Jinyi champion

Chapter 423
After comforting Zhu Si successfully, Zhu Hao and Tang Yin bid farewell and left.

Tang Yin asked on the way: "How will you use countermeasures?"

Zhu Hao said unhappily: "I just said this to appease the tense mood of the prince. What kind of counter-scheming is not counter-scheming? If you have any good tricks, just use it yourself, don't ask me."

"Tch, I thought you had a plan, and you were not prepared for it? This is not like your usual style." Tang Yin imitated Zhu Hao's words.

This kind of choking between the two sides is neither painful nor itchy, and it doesn't affect each other anyway, so it's just a bickering for fun.

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On the fifth day of the first lunar month, the capital city opened.

It was rare for Zhu Hao and Tang Yin to travel together, and they brought Jiang Rong, Sun Ru and Lu Song with them.Originally, Jiang Lun also wanted to join, but Jiang Lun was King Xing's uncle after all, and the goal was too big, so Zhu Hao gave up automatically after stating his interests.

Walking on the bustling street, feeling the strong New Year atmosphere in the capital, Tang Yin couldn't help feeling emotional, and almost wanted to recite poems and poems again.

According to Zhu Hao's estimation, Tang Yin was impoverished before, and later defected to King Ning and King Xing, and lived in the palace. He hadn't been in contact with normal people's life for a long time, and he was a little out of touch with society. Now he feels the atmosphere of the market again, and it is inevitable that he feels emotional.

"This year is the examination year. Students from all over the country gather in the capital. Literary conferences are being held everywhere. Most of them are divided into regions, and there are also inter-provincial friendships, but they are relatively rare. You should go and meet more scholars from Huguang...you I didn't even participate in the Luming Banquet, so I still need to communicate more with Xiangbang in the same year."

After Tang Yin finished speaking, he looked at Zhu Hao, meaning that you should go to a place like Huguang Guild Hall to have a look. As you, as Xie Yuan of Huguang Township, others will take the initiative to curry favor with you.

Zhu Haodao: "I took the county test case in Anlu, and those scholars almost tore me apart. If the scholars in Huguang saw my true appearance, they might not know how to deal with it. I'll go Seeing them is a thankless task, they will try their best to prove that they are better than me in knowledge, my solution is not worthy of the name, why should I add trouble?"

"This……"

Tang Yin glanced at Sun Ru, Lu Song and others who were laughing non-stop. These companions could all feel Zhu Hao's "misery".

If you take the Jieyuan test at a young age, others will definitely regard him as a "relationship household". No one will give in to a child, and the result is non-stop competition...

It doesn't matter if you lose once, as long as you lose against Zhu Hao, you can declare to the outside world that Zhu Hao passed the Jieyuan exam through connections or blind cats killing rats...

Tang Yindao: "Then you said before that you were going to participate in some literary conferences?"

Zhu Hao looked into the distance: "There are so many cultural conferences held in the capital, do you have to participate with local scholars? Wouldn't it be good to listen to other people discussing knowledge, be a bystander, and keep your ears quiet?"

"Then you...don't even have a destination when you come out?" Tang Yin slowed down.

The feelings were brought out by Zhu Hao today, is it just going around?
Lu Song suddenly pointed to a three-story attic in front of him and said, "That's the Chongming Tower. The capital's dignitaries, or famous Confucians, like to discuss knowledge in the building."

"Oh……"

Tang Yin looked over, with a touch of reminiscence about the past on his face.

Zhu Hao said: "Sir, did you come here when you took the imperial examination?"

Just a word made Tang Yin roll his eyes.

You know that the imperial examination is my sad thing, but you insist on mentioning it in public, you deliberately make it difficult for me, right?

"Go and have a look."

As Zhu Hao said, he asked Sun Ru beside him, "Have you brought enough money?"

Sun Ru hastily tapped his head a few times.

Now he is Zhu Hao's mobile purse when he goes out, and the money is Sun Ru's own, and he is happy to spend it, mainly because... Zhu Hao usually confines him to study in the room, and there are very few opportunities to go out, let alone spent money.

For Sun Ru, no matter who the money is spent on, as long as it can be spent, that is happiness.

"Let's go, Mr. Sun treats guests today. He is the [-]th in the Huguang Township Examination. We have a name to go to the building to join in the fun. Just pretend that I don't exist."

Now Zhu Hao wants to rely on his apprentice's reputation to join in the fun, just in time to see how other people do the literary club.

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Inside the Chongming Building.

At this time, a grand literary meeting is going on, and the discussions are not limited to the classics, but also the recent schools of Confucianism.

The literary meeting was held on the second floor. In the large hall, at least [-] to [-] students gathered. Among them, there were no less than [-] people who were famous for juren and above. They spoke with a Beijing accent. This group of people should be the best in the literary world of Beizhili By.

"...A husband uses virtue to talk about self-cultivation, but uses Tao to talk about fame. The strength of the masters lies in Confucianism and Taoism to determine the universe..."

Several people spent money to buy "passes" and were able to go upstairs. At this time, there was a man talking on the pulpit upstairs.

The people around listened to the teachings, and highly praised his speech. After he finished speaking, the applause was thunderous, and the flatterers were one after another.

Tang Yin found a side seat and sat down, ready to be a bystander.

Lu Song asked the scholar who was about to go downstairs with some regrets, "Who is that?"

The scholar said disdainfully: "Look at your appearance, you are not a literati, why do you come to such a place? That is the famous Mr. Yang, Xie Yuan of this year's Shuntianfu Township Examination, you don't even know this?"

Tang Yin frowned and looked around.

This scholar obviously felt that his level was not good enough and that he was out of tune with the environment, so he regretted leaving just now. He fled with his tail between his legs in disgrace, but he took out an attitude of "I know Mr. Yang is also an honor" to scold outsiders.

"Who do you think you are?"

Sun Ru has always been proud and arrogant, so naturally he looks down on this kind of person.

Glaring at "Young Master Yang" who was giving a lecture, Sun Ru rolled up his sleeves and almost went over to have a good debate with him.

Zhu Hao raised his hand to stop him: "Listen to what he has to say first. If you go over rashly, you are just asking for humiliation. This talent has a lot of knowledge."

Tang Yin frowned and asked, "Do you know this person?"

Zhu Hao said with a smile: "Yang Weicong, last year in the Beizhili Township Examination Xieyuan, he has long been famous. He came from a scholarly family, and his father was a member of the Chenghua Dynasty. He is a popular candidate for the number one scholar this year."

Lu Song couldn't help admiring: "Mr. Zhu is so familiar with the situation in the capital, he knows the identity of the other party wherever he goes, admiration, admiration."

Tang Yin said: "Don't keep saying such encouraging words, what does he know?"

That being said, Tang Yin was also very curious, why Zhu Hao knew everything about the literary world in Beizhili, could it be that Yang Weicong is really famous?

It looks like...

He is just in his early twenties, with fair skin and a fragile appearance. He belongs to the white-faced boy. From what he said, he can't tell what is special about him... If he is different, he is surrounded by a group of people. A large group of people holding stinky feet.

"His father is just a recruiter, not a court official. Why is he so respected? Is he really very knowledgeable?" Even Jiang Rong, who has never been ignorant of learning and has no fame, saw some ways and asked curiously.

Zhu Hao smiled.

He didn't say that, in fact, Yang Weicong was highly respected, more because Yang Weicong had a close relationship with Yang Shenguo, the son of Yang Tinghe, a scholar of the First Assistant University, and he was a "confidant".

Nowadays, it seems that the emperor is messing around and the court is full of treacherous sycophants, but in fact, the power is basically controlled by Yang Tinghe. The officials in the court are promoted, appointed and dismissed. Zhengde has given Yang Tinghe a lot of autonomy. Even this year's chief examiner is likely to be appointed by Yang Tinghe, not the emperor. .

It is not easy to curry favor with Yang Shen, who is recognized by later generations as one of the three great talents of the Ming Dynasty.

Yang Shen had already been the number one scholar at the age of twenty-three in the sixth year of Zhengde, and he was in the court class. Now Confucian scholars who can have a relationship with Yang Tinghe are all favorites in the eyes of scholars.

Tang Yin looked at Zhu Hao again: "Do you know the reason?"

Zhu Hao nodded: "Yang Weicong is well educated, and he has a close personal relationship with Yang Yongxiu, so outsiders can't help but respect him."

"hiss……"

Tang Yin took a breath, "It's the same in this world. Even if this person knows Yang Yongxiu, he wouldn't be so low-key. Could it be that flattering Yang Weicong will help them make further progress in this year's exam?"

Zhu Hao smiled and said: "Sir, don't talk too much, maybe he really has this ability?"

"Huh?" Tang Yin was puzzled.

Zhu Hao was not ashamed to say that Yang Weicong was the number one scholar in the [-]th year of Zhengde, although because of Zhu Houzhao's southern tour, Yang Weicong only ranked tenth when the examination ended that year. The imperial examination was at the peak of Yang Tinghe's power, and he could almost act on behalf of the emperor.

Who dares to say that Yang Weicong won the first prize in the examination without the good personal relationship between Yang Weicong and Yang Shen?
Later, Yang Weicong reciprocated. During the ceremony, he led the scholars to stand firmly with Yang Tinghe. During the ceremony, when he cried and admonished Zuo Shunmen, he was punished by the imperial staff. Later, he was sent to Shanxi to serve as the deputy envoy of the procuratorate.

It can be said that Yang Weicong was destined to be Yang Tinghe's party from the very beginning, which brought him fame and status, but as a result, Yang Tinghe lost power in the power struggle, and he also suffered.

Otherwise, with Yang Weicong's status as the number one scholar and the courage to decisively hand over the certificate of nomination, he may still need to consider joining the cabinet in the future, but it is entirely possible to be a minister of six books, so that he will not be lonely in the officialdom. .

"Listening to what he said, the knowledge is not bad."

Zhu Hao listened carefully for a while, then nodded his approval.

Tang Yin said: "Go and go, I don't know what he is talking about, what should I do?"

Zhu Hao asked with a smile: "Sir, it must be a long time since you have heard a great Confucian lecture on the scriptures. Although the scriptures sometimes sound boring, they are the most respected knowledge among scholars, so many schools of thought have emerged... If they chanted If you write poems and fu, and splash ink, I guess you will be full of fun, sir."

Tang Yin thought for a while, it seems to be such a reason.

The scriptures and the like, although boring, have a strong purpose, and they can be used as a stepping stone to get the imperial examination and career promotion. However, Tang Yin cut off his official career long ago, so naturally he would not listen to the content of these scriptures. What kind of poetry and painting competitions are held here... But Tang Yin will feel that who is better than me in this world?

"Forget it, what you're talking about is Neo-Confucianism. It sounds awkward. It's a cliché. Why don't we change places and see where there is a place for reciting poems and painting. Let's join in the fun and see if your master's talent has deteriorated. how?"

Zhu Hao looked at Tang Yin and extended an invitation.

(End of this chapter)