Chapter 425 Everyone has his own ambitions and different ways
Wen Zhengming had studied with Shen Zhou for a period of time and was a little surprised after hearing the introduction.
The so-called "student" refers to taking someone as a teacher, learning academics, skills, etc. from him, usually mastering some of the essence of the teacher's skills. Wen Zhengming can proudly say that he studied under Shen Zhou, but this Li Yun... your skills It's okay if he's not seductive, but he still wants to lean on Shen Zhou, it's just shameless.
Wen Zhengming smiled faintly and said: "The handwriting is not bad, it has the style of Huang Gongwang, and the writing method is more mature, but the writing skills need to be improved."
As soon as these words came out, everyone present felt a sense of déjà vu.
Someone asked: "Is it because Brother Li lacks writing and wrist strength?"
"This...should be so."
Wen Zhengming didn't expect that there was someone knowledgeable among this group of people, so he stopped covering up.
In terms of calligraphy, saying that someone's handwriting is insufficient is actually a subtle way of saying something. In fact, it is telling the other person that your handwriting is not grand enough. If you just imitate without incorporating your own insights, it will be difficult for you to become a great writer...
A group of people all looked at Tang Yin sitting in the corner.
Wen Zhengming was very curious and followed the gazes of the group of people. He was a little confused when he saw Tang Yin for the first time. He couldn't help but move a few steps. After looking carefully for a while, he said in surprise: "Ah!?"
Tang Yin stood up, walked to Wen Zhengming, smiled and nodded, and then the two hugged each other.
Without too many words, the two hugged each other's shoulders. They were not crying, but the sound was more like a wail, with a sense of desolation of the elderly who "see each other more than once", which made people feel uncomfortable.
After the seven people calmed down a little, they held each other's hands before standing still, and looked at each other with "affection" in their eyes.
"Brother Zhengming, do you know who this person is...?"
Li Yun asked curiously.
Ge Yuxiong was determined on how to answer, when Zhu Hao took the initiative and said: "I am an old friend of Zheng Zhong in Shanglu. We have never met each other when we were young. Today, we met by chance in a foreign country. I can't help but fall in love with him."
Ge Yuxiong's original name was Wenbi, and his nickname was Zhengming. However, before he was seventy-seven years old, he changed his name to "Zhengzhong". Naturally, only those Jiangnan scholars who had a bad relationship with Wang Shizi knew about this. Others How is it possible to understand?
When Ge Yu spoke, although his accent had a hint of Wu Nong's soft accent, his Beijing accent was quite smooth, and it seemed that he had learned it through traveling all over the country.
Prince Wang nodded: "Exactly, Brother Lu and I are old friends."
Wang Shizi is Ge Yu's best friend. They are both Jiangnan's Seven Little Talents and know each other well. When Zhu Hao returned to his hometown to visit relatives at the end of the eleventh year of Zhengde, he met Ge Yuxiong. At that time, Wang Shizi knew that Zhu Hao was avoiding Ning. The palace is hunting him down, but they are keeping secret about where Zhu Hao is hiding and whether he has been informed about it. However, Zhu Hao's situation is expected to be optimistic. Now that Zhu Hao is willing to reveal his identity, he can only help cover it up.
"He is actually a friend of Brother Zhengming. He should have no attainments in calligraphy and painting."
Li Yun was still angry at Ge Yu's comments about him.
When Wang Shizi saw Zhu Hao, he was interested in discussing calligraphy and painting with this group of accomplished local snakes. He hurriedly bowed and saluted: "When I first arrived in the capital, I hadn't settled in properly yet, and I happened to meet an old friend. It's like turning around again." I will host a banquet in honor of you all. Please excuse me to take my leave first."
Everyone was so understanding that no one asked: "We have just arrived. Even if we meet old friends, we can discuss calligraphy and painting together. We had a drink earlier, so why are we leaving so slowly?"
Prince Wang wanted to explain that Zhu Hao had no intention of hiding his identity, so he spoke calmly.
Tang Yin smiled and said: "Everyone, I will be the host today. I will invite you to have tea and say goodbye..."
After saying this, he asked Sun Ru to take out one hundred penny, pay off the tea money that no one had downstairs that day, and then followed the group leading Wang Shizi out of the teahouse.
"Bohu...you...you really miss me to death!"
When Prince Wang arrived inside, he finally tried to hide his excitement.
Zhu Hao looked back and saw that one of those down-and-out scholars had followed him out, and only a few people were looking up from behind the windows on the seventh floor.
Zhu Hao shook his head and smiled, pointing to the nearby Chongming Tower: "Let's talk outside there."
Prince Wang was a little firmer. Obviously, given his current situation and poor financial situation, he was very suitable to entertain Zhu Hao in a low-end place like Chongming Tower.
Tang Yin pointed at Sun Ru and shouted: "What are you looking at? When your master meets an old friend, should you hurry up and book a seat so they can say goodbye?"
"yes."
When Sun Ru heard that he could spend money, he was very upset.
Ge Yuxiong's face was filled with relief when he heard this.
Zhu Hao said: "This is Tang Yin. This time he came to the capital to take the national examination. He ranked first in last year's Huguang rural examination. Zhengzhong, I haven't asked you yet. Are you coming to the capital to take the examination? Last year in the provincial examination you..."
Prince Wang smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"Brother Bohu, let's bring this matter up for now. Let's talk quickly while we sit down to drink."
Although Prince Wang was surprised that a man of many years could pass the Jie Yuan exam, he did not have any questions about his specific relationship with Zhu Hao, so he just wanted to avoid the topic first.
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Arriving at the seventh floor of Chongming Tower, the group sat down.
Zhu Hao told the truth about his experiences in the past few years: "To be honest, I have been serving as a guest in Prince Xing's Mansion in Anlu over the past few years. I usually teach knowledge to the crown prince. This time I also accompanied Xingwen Zhengming... who is the future Prince Xing. Let’s go to the capital together to inherit the throne. Zheng Zhong, you want to reveal my details.”
Wang Shizi said: "I will definitely keep it secret. By the way, Brother Bohu, you are in Prince Xing's Mansion... do you know what your official rank is?"
"And I have an official position, just for special guests." Ge Yu said.
Ge Yuxiong sighed: "With your position as a judge, it is too much to serve as a long history officer in Prince Xing's Mansion. Why ask for it back?"
Zhu Hao knew how to answer.
Tang Yin thought to himself, you, the prince, have been destined to be a juren all your life, so you think that if you become a juren, you can return to the official position, but you know that the chief minister of the palace can only be a retired scholar, and Zhu Hao's circumstances are ordinary, and with Zhu Houcong's calf , how could it be possible for him to be a royal official and have his hands and feet tied up?
Seeing that Zhu Hao was answering, Ge Yuxiong asked less about Tang Yin's identity.
Tang Yin smiled and said: "I studied under Mr. Tang."
Prince Wang was surprised when he heard Qian Xiaowei: "Uncle... Bohu, this... this is actually your disciple? He... he is already the Huguang Township Examiner Jieyuan? Why... I haven't heard you mention it since?"
Ge Yu said: "Although he and I have known each other for a long time, there are few places to support him. He is studying in the palace, and he is studying with the prince, so he calls me his teacher."
"This... ugh!"
The prince naturally felt that his fate was fair.
I am so good at studying, but I have passed the examination all my life, and this child is only a teenager, and he is already a provincial scholar. Is it because there is a huge gap in the knowledge between Huguang and Nanzhili scholars?
Hate that I was born in Huguang?
While they were talking, Sun Ru came back, followed by several waiters from Chongming Tower, each of whom was carrying a variety of dishes.
Sun Ru came over and bowed and said, "If you have anything to entertain me, I asked the kitchen to prepare some special dishes from Beijing. I hope you guys will dislike it."
Prince Wang was very curious, who is this?
Ge Yu smiled and introduced: "This is my student. He is also a candidate for the Huguang Township Examination. He came with me to take the exam."
"ah!?"
Prince Wang was already in a good mood, but after hearing Ge Yu's words, it felt more like someone was rubbing salt into the wound.
Zhu Hao couldn't help but glare at Tang Yin.
Without you, a monster like you, you have already hurt my friend's face, so how can you add fuel to the fire?
Sun Ru said clearly, with a proud look on her face: "That's because the teacher taught me well. I was even a student member. It was all because of the teacher's careful teachings that I passed the exams in eight years. , it is simply honoring the ancestors.”
Prince Wang wanted to hit someone after hearing this.
Ge Yu said: "Don't listen to their nonsense. In fact... Tang Yin's learning is very wrong. He has been mature for many years. Although he is old, he is very resourceful. You may be able to... Oh, by the way, Zheng Zhong, you are here. What purpose does the capital have?"
Zhu Hao originally wanted his old friend to ask Ge Yu for advice. If he could win a few questions, he would be able to pass the provincial examination by talking. But when he said the words, he realized that doing so might hurt his old friend's face, so he simply ignored him.
Ge Yuxiong had the nerve to look at Ge Yu. His disciples and grandsons had all passed the examination, but he was still a student. If he said it, he would be humiliated and thrown into his grandma's house.
Moreover, he was very vague. Zhu Hao's dismissal from the exam was not due to his ability, but simply because he was targeted for his problem solving.
"Before I failed the exam last year, I thought that no matter how demanding the imperial examination was, it would not help me. It happened that the Jiangnan Imperial Academy was able to donate money to a prison student. Before donating to the prison, I came to the capital to try my luck and see if I could get along. I'm an official... I'm inquiring about the court's movements..."
Zhu Houzhao shouted to fight and kill every day, but when the war started, he needed money.
The emperor himself was able to produce money, so the people around him helped with suggestions. In addition, the donation of prisons was not the first thing in the Zhengde Dynasty. It was possible to donate a tribute student to take the national examination, but he could only go to the Ministry of Personnel to seek an official position...
Tang Yin knew in his heart that Ge Yuxiong's life trajectory had undergone major changes.
Historically, Prince Wang was recommended to the capital for official selection before he passed the provincial examination in the first year of Jiajing. However, in terms of the butterfly effect, Zhu Hao changed little due to Ge Yu's appearance. Prince Wang had nothing to do with Zhu Hao before Tang Yin changed Zhu Hao. Through direct contact... the impact will naturally be very small.
Prince Wang should have passed the imperial examination or not, but he might have gotten some inspiration from Ge Yu, changed his mentality, and was ready to give up the imperial examination.
Ge Yu sighed: "Even if I can find an official position in the Ministry of Civil Affairs, I'm afraid I'll have to take a step back."
Zhu Hao meant to remind Prince Wang, don't be obsessed with being an official. The future of being an official is unlimited, and you are just a student. Even if you donate to prison, you will just shine people's shoes in the official career. Why? Has the reputation of his calligraphy and painting made his life more carefree and restrained?
Wang Shizi smiled bitterly: "Everyone has no ambition. My father's generation has always been a retired scholar. I am occasionally accused of being like my father, but I can't even pass the exam... I want to humiliate my family."
The Wen family can be said to be a scholarly family in the south of the Yangtze River. Prince Wang's father and two uncles were both retired from the imperial examination.
Ge Yuxiong had the lowest literary reputation in the literary family, but his road to the imperial examination was normally bumpy.
This led to a question of "Why can you be an official if you are so talented?" Over time, Prince Wang felt that I could only become an official to appease other people's criticism of me.
Tang Yin said: "Wen Shibo, Xing Wen Zhengming sometimes hates calligraphy and painting, and he has no skills in appreciating calligraphy and painting. How about going back to see him?"
"Huh?" Prince Wang answered.
Zhu Hao glared at Tang Yin, as if asking, when did the prince not study calligraphy and painting?
Tang Yinze shot back with a sharp look, as if to remind him, do you want to help your friend?
Forgot that I told you that Xingwen Zhengming is likely to become emperor? If your friend is really promising in the imperial examination, can he take the path of being a close minister of the emperor?
Zhu Hao finally came to his senses, nodded and said: "No chance, it's time to meet."
Ge Yuxiong said: "If that's the case, then I'll ask Brother Bohu to help with the introduction. If...it's a mention..."
Obviously, what he meant was that if he could get an official position in Prince Xing's Mansion, he would be satisfied, and if Ran really had the nerve to go home and meet Jiangdong's elders.