Walking with Cats [Quick Transmigration]

Getting up too early and eating too much, Cheng Dan stared at Zhang Yuliang, who was writing like a fly, for a while, and felt sleepy for no reason, and couldn't help yawning.

Raising his hind paws to scratch his ears, he looked left and right, trying to find a comfortable place to squat for a while, and finally stared at the upturned corner of the rice paper on the upper right of Zhang Yuliang's handwriting practice.

Well, it's a good place.

Cheng Dan crawled over slowly, flattened the paper like a paperweight, slapped his tail twice on his side, lazily drooped his eyelids, and fell asleep unconsciously.

Zhang Yuliang, who practiced calligraphy seriously, didn't notice the little tricks of his black group at first, but when he finished writing a sheet and was about to change the paper, he found a cat growing on the rice paper.

Zhang Yuliang smiled dumbly, gently put down the pen, carefully picked up the sleeping little hair ball and put it on his lap, smoothed the hair, then pushed the copybook and the finished rice paper to the left hand side of the desk, and picked up the unfinished book yesterday Continue to study.

Half of the wooden lattice window was open, and the gradually bright morning light climbed onto the window sill, and it did not know when it replaced the position of the burnt candle, illuminating the room peacefully and brightly.

When Cheng Dan woke up, it was almost lunch time.Zhang Yuliang happened to finish a book, and was reaching for the Yanghao brush. His long sleeves were hanging down in front of Cheng Dan, and a clear smell rushed to his face, refreshing his mind.

The smell came from the incense that Zhang Yuliang often used.

Cheng Dan stretched his limbs that were habitually curled up in his sleep, and stretched on Zhang Yuliang's lap. After stretching, he remembered that he was sleeping on the table, why somehow he ran on Zhang Yuliang's lap again?

"Little guy is full of sleep?" Zhang Yuliang noticed the movement on his legs, looked down and saw Cheng Dan's cute face just waking up, and couldn't help rubbing his head, "I read the book all morning, but you fell asleep fragrant."

Cheng Dan blinked, raised his chin to rub against his warm palm, and gave a soft meow.

The simple gesture of rubbing hands and meowing successfully pleased Zhang Yuliang and relieved his fatigue from reading books all morning.

"Are you hungry? Do you want to eat something first?" Zhang Yuliang put down the pen he just picked up, held Cheng Dan in both hands, and faced him with an equal attitude as if talking to a friend.

Kittens generally follow the principle of eating less and eating more, and eat five or six meals a day.It was fine if Zhang Yuliang didn't say anything, but when he said it, Cheng Dan immediately felt hungry, hugged his wrist and yelled a few times.

"Come here." Touching Cheng Dan's little head, Zhang Yuliang called the maid waiting outside the door, "Go and bring Tuantuan's lunch."

The maid respectfully agreed and stepped back. Not long after, she returned to the study with a small bowl of fish porridge, and placed it beside the desk under Zhang Yuliang's guidance.

Cheng Dan shook his ears, jumped out of Zhang Yuliang's palm happily, trotted to the bowl and sat down, lowered his head and began to eat.

Zhang Yuliang held the book in one hand and looked at him with his chin resting on the other, with a gentle smile on his brows.

Seeing this, the maid boldly asked, "Master, do you want someone to pass on the meal?"

Zhang Yuliang looked up at her, his expression suddenly became lighter: "No, let's go down."

The maid, who was very good at observing words and expressions, heard the indifference in his tone, she was startled, she didn't dare to say any more, she answered "Yes", then bent down and left the door.

Zhang Yuliang continued to smile and watch Cheng Dan eat.

This time, Cheng Dan noticed the double-standard attitude of his shit-shoveling officer. Looking at the closed door and Zhang Yuliang, he felt inexplicably "three thousand pets in one body".

"What's wrong? Isn't it delicious?" Seeing him stop eating, Zhang Yuliang frowned slightly, as if as long as he meowed in dissatisfaction, the servants would take it away and redo it.

Cheng Dan came back to his senses, there was no meow, he lowered his head and continued to eat.

Only then did Zhang Yuliang's expression soften.

After a small bowl of fish porridge was finished quickly, Cheng Dan stepped on the outstretched arm of the excrement shovel officer and jumped into his arms, letting him wipe his face with his head up.

Zhang Yuliang also seemed to like the job his master arranged for him. He wiped his face clean with a wet handkerchief, rubbing his small body carefully while wiping, and never let go of the corners of his mouth.

After wiping his face, Cheng Dan jumped out of Zhang Yuliang's arms again, lay down next to his left hand, rested his chin on the back of his hand, and felt sleepy.

"I feel sleepy when I'm full. Am I raising a cat or a pig?" Zhang Yuliang said with a sigh, her left hand motionless while her right hand was holding a scroll.

"Meow..." Cheng Dan lazily called out, using a rebuttal tone.

"Still talking back." Zhang Yuliang turned a page, "Don't you get sleepy after eating?"

"Meow..." Cheng Dan's voice was a little louder, and he was very angry.

"Eating and not getting up to move around, sooner or later you will become a ball." Zhang Yu teased him with a sneer.

"Meow..." Cheng Dan calmly tilted his head and rubbed his hand.

He is a black cat, not an orange cat, so he is not afraid of getting fat.

Zhang Yuliang smiled lightly.

Outside the door, several maids heard the "conversation" between one person and one cat in the study, and looked at each other, secretly worrying that their son would get sick from raising a cat.

In the afternoon, Cheng Dan accompanied Zhang Yuliang for lunch, and was carried by him to the porch to breathe.

It was almost late autumn at this time, and the wind blowing from the water was cold and humid. Although it was not unbearably cold, it was still a little cold for Cheng Dan, who was still a kitten.

Fortunately, Zhang Yuliang held him tightly in his arms and covered him with his wide sleeves, so that no matter how strong the wind was, he was blocked out, so there was no problem.

The sun faded, and a faint rain was brewing between the sky and the earth. Suddenly, there was a loud thunder, and the dense drizzle fell into the ground.

Cheng Dan was so frightened by the thunder that his hair exploded all over, and he slowly calmed down under Zhang Yuliang's gentle touch.

Struggling to poke his head out from Zhang Yuliang's sleeves, he looked at the hazy rain curtain outside the corridor. Tick.

If there is no one to disturb, this scene of a person and a cat enjoying the rain scene together must be picturesque.Just at this time, a burst of unpleasant footsteps came from the other end of the corridor.

Zhang Yuliang turned her head in displeasure, and saw that the person making the footsteps was an old man in gray cloth, she quickly put away her rude expression, put Cheng Dan in her sleeves, got up, and bowed to the old man when he approached.

"gentlemen."

Cheng Dan, who was suddenly tucked into his sleeve, was puzzled, and immediately understood Zhang Yuliang's soft call, and quietly curled himself up into a ball without making any movement.

Zhang Yuliang was raising him secretly, avoiding most of the people in the house, and naturally he couldn't let his husband—that is, the teacher—discover him.

The old man's surname is Wang Mingyue, and his name is Qingxi Jushi. He is one of the few great Confucianists in the world.Zhang Yuliang was taught by him since childhood, regards him as a teacher and a father, and respects him very much.

The old man is generous and free-spirited, he never sticks to etiquette and rules, and he doesn't allow his disciples to be too polite, so Zhang Yuliang has long been used to his sudden visit and is not surprised.

The old man over half a century old has a high crown and a belt, and his clothes are simple. Although he is over sixty years old, he has an aura as high as mountains and as deep as oceans. His eyes are piercing, as if he can see through all the reality in the world.

Mr. Wang accepted Zhang Yuliang's salute calmly, stroked his beard and said with a smile, "Ziyu has been studying behind closed doors for more than a month, have you gained anything?"

Ziyu is Zhang Yuliang's word.Yu means beautiful jade, Mr. Wang took it for him, and entrusted him with the hope that he would be a gentleman like jade, gentle and dignified.Because he did not perform the crowning ceremony, his words were only circulated among the teacher and a few close friends.

"Mr. Hui, I don't get much." Zhang Yuliang replied humbly.

Mr. Wang waved his hand: "You don't need to be polite to me as a teacher, you just say what insights you have gained."

"Yes."

Zhang Yuliang nodded, and after thinking for a while, he recounted what he had learned in the past few days. Although he only said a few words, it was more subtle and profound, which made the old man nod and admire him.

To learn, seek broadness horizontally, and refinement vertically.At Zhang Yuliang's age, it is quite rare to achieve any of the above points, and the old man is naturally not stingy in his affirmation.

"Not bad." After he finished speaking, the old gentleman praised: "Compared with the provincial examination, Tzuyu's knowledge has improved a lot, especially in "Shangshu"."

After finishing speaking, he suddenly changed the subject again: "However, it is impossible to get the first place in the examination based on this benefit alone. The Yong Dynasty Jinshi Division mainly consists of three items: examination strategy, scriptures, and essays. Although "Shangshu" belongs to the The contents of the scriptures are less and more deeply tested, Ziyu does not need to work too hard on the "Shangshu", but should study more classics such as "The Analects of Confucius" and "The Doctrine of the Mean."

The Yong Dynasty is the dynasty in which Cheng Dan is now.

There were two regular subjects in the Yong Dynasty scientific examination, namely Ming Jing Ke and Jin Shi Ke.Jinshi is one of the main ways to select officials. The content of the examination is more flexible than that of Mingjing, and the difficulty is naturally greater than that of Mingjing. It is known as "thirty old Mingjing, fifty young Jinshi".Zhang Yuliang will take the Jinshi examination next year.

There are three types of examination items in Jinshi.

The first is to test policies, that is, to express opinions on current affairs; the second is to post scriptures, that is, the degree of mastery of Confucian classics;

The content of these three major exams covers almost all the knowledge and accomplishment needed by an outstanding literati, and it also acts as a high threshold, stopping nearly [-]% of the candidates.

Among the three subjects, the proportion of trial strategy is the most important, the score of essays is the smallest, and the examination form of post scriptures is the most flexible.Every year, the scope and type of questions in the Tie Jing are completely different from the previous ones. The only rule is to test less on "Shangshu" and more on "Analects of Confucius" and "The Doctrine of the Mean".

Because of this, Mr. Wang persuaded Zhang Yuliang to focus on "The Analects of Confucius" and "The Doctrine of the Mean" instead of spending too much energy on "Shangshu".

"Yuliang understands." Disapproval flashed across Zhang Yuliang's eyes, but he didn't refute directly, but agreed first without necessity.

Mr. Wang has lived to this age, it is impossible not to see Zhang Yuliang's disapproval, and immediately said with a smile: "Your main task at present is to take the Jinshi examination and win the honor of three yuan and first for the Zhang family. To be completed For this task, if you want to study "Shangshu" or other things, the teacher will not bother."

Zhang Yuliang was startled, then cupped his hands and smiled, "Yes."

"Oh, I almost forgot the business." Nodding in satisfaction, Mr. Wang suddenly remembered his real reason for coming, and immediately said seriously: "I am not here today to test your knowledge, but I want to introduce you to a people."

"Sir, please tell me." Zhang Yuliang nodded.

Mr. Wang said: "You should also know this person. It is Li Cheng, the Tanhualang from last year. He is now compiling scriptures and books in the Imperial Academy. He has a lot of knowledge. He heard that you are Xie Yuan in this autumn exam, and he wants to learn from you. It's just right You have also studied hard for a while, why don't you communicate with him, maybe you can promote each other."

Although Mr. Wang has no official status, he is a world-renowned Confucian. Li Cheng was able to get him to personally introduce him to his disciples, so it can be seen that he must have amazing talents.

Zhang Yuliang didn't think too much, and immediately agreed, but Cheng Dan, who was hidden in his sleeve, pricked up his ears vigilantly.

For some reason, when Cheng Dan heard the name "Li Cheng", he suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※

The content of the imperial examinations in the Yong Dynasty refers to the settings of the Tang Dynasty and Ming and Qing Dynasties, but it is mainly my private setting.