Seeing that Xu Ping had a guest here, everyone drank all the wine and ate the meat, so they didn't stay long, and left one after another. It's been a few days before the Shangyuan Festival, and although they are all momentary talents, the article still has to spend a lot of energy, so I have to go back early to prepare.

Xu Ping asked the servant to clean up the mess on the table, let Li Ji sit down, and asked, "When did you arrive in the capital?" ”

"I entered the city early in the morning, went to hand in the pleadings, and asked for directions to the county marquis's mansion."

It is only about ten days before the day of the Ministry of Rites exam, and Li Jian came to the capital on this date. The price of goods in the capital is expensive, and Li Ji's family is poor, so he can live in the capital for one day less, and he can't afford to delay.

Xu Ping said: "Okay, since I have arrived, I will live with peace of mind, study hard and prepare for the exam." There is no one else in my small courtyard, so you live here, and three meals a day are brought by someone, and you don't have to worry about other things. ”

Li Ji hesitated for a moment: "The county marquis is not a big mansion, and there are many family members, will there be any inconvenience for students living here?" It's better to rent a government room outside, and it won't cost much if you think about it. ”

"You don't have to worry about that, I still have a mansion outside the city, and my family lives there. I've been busy with business lately and don't usually go out of town, so I'm staying here. Your official heart is yes! ”

Li Ji hurriedly thanked happily: "Thank you, Junhou!" Serve around you in the morning and evening, and students can also listen to the teachings. ”

If you really talk about the knowledge of this era, Xu Ping thinks that he can't teach Li Ji anything, but when it comes to taking the exam, Xu Ping still has a lot of experience to teach Li Ji. Li Ji has read the scriptures since he was a child, and the knowledge in the books is enough, but he stands tall, and his mind is full of thoughts about inheriting the past saints, and opening his own school, and the exam may not be liked by the examiner.

This is a very normal thing, in Xu Ping's era, I don't know how many big thinkers are growing, but most of them are not very satisfactory in the scientific field, and few of them are on the top of the list. Although the Jinshi exam is a test of poetry, although a policy theory has been added now, in general, it is not a test, but the ability to figure out the mind of a person. These people who concentrate on learning have a very high opinion of themselves, and they lose at this point by accident.

casually asked a few words about Li Jing's situation on the road, and Xu Ping said again: "Do you usually have your poems with you?" This year's Ministry of Rites Examination is presided over by Zheng Sheren, and I happened to have something to visit in front of me in two days, present it to him for reading, and also make a name for you. ”

Li Ji was a little twisted: "The whole world gathers in Beijing, isn't Mr. doing this kind of thing to attract attention?" ”

Xu Ping said with a smile: "Since the imperial court has not stopped the public volume, the contribution is the right one." Li Jing, you need to remember that you came to the capital to take the exam to test your fame, from today onwards, everything is focused on ascending, and other thoughts will be put aside for the time being. ”

Li Jing naturally understood this truth, but he couldn't put down his face, listened to Xu Ping's words, and bowed his hand and said: "Mr. Xie's teachings, students understand." I'll sort it out later, and give it to my husband to read first. ”

Xu Ping nodded in agreement. Voting for the public paper is also part of the exam, but it is not revealed that Li Jian learned it, and it is good for Xu Ping to check it first. Zheng Xiang, who presided over the Ministry of Rites examination this year, belongs to the Taoist school and does not fit well with Li Jing's academic thoughts.

Originally, Xu Ping did not have much research on the academic thoughts of people of this era, but Zheng Xiang was an exception, because he had a nephew who he brought with him every day and was too famous in later generations.

This nephew's name is Zhou Dunshi, and the name sounds quite rustic, and Xu Ping didn't go to his heart when he heard it for the first time. But Zheng Xiangfeng showed this nephew when he met people, he was full of poems and books since he was a child, and his articles were extraordinary.

This is nothing, Xu Ping sometimes shows off that his daughter hopes to write poetry at the age of six or seven, but the level is not very good. In the families of literati and doctors in this era, as long as they have a heart, who can't teach their children to compose poems and fill in lyrics from an early age, just like Xu Ping's children in his previous life would memorize the "Ninety-Nine Multiplication Table" at a few years old.

But when Zheng Xiang took out his nephew Zhou Dunshi's article, Xu Ping was really taken aback, because this child's article included an article that Xu Ping had to memorize when he went to school in his previous life - "Ai Lian Said". Xu Ping couldn't figure out if he wanted to break his head, when he studied this article in his previous life, the author was obviously Zhou Dunyi, who was very literati, why did he suddenly become so simple?

Xu Ping couldn't figure out this question anyway, so he had to ignore it, anyway, with an article "Ai Lian Said", Xu Ping decided that Zheng Xiang's little nephew was Zhou Dunyi, who was famous in later generations, and the originator of the two Song Dynasty science studies.

Zhou Dunyi's family conditions are not good, his father died early, and he has lived with his mother with his uncle Zheng Xiang since he was eight years old, and it can be said that Zheng Xiang raised him as an adult. And when Zhou Dunyi's mother married his father, she was married for the second time and remarried, with an ex-husband's child, and she also lived with them.

In the Song Dynasty, the divorce and remarriage of women were not looked at differently, it was a common thing, Zhou Dunyi's mother was like this, and later Lu You's wife was also the same. And remarrying is the same as marrying an official eunuch, which is not inferior. As for Cheng Yi, who said the sentence "starvation is very small, and loss of festival is very great", he is still only one year old and is breastfeeding.

Speaking of which, Xu Ping and Zheng Xiang also have a relationship, both of them are from Kaifeng Mansion, and they are fellow villagers, and Zhou Dunyi's grandfather Zhou Zhiqiang is also a five-year jinshi of Tiansheng, the same year as Xu Ping. It's just that at that time, Zhou Zhiqiang was old, and then he was ranked at the bottom of the Jinshi, and he was not a person who was a young man like Xu Ping, and he had no contact.

But what does it matter? Now it's almost time to set up, and these can be moved out. Xu Ping always has to pull down his face and earn a jinshi for Li Ji. In this world, it is rare to have a good student who has the right frequency of thought and is respectful to himself, so he naturally has to go all out to promote.

Win the fame before and after your death, rely on yourself before you are alive, and the reputation after you will depend on your descendants and disciples. Xu Ping doesn't know what his children and grandchildren are now, his son has not been born yet, and Panpan doesn't know what kind of person he will marry in the future. Li Jing is knowledgeable and well-behaved, so he is certainly a suitable candidate.

The servant took it to settle down, and Li Ji came over again to thank Xu Ping.

Xu Ping said: "You can use my study these days and read with peace of mind." Also, tomorrow I will ask the little guy to take you to the bookstore at Xiangguo Temple and buy some books for the exam. Back then, when I was a junior sergeant, those books played a big role, but unfortunately they were all placed in Zhongmu Manor and not brought to the capital. ”

Li Ji responded.

Xu Ping took out another silver ingot and said: "Walking around the capital, you can't do without silver on your body, you can take this silver with you, and you can use it between emergencies." ”

Li Ji didn't refuse, and put it away after thanking him. It is a trivial matter for literati to give each other some money, and if they are developed in the future, they should remember this kindness, and if they are not developed, they will fail to invest, and hypocrisy will not be good.

After collecting the money, Li Ji asked, "Does Mr. live here these days?" Don't take care of the house? ”

"Take care of what? Wait until the Shangyuan Festival is over, and then go back to live. ”

Xu Ping was a little frustrated. Recently, Lin Suniang didn't share a bed with herself, and there was nothing else to do when she thought about it, and after a long time, Xu Ping saw some clues, maybe she was pregnant again, and she didn't know how to tell herself. (To be continued.) )