Finally, Zhang Jun was coaxed to go to bed, and Zhang Heng was not idle either. Zhang Shu was pestering him to talk.

"Third brother, did you really compose these twenty-four wonderful poems on the spot?"

Zhang Shu asked in a low voice.

Zhang Heng shook his head and said: "That's not true. I had some similar ideas in the past. They gathered together and broke out yesterday."

Zhang Shu rubbed his hands and said: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, we don't need that little time..."

He glanced at Zhang Yu's door furtively and whispered: "...Honey...can you write a few songs for me...the kind that you can take out and sign my name on..."

Zhang Heng smiled and said, "What is the second brother going to do with it?"

Zhang Shu chuckled and rubbed his hands: "I heard that the ladies in Bianjing are particularly fond of talented people. If I can also write a few excellent poems, then...hehe...it won't be easy!"

Zhang Heng smiled and said: "Of course."

Zhang Heng agreed happily.

Zhang Shu was stunned: "You agreed?"

Zhang Heng nodded and said: "It's a major event in the second brother's life. Of course I will support it, but what kind of thing does the second brother want?"

Zhang Shu was very moved: "It's better to be the kind that makes girls tremble when they hear it, hehe."

Zhang Heng felt that it was probably pure medicine rather than poetry that could meet Zhang Shu's requirements, but there were a few poems that met his needs, so he agreed. Zhang Shu quickly took a piece of paper and wrote it down. He had to recite it over and over again to avoid unnecessary trouble. It would be tragic if you can't remember it when you need to use it temporarily.

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If we talk about the prosperity of Bianjing without mentioning Fan Tower, then the discussion is unconvincing.

It is said that the prosperity of the world depends on Bianjing, and the prosperity of Bianjing depends on Fanlou.

Zhang Heng had long heard of the prosperity of Fan Tower, and the legend of Fan Tower had even spread to thousands of years later, but when he actually stood in front of it, he still sighed sincerely: "You really enjoy it!"

Standing in front of the door, the three brothers raised their heads and looked up.

The towering building stands tall and the lights are bright.

Although there are only three floors, the height of these three floors is not the height of commercial buildings in later generations. According to Zhang Heng's visual inspection, the first floor is estimated to be about six meters, and the second and third floors are about five meters high, plus the high ceilings. The cornices looked like they must be more than twenty meters high.

There are five such buildings. It is actually inaccurate for Fan Lou to call it a building. It is actually a building complex.

There are five floors in the east, west, south, north and middle, with different heights and well-proportioned layout.

Moreover, Zhang Heng could see that there are flying bridges between each building for people to travel. Not to mention the interior of the building, approximately every building is connected inside and outside, and guests can pass inside. Zhang Heng all admired the spectacle.

Zeng Xiaokuan entered the Fan Tower at the head, and the Zhang brothers hurriedly followed. What they encountered was the hall below the Fan Tower.

Night had just fallen, and the hall was already bustling with people.

Of course they were not having a banquet in the hall. As Zeng Xiaokuan walked, he said to Zhang Heng: "We are in the pavilion in front. My father probably just got home and needs to change clothes before coming here, so let's wait first."

The so-called pavilion refers to the private room of later generations.

Zeng Xiaokuan said he had to wait, but in fact he did not wait too long. Only two quarters of an hour later, Zhuo Gongliang arrived, and his colleagues also arrived together.

Zhang Heng and others hurriedly paid their respects.

Zhuo Gongliang specially helped Zhang Heng up, looked at him meaningfully for a few times, then introduced the three Zhang Heng brothers to his colleagues, and also talked to his colleagues about Zhang Heng and others.

"This is You Zhengyan Wu Chunqing, a fellow countryman of yours. You don't know it, right?"

Zhang Jun and Zhang Heng indeed didn't know, but how could Zhang Shu not know? Zhang Shu smiled and said: "It turns out that it was Senior Wu who was promoted to the third level in planning. Senior Wu is the pride of our Pucheng, so of course we don't know about it. "

Only then did Zhang Heng and Zhang Xun realize that the person in front of them was Wu Yu, the eldest son of Wu Daiwen, the former minister of the Ministry of Rites. The Wu family and his son were famous in Pucheng, especially when Wu Yu got a third class in the system. Famous all over the world.

Wu Yu was the first person to pass the third-class examination of the system since the beginning of the Song Dynasty. This record would have to wait for more than ten years until Su Shi took the system in the sixth year of Jiayou's reign.

Everyone is familiar with the imperial examination, but not so familiar with the system of subjects.

Systematic subjects, also known as large subjects and special subjects, were irregular and unconventional examinations held in the Song Dynasty to select "extraordinary talents".

Intuitively speaking, the formal examination is an additional examination in addition to the imperial examination. It is intended to select the best among the best and further discover high-level talents from young students.

The level and difficulty of the system examination are higher than those of the imperial examination. It is the most valuable civil servant selection examination in ancient times.

There are five grades in the formal examination, of which the first and second grades are fictitious and do not actually admit people. Under normal circumstances, admitted candidates are placed in the fourth grade, and those who fail the exam are placed in the fifth grade.

As for the third class, people are usually not admitted.

Precisely because of this, as soon as Zhang Shu mentioned the third-level system, Zhang Jun and Zhang Heng immediately knew that this person was Wu Yu.

When Wu Yu was praised by Zhang Shu, a smile suddenly appeared on his face.

Zhuo Gongliang looked at Zhang Shu in surprise, thinking that Zhang Shu not only had a beautiful face, but also had a mouth that could speak beautiful words.

Zhu Gongliang introduced two others to them, one was named Wang Gongchen and the other was named Jia Changchao.

Zhang Heng also heard about these two people.

Wu Yu was number one in academic subjects, and Wang Gongchen was also extraordinary. He was the number one scholar in the eighth year of Tiansheng. Of course, what made Zhang Heng remember him was not this, but his relationship with Ouyang Xiu.

He and Ouyang Xiu were the sons-in-law of Xue Kui, a famous official in the Northern Song Dynasty, also known as brothers-in-law. This was not a rare thing.

But what is strange is that Xue Kui had five daughters. The eldest daughter married a wealthy businessman named Zhang Qi, and the second daughter married Wang Gongchen.

In the eighth year of Tiansheng's reign, he was only nineteen years old and passed the first prize. He was then captured by Xue Kui, the first master to be his son-in-law, and dragged him back home and married his second daughter to him. Later, his second daughter died. Kui married his fourth daughter to him.

The third son-in-law is Ouyang Xiu.

Therefore, Wang Gongchen was Ouyang Xiu's second brother-in-law at first, and later became Ouyang Xiu's fourth brother-in-law...

Compared with Wu Yu and Wang Gongchen, Jia Changchao's starting point was a bit worse. He was not even a serious Jinshi, but was born with the same Jinshi background.

However, his academic achievements are not low. The seven-volume "Qunjing Yinbian" is the first handbook of polyphonic and polysemous words in ancient China. It also annotated works, concentratedly and systematically classified and analyzed the different meanings and reading materials of the group of classics recorded in Lu Deming's "Classic Commentary" of the Tang Dynasty and its annotations, and made a comparative analysis of the pronunciation and meaning of these materials.

At the same time, we also collected and sorted out many ancient borrowed characters, ancient and modern characters, four-tone alternative meanings and other reading materials, which will help readers distinguish the correct pronunciation and meaning, so as to understand the scriptures and their annotations.

It was precisely because of his academic achievements that Song Yingzong later inscribed his tombstone as "The Monument of the Great Confucian Elder", which was considered a great honor.

I'm really busy today, so I haven't updated the second chapter until now. There are two updates today. Don't wait, there will be three updates tomorrow!
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