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Chapter 25: The Old Difficulty of Yuqian Pavilion

Li Dongyang and the other three looked at each other, and couldn't help but laugh and cry.

The emperor urgently summoned the three of them to take the exam for a child. This was a joke if it was spread.

If you pass the exam, people bully the small ones by saying that they are the big ones. If you fail the exam, wouldn’t you lose the face of this old man?!

"The three are all masters of the current dynasty, knowledgeable and knowledgeable. Of course, the boy asked for advice first..."

Seeing that the three of them didn't say anything, Zhang Lun looked at Emperor Hongzhi's cramped smile and knew that he would not be able to speak.

But Zhang Lun bowed: "Boy asks me: One person comes to the inn in the town, and he said he would give five cents of silver in three days..."

This is the question of "who lost the loss" that many people in later generations have been discussing. Zhang Lun deliberately took it out to the three cabinet masters.

Zhang Lun really didn't believe it, they could answer: "... By the afternoon, there were rats in the room. The customer was chased away, and the store refunded five cents of silver."

"Boy, please ask: In this matter, who makes a profit and who loses? Why does it make a profit and why does it lose? What is the allusion as its title?!"

Li Dongyang, Liu Jian and Xie Qian were stunned. They were not afraid of asking the Four Books and Five Classics. They were not afraid of asking the Daming Lu. Even if they were asking the Skills, they felt that they could deal with it.

But how did you solve this problem?! The three of them looked at each other and their minds suddenly started to turn.

Emperor Hongzhi was also a little stunned. He didn't expect Zhang Lun to raise such a question.

So he turned around and asked Xiao Jing, "Parent Xiao, what do you think about this question?"

"Reply to Your Majesty, I really can't answer..."

Xiao Jing bowed and smiled bitterly and said, "This question seems to be a loss for the customer staying in the hotel, but he has also gotten back five cents of silver before he stayed in the hotel. How can he be considered a loss?!"

"Boy asked again: A and B had a quarrel, and then they fought. A used a stick to hit B, and B fell to the ground with blood on his face. A thought he was killed and rushed to report to the official."

Before the three elders could give the answer, Zhang Lun bowed and asked again: "However, Yi was not dead, and after leaving, A woke up and returned home. However, he lost blood and lost his feet and died of falling into the mountain halfway."

"The boy asked: What responsibility should A take in this case? How should he judge? What is the evidence?"

The three old masters all of a sudden turned black. This is a test of criminal law! But where did this little bastard find the example, so tricky and weird!

I was still thinking about the previous question, but now I have another question. I had some clues, but it was interrupted again.

"Boy ask again..."

Seeing Zhang Lun bowing, Li Dongyang quickly waved his hand at him with a smile and tears: "Snail boy, your Majesty is asking me to wait for you to take the exam."

Zhang Lun couldn't help but curl his lips when he heard this. Jiang is still so hot!

The old guy knew that these questions would definitely not be able to answer them in a short period of time, so he simply turned the main and the secondary questions into question and asked them directly.

Liu Jian and Xie Qian were relieved after all, and they let the arrogant boy continue to continue. They didn't know what strange questions they would ask.

"Those who have no constant property but are persistent..." When it comes to the question, Li Dongyang directly gave Zhang Lun a trick without stuttering.

However, Zhang Lun felt that this topic seemed a little simpler: "The sentence comes from "Mencius: King Hui of Liang": Those who have no constant property but are persistent, only scholars are capable. If the people are, there will be no constant property..."

Li Dongyang was a little surprised. Zhang Lun's answer was to first explain the source of the sentence and the whole sentence and then give a brief answer neatly.

Although it was a little simpler, it had already shown its skills. Li Dongyang was a little helpless. Since he had set the questions, it was naturally difficult to set the questions with Zhang Lun again.

At this time, Liu Jian raised his eyebrows, slowly stood up and looked at Zhang Lun and said, "So, a gentleman is safe but never forgets danger..."

"The sentence comes from "The Book of Changes·Xicixia": Those who are in danger are at peace, those who are in danger are in peace, those who are in danger are in danger, and those who are in chaos are in governance."

"Therefore, a gentleman is safe and does not forget danger, and he lives but does not forget death..."

Liu Jian heard Zhang Lun calmly and said the source first and then finished the answer neatly, but he actually nodded with a smile.

Since he was a child, he learned from the disciple of Xue Wenqing, a master of Neo-Confucianism, and he naturally asked that he could not rub the sand when studying in Qingming Festival.

Since Zhang Lun had answered it, even if he was a little unwilling to do so, he would never pick on the tricks.

Now Li Dongyang and Liu Jianke have finished asking questions, so they all looked at Xie Qian and pointed out that he could ask a difficult question to save some face.

Xie Qian smiled bitterly, you two are cheating me!

After hesitating for a while, Xie Qian gritted his teeth and started to ask questions under Zhang Lun's blinking peach blossoms.

"On the matter, a gentleman is neutral but not relied on!"

As soon as Xie Qian said that, Li Dongyang and Liu Jian couldn't help but look at him in surprise.

Emperor Hongzhi was a little confused, but Xiao Jing beside him was also an old man who had been well-read in several dynasties!

So he went to Emperor Hongzhi to explain in a low voice that Mr. Xie seemed to be talking about the doctrine of the mean, but actually meant to form cliques and make private interests.

The two great scholars Li and Liu mentioned the titles of the Book of Books. When they arrived at Mr. Xie, they naturally made the discussion.

"A gentleman is neutral but not relied on" is too confusing. Even if it is placed in the "theory" of the Ministry of Rites' examination, it can definitely kill a lot of people.

When Zhang Lun heard this question, his face turned dark! Is it a harsh person? He is a ruthless scholar. Is this true?

Labor and capital are only thirteen years old, so old man Xie just gave me such a topic! It’s not a bad intention!

Lao Xie actually regretted it too, especially looking at Lao Li and Lao Liu's eyes. But Lao Xie also had trouble and couldn't say it out!

Mud Horse, you two picked yourself out. They also asked me to have a problem. When I got it, you two felt that I was making things difficult for the child.

You have made all the good people do, and you can do all the bad people for me!

"The sentence comes from "The Book of Rites: Doctrine of the Mean": Therefore, a gentleman is harmonious but not flowing, and is strong and correct; neutral but not leaning, and is strong and correct..."

Since Zhang Lun saw through the mechanism, he naturally answered calmly.

Zhang Lun quickly finished answering this question, which really surprised Li Dongyang and the other three.

If you were not well-read poetry and had your own understanding, you would definitely not be able to answer it.

However, among the three, Li Dongyang, a teenager who entered the prefecture school at the age of 7, became famous, and was ranked first in the second place at the age of 17.

There is also a powerful person like Xie Qian who can match his grandfather at the age of seven and the top scorer at the age of twenty-six.

Therefore, although Zhang Lun surprised them, he would not feel wrong. But when Zhang Lun really answered, the three of them looked at each other speechlessly.

Seeing this, Emperor Hongzhi could only speak helplessly and break the silence: "Crazy Hu'er, I already know that you are familiar with the scriptures but I don't know how you write poems?!"

"Your Majesty also asked you to give a question!" Zhang Lun was even happier when he said that he would write poems. He had learned a lot about it in order to show the connotation of female literary youths back then!

Emperor Hongzhi pondered for a while, waved his hand and said, "Let's use bamboo as the topic!"

Zhang Lun smiled and said that Emperor Hongzhi was indeed a kind monarch. Zhu was all called one of the four gentlemen.

His praise is: the lofty and tenacious heart, the illusory heart.
Chapter completed!
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