, he is unintentional." ”

After apologizing, Fang Qing scolded angrily and in a low voice: "Song bastard, you idiot, you can still participate in the ten times and eight times, but the palace examination has never been degraded, how many times can anyone participate in the palace examination?" ”

Song Juren just got carried away for a moment and said the wrong thing, and although he was annoyed by a blow on his head at this time, Fang Qing didn't scold him wrong, he could only hold his head and smile and apologize to the old man. He and Fang Qingju were young and handsome in their early twenties, but the old man was already fifty years away, and seeing that the two of them were sincerely apologizing at this time, the gloom he had just revealed faded.

"Judging by your age, you should have only participated in the examination once at most, and even a newcomer who has not participated in the examination because of something at home, right?" Seeing that Song Juren and Fang Qing nodded in unison, they both admitted that they had missed the last exam, and the old juren sighed and said, "I have limited qualifications, I won Xiucai at the age of twenty-four, and I won the Juren at the age of thirty-four. ”

He stretched out a slap and shook it, just with a sigh on his face. And this old man who opened the chatterbox began to sigh about the bitter experience of the imperial examination for more than ten years.

He said this endlessly, Song Juren and Fang Qing couldn't help but regret sitting with others, but at this time, they just wanted to close people's mouths, but they couldn't do it, they could only endure hardship.

I don't know how long it took, it seemed that it was the voice of Qingyue such as Zhong Xuan, not only Song Juren and the old man beside Fang Qing immediately stopped, but the other people who were whispering also stopped, and then a voice came with the wind.

"Today, by the will of God, the four mountain chiefs of Ming Academy, Yuzhang Academy, Taihu Academy, and Huating Academy, as well as Dr. Zhang, the Guozijian Academy, will give a lecture in the Frank Hall. This hall was originally the Guozijian Banshan Hall, which was exchanged with the Frank Hall at the beginning of the year, and can accommodate thousands of teachers and students today. The Son of Heaven persuades the heart of learning, and hopes that all living beings will perceive the holy will and devote themselves to learning! ”

It was supposed to be a grand event hosted by Guozijian Zhou Sacrificial Wine or Luo Siye, but today it was replaced by Xu Heiyu, the supervisor of the Rope Hall of Rope and Sorrow, and the rest of the people didn't know what was going on, but Zhang Shou knew it.

But he wants to let others become famous, don't look at Zhou Xijiu and Luo Siye very much hope that someone can restrain him, a young Dr. Guozi, but this scene is also heart-wrenching, so the two senior and deputy officials simply sat down and listened to the lecture!

And Xu Heiyu has never been a person who likes long speeches, but after saying something about the scene, he didn't care about the expressions of the four mountain chiefs because of the seats he had just announced, and said directly: "At this moment, I will first ask Yue Shanchang, the head of Zhaoming Academy, to speak!" ”

Zhang Shou saw that Xu Heiyu had given up the central position, so he smiled and beckoned to the black-faced eunuch, and when he came over and took a vacant seat beside him, he didn't sit with the three mountain chiefs at the beginning, but sat with a group of his own students, so he asked in a low voice: "Xu Eunuch Cheng's order of registration just now, did Zhou Xijiu tell you, or did he say so in his will?" ”

Xu Hei's face showed a hint of surprise, and then he said calmly: "Naturally, it is in the order in which they arrived in the capital. ”

Lu Sanlang, who was "in a good position every day" on the side, left everything behind and came to listen to the lecture, even if he didn't deal with Xu Heizi on weekdays, he couldn't help but roll his eyes at this time. It's okay for you to do this kind of errand that offends people, and you don't even know how to be vague, and you actually rank people randomly? Do you know how many students these four academies have in the court, and will they hate you when they look back?

No wonder it's a prisoner...... You can't go up in a lifetime!

Zhang Shou was also speechless after hearing Xu Heiqi's brain-dead way of seating. It's just that he didn't bother to correct the iron-masked prisoner who carried out the offense to the end, and seeing the third prince sitting absentmindedly beside Lu Sanlang, he got up and exchanged a seat with Lu Sanlang, and then asked in a low voice: "Zheng Rong, are you still thinking about your brother?" ”

Accustomed to calling the names of the three princes, Zhang Shou is now agreeable, and the three princes also think that this is better, but they are not happy now. Because although the fourth prince said that he listened to the emperor's persuasion and studied by himself in the palace, and he tried his best to make up for others, his ability level was not enough, although he had tried his best to explain it in detail, but there were some things that he understood himself does not mean that he can talk about others and understand.

He only felt that he had little effect, and he could really understand that the fourth prince was clearly depressed in the past few days, so he couldn't help asking: "Teacher, am I too stupid, so I can't speak well in front of the fourth brother?" ”

"No, it's because the qualifications of the fourth prince in arithmetic are actually inferior to you." After Zhang Shou whispered such a sentence, seeing that the third prince suddenly showed a surprised and incredulous expression, he smiled and said, "Okay, you don't have to be presumptuous, just take your time." By the way, I can tell you that the fourth brother is not suitable for him to come often, but he can be in other places. ”

Seeing that the third prince was suddenly surprised and delighted, he pointed to the stage and said, "Chief Yue is about to speak, listen carefully." ”

It was Yue Shanchang's opening words just now, so Zhang Shou just talked to the third prince, and since he officially started the lecture at this time, he naturally listened carefully - even if he was not serious, he had to be serious, this was the experience he summed up after many meetings. It's a pity that it's not fashionable to take a small notebook and take notes carefully when people are lecturing.

The first half of Yue Shanchang's lecture revolves around the importance of agriculture as the foundation of the country, and the importance of agricultural affairs is extremely discussed. The second half of the article focuses on the practical problems of water conservancy ditches and farmland irrigation to select improved seeds. This kind of lecture is unheard of by both the prisoners of the country and the people who gathered.

In the past, the great Confucianism who came to Guozijian to teach was not a retreat, and which one would pragmatically talk about such a down-to-earth thing? Most importantly, how many people have farmed the land?

However, while listening quite carefully, Zhang Shou, who also quietly watched around from time to time, also noticed that among the sleepy faces, there were exceptions. Because he saw a lot of nodding his head and showing happy faces, he didn't know whether there were really people who were determined to govern the local area and persuade farmers to rejuvenate agriculture, or just to be a sign of echoing and approving.

When Chief Yue Shanchang's lecture finally came to an end, he got applause and stepped down from the stage, and Hong Shanchang, who seemed to owe him three hundred times with a black face, finally stepped onto the podium. He glanced around, his eyes lingered on Zhang Shou's face for a moment, but he looked at the third prince on the side, and then he coughed and began: "Loyalty, filial piety, righteousness, and great kindness." Rational and sensible, and finally see the true self......"

Although he only listened to the beginning, Zhang Shou already knew in his heart - it was obvious that Hong Shanchang was a physicist!

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