At the beginning, Qin Shi Huang traveled to my home

Chapter 794 The First Perfect Man in Song Dynasty

However, it can also be said that this is indeed the story of Mr. Wang Wei.

Wang Wei was listening to the things that had not happened behind him, and he was focused on them, so naturally he didn't eat much.

After eating some fruits, they did not feel so sick anymore. The dishes prepared by the immortal were delicious, with lots of fish and meat. They were willing to eat them every day, but how could they eat them every day?

Li Wu said, "Three seniors, do you have any place you want to go?"

The three of them looked at each other, and Wang Wei said, "It's up to you, little fairy, to arrange it. We have no objection." The little fairy said that they could go anywhere, and they had no objection to it.

"Okay then. Since the three seniors have no objections, I will make the arrangements when the time comes. Now, let me tell you about your deeds, Senior Fan Zhongyan," Li Wu said, looking at Fan Zhongyan.

Fan Zhongyan smiled and said, "Little Immortal, please speak."

“Many people thought that you, Mr. Fan Zhongyan, had been to Yueyang Tower, so you wrote the famous article “Yueyang Tower”. Who knew that you had never been there in your life? Who could have imagined that?

"But Senior Fan Zhongyan, your "Yueyang Tower Inscription" is really, really difficult to recite," Li Wu looked at Fan Zhongyan. She didn't want to say it anymore. She felt it was too difficult to recite. When she was in school, the teacher actually required recitation and checked one by one. At this time, she was really worried that she would be the one to be checked.

That was really scary.

Seeing the resentful look of the little fairy, the three of them laughed unkindly. They were not laughing at the joke, they just thought the little fairy was funny.

This was not the first time they had heard the immortal say that what they wrote was difficult to memorize.

How could they have known that people in later generations would need to recite it? If they had known this earlier, they should have written more.

Li Wu, devil, you are all devils!

The ancestors in front of the sky curtain also expressed that they would write more poems and lyrics so as to leave more for future generations.

In fact, I also want future generations to know myself. It would be best if what I wrote could be included in textbooks. It would be very different if it was included in textbooks.

"Little immortal, it shouldn't be that difficult to recite," Fan Zhongyan hadn't written it yet, so he naturally didn't know.

Li Wu looked at Zhang Heng, who chuckled twice, "I have seen it, and it is indeed not difficult to recite. However, it is normal for the little fairies to find it difficult since they need to recite so many things."

"That's right. Things will always be different in the future," Fan Zhongyan nodded.

When the barrage posted the full text of Yueyang Tower, some old ancestors were overwhelmed. Actually, this cannot be blamed on the little immortal.

Li Wu shrugged, "Senior Fan Zhongyan, you are amazing. The school you taught at was the only academy in ancient China that was upgraded to the Imperial Academy.

Moreover, your posthumous title is Wenzheng, which should be the highest posthumous title for civil officials in the Song Dynasty.

You are the most perfect man in the Song Dynasty. You can stabilize the country with military force and pacify the country with literary talent. You worry about the world before you worry about yourself, and enjoy the world after you enjoy yourself. You are worthy of being the predecessor Fan Zhongyan," Li Wu gave Fan Zhongyan a thumbs up.

Fan Zhongyan laughed twice and said, "My little immortal, I don't dare to claim that you are the most perfect man in the Song Dynasty. There are many people in the Song Dynasty who are more powerful than me." He really didn't dare to claim that. He thought that he was just an ordinary person. Although he was indeed a little better than many people, there were also many people who were more powerful than him.

"This is not the title I gave to you, Senior Fan Zhongyan.

Let me continue to talk about your deeds. Mr. Fan Zhongyan, your name is Fan Zhongyan, with the courtesy name Xiwen, and you were born in Wu County, Suzhou.

Your father died when you were two years old, and your mother remarried to Zhu Wenhan, a native of Changshan, Zibo, and took you with her.

And because of this, Mr. Fan Zhongyan, you changed your name to Zhu Shuo.

However, the Zhu family was also a poor family. At that time, studying was not like it is in our later generations. Studying was very expensive. Naturally, they did not have extra money to send you, Mr. Fan Zhongyan, to a private school.

Your stepfather asked his friend to send you, Fan Zhongyan, to study at Liquan Temple in Chuping.

Senior Fan Zhongyan, you can continue your studies while doing odd jobs in Liquan Temple.

The temple does not provide meals, so Senior Fan Zhongyan, you should cook a pot of porridge every day with the rice sent from home. After the porridge has solidified, you can divide it into four portions, take two pieces each morning and evening, and eat it with pickles.

And this habit remained unchanged even after you became an official.

You, Senior Fan Zhongyan, also had a hard time at that time," Li Wu sighed.

Fan Zhongyan smiled and said, "My little fairy, I don't feel bitter. On the contrary, I feel very happy."

When Li Wu heard Fan Zhongyan say this, what else could she say? Since no one else felt it was hard, she shouldn't say anything.

"In 1011 AD, 22-year-old Senior Fan Zhongyan learned about your life story from your cousins. You were deeply saddened and bid farewell to your mother in tears, and went to Yingtian Academy to study.

Senior Fan Zhongyan, you became a student of Qi Tongwen, a famous educator at that time, but we don’t know whether you were Qi Tongwen’s student. ”

There is controversy, some say yes, some say no, but there is no evidence, so we don't know.

Li Wu looked at Fan Zhongyan, and Fan Zhongyan nodded.

"So you began to study hard day and night. During this period, you forgot to eat and sleep, and you never took off your clothes. When you were sleepy, you poured cold water on your face. When you were hungry, you ate porridge. Your hard work paid off. In 1015 AD, you, Mr. Fan Zhongyan, took the imperial examination under the name Zhu Shuo.

After you passed the imperial examination in one go, you, Mr. Fan Zhongyan, were appointed as the military officer of Guangde Army, a ninth-rank official. Because of the salary, you brought your mother to live with you to support her.

Two years later, Mr. Fan Zhongyan was promoted to Wenlinlang and Jiqing Military Commissioner because of his honest and upright administration of justice.

Then, Mr. Fan Zhongyan returned to his ancestral family name and restored the name Fan Zhongyan. However, some say that it was in 1028 AD, after you mourned your mother, that you restored the name Fan Zhongyan. But I don't know the exact number.

Two years later, Yan Shu, the then prefect of Yingtian Prefecture, began to run a school in Yingtian Prefecture to cultivate talents.

After hearing about your talent, Mr. Fan Zhongyan, we hired you to teach at Yingtian Academy.

In the academy, Mr. Fan Zhongyan, you set an example by your own actions and encouraged scholars and officials to discuss current affairs of the world.

Mr. Fan Zhongyan, your passionate encouragement has brought a new look to the academic atmosphere of the academy.

For a time, scholars came from far and wide, and Yingtian Academy became even more famous.

Other academies followed suit, and this marked the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty's scholars' free discussion of the country.

In 1028 AD, Mr. Fan Zhongyan submitted a ten-thousand-word memorial to the imperial court entitled "On the Law of Officials in Charge", requesting the reform of the civil service, the elimination of redundant personnel, and the appeasement of generals.

However, since the government was controlled by Empress Dowager Liu at that time, all of your fair and honest advice, Fan Zhongyan, fell on deaf ears.

When Senior Yan Shu learned that you had submitted the memorial, he was horrified and criticized you for being too rash, saying that it would not only affect your own career, but also implicate the person who recommended you.

But Senior Fan Zhongyan was not afraid, and even wrote a long letter to Senior Yan Shu, firmly standing firm on his position, even if it meant being killed."