After Yan Maoqing took the four volumes, he placed them on the table. He had not finished reading five volumes of articles submitted this afternoon. It would not be too late to read the five volumes submitted in the evening after he finished reading the volumes submitted in the afternoon.
After carefully reading three of the five remaining books in the afternoon, Yan Maoqing couldn't help but shook his head.
None of the three books are worth reading. Either the writing is mediocre, or the title is mediocre, or they are just the same old debate between Buddhism and Taoism. In short, they are all too ordinary.
When opening the fourth book, Yan Maoqing did not have high hopes. But after reading for a few seconds, he realized that he was right not to have any hopes. Although the writing style of this article was brilliant, the title was average and the content was not outstanding either.
When Yan Maoqing started to review the fifth book of questions, Yan Song, who was sitting over there, had almost finished copying.
Yan Song has been practicing this method for sixty or seventy years, and he has long been able to take both speed and quality into consideration.
While copying, Yan Song nodded continuously.
The article "Laozi's Theory of Converting the Barbarians" written by Yan Shifan was so good that Yan Song almost clapped his hands in applause, saying that he was worthy of being my genius child. This article was so wonderfully written.
Laozi is the founder of the Taoist school. His surname is Li, his given name is Er, and his courtesy name is Boyang. He was a real person in history. He wrote the book "Tao Te Ching", which is the supreme classic of Taoism. Later, Laozi's doctrines were further developed by Laozi and Zhuangzi, who became the master of Taoism.
According to the "Records of the Grand Historian", after Lao Tzu wrote the 5,000-word book "Tao Te Ching" in front of Hangu Pass, he went west through Hangu Pass and disappeared from then on.
Yan Shifan started from here and further extended and developed the idea. In his article, he said that Laozi rode a green bull west out of Hangu Pass, and his whereabouts were not unknown. In fact, he arrived in Sindhu (the ancient name for India). After arriving in Sindhu, Laozi transformed into Sakyamuni Buddha of Sindhu, that is, Laozi entered the barbarians and became a Buddhist.
Finally, the author uses the story of Confucius asking Laozi for advice and the words of the Tao Te Ching to conclude: The Tao is deep like the sea, high like the mountain, spread all over the universe and is everywhere, circulates endlessly and reaches everything, but cannot be found if sought, and cannot be reached if discussed! The Tao is what gives birth to the heaven and earth without decay, and supports all things without lack; the heavens are high because of it, the earth is thick because of it, the sun and the moon move because of it, the four seasons are in order because of it, and all things take shape because of it.
The idea was novel, following Taoism and suppressing Buddhism, which made Yan Song very happy. He copied it very quickly and finished it soon.
After Yan Song finished copying it, he read it again and couldn't help stroking his beard and nodding repeatedly.
At this time, Xu Jie and Li Chunfang had also finished writing their articles, and they gave their article titles to Yan Song for review.
"Sir, let's all appreciate this wonderful article, but don't keep it to yourself." Xu Jie came to Yan Song with a smile, bowed, and then stretched out his hand with a smile.
"Haha, Hua Ting, you... just take it." Yan Song shook his head and smiled, then handed the written question book to Xu Jie.
Xu Jie took the question book with both hands and smiled, and began to read it. After taking a look, Xu Jie was shocked all over, and then he opened his eyes wide, like a tired lost man in the desert who found an oasis. Then he couldn't stop and immersed himself in the article eagerly.
Seeing this, Yan Song stroked his beard and smiled.
"This work of yours truly is a good medicine!!!" After reading it, Xu Jie couldn't help but sigh out loud, looking extremely excited.
"Huating, I've said too much, I've said too much." Yan Song smiled modestly and shook his head.
"Your Excellency is too modest. With your article, the emperor's illness can be cured." Xu Jie praised Yan Song's article highly.
Li Chunfang also came closer out of curiosity. Xu Jie handed Yan Song's memorial to Li Chunfang, and Li Chunfang took it respectfully.
"The work of Lord Yan is so beautiful and elegant that I feel ashamed of myself as I cannot compare to it. Just as Lord Xu said, this work is a good medicine. Your Majesty will surely feel better after reading it." After reading it, Li Chunfang also praised it highly.
Yan Song also read the papers written by Xu Jie and Li Chunfang. He couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction as he read them. Although their works were slightly inferior to his own, they were also rare masterpieces today.
Thinking that it has been a whole day and Emperor Jiajing has not eaten or drunk anything, it would be better to quickly present the masterpiece to Emperor Jiajing for his personal perusal, so as to make His Majesty feel better and have some food.
"Jingqing, you have selected a few excellent works and present them to the emperor for his review." Yan Song put the three books together and asked Yan Maoqing.
Yan Maoqing had already finished reading the remaining five question books for the afternoon, but there was not a single good article in them. He was now opening the question book that the eunuch had just delivered to him in the evening.
I had just picked up the top of the five question books from the evening, and before I could even flip through them, I heard Yan Song's question.
"Wait a moment, sir. I'll be there soon."
As Yan Maoqing said this, he was about to put down the question book in his hand and prepare to hand over the three question books he had just selected to Yan Song.
However, just as Yan Maoqing was about to put down the question book in his hand, the name marked on the question book suddenly caught his eye.
Reader in the Hanlin Academy, Sizhilang of Wuyi Palace—Zhu Pingan!!!
The one who took this question book actually belonged to Zhu Ping'an!
This surprised Yan Maoqing, because he knew that Zhu Ping'an was inspecting the Taicang silver vault recently, and he also knew that Zhu Ping'an was the only one responsible for inspecting Taicang. Isn't this guy inspecting Taicang? Why did he come here to join in the fun
It is said that Zhu Ping'an once presented the emperor with several appetizing limericks, such as "No bamboo makes people vulgar, no meat makes people thin. Neither vulgar nor thin, stew pork with bamboo shoots", etc. He won the emperor's praise by winning with his unconventional approach.
In addition, I heard that Zhu Ping'an's poetry was also quite clever, and he helped Xu Jie change a line to "transform a tiger into a dragon", which made Xu Jie gain the emperor's approval.
hehe.
Now Zhu Ping'an has also come to join in the fun. I didn't expect this guy to be so good at scheming. I really underestimated you before.
hehe
But what a pity, what a pity, I am responsible for selecting the article questions for Wu Yi Dian this time, how could I possibly recommend your question book.
I will definitely not let you get what you want.
Thinking of this, Yan Maoqing threw the question book written by Zhu Ping'an on the table without even looking at it.
Throw it on the table like trash.
Crash
The question book was thrown on the table, slid more than ten centimeters by inertia, and opened in the middle.
After throwing away Zhu Ping'an's essay, Yan Maoqing stood up, picked up the three selected excellent essays, and prepared to hand them over to Yan Song.
Just as he was about to turn around, he suddenly found the page of Zhu Ping'an's notebook, and saw the top line of words "Kneeling before the Buddha for three thousand years".
Kneel before the Buddha for three thousand years!
hehe
This guy is a pig.
Your Majesty, why are you in a bad mood today? You still wrote about kneeling before the Buddha for three thousand years, haha...
After reading this sentence, Yan Maoqing changed his mind, took Zhu Ping'an's question book and placed it in the middle of the three excellent works.