In August of the autumn of the fifth year of Tianfeng in Xinchao (18 AD), Guanzhong was the Guanxue Hall of Changping County, the capital of Wei County.

It was clearly daytime, but the yellow candle on the bronze lamp was lit, the flames jumped slightly on the candle wick, and wisps of blue smoke drifted in the house.

At this time, the two officials on the stage forgot their important business today, and they regarded the official school as a debate, pointing at the candle, saying everything they said in a straightforward manner.

"When Junshan was walking with me, he had a metaphor for the physical spirit and candle fire. You said: The spirit lives in the body, just like a flame burning on a candle. When the candle burns, the fire cannot walk alone in the void."

"Yes, the ashes of a candle are like aging, withering teeth, and withering muscles. At this time, the spirit can no longer nourish the blood and qi. When the body's energy is gone and the spirit will disappear completely like a candle."

"But I have a puzzle. Can Junshan answer?"

"Master Bo, please speak."

"When the lamp is burned, you can add ointment and oil to it. When the candle is lit, you can change another one. As long as the fire is transmitted, the flame will not be extinguished. Then when a person is about to die, can his spirit be changed to another body and continue to survive forever?"

In front of them, the ten young men sat upright, all stunned. How could the profound philosophy of the spirit, body, life and death, and the soul of elementary school students who were not well-versed in the world understand?

But I understood the fifth relationship.

His surname is fifth, his single name is Lun, his name is Boyu, and he is only 17 years old. He is different from others in terms of dressing.

The other students were wearing wide robe clothes, and sweating was soaked on their backs but refused to take off the Confucian crown on their heads. However, the fifth rein only tied a scarf and wore a dark safari patterned dress, which was so cool. At this moment, he was staring at the two of them on the stage with dark eyes wide open, not wanting to miss a word.

"Isn't it me who's talking about my mind when it's changed to a body? Could it be that my identity as a time traveler has been exposed!?"

It was difficult for him to explain clearly how the time travel happened. He only remembered that when the bus overturned the mountain, he was listening to Teacher Wu Bai's "Last    Dance" with his eyes closed.

The pain slowly faded away, and the musical melody in his ears gradually disappeared. When he woke up from his sickbed, he found that he had become a boy named the fifth reunion, and his era was...

New dynasty!

The name of the reigning emperor is... Wang Mang!

As a science student, he has limited historical knowledge and knows two people about this unpopular dynasty: one is Wang Mang, the "suspected time traveler", and Liu Xiu, who is known as the "son of the plane" and "great magician", and he does not know anything about it.

Fortunately, there was a little memory in my mind, and I could understand ancient Chinese. The information about this era was collected and digested little by little by little.

After recovering from the Fifth Reunification, he took a photo in the bronze arc and found that except for a short spot, he had thin skin and tender flesh. When he smiled, he could see a mouthful of white teeth. This is a symbol of food and clothing, which is a symbol of rice every time he eats without worries.

He was very lucky that the Fifth Family was not considered a powerful man of the arbitrary village, but he was also a landlord in the county and could be regarded as the lowest-level "lihao".

Compared to the descendants of the criminals who were in a hurry to serve with the verification of the priests, and compared to the descendants of the criminals who were exiled to the border guards, the starting point of the fifth relationship was unknown, and the family could even provide him with his studies.

The house where the fifth reunion is located is the official school of Liewei County. It is located under the south wall of Changping County. There are three or five green tiled houses in the low wall. The adobe wall is sandwiched with wheat straw and a layer of clam dust is painted on the outside. The school is not big, including the fifth reunion, and ten adult children only kneel on the mat.

They were all excellent people who had passed the primary school entrance examination and were elected by the county doctor and the three elders. They just waited for the inspection by Doctor Zhangle from the court to ask questions and complete the process. They could go to the Imperial College in the capital to further their studies in October and dive into a big pit called the Five Classics.

I thought it was a formality, but unexpectedly, the two doctors who came today were not very tuned. Especially the Zhangle doctor Huan Tan, who was a little older in his forties and had a little hair on his head, said something as soon as he entered the door.

"I talked about something on the way with Doctor Liu. Before I finished talking, I arrived at the official school. The prosperity was not over. Anyway, it was still early, so it would be better to let us finish the talk first. The county magistrate, the three elders and the students please take care of themselves!"

Then he left the room without caring about it and talked about what he had just said.

"I am sure that I dare to say in front of the emperor that there are no gods in this world. I am indeed crazy and not limited by etiquette and laws."

Wu Lun heard someone beside him muttering, mentioning the deeds of this unique doctor. He heard that he had been an official in the former Han Dynasty. He was knowledgeable and well-educated, and was acquainted with the Five Classics, but he only interpreted the great meaning, not the chapters and sentences. He was simple and unpretentious, and had a small crown on his body. He was shaking a fan. If it weren't for the copper seal and ink ribbon tied around his waist, he wouldn't have seen that he was an official.

On the other hand, the doctor who talked to him was named Liu Gong, whose courtesy name was Bo Shi. He was said to be the nephew of the new dynasty master. He was warded by Fengye and Guan Zhangfu, and looked serious. But what is the saying "Can a person change his body when he dies?" comes from his mouth.

But Huan Tan responded: "Master Bo said that he could change another one after lit candles. So, who will change the candle?"

Liu Gong said: "Of course, it's human."

"That's right!"

Huan Tan shook his hands: "If no one takes the initiative to change it, the candle will still burn out. Since that's the case, who will change the body for us after we are exhausted and aging, and how should we change it?"

Now Liu Gong was stunned and said after a long time: "Maybe, we can only rely on the gods..."

"Where is the god?" Huan Tan spread his hands and said, "Life grows, grows, and dies. This is like the metabolism of the four seasons. Master Bo wants to change his nature and seek to be a different path, which is too confused."

Huan Tan turned his head to look at everyone. The fifth reunion did not look away without guilt. Instead, he looked back at Huanjun Mountain and listened carefully to every word he said.

"If a candle is good at supporting and turning frequently, it can burn for a while and not die in the middle of the journey. The same is true for people. Instead of thinking about whether they can change their bodies after death, it is better to seek more ways to cultivate their nature to end their sleep."

Huan Tan's words broke the inherent impression of the fifth reunification of superstition and anti-intellectuals in this era. Unfortunately, he knew too little about the new dynasty, and he didn't know whether Huan Tan was famous in history. In the upcoming troubled times, can this crazy person survive?

In the past, as a firm materialist, Di Wulun must have agreed with Huan Tan's words with both hands, but now he dare not be so sure.

"What is the reason for my time travel? I hope it's science."

Wu Lun shook his head and did not think about the problems he would never understand in his life. What he could do now is to cherish his new life as Huan Tan said. Of course, those troubles that may affect his future survival must be avoided carefully.

Just like, today’s thing!

...

Since the private matter was over, he had to do business. Huan Tan turned against his eloquence and became lacking in interest and even yawned. He had to rely on Liu Gong to preside over it, but he saw him saying to everyone:

"It's not easy to study. The farming work in the first month has not yet begun, the summer in August has subsided, and the inkstone is frozen in November, all young children have to enter primary school. When the "Book of Filial Piety" and "The Analects of Confucius", there are as many as hundreds of people in a county. After the assessment of the county doctor and the three elders, only ten people who are outstanding can be selected into the Imperial Academy!"

Everyone stood up straight, but the fifth relationship was not the case. Assessment was about to come into autumn, it was his time traveling through time, and there was nothing to be proud of.

Furthermore, although the original owner of this body was familiar with Confucian classics, the education and promotion of this era not only depended on achievements, but also involved the family, wealth and fame behind everyone.

If you don’t believe it, look around. Is there a child from a poor family? Those who can get to this point either the son of a zodiac official has connections in the government, or the family-born Confucian classics can be given additional classes by elders, or the local tyrants like the Fifth Family. His grandfather gave the county a lot of benefits, and after squeezing out a brother of the same clan, the Fifth Reunion was given a quota.

Liu Gong continued: "Dong Zi said that the Taixue scholars are the main source of education. However, during the previous dynasty, there were only fifty doctoral disciples in the Taixue period, the number of students in the Zhaoxuan period increased to a hundred, and the number of people in the Yuancheng period was a thousand, which was still not enough to support the people in the world."

He bowed to the direction of the capital: "To this day, he has reached the highest level and attached great importance to education. He then started from Wanshe in the south of the city, and the number of disciples of the Taixue School increased to ten thousand!"

Wang Mang himself was a Confucian scholar. After becoming an emperor, he attached great importance to education. This efforts to expand enrollment can be said to be quite large.

Liu Gong also said: "If you promote the Taixue, set up a wise teacher and examine the full range of talents, then you can be handsome. After entering the Taixue, you should also remember your majesty's teachings and practice the Five Classics. The Taixue exam will be held every year. Forty people in the A department of the A department are doctors, twenty people in the B department are princesses, and forty people in the C department of the C department are supplemented with literary anecdotes."

"Xiahou Sheng, a great scholar in the previous dynasty, once said that scholars were sick because they did not understand the classics. If they could master the classics, they would be as simple as leaning over to pick up grass on the ground. All the students would encourage them."

This speech made everyone very excited. It is natural for them to learn and become an official. The disciples present and the family behind them each showed their magical powers to compete for quotas, so that their children can have a good career, which is related to the future of the clan.

Next, the two doctors picked people to ask questions and answer questions, all of which were going through the motions. Only those who were too bad would be wiped out in this round. Liu Gong knew that Ruohuan Tan would definitely ask some non-school knowledge to make things difficult for others, so he took over this job, which made Huan Tan relax.

But even the simplest question, the fifth reunion cannot be answered.

After traveling through time, he not only suffered from narcolepsy, but he had to sleep for five or six hours a day, and his memory was also severely incomplete, and at most he could recognize his relatives. As for the Book of Filial Piety, the Analects of Confucius and even the more complicated chapters and sentences, he had long forgotten all of them.

It is undoubtedly embarrassing that the teacher can't get a word out, there is only one way to do it...

As long as I give up fast enough, I will not be able to catch up with me if I am embarrassed!

When it was the fifth reunion, he bowed to the two without waiting for Liu Gong to ask questions.

"I am the fifth reunion of the later generations. I have something to do, so I hope the doctor will allow it."

Huan Tan raised his eyelids, and Liu Gong also looked at the fifth reunion, but heard the young man with a good face say solemnly: "I am willing to give up my Imperial Academy place!"

I won’t learn this anymore!

...

"ah?"

Others in the official school were stunned and looked back at the fifth reunion. Huan Tan sniffed at the fifth reunion and said, "Ruzi, are you afraid that you can't answer Doctor Liu's question, so you retreat?"

What are you talking nonsense? Di Wulun was a little panicked, but he only smiled faintly. Others only thought he was a young man and didn't care about Huan Tan's "joke".

Naturally, someone smoothed out the situation for the fifth rituals. The Changping County Jail, who had an old relationship with the fifth family, came forward and said, "I dare to tell the doctor Zhangle. This son is smart and studious, and he knows thousands of words in literature. He has won the A-level Class in the Book of Filial Piety and Analects, and has been praised by the villagers."

Huan Tan looked at the outfit of Di Wulun: "Everyone is wearing high-end Confucian clothes, but you, a child, are you wearing a strong casual clothes, save fabrics for the weaver? You can't be poor at home and can't go to the capital?"

This is naturally a joke. After years of full-time study, I have to go to the capital with extremely expensive prices. Ordinary people can't afford it, but how can there be a home for middle-aged people to sit here?

The fifth reunion is neither humble nor arrogant, and responded: "Doctor Zhangle is not also dressed in a thick and slim dress, but he thinks that my clothes are not right. Is this just a doctor who sets fire and does not allow the common people to light the lamp?"

These words made Huan Tan laugh. It was well summarized. Isn’t this the world?

"Junshan!"

Liu Gong stopped Huan Tan's lack of integrity and frowned and asked the fifth reunion: "Ruzi, it is very difficult to enter the Imperial Academy. How many people can't ask for it? Why don't you want to go?"

The fifth reunion waited for this sentence and bowed: "It's not that I don't want to do it. But every year there are more than a thousand people in the Imperial College, and each county has several people ranging from dozens of people. There are not many people in the number of Wei County, and there are exactly ten people, and each county is given a quota."

"I got the first-class first in Changping County, and the second-class person was the eighth-class brother of the same clan. I have a friendship with him and have always been kind to each other."

Huan Tan and Liu Gong are both knowledgeable people, so it is not surprising that the eighth and the fifth one are relatives, just because they were originally a family, and their surname was Tian two hundred years ago, and they were descendants of Tian Guang, the king of Qi during the Chu and Han dynasties.

After the establishment of the Han Dynasty, in order to strengthen the trunk and weak branches, Liu Bang moved the fields from Qi to Lingyi to live in the Lingyi. According to the order of migration, the eighth surnames were produced, but the ancestor worship was still the same, and there was no intermarriage between them.

However, except for this, the fifth reunion is lying. He and the eighth reunion are just ordinary friends and are not friends at all.

"Brother Zong is older and I am diligent and studious. I have never missed the cold and summer journey. I have always been excellent in my studies. But I was just ranked second due to illness during the exam. It's a pity."

The fifth reunion was full of shame: "As a friend, he took the first place when he was sick, which was unrighteous; as a clan brother, he squeezed out the quota for his elder brother, which was unfairness. How could a person who was unrighteous and unfair to learn the books of sages? In addition, I only know the basics of the Analects of Confucius and I am willing to study the Analects of Confucius for another year to improve my knowledge, and give the quota for this year to Brother Zong!"

I have never encountered such a thing before. Liu Gong turned his head to look at Huan Tan and wanted to discuss it. Unexpectedly, Huan Tan was very casual and waved his fan: "If you don't go, don't go. Since he doesn't have the will, why force it?"

Perhaps when Huan Tan was shaking his silence and yawning, he could see that the whole room was solemn. Only the fifth reunion heard Liu Gong talk about the great talk of the Imperial Academy. Huan Tan liked the most that the common scholars who were not guilty of benevolence, righteousness and morality, but were actually devoted to official positions. Therefore, they were often rejected in the court. After so long, they were still a doctor. The fifth reunion's personality was quite in his appetite.

The fifth reunification really did not take studying seriously, and there was no way. The Five Classics and Six Classics were too boring. He inquired that unless it was a gift, the time cost of learning the Five Classics was astonishing. Since the former Han Dynasty, people who entered the Taishou at the age of fifteen or sixteen had studied the Five Classics, but their hair was completely white and they could only understand the first class.

Is it a false statement to go through the scriptures in my whole life?

Furthermore, the Taixue has expanded its enrollment, but its jobs have not been expanded. Every year, a thousand people enrolled, but only a hundred people can become officials. One out of ten, and the competition is getting bigger and bigger. It seems that no matter which era, the exam is like a thousand troops crossing a single-plank bridge.

The fifth reunion doesn’t want to dive into the pile of bamboo slips and waste time. Instead of studying those old articles, it’s better to continue to advance your plan at home - how to protect yourself in the upcoming troubled times.

When I walked out of the official school, the heat outside had subsided, and the cool autumn wind made people feel comfortable.

Regarding today's matter, the county magistrate who was responsible for selecting the quota was a little embarrassed. The other nine disciples whispered about the "lonely walking" of the fifth reunion. The officials outside the house looked at him and smiled, thinking that the child was too stupid.

The fifth reunion has his own concerns: "Not to mention that you may not be able to enter the Imperial Academy. Even if you study hard for a few years and become a doctor who has no real power, what about literary anecdotes? Can you have a soldier in your hands?"

"If I remember correctly, Xinmang is a short-lived dynasty. Judging from the situation, it is probably not far from overturning. Now I am rushing to become an official in the Xin Dynasty..."

"Didn't that joining the Guo Army in 1949?"

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