Looking at the groups of officials in the two corridors of the Royal Street, most of them were dressed in shabby clothes, and some even wore straw sandals, Ouyang Xiu said: "No matter what these people learn, they have food and shelter, and for them they are the grace of the imperial court." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Hu Su said with a smile: "The most important thing is that we will have the day when we will keep the election, that is, if we are lucky, we will keep the election if we don't keep the election." Whatever Xu was originally for, it was always a benevolent policy. ”

"Yes, Xu Zhizhi is a little withdrawn, but his heart is not bad."

Hearing Ouyang Xiu's words, Yin Zhu looked at him strangely: "You have just been blamed by Xu Zhizhi for a few days, and now you have finally figured it out?" I thought you would have to go to his house today, and I would be unhappy! ”

Ouyang Xiu sighed: "I'm not good at self-education, what do I have to say if I am blamed?" As long as Xu Zhizhi is a sincere gentleman, my words will offend him, what is there to complain about? ”

Gao Ruone said with a straight face: "A few days ago, I said that you deliberately mentioned that you should only talk about things and people, why do you still want to be a sincere gentleman before you are convinced?" If you don't think he's a gentleman after a while, why don't you still scold? ”

"Gentlemen and villains are like different furnaces of ice and coal, we who read the books of sages, this is the first major festival to observe! Now Xu Zhizhi is doing everything for the people, I respect him as a gentleman, he is a high official, what is there to say about me? But if in the future it is really -- hmph, if we read the books of the sages, don't we just want to be close to the gentleman and the villain! ”

Gao Ruo Ne shook his head and didn't argue with Ouyang Xiu. Ouyang Xiu was the fourteenth in the first department in the palace examination that year, and he entered the pavilion after serving one term with this ranking, which shows that the above attaches great importance to him. Ouyang Xiu is also proud of this, as if he has gone mad in the past few months, pointing out the country and evaluating the characters, and there is nothing left to spare. To say that it sounds good, it is to take the world as its own responsibility, and if it is not good, it is self-aggrandizement, and I don't know who I am.

It has been decades since Taizong opened the door to the imperial examination, and the whole society has been accustomed to it, and the imperial examination jinshi has been integrated into the bureaucratic system. In the past twenty years, there has been no rapid promotion of Jinshi, and there is no such thing as being promoted all at once by submitting a piece of advice to the emperor. Jinshi is only a high starting point, but in fact he is also a small pawn in the bureaucracy, and he has to arch forward step by step. In particular, Ding Wei and Lu Yijian were in power continuously, and they did not promote any particularly outstanding figures from the previous Jinshi, and there was a fault.

In the final analysis, even if you enter the pavilion, it is still a small boat in the sea of officialdom, with the ups and downs of the waves with the political turmoil. Ouyang Xiu didn't have this kind of consciousness, he felt that he was a tide maker in the big waves, and as soon as he climbed high, he should gather in response. Historically, it was this kind of thinking that was divorced from reality that made him accuse this and that when Fan Zhongyan was demoted from the capital, he made "The Theory of Friends" come out, which harmed many people, and actually made Zhao Zhen have a sense of distrust of Fan Zhongyan from then on. It wasn't until he was demoted to the Yiling County Order, and it was directly demoted from the pavilion to the county order, not the county, but directly demoted to the selection of people, and he was about to be pushed to the bottom, and his brain was a little clearer.

According to the understanding of this era, Xu Ping's political spectrum is still a little blurred, although those who consider themselves gentlemen do not regard him as fellow travelers, but they have not entered the ranks of villains to become the enemy of life and death, and Ouyang Xiu's attitude is also swaying.

Today, the new leak was completed step verification, and Xu Ping held a celebration banquet in the mansion in his own name, because Zhao Zhen promised to go, so he also asked the pavilion officials to go together and make a poem or something to remember it.

Ouyang Xiu happily agreed, but surprised his companions beside him.

That night, Xu Ping suggested to Zhao Zhen that the training of officials who were waiting to be appointed in Beijing has now reached the preparatory stage. Zhao Zhen agreed so happily, not because he thought that this could improve the level of governance of officials, but mainly because it was in the name of the emperor, which could win the hearts of low-level officials. Because there is no need for candidates for Jinshi, middle- and upper-level officials are not enthusiastic about it, and the progress is not fast.

Xu Ping knew in his heart that once this matter was rolled out, it would become more and more formalized, and sooner or later one day the officials from Jinshi would be included in some form, and it would not be impossible to become another pavilion one day. Therefore, Tan Hu wanted to enter Beijing, Xu Ping deliberately asked him not to change the official notice first, and to participate in this training, it would be of great benefit to him in the future.

The more the current officials do not pay attention to it, the greater the benefits for those who participate in the first time, which is to burn the cold stove. Burning the emperor's cold stove is really the most worthwhile investment in this era.

In the back garden of the Yongning Hou Mansion, Xu Ping, Yan Su and a few other people from the Leak Society were busy preparing with the people in the mansion. Greet Zhao Zhen's chores, Xu Chang has his own people to handle it, there has already been one time, Xu Ping doesn't have to worry about it. The most important thing now is what kind of face the new carving will appear in front of everyone. If you can make the eyes of the people who come and have a feeling of amazement, then it is a success.

In the final analysis, Xu Ping made the pendulum clock, not for Si Tianjian, but to develop into a complete industry in the future, and only when he walked into ordinary people's homes could it be considered successful. According to the level of productivity in this era, although it is not possible for ordinary people to have one family, the rich family has to put it in the living room.

Looking at the pergola erected under the big tree, there were carved pendulums of different shapes at intervals, Yan Su sighed: "Xu Zhizhi has made a lot of effort this time!" Back then, I made a lotus drain, and after ten years of hard work, I only made one, and it was very simple. It wasn't until the imperial court wanted to compare that the money system was allocated to make it easy to use. I thought that we were making the engraving pendulum, and it was the same way, we made one first, and only after Si Tian supervised the school, we could make a few more. I didn't expect Xu to be made in these days, but there are so many now! ”

Xu Ping said with a smile: "My mansion occupies a larger place, and it looks simple, so I think I want to make some furniture for my own home." These carvings are all made with my own money, and the craftsmen also have their own wages. ”

It's not a matter of one or two days to correct in Si Tianjian, that's two years and three years, how can Xu Ping afford to wait? Let's not expect to enter the division of Tianjian to replace the existing timing tools and go to the market. Ordinary people don't use this thing to calculate solar and lunar eclipses, not to calculate celestial phenomena, and to determine solar terms, so do you want to be so accurate? As long as the error is limited to a few minutes a day, it is enough for them.

The first to arrive were the two system ministers, Yan Shu, Zhang Guan and Mei Xun, the three Hanlin scholars, and the knowledge system Ding Du and Li Shu, this time there was no shortage of one. Arriving with them were Song Qi, Song Zhen, Zeng Gongliang and other high-ranking Jinshi in the second year of the Heavenly Sage. These people are the representatives of the civil servants in the prime of today's officialdom, and serving the emperor is the most important opportunity to show their faces, so they are naturally more attentive than others. Get familiar with it first, so as not to drop the chain at a critical time.

The champion king of the third year of Tianxi died young, and there were no outstanding figures in that session, and it was only five years later that the field was reopened in the second year of Tiansheng, and in front of it was Cai Qi's list, which had reached the top level. In the past ten years, there has been a big fault, which directly made the Jinshi of the second year of Tiansheng show his head. Most of the Heavenly Sage Jinshi have been promoted quickly, which has a lot to do with the imperial examination arrangements in the past ten years, leaving them a lot of space.

When she arrived at the back garden, Mei Xun's eyes lit up as soon as she saw the pendulum placed on the side. In addition to the two in the pavilion, which are tall and simple, the carvings outside are exquisite, and the shapes of mountains, rivers and trees are there. The tall one is for Si Tianjian to check, and it can't be made fancy, and the outside is the commodity carving that Xu Ping wants.

In front of a carved pendulum carved into the shape of a thin plum carved from a large wood, Mei Xun took out his reading glasses, put them on and looked left and right, and his footsteps could no longer be separated. Seeing the top, there are also two magpies carved on it, lifelike, Mei Xun looks at it more and more in love, and beckons to Yan Shu next to him: "Master Yan, come and see, these two magpies are carved very cute!" ”

Yan Shu stepped forward with a smile and asked Mei: "Changyan, this is a pendulum, for timing, just pay attention to whether the time is right or not, why do you look at the two little birds endlessly?" ”

"That's a bad word! You see that these are placed outside the pavilion, all of them are exquisitely shaped, and they can be as bulky as the lotus drain before? I can conclude that these things that Xu Beizhi put outside are not for Si Tian to supervise the school, but will soon be placed in the shop of the third division. At that time, we will also buy two and put them at home, one in the living room and one in the study, how can it not look elegant? This plum tree type is very much to my liking, and when the shop sells it, I will definitely buy two. It's so good-looking, it's shabby, and it can count time, isn't it the best of both worlds? ”

Yan Shu just laughed when he heard it, Mei Xun is this delicate temper, and he really likes these things. Although Yan Shu was also born rich and noble, grew up in wealth and wealth, and lived a delicate life, he paid attention to tranquility and nature, which was not the same style as him.

Mei Xun held on to her reading glasses, stepped forward, and carefully looked at the carving of the two magpies at the top, and sighed in her mouth.

Suddenly, the sound of chimes came from the bells of the two magpies, and it turned out to be a tune. Mei Xun, who was lying in front, was startled, took two steps back suddenly, and said, "What sound?" What was that? What's going on?! ”

Before the words fell, all kinds of moments sounded together, the music rang out in unison, and all kinds of sound sheets were available.

The people who were visiting didn't know what was going on, and they all looked around, dazed and at a loss.

Yan Su, who was not far away, hurriedly walked to Mei Xun's side and said, "Bachelor don't need to panic, when the time comes, these moments will make a sound." This magpie has a mechanism in its belly, and when the time comes, it will play this tune. ”

"It's amazing!" Mei Xun listened, and couldn't help but stretch out her ears and lean in to listen carefully. (To be continued.) )