Seeing that Xu Ping had guests here, everyone drank all the wine and finished the meat, and they didn't stay too late and said goodbye to leave. ︽ It has been a few days since the Spring Festival. Although they were all talented people for a while, the article still needs to be put in a lot of energy and have to go back early to prepare.

Xu Ping asked the servant to clean up the mess on the table, let Li Wei sit down, and asked, "When did you arrive in the capital?"

"I entered the city early in the morning and went to submit a letter, so I asked for directions and came to the marquis's mansion."

It was only about ten days before the Ministry of Rites' trial. Li Wei arrived in the capital as a date. The prices in the capital were high, and Li Wei's family was poor. It would be a day to live in the capital for less than one day, which could not be delayed.

Xu Ping said: "Okay, since you have arrived, please stay in peace and study hard and prepare for the exam. There are no one else in my yard, so you live here. Three meals a day will be delivered by someone, so you don't have to worry about other things."

Li Xu hesitated for a moment: "The county marquis is not the largest mansion, and there are many family members. Will there be any inconvenience in the students living here? Or do you still want to rent an official room outside, which doesn't cost much."

"You don't have to worry about this. I have a mansion outside the city, and my family lives there. I have been busy with official duties recently and usually don't go out of the city, so I live here. You are the one who lives in the heart!"

Li Wei hurriedly thanked happily: "Thank you, the marquis of the county! I can serve you sooner or later, and the students can also listen to the teachings."

If we really talk about the knowledge of this era, Xu Ping thought he could not teach Li Wei anything, but when it comes to taking the exam, Xu Ping still had a lot of experience to teach Li Wei. Li Wei had read the scriptures since he was a child, and the knowledge in books was enough, but he was tall and full of thoughts about the unique knowledge of the past. He opened his own school, and the exam might not be liked by the examiners.

This is a very normal thing. In this era when Xu Ping was in, I don’t know how many great thinkers were growing up, but most of them were not very satisfied in the academic field, and few of them were ranked high in the Jinshi exam. Although the Jinshi exam was poetry and essays, and now there were policy theories, overall, what was not about learning, but about the ability to figure out the minds of people and officials. These people who concentrate on learning all regarded themselves very highly and lost in this regard if they accidentally lost.

After asking Li Wei about the situation on the road, Xu Ping said again: "Did you bring your usual poems and essays? This year, the Ministry of Rites was hosted by Zheng Sheren. I happened to have something to visit in two days and presented it to him to read it, which will make you famous."

Li Wei was a little embarrassed: "The whole world gathered in the capital. Isn't it the sir doing this kind of thing that attracts attention?"

Xu Ping smiled and said, "Since the court has not stopped the public papers, it is a duty to submit it. Li Wei, you need to remember that you are going to the capital to take the exam and take the exam. From today on, everything will be important, and let go of other thoughts for the time being."

Li Wei naturally understood this truth, but he couldn't let go of his face. After listening to Xu Ping's words, he bowed and said, "Mr. Xie's teachings, the students understand. I will sort it out later and leave it to the teacher to see first."

Xu Ping nodded and agreed. Submission to the public paper is also part of the exam, and it is not to show Li Xu's talent. It is also good for Xu Ping to check it first. Zheng Xiang, the Zhizhizhi, who presided over the Ministry of Rites exam this year, belonged to the Taoist school and was not very consistent with Li Xu's academic thoughts. Of course, Xu Ping had to select Li Xu's poems and essays to avoid the effect being counterproductive.

Originally, Xu Ping had no research on the academic thoughts of people in this era, but Zheng Xiang was an exception because he had a nephew who was always with him and was very famous in later generations.

This nephew is named Zhou Dunshi, and his name sounds quite rural. Xu Ping didn't feel attentive when he heard it for the first time. However, Zheng Xiang showed his nephew to everyone. He has been full of poetry and books since he was a child and has extraordinary articles.

This is nothing. Sometimes when Xu Ping is intriguing, he shows that his daughter can write poetry at the age of six or seven, but her level is not very good. In this era, as long as the literati and doctors are interested, no one can teach their children how to write poetry and lyrics from an early age, just like Xu Ping's children in his previous life would memorize the "Nine-Nine Multiplication Table" at the age of his age.

But when Zheng Xiang took out his nephew Zhou Dunshi's article, Xu Ping was really surprised because the child's article contained an article that Xu Ping had to memorize in his previous life - "The Love Lotus Talk". Xu Ping couldn't figure it out even though he wanted to break his head. When he learned this article in his previous life, the author was clearly Zhou Dunyi, who was very literary, so why did he become so simple all of a sudden?

Xu Ping couldn't figure it out anyway, so he had to ignore it. Anyway, with an article "The Lotus Love", Xu Ping determined that Zheng Xiang's little nephew was Zhou Dunyi, who became famous in later generations, and the founder of Neo-Confucianism in the Song Dynasty.

Zhou Dunyi's family was not in good condition, and his father passed away early. He lived with his mother with his uncle Zheng Xiang since he was eight years old. It can be said that Zheng Xiang raised him to adulthood. Zhou Dunyi's mother remarried when she married his father, and she remarried with her ex-husband's child, and lived with them.

During the Song Dynasty, he did not look at women's divorce and remarriage in a different way. It was very common. Zhou Dunyi's mother was like this, and Lu You's wife was like this. Moreover, he married an official family, and it was not inferior to others. As for Cheng Yi, who said the sentence "Starting death is very small, and losing his integrity is very large", he is only one year old now, and he is at the age of breastfeeding.

Speaking of which, Xu Ping and Zheng Xiang also have a relationship. Both of them are from Kaifeng Prefecture and are considered fellow villagers. Zhou Dunyi's grandfather Zhou Zhiqiang was also a Jinshi in the fifth year of Tiansheng, and he was the same year as Xu Ping. However, at that time, Zhou Zhiqiang was old and the other was ranked low. He was not a member of the high-ranking young men like Xu Ping and had no contact with him.

But what does this matter? Now that we have to get close, we can all bring them out. Xu Ping always wants to lose face and earn a Jinshi for Li Xu. In this world, it is rare to have a good student who can match his thoughts and be respectful to himself. Naturally, he has to promote his own good students with all their strength.

Winning reputations during his lifetime, relying on himself during his lifetime, and his reputation afterwards depends entirely on his descendants and disciples. Xu Ping doesn’t know what his descendants are now, his son is not born yet, and Panpan doesn’t know what kind of person he will marry in the future. For his own sake, he should first fall on his students. Li Xu is knowledgeable and well-behaved, so of course he is a suitable candidate.

The servant took him to settle down, and Li Wei came over to thank Xu Ping again.

Xu Ping said: "You can use my study these days and read with peace of mind. Also, tomorrow I will ask the servant to take you to the book shop at Xiangguo Temple and buy some books that you take the exam. When I passed the Jinshi, those books played a big role, but unfortunately they were all placed in Zhongmu Manor and were not brought to the capital."

Li Xu agreed.

Xu Ping took out another ingot of silver and said, "Walking around the capital, you can't live without money. You can carry this silver with you and use it in a hurry."

Li Wei did not refuse, and then he put it away after thanking him. It is a trivial matter for literati to give each other some money. If you are prosperous in the future, just remember this kindness. If you are not prosperous, you will be considered as a failure in investment. If you are pretentious, it will be bad.

After collecting the money, Li Xu asked: "Do you live here these days? Don't take care of your family?"

"What are you taking care of? I'll go back to live after the Spring Festival."
Chapter completed!