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Mo Yu was still immersed in his own world, mumbling, completely unaware that all his inner voices were being released simultaneously.
The people in the room had mixed feelings and different expressions when they heard these words.
As the person involved in Mo Yu's inner voice, Pu Songling was naturally the first to bear the brunt of it and endured most of the impact.
At first, of course, he was very surprised.
Because this was the first time he encountered such a scene of "inner voices being released".
Ordinary people would inevitably feel extremely shocked when they saw such a scene for the first time, and Pu Songling was no exception.
But he was the author of "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" and was famous for his imagination and courage. Although this scene was new to him, he was not afraid.
Sure enough, after a very brief shock, he was filled with more joy.
How could someone use "heart sound" to transmit sound?
Was it a god?
Or a monster?
This is simply too interesting and exciting, isn't it?
...
Yes, in the eyes of Pu Songling, the "King of Strange Stories", all strange stories are the materials for his creation - panic? Fear? They don't exist. It
's just a new story material. It just so happened
that he didn't know what to write for his new article, so this one came ready-made.
Originally, Mr. Pu was quite satisfied with this situation. After all, accumulating materials is also a very important job, at least more interesting than his main job as a tutor. Yes
, although Mr. Pu spent most of his life as a tutor, he actually did not love the profession of tutor.
He only loved two things, one was writing books, and the other was imperial examinations. Everything else, life, career, love, were just passing clouds.
At the age of 65, Mr. Pu left his family and came here to be a tutor. He also accepted the request of his friend Wang Shizhen and left his hometown in Shandong to come to Beijing to change the environment.
This Wang Shizhen was the Minister of Justice who was dismissed when Master Kang went to inspect the Yongding River in October this year. The main reason was that he was already 71 years old and it was time for him to retire and go home.
Yes, Lord Wang was from Shandong, and he was also related to the family of Bi, the governor of Xipu Village, where Teacher Pu had been a tutor before.
According to historical records, Teacher Pu had been a tutor in the Bi family for 30 years. It can be said that they were like family members.
Because of this relationship, it was normal for him to be introduced to the capital by the retired Lord Wang. The main reason was that although Teacher Pu was old, he still had the ambition to take the imperial examination. If there was a chance to go to Beijing to broaden his horizons, he would definitely want to give it a try.
Especially when he heard that he was from the family of Lord Shi Lin, the former top scholar and now the left vice-captain of the capital, he was very willing to come.
Speaking of Mr. Pu's life, it is really sad.
He originally had a very brilliant start - he was born into a wealthy small landlord family. Several generations of his family have been successful in studying, and several of them have passed the imperial examinations. It's just a pity that they didn't pass the imperial examination. When it came to
Mr. Pu's father's generation, the old man also studied hard since he was a child and immediately made a fortune through the imperial examination. When he was in his teens, he was famous in the village because of his talent. Unfortunately, he failed in the imperial examinations many times and didn't even pass the imperial examination. It was really a blow. Fortunately,
after being hit hard, Mr. Pu finally realized that he was not the material for studying and taking the imperial examinations, and then he changed his major in anger and began to specialize in business.
The Pu family still has a certain reputation in the local area. After all, they have been running the business for several generations. They have prospered and multiplied to the point that the entire village is full of their family members.
Even the entire village was renamed "Pujiazhuang" because there are too many people from their Pu family. This is very telling.
Pu's father failed in the imperial examination, so he turned to doing business. Unexpectedly, it was out of control and made his family the richest in Pujiazhuang.
So, why do people have to stick to one path? After all, the imperial examination is a game for the minority. If you have the talent to do business and make a lot of money, why don't you happily put down the eight-legged essay and go make a fortune?
Anyway, Pu's father did it, so he spent most of his life happily, but he had only one regret - his family still didn't have a scholar, not even a scholar.
Fortunately, he still had a son.
Among several sons, he thought his youngest son Pu Songling was the smartest, and this child also showed a talent for studying from a very young age.
So Pu's father was very considerate and designed a life path for his son.
First get married, then start a business.
When Mr. Pu was 18 years old, Pu's father decided to let him marry the daughter of the Liu family who had been engaged for a long time.
Perhaps this Liu family girl was very lucky for her husband. One year after marriage, Teacher Pu took the Tongzi exam for the first time. Unexpectedly, he won the first place in the county, prefecture and province exams and became the disciple of Shi Yanzhang, the then Shandong Provincial Education Commissioner.
There are rumors that Teacher Pu was young and energetic at the time. Relying on his talent, he let himself go and played freely in the Tongzi exam. He did not follow the established rules of the eight-part essay, but wrote a suspense novel according to his own preferences and expertise...
This is...
Mo Yu couldn't help but slide on his knees and shouted "six six six" to the old man when he heard the system 006 gossip about Teacher Pu's feats in the past.
Please, that was an imperial examination!
How dare he treat it like a joke? !
It is really like "a newborn ox is not afraid of a tiger", or "a person with great skills is brave".
In the modern world, this is just like writing a poem on the spot when facing the test paper of the specified argumentative style during the college entrance examination...
Generally speaking, the result of doing so is that the test is directly judged invalid because of "overstepping the mark".
But Mr. Pu was lucky and met Mr. Shi, the then Shandong Provincial Education Commissioner, who recognized his talent - Mr. Shi was used to reading all kinds of eight-part essays, and when he was tired of them, he suddenly saw such a unique suspense novel and was shocked.
This is simply an amazing talent!
He must be given the first place. It is simply
unreasonable not to give him the first place.
He was the Shandong Provincial Education Commissioner, which had a significant impact on the ranking of a mere boy's exam.
So Mr. Pu won the first place, which could be said to be a hit, and fired the first shot of the imperial examination.
It was still a good start.
However, "blessings are often accompanied by disasters", such a good start did not bring a bright future to Mr. Pu.
From the age of 21, he took the exam for more than 40 years in a row, but he was not able to pass the exam. He was always stuck at the level of a scholar, unable to go any further. At the age of 71, he was "helped to help the poor" and became a student.
But obviously, the value of this so-called student was not high, and it was basically a "consolation prize".
As for the reason for failure, some people have also made a special analysis. In fact, it was because Mr. Pu had too rich imagination and too jumpy thinking. He was better at literary creation than imperial examinations.
After all, he was a master who could write the world-famous novel "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio". Isn't it normal that he couldn't write a rigid and meaningless eight-part essay?
If he failed to pass the boy's exam at first, and he was still young, and met a teacher who was good at eight-part exams, he might have a chance to save it - after all, Mr. Pu pursued only two things in his life.
One is to write books, and the other is to take imperial examinations.
It is hard to say who came first, but judging from his persistence in the imperial examinations, even when he was over 60, he still insisted on taking the imperial examinations. This matter was still very important to him.
However, Mr. Shi, the Shandong Provincial Academician, was actually not familiar with the imperial examinations. He became Mr. Pu's "mentor" only because of this kind of "favor of knowing someone", but he could not actually give him any professional guidance on the imperial examinations. In fact, because he occupied the position of his "mentor", he could not switch to other imperial examination tutoring masters. It was a bit like fate.
Therefore, if Mr. Pu, who was 19 years old, had not met Mr. Shi in his first boy's examination, his fate might have been different.
It is estimated that the world has lost a great work, but gained a Pu who may still fail in the imperial examinations or barely pass the imperial examinations but is just an unknown minor official.
So, this matter has become "Success is due to Xiao He, failure is due to Xiao He".
It can be seen that things in the world are unpredictable. From the beginning, we don't know what the situation will be in the end.
In any case, Mr. Pu is now over 60 years old, and he is already in his twilight years. It is still a few years away from him getting the "consolation prize" of "contribution". So why is he not waiting at home, but coming to the capital? He
even came to their Lin family to be the master?
This matter is really fantastic enough.
Mo Yu's inner voice continued to be expressed, but Pu Songling had gradually calmed down.
He now understood that the child was "predicting" his life.
Although he didn't know how the young master did it, what he said was indeed his own life.
Whether it was from his family background or from his life experience, all kinds of information about him were picked up and commented on by the young master, which made him feel as if he had been "enlightened".
Yes, there are only two things he wants in his life.
One is to write books, and the other is to take the imperial examination.
The young master of the Lin family is right, it is indeed so.
But more than 60 years have passed, and he still thinks that he has failed the imperial examination, and writing books is just a way to entertain himself in his spare time.
Although this book was loved by many friends and circulated before it was finished, he never thought that this book would be passed down and "become famous for generations".
It is true that "planting flowers with care may not grow, but planting willows by accident may grow into shade".
Knowing that his efforts were not in vain, Mr. Pu was very happy.
As for the imperial examination, he was still obsessed with it before, but now that this young man pointed it out, he suddenly woke up.
Yes, after taking exams and working hard for a lifetime, he still failed in the end. Sometimes, it is really fate.
Since the book has been successful, this life is not wasted.
Teacher Pu lowered his head and thought for a while, and finally it dawned on him. He was just thinking about how to thank the young master of the Lin family and ask him how popular his book was, but he didn't expect the young master of the Lin family to say the next thing.
[And, Teacher Pu, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but it's not good for you to run around all day and never be at home! Apart from anything else, your wife married you when she was fifteen, and it's been almost fifty years now. Don't you spend more time with her? Be careful that you won't have the chance to accompany her in the future, and you will regret it in the end! ]
[Author's words]
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