Two hundred and forty-seventh section remove the old cloth new (ten)
Outside Xiajiufu, Xiguan, Guangzhou, there is a settlement of residents called Xiuyifang. There is a small alley in the neighborhood called Wenlan Lane. The famous Wenlan Academy is located here.
During the Tianqi period, Wei Zhongxian persecuted the Donglin Party members and issued the "Donglin Point General Record", and then abandoned Tianxia Academy. Wenlan Academy was not spared.
The academy occupies a very large area. Not only does it have several courtyards, but there is also a Wenchang Temple in the backyard. There are dozens of houses for rent in the surrounding area. In addition, there are fields scattered in various counties and many paved properties in the city. It has strong financial resources.
It can be called the first in Guangzhou.
More than half a year ago, the Senate resorted to thunderous tactics, and the city of Guangzhou changed its royal flag overnight. Guangzhou officials had to flee to death, the city was in commotion, and the academy was closed for a time. With the efforts of the Guangzhou Municipal Government, the situation quickly returned to stability.
, Wenlan Academy has reopened its doors.
Outside the city, Liu Xiang's new city government was demolishing the old and building new ones, and various renovation works were in full swing. However, the situation in Wenlan Academy remained calm. To the scholars in this academy, these seemed to have nothing to do with them.
Although the Australians have announced that they will not hold imperial examinations, all the examinations held in Guangzhou in the past, such as the boy's examination, county examination, government examination, college examination and rural examination, have been cancelled. The Australians have their own "civil service examination" and do not take the examination of current affairs, but this academy
Here, the students are still studying various collections of contemporary essays, discussing how to solve the problem, accept the topic, start the lecture, raise the question, and compare the questions in recent years. They are also discussing the methods of writing articles that the examiners like in recent years.
However, this illusion far away from reality is not because they really love eight-legged essays, but because of a strong inertia. Most academies in the Ming Dynasty did not pay attention to the original purpose of organizing academies: giving lectures, and instead focused on exam-oriented learning.
The rise of the "Dong Science Examination" in the late Ming Dynasty made this trend intensify.
The so-called "Dong Academic Examination" started in the Tianqi period, that is, during each provincial examination, the famous major academies in the province each have a sponsorship quota. Wenlan Academy also has four quotas.
Therefore, in this No. 1 academy in Guangzhou, where only students can enter the school, and where the tutor and lecturer of the government school also serves as the director, exam taking is the top priority. Everything among the teachers and students of the academy revolves around taking exams. Although we know that Australians do not take exams
They passed the imperial examination, but apart from the Four Books and Five Classics, and poems written in accordance with the times, they did not understand other knowledge. Since the academy was still distributing food rice and tuition money, the students in the academy continued their "study".
However, the earth-shaking outside has also affected the academy to some extent. For the students of Wenlan Academy, the biggest change is that the meals provided by the academy have become significantly better. In the past, the academy provided three meals a day, but the quality of the food was poor, except for some
Except for poor scholars, children from well-off families with a little wealth in their families do not want to eat in the academy. The rice is cooked with old rice mixed with a lot of grain sand, and even the dishes served with it are difficult to eat. It is not smelly fish.
Rotten shrimps are like radish in vegetable skin, and boiling a meatless duck rack is like a toothpaste.
Nowadays, the three meals a day delivered by the academy are two thin and one dry, all of which are good-quality white rice. The dishes are also made with meat every day. On the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month, there is also a supply of whole fish and chicken. Originally, they were used
Various types of "tuition money" and "rice" with 70% discount were distributed on time and in quantity; all the arrogant servants in the academy have become much more respectful recently.
The Australians have done nothing wrong with the academy. Except for the police and "cadres" who came to investigate when applying for household registration and registration certificates, official officials never came to the academy. It is said that the directors and administrators of the academy invited Liu from the Song Dynasty several times.
Fu Yin came to the academy to "give lectures", but Fu Yin Liu refused.
The attitude of the Australians was polite and indifferent, and the students in the academy were somewhat disappointed. You must know that Wenlan Academy is the number one academy in Guangzhou. It is not only rich, but also famous. Those who want to be admitted must have the honor of being a student.
, I went to take the provincial examination, and the number of candidates who passed the examination was the highest in Guangzhou Prefecture.
I thought that when the Australians entered Guangzhou and wanted to change the dynasty, they would have to recruit some scholars to help them. For this reason, there was a very lively and almost hands-on discussion in the academy: Should we accept the "fake job" of the Australians?
Some students believe that the Ming Dynasty is exhausted. The Song Dynasty - it doesn't matter how good the Australians are in the Song Dynasty - has landed on the mainland and is already competing in the Central Plains. With the strength of the Australian army, money and food,
With great wealth, a change of dynasty is just around the corner. Now if you can follow the dragon, you will be rich and powerful, and you can get a wife and a wife at your fingertips.
Another group of people believed that the other party was "crazy" and "failing the divine grace" and insisted that the Ming Dynasty would fight back in less than a year and a half. By then, there would be Liu Fuyin, Wen Desi, Ma Qianzhu and other "giant canals".
They will all be "executed to death as a warning to others".
The third group of people believe that the Ming Dynasty is unable to fight back, but they are not willing to surrender to the Australians. Among them are those who are cautious and unwilling to take risks, and some who think that the Australians are "unworthy of human masters", while others think that the Australians
They are "barbarians". No matter how good they are in civil administration and martial arts, they are still "the kings of Yi and Di are not as good as the death of all Xia".
The last group of people lived a pure "eating life". In short, "the Ming Dynasty depends on the Ming Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty depends on the Song Dynasty." As long as the academy is open and there is food and rice, it doesn't matter who becomes the emperor.
The students in the academy, after eating and drinking at noon every day, would gather together in twos and threes and talk loudly, each holding a cup of strong tea.
Among these eloquent scholars, there was a young scholar, but he was alone.
Unlike some scholars and Confucian scholars, he did not participate in chats just to rest or study, but just stayed in his study alone in a daze.
This dazed young scholar is the fifth son of the former head of the Guangzhou General League, Gao Tianshi, and the brother of the current head of the Guangzhou General League, Gao Lingxiang. Gao Lingda is the daughter of Gao Tianshi's seventh concubine, and he has been smart since he was a child.
―Although this seventh aunt was born in prostitution, she had also studied a lot since she was a child. Influenced by her mother, Gao Lingda liked reading and was very talented in her studies.
The elder brother is different. Gao Tianshi believes that Gao Lingda is the hope of the Gao family to change their family. Although this hereditary leader is rich and powerful, he is despised by others. "If there can be a scholar, how can he have any influence on his family's family status?
There has been a change. Therefore, he was not allowed to participate in family affairs since he was a child, and he was allowed to concentrate on his studies.
Gao Lingda took the county and government examinations and became a Tongsheng. Because of Gao Tianshi's relationship with Mo Rongxin, he was admitted to this academy, which only allowed scholars to attend, with the qualifications of a Tongsheng.
Although he entered Wenlan Academy and was supported by powerful people like Mo Rongxin, and Gao Tianshi was known as the "local prefect" in Guangzhou City, Gao Lingda has always been an outlier in the academy. No matter how hard he studied,
From the professor on the mountain to the classmates in the courtyard, no matter rich or poor, no one wants to interact with him. Those who come from a wealthy family and a scholarly family regard him as a savage beast and avoid him; those from poor families also feel that they are superior to him.
Refuse to "keep it under wraps". Don't even say a word if it's not absolutely necessary.
Gao Lingda didn't know that this was called "cold violence". After studying in the academy for several years, although no one dared to bully him, no one wanted to be friends with him. He was like a non-existent person, alone in the academy.
, like a lonely ghost.
After his father Gao Tianshi died suddenly and violently, a dispute arose in the family over the heir. In fact, Gao Lingda had no interest in being the head of the Guangzhou General League. In his opinion, he was ignored in the academy all because of this "General League".
The position of "head" is making a fuss.
It's just that the struggle for power has always been uncontrollable. He soon became a pawn of his mother, the ambitious Seventh Concubine, who tried to "hijack the group leader to make the group beggar", and joined the battle for the successor. Among the people of Guandi Temple
Many people took him as a rallying cry, and there was a huge commotion. He was manipulated like a puppet on a string.
After failing in the fight for the throne, his biological mother, Qi Tai, committed suicide. Gao Lingxiang did not make it difficult for his brother and allowed him to continue studying. However, he sent several subordinates to keep an eye on his every move.
No one cared about him in the academy, and he was even more neglected at home. Both of his parents died, and Gao Lingda was deeply saddened and felt that the future was uncertain.
"Fifth Master, lunch is here!" Following the greeting, the boy from the Gao family who brought him food came.
Gao Lingda's meals have always been provided by his family. Although his status in the Gao family has plummeted after the death of his wife, the food in the academy is still one day at a time.
The waiter opened the food box and placed the dishes on the table gently: stir-fried bamboo shoots with Jinhua ham, stir-fried wolfberry sprouts with oil and salt, fish fillets with distiller's grains, cabbage with oyster sauce, and a large bowl of white rice.
"Fifth Master, this ham was given to me at the dock a few days ago. It is an authentic Dongyang product! I specially took care of cooking for you today." The boy introduced it enthusiastically.
Gao Lingda knew that this young man was also his eldest brother. He said this simply to express his eldest brother's "goodwill" and to remind him that Gao Lingxiang had not forgotten him and was thinking of him all the time.
He knows that although his eldest brother has become the leader of the group, there are many people below him who are dissatisfied with him. He must strictly prevent himself, a "loser", from being used as a "caller" again.
"That's really troublesome for brother." Gao Lingda couldn't help but give in.
The Gao family enjoys the most on weekdays. The few side dishes prepared are all delicious, light and delicious. When the scholars around them saw it, their already full stomachs seemed to have reacted again. They quickly turned around to chat with their classmates.
This one said: "I found a geographical map of Australia in the past few days. It said that there are corrupt countries overseas. There was a Newtonian scholar in the country who said that all things are like magnets with the power to attract each other. It's strange!" The person next to him replied!
He said: "Sure enough, there are strange stories overseas. If all things attract each other, how can you and I not be attracted to each other?" Another person said: "What I said before may not be unreasonable. I once saw something called a globe in a Thai church.
This object is round and divided into two poles. It is said that the Spanish missionary Matteo Ricci spread it overseas. If everyone lives on the ball as he said, and there is no gravity, wouldn't people fly?"