Chapter 1419 Gift of Silver and Words
"Brother Xu, I hope Brother Xu will not refuse these fifty taels of silver. I hope Brother Xu can prepare for the exam carefully and not let the firewood, rice, oil and salt disturb his mind and distract his energy. In fact, Ping An should have given out more money, but Ping An was responsible To organize the troops and lead the militia to fight against the Japanese, it costs a lot of money and food. It is really powerless. I hope Brother Xu will not dislike it."
After having a good meal, Zhu Pingan took out a card from his sleeve. Fifty taels of silver notes were handed to Xu Wei with both hands and he said seriously.
"How could it be possible? How could it be possible?" Xu Wei didn't mean to refuse at all. He immediately stretched out his greasy paws and took away the banknote from Zhu Pingan's hand. His small eyes narrowed into a slit when he smiled. .
Seeing Xu Wei taking away the silver notes without being polite at all, Liu Dadao was heartbroken. He knew that all the money Zhu Pingan had was invested in military expenses. These fifty taels of silver were the only emergency money left. .
"Brother Xu, before we say goodbye, I would like to say one more word to you. I hope Brother Xu won't be surprised." Zhu Ping'an cupped his hands and said.
"As long as you don't want the fifty taels of silver back, you can say whatever you want." Xu Wei stuffed the fifty taels of silver notes deep into his arms, then waved his hand, with a fat face showing no hesitation. said with a smile.
"Ping'an is actually a repetitive person." Zhu Ping'an said dumbfounded.
"Haha, it's okay if you just say it." Xu Wei grinned.
"Brother Xu may not like to hear this, but Ping An still has to say it. I hope Brother Xu will pay attention." Zhu Ping'an cupped his hands and reminded Xu Wei, "The most important thing is the imperial examination. It is the Eight-part Composition. The Eight-part Composition is about interpreting the meaning of the scriptures. In principle, when speaking on behalf of a saint, one must not hold opinions that are outside the teachings of the Holy Scriptures and the Four Books and Five Classics. Brother Xu’s understanding of the Four Books and Five Classics is far beyond that of ordinary people. However, in the imperial examinations, he still needs to restrain himself and do not disagree with the saints’ opinions. To contradict one another is to contradict the sage’s will.”
All in all, in short, Zhu Pingan wanted to remind Xu Wei not to bring personal belongings during the imperial examination.
The fundamental reason why Xu Wei failed in the imperial examination was that his thinking was too advanced and contradicted the words of Confucius and Mencius and other saints.
Maybe he didn’t even notice it during the exam, or maybe he noticed it, but didn’t control his thoughts; or maybe he noticed it, and controlled it, but couldn’t hide it between the lines. No matter what the reason is, if you include something private in the imperial examination, you will still get a zero score no matter how good your essay is.
Since Xu Wei is currently focused on taking the imperial examination, Zhu Ping'an, as a friend, has the responsibility and obligation to remind Xu Wei, asking him to pay attention and pay attention, be careful and be careful, and not make similar problems again.
"Haha, this is the most basic point of stereotyped writing, of course I know it." Hearing this, Xu Wei couldn't help laughing, with a familiar expression on his face. He thought Zhu Pingan was going to say something, but he didn't expect this. .
"I hope Brother Xu will remember it." After Zhu Pingan repeatedly warned him, he said goodbye to Xu Wei and left.
"Okay, okay, remember, remember."
Behind Zhu Pingan, Xu Wei waved his hand perfunctorily, not taking Zhu Pingan's words to heart at all.
Having taken the imperial examination, I still know this.
How could I, Xu Wei, make such a simple mistake? I, Xu Wei, know the meaning of the saint very well.
In fact, Zhu Ping'an was already tipsy when he came out of Xu Wei's house. After all, his drinking capacity was not very good. Although the alcohol content of the rice wine was a little lower, Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but get tipsy after drinking five or six glasses of wine with Xu Wei.
Walking back on the street, it was already dusk. The sun had already set. Only the afterglow was in the western sky. The breeze was blowing, which was very cool. It made Zhu Pingan's slightly warm face feel much better.
“The Japanese pirates invaded Taizhou again. They sailed for several miles, attacked cities and towns, and killed and captured residents. The local people were devastated.”
“No, it’s too miserable. I heard that there is a county town that is still alive. It was attacked by Japanese pirates and all the county magistrates were killed."
At this moment, people were coming and going on the street, and suddenly the voices of passers-by on the roadside came to Zhu Ping'an's ears.
Japanese pirates invaded Taizhou again, and the county was captured
After these keywords reached Zhu Ping'an's ears, Zhu Ping'an suddenly broke out in a cold sweat and his drunkenness disappeared.
"Brother, I'm sorry, do you know how the situation is in Jingnan County?"
Zhu Ping'an broke into a cold sweat and quickly caught up with the pedestrians, apologizing and asking eagerly.
Zhu Ping'an just came from Jingnan to take up his post. He has been a county magistrate in Jingnan for such a long time. His feelings for Jingnan are not generally deep, and his feelings for the people of Jingnan are also not generally deep. He can't help but care. It's chaos.
"Jingnan? Little brother, I'm sorry, I don't know the situation in Jingnan. I just heard about it."
"I don't know."
A few pedestrians shook their heads, not sure. The situation in Jingnan.
"Who are the counties that were attacked just now?" Zhu Pingan asked again.
"It seems to be Linhai, and it also seems to be Taiping. I don't remember it very clearly. We heard it through hearsay. If you really want to know, I suggest you go to the teahouse in front and ask. That's where we heard about it. ”
The pedestrian replied.
"Thank you, thank you very much." Zhu Pingan thanked them with his hands.
People are a little selfish to some extent. When he heard passers-by say that the county that had been breached was Linhai County or Taiping County, Zhu Ping'an felt sorry for the two counties and felt a little relieved, no? Jingnan, luckily it’s not Jingnan
Thanking the pedestrian, Zhu Ping’an took Liu Mu and Liu Dadao to the teahouse directed by the pedestrian—Yi Hu Chun Tea House.
Zhu Pingan entered the teahouse and found that there were many people in the teahouse. In the middle of the table was the storyteller, who was talking about what happened to Taizhou. Zhu Ping'an borrowed ten cents from Liu Mu and ordered a pot of the cheapest tea. The three of them sat there and listened to Mr. Shu's talk.
After listening for about a cup of tea, Zhu Ping'an almost understood the situation of the Japanese invasion in Taizhou.
The Japanese pirates who invaded Taizhou this time were Chen Dong, the big leader under Wang Zhi. He seduced and gathered nearly 10,000 Japanese pirates to invade eastern Zhejiang. They landed in Xiangshan and Zhoushan, Zhejiang. Taizhou was not their only destination. After logging in, they divided their troops into four groups and invaded Taizhou, Wenzhou, Ningbo and Shaoxing. This time, the Japanese pirates committed a robbery, a passing robbery. The attack area was wide and the impact was great. However, they did not focus on attacking the city, and the attack was only a trial attack. Linhai County was more unlucky. Under the Japanese pirates' tentative attack, the county seat was captured and the county magistrate was killed.
Zhu Pingan specifically asked the storyteller how the situation in Jingnan was. The storyteller only knew that Jingnan was the county with the least casualties in Taizhou. As for the specific casualties, he did not know.
Although he didn't know the specific casualties in Jingnan, Zhu Pingan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that Jingnan was the county with the least damage. Zhou Tai did not let him down. (End of this chapter)