Patriarch, he doesn't want to take the imperial examinations

Chapter 17

The next day, Meng Zhen came to the academy, and Deng Bowen had been waiting for him in the classroom for a long time.

"What is this?" Mengzhen was curious when he saw that he was carrying a box, and he didn't know what was in it.

"Yesterday, Uncle Meng gave me a picture. I had nothing to say, so I took a few ganoderma lucidum as a thank you gift. I hope Uncle Meng will accept it with a smile. Don't let anyone else see you." Deng Bowen put the gift on Mengzhen's desk, Folding his hands, he bowed forward and bowed to the person.

Meng Zhen looked at the beautifully packaged box on the desk, and thought to himself, courtesy is reciprocal, this kid is a person who knows how to reciprocate.Just as the original main body is moving, it is not bad to make up for it.

He thanked Deng Bowen, put away the gift, and sat down in his seat.

Deng Bowen then said again: "Uncle Meng is very polite, I should be the one to thank you, my father praised your picture after reading it."

Meng Zhen smiled symbolically, and took out a book from the bookcase.Deng Bowen knew that he was going to study, so he didn't want to disturb him, so he silently retreated to his seat after saying a few words.

As soon as he sat down, Xu Jiaxing walked over quietly, and whispered to him: "Bowen, why did you get mixed up with him? He is ominous. Have you forgotten about Chen Qiushi's transfer?"

That day when Chen Qiushi transferred to another academy, the students in the academy agreed that it was the fault of the truth.If he hadn't been aggressive, how could Chen Qiushi have transferred to another school?

Of course, this is not the main reason for their alienation from Mengzhen.The reason why the students avoided seeing Mengzhen was mainly because of his misbehavior. An old man who was nearly fifty years old married a woman who was twenty-eight years old by force, causing the family to be separated. It's disgusting.

Such an unbearable person, others can't avoid it, how could he, Deng Bowen, rush to get close to him.

Xu Jiaxing whispered a few words in Ren's ear, but he really didn't understand his behavior.

Deng Bowen didn't feel anything, and responded generously: "In the beginning, I also had prejudice against him, but after getting in touch with him, I found that he is not bad, not as bad as we thought."

When he said this, there was a smile on his face, Xu Jiaxing stared at him, as if he didn't know him.

"Bowen, have you become evil?" Xu Jiaxing put his hand on Deng Bowen's forehead, faintly worried, "Why are you talking for him?"

Deng Bowen blocked his hand and said, "I haven't been possessed by evil spirits. I'm just telling the truth. You'll know after getting in touch with him. He's not bad."

He leaned forward slightly, and whispered into Xu Jiaxing's ear, "Yesterday he gave me a painting, which is so beautiful, you can come to my house to have a look at it some other day."

Xu Jiaxing raised his eyebrows in displeasure, and said coldly: "So he bought you off with just one word?"

Deng Bowen didn't understand, so: "Jiaxing, what are you talking about? Am I the kind of person who will be bought off casually? I also said that after I got in touch with him. Don't misinterpret what I mean."

Xu Jiaxing still looked coldly: "But he is not a serious person." I still remember the day when Meng Zhen first came to the academy, because of his high age, he couldn't help but look at him a few more times, but he was caught by Master Zheng who was giving a lecture He was upright, causing him to embarrass himself in front of his classmates.

But at that time, he didn't have any bad feelings towards Meng Zhen, he was just curious that this man looked as old as his grandfather, why he didn't stay at home to take good care of his life, and instead went to the academy to toss about.

Later, he learned from Chen Qiushi that this person had very bad character, not to mention forcing a young girl to marry, and marrying one and killing the other would be very scary.

From then on, he avoided Meng Zhen like a snake and a scorpion, as if he would be in bad luck if he got involved with him.

It's just that his classmate, who has always been gentle, got infected.

Xu Jiaxing looked at Deng Bowen and really couldn't figure it out.

Deng Bowen saw that he was in a daze, so he pushed him lightly, "Sit back quickly, Master will be here soon." As soon as he finished speaking, Master Zheng walked in, and Xu Jiaxing hurriedly withdrew Falling back to his seat.

It happened that Meng Zhen glanced here, and as Mr. Zheng walked up to the podium, his eyes quickly moved away.

He could hear Xu Jiaxing and Deng Bowen whispering to each other just now.

But what can he do, those things about the original owner are facts, and he won't argue about anything, besides, how can this kind of thing be explained clearly, I'm afraid it will become darker and darker.

So, let them talk, anyway, he has taken a lot of scapegoat from the original owner, so it doesn't matter if there is more or less.

When Meng Zhen was thinking this way, the classroom was already quiet. Mr. Zheng glanced down for a week, cleared his throat, and then assigned today's class tasks.

Do four books and essays together.

The imperial examination system in this dynasty followed the previous dynasty. The imperial examinations included county examinations, government examinations, courtyard examinations, township examinations, general examinations, palace examinations and other scientific examinations.

No matter what kind of test it is, there must be essays in the examination room.This article is not done casually, but has a fixed format, that is, the stereotyped system.

Articles made in the stereotyped format are called stereotyped essays nowadays.Stereotyped essays not only have a fixed format, but also have corresponding requirements for the number of words, generally ranging from [-] to [-] words.

The titles of the articles all come from a sentence or a paragraph in the Four Books and Five Classics. The title given by Master Zheng today is:

Be kind to big things and small things.

It comes from a sentence in the Four Books "Mencius: King Hui of Liang", and write an article of no less than [-] words on this topic.

Meng really remembered that the day he first came to the academy, Master Zheng asked them to do a four-book essay. Later, he also made a few essays in class, and he often practiced after class. It feels jerky, but it's much easier.

With the title of this article, the first thing to do is to break the title, that is, to break through the meaning of the title.

Those who are benevolent and righteous can only help the weak by the strong.

Mengzhen thought for a while, and wrote down this sentence on the paper.

After solving the problem, the next step is to accept the problem.Inheriting the topic is to further elaborate on the topic on the basis of solving the topic, which has the function of linking the previous and the next.

Then turn to "Lecture" to discuss the meaning of the topic."Enter the topic" again, which means the starting point after the lecture.

Breaking the topic, inheriting the topic, starting the lecture, and entering the topic are the first four parts of the eight-legged essay, and the last four parts are the starting part, the middle part, the back part, and the binding part.

From the beginning to the bundle, each group has two rows of parallel characters, which are stereotyped, so they are called stereotyped characters.

At the end, sum it up with a few tens or more than a hundred words, which is called the big conclusion.

The above parts are the basic format of the eight-legged essay. Candidates must follow this format when writing an essay, otherwise it will not be considered a qualified essay.

Master Zheng gave the students a whole morning to write essays, and in the afternoon, he arranged a five-character and six-rhyme test poem.

The five-character and six-rhyme test post poems are tested during the county examination. They do not need to follow the stereotyped format like the five-character and eight-rhyme poems, but the most basic rhythm must be present, that is, the second line of each sentence must rhyme.

After Mengzhen finished the test post poems, some students had handed in the papers one after another. He checked the papers again before handing them in.

In the next few days, Mr. Zheng gave them some essays in four scripts and poems in five characters and six rhymes. The students were already resistant to the exams.

Meng Zhen was not much better, but he didn't complain like other students. He thought that since the content of the county examination and government examination was taken, he had to treat it well, and he could find his own shortcomings every time he took the test.

Mr. Zheng marked all the test papers, pointing out the good and the bad. Meng Zhen was not very good among these students, just enough to pass.

Fortunately, he was not discouraged. After the test papers were sent out, he made revisions according to his teacher's comments. He would ask his teacher for advice on some things he didn't understand. Sometimes his teacher was too busy, so he went to Deng Bowen.

Deng Bowen was quite enthusiastic, and he devoted himself to analyzing the problem. After his explanation, Mengzhen suddenly became enlightened, and his mind immediately came alive.

The two have been too close recently, causing the classmates to whisper, but in the end they are afraid of being punished by Mrs. Zheng, so they only dare to whisper in private, and they dare not speak openly.

In this way, another ten days passed, and soon it was the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the school had a three-day holiday.

The moon is in the sky, and the brilliance is like practice.

It is rare for the Meng family to get together, and the whole family sits around and eats wine and enjoys the moon. The scene is very warm.

During the chat, Meng Zhen's [-]th birthday at the end of this month, the sons were very excited, and they bluntly said that they would make a lively event.

In fact, Mengzhen is only 49 years old this year, but there is a saying that half a hundred people will not be born, so it passed a year earlier.And nine is a very auspicious number, implying a long time.

But Meng Zhen doesn't want to live a lifetime, he will be one year older after one pass, so he doesn't want to grow old.But this time he can't make the decision, it's just a formality, he thinks it's all his family, and it's enough to sit together and eat a bowl of longevity noodles, there is no need to mobilize the crowd and toss up and down.

But when he said this idea, Meng Qing was the first to disagree: "Father's words are not good. 50 years old is a big hurdle in life, so don't make a fuss about it. How can it be over with a bowl of longevity noodles. I have invited all the team members, and dad just sits and is the birthday star."

"Yes, dad, you don't need to do anything, and you can still accept congratulations from others, so why not do it." Meng Hong said immediately.

"Yeah, Che'er likes to be lively the most, and this time, Dad must make it very lively." Meng Che broke a piece of mooncake and stuffed it into his mouth, his eyes full of longing.

Mengze, who was sitting alone on the edge, said nothing, looking at the full moon in the sky, thoughtful.

At this time, Meng Yuan, who had been held in Meng Zhen's arms all this time, suddenly twisted his body and burst into tears, and Nurse Song who was standing beside him immediately said: "Master, the young master may be sleepy, I'll take him back to sleep. "

Meng Zhen nodded, put the child into her hands, and then drank half of the fine wine in front of him, the wine was fragrant and sweet, and he immediately felt refreshed.

The moonlight is bright and clear, shining on the world like daytime, and the night wind is blowing coolly, Meng Zhen looked at the clear plate above his head, and suddenly felt a different emotion.

At this time last year, he wore this body. At the beginning, he was full of sadness and pain, and shut himself in the room all day long, unwilling to see people.

Later, he was bound to some kind of system, as long as he passed the Jinshi examination, he would be promoted immediately. He quickly recovered and picked up the four books and five classics that he was not very familiar with and even somewhat disgusted.

Until today, it's worth a year.

Thinking of the hard work in studying this year, he really burst into tears, and there was no one to complain.

Sometimes he would think, why not just give up, but he felt that his 500 years of hard training should not be in vain, so he had to bite the bullet.

But when he was really immersed in this matter, he felt that reading was actually not that scary, he also learned a lot from it, and there was something for him to fight for, so life would not be boring.

"Father..." Just when Meng Zhen was thinking about what happened in this year, Meng Qing suddenly called out.

Meng Zhen didn't understand what he meant, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"I have drawn up a list of people who will be entertained here, please take a look." Meng Qing handed him a booklet, and Meng Zhen glanced at it under the moonlight. Most of the names on it were unknown to him, and he wanted to I didn't want to push it back.

"You figure it out." He didn't want to celebrate his birthday, and it wasn't that he lived five hundred years. There was nothing to celebrate.But his sons seem to have a lot of obsession. A few days ago, they began to persuade him to organize a good one this year no matter what, because he didn't have a birthday party last year.

Last year, on the original owner's birthday, he had just passed through for a few days, and he was in a bad mood, so there was no sense in holding a birthday party, and once the door was closed, they were all shut out.

But this year he can't do that. His sons gave him his birthday out of filial piety. They bombarded him with words repeatedly, and it was hard for him to refuse.

Even Mengze, who has been silent all the time, said: "There will be a lot of people coming on the birthday, and it's good to make a lot of noise."

Meng Zhen hummed indifferently.

Meng Qing took this opportunity to say: "I think it's hard work for the third brother to go out alone, why don't you come to the elder brother's shop to help manage the business, so that the elder brother can relax and take a rest."

Mengze frowned and said nothing, obviously unwilling.Meng Hong said for him: "In a few days, the new sister-in-law will come in, and then I will give birth to a baby for the eldest brother. The eldest brother will teach his own children how to do business. Isn't he better than the third brother?"

Meng Qing glanced at him, and said angrily: "It's just that you don't have a good shape, you either eat or play all day long, but I should also find you a wife to come in, so that you can take your thoughts away."

Meng Hong was a little displeased: "Brother is so unreasonable, he just said what I did. Even if I want a wife, I will find it myself, I don't need your advice."

Meng Qing smiled: "Oh, is that so, then what do you want to find?"

"I," Meng Hong chuckled twice, "I won't tell you."

Meng Qing: "You... owe it to me."

The two brothers were chattering, when suddenly there was a cry of a baby from the west courtyard, the cry was so loud that Mengzhen could hear it clearly.

At first no one cared, Meng Yuan has been around for more than four months now, and often cries at night, everyone has already become accustomed to it, thinking that the crying will stop soon after being coaxed by a nanny.

But the crying did not stop for a long time, and the crying became louder and louder, as if piercing through the clouds and reaching the Moon Palace, startling Fairy Chang'e, the bright moonlight suddenly dimmed.

"Fifth brother, what's wrong?" Meng Qing stood up first.

Immediately after, a female voice pierced the night, "Master, go over and have a look, the young master is crying so hard for some reason, the servants can't coax him at all."

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