Du Zhongxiao had never dealt with mainstream scholars of this era. Although his father was a juren, except for studying as a child, he usually talked about firewood, rice, oil and salt. As for the family, country, the people and the people, Du Xun did not have that mind.

After giving Mei Yaochen to the living room, he served tea, Du Zhongxiao thought about it again and again, and then said, "I just occasionally feel the thoughts of the essays. The so-called article is natural, but I just met it—"

When she heard Du Zhongxiao's humble statement, Mei Yaochen let go and smiled, "My friend is so kind. I have read my article several times, and the artistic conception is not the same as the mood of a young man. We have discussed it once, and they all think that your father's failure in the capital and his family is in ruins. My friend's thoughts were written by his feelings. The article was natural, but he had not experienced the hardships of life. How could he do it?"

Du Zhongxiao was ashamed that this topic was not easy to continue. At that time, he recorded an article by Ouyang Xiu just because he was from this era and did not think about it carefully. At that time, Su Shunqin didn't say anything, but he didn't expect that after returning to the city, he spread the article widely. It was okay for others. When Ouyang Xiu saw him, he suddenly felt like a close friend and recommended it to many scholars who had contact, Mei Yaochen was one of them.

When talking about the article, Mei Yaoya said it and communicated with Du Zhongxiao with "Autumn Sounds" in his back. Fortunately, Du Zhongxiao still remembered some annotations from this text in his previous life, and could say a few words, which was not particularly embarrassing.

After talking for a while, Mei Yaochen sighed: "My friend, I saw that you were quite insightful when talking, but I was too restrictive. We scholars are together and we should open our minds when talking about some articles."

Du Zhongxiao said carefully: "Official, you are the current magistrate, I am just a teenager in the farm. Half a year ago, I still had no food and clothing, so I was in the county town with freezing and hunger. I only had a few days of full meals, so how could I talk about the world--"

Mei Yaochen laughed loudly after hearing this: "Do you think we will have big fish and meat when we become officials? Alas, the same thing. If the books of sages we read are just seeking worldly glory and wealth, wouldn't it be a shame for our ancestors? Using the principles in the books to save the world and the people is the original intention of scholars."

Speaking of this, Mei Yaochen took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Du Zhongxiao: "I have a friend Ouyang Xiu, a Jinshi from Wang Gongchen's list in the seventh year of Tiansheng. Now the capital is proofreading the museum. When we met, he once laughed at himself and could not help but be poor all his life. A few days ago, he gave me a poem with Lu Jing, which is exactly what the poor scholars are so sad. My friend, scholar, should have this kind of mind."

Du Zhongxiao received the letter and saw that it was a snowy day in the capital. Ouyang Xiu and Lu Jing drank with him, and a five-character couplet sent to Mei Yaochen on a whim. Lu Jing was a Jinshi of Zhang Tangqing in the first year of Jingyou. He was the same year as the general judge Su Shunqin. He is now a judge in Dali in Beijing and has a close relationship with Ouyang Xiu.

The poem starts from Ouyang Xiu: "The night moon is bright in the cold window", Lu Jing couplet "The scattered volume is bright and the lights are burned, and the inkstone is broken and the ice is broken." There are nearly ten rhymes in the middle, and finally Lu Jing's "The garden is falling, so why should I welcome the smile before I laugh," Ouyang Xiu's "Meeting with you, mocking the rice."

The content of the poem is nothing more than two poor scholars drinking and having a poor diet. These lower-class officials have low salaries. If they are just one person, they still have no worries about food and clothing, but they all have to raise a family and their lives are not well off. The two of them also started to write a poem to send to their friends to chat with themselves. This is a common thing for literati at this time, and people always have to find some fun when they live.

Du Zhongxiao secretly said ashamed that his "Fu Fu of Autumn" was copied by Ouyang Xiu. Unexpectedly, someone used him as an example to tell him the truth about being a human being. However, the few young officials involved in the past are only one Ouyang Xiu who could remember in his previous life. The other two thought they had no major achievements. There are not many things about them in history. Mei Yaochen said it very reasonably. Scholars should be in love with the world, but how can Du Zhongxiao, who was a human being in two lives? What he cares most now is how to survive and then how should he survive.

Du Zhongxiao looked at the five-character couplet again and again, but what he thought was another story. This poem is of course a mediocre work, and it is not much to be praised. It is a game of literati. But it is also this kind of game that shows the best level of a scholar. The rhyme is started on the spot, and it is stable. Although there are no golden sentences, every sentence must be in line with the topic, and it must have strong basic skills. The basic skills are exactly what Du Zhongxiao lacks.

Although he was not a liberal arts student in his previous life, Du Zhongxiao still memorized some poems, and most of them were excellent works. He copied two poems casually, and it was not difficult to sing them in this era. Just like he occasionally copied an article "Fu of Autumn Sounds", which inadvertently spread it, and Mei Yaochen also visited him. However, the copied name of the article was like building a tower on sand, and the true form would soon be revealed.

Just like the couplet between Ouyang Xiu and Du Jing, in the same situation, what should others do if they want to write an article with Du Zhongxiao? This kind of thing is very common among literati. If you don’t have this ability, you can’t play with others quickly. This is the basic skill of literati and the daily life of literati. Those famous works that have passed down from generation to generation are revealed by eliminating these mediocre works. If you can’t write mediocre works, you will be famous works. Who believes that?

Thinking of this, Du Zhongxiao regretted copying Ouyang Xiu's articles. He came to see a few characters like Mei Yaochen at intervals, and he had to reveal his feelings. The literary talent he showed off was risky, and it was better to study honestly and get a Jinshi.

Mei Yaochen didn't care about Du Zhongxiao's expression. During the imperial examination in the capital, he accidentally met Du Xun. He remembered that he was a mediocre scholar who devoted fame and fortune, and had little knowledge. How could a son taught by such a father have a higher vision? But the article "The Fu Wen'an was good, not just literary talent, but also open-mindedness and openness in it is what Mei Yaochen appreciated. If he could write such an article, he would definitely not be an ordinary person, and his mind would not deceive people. Even if he was trapped in life for a while and was fascinated by the world, he would eventually make a great effort.

Seeing that Du Zhongxiao didn't want to talk much about literature, Mei Yaochen understood it in his heart. A poor scholar in a small place had limited knowledge and accidentally wrote a good article, which attracted attention and was certain to be concerned and trepidated.

Mei Yaochen grew up with his uncle Mei Xun since he was a child. He also used Mei Xun's favored position to enter the officialdom and became an official at a young age. However, he became famous at a young age, but his journey to the imperial examination has been unhappy. He failed many times when he was admitted to the Jinshi. This is how people are. The more they lack something, the more they want to get it. Mei Yaochen is like this. He seems to be crazy about passing the imperial examination.

Fan Zhongyan, who admired these young and powerful officials last year, went to the northwest. Because the border commander had the power to open the shogunate, many people had hope, including Ouyang Xiu and Mei Yaochen. Compared with the hard work in the mainland, going to the frontier to achieve success and quickly advance was a shortcut. However, reality quickly disappointed them. Fan Zhongyan, who had been demoted with him and was demoted, was only appointed as the chief secretary. Ouyang Xiu naturally did not want to go to the frontier to be a small civil servant who wrote a letter of 46 documents and refused. Mei Yaochen, who once asked Ouyang Xiu to recommend himself to Fan Zhongyan, thus silly cut off his thoughts, and since then he had acquainted with Fan Zhongyan, placing his hopes on Han Qi, Yin Zhu and others.

Mei Yaochen came here when he was hopeless in the northwest and the Ministry of Personnel sent to Huzhou to supervise the alcohol tax. His career was not going well, his imperial examination failed, and all kinds of frustrations were stacked together, which made Mei Yaochen have a good impression of Du Zhongxiao, a young man who was too modest in front of him.

Drinking tea, Mei Yaochen introduced Du Zhongxiao to the literati who sang with his poems and essays. While introducing others, Du Zhongxiao truly had the awareness of a scholar and should not put his mind all in the secular world.

However, Du Zhongxiao felt that the literati friends mentioned by Mei Yaochen were more sharp and less dignified than the ending Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng's generation. Even if he didn't care about current affairs, Du Zhongxiao could feel it from Mei Yaochen's words and the daily government. As the literati commander in the northwest stepped onto the stage, the old and new court officials changed, one era was coming, and another era was slowly beginning. Even with the arrival of the new and old county of Linying, Fan Town, can feel this atmosphere of the times.

Every era has its own style, which is best expressed by idealistic scholars like Mei Yaochen. They are most easily influenced by the times and can change an era the most.

In order to support his family, Du Zhongxiao had been struggling for more than half a year, and his family had just improved a little. At this moment, Mei Yaochen inadvertently showed him the characteristics of the times, making Du Zhongxiao realize that this was an era of flowers and cooking oil with fire.

Scholars dream of making achievements, the whole society hopes for peace and stability, but social conflicts have not eased. Not to mention anything else, a Wu family who runs a restaurant took the household as slaves a few months ago, and a commoner woman as maids and concubines as natural.

Mei Yaochen was tired and picked up the tea to drink.

Du Zhongxiao sighed and said, "Official, I have read books of sages since I was a child, and I understand the great principles. However, as a villain, I am a helpless person in this world. Even if I focus on the country and the people, I have to live first. Take my restaurant as an example. Until today, it has been considered as providing food and clothing for our two families. But a few months ago, do you know what the situation was?"

Speaking of this, Du Zhongxiao sighed heavily and told him that he and his mother came to the county town and had no food and clothing. Until he talked about Wu Kejiu oppressing the Han family and forcibly taking Yue Niang as his concubine, the two families were desperate and said, "A rich family is just a restaurant and a few farms, so they regard the people as cattle and horses. There are also officials in the county town, and there are also county magistrates and magistrates, but a tyrant child is doing evil in the yamen. Officials, this is a peaceful time, and the government is clear and clear, small

The people are so sad. If I hadn't had this method of steaming wine, I wouldn't dare to think about the situation of our two families now. Even though the new Magistrate Fan made a decision, the Wu family had not received any punishment. Today, they stole the method of making wine from my family. They are rich and powerful families. In a few years, how could they know that it would be the same as before? I have the world in my heart, and I want to survive first! If I am poor, I will be safe. Now I am poor and I will help the world if I don't have enough time.
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