Fu Que!?

Not to mention Gu Xiancheng, even someone as unfamiliar as Li Kun couldn't help but look shocked.

This is not as simple as kneeling outside the palace and reciting music.

Fu Que represents disapproval of the emperor and cabinet decisions!

There is a fight between top and bottom!

Gu Xiancheng was surprised and said: "Xiong Dunpu?"

Li Sancai put down the hands on their shoulders, shook his head and said, "I don't know the details. I just heard from your master and Zidao that there are some injustices involved."

"They appealed to Zhang Jiangling several times, but all ended in vain, so they had no choice but to resort to this strategy."

Rushi was named after Zhao Yongxian, and Zidao was named after Wu Zhongxing, both of whom were concubines in the fifth year of Longqing's reign.

They are all heroes of Southern Zhili.

They are also good brothers in history who successively impeached Zhang Juzheng, and were later banned and dismissed from office together.

When Gu Xiancheng saw that Li Sancai was vague in his words, he also understood that there were outsiders present and it was difficult to elaborate.

He had no choice but to suppress his thoughts and wait to ask again later.

Li Kun still looked confused and followed the two of them into the manor.

The manor's stone bridges, rockeries, pavilions and waterside pavilions are elegant in style, making it a good place for literati to gather.

The three of them chatted all the way.

Gu Xiancheng casually reminisced about the past.

Li Sancai occasionally tested Li Kun's knowledge.

Li Kun is quite satisfactory, just click on it.

"Uncle Shi, Brother Lu's knowledge is really much deeper than yours. In my opinion, you will serve as a foil for the two of us in this examination."

Li Sancai was in the middle to moderate the atmosphere, stroking his hands and smiling.

When there are many people, it has almost become Li Sancai's instinct to mention as many people as possible in his speech.

Who should be admired and who should be ridiculed? You can choose them at your fingertips.

Naturally, Gu Xiancheng did not refute. Instead, he spread his hands and said, "I won the imperial examination this year and was ranked last. Naturally, I cannot compare with the two prospective Jinshi."

"Let me get familiar with the examination room, wait three years, and then follow in your footsteps."

When Li Kun heard this, he immediately smiled bitterly and said, "I'm almost forty years old, why are you making fun of me?"

After saying that, he waved his hands repeatedly.

The three of them smiled in unison.

Just kidding, the atmosphere became a little more lively.

Li Sancai brought up a topic that every candidate cares about: "As you know, last month, the Etiquette Department reported to Zhu Nanyong on the matter of the Chen Hui Examination."

As soon as these words were said, the two of them looked at Li Sancai seriously.

Li Kun was especially serious - he eagerly followed him to eat the meal, didn't he just want to hear some pre-exam information?

Li Sancai did not show off, and said bluntly: "During the Longqing period, Gaoyi from the Ministry of Rites asked the late emperor to submit a memorial to the late emperor, and the inscription should be around 600 words."

"However, after the second session of the congress, the scholars again focused on brevity and thorns, and went too far in craftsmanship."

"Therefore, Zhu Nanyong from the Etiquette Department asked Your Majesty to abolish the word limit."

Li Kun and Gu Xiancheng looked at each other.

This is no small matter. A 600-word article is completely different in structure and technique from an article with no limit on word count.

If we had prepared according to the previous 600 words, it would be completely different.

Why do students come to Beijing in advance to prepare for exams? Isn’t it just because of this kind of thing?

If we wait for the local decree and then prepare for the exam, won't we waste two months in vain?

Li Kun asked: "Is this accurate?"

After Li Sancai heard this, he couldn't help but praise: "Otherwise, Nanyu Gong Gaoyi is actually an elder Duan Ning."

"Some people wanted to overturn the proposal he initiated. Not only did he not interfere, he even admitted in front of His Majesty that his previous thinking was not appropriate during the court discussion."

"Now the limit has been changed to 1,500 words."

When Gu Xiancheng heard this, he couldn't help but feel happy.

The more words there are, the more skills you can show off, which is good news especially for a student like him who has a wide range of skills and is not specialized in hooks and spines.

"Besides this, Your Majesty has spoken in a golden tongue, saying that the main thing is to be clear in literature and science, in line with the current situation, and it is better to have something to say."

Li Kun raised his eyebrows and took a breath subconsciously.

Gu Xiancheng's reaction was even greater. He suddenly clapped his hands and yelled: "Okay!"

The two of them were startled by the sudden strange cry.

Gu Xiancheng hurriedly confessed, and said in a hateful voice: "Yangming's post-school style should have been killed long ago!"

Li Kun was puzzled.

This Gu Xiancheng, didn’t he say that he studied under Zhang Qi on the road and also learned the science of mind?

Why are you still shouting and killing?

Li Sancai on the side explained kindly: "Uncle Shi studied with Duke Zhang before he was 20 years old, and after he turned 20, he studied with Duke Xue of Xue Ying Banner."

Li Kun suddenly realized.

This is not surprising.

Xue Yingqi was a famous Confucian in the world, and he was expected to be included in the Xian Temple in Hangzhou and be enshrined alongside Bai Juyi and Su Shi.

Among the scholars, especially in the southern Zhili and Zhejiang areas, his reputation is outstanding.

Although he belongs to the Nanzhong Wang Sect and is also a scholar of the heart, he suddenly turned to the Cheng and Zhu studies more than ten years ago.

Now he is a Confucian who opposes empty talk about conscience and advocates pragmatism.

Gu Xiancheng studied under this man and must have been influenced by him.

However, Gu Xiancheng shook his head: "It has nothing to do with the theory, it's just that I can't get used to the declining social customs and the outdated people's hearts."

Since the Great Etiquette Conference, the scholar-bureaucrats have gradually become depressed.

On top.

Emperor Shizong was greedy and excessive, Emperor Mu Zong was slack in political affairs, and now Zhang Juzheng is monopolizing power and overbearing the master. From the time he was a child, Gu Xiancheng has felt that the interactions between officials and scholars in his family have made him increasingly depressed, depressed, and negative.

After Yan Song, Gao Gong, and Zhang Juzheng entered the cabinet, their affairs of clinging to the chief ministers and forming cliques for personal gain became more and more serious day by day, and the entire officialdom was filled with an air of decadence and decadence.

Below.

Wang Shouren, a saint, could not escape the fate of being annotated by the Six Classics, and his teachings gradually evolved into a bohemian origin.

Since the Jiajing period, there has been an evil trend that advocates extravagance and doing whatever one wants, the so-called "frankness and freedom", which has continuously violated moral ethics.

As he said a few years ago - "Now that the world is roaring, everything is done with ears and eyes, scholars are slow to learn, etiquette, justice and integrity are all gone. Every time the three of us talk about it, we often sigh or cry to each other."

At this time, if no one is defending the right way, where is the justice of heaven!?

Therefore, praising the emperor has nothing to do with whether he studied psychology or Neo-Confucianism.

He was just praising his actions in promoting righteous learning and correcting the world.

He said, this level is not enough.

When he is admitted to Jinshi and enters the officialdom, sooner or later he will have to clarify the administration of officials and beautify customs!

By then, court officials will no longer need to cling to their chief ministers, they can speak freely, and they will not be punished for their words.

Scholars are no longer unruly and talk about benevolence, justice and morality all day long.

That is when all the virtuous people are everywhere and the people are righteous.

However, since Li Kun was here, Gu Xiancheng just stopped talking in order to avoid having to talk briefly.

Li Sancai never left things alone, and took over Gu Xiancheng's words very lightly: "Now, your Majesty, you really have the virtue of beautifying customs."

Gu Xiancheng turned his head curiously: "Oh?"

Li Sancai smiled and said: "Your Majesty not only demoted Li Zaiting to serve as an official in Fujian, but also recruited Prince Shizhen of Yanzhou to accompany him."

Although Li Zaiting was a seventh-rank official and wore a red robe.

But the noble officials of the Qing Dynasty are different from the local officials.

It is said that "the six subjects are all promoted, and the internal ones are the fourth rank in the imperial palace, and the third rank in the external affairs are involved in politics. If you transfer to the seventh rank outside, you can get from the third rank, which is also the honor of an official, but many people hate it. Because there are officials who are promoted to the seventh rank,

Words that reduce the potential of the situation."

It is a shame to be promoted to others.
To be continued...