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After Liu Jinyuan finished reciting the Yan family's family instructions. Google search reading

Zhang Jiuling and Bai Gui were both a little surprised.

The Yan family's family motto contains more than 30,000 words, which is a lot of words. Being able to recite the Yan family's family motto shows Liu Jinyuan's talent and intelligence.

Since Zhang Jiuling was determined to teach Liu Jinyuan, he would not praise him too much. He only encouraged him and then asked a few questions about the Confucian scriptures to explain the words.

Liu Jinyuan answered them one by one calmly.

But as the questions became more and more difficult, I began to have trouble answering.

"Young Master is extremely talented and rarely intelligent."

"Teach for another one or two years, and participate in the Children's and Ming Jing subjects... there may be some gains."

Zhang Jiuling considered his words and said.

He didn't dare to say that Liu Jinyuan would definitely win fame, so he could only say so vaguely. If he says he will definitely win, then he will be blamed if he fails. But he uses vague words. If he succeeds, he will still thank him as a teacher, and if he fails, he will not blame him too much.

"Liu Yan of the Tang Dynasty was seven years old. He was a child prodigy and wrote straight characters." - "Three Character Classic"

In ancient times, child prodigies were very popular, and prodigies were loved from top to bottom. In the imperial examinations of the Tang Dynasty, the boy subject was set as a regular subject. The difference between Changke and Zhike is that Changke is an imperial examination that will be taken once in a certain period of time, while Zhike is an imperial examination that is held whenever the emperor wants to select talents. Zhike may be held once every few decades.

Yang Jiong, one of the four outstanding figures in the early Tang Dynasty, passed the boy's examination in the sixth year of Xianqing and was awarded the title of school scholar.

"In all the subjects of children, those under the age of ten who can understand one classic, "The Classic of Filial Piety" and "The Analects of Confucius", and who can recite ten volumes of essays will be assigned to officials; those who understand seven will be assigned to their background." - "New Book of Tang"

The meaning of this sentence is that those who can recite ten articles in Tongzi Ke will be awarded an official position, and those who can recite seven articles will be awarded a family background.

"Zi Shou is right."

"Jin Yuan is talented and intelligent, and it is not difficult to get into the Children's Examination. However, I want him to continue studying hard at home, polish his temperament, and wait until the time comes to take the Jinshi Examination. It would be better..."

Liu Youqiu, dressed in purple robe, strode into the living room and said with a smile.

"I've met Mr. Liu."

"I've met Mr. Liu."

Bai Gui and Zhang Jiuling stood up to greet them.

When Liu Youqiu returned to the Liu Mansion, the atmosphere suddenly became much more depressing.

Not as relaxed and comfortable as before.

"Xiang Liu is right, it is not a good place to be awarded an official position too early after passing the child examination."

"If you can get into the Jinshi major, try your best to get into the Jinshi major..."

Zhang Jiuling replied.

The big guys who can pass the Jinshi examination are not necessarily much worse than the child prodigies who were young. It's just that both have their own advantages. It is undoubtedly easier to take the Children's Examination than the Jinshi Examination. When you get older, it will be more difficult to take the Jinshi Examination. But similarly, most of the people who are born in the Tongzi Branch are teenagers under ten years old, and sometimes they are not awarded officials. Even if they are awarded officials, there is not much benefit for people from the Tongzi Branch to enter the officialdom early.

It just depends on how to choose between the two.

The Liu Mansion obviously planned for Liu Jinyuan to take a safer path.

A boy who passes the examination does not necessarily develop better than a Jinshi in the Jinshi examination.

It is not necessarily a good thing for a boy to become an official at an early age.

"Zishou, Meihe, this is the teacher's gift for application. Please accept it. I will send someone to your residence later."

"As for teaching Jin Yuan..."

"Since you two are applying together, you can just set aside three days a month for teaching. Jin Yuan also has a teacher. You two are here just to give him advice..."

Liu Youqiu pondered for a while and said.

"This official understands this matter."

Bai Gui and Liu Jinyuan replied respectively.

Bai Gui originally planned not to take on this job, but after hearing Liu Youqiu say that he would come three times a month, it would be just a casual thing. It would not take much effort to agree to it. Anyway, it is impossible to coach Liu Jinyuan for too long a day. , in real terms, it means that I only provide guidance for less than half a day a month.

But don’t underestimate the three guidances in this month.

Those who can become the number one scholar and the third most successful person must have high opinions in the imperial examination. This thing is worth tens of thousands of gold, and most people can't buy it even if they want to.

As for Liu Youqiu himself, Bai Gui still knew a little bit about it. Liu Youqiu passed the law examination in the imperial examination during the Wu and Zhou Dynasties, was ordered to be a county captain, and climbed up step by step.

Liu Youqiu was not from the Jinshi Department.

Although there was no unspoken rule in the Tang Dynasty that in the Ming Dynasty, one could not enter the cabinet without joining the Imperial Academy, but the title of White-clothed Prime Minister of the Jinshi Department was not for nothing. People who came from the Jinshi Department had more opportunities than officials from other departments.

Liu Youqiu asked Liu Jinyuan to give Bai Gui and Zhang Jiuling the apprenticeship ceremony.

There are many items given as apprenticeship gifts, all of which are quite valuable.

It's roughly worth about three to four hundred guan.

In the Liu Mansion, the two impromptuly taught Liu Jinyuan some knowledge.

Wait until it gets dark later.

Come out of Liu Mansion.

Bai Gui and Zhang Jiuling said goodbye to each other and left on horseback.

Arrive at Jinxian Temple.

The female official asked Bai Gui to go to the back court to meet Princess Jinxian.

"Brother Bai Dao..."

"This time you and I left Shengyefang before the dawn drum was beaten, which is considered a night crime. An imperial envoy went to the father to impeach..."

"Tell me and you..."

Princess Jinxian pursed her red lips, a little embarrassed, "I said that you and I were alone, riding in a phoenix chariot together, which was offensive to morals and ruined the reputation of the royal family. My father scolded me, and then..."

When Bai Gui heard this, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

Destroy the reputation of the royal family?

The reputation of Li Tang's royal family and the reputation of the princess...is there any room for decline? !

From the time when Princess Gaoyang asked Fang Yiai, the Prince Consort, to guard the door, and when she fell in love with Monk Bianji, a disciple of Tang Xuanzang, the reputation of the royal princess of Li Tang had been trampled under her feet countless times.

Nowadays, Princess Taiping has countless favors. During the time of Wu Zhou, she occasionally gave a few to Wu Zetian...

"What did the saint say?"

Bai Gui sighed.

Now that Tang Ruizong and Li Dan have not sent troops to arrest him, it seems that the matter is not irreversible. If it were in other dynasties, he would not dare to ride in a phoenix chariot with the princess, but who would have expected that something that was common in the Tang Dynasty would cause trouble for him.

This matter is in a gray area.

You can cause trouble for him, but you don't want to cause trouble for him.

It was completely within Tang Ruizong's thoughts.

However, according to Bai Gui's guess, this was just Tang Ruizhong Li Dan's secret plan to use this as an excuse to force him to "voluntarily" marry Princess Jinxian as his wife and become the prince's consort.

Although he said he had a wife, there really was no engagement in this world. His parents died early under the Bai clan of Gui, and it was his brother Bai Huang who took care of him. After he became an official, he has been wandering around and has not made a marriage arrangement for him. .

With his status as the top scholar and his face as beautiful as a crown jewel, it can be said that all the powerful people in Chang'an are eyeing him as their son-in-law. It was just that everyone saw that the emperor wanted to recruit him as the prince-in-law, so they restrained themselves and did not dare to compete with the emperor for his son-in-law.