A single stone stirs up a thousand waves. The question the emperor asked in the Ge Mansion spread like wildfire, not only to all the candidates who took the exam, but also to the common people on the street. The different answers given by the five celebrities also spread like wildfire, and each of them had their own supporters, and of course, there were also fierce opponents who criticized them.
At this time, Mr. Lin, after thinking it over again and again, actually invited a few of his close friends to participate in order to discuss the topic raised by Zhang Shou. Some of them readily agreed to participate, while others declined because they thought it was a joke. However, the private historians who were interested all felt that this topic was worth in-depth analysis, and they did not dislike the unprofessionalism of the students of Banshan Hall.
However, these noble children in Banshan Hall, after leaving the public school, ordered their servants around in a panic... because they needed to catch up on various historical materials!
As a result, all kinds of historical books related to the History of the Song Dynasty were almost sold out in all the major bookstores in the capital. Of course, the noble children in Banshan Hall would not buy a tome like the History of the Song Dynasty with nearly 500 volumes, not to mention that the library sponsored by Lu Wan was said to have already purchased a set. Naturally, they shamelessly finalized the borrowing arrangement through Lu Sanlang.
Although their families were quite wealthy, and most of their elders were generous with their expenses for serious reading, buying books was always the most expensive thing. How much would a set of "History of the Song Dynasty" cost... It was not like they had too much money! With this money, they might as well buy other books!
However, these young masters sent people to search for all the unofficial histories and literati notes of the Song Dynasty, such as "Dongjing Menghualu", "Beishu Jianwenlu", "Jianyan Bilu", "Jingkang Chuanxinlu", "Jingkang Jiwen"... Of course, they could not come up with such a detailed list of books with their own limited knowledge and the ability of the servants of the wealthy families.
This list of books was compiled by Liang Xiaojuren after he tried his best to recall what he had learned. Because of his broad knowledge, the young masters were not averse to such an outsider who suddenly intervened. After all, apart from this person, the Jin Kingdom needed two groups, but no one else was willing to take the lead, so the entire Banshan Hall had to draw lots to decide.
And the worst lot, except for Liang Chu, actually fell into the hands of the extremely sad and angry Zhang.
As a result, he wanted to hide the truth from his father when he returned, but Xiangyang Earl Zhang Qiong somehow knew that his son was actually trying to stand on the side of the Jin Kingdom to deduce the war between Song and Jin. He was so angry that he didn't use any family rules. He just picked up the sheathed knife and chased after his big son, scaring him like a ghost crying and a wolf howling.
"How can you blame me for this! There were more than 40 sticks in total, and only one was short. How could I have known that I would be so unlucky! Besides, that kid surnamed Liang is Mr. Baisha's senior student. He knows the most about justice, but he took the initiative to say that he would start from the invasion of the Jin Kingdom to the south... Ouch!"
Zhang Qiong, the Earl of Xiangyang, who finally caught up with Zhang the big guy, ignored Zhang the big guy's crying and grabbed him by the collar, swung the sheathed steel knife and hit his fat buttocks and legs twice, then started cursing in anger.