Chapter 3 Classmates and Teenagers Gather at the beginning of the year (Part 2)
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Shen Hexuan did not lower his voice. When he said this, not only the few curious children, but also the elders who sent the young people over also noticed this.
Who is the sixth student to study with?
Everyone was a little curious. The parents of the Shen and Liu families looked at Lu Sheng and Wang Zhen: "Brother Lu, Dalang, could the remaining candidates be children of the Zheng family?"
It’s no wonder that the two of them asked each other like this. In Anlu Prefecture, apart from the four surnames of Wang, Shen, Liu, and Lu, the Zheng family is the first among the second-class families.
King Xing selected his companion from the sons of the gentry, but it only deepened the connection between the prince and the local gentry. There were only five young men from the four major surnames, so it was not unusual for the sixth person to be selected from the next first-class family.
Lu Sheng also looked at Wang Zhen with doubt on his face. Although he was the son-in-law of the Zheng family, his relationship with the Yue family was average.
Wang Zhen shook her head and said: "My nephew met my uncle yesterday and didn't hear about it. The remaining companions are not my cousins."
Everyone looked at each other in confusion, but they really couldn't guess whose descendant this sixth person was. Since he was qualified to study in a government, even if his family background was not comparable to those of the four of them, it should be close to him.
However, it is clear that the answer is right in front of us.
The sixth boy came and everyone looked over.
It was also brought in by an official from the royal palace, but the difference was that there were no elders to see him off, and no servants to follow him. There was only one person, and he was dressed differently than ordinary people.
He is fourteen or five years old, with a long face and red phoenix eyes. He is wearing a blue Taoist robe and an auspicious cloud turban on his head. He is carrying a slightly whitish gray package on his shoulders.
Turns out to be a little Taoist priest?!
Everyone else was surprised, but Wang Zhen and Wang Qi couldn't help but glance at Dao Chi.
Others only knew that Taoist Chi had been fostered outside. Among the people now, only two brothers, Wang Zhen and Wang Qi, had seen him dressed in monk robes. Seeing the little Taoist priest in front of them who did not change his appearance in the spotlight, the two brothers Everyone remembered the way the Taoist looked like in monk's robes. Apart from anything else, under the scarf with the word "Fu" on his head, there was still less than half an inch of hair stubble.
At this time, the two young eunuchs who had opened the door for everyone came forward. They laughed and said, "Master Chen is here."
The man said: "My slave will help you get your baggage."
He was much more enthusiastic than when he was with the four major surnames just now. As an internal minister in the palace, even a young eunuch is enough to make them look above their heads. Even if he received a silver reward just now, he just said a slow thank you. How could he be so attentive? ?
However, when they thought that Prince Xing was well-known for being a good Taoist, and that he had a close relationship with Chen Chunyi, the late master of Xuanmiao Temple, and seeing that the young Taoist priest also had the surname Chen, everyone thought that he was probably a junior layman who was a pure Taoist.
The young Taoist priest still carried the burden by himself and performed a ceremony with the two young eunuchs. The two young eunuchs took the keys, opened the third room in the west wing, and sent the young Taoist priest inside.
Wang Zhen replied, but the faces of the parents of the other three families were a bit unsightly. If they live in a house, the east wing has a higher status than the west wing. Usually the eldest son lives there, and the second son or daughter lives in the west wing.
But this is a government school, and apart from the prince, the status of the fellow students does not distinguish between high and low.
Everyone knows that the west wing is "warm in winter and cool in summer", which is better than the east wing. The Wang family's status is here, and they are the in-laws of the palace. It is understandable that the palace takes care of it and arranges the west wing. This little Taoist suppresses the other three, and
Living in the west wing made them feel a little uncomfortable. Even if they were just juniors from the secular world, the old Taoist priest had been in the state for many years, and the current owner of the Xuanmiao Temple was not named Chen.
But dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction. Even if they show off their power outside, there is no room for arrogance in the palace. Even if they deal with a little eunuch of the palace, they must deal with it carefully.
Although the court has laws and regulations, the feudal prince's palace is not allowed to interfere in local government affairs, but for a behemoth like the feudal prince's palace, it does not take much trouble to deal with the local gentry. There are so many feudal princes in the world, and it is not possible to exterminate families, seize property, and rape the wives and daughters of others.
One or two, who dares to pursue it?
No matter how good the reputation of King Xing is, no matter how lenient he is to the people of Anlu, the vassal king is the vassal king and will not tolerate the slightest disrespect or contempt from the world.
At this moment, a waiter came over to deliver a message, saying that the prince had finished handling government affairs and had some free time. He would like to invite some parents to come and have tea.
When several parents heard this, their faces were a little excited.
Although King Xing has been in Fan Anlu for more than 20 years, he has a distinguished status and is not that easy to see. Except for Wang Zhen, who goes in and out of the palace a little more because of Mrs. Wang, the other families only enter the palace a few times.
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Since the parents are going to visit King Xing, the younger generation can go back to their own houses and settle down first.
Before leaving the school, several relatives and elders called their nephews and warned them repeatedly. Even Wang Zhen was not exempt from vulgarity. He was not worried about Taoist idiots. For Wang Qi, he almost had to teach Wang Qi by ear:
"You are not allowed to tease the cousins of the Lu family, you are not allowed to provoke the Sanlang of the Liu family, and you are not allowed to get close to the eldest son of the Shen family. And you must remember that you cannot write two words of king in one stroke. Erlang is your brother, and you must behave like an older brother."
He lowered his voice, but Dao Chi was standing close to the two brothers, and his ears and eyes were particularly good, so he could hear clearly.
Hearing that Wang Zhen was avoiding those three young men, Dao Chi couldn't laugh or cry. Could it be that Wang Qi was willing to suffer? He just looked fatter, but he wasn't really stupid.
Since Wang Zhen told Wang Qi to be careful of those young men, it was obvious that her words were not without purpose.
But no matter how you put it, they are just a few half-grown teenagers, and they have such great "destructive power". Wang Zhen's instructions are probably due to the power of the palace, and she is afraid that Wang Qi will be impulsive as a young boy here, which will lead to disputes and troubles.
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Dao Chi turned around and looked at the wing room next door to his house, feeling a little cursed in his heart.
Why was he raised in a temple instead of a Taoist temple? I clearly remember in history that Jiajing was an emperor who was obsessed with alchemy and seeking Taoism. If I were a little Taoist priest, would I be more "like-minded" with this little emperor?
But that's all he thought, whether he grew up in a Taoist temple or a monastery, he would eventually return to the secular world.
Without the golden finger, would the challenge be more exciting?
After the adults gave instructions to the nephews and nephews of each family, they went to pay homage to the prince along with the lord of the chamberlain.
The two young eunuchs who had escorted the young Taoist priest to the side room had already come out and pointed out to everyone the allocation of several huangding rooms.
There are three rooms on the east side, two rooms on the north side are small rooms for three people, and everyone can allocate them by themselves, and the remaining one is a duty room. There are three rooms on the west side, two rooms on the north side are hot water rooms, and one room on the south side is a clean room.
The reason why the duty room is set up is because the rules of the palace are strict and there are many taboos on entry and exit. It is even more inconvenient for the servants who are accompanying the students are not from the palace. Two young eunuchs are arranged to be on duty here. If anything happens, there will be someone there. Send messages in and out.
The two young eunuchs who were responsible for entertaining everyone were stationed at the Mansion School from now on.
One is named Huang Jin and the other is named Gao Kang.
After introducing those who needed to be introduced, the man named Huang Jin asked everyone to help themselves, and then left Gao Kang alone and left the Lequn Hall.
The word "Lequn" is the plaque on the main building of this courtyard.
Because the Taoist didn't bring any boys here, there were only five people left. Two boys from the Wang brothers occupied a room, and the other three boys occupied a room. Except for Lu Wenzhao's cold snort, there was no dispute. .
Lu Wenzhao held the scroll and went back to the house. Shen Hexuan took the piano bag from his servant, smiled at everyone, and returned to the room with the piano bag. After a while, there was a melodious sound of the piano from his room. came out.
Liu Congyun still showed a pair of dimples, and looked at Wang Qi in a gentle and harmless manner. The Taoist nodded and turned around to go back to the room.
Only Wang Qi and Dao Chi were left in the yard. They looked at each other and turned around to open the door.
As soon as the two young eunuchs opened the door to the wing, Lu Sheng came out. Therefore, Dao Chi had not entered the room yet and only ordered Jingzhe to bring in the package he had brought.
Although it is only a wing room, in terms of size, it is almost the same as the two east wings of a Taoist idiot at home.
One and a half feet open, two feet deep.
After entering the house, they saw a four-fold screen, which divided a wing into two. The outer room was slightly larger, with a desk and high-backed chairs near the window. Next to the desk was a pear wood basin stand.
Against the south wall is an Arhat couch, with a square table in front and square chairs in the east and west.
Inside the screen, there is a bed, a cabinet, and a clothes rack, which are simple and clear. The curtains and coverings above are all new, made of silk and silk. Although the color is simple and elegant, it does not conceal its wealth and sophistication.
The objects on this bed were all prepared by the palace. Who knows how other people are? The ninth bedroom outside is incomparable to this one. Even the bedding in the twelfth bedroom is not as exquisite as this one.
After taking a look inside the screen, the Taoist idiot turned outside the screen again.
There is a tea tray on the square table, and inside is a tea tube and a set of blue and white tea sets; the desk, in addition to the four treasures of the study, also has a bookshelf, a pen holder, a pen washer, a paperweight, etc.
Just as the messenger from the palace had said, everything was prepared here for everyone except for a change of clothes.
The two packages brought by Dao Chi were on the Arhat's couch. Jingzhe did not open the packages without his instructions.
The Taoist idiot opened one of the packages, and there was nothing inside. There were only more than a dozen books, including several annotations of the Four Books and several notebooks by Wang Sanlang.
The Taoist idiot inserted these books one by one on the bookshelf.
In later generations, I have heard some people equate the academic education of later generations with the ancient imperial examination education. A bachelor's degree corresponds to a scholar, a master's degree corresponds to a scholar, a doctorate corresponds to a Jinshi, and a postdoctoral fellow corresponds to the Hanlin.
It sounds like the Boy's Exam is not that difficult, but in fact, I understand that the Boy's Exam is not that easy.
Only one percent of the scholars can successfully obtain the student qualification. Among the students, only those who have passed the first-class junior college examination are eligible to apply for the imperial examination as a tribute student.
If a Taoist idiot wants to enter Beijing as a Gongsheng student, he must successfully pass the Boy Examination and get first-class in the Academy Examination.
The difficulty of this, in later generations' terms, is that students who have been taught by tutors apply to key provincial universities as a transit, with the goal of becoming graduate students of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The difficulty of this makes people's scalp numb just thinking about it.
There are only eight months left until February next year. Taoist idiots are not arrogant and know their own weight. If you don't seize the time, truly understand the Four Books and Five Classics, and make eight-part articles good-looking, all this will be just empty talk.
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How could he have time to delay? Sitting at the desk, Dao Chi picked up a notebook.
Wang Sanlang's notes are timely rain. As expected of the great Confucian, the Four Books are very thorough annotations. Wang Qinghong allowed Sanlang to retire next year, which shows that he recognized Sanlang's academic performance.
Dao Chi didn't expect to be on par with Saburo in just a few months. He just thought that his results would not be too embarrassing in the first boy's exam. The government exam was in April and the college exam was in June.
The most critical thing is the college examination. How many scholars have been stuck at the hurdle of being a child all their lives, which shows how difficult the college examination is.
The Taoist idiot was looking at it in awe, when he was interrupted by a "Huh" sound.
He frowned and looked at the door. The person who walked in without telling anyone was Wang Qi.
Wang Qi could see that Dao Chi was unhappy, but did not bother him, saying: "Erlang, come out quickly, the prince is here..."