Chapter 3 Nie Xiaoqian
"My husband, please calm down, please listen to my family's analysis." Nie was so scared that he knelt on the ground.
General Fen snorted coldly: "Say."
Nie whispered: "Husband, think about it carefully. If you can't find a teacher that will satisfy Your Highness, it will always be a disaster. I am afraid that if you invite the private school teachers in the entire imperial city, your highness may not be satisfied. What I said about finding a woman to be your highness's teacher is a try. If it fails, just go and hire other private school teachers."
General Fen thought for a while and said, "You make sense, but just finding a woman to come in and out of Zhang's mansion all day long will fall into the eyes of everyone?"
Nie smiled and said, "Husband, don't worry. We can let the woman dress up in men's clothes, so there will be no problem in entering and leaving the Zhang Mansion. Then we told Your Highness that this woman is dressed as a man. With such a beautiful woman as a teacher, the young master Fang Gang will definitely be very pleased."
General Fen nodded and said, "Okay, just as you said; but this woman with both talent and knowledge seems to be able to go to the academy once. If it is really not possible, Imperial College will also have to bite the bullet and go in."
What is a college? What is the Imperial College? This has to start with the imperial examination system.
The imperial examination system of the Tang Dynasty was divided into two types: Martial Examination and Wen Ju. Compared with Wen Ju, the military Examination has great limitations, but it is relatively simple. First of all, it must be a soldier who joins the army, make great contributions in the army, and is recommended by thousands of households. Only when it has the smallest military rank is at the level of hundreds of households can it participate in the martial arts examination.
The literary examination is extremely complicated. Just to obtain the qualification to take the formal imperial examination, you must first take the children's examination. Those who take the children's examination are called Confucian scholars or children's students, and after admission, they are called students.
Among them, the students with the best grades are called "students" and have a certain quota, and the public will give you food and a certain amount; the second is "students", which are also given by the public will give you food and a certain amount, but they are much less than those of the students with the public will; the last is "students", and only the grain is distributed, and in short, you will not die of starvation.
However, no matter which student you are, you are qualified to be a "county college". If the county college has monthly classes and quarterly exams, you can participate in the annual assessment carried out by the county college. If you pass, you can be included in the "state college".
Students admitted to state colleges have similar situations to those in county colleges. They all have monthly classes, quarterly exams and annual assessments. If they pass, they can drop out of the college and get the title of "scholar".
A scholar is the starting point of fame and fortune. If you have merit, you can be exempted from labor. You can not kneel when you see a magistrate, and you cannot punish him at will. In other words, officials from the seventh rank of magistrates and below must be polite to the scholar.
After obtaining the title of scholar, you can be qualified to enter the academy. The academy is built at the provincial level. Simply put, a province can only have one academy, and scholars can study in the academy.
The academy has a three-year school system, with monthly classes and quarterly exams, and an annual annual exam. After all these exams are passed and approved by the dean, you can only participate in the three-year "country examination".
A scholar without approval can only leave the academy. If you want to participate in the next provincial examination, you must first pass the scientific examination held by the provincial academic and political tour before taking the provincial examination. Only those with excellent grades can be selected to participate in the provincial examination. It is no problem if you don’t want to participate, and you can maintain the reputation of a scholar throughout your life.
Since the provincial examinations are held in autumn, they are also called the autumn examination. After the provincial examinations, they are called Juren, and the first name is Jieyuan.
The imperial examination was held in the Ministry of Rites the spring of the second year after the provincial examination, so the imperial examination was also called the ritual examination, also known as the spring examination. The person who participated in the imperial examination was a Juren, who was called the Gongshi after the imperial examination, and the first name was Huiyuan. After the imperial examination, the re-examination was generally held.
Candidates who have won the title of tribute can study in the "Imperial College". The Imperial College was established in the Imperial City, also known as the Imperial College. The tribute can wait for the palace examination to arrive while studying in the Imperial College.
In addition, there is also a type of students named "School Students". They are royal children, children of high-ranking officials, and children of nobles. They rely on their parents to study in the Imperial College and enjoy the same treatment as tributes. Some people may say that this is unfair, but the fact is that, if you blame it, you can only blame your bad origins.
The palace examination is the emperor's main examination. The test questions were taken. The tributes who participated in the palace examination were collectively called Jinshi after being awarded the imperial examination.
The palace examination was divided into three grades and admissions: the first grade was given to the Jinshi and the second grade was given to the Jinshi and the third grade was given to the same Jinshi.
The first place is admitted to the first place, the first place is commonly known as the top scorer, the second place is commonly known as the second place, the third place is commonly known as the Tanhua, and collectively known as the Sandingjia; the second place is commonly known as the Chuanlu.
The three-level system of provincial examinations, imperial examinations, palace examinations, and formal imperial examinations. As the starting point, the provincial examination must be a candidate who won the title of scholar, and scholars are concentrated in the academy. Therefore, the academy is the focus of everyone's attention in the Tang Dynasty. This is not false.
Another thing worth noting is that women can also participate in literary examinations, but only if they are scholars and go to academy, they cannot participate in provincial examinations, imperial examinations, palace examinations, and of course, except for nobles and royal families, their daughters can directly attend Imperial College and be qualified as tribute.
Therefore, poor families rarely allow their daughters to participate in this Wenju, which cannot create value, but slightly wealthy families are different. They will let their daughters participate in Wenju, so that their daughters can be more knowledgeable, so they can get married in the future and their faces can be brighter. Secondly, their daughters will eventually get married, and they will marry into their husband's family to take care of their husbands and educate their children. It is better to be knowledgeable.
Nie said: "Why should you leave your husband's near and far away? We have a ready-made one? Besides, when you go to the Imperial College to ask for someone, if you accidentally leak it out, it will be a disaster. The fewer people know about this kind of thing."
General Fen asked, "Who are you talking about?"
Nie covered his lips and smiled, "Husband, have you forgotten my niece?"
General Fen shook his head and said that he couldn't remember it. Nie said, "It's my sister's daughter, Nie Xiaoqian. That girl is very pitiful. Speaking of which, my sister's life is not good. She married a bad person and lost her bet. She mortgaged the two mother and daughter. If it weren't for your help from your husband, it would be unimaginable. Although she escaped this disaster, she died of illness. After that, I accepted the girl as her adopted daughter. Later, she saw that she was quite talented in studying and writing, so she asked her to participate in Wenju. She really won the title of scholar and went to the academy to study. It has been two years since then."
General Fen frowned and asked, "Why haven't I heard you mention this before?"
Nie smiled and said, "How dare you bother your husband with these family affairs? I made a decision by myself."
General Fen nodded and said happily: "It's so good. Since you are your own relative, things will be much easier to handle. You can set off now and bring your niece here and tell her the reason."
Nie said, "I am just thinking about it. Husband, please wait for a few days."
In this way, Nie immediately prepared a carriage and headed towards the academy. General Fen was waiting anxiously in the mansion. After a few days, one day, the sound of a horse suddenly came from outside the door. General Fen looked happy and walked quickly.
Sure enough, Nie's carriage was parked outside the door, and with Nie, she was a girl with indifferent eyes. She was only about 14 or 15 years old, but she was extremely beautiful, with picturesque eyebrows, thin red lips, a swan-like snow neck, a concave and devilish figure, and her chest was extremely full. It is not an exaggeration to describe the front of the palace dress as a stunning costume.
Nie coughed gently, which made General Fen, who was stunned to look at Nie Xiaoqian, come to his senses with a flushed face. He sighed in his heart, "The so-called girl changes in her age, and this is not false at all. Who would have thought that the little girl in the past has become such a beautiful woman now?
Nie Xiaoqian was convinced and said softly: "Xiaoqian greets my uncle and wishes my uncle good health and good fortune as in the East China Sea."
General Fen smiled and helped her up, saying, "Ha, niece is free from gifts. I have worked hard all the way, come in and talk."
The next day, Nie Xiaoqian dressed up as a man, and the girl was so beautiful that the whole country was charming, while she dressed up as a handsome young man as a god, which almost made General Fen sigh.
He brought Nie Xiaoqian into the Zhang Mansion. Nie Xiaoqian's handsome appearance attracted the attention of the maids in the mansion. The spring feelings were rippling, and he secretly guessed her identity.
When he arrived at the backyard gate, General Fen asked Nie Xiaoqian to wait here first, and then went in alone. Zhang Luoye happened to be sitting next to the table and chairs in the courtyard. While looking through a yellowed parchment book in his hand, he grabbed some fruits and put them in his mouth and chewed them.
General Fen saluted respectfully: "See Your Highness."
Zhang Luoye raised his head and looked at him: "General Fen? What's wrong? I'll ask you to find a private school teacher?"
General Fen said: "Report to Your Highness that the general has already had a suitable candidate for the matter about private school teachers, but......" He deliberately paused.
Zhang Luoye raised his eyebrows and asked, "It's just why, General Fen said it's okay. Could it be that the private school teacher is suffering from a stubborn disease and cannot walk around? If he is really knowledgeable, I will come to the door and take him to the mansion for a good service."
General Fen shook his head and said, "No, Your Highness, that teacher is not a stubborn disease and cannot walk around. She..., she is a woman." After saying this, General Fen paid attention to Zhang Luoye's expression with some anxiety.
The woman? Zhang Luoye was slightly stunned, came to his senses, and asked repeatedly: "Do you think that private school teacher is a woman?"
"Yes, although she is a famous woman, she is both talented and beautiful, and she has more knowledge than the famous old scholars in the imperial city." General Fen lied. Since he decided to do this, he had to brag enough.
Zhang Luoye was filled with joy when he heard this and hurriedly said, "As long as he is knowledgeable, he will care whether she is a man or a woman. Hurry up, where she is, please invite her here."
General Fen bowed and said, "Your Highness, don't worry, she is waiting behind the courtyard gate. But there is something that I dared to ask Your Highness to agree, otherwise, the woman would have to be sent back."
Zhang Luoye said anxiously: "What's the matter?"
General Fen replied: "That's right. If Your Highness is satisfied with her as your teacher, she is just a woman. When entering and leaving the Zhang Mansion, it will always fall into the eyes of everyone. If the Marshal knows this, he will probably be punished. After all, a woman is not talented, which is more important. Moreover, Your Highness wants a woman to teach, so she will usually dress up as a man. I hope Your Highness won't care."
"So this is the case, no problem." Zhang Luoye waved.
General Fen then breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly bowed and retreated, took Nie Xiaoqian outside the courtyard gate, and entered the courtyard again.
Seeing Nie Xiaoqian's outstanding appearance, Zhang Luoye couldn't help but his heart beat faster.
Nie Xiaoqian looked at the little boy in front of her, and was also a little secretly frightened. Seeing that he was weak, his eyes were bright, and sometimes he had wise eyes that were different from his age.
"See Your Highness." Nie Xiaoqian bowed and bowed.
Zhang Luoye raised his hand and said, "Don't give me a gift, General Fen, you go down first."
After General Fen went down, Zhang Luoye took Nie Xiaoqian to the room, took out the pre-written paper, and put it in front of Nie Xiaoqian. The paper read the following:
The great way is named after the heaven, the earth, the human, and the creatures. It contains the mechanism of yin and yang movement and stillness, and has the mysterious principles of creation, and is the Wuji and Taiji.
The foundation of man and the beginning of things are also called "no nameless". Without nameless means no ignorance, ignorance, colorlessness, ignorance, and view it as the Tao. Therefore, people are the beginning of heaven and earth, not a false talk.
In one example, Tai Chi is famous. The famous one is the mother of all things. People become the nameless beginning and complement all things, so they are born in nature, born in the earth, and life, and things are born.
Therefore, people can practice Taoism, things can practice Taoism, and all things in the world can practice Taoism. Now, in terms of life, parents' love is combined to become a marriage, but before they are born, there is chaos and emptiness in the fetus, which is entrusted to Mu. This is the time of Wuji. Wuji is yin and quiet, and yin and yang are also static.
But if parents give birth, it is like the birth of the world, chaos begins to open, the qi of Taixu is clear, and the turbidity is lower, and the turbidity is put into the fetus, and the differentiates between the two poles. Taiji is the yang movement, and the yang movement is also moving. The mortar is the yin and yang push each other, hardness and softness are rubbed each other, and the eight trigrams are shaking each other, then Qian Dao becomes a man, Kun Dao becomes a woman.
Later, the father's essence is stored in the kidneys, the mother's blood is stored in the heart, the heart and kidney veins are connected, and the mother's breathing is complete, leaving the mother's abdomen, but the turbid air is mixed, which turns into seven emotions and six desires, and is extremely evil. Therefore, parents need to give good intentions to the good and understand the good path, and balance good and evil, so they are ordinary people.
The beginning of practicing Taoism is to transform the turbid air of the fetus, cultivate the mind and cultivate the nature with knowledge, and prepare for entering the body. The ancient sages, great poets, and political debaters should belong to this category.
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"How? Can you analyze it. Have you ever read this 'Feedle Transformation Chapter'?" Zhang Luoye stared at Nie Xiaoqian's pretty face and asked.
Nie Xiaoqian pondered for a long time and said, "This article opens to discuss the world, earth, human and all things, based on the way of yin and yang. First, people, as the foundation of namelessness, can be regarded as the beginning of heaven and earth, and complements all things with Tai Chi, and all things in the world can practice Taoism. Later, they discuss the birth of parents and children, and the turbid air of heaven and earth transforms into the baby's womb, so that the child will have seven emotions and six desires, and their nature will be extremely evil. This is to quote Xunzi's "nature is the theory of evil." Xunzi once said, "nature is the original starting material and simple. False is the literary and intellectual prosperity. Without nature, falsehood is the false nothing to add, and without falsehood, nature cannot be beautiful. False nature is false, and then it becomes the name of a saint, and the achievements of the whole world are thus obtained. Therefore, it is said that the nature of evil can be resolved by etiquette and knowledge, and cultivate the mind and cultivate the nature, which is similar to this article."
Chapter completed!