[The third update, ask for red tickets, collect]

"Brother Lu has to pay tribute to several subjects in a row, and it must be good to learn it. But once in Beijing, the family wealth is not small. ”

"A spoonful of food, a scoop of drink, and the joy of going back will not change. What's the point of worrying about the blockage? ”

"If only these tax collectors could be like Brother Lu!"

was mentioned by Han Gang, and Lu Ming became angry, "Wansheng originally thought that he could transport some local products into Beijing, so as to make up for the entanglement." Who would have thought that all of a sudden the tax card would become so strict. 'Why should the king say profit', this is clearly competing with the people for profit! ”

Lu Ming's anger, Han Gang laughed. He looked Lu Ming up and down, and there was a poor sour and broken body from his bones. The Great Song Dynasty is different from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and if you are admitted to the exam, you can't be called a master, unless you can get a Jinshi, otherwise it will be a lifetime of measures.

Lu Ming's insistence, Han Gang was incomprehensible. He went to the capital again and again to take exams, and he had to rely on trafficking to support. Such blind actions will not pay anything in return. Han Gang was really incomprehensible to such a thoughtless act.

If you fail the exam repeatedly, you can really go to the special test to play the name, which is much less difficult than the Jinshi exam. As long as you are admitted, you can make up for academic positions such as literature and teaching assistants, and you can support your family with a lot of money from the imperial court. It's better than having an unrealistic fantasy.

Don't go over the goatee, Han Gang and his party finally set off again, but the three of them became four, and one more Lu Ming came out.

Han Gang and Liu Zhongwu both rode horses, even Li Xiaoliu rode a horse, and Lu Ming only rode a mule. Although the original old mule had been replaced with a sturdy green mule on the tax card, the mule carried a large bundle of goods on its back, and added Lu Ming's weight, and walked with a snorting step.

Han Gang looked at it for a long time, and couldn't bear it—of course the object was not Lu Ming—so he said: "If Brother Lu doesn't think Han Gang is presumptuous, it's better to go with him, and when he arrives at the post station, he can also change horses, so the trip can be a little faster." ”

When Lu Ming heard this, he immediately rolled off the mule and cried on the ground: "The official is very kind, and Lu Ming is hard to repay." My parents gave birth to me, the official saved me, and the official is Lu Ming's reborn parents! ”

Han Gang heard that his hair stood on end, it was really rare to see such a strange person. He hurriedly jumped off the horse and helped Lu Ming up, "I can't help it, I can't help it, where can Han afford it!" ”

Lu Ming kowtowed heavily again before he got up, raising his sleeves to wipe the tears that had been squeezed out of his face at some point.

Lu Ming's colorful performance, Han Gang secretly praised it in his heart. In fact, he didn't have a good impression of this exempt tribute student, but when he saw a Confucian student encounter a bumpy road, it was reasonable to help him. Since it's a good and not costly, it doesn't hurt to help. But now it seems that Lu Ming is really a wonderful person. And in Han Gang's mind, since he is exempt from lifting. Naturally, I have had the experience of going to Tokyo many times. The people are familiar, the roads are familiar, and with him as a companion, he can also be regarded as a guide.

The group re-entered the road and rushed towards Jingzhao Mansion.

Along the way, Lu Ming pulled Han Gang to talk about poetry and lyrics, trying his best to show it. It's just that this level is basically below the average level of the Gongsheng students in Shaanxi Road, Han Gang listened a little impatient, but he still pretended to be interested.

And when Han Gang turned the topic to the direction of military water conservancy, Lu Ming blew nonsense again, and even Liu Zhongwu on the side shook his head when he heard it. Soon, Lu Ming knew that he had no goods in his stomach, so he turned the topic back to poetry and songs. After a while, somehow it came to the examination questions of the Jinshi Imperial Examination over the years.

"The first time I entered Beijing was 30 years ago. In that subject, there is Wang Jiefu [Wang Anshi] who participates in politics, and Wang Yuyu [Wang Jue] who does Hanlin. It's all very good with the late students. In his later life, he still remembered Wang Jiefu's sentence 'The son of his friend', and an article by Hao Lu ruined these four words. When they came out of the examination room, several people who knew each other sighed that Wang Jiefu had used the wrong word, and even Wang Jiefu himself shook his head. It's not wrong to be the last, a champion just flew away. ”

Nonsense! Han Gang didn't believe that Lu Minghui was there.

Wang Anshi's 'son and friend' was written on the examination paper of the palace examination. Because this is Zhou Gongdan's words to teach King Zhou Cheng - boy, friends harm the government, especially forbidden (young son is cautious of his friends) [Note 1] - and the person who reads the exam paper is Emperor Renzong, he has been an emperor for decades, so maybe he likes young people in their twenties to take Zhou Gong's words and teach themselves as juniors? Although it will not fall, it still drops from first to fourth.

This is the exam question of the palace exam, and if Lu Ming can enter the palace exam, it is impossible to fail the list. The palace test is set high, the provincial test is set to stay, you can enter the palace test, and the jinshi is decided, but you have to take the test again to determine the ranking. How could Lu Ming have this opportunity, he should just be like himself, he heard it from other people's mouths.

"The most regrettable thing in my later life is the subject in the second year of Jiayou. At that time, it was Uncle Ouyang Yong's main exam, and the topic was "The Theory of Punishment and Loyalty". The annotations of Confucius [that is, Kong Anguo] were also memorized in his later years, but he didn't remember them for a while in the examination room. 'The punishment is light, the reward is serious, and the loyalty is great', but the word 'doubt' was omitted. ”

'Where is this called a loss?' The examiner didn't even find the question, and the obvious trap was still stepped into,' Han Gang sneered in his stomach. The word 'doubt' was deliberately omitted by Ouyang Xiu, and the questioner used this method to test the candidate's familiarity with the classics. But Kong Anguo's annotations to "Shangshu" can't be remembered, but the original text should always be memorized, right? 'Suspicion of crime is only light, merit is doubtful' is different, there is a word 'doubt'!

"The crime is only light, and the merit is only serious" is a sentence from the "Shangshu 61 Da Yu Mo", followed by a sentence "rather than kill innocent, rather than lose", reflecting the benevolence and generosity of ancient Chinese justice, and the common suspicion of crime in later generations is actually common, even he is ripe. Kong Anguo's annotations are just a use of the words in the "Book of Shang", and the most critical word "doubt" has not been changed, how can it be omitted?

"What a pity!" Lu Ming looked up to the sky and sighed, with the pain of needing to beat his chest, "Otherwise, if you make a mistake for a while, you will be able to come out with Su Zizhan and Zeng Zigu [Zeng Gong] in your later life." In that subject, Ouyang Yongshu was the main examiner, and he was tired of the hook and chapter thorny sentences of the Taixue style at that time, and changed the ancient style, and the article was only based on the mellow. The wind of superficiality was swept away, and how many talents were promoted. Su Zizhan, Su Ziyou, Zeng Zigu, and Lu Jifu are all heroes for a while. ”

The second year of Jiayou is indeed a gathering of stars, and Han Gang also knows the Tao. Not to mention the Su brothers, it is only Zeng Gong, who is also a member of the eight families of the Tang and Song dynasties, and the four brothers of his family, together with two brothers-in-law, won the Jinshi at the same time, which is the only one in the more than 100 years since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty. In addition, his teacher Zhang Zai, his master Wang Shao, and Cheng Hao, one of the two journeys, are all Jinshi in the second year of Jiayou. In addition, it is said that Lu Huiqing, who now assisted Wang Anshi in formulating the law change regulations and was scolded as a traitor by the anti-law change faction, was also admitted to the Jinshi in the second year of Jiayou.

"Jiayou is so versatile in two years!" Lu Ming said that the ink in his stomach was not as good as Han Gang, but there were too many exams, and it was inevitable that there would be a bunch of things in his stomach, "When he was born in Beijing to take the exam, among the sons of the same imperial examination, Su Zizhan and Su Ziyou are the most famous brothers, and the four sons of the Zeng family and their in-laws and the two kings of the in-laws are not allowed to specialize in the imperial front." Fujian Zhang Zihou and Zhang Ziping's uncles and nephews are also famous. There is also Lu Jifu, who has recently won the favor of Wang Xianggong, and the most popular is Zhang Ziping's first crown Pengshan.

However, among the sons, only Zhang Zihou [Zhang Zai] and Cheng Bochun [Cheng Hao] have obtained Taoist samadhi, and there are also heirs on the side. Zhang Zihou also set up a tiger skin chair to talk about "Yi", and Wen Xianggong came to cheer. But Zihou's two cousins also came to debate the scriptures. One night later, Zihou withdrew and dropped out of the lecture, ashamed of himself as good as Ercheng. ”

Lu Ming said with a frothing mouth, but Han Gang's brows furrowed: "Mr. is familiar with the Dao and is familiar with the classics, but the argument of the tongue is not what he is good at." 'My way is self-sufficient, not asking for it', heaven and earth to the road, how can Mr. ever admit defeat? ”

Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi did pound Zhang Zai's field, although it was called a debate. When Zhang Zai first went to the Jinshi examination, he was already thirty and eight, and he had already been famous in Guanzhong, surrounded by disciples, and his younger brother Zhang Jian had been admitted to the Jinshi for several years. At that time, the palace examination had just ended, Zhang Zai was on the list, and the wedding banquet of Qionglin Yuan had not yet begun, taking advantage of this free time, Wen Yanbo helped Zhang Zai set up a tiger skin chair and Xingguo Temple to preach the gist of the Book of Changes. After Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi talked with him overnight, Zhang Zai removed the tiger skin chair and said to people, the way of easy learning, I am not as good as Ercheng, you can ask them for advice, and Ercheng became famous in Beijing.

But Zhang Zai did not admit defeat, he said at the time, 'My way is self-sufficient, not pretending to ask for it', whether it is the way of the Buddha, or the Taoism inherited from Zhou Dunyi, Zhang Zai does not think it is the real way. He has his own view of the world, his own 'Tao', and he will not be shaken by the failure of the debate in Yixue - being able to admit his shortcomings in public is enough to reflect Zhang Zai's self-confidence.

The smile on Lu Ming's face remained unchanged, and he said: "That's right, in terms of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, Hengqu is far more clear than Cheng Zhengfu. Cheng Yi didn't even get into the Jinshi, how could he compare with Mr. Hengqu. ”

Han Gang was stunned. The tongue of this exempt tribute student is really able to turn, and knowing that he is a disciple of Zhang Zai, he no longer uses Zhang Zihou to call him, but respectfully calls him Hengqu and Mr. Hengqu, and he becomes fast enough.

It's just that his words to please Lu are too disgusting, Han Gang was choked, coughed a few times, and changed the topic by himself, "Brother Lu has been to Tokyo many times, and there should be a lot of friends who are familiar with each other in the local area." ”

"Speaking of which, I did make a lot of friends in the capital when I was born in my later years." Lu Ming replied to the question, "In front of Wang Jiefu's father-in-law, he can speak in his later years." It is also very good with Wang Zichun [Wang Shao], who is now an official in Qinzhou. He wrote several times to invite the late student to go to Qinzhou to do things, saying that he wanted to recommend the late student as an official, and the letter also said, 'Mingde is not out, Nai Cangsheng is he'. But the late students always wanted to take the exam with a serious background, so they wrote many times to excuse themselves. ”

Han Gang's expression became weird, pursed his lips, and he didn't know whether to be annoyed or laughed, this one is really the best, pulling a tiger skin to make a big flag, this is a standard Jianghu voice, you don't see some scam companies in later generations, always in the office, hang some photos with celebrities to commemorate.

However, in ancient times, information was not understood, and ordinary people's ears and eyes were very closed, and people like Lu Ming could still deceive a group of people by talking nonsense. And Han Gang himself also has deep experience and experience. It's just that Lu Ming used Wang Shao's name to cushion himself, which still made Han Gang angry and funny.

But Lu Ming didn't know how to read people's faces, and he was elated. He has gone through many imperial examinations, and the topic of Jinshi can be searched in his stomach for thousands of eight hundred, and there are countless familiar characters in various subjects, and he will not repeat it for three days and three nights.

Seeing that Han Gang was entangled by Lu Ming, Liu Zhongwu also breathed a sigh of relief. Looking at the impatient look that flashed on Han Gang's face from time to time, his heart was so happy that he couldn't help humming a little song, "You Han San also have today!" Thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi, you have made me suffer a lot, feng shui is reincarnated, and it is your turn Han San. ’

Note 1: There are several other explanations for modern people. However, only Kong Anguo's annotations are taken here.