After becoming an apprentice to the county magistrate Zhou Yuan, Li Kuixin said: "From now on, men can also walk sideways in Yishui County!"

In the following days, Li Kui was left in the county government office by Zhou Yuan.

Li Kui is very strange.

Zhou Yuan was amazed.

The main reason is that Li Kui's gift from his apprenticeship turned out to be a tiger skin.

But Zhou Yuan still accepted it. This is a good story. It has a story, a plot, and a deep understanding of the imperial court's national policy of promoting culture and education. If Li Kui's reputation was not so bad, this story would be enough to make the tabloids in the capital go crazy. But Li Kui is just

What could an almost fourteen-year-old boy do to ruin his reputation? It was impossible even for him to think about it with his head. Zhou Yuan thought that he had wasted half his life and wandered away for many years, and there was actually a seventh-grade civil servant who was famous in the capital.

At that time, I was very excited.

To explain it in one sentence: Brother is going to be prosperous.

It can be said that both master and apprentice are very satisfied with this status.

In the next few days, Zhou Yuan began to give Li Kui an exegesis. The so-called exegesis was to explain the allusions, sources, and regrets in the book. There were no difficulties in "Hundred Family Surnames" and "Thousand Character Essay".

According to Li Kui's understanding, saying it once is enough. As for those who don't understand, just read a book.

Zhou Yuan was quite satisfied with Li Kui's understanding. He soon discovered that his academic experience made him a scumbag in front of Li Kui.

But this cannot shock him, because he has already passed the Jinshi, and the biggest and most difficult hurdle in his life has been passed. But Li Kui, a silly boy, has to start studying at the age of thirteen, and has to go through the county examination, the state examination, and then

Join all the scholars in the Song Dynasty to fight for the chance of the carp leaping over the dragon's gate.

Soon, he discovered that the apprentice he was going to teach could save him a lot of trouble, but the only thing he needed to be reminded of was taboos.

There are various kinds of words in every dynasty. Because they conflict with the imperial power, they are highly disrespectful and need to be avoided.

On this day, Zhou Yuan told Li Kui about the taboo words that need to be avoided in the imperial examination. This is the most important issue in the imperial examination. Once a mistake is made on this issue, for a student, more than ten years of hard study will be paid off.

flow eastwards.

Zhou Yuan ate free roasted chestnuts, drank tea leisurely, and started talking, while Li Kui lay down and recorded seriously.

Of course, Li Kui still has many words that he has not fully mastered due to the difference between traditional and simplified Chinese characters, so they have different meanings. But after recording them, he can go back to his room and sort them out, and there will be no problem at all.

Zhou Yuan said: "Master, I heard you recite the "Thousand-Character Classic" and the first word was wrong. It should be 'Heaven and Earth Yuanhuang', not 'Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang'. You have to remember this, but in the imperial examination,

"Thousand Character Classic" is not tested, and no one would be stupid enough to copy the contents of the book on the paper, but the word 'Xuan' is taboo in this dynasty and needs to be kept in mind."

"Teacher, do you have any answers?"

After Li Kui wrote it on the paper, he was quite sloppy, but he could understand it, so he didn't care. However, he was very curious. In addition to the names of emperors of the dynasty, the taboo words also included the names of empresses and empress dowagers...

Other than that there is very little.

Zhou Yuan felt that this story was too bizarre, and he actually didn’t want to say it in his heart. But since Li Kui asked, he decided to listen to the story: “Our dynasty has been plagued by many disasters since its founding, not to mention internal and external troubles.

For example, the Liao Kingdom was so overwhelming that our country couldn't breathe. Both His Majesty Taizu and Taizong were saints with great talents and great strategies. Several Northern Expeditions ended in failure."

"What does this have to do with 'Xuan' being tabooed?"

Li Kui asked. Zhou Yuan glared and said, "Isn't this already mentioned? From now on, you can't interrupt when speaking for your master."

"Okay!" Li Kui agreed very happily, but it was his eagerness that made Zhou Yuan frown. This kid accepted it humbly, but he didn't change it every time, which was very annoying.

Li Kui is good at everything, has outstanding memories, and is easy to learn. He just likes to interrupt at every turn. Maybe the people in Baizhang Village have an unpleasant mouth. Zhou Yuan also thinks that this is because Li Kui was born in a mountain village and has a simple nature.

In his performance, it was fake that he was angry, but it was true that he wanted to change Li Kui's bad habit.

Zhou Yuan continued: "In the first year of our dynasty at Jingde, the Liao Kingdom invaded our border with the Song Dynasty with overwhelming troops, and the entire northern front was in panic. At that time, we had 400,000 forbidden troops in the north and 600,000 Liao troops. The battle finally ended in Tanyuan

It started and ended in Tanyuan. Both sides had plans to negotiate peace and were unable to continue fighting. Song and Liao had been fighting for the sixteen states of Yanyun for twenty-five years. Wars continued, large and small, and all domestic industries were in ruins. Both sides were in ruins.

Both the Song and Liao dynasties had the idea of ​​​​stopping their troops, and it was difficult for Song and Liao to maintain such a large-scale war. So there was the Tanyuan Alliance. Our country paid tribute to the Liao Kingdom of 100,000 taels of silver and 200,000 pieces of silk every year. So far, the Tanyuan Alliance

That’s it.”

"In the next hundred years, there will be no more war between our dynasty and the Liao Kingdom. Although it is a good thing for our dynasty, the Forbidden Army has been relaxed, and the Hebei Forbidden Army will no longer be able to be reused. Not to mention, His Majesty Zhenzong also suffered criticism for violating the covenant of the state.

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"That's right, when have we, a Chinese-clad clan, ever been so embarrassed?"

Li Kui interrupted again, causing Zhou Yuan's boss to be dissatisfied and scolded: "Do you still want to hear it? If you don't want to hear it, go and copy "Erya"."

"Disciple is wrong!"

Zhou Yuan covered his forehead with a speechless expression. This guy had just promised not to interrupt, and it was less than a cup of tea... He really admired Li Kui's forgetfulness. Fortunately, this guy is pretty good at reading and reciting.

.Otherwise, Zhou Yuan would probably have to stand in the county government office and lament that he was treating someone unkindly.

"Your Majesty was dissatisfied by the people and the government and the public, especially the people. The taxes were already heavy at that time. The people thought of paying tribute to the Liao Kingdom. Wouldn't it be necessary to increase taxes? Suddenly rumors spread everywhere. The late emperor considered that the people were ignorant and believed in witchcraft.

.In the next few years, many ridiculous things happened to our government. For example, after paying tribute, a three-legged toad turned into auspiciousness and transformed into a golden toad, which was conferred by the late emperor."

"But the late emperor always felt that it was not enough to use these auspicious signs to induce the people. So one day when he went to court, he told the officials a dream. He dreamed of his ancestor, Zhao Xuanlang, and this ancestor Zhao Xuanlang had a great origin, he was Xuanyuan

The emperor's true reincarnation. Naturally, all the officials did not believe it, because no such person could be found. Taizong Li Er of the Tang Dynasty was ridiculed because he recognized me as his ancestor. Our court must not do such foolish things, but the late emperor insisted, and all the officials also

have no choice."

"I know..." Li Kui covered his mouth mid-sentence. He had promised not to interrupt just now, but he almost forgot in the blink of an eye.

Zhou Yuan smiled bitterly and said: "Forget it, just say what you want to say!"

"The emperor of the Tang Dynasty was surnamed Li, and I was also surnamed Li, so we can naturally identify our ancestors. However, our dynasty's surname is Zhao. Two thousand years ago, there were not enough ancestors. It would be too shameful to identify one randomly, so we can only create one.

Come out." Li Kui understood Emperor Zhenzong's helplessness and made a decisive decision.

In fact, Song Zhenzong's method can't be concealed from others. None of the Dukes in the court are extremely smart. They are not stupid. How can they believe such stupid words?

But Emperor Zhenzong also said that this was a dream from his ancestors. Although the ministers thought that the emperor was too ridiculous, they couldn't blame the emperor for having a dream that he shouldn't have, right?

What's even more ridiculous is that Emperor Zhenzong felt that one ancestor and the reincarnation of Emperor Xuanyuan were not enough, so he needed a witness, and the emperor also found this witness, the Jade Emperor. This made all the officials scratch their heads in anger, and they didn't even have the opportunity to cross-examine the witness.

No! Everyone saw through Zhenzong's absurdity and knew it was a lie, but it was also a lie that could not be exposed. So he left it...

Emperor Zhenzong immediately issued an edict: "The name of the Holy Ancestor is Xuan at the top and Lang at the bottom. Do not scold offenders."

The officials had no choice but to accept the result.

The emperor recognized his ancestor, which was a big event and had to be carried out with great care. Not only that, it also had to be enshrined in Zen, offered sacrifices to the Ancestral Temple, and announced to the world. In the Song Dynasty, the word "Xuanlang" was changed to avoid taboos. Especially many of them

The names of historical celebrities are taboo and need to be avoided. In the Song Dynasty, all Xuanwu Gates were changed to Gongchen Gate.

Another example is Sage Kong. In the past, the title of Sage Kong was - King Xuansheng Wenxuan. This was a title personally granted by Zhenzong himself. It had to be changed to 'King Shengwenxuan'. Not only mortals wanted names, but even gods did not escape.

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Emperor Xuanwu was so famous that he had to change his name to Emperor Zhenwu because of the absurdity of Zhenzong. This is probably the most tragic fate of the main god of China. He was actually forced to change his title by a mortal emperor.

Speaking of which, the civil servants of the Song Dynasty were also bad. After the death of Zhenzong, the ministers drafted posthumous titles based on the emperor's life achievements. I am afraid that the posthumous title "Zhen" has not been able to be crowned a king or a local leader in the two thousand years since the posthumous title appeared.

Are you the first to have a posthumous title of 'Zhen'? This is just a bit of bad taste among civil servants. Aren't you capable? You forced Emperor Xuanwu to change your divine title, and after your death you will be given a posthumous title of 'Zhen'. If you have the ability

You ask Emperor Zhenwu to change his divine title again.

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It's enough to have an emperor who is sneaky and pretentious all day long, but he also meets the Prime Minister Wang Qinruo who makes it his mission to flatter the emperor and make him evil. Today he talks about auspiciousness, and tomorrow he talks about the heavenly book unearthed from Mount Tai, which makes the people of the dynasty miserable. Perhaps.

The people had been tortured enough and had no intention of speaking ill of the emperor, so Zhenzong gave up.

Thinking of such a result, Li Kui was speechless after listening to it. As a teacher, Zhou Yuan not only told him a story, but also asked him to think: "Li Kui, what do you think after hearing this story?"

"The imperial power is too overbearing!" As soon as Li Kui said what he was thinking, he suddenly felt a little cold on his back. As a commoner, he dared to say that the imperial power was overbearing. Wouldn't it be fatal?

But after Zhou Yuan heard Li Kui's idea, he was greatly impressed and said with bright eyes: "You have a wise eye, which is very comforting to me as a teacher. Although the imperial power of our dynasty is not as good as that of the Han and Tang Dynasties, this is the result of the governance of our sages in the past dynasties. Since ancient times, the emperor

If you retreat, the country will be in chaos. However, this has never happened in our government. Do you know why?"

"Confucianism is based on loyalty and filial piety. We officials are all scholars, so naturally we will not harm the court."

To say that Li Kui was nervous because he made a mistake just now, now he is horrified.

Zhou Yuan is too courageous. Why don't you just say that the emperor can have a baby in peace in the palace and leave the rest to the ministers?
Chapter completed!