Son of Song Dynasty

Chapter 212 The Three Trials
He was rejected by the prince for the first time as a bed attendant, and his status in the palace will be worrying in the future, and he may be sent out someday.

Zhao Dezhao saw that her mood was changing, so he stopped her and said,
"Don't call me Qiu Chan in the future. This name is not very auspicious, and the smell of wind and dust is too strong. After autumn, it will be severe winter, and the life of cicadas is also very short. My king will give you a new name, let's call it Daoxiang! Daoxiang It’s not very good either, it’s too vulgar! Let’s call it Daohe! Although it’s a bit earthy, it’s commemorative.”

Ticicada is now called Daohe.After hearing this, his complexion quickly recovered. The name chosen by the prince himself is an honor in itself.

And he was willing to change his name, of course not because he hated himself and wanted to drive him away.

If a folk girl like her can't be taken in by the palace, then the end result will either be randomly assigned to a servant slave, or sold into a hook bar to be a prostitute.

Only by being a servant girl, although she is still a slave, her wages and appearance are much better, and there is even the possibility of going up.

"Thank you for the name, Your Highness! The servant girl will be called Daohe from now on."

Daohe went out eagerly, and Zhao Dezhao went to bed early.

After a few days of hard work, I got a good night's sleep.

We arrived at the Hanlin Academy early the next morning.

As soon as I entered the courtyard, I found that the atmosphere was not quite right.

He has already passed two tests in the Hanlin Academy, and he was not allowed to pass the test, but was crushed by him.

Therefore, everyone in the Hanlin Academy felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy, and vowed to intercept him today.

The chief examiner of the third test is called Xu Xuan, who was once a courtier of Li Yu, the queen master of the former Southern Tang Dynasty. He was known as the "Three Xus" with his brother Xu Kai and his father Xu Yanxiu, and his name moved Jiangnan.

The three were famous in the Song Dynasty for their profound knowledge.Among them, Xu Xuan is the most famous, capable of writing at the age of ten, and does not travel indiscriminately. He is as famous as Han Xizai, and they are collectively called "Han Xu".

Such a celebrity later surrendered to the Song Dynasty along with his master.

The current Xu Xuan is appointed as a regular servant of Sanqi, and the word San is clearly a false title, and those who are false are directly registered in San character.

Because this person loves to argue very much, but because of his profound knowledge and eloquence, he can always win by arguing.

And this person also has an advantage, that is, he has a straightforward personality.It is known in history as "straight quality without pretense".It counts as a reputation.

In fact, this person not only likes to be serious, but also very annoying.

He is in good health and lived to be in his 70s, but because of his good health, it doesn't matter if he doesn't like to wear sweaters and long johns.

It can be seen that there have been people who have strongly resisted autumn pants since ancient times.

"Brother Dingchen! The previous two defeats, the reputation of the Imperial Academy depends entirely on you."

"There is a tripod minister again, no matter how eloquent His Royal Highness King Qi is, he will definitely not be his opponent."

"No matter what, we must not lose again. We lost all three trials. If we are blamed by the Holy One, we will really be ashamed."

Xu Xuan remained silent, thinking about how to stump Zhao Dezhao.

After all, Zhao Dezhao's "Yueyang Tower" and several couplets from Baiyun Academy had already spread throughout the world.

Xu Xuan felt that he might not be able to win by fighting for talent, so he could only use the old method to compare sophistry.

"Here we come! King Qi has arrived."

Zhao Dezhao had always looked down upon such a lackluster literati like Xu Xuan, but now that he has become his own examiner, he despises him even more.

It just so happened that Xu Xuan couldn't see the height of his eyebrows, and thought that his talent was enough to make Zhao Dezhao admire him.

"Hey! The examiners and accompanying examiners of the first two examinations were all defeated by the Imperial Grain Office and punished for farming. Are you ready today? When you are ready, I will take you to set off immediately!"

As soon as Zhao Dezhao came up, he gave Xu Xuan a blow.

Everyone was embarrassed and disagreed, Xu Xuan said seriously, "Zhao Dezhao! Let me ask you, what is Confucianism?"

As soon as Xu Xuan raised this question, everyone present was startled.

Unexpectedly, Xu Xuan thought up such an ambiguous question and asked Zhao Dezhao to answer it.

This question can be approached from an analytical point of view, or it can be solved in a straightforward way, but I am afraid that either one will be thoroughly debated by Xu Xuan.

Zhao Dezhao rolled his eyes and said in surprise, "What kind of question is this? It sounds simple, but it seems very difficult to enter the question."

Xu Xuan proudly said, "Your Highness is right! This topic is too big to talk about, but because of this, it is very easy to enter the topic. It just depends on how you solve the problem, determine the topic, and debate the topic after entering the topic. "

He began to speak eloquently and eloquently, trying to guide Zhao Dezhao into the topic quickly, in fact, he wanted to lure Zhao Dezhao into a trap and then defend him.

"Your Highness! What is Confucianism? Yang Xiong of the Han Dynasty gave a definition of "Confucianism". "In fact, Confucianists are not so pedantic. They have no hindrance to the laws of nature, the laws of society and human relationships. They understand very clearly and thoroughly. Such people are called "Confucians""

Seeing that Zhao Dezhao did not defend himself, nor did he show any disdain, they all thought that he had finally been stumped this time.

Xu Xuan said even more proudly, "The "Zhou Li Tianguan" also gave such a definition of "Confucianism": "The fourth is Confucianism, which wins the people with Tao. "What is "Confucianism"? "Winning people with Tao", what he taught everyone was "Tao", so he won the hearts of the people..."

Zhao Dezhao finally got fed up and interrupted him, "Bullshit, someone who knows everything about heaven and earth is called a Confucian. What is someone who knows everything about heaven and earth? Who is going to define it? This standard itself is already very pedantic. How dare you talk about transparency? law."

Xu Xuan was taken aback,
Zhao Dezhao continued, "It's even more nonsense to win the people with the Tao! Confucianism talks about Confucianism and Taoism. How do those monks and nuns interpret it? Since they talk about Confucianism, they must at least know how to read. Those mountain people, herdsmen, farmers, fishermen, even Those who don’t even know how to read are excluded by your Confucianism and Taoism, it’s a complete mess!”

These words were like a rolling thunder, making Xu Xuan and the others speechless.

"Confucians! You only need to understand the principles of nature, understand human relations, speak holy words, and understand accidents! You can be called Confucianism, and you can become Confucianism! In this way, even monks, nuns, farmers, fishermen... can be tolerated in Confucianism and Taoism, comparable to yours. It’s a big theory, so you can understand it more!”

After Zhao Dezhao finished speaking, the corners of Xu Xuan and the others' mouths twitched, beads of sweat rolled down their foreheads, and their faces were full of frustration.

I have studied Confucianism for many years, and today I am speechless by an arrogant boy. It is really shameless to face the ancestors of Confucius and Mencius.

Zhao Dezhao's set of theories all come from Zhu Xi's "University Chapters".

This person was born only a few decades ago, so no one dared to accept this theory except Zhao Dezhao.

After a long silence, suddenly, led by Xu Xuan, everyone filed out.

Zhao Dezhao was anxious, "Where are you going? Why don't you just run away if you can't argue? What about my third trial?"

Xu Xuan said in a low voice, "Forget it! We will go to the Imperial Food Office at worst!"

(End of this chapter)