The matter of going to Beijing has been finalized.
The following is about parting.
You must know that before the Qingli New Deal, the Imperial College was just a place for tourists to stay, and only ten or twenty people attended lectures. In addition to going to Beijing, many students only regarded Taixue as a "transfer house (hotel)".
But Fan Zhongyan implemented the reform and separated the schools for Guozi students and Tai students and managed them separately.
The sons of the state are the children of officials of the seventh rank or above, and the quota is two hundred. The court really can't control these people, so I'll leave it to you.
However, Tai students are the children of officials below the eighth rank, and are poor and handsome in various states. At the beginning, there were only 200 people, and now it has been expanded to 900 people.
Fan Zhongyan invited Hu Yuan, Sun Fu, and Shi Jie as his teachers. He strictly assessed the students of Taixue and changed the academic style of Taixue. They were no longer allowed to spend three days fishing and two days drying nets as before.
This is of course a good thing for the imperial court to select talents, but it is really a hardship for students.
Those who live in the capital are fine, such as Zhao Mingcheng and Li Qingzhao in history.
When Zhao Mingcheng was a Tai student, he lived on campus on weekdays, but he could go home on New Year's Day. Zhao Mingcheng went to a pawn shop and pawned his things in exchange for money for Li Qingzhao to buy various things. The two of them liked the collection of calligraphy and calligraphy in gold and stone, so they went to the Xiangguo Temple Market.
Get it and put it at home for display and play.
But for students from other places like Zhang Yue and Guo Lin, there is no way to go home. This time they have been in Beijing for at least two years, and at most for an unknown number of years.
A Hanjun Taixue student from another place failed the exams and eventually died of an illness in Taixue.
Zhang Yue first went to the county school to find Hu Xuezheng. He went to the county school with the official certificate of the state school. Hu Xuezheng immediately issued a voucher to him.
After finishing the business, Hu Xuezheng said happily: "I was promoted from the state to Taixue in just one year. Although I am a Jing student, it is very valuable."
“Will Sanlang go to Beijing alone?” Hu Xuezheng asked.
Zhang Yuedao: "That's true."
“Do you have any relatives in Beijing?”
Zhang Yue said: "I am from the Han clan, and I have not had any contact with the clan for a long time. Even if I go to Beijing, I will not contact you. But when the time comes, I will come and leave a post..."
Hu Xuezheng laughed and said: "I almost forgot, you can't even enter the clan school."
Hu Xuezheng was walking on the street: "But since you are in Beijing, you might as well contribute a few words. At any rate, you can take care of me."
Zhang Yue was confused when he heard this. Zhang You must have said this to me directly.
Hu Xuezheng paused and said, "I remember that your second brother is in the capital at the moment."
Zhang Yue was stunned and said: "Yes...but..."
Hu Xuezheng smiled and said: "This is your family matter. I shouldn't have to interfere, but the former county magistrate Mr. Gu Ling twice asked someone to bring me a letter to inquire about your current situation. He said he was entrusted by someone, but I don't know.
Who do you think you are entrusted by?"
Mr. Gu Ling is now Chen Xiang, the minister of the Ministry of Punishment. When he was the magistrate of Pucheng County, Zhang Dun was his favorite student, and Hu Xuezheng was the assistant teacher of the county school.
Zhang Yue thought to himself that it didn't matter whether it was his second brother who asked. Even if he asked in person, Zhang Yue had already passed the time when he needed his care. When he escaped from marriage, Zhao Yasi forced his family to do this.
Ji Jing left quietly when the family needed him most. What's the use of talking about it now?
What’s more, it’s possible that Chen Xiang really couldn’t bear it and wrote a letter to ask.
Emotions fluctuated for a while, Zhang Yue said: "Xue Zheng, please forgive me, the student was distracted for a while."
Hu Xuezheng smiled and said: "I can save it."
Zhang Yue said: "The students now only want to go to Beijing and don't want to worry about other things."
Hu Xuezheng nodded, but looked a little disappointed.
Hu Xuezheng smiled and said: "This is your family matter, and I can't say much about it, but you and Erlang are both my most proud students."
Hearing this, Zhang Yue wanted to speak but stopped.
“Do you have a letter from my second brother asking about your husband?”
Hu Xuezheng was stunned for a moment, then nodded.
Zhang Yue smiled bitterly, how could he not ask the question himself and let the teacher do it for him?
Zhang Yue turned and said, "Then when the students come to Beijing this time, sir, do you have a letter for the students to take with them?"
Hu Xuezhengdao: "There is indeed a letter addressed to Chen Lingjun."
Zhang Yue said: "Student is willing to go for sir."
Hu Xuezheng smiled and said: "That's the best. You can come here in a few days to collect the letter."
Zhang Yue said yes and left, while Hu Xuezheng watched Zhang Yue leave and sighed for a while.
Zhang Yue said goodbye to Hu Xuezheng and went to the studio to say goodbye to his classmates one by one. Although his first-year classmates could not be said to have deep feelings for each other, they were still quite touched when they looked at every plant and tree in the county school.
Then Zhang Yue took the county school voucher and went to the county government office to do the pass test.
On the second day, he went to Nanfeng Yuan. Zhang Yue did not wear a t-shirt today, but wore ordinary clothes.
When they arrived at Nanfengyuan, Zhang Youzhi was not in good health and did not attend class. Zhang Yue arrived at Zhaishe and saw the teacher. However, he saw that Zhang Youzhi's face was a little pale, but fortunately he was in good spirits, which made Zhang Yue feel relieved.
Zhang Youzhi got out of bed with Zhang Yue's help and said, "I've been ill for many years. I'm just hanging out and talking about you. Has the state recommended you to go to Taipei University?"
Zhang Yuedao: "As the teacher said, the students are here to say farewell."
Zhang Youzhi nodded and said: "A good boy, a good student, a good son of my Zhang family!"
Zhang Yue said: "The students are ashamed. The teacher's kindness is like a sea, and the students dare not forget it at all."
Zhang You said with a smile: "You have repaid my teacher's kindness by passing on my seal script well. Do you know that when I was young, I was most afraid of 'disappearing and not being known'. Therefore, I devoted myself to studying calligraphy. Carve the words on the stone, paper, or tablet. I think so. If one day I am buried in the loess, if someone sees my calligraphy and painting, it will be enough to ask who this Zhang Youzhi is."
"It's even better now that I have a successor for my calligraphy. The most learned thing in my life is seal script. In the past, Li Si wrote seal script. He once said, 'In the nine hundred and forty years after my reign, there should be someone who can take my place.' Sure enough, Li Yangbing succeeded me. .”
"And who will come after Li Yangbing? Although I have spent my whole life studying seal script, I'm afraid there are still some shortcomings. But it doesn't matter. I now have a successor. It would be great if you could pass on my calligraphy skills, Lister of Calligraphy. If I have a place, I will have no regrets in this life."
Zhang Yuedao: "The students have remembered it."
Zhang Yue was walking around with Zhang Youzhi on his arm, but he saw that Zhang Wangzhi had already brought his little granddaughter to visit Zhang Youzhi.
Zhang Yue bowed his hands in greeting. Zhang Wangzhi smiled and said to Zhang You: "Back then, I said that this boy is not a thing in the pond, but now he has really made a difference."
Zhang Yue said with a smile: "I have a make-up exam when I arrive in Beijing, and I'm not quite a student yet."
Zhang Wangzhi said with a straight face: "You are still so cautious and cautious, and you are afraid of telling the truth."
Zhang Yue smiled and said, "I'm used to being scolded by my husband, my minister, so I don't dare to speak loudly."
Zhang Wangzhi solemnly said: "When you speak loudly, you still need to speak loudly, otherwise it will appear to be too hypocritical. However, I heard that Taixue's academic rules are strict and there are rules everywhere. The teachers are not easy to get along with. If you You committed a crime and were kicked out of Imperial College. I wonder if you have the dignity to see Mr. Jiangdong again."
Zhang Yue knew that Zhang Wangzhi had never been pleasant to talk to, but this was a kind-hearted reminder to him. He said: "I will remember the words about ministry."
After Zhang Wangzhi scolded him, Zhang Yue saw his little granddaughter looking at him with a look of resentment.
Zhang Yue looked at his granddaughter and asked, "What's the matter?"
The little granddaughter said with red eyes: "You heartless man, you agreed to play chess with me, but you haven't played a single game yet!"
Hearing what his granddaughter said, Zhang Yue couldn't laugh or cry, and the two division commanders also laughed.
“What should I do? I’ll play a game of chess with you again!”
“If it doesn’t stop, please lower your head and I’ll say a few words to you.”
"Okay!" Zhang Yue bent down, but saw that the spring light was just right in the academy, the wind was blowing through the treetops, and the sound of reading outside the Zhoujin Hall could be heard in the distance. His heart was quiet, and at this moment he actually thought of the inkstone in front of the Zhoujin Hall.
It must have melted.
After the little granddaughter said a few words, she burst out laughing. Although Zhang Yue didn't hear it very clearly, he also laughed.
“I will definitely ask the officials for you at the Jinluan Palace in the future!” Zhang Yueyan said.
The little granddaughter nodded and said, "You keep your word!"
"That's right," Zhang Yue said with a smile, "my nephew has come to study in the clan, you can take care of him for me."
“Okay, I promise you. You must also remember it.” The little granddaughter said with a bright smile.
“Yue’er, come with me to visit the academy!” Zhang Wangzhi said.
Zhang Yue said: "The student has this intention."
Zhang Wangzhi said: "But since you are coming to Beijing, I have something to send you to do. Send me some letters."
Zhang Yue said: “Just do as you are told in your ministry.”
Zhang Wangzhi nodded and said, "I will send it to your home tomorrow."
Zhang Youzhi asked from the side: "Are you sending it to Liuyi layman again?"
Zhang Wangzhi stroked his beard and said with a smile, "That's true."
Zhang Youzhi smiled slightly and said: "Last time, the layman Liuyi asked me for a set of seal script inscriptions, and now he also asked Sanlang to send it to Beijing."
Zhang Wangzhi smiled and said: "You are really good at sending people, but you don't know how many things Sanlang can't carry."
Zhang You stroked his beard and laughed loudly: "Young man, there is no one who cannot bear hardships."
Zhang Yue knew in his heart that the Liuyi layman was the world-famous Ouyang Xiu.
Zhang Wangzhi, Zhang Youzhi and Ouyang Xiu both had very good friendships and could be said to cherish each other.
In the name of sending letters, calligraphy and paintings, the real purpose of these two people is to recommend themselves to Ouyang Xiu!
There is no need to say who Ouyang Xiu is. The examiners of the previous Jiayou Provincial Examination in the second year of his career, Sansu, Zeng Gong, and Wang Anshi were all promoted by him.
Now I am going to pay my respects first as the nephew of the Zhang family.
Zhang Yue sighed deeply in his heart, and everyone came to the front of Zhoujin Hall.
Zhang Youzhi said: "Don't be timid when you meet the Liuyi layman. Whatever he asks you, just answer the truth. Remember"
"yes."
Zhang Yue was standing outside the window screen and looking into the hall. Zhang Qiu was sitting in the front row, reading poems and books seriously, his voice still so childish. As expected, he was the youngest among the students in the hall.
“Sanlang, do you want to call him?” Zhang Youzhi said.
Zhang Yue shook his head and said, "Let him study. If he knew I was leaving, I don't know how he would cry."
After finishing speaking, Zhang Yue took out a box from his arms, which contained a Zihao pen. When Zhang Qiu was at the clan school, he asked for a gift from him. Zhang Yue knew what Zhangqiu was making, and just wanted him to come to the clan school from time to time to check on him.
Zhang Yue said: "Please sir, please pass it on to him on my behalf."
Zhang You straightened up and said, "That's fine."
Zhang Yue looked at Zhang Qiu who was studying, his eyes moistened unknowingly, and he turned to say goodbye to the two teachers.