The scholars have finished reading the list, and the scholars on the list are calling for friends and preparing to go to some fun places to celebrate.
They got together in groups of three or five, and as soon as they left the street where the Gongyuan was located, they saw a group of Yingying and Yanyan riding in a carriage to block the water around the street.
The scholars were stuck in the street, the carriage could not get in, the carriage was stuck at the entrance of the street, and the scholars could not get out. The two sides suddenly stalemate at the entrance of the street.
Several famous scholars, including Ouyang Xiu, Wen Yanbo, Han Qi, Bao Zheng, and Su Xun, made an appointment to celebrate together. When they reached the entrance of the street, they saw a large group of people blocking the entrance.
The good Su Xun squeezed from the crowd, and after careful inquiries, returned to Ouyang Xiu and the others.
Su Xun curled his lips and said boringly: "The girls in Liuyue Liuxiang have learned about Liu Yongzhong, and come together to congratulate Liu Yong."
Han Qi asked slightly curiously: "How many are there?"
Su Xun glanced at Han Qi and said very seriously: "You absolutely don't want to know..."
Ouyang Xiu slowly said from the side: "There should be a lot of people..."
Wen Yanbo said somewhat acidly: "We are both scholars, Liu Yong is more popular than us."
Ouyang Xiu said a little enviously: "Liu Yong, the leader of the flower bed, is not a vain name."
Han Qi glanced at a few people and sighed slightly, "Then we still go to Yihualou?"
Su Xun yelled, "Go, why not go."
Bao Zheng, who had not spoken all the time, glanced at Su Xun, and said, "The women in the fireworks and willow lanes are all gathered at the gate of Gongyuan. What are you going to do in Yihualou? Do you have tea?"
Su Xun was a little speechless by Bao Zheng, so he could only stare at Bao Zheng complaining.
Ouyang Xiu thought about it for a moment, and said, "Go to Fanlou. I have long heard that Fanlou's wine and dishes are unique in Bianjing. I have never had the opportunity to taste it before. Now I have the opportunity, so I naturally want to go there."
Wen Yanbo hesitated: "Fanlou's food and beverages are not cheap..."
As soon as this remark came out.
Ouyang Xiu and others looked at him together.
Wen Yanbo stared at them blankly and said: "What do you see me doing?"
Ouyang Xiu said unceremoniously: "You treat!"
Without waiting for Wen Yanbo to refuse, Han Qi and others said in unison: "You treat!"
Wen Yanbo shouted: "Why..."
"Your father is a transporter..."
"You pretended to be poor and deceived us for years..."
"You have followed us all these years to cheat and drink..."
"..."
Ouyang Xiu and others said one sentence, stupefied that Wen Yanbo had nothing to say.
Wen Yanbo took out his purse aggrievedly and shook, it seemed that there was nothing in it.
Ouyang Xiu and others watched indifferently.
Bao Zheng was kind. Seeing Wen Yanbo shaking his purse, Bao Zheng hesitated a little, "Or... I still won't go..."
Hearing Bao Zheng's words, Ouyang Xiu said decisively: "We are on the same list, in the same year, and from the Kou Mansion together. We can be regarded as our own brothers. We celebrate, how can you be absent."
Speaking of this, Ouyang Xiu rushed forward unceremoniously, grabbed Wen Yanbo’s purse, took out a large-denomination Jiaozi from it, raised up with Bao Zheng, and then said with contempt: "Wen Kuanfu This guy likes to pretend to be poor. He lied to us for years, and now is the time for us to eat and drink from him and seek him to collect debts."
Wen Yanbo saw that Bao Zheng was too kind and didn't understand the jokes between them, so he stopped pretending to be poor.
Wen Yanbo smiled to Bao Zheng and said: "It was just a joke, Brother Bao Xian didn't need to take it to heart. Although Wen Yanbo is poor, I can still ask you to eat for ten and a half months in Fanlou."
When Bao Zheng heard the words, he was taken aback for a moment. When he saw Ouyang Xiu, Han Qi and others, he looked at him, nodded and said, "Then... Let's go together..."
"I'm not going!"
Ouyang Xiu, Bao Zheng, Wen Yanbo and others had discussed it and were about to rush to Fanlou, but Su Xun screamed.
Ouyang Xiu heard Su Xun's words and asked, "What do you want?"
Su Xun shouted: "I'm going to Yihualou..."
"Ah… "
Ouyang Xiu and others treated Su Xun, but they were not as kind to Bao Zheng.
Ouyang Xiu went up unceremoniously, grabbing one ear of Su Xun, and Han Qi leaned forward and grabbed the other one.
The two dragged Su Xun to the Fanlou.
Su Xun yelled with teeth and claws, but the two were indifferent.
Wen Yanbo ran to catch up with them, and asked, "Where is the rich brother?"
Ouyang Xiu glanced at him, "Want to find Brother Fu Xian to help you pay? I want to be beautiful."
Wen Yanbo chuckled.
Han Qi said on the side: "Brother Fu Xian's sister-in-law Tian Kuang is promoted to be too Changcheng. Brother Fu went to congratulate him, so he cannot celebrate with us.
Wen Yanbo heard the words and said enviously: "Brother Fuxian's sister-in-law is not old, right? This has been promoted to Tai Changcheng, and the future is boundless."
Ouyang Xiu and Han Qi glanced at each other, shook their heads, and said nothing.
They rarely comment on other people's family affairs.
Several people were about to detour to leave the gate of the Gongyuan, but just after walking a few steps, they ran into Liu Yong, who had just finished reading the list.
Although Liu Yong did not live in the Kou Mansion for a long time, he often went in and out of the Kou Mansion, and several people were considered familiar.
Ouyang Xiu and Han Qi let go of Su Xun and salute Liu Yong together.
"Brother Liu is polite..."
"Everyone was polite in the same year..."
Liu Yong returned the gift very politely.
As they saluted each other, Su Xun shouted from the side: "Liu Yong, there is a group of girls waiting for you at the entrance of the street."
Liu Yong knew Su Xun and knew that Su Xun was a carefree person.
So Su Xun called him by his name, but he didn't care.
Hearing a girl waiting for him at the entrance of the street, Liu Yong also guessed who it was.
If it were before, Liu Yong would naturally not be able to leave those girls alone, he would definitely appear in front of them with his head high, chant one or two poems, and express his emotions at the moment.
Now Liu Yong, who has been honed in Wenchang Academy for several years, has become a lot more calm, and he has lost the idea of being pushy.
After thinking about it a little, he ordered the maidservant who was following him, took the pen and ink, wrote a poem, and ordered the maid to send it to the girls.
The maid is Chong Niang's personal maid. After Chong Niang followed Liu Yong, the maid also followed Liu Yong.
When Liu Yong went out on weekdays, Chongniang ordered the maid to follow.
It's not that Chongniang is not worried about Liu Yong, but that Chongniang is worried that Liu Yong is alone and there is no one around him.
The maid took the words and rushed to the street entrance.
Liu Yong said to Ouyang Xiu and others: "Where are the virtuous brothers going? Can you bring Liu?"
Ouyang Xiu asked a little unexpectedly: "You really want those girls?"
Wen Yanbo, Han and others stared at Liu Yong, waiting for Liu Yong's answer.
When Liu Yong wrote the poem just now, they did not avoid them, so they saw the content of the poem written by Liu Yong.
The meaning of Liu Yong's words is that he is no longer the Liu Yong of the past, and he will not often go to the land of the fireworks and willow alleys in the future. He hopes that the girls will forget him, and that they will cherish him.
Faced with Ouyang Xiu’s question, Liu Yong said freely: "A white lotus at home is better than thousands of peonies..."
Upon hearing this, Ouyang Xiu and others were taken aback.
Liu Yong continued to smile and said, "Mr.'s "Love Lotus Ci" made Liu clearly see a lot of things. It also made Liu understand a lot of truths. In this life, only the insect mother is Liu's beloved."
When Ouyang Xiu and others heard this, their hearts were shocked.
The birth of Chongniang is not very good, Liu Yong is now half of an official body, he can block other people's face, and freely admit that Chongniang is his beloved, it takes a lot of courage.
Because after this word spreads out, he will have to face a lot of pressure from the world.
After Liu Yong entered the court and met political opponents, people might attack him with Chongniang's origin.
Liu Yong could treat a woman from the dust of a family as a love, but Ouyang Xiu and others could not, so they were shocked.
"Insect Lady can meet Brother Liu, that is Sansheng's fortunate..."
Liu Yong's courage is worthy of admiration, so after Ouyang Xiu returned to God, he was very sincere.
Liu Yong shook his head and smiled, "Mr Liu is fortunate enough for Sansheng to meet Mr. Liu. If it weren't for Mr.'s advice, Mr. Liu would probably waste all his life."
Upon hearing this, Ouyang Xiu and others nodded together.
"Mr. is a rare person in the world..."
"We are going to Fanlou to celebrate. Brother Liu is willing to go with him?"
"I do what I want..."
"..."
Liu Yong and Ouyang Xiu went to Fanlou happily.
The girls at the gate of Gongyuan cried together.
The leading girls, they really have affection for Liu Yong, as for what kind of affection, only they know.
After they got Liu Yong's "Unfeeling Letter", they cried one by one in a low voice. When the other girls saw them crying, they also cried together.
Then the street entrance outside the Gongyuan instantly turned into a sea of crying.
When Kou Ji drove to the entrance of the street, he looked at the girls in pain and looked confused.
After some inquiries, I found out why the girls were crying.
Kou Ji was in favor of Liu Yong's approach.
Since you want to be an official, you shouldn't have too much involvement with women in the dust.
Even if a leader of the flower bed is an official, no matter how much he has made, others will look at you with colored glasses.
Liu Yongruo can't take advantage of the present to make a break with his past. After entering the official position, I am afraid that he will never be able to get rid of the title of the leader of the flower bed.
Taking the opportunity to make a break with the past, it can be said to be just right.
It's just that Liu Yong's method of doing things was too rude, and he gave out a "unfeeling letter" directly, and the girls who killed him wept bitterly in the streets of Gongyuan.
Kou Ji couldn't use tough methods to drive them away, so he could only watch the girls crying and crying blocking the street, blocking them for most of the day.
He could walk away on the trail just like Liu Yong and others.
However, Fan Zhongyan and Chen Yaozi, who were colleagues, refused to agree.
Both Fan Zhongyan and Chen Yaozi felt that the Chunwei they hosted this time was all upright and they could not leave regrets at the end.
Then, the three of them stayed with the girls until midday.
The girls cried enough, and slowly dispersed.
The three Kou Ji had the opportunity to leave the street where the Gongyuan was located.
It's just that this incident did not end.
The news that Kou Ji was blocked at the gate of the Gongyuan by the women in the land of the fireworks and willow alley spread out like a gust of wind.
The serious rumors were nothing, ninety percent of them restored everything at the gate of Gongyuan.
However, some unscrupulous rumors that stretched out were quite different from what actually happened at the gate of the Gongyuan.
There are rumors that Kou Jiqiang robbed the woman in Fireworks Willow Lane as a concubine, which caused dissatisfaction with the women in Fireworks Willow Lane. The women in Fireworks Willow Lane blocked Kou Ji at the gate of Gongyuan together.
There are also rumors that Kou Ji spent the night in a girl's boudoir in Liuzhou Liuxiang, and the family was pregnant. Kou Ji was not responsible, so the women in Liuzhou Liuxiang blocked Kou Ji together to seek justice for their sisters.
In short, there are different opinions, and all kinds of lace rumors one after another.
Just none of them stand up.
The people in Bianjing didn't believe some rumors, but this did not prevent them from taking it out to fool others.
In short, the more the rumors spread, the more evil they become.
Kou Mansion House.
backyard.
In the bedroom.
Xiang Yan instructed the maid to help Kou Ji sort out the court clothes, and smiled and said: "I heard that Xiang Gongqiang robbed the woman in Liuxiang Liuxiang as a concubine. I didn't see the concubine at the mansion. I don't know where Xiang Gong's possession is? "
Kou Ji rolled his eyes while wearing the tooth card, "I want to take a concubine, do I need to grab it? As long as I let the wind go out, Kou's mansion can be filled up all at once.
Each is a big girl.
Do I need to grab a woman from the wind? "
Xiang Yan said with a grin: "The lady of Huanghua doesn't understand anything, the lady of Fengchen understands everything."
Kou Ji rolled his eyes, "You actually believe rumors that no one else believes..."
Xiang Yan smiled and said: "I don't believe my concubine body. I just find it interesting. So I took it out and talked about it. It's strange to say that the scene at the gate of Gongyuan was Liu Yong tossing out. Why did the rumors spread to Xiang Gong in the end?"
Kou Ji curled his lips and said, "Many people are popular..."
Xiang Yan was taken aback for a moment, and said with a laugh: "That's also..."
While talking, Kou Ji had sorted out the court clothes, took the court and went out.
The sky outside the door was only three minutes bright.
The carriage needs to be illuminated by lanterns when it moves forward.
There are many carriages rushing to Bianjing City.
Except for Kou Ji who went to the court, the rest were scholars who participated in the palace examination.
Now the palace examination has not been held. The scholars who were recruited by Chunwei are still scholars. Only when the palace examination has been held and the steward has given them the status of scholars can they be called Jinshi.
When Kou Ji arrived at the gate outside Bianjing, the sky was already bright.
The gatekeeper knew that today was a special day, and all opened the door early.
When Kou Ji's carriage arrived, he entered Bianjing City unimpeded all the way.
When Kou Ji arrived at Donghuamen, the Manchu civil and military had already gathered in front of Donghuamen.
It's time.
The soldiers guarding the city opened the Donghua Gate, and the Manchu dynasty civil and military entered in file.
The Shang Dynasty today is different from the Chang Dynasty in the past.
In today's dynasty, after the hundreds of officials pay homage to Zhao Zhen, they will leave the court after allocating government affairs.
At the end of the court, only the inner court, the Privy Council, and the six ministers were left.
Zhao Zhen ordered the people to re-arrange the hanging arch hall, and then set up the seats, and invigilated the examination together with the third prince of the inner court, the second envoy of the Privy Council, and the six Shangshu.
After the auspicious hour arrives.
Chen Lin led the eunuchs to the eunuchs to enter the temple.
The scholars headed by Han Qi, dressed in official uniforms, entered the imperial palace amid a scream of fame.
That's right, Han Qi is today's Huiyuan.
Ouyang Xiu and Wen Yanbo are both older than Han Qi, but they have not won the position of Huiyuan.
It's not that their talents are inferior to Han Qi.
It's that their strategy is less sharp than Han Qi.
When Zhao Zhen was showing his sharp edge, he naturally preferred the sharp-edged scholar.
So in the Chunwei examination room, Zhao Zhen personally took the lead and ordered Han Qi as Huiyuan.
Han Qi and a group of scholars entered the Chui Gong Hall and bowed to Zhao Zhen in accordance with etiquette.
After the salute.
Zhao Zhen didn't say anything, so he announced the opening of the exam.
What should be said, Zhao Zhen had already said it during the interview.
It was not the first time that scholars saw Zhao Zhen, so they were not so nervous and made no mistakes.
Therefore, everything in the palace examination is the same as usual.
After the scholars settled down, Zhao Zhen ordered people to distribute the prepared test questions to the scholars.
The scholars got the test questions and began to answer them.
Zhao Zhen and others are like clay sculptures, where they sit to invigilate the examination.
Chen Lin led a group of eunuchs and brought food and water to the scholars.
Food is some simple pastries.
Scholars can use this to fill their hunger when they are hungry.
Three hours later, the scholars left their test papers and withdrew from the Chuigong Hall. An eunuch led them out of the Chuigong Hall.
After the scholars finished walking, Chen Lin put away all the test papers and placed them in front of Zhao Zhen.
Zhao Zhen divided the test paper into several copies and handed them over to several important ministers for review.
Kou Ji and the others took the Zhubi and thought that the article was well written, so they drew a circle on it, and if they felt that the article was not good, they crossed it again.
Finally, the rank of the scholars was judged by the number of circles.
Of course, Zhao Zhen has the right to change the rank of any scholar at will.
Halfway through the examination, Kou Ji frowned.
Kou Ji took the paper in his hand and questioned Chen Yaozuo's brother Chen Yaozuo.
"Chen Libu, when you were scoring the papers, was it unfair?"
Chen Yaozuo was sullenly reviewing the papers, when he heard Kou Ji's words suddenly, he hurriedly looked up.
The others were also reading the papers, hearing Kou Ji's words and raised their heads at the same time.
Chen Yaozuo put down the paper in his hand and slightly arched his hand at Kou Ji, "What does Kou Shimi mean?"
Kou Ji raised the paper in his hand, and said in a deep voice: "Han Qi, Ouyang Xiu and others put forward the policy of herdsmen to enrich the people. You crossed all of them, isn't it unfair?"
Chen Yaozuo frowned slightly, and said solemnly: "The herdsman's strategy is of course to act in virtue. If you blindly pursue benefits, you will end up with a group of bloodthirsty wolves instead of a group of people who practice morality."
The newly appointed Hubu Shang Shuzhang seemed to have heard Chen Yaozuo's words and nodded in agreement.
The three of Lu Yijian stroking their beards and staring at Kou Ji, seemingly intending to see how Kou Ji responds.
Kou Ji stared at Chen Yaozuo and said: "The people regard food as their heaven. Only when they are full, will they have the strength to cultivate virtue. If they are not full, they will starve to death. What is the use of virtue?"
Chen Yaozuo looked at Kou Ji and said, "The meaning of being an official does not mean that the people should not be fed. The idea of being an official is that the policy of herdsmen should be based on virtue and supplemented by wealth.
Virtue is the most critical.
If the people blindly pursue wealth and honor and give up cultivating virtues, over time, they will be swallowed up by money.
For money, they can betray their friends, brothers, sellers, wives and daughters, and even betray their conscience.
At that time, all people will have only money in their eyes, no morality, no righteousness, no loyalty and filial piety.
If there is no morality, no righteousness, no loyalty and filial piety, is that person still a person
Only by cultivating morality can people have morality, benevolence, and loyalty and filial piety.
Only in this way is worthy of being human.
Therefore, the policy of herdsmen should be based on virtue.
In the articles of Han Qi, Ouyang Xiu, and Wen Yanbo, they all talk about the strategy of enriching the people, but there is no strategy to teach the people to respect virtue.
The law they proposed to enrich the people is novel.
The lower official deduced carefully, but there were merits.
But they did not give a strategy to teach the people's virtues, and the lower officials could only give them a cross. "
After listening to Chen Yaozuo's words, Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng, Zhang Zhibai and others stroked their beards and nodded frequently. Obviously, they agreed with Chen Yaozuo's statement.
They believe that Chen Yaozuo's judgment of Ouyang Xiu and others is very pertinent.
The ancients knew morality, benevolence and justice, loyalty and filial piety, so the ancients emphasized morality, benevolence and justice, and loyalty and filial piety.
But anyone who has morals, benevolence, and loyalty will be looked upon by everyone, even if he is impoverished.
Before the imperial examination system was introduced, the ancients selected officials through filial piety.
It is precisely because the ancients emphasized morality, benevolence and righteousness, and loyalty and filial piety that China has the reputation of being a country of etiquette.
Through Chen Yaozuo's words, Kou Ji discovered a problem, a shortcoming of his own.
He blindly thought of making Da Song stronger, and blindly thinking of making Da Song prosperous, but he never thought of letting the people of Song Dynasty also make progress in etiquette and morality.
He felt that a rich and powerful Song Dynasty should be invincible in all corners of the world and come from all nations.
But at this moment, after listening to Chen Yaozuo's words, he only understood a little bit.
Being truly rich and powerful is not only in terms of money and strength, but also in terms of spirituality.
Only when the three aspects of wealth, strength, and spirit become stronger together, can the Song Dynasty be regarded as a sound and powerful Song Dynasty.
Focusing on only one item, or two of them, even if the Great Song becomes stronger, it is also a deformed and powerful Great Song.
It is difficult for a deformed Da Song to survive for a long time.
It may die because of being strong, it may be swallowed up by capital, and it is more likely that people will be beaten to death by defending their benevolence and morality poorly.
Since Kou Ji has the intention to build a powerful Song, he naturally hopes to make it a truly powerful Song, not a deformed and powerful Song.
Therefore, while money and strength are improved, the spiritual aspect must also keep up.
Kou Ji stared at Chen Yaozuo and said: "The court can promote enlightenment while enriching the people."
Chen Yaozuo nodded and said: "With morality as the mainstay and enrichment of the people as the supplement, Da Song will naturally become stronger.
Speaking of this, Chen Yaozuo looked at Kou Ji and said, "But they didn't mention this in their papers, so the officials can only give them a cross."
Kou Ji nodded slowly for Ouyang Xiu and others.
Then, everyone in the Suigong Hall stared at Kou Ji in amazement.