In Xu step’s gaze, Zhu Pingan with both hands respectfully and respectfully slowly unfolded the green words on the table, shifted his gaze to the green words, and while shifting his gaze inadvertently glimpsed Xu step’s gaze from the reflection of the teacups in his hand.
Xu step looks amiable, gaze with appreciation, but Zhu Pingan reads out a ray of sight called test from this appreciative gaze. This gaze was somewhat like going back to modern primary schools when the teacher named the teacher to answer a question.
Zhu Pingan realised that this was a test concerning his future.
Zhang Juzheng is so valued by Xu Shi, must have also undergone Xu Shi’s test, it is estimated that more than once, of course, the content of the test must be different from his own this time, and Zhang Juzheng in the test must have also performed very well, so that Xu Shi is very satisfied. When Xu Shi was in charge of the Hanlin Academy often talk with the new Hanlin concubine Ji Shi, must be the test of the process of selecting useful talent.
It is a test and an opportunity.
Everyone will encounter a lot of opportunities in life, just like there is a guardian beast next to each rare elixir in the metaphysical fairy novels, there will be a lot of tests in front of the opportunity, and only through the test can you grasp the opportunity.
This time was no exception.
If one passes this test, I believe there are great benefits.
Xu step is the future cabinet auxiliary, is the bull who dry over Yan Song, is the stoic hooker of the Ming dynasty, he is the heir of Wang Shouren, is the most powerful person in the future of the Ming dynasty except for the Jiajing emperor. Moreover, the most crucial thing is that Xu Jie likes to promote talents that he recognises. Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng, and Hai Rui are all talents that Xu Jie recognises, and the first two in particular are more valued by Xu Jie. Every official’s dream in the Ming Dynasty was to enter the cabinet, and Xu Shi promoted Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng to enter the cabinet, and both of them realised their ideals in the cabinet.
Xu order’s approval is also a kind of life preserver, Hai Rui for the approval of Xu order, in the Jiajing Emperor several times want to kill Hai Rui when, are Xu order to “kill the body to become famous” as the reason, to keep Hai Rui.
Zhu Pingan is not a pedantic person, there are people who are good officials, if you get the appreciation and recognition of Xu Shi, for their future career greatly benefit.
Of course, the test of Xu Shi, not so easy to pass. Xu step in charge of the Hanlin Academy so many years, only Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng and a few other people through the test of Xu step, really get the recognition of Xu step.
Now is not the time to hide, he still have to come up with real skills.
So, Zhu Pingan got serious, his eyes focused on this piece of green words on the table, his eyes seemed to burst out like sparks.
Xu step’s green words, the pen walks like a dragon and snake, iron painting and silver hook, the font is like a jiao dragon that has opened up its spirit and passed through the road, prancing and wandering on the rice paper:
“Wei jiajing thirty-one years, the year of the year nonzi, the star and moon solstice nineteen days. The emperor’s ministers audit the great holy ancestor supreme daojinque xuanyuan tianhuang great emperor.
Fu to when the dedication of the year, the festival over the Dragon Boat Festival, I order incense Taoist, smoke and Xia Zhishi, Koyi Jinque, Chen Jiaojiao in the dojo. When the tiger’s life is over and he returns to heaven, I have the honour to write a letter to the heavens: I hope that heaven will be merciful, and that the shade of the Tao will be spread out. I wish that Heaven will be merciful to us and grant us the shade of the Tao. The four seas and the nine continents, the dry wars cease to be; East Gao and South Mou, all get a good harvest. I hope that with the trillion people, with the medium of happiness. Honourable words.”
This is a standard format and genre of the green words, rhetoric beautiful, language esoteric, belongs to the green words in the upper superior work.
Just by looking at the content and style, Zhu Pingan could not find many faults with his current attainments in the Qing dynasty.
However, these were just the surface, and the words had to be looked at from the inside as well. Even if he took the trouble to just work on the phrasing, he probably wouldn’t be able to satisfy Xu Shi.
Fortunately, I have carefully studied the “Jiaojiao Qingliu Jing”, there is a very important sentence in the scripture, similar to Bai Juyi’s famous sentence, “Articles are written for the time, songs and poems are composed for the event”, Zhu Pingan believes that the main theme of the “Jiaojiao Qingliu Jing” is actually only two words, “Junyi”.The main idea of the Jiaojiao Qingyuejing is actually only two words, “Junyi”.
Were the lyrics written for the gods? Yes and no.
The Jiaoju itself is a memorial to the gods, so of course it is for the gods to read. But what about the reality! The one who actually read the poem was a human being, the Jiajing Emperor. There is only one criterion for judging Xu Shi’s Qing lyrics, and that is whether it can satisfy Emperor Jiajing!
Simply looking at the surface of the poem is not enough to judge it.
It is necessary to look at the background and purpose of the creation of this piece of Qing lyrics to be able to better worship this piece of Qing lyrics.
“Weihu’s life is over, return to heaven”, from this esoteric Qing lyric, it can be roughly seen that it is a Qing lyric of sacrificial nature, Weihu’s life is over, return to heaven, in short, that is, Weihu hanged.
Weihu?
Is my dynasty’s General Wei Hu? Just oneself has heard of the Tiger General, has not heard of the Great Ming’s Weihu General it. During the Three Kingdoms period, Ma was named General Tiger, could it be that there is another General Tiger in Daming?
When Zhu Pingan was reading the green words, Xu Di was also looking at Zhu Pingan, observing this Zhu Pingan’s performance, giving this Daming’s youngest scholar a score.
“Teacher’s great work, the rhetoric is gorgeous and popular ……,” Zhu Pingan said with deliberation after carefully reading the green words.
C grade!
Listening to Zhu Pingan’s words, Xu Shi smiled amiably, but in his heart, he gave Zhu Pingan an unqualified C grade.
The talent of the scholar, the skill stops here? Zhu Pingan’s performance today, unavoidably some let Xu step disappointment, although Xu step face is still amicable smile, but the heart is disappointed. Flattering people, the imperial court abounds, and there is no lack of a Zhu Zihou ……
“However, articles are written for the time, poems are written for the matter, the student doesn’t know why this work of the teacher is written?”Zhu Pingan raised his head and looked at Xu Shi and asked gently.
At the sound of his words
Xu Shi’s eyes lit up, smiling amiably and nodding, the emotions that had been disappointed, twilight as if hearing the military drums, suddenly perked up again.
Great good!
Asked to the point.
Just by asking this question, it is enough to be included in the Class A. Zhu Zi Hou, this name I have noted down, I can observe and watch in the future.
“His Majesty’s beloved cat, Weihu, went west at noon ……,” Xu Yi returned.
Nima hi, one has spent half a day’s brain juice not thought of Weihu, the original is actually a cat! Zhu Pingan somewhat helplessly pulled the corner of his mouth.
Suddenly, an aura suddenly flashed through Zhu Pingan’s mind, a famous allusion in history illuminated Zhu Pingan’s mind like lightning.
It was recorded in history that his current colleague, Yuan Wei, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, had once written a tribute to Emperor Jiajing’s beloved cat, which included a line that said “transforming a lion into a dragon”, which had won the Emperor’s heart, and soon after, Yuan Wei had been promoted to the position of Shaozai.
Jiajing Emperor is a famous shovelling gentleman in history, in addition to cultivating immortality and alchemy, he is also fond of cats, when he was a child, his mother gave him a cat, deep in the palace, the cat loves to play embroidery ball to fill the childhood of Jiajing Emperor, so Jiajing Emperor and the cat has formed a deep affection. In history, after the Jiajing Emperor ascended to the throne, there are two cats famous in history, the first one is called Snowy Eyebrows, which the Jiajing Emperor loved so much that he held an enthronement ceremony as the Emperor, solemnly sealing the Snowy Eyebrows as the “Gnarled Dragon”; the second cat is called the Lion Cat, which is a very spiritual lion cat, and after the death of the Lion Cat, the Jiajing Emperor was buried in the Golden Coffin on Mount Banzai, and ordered the ministers to write an inscription.Rituals, Yuan Wei is at this time to write the famous “into a lion into a dragon” rituals, and the sky is the limit.
History records that the incident of the lion and cat was around the 33rd year of the Jiajing period, and it is now the 31st year of the Jiajing period, so the lion and cat have not been favoured, and Yuan Wei’s poem has not yet appeared.
Of course to be on the safe side, Zhu Pingan decided to still confirm it again, “Teacher, I wonder what breed of cat His Majesty’s cat named Tiger Wei is?”
“It’s a civet cat, also known as a tiger cat, this Tiger Wei of His Majesty was selected by the cat house, yellow and white stripes, shaped like a tiger’s skin, His Majesty named it General Tiger Wei.”Xu Yi returned.
Upon hearing this, Zhu Pingan nodded his head and made a deep thought, but his heart already had an answer.
A few moments later
Zhu Pingan raised his head and looked at Xu Step, pointing to a place in the green words, and said in a nudging tone, “Teacher, if this ‘Tiger Might Life Exhaustion’ is changed to ‘Turning Tigers into Dragons’, is it not more prudent?”
“Turning a tiger into a dragon?”
Xu step heard, a shock, can not help but repeat a sentence, raise qi such as he also can not help but excited face a flush, under the excitement are pulled down one of their own beard.
Originally also just this piece of green words as a test only, did not expect this son but gave himself a great unexpected joy.
