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Chapter 1030 Establishing the Way
The list was posted in the open space outside the examination room, where the scholars were all looking at the enlarged and bold list of successful candidates.

This is a real competition. Those who can pass the exam to obtain the qualification are only a few dozen people in each state on average. In big states like Yangzhou, it is basically the same. No matter how many there are, there are still less than a hundred people. Thousands of people competed for the quota of more than 100 people, and one of the more than 100 people was chosen.

And this is not the end point, it is just the qualification to refer to the provincial examination. When it comes to the provincial examination, all the candidates from across the country will take the examination together, ranging from 13,400 to 16,700. The number of people who can get into Jinshi is as few as one hundred, five hundred and sixty-seven, and as many as two hundred and twelve.

In this way, the same state examination is cost-effective. Every Jinshi who passes the provincial examination is stepping on the shoulders of ten thousand scholars.

Of course, not only Jinshi can be officials. After all, there are those who were granted the title of Jinshi by the emperor, as well as other Ming Jing and Tong Zi subjects. It's just that it is inevitable that Jinshi can become a high official. If you are not a Jinshi, you cannot aspire to the pinnacle of power.

The Song Dynasty has been raising scholars for hundreds of years, and there are so many people who can be officials. There is no shortage of officials, and the queue of officials can't be filled. This reflects the superiority of Jinshi, because you must be an official, it is just a matter of power. This is why the Jinshi examination is so popular...

In the square, some people were happy and some were sad. The main thing was that there was a lot of sadness.

Those who saw their names laughed and received congratulations from others. Those who didn't see their names were still looking for them on the list over and over again without giving up. One of the names of infinite wishes can become one's own. Hearing the laughter of others who are humble but unable to hide their pride, hug the sad self.

Suddenly, the already buzzing scholars became even more noisy.

"Look, it's Wang Ziyan's answer sheet."

"what?"

"Let me see, let me see."

"Don't crowd, don't crowd."

It turned out that the clerk posted Wang Yan's paper on the wall. Everyone wanted to see how Wang Yan, who had become famous all over the world in the past six months, got the first place in the exam.

So people rushed to see the row of papers posted on the wall.

Of course this was not possible, so the petty officials beat the golden gong and shouted for silence, suppressing the noise of the scholars.

"Recently, there are often rumors in the market that Wang Yan's teacher and father-in-law are both high-ranking officials in Yangzhou. If he wins the first prize, there must be a reason for it. Ouyang Gong is a famous scholar in the world, and he does not bother to do this. Sheng Tongpan is also upright and honest, asking questions. There is no shame. Therefore, the state examiners discussed with each other and specially posted Wang Yan's test paper here to calm the hearts of the scholars in Yangzhou.

Everyone knows that Wang Yan's calligraphy is spiritual and transcendent, but copying and transcribing it is not enough to express its form and meaning, so the original volume is here. However, the exam papers must be sent to the Ministry of Rites for archiving and inspection to ensure the purity of the imperial court. Therefore, you may watch and observe, but do not touch, but if you make any mistakes, you will bear the consequences at your own risk. "

The clerk explained the reason, explained the taboos, and organized everyone to line up to read Wang Yan's paper.

Because the paper is horizontally long and written from right to left, as long as you line up and look from side to side, you can read Wang Yan's answers completely.

There was a young scholar with a flexible mind, who pulled seven or eight friends to line up vigorously, agreed on how many words each person could remember, pieced together the complete answer, and then sold it for money. No need to write down meanings or scriptures, only poems, rhymes, strategies, and essays.

This is really a good business to make money. After all, there are thousands of people present, and they have to queue for several days to see it. Moreover, the test paper is made of paper, and Wang Yan's original answer sheet must be kept well, so it will definitely not be visible on cloudy and rainy days, and it is impossible for the scholars to see all of it, only part of it will be enough. Many people were destined not to see Wang Yan's answer sheet at all.

They wrote it down silently. As long as they were quick and sold at a high price in the first wave, they could make back the cost of rushing to the state exam this time. This is only in Yangzhou. If they go to other states to sell, they can still make a fortune. As long as they run fast, they can make a fortune as a small landlord.

If they were smarter and thought of publishing a booklet that combined Wang Yan's previous poems and the answers to this imperial examination, they could still make a fortune.

The difficulty is not high, it just depends on who moves faster...

The scholars looked at Wang Yan's test paper in amazement, and they were convinced in their hearts. It was so much better that they could not compare to it, and they couldn't even think about not being convinced.

Xiao Dongliang was crowded in the crowd. After seeing the excitement, he ran back to Ouyang Xiu's house.

He found Wang Yan who was drinking tea with Ouyang Xiu, and excitedly reported the good news to Wang Yan: "Master, you won the exam! First place!"

"I'm already in the teacher's house, how can I still be unclear?" Wang Yan shook his head in amusement, "It's just a test. It's not too late to be excited if you win the Jinshi."

"I always feel uneasy if I don't see the young master's name on the list. Moreover, the young master's examination paper has been posted. I heard that some scholars said that they would copy the young master's examination paper and sell it to other scholars."

Wang Yan praised the witty scholar, smiled and waved his hand: "Go and drink some water."

"Oh~" Xiao Dongliang responded, bowed respectfully to Ouyang Xiu, turned around and walked out.

"Senior brother, is it really true that there is no fluctuation at all when you win the first prize in the Fajie Test?"

"I just said it, I just have the qualifications to go to Beijing to take the exam. What's weird? It's natural that I passed the exam. If I don't pass the exam, I'm afraid it will be hard for me to see others. With such a great reputation, the state exam master If you can’t pass, how can you still show your face?”

Wang Yan took a sip of tea and looked at Ouyang Fa with a smile, "The same goes for you. As the eldest son of a teacher, he is known to be smart. If you fail the scientific examination in the future, you will suffer."

"It's just that, didn't dad also take the exam for seven years before he got the Jinshi degree?"

"Teacher Qiang Ye wins over his ancestors, and now he is a literary sect. Even if the teacher doesn't blame, what will others think? At that time, everyone said that the Ouyang family is a tiger father and a dog son, tsk tsk..."

Ouyang Fa, who was not angry at first, was turned off by the unfortunate senior brother's two words in a blink of an eye. He pouted, unhappy.

Wang Yan laughed at this, but was glared at by Ouyang Xiu, and had to comfort his fat son: "My son, don't worry, a gentleman should guard his heart, be cautious, and do his best. How can you tease a child at such an age?"

The latter sentence is, of course, addressed to good disciples.

Wang Yan laughed, pretending not to hear anything, and then said, "Teacher Cai asked the disciple how to establish his mind and life. It was because the disciple had some immature ideas after thinking about what he had learned, so he asked the teacher for some advice."

"Come on." Ouyang Xiu straightened his posture with a serious look on his face.

Based on his understanding of cheap disciples, this immaturity is too great. If a cheap disciple says this, it is basically equivalent to starting to talk about Tao, which is a big deal.

Wang Yan smiled and said, "My disciple's intention is..."

To this day, the song "Han Ju" and the four lines of establishing the Tao before entering the exam have spread throughout Yangzhou at least.

Of course, Yangzhou refers to the upper class of Yangzhou’s scholars, landlords, wealthy households, and bureaucrats. In fact, Wang Yan’s talent and reputation throughout the world also spread among these upper classes in the world.

In other words, these people rule the world.

After all, except for a few farmers in the fields and migrant workers doing various jobs in the city, the rest of them don't care about this kind of thing. If you can't have two full meals all year round, who will care about useless things.

The day after the state examination, Ouyang Xiu called Wang Yan to ask about those four sentences. However, Wang Yan made excuses and sorted it out until today.

This is hidden clumsiness. Establishing a Taoist tradition at the age of eighteen cannot be explained by a genius. And except for young people who are easily incited, no one will believe in the doctrine of an eighteen-year-old. Unless Wang Yan is an eighteen-year-old prime minister, that's fine. After all, his farts smell good, and everyone believes whatever he says.

So now Wang Yan is just telling Ouyang Xiu the prototype and two core points, which is enough. He will spend a long time spreading and perfecting his way.

Although pretentiousness is temporary, the ending of pretentiousness is necessary, and in ancient times, learning and officialdom promoted each other.

As mentioned above, when you are an official, you can study knowledge, and when you study knowledge, you can become a scholar. If you become the leader of a sect, you can have some of the highest interpretation rights for knowledge. This can feed back into the officialdom, attack political opponents, and eliminate dissidents.

Wang Yan wanted to be an official, and it was a peaceful evolution, not a violent overthrow of the Zhao and Song regime. But no matter which one of the two, they actually need theoretical support. That is why taking some actions or even subverting the legitimacy of the regime is basically like finding a reason before going to war. If you establish a Taoist tradition, you will have followers and political power in the future. Whether it is recruiting officials as juniors or attracting a large number of scholars to believe in his doctrine, it is strength. It’s like Confucius had three thousand disciples. They were all capable of fighting, rich, and well-educated.

Wang Yanyong's mind-study unites knowledge and action, investigates things to gain knowledge, and manages the world for application. It pays attention to the combination of reality and reality, and the unity of movement and stillness, which is dialectics. Of course, it can't all be something learned from the heart, but more of his personal will.

That is to say, a certain person cannot write it. Otherwise, wouldn’t that person be able to create a school of thought?

Ouyang Xiu is not giving advice, but asking questions. Some questions Wang Yan could answer, some questions Wang Yan said he would think about again, and some questions he said he had not considered.

Of course these are not important, just what Wang Yan has said is enough to frighten Ouyang Xiu. The eighteen-year-old young man had initially formed his own system of knowledge and put forward a very advanced theory. It only took time and practice to accumulate and perfect it before he could become his own school, which really scared Ouyang Xiu.

As for Ouyang Fa next to him, he was already dumbfounded. He was not knowledgeable enough to understand. But he understands very well that the less he understands, the more awesome he becomes. Besides, his biological father didn’t even close his mouth, which explains the problem...

After a long time, Wang Yan called softly: "Teacher?"

Ouyang Xiu was shocked and then came back to his senses. Looking at Wang Yan who was still smiling, he couldn't help but sigh: "I have nothing to teach you."

This is the truth. In terms of knowledge, Wang Yan has become a school of his own. In dealing with people, Wang Yan is also first-class and considerate. His flattery is not objectionable, and it is like a spring breeze. With good health, strong force, and courage, he is truly strong if he really dares to go out and kill people. A player like Wang Yan is awesome at everything he does, so he really can't teach him.

Wang Yan shook his head repeatedly: "What did the teacher say? After all, the disciple is still young and needs the teacher's attention. I remember when he accepted the disciple, the teacher mentioned Han Changli's teacher and said that the disciple does not have to be inferior to the teacher, and the teacher does not have to be wise. To the disciples.

Even if the disciple has some modest achievements in learning, the teacher is loyal and patriotic, serves the country and the people, speaks up for his friends, is not afraid of wind, frost, cold rain, and pursues pragmatic knowledge. Such sincerity is what students should learn for life. "

Ouyang Xiu laughed loudly, made a sword finger with his hand, and gestured to his disciple: "You, you, you..."

Ouyang Fa sighed, his body that had been sitting upright collapsed, and he put his hands on the table to support his fat face. He still had a lot to learn from his unlucky senior brother...

They talked like this for a long time, until it was getting dark, and Ouyang Xiu realized that he had kept Wang Yan for a long time, delaying Wang Yan's return home.

Just at this moment, Sheng Changbai came over and saluted Ouyang Xiu in a serious manner: "I have met Mr. Ouyang."

"Changbai is here to look for Ziyan, right? Just in time, let's have dinner together."

Of course Ouyang Xiu is also familiar with Sheng Changbai, and now Sheng Hong is actively moving closer to him.

Of course, if given a choice, Sheng Hong would actually prefer to lean closer to the conservatives. But he doesn't have that connection. How can the conservative boss know who his name is, Sheng Hong. Ouyang Xiu is right in front of him, and he is still strong. This is not a multiple choice question.

In addition, Ouyang Fa and Sheng Changbai played well together, so Ouyang Xiu was no stranger to Sheng Changbai and quite admired him. A thirteen-year-old can be said to be mature and not rigid, which is rare.

Sheng Changbai hesitated, not knowing how to speak. Wang Yan smiled and said, "Teacher, I won't have dinner here. The teacher knows about the disciple's marriage to the Sheng family, and it's time to talk about it today."

"It's the best, it's the best. We are already eighteen years old. It's time for us to have a biological son. I won't stay as my teacher. Let's go."

Wang Yan and Ouyang Xiu said goodbye and followed Chang Bai, chatting and laughing all the way to Sheng Mansion and met Sheng Hong in the study.

Having people prepare food and wine for the table, Sheng Hong asked, "Why did you stay at Mr. Ouyang's house for so long today?"

"I told the teacher about the ideas I recently compiled on how to establish one's mind and life."

"Oh? Tell me."

Sheng Hong was also very interested. Otherwise, the four sentences said by the cheap son-in-law were too awesome. Even if he was already an official, he had to admit that those words were correct. That's what he thought.

The so-called high-sounding, nothing more than that.

Wang Yan immediately told Sheng Hong and his son about his gains, as well as Ouyang Xiu's questions and his responses.

Of course, Hua Lan also came to serve food and drinks during the process, with affection in her eyes, because the marriage was really about to be finalized. She also saw her sluggish biological father and biological brother. She could only hear a bunch of unclear words in a mess, which formed higher-level words that were completely incomprehensible. She knew that Wang Yan was talking about something powerful. Taking advantage of her father and brother's inactivity, she stayed for a while, watching Wang Yan eloquent and still making eye contact with her...

The Sheng family father and son did not eat or drink. Wang Yan talked about the truth and did not delay eating or drinking.

After such a long time, Sheng Hong came back to his senses and sighed: "Zi Yan is really a genius, a genius. A Jinshi has no worries, a Jinshi has no worries..."

If there was no "Jinshi Wuyou", Wang Yan would think that Sheng Hong still had the book of sages in his heart.

"Uncle, I'm sorry. There are so many talented people in the world. It's so difficult for ten thousand people to take the exam and compete for the two hundred Jinshi positions." Wang Yan shook his head repeatedly, "I just try my best."

"The good nephew is too modest. What he said today about Bianjing will definitely shock the government and the public. In time, the good nephew is also the founder of a literary sect, and he will definitely leave his name in history."

"Brother Wang has already established his enlightenment, and his enlightenment is just around the corner."

Sheng Changbai didn't understand either, but after all, he had studied many more books than Ouyang Fa, and his foundation was much deeper, so he probably understood some of the meaning. My admiration for my future brother-in-law is beyond words.

Wang Yan shook his head in a funny way: "Uncle, now that you have won the election, we should still discuss the marriage."

"What else is there to discuss about the marriage? Haven't we already found a matchmaker and fattened the geese? Just come over someday."

"Thank you, uncle. If that's the case, I'll come to the house the day after tomorrow to accept the offer and ask for my name. When my nephew comes back from Bianjing, we will choose a day to get married."

"That's it."

Sheng Hong waved his hand. Needless to say, there is no need to say more about this kind of thing. If anyone stops Hua Lan from marrying Wang Yan now, he, Old Sheng, will go crazy. You have to hold on to this precious son-in-law.

He turned around and said: "You will leave for Beijing next month. You will be there for half a year. You can rest assured at home. You don't have to stay in a hotel when you arrive in the capital. The Sheng family has a house in the capital that is always maintained. I wrote to you the day before yesterday. I've made a good deal, and you can live there peacefully. If you have friends, you can live there together without worrying about the expenses. My Sheng family doesn't lack a little money, so Ziyan can just settle down and do his scientific research."

"That's how I'd like to thank my uncle."

"We are all a family, why should we see each other outside?" Sheng Hong waved his hand grandly, showing off his wealthy style.

Bai Juyi once said that it is not easy to live in Changan. Living in Bianjing is naturally equally difficult, perhaps even more difficult. In terms of economic prosperity, the Song Dynasty was certainly stronger than the Tang Dynasty.

The famous Su Shi and Su Che could not afford to buy a house. Wang Anshi's reputation was equally good, and he had served as prime minister twice. After he resigned, he had no public housing and no place to live.

The old Sheng family's house in Bianjing is quite luxurious, and the eldest family also has rockery landscaping. It can be seen from this that the Laosheng family is really wealthy.

Wang Yan's perfumes, soaps, etc. are now out of stock, and the supply exceeds demand. The caravan is developing well, the silk shop and herbal medicine shop are making steady money, and his family has hundreds of acres of fertile land. Of course he could afford a house in Bianjing, but it was only two or three rooms, a separate house, and a remote location. He can't afford a house as big as the Sheng family...

Sheng Hong did not pay attention to marriage. He told Wang Yan about the various procedures and precautions for the provincial examination and the palace examination. Of course, he emphasized on catching a son-in-law under the ranking, the emperor granting marriage, etc. The fear that Wang Yan would run away was clearly written on his face, and he felt very insecure.

Wang Yan could only face it with a smile. After all, he was still very famous in the past six months. He couldn't imagine the welcome he received when he arrived in the capital. It was normal for my father-in-law to worry about gains and losses...

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