A powerful minister of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 95: Be the First (Fifth update, please subscribe)
"These are things that haven't happened yet. If I tell you about them in advance, I'm afraid it will cause trouble."

"Hahaha."

Zhang Kang burst into laughter when he heard this.

He always thought that Song Xuan should be a very arrogant person.

But his performance seems to be that he has been making a fortune quietly.

The light that leaked out was just enough to blind others, and he still thought he was hiding well.

"Don't worry, Twelve Lang. You have the ability. Besides, if a scholar doesn't make a name for himself while he's young, what's the point of becoming famous when he's old?"

Zhang Kang reached out and picked up the teacup, still unable to stop smiling: "Could it be that you want to be a late bloomer?"

Song Xuan shook his head and expressed his inner thoughts:

"I don't think so. I just think some things shouldn't be said too early, especially since I'm still young. I understand the principle that a tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind."

"Listen to this." Zhang Kang looked at Doctor Wang who was sitting on the side of the table.
"Shi Erlang truly has profound insights. Such clear-headed students are rare in this world."

"That's right, that's right. If my son can be like this, I will feel more at ease." Doctor Wang also echoed.

"You two don't need to praise me. I was forced to do this."

"Ok?"

Doctor Wang also found it a little unbelievable. A book genius like Song Xuan would definitely receive all kinds of preferential treatment. Who would force him?
Song Xuan also picked up his teacup with a smile on his face: "All the fathers here are good fathers. My father is a gambler. My mother remarried and had a new family and a new son. She never took care of me."

"My eldest brother has a good talent for studying, so my grandfather arranged for him to be adopted by my second uncle. He wanted to take advantage of the remaining talent of my second uncle and hope that he would have a good future."

"My second brother inherited my father's fine tradition and is also a gambler. From childhood to adulthood, I have had to rely on myself to live a cautious life. No one has supported me."

"If I hadn't been sober, you would never have seen me grow up. I might have become a pile of bones in a mass grave."

"What the hell is a genius at studying? He's dead, so what."

Song Xuan's calm words silenced everyone present.

Needless to say, Doctor Wang's father was deeply loved by Emperor Taizong, so he could concentrate on studying medicine. With his father's care, his son could study with peace of mind.

Although Zhang Kang's family was in poverty, his father still supported his two brothers in their studies.

Not to mention Su Xun.

He is simply his father's big baby, and he is spoiled a lot.

After getting married at the age of eighteen, his wife spoiled him, and in the future his two talented sons also spoiled him.

People like Su Xun, who are loved by the whole family, are rare in the world.

Only Song Xuan has relied on himself since childhood, and has come to where he is today step by step. He has several brothers around him who can be trusted with life and death.

Su Xun was stunned when he heard this.

He always felt that Brother Twelve was optimistic by nature and everyone liked him wherever he went.

Moreover, he and I have the same temperament and are both very optimistic.

It turns out that the environment in which Brother Twelve grew up was actually unhappy!

If you mature too early in your childhood, will you still have the good taste of memories?

Su Xun has always been very optimistic, so he subconsciously thought that everyone else was also very optimistic.

It especially influenced his good son Su Shi, who was demoted to Hainan Island in his sixties and wrote a letter to his brother Su Zhe.

They say this place is poisonous and full of miasma. I'm almost dying of it, but hey, you'll never believe it, I found that grilled oysters are really delicious.

If you are not afraid of death, you can come and try it. Then we can grill oysters together!
Not to mention how harsh the environment was on Hainan Island in ancient times, with problems such as acclimatization, the forest coverage rate is over 90%.

Even if there were no air conditioning in modern society, the high temperature in the countryside, the mosquitoes, various snakes, hurricanes, and even coconuts falling from high altitudes could make you bleed.

They all have people supporting them.

But Song Xuan didn’t!

No one at home can be relied upon and is a burden, so I can only grit my teeth and persevere.

If he doesn't rely on himself, who can he rely on?

How many people can understand this long-lasting bitterness in the heart!
"Heroes have always emerged from young men. Today, I believe this."

Zhang Kang put down the teacup in his hand and said, "Shi Erlang will become a great man in the future. He will be the pride of the people of Yingtian Prefecture."

Song Xuan didn't feel proud of Zhang Kang's forced increase in value.

"That's right." Doctor Wang also quickly called his son over:
"Today, I am an acquaintance of the same generation as Song Xiaoyou. Come over and call me uncle."

"what?"

Wang Xiuyong talked to Song Xuan yesterday out of admiration.

father.

Actually, I'm older than him!

"What are you standing there for? Call someone."

"Nephew greets uncle." Wang Xiuyong hurriedly saluted Song Xuan.

Song Xuan pressed his hand:
"Divine Doctor Wang, from now on, let's discuss our own affairs."

"No, we can't break the rules."

Doctor Wang insisted on doing this, and he also had in mind a desire to let his son get closer to Song Xuan and learn more from him.

As the saying goes, those who are close to vermilion are red, and those who are close to ink are black.

Song Xuan was able to grow up well from the mud. How could ordinary people compare with his mentality?
Just as Zhang Tui Guan said, the future is limitless.

Those who follow him will be influenced by him and will strive to make progress in the future.

This is also the intention of Meng Mu's three moves.

Every parent wants their children to be with good people.

But what they didn't know was that although Song Xuan didn't lie, he only told part of the truth.

The ones that are left.

There is no need to confide in them.

"Doctor Wang, we'll take our leave now."

"Okay, when we have enough time, you and I brothers can get together more often."

Doctor Wang asked his son to go and see his uncle Song Xuan off.

Wang Xiuyong had an awkward smile on his face, and he really didn't understand his father's intention.

Song Xuan is talented in studying, but our family runs a medical clinic.

There's no need to be so polite, right?

"Don't take your father's words to heart. We will both study together in the academy from now on, so we can just discuss our own affairs as I just said."

"I dare not disobey my uncle's words and my father's words."

"That's all, it's up to you."

at the same time.

Zhang Shide from the academy handed Song Xuan's poem to Yan Shu and asked him to take a good look at it.

"Tsk tsk tsk, what a young man who doesn't know the taste of sorrow."

After reading it, Yan Shu immediately commented:
"This kid's style is quite varied. Fortunately, he didn't learn from a mediocre teacher."

"Otherwise, this kid would have been wasted. He has been hiding in the countryside and studying on his own. He is quite a smart guy."

Zhang Shide coughed twice when he heard Yan Shu's comments:
"Mr. Yan, do you know him?" "A few days ago, I went to Ningling County to ask Xiwen to come out of seclusion. I happened to run into him and that's how we got to know each other."

Song Shou on the side immediately followed up:
"Yes, Song Twelve has become Tongshu's mentor."

"Oh?"

Zhang Shide was a little surprised to hear this.

As a first-hand observer, Song Shou immediately described the scene to Zhang Shide in vivid detail.

Although he looked down on Song Xuan's behavior and thought that the genius Zhang Fangping he valued was better, he had unknowingly become the number one Song fan.

Yan Shu listened to Song Shou's vivid words and smiled silently.

Anyway, he had defeated Song Shou, and he just wanted to get back at his former club.

"Hahaha, interesting, interesting." Zhang Shide stroked his beard:
"Helplessly, the flowers fall, and the familiar swallows return. Excellent! I couldn't think of any other sentence to replace it, and this boy came up with it in the blink of an eye. What a talent!"

Song Shou also nodded subconsciously, then felt something was wrong:

"Although this boy's poetry is excellent, his performance in the other three subjects is still unknown."

"It's been a long time since I've found such an interesting student. With Mr. Yan's high-profile recruitment this year, there will definitely be a large number of talented students."

Zhang Shide did not respond to Song Shou's words, but continued talking to himself.

"Well, there's actually no shortage of good talent." Yan Shu also looked at the registration summary sheet:
"Such as Wang Yaochen, Zhang Fangping, Xu Zheng, Zhang Jingxian, and so on."

Xu Zheng's father was a Jinshi, and his mother was the sister of Song Qi, the top scholar.

His son will also be the top scholar in the future, and he has become famous in the local area at a young age.

The Xu family is considered the face of Yingtian Prefecture.

Whether it was Xu Zheng's own sons, younger brothers, cousins, or nephews, they were all Jinshi.

All four of his daughters married Jinshi (Jinshi degree), and his descendants continued to become Jinshi. In the Southern Song Dynasty, a descendant of the Xu family also won the top spot in the imperial examination.

As for Zhang Jingxian, he was Zhang Shide's son, and he was always kept by his side and taught carefully.

"Yes, maybe in the future there will be a myth of a family with three top scorers." Song Shou quickly added.

"Ah, I know my son. He has always been stupid. It's just that his personality is like mine. It would be a blessing if he could pass the imperial examination."

Zhang Shide knew his son well and took him to his side to teach him carefully.

The best outcome for him is to be supplemented with Yin in the future.

As for passing the imperial examination like others, don't even think about it.

Even if he could enter the academy, he would not be able to get a number.

What's more, Yingtianfu Academy cannot gather all the talents in the world. There will always be outstanding students from other places fighting for their place in the examination hall.

While they were talking, Fan Zhongyan came in after his inspection. Zhang Shide quickly asked him to take a look at the new lyrics written by Song Xuan.

After reading it, Fan Zhongyan laughed heartily:

"I originally thought he would complete the poem 'Want to buy osmanthus flowers and carry wine together, but it's not like a young boy's journey'. I never thought he would come up with another poem so appropriate."

Yan Shu also expected this.

But no one expected that Song Xuan could really write!
"In my opinion, this poem should be ranked first."

"It's probably hard to find better poetry than his."

Yan Shu and Fan Zhongyan expressed their feelings repeatedly.

As for Song Shou, who had always looked down on Song Xuan, he had to admit it.

If there were students who were good at this, they would have become famous long ago.

You can't be as good at hiding yourself as Song Xuan, right?
Looking around the world, it is probably difficult to find such students.

Zhang Shide also learned from Song Shou that Song Xuan was also quite brave. It seemed that he was not bragging when he wanted to kick Dou Chou into the river!
In fact, Zhang Shide admired Song Xuan's unyielding character because he himself was like that.

"Xiwen, quickly retrieve all of Song Twelve's other test papers and investigate them together."

Zhang Shide wanted to see whether Song Xuan was a versatile talent or a "war god" with some specialties, so that he could focus on filling his shortcomings in the future.

When Fan Zhongyan collected the test papers from Room C, he took out four test papers of Song Xuan.

Several people immediately began to judge.

The way he posted the sutra was standard, but his answers to the questions were very mechanical.

It's obvious that there are no famous teachers teaching them, and everything is just rote memorization.

Mo Yi made few mistakes and recited well, but I couldn't see much basic skills.

Because compared to poetry and policy essays, Fan Zhongyan did not intend to make the exams for these two subjects too complicated.

We can't undermine the students' confidence too much.

Then several people looked at Song Xuan's policy paper, each with a different expression.

Yan Shu kept frowning. Song Xuan's policy paper was too advanced. It could show the prime ministers in the court the evil intentions of Li Jiqian.

And some things should not be spread outside.

"He does say Xiwen is a bit idealistic."

Yan Shu stroked his beard and passed over the other key points. "At the end, he even said he was a scholar. This is really both radical and conservative, extremely contradictory. He should be moderate!"

Yan Shu also understood that Song Xuan remembered his teachings, which was why he slightly changed his previous style of doing things in his policy essay.

He is a good student who listens to advice!
However, Song Shou felt that Song Xuancai was not conservative at all.

This guy's style of doing things is quite non-stick.

If a slippery person becomes an official and causes harm to a region in the future, it will be a great disaster for the Song Dynasty.

Moreover, Song Shou discovered that Song Xuan seemed to have his own set of values ​​and did not completely agree with the values ​​of the literati.

This type of student is the most difficult to control.

However, Fan Zhongyan was always immersed in Song Xuan's article and was not attracted by Yan Shu's words.

He felt that many points in Song Xuan's article were correct.

Just like when Yan Shu tested Song Xuan and Zhang Fangping with questions, he gave specific solutions.

It’s just that some things cannot be put on paper.

"I think Song Twelve's theory is the best."

Zhang Shide was ill and hadn't had time to see it when he heard Fan Zhongyan say this. He was a little surprised:

"Is Xiwen pushing things too far?"

There is no problem in ranking Song Xuan's poems and essays first, but this policy essay is different from poems and essays. It must be logical and relevant.

Especially in the pasted sutras, Song Xuan's writings were extremely mechanical and lacked his own understanding and recognition.

How can his policy papers stand out from the rest?

These all complement each other!
"Mr. Zhang, please take a look at it first before we say anything else." Fan Zhongyan handed Song Xuan's answer sheet to Zhang Shide who was sitting next to him.

Zhang Shide read it carefully.

Although Fan Zhongyan was the headmaster of Yingtianfu Academy, Song Shou also felt that he was a bit too arbitrary.

"Why not find all the test papers of the few good readers and take a look at them? That would be fair to the others."

Yan Shu also did not want Song Xuan to dominate at this time, as this would be detrimental to his future practice of the doctrine of the mean.
"That's right. If we take all the test papers of Zhang Fangping and others, there will definitely be someone who answers better than Song Twelve."

"Yes."

(End of this chapter)