Although the scenery of the Three Gorges is beautiful, the waterway is very dangerous, with turbulence and dark rocks.

Ouyang Fa and Zhang Yue couldn't help but feel excited as they listened to Su Shi's description of the scene of a group of people riding a boat rushing down the current in the wild waves as fast as galloping horses.

Su Shi was talking all the way, and the three of them were unconsciously fascinated. Sometimes they saw rough waves here, and occasionally they looked up and saw an isolated hut on the cliff. The woodcutter went up the mountain to chop wood with the blue sky on his back, and the goshawk soared among the mountain tops.

After that, Su Shi told some fairy tales about the Goddess Peak, and the three of them were even more mesmerized.

In the end, Su Shi said that during this trip, the two brothers had more than a hundred poems in couplets, which were titled "Collection of Journey to the South" and had been commissioned to be published. Each of them would receive a copy as a gift.

All three of them were happy.

Zhang Yue smiled and said, "You deserve it."

Ouyang Fa from the side said: "Brother Zizhan likes gold and stone. Wouldn't it be nice for you to engrave a seal on it and give it as a gift?"

Su Shi asked in surprise: "Will Du Zhishan be engraved with a seal?"

Zhang Yue smiled and said, "I know a little bit about it."

After saying that, Zhang Yue handed an idle seal he had brought with him to Su Shi. Unexpectedly, Su Shi couldn't put it down after seeing it, and couldn't help but ask: "Sanlang, I'm so used to this seal method. I wonder if I can teach Su."

Zhang Yue couldn't help laughing and said: "Okay."

Su Shi laughed loudly when he heard this, while Su Zhe wiped his brother's sweat. It was like this for the first time when they met. Fortunately, Zhang Duzhi didn't refuse.

Soon a servant came here and said to Ouyang: "The master is hosting a banquet in the mansion to entertain the guests of the Su family. I also heard that Mr. Zhang Sanlang is here and he will also attend the banquet."

Zhang Yue listened and thought, "Okay, so I'll meet Sansu together."

Zhang Yue followed everyone to the main hall.

But I saw Ouyang Xiu chatting with an old man who knew his destiny.

This old man is most likely Su Laoquan.

Su Shi and Su Che passed the Jinshi examination in the second year of Jiayou's reign, but they have not yet been conferred an official title. As for their father Su Xun, they have not yet passed the Jinshi examination.

Of course, Su Xun's articles were extremely well written. Zhang Fangfang, the top scholar in the Song Dynasty, read Su Xun's articles and once lamented, "Zuo Qiu mastered Mandarin, Sima Qian was good at narration, and Jia Yi mastered the king's way, and both kings and kings have mastered it."

Later, Zhang Fangping wrote a letter recommending Sansu to Han Qi and Ouyang Xiu.

When his two sons were awarded Jinshi, Su Xun wept with joy and wrote a poem: "If you don't know how to get into the imperial examination, it will be easy for an old man to reach the sky. If you don't know how to get into the imperial examination, it will be difficult for a child to pick up mustard."

This poem is quite 'Versailles'.

In the third year of Jiayou's reign, Song Renzong felt that such a talented person should not be left behind, so he asked Su Xun to take the examination in Sherenyuan, but Su Xun refused to go.

Su Xun wrote to his friends and explained that he was very old and had to take exams, so it was very embarrassing for someone to weigh the quality of his articles. My writing just did not meet the standards of the exam. If the court felt that my articles were used, they would be used. If it's not good, don't use it.

In the fourth year of Jiayou's reign, the imperial court once again summoned him to take the exam in Beijing.

It happened that Su Xun's two sons had also finished mourning their mother, so the three of them moved from Shu to Beijing.

After Su Xun came to Beijing, he met Han Qi and Ouyang Xiu, father and son, three noble men in their official careers.

He came to see Ouyang Xiu today not to seek an official position for himself, but to hope that Ouyang Xiu could support his two sons.

The two brothers were both junior and senior, and the eldest son Su Shi was so talented that even Ouyang Xiu praised others. Thirty years later, no one knew about my articles, only Su Shi's.

Although the second son Su Zhe is less talented, he is steady and cautious.

Both of my sons are talented people who can be developed. My father, an old man, is nearly fifty years old and has hit a wall everywhere and has achieved nothing. If they follow his footsteps, they are afraid that their achievements in the officialdom will be limited in the future.

Therefore, Su Xun approached Ouyang Xiu and asked him to take care of his two sons. It didn't matter whether he was an official or not.

However, Su Xun did not expect that Ouyang Xiu and Han Qi had some differences of opinion in the court over the matter of tea.

The three Sus and his son were both world-famous wise men. Han Qi and Ouyang Xiu both wanted to capitalize on their fame. Su Xun was speechless for his two sons, but Ouyang Xiu didn't make any promises, so he couldn't help but feel worried.

Ouyang Xiu saw Zhang Yue and others arriving and said with a smile: "Mingyun, the younger generation are here, let's take a seat first!"

At that moment, Ouyang Fa introduced Zhang Yue to meet Su Xun again.

Su Xun was worried. Although he didn't expect why Zhang Yue could sit at the table, he didn't think about it carefully.

As for Zhang Yue, he breathed a sigh of relief. If someone asked, how did you know that I called myself Laoquan? What should I do?

Everyone went to the back hall to sit down. Ouyang Xiu was hosting a banquet for guests, so the cook at the house was always preparing dishes.

This meal is very rich.

Even though there were children around, Su Xun still said: "Bachelor, when I named the second son, I saw that the wheels, spokes, and cover all had responsibilities for the car, but Shi (the armrest) was the only one who did nothing. Without Shi, he is not a car. I named my dog ​​Shi because I was afraid that he would not be a car."

"As for the ruts, all the chariots in the world travel along the ruts, but when it comes to the performance of the chariots, the ruts never follow them. Even if the chariots are destroyed and the horses are killed in the future, they will not be blamed for running in the ruts. Such ruts will lead to disasters and blessings. Even though it’s useless, it’s not an exaggeration.”

Zhang Yue sighed in his heart after hearing Su Xun's remarks.

This is what a father's beloved son has for his far-reaching plans. It's fine for Shi to be the appearance of the car (country), but he does not have to bear its responsibilities.

Ru is the sign of the wheel of a chariot. If you participate in the work but things don't work out in the future, you won't blame yourself.

Zhang Yue suddenly thought of Su Shi's poem, "Everyone raises his son to be smart, but I have been deceived in my life by being smart. But the child is stupid and careless, and he will be able to reach the throne without disaster."

I have to say that the three of them, father and son...

At this moment, Ouyang Xiu said: "A few months ago, the imperial court issued a decree to open the Zhike Department, and Chen Qian and I were admitted to the fourth class of the Zhike Department. The emperor has said that the fourth class of the Zhike Department will be the same as the two or three Jinshi."

"I think Ming Yun might as well let them give it a try?"

Su Xun's eyes narrowed when he heard this. He originally wanted Ouyang Xiu to arrange an official career for his two sons, but unexpectedly Ouyang Xiu encouraged the two brothers Su Shi and Su Zhe to take the exams for the system.

He knew how difficult it was to make science. He didn't expect Ouyang Xiu to point out such a path to their brothers.

The first pass was recommended by two ministers.

In the second level, you have to write 50 articles for the Minister of Two Systems to comment, and only then can you qualify for the exam.

As for the most difficult one, it is the system-based examination. The scope of the questions is the Eleven Classics and Commentaries, the Seventeen Histories, the Seven Martial Arts Books, etc.

The examiner will ask six questions, called the Six Secret Pavilion Essays.

These six questions, each of more than 3,000 words, must be written within one day and one night.

That's at least 18,000 words, so there's no time for you to formulate your ideas. You just start writing.

In the end, the prime minister and other ministers will personally evaluate the ranking, and they will be assessed twice. Those who finally reach the fourth grade will have to pass the Emperor's Imperial Examination.

Ouyang Xiudao: "The next academic examination should be in August of the year after next. If we start preparing now, we may be successful by then."

Su Xun said: "The difficulty of the pavilion examination..."

Ouyang Xiu said with a smile: "Ming Yun should think more about it."

Hearing this, Zhang Yue also understood the difficulty of the system of education. Now that Su Shi and his brothers could directly serve as officials, there was no need to spend another two years preparing for the examination of the system of education.

But unless you are extremely confident in yourself.

In the Jinshi examination in the second year of Jiayou's reign, one of Su Shi's brothers ranked in the top four and the other in the top five. If they had done well in the examination, their official careers would undoubtedly have been shortened by several years.
Chapter completed!