Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 108 0103 [Famous Confucianists in Sha County]

In Kaifeng City, only the eight poems are circulated.

And in Yangzhou Academy, people also heard about Zhu Ming's understanding of scriptures, and Lu Rong's high evaluation of this eight-element scholar.

Ling Guxu showed great enthusiasm, and dug out the dried meat from the box: "Brother Chenggong, taste it quickly, I brought it from home."

Ju Ming looked at those jerky and remembered his college life.Every time I go back to school after the Chinese New Year, my roommates also bring snacks from my hometown.

"When did Brother Zi Nuo arrive?" Bai Chongyan asked as he packed his luggage.

"I went back to the academy two days ago," Ling Guxu greeted Bai Sheng, Shi Biao and the others to eat meat, and said with a smile, "The head of the mountain invited a famous southern Confucian and said that he would give lectures here before leaving in March."

"Famous Confucian scholars in the south?" Bai Chongyan was interested, "What's his name?"

Ling Guxu said, "It's called Chen Yuan."

Bai Chongyan shook his head: "I haven't heard of it."

Ling Guxu said, "I've never heard of it. It's Mr. Guishan's son-in-law."

"Who is Mr. Guishan?" Bai Chongyan asked.

Ling Guxu said, "I don't know."

Ju Ming chewed the dried meat: "Mr. Guishan's name is Yang Shi, a disciple of Luo Xue, and passed on by Ercheng himself."

This Mr. Kameyama is too famous, the protagonist of "Chengmen Lixue".

However, in today's Yangzhou, he seems to be not well-known.One is because of the official suppression of Luo Xue, and the other is because Yang Shi is mainly active in Jiangnan.

As for Chen Yuan, a native of Shaxian County, take the test No. 1. At the age of 26, he sent a letter to meet Yang Shi, and not only became Yang Shi's disciple, but was also recruited by Yang Shi as his son-in-law.

His uncle Chen Guan, a famous minister of the old party, once sprayed Cai Jing, Cai Bian, Zhang Dun, An Dun and other new parties all over the place.Naturally, the end was miserable, and he was repeatedly transferred 23 times.Every time I took up the post, I was transferred to another place to be an official before my butt was hot. I wasted half my life on the way to the post, and was forced to travel most of China.

His elder brother, Chen Zhenghui, is working in tandem to overthrow Cai Jing.

Gu Xu was surprised and said: "Success really has a wide range of knowledge, and the famous Confucian scholars in the south also know it."

"I'm from the south." Zhu Ming said with a smile.

Bai Chongyan asked: "This Chen Yuan, which scriptures are you teaching in the academy?"

Ling Guxu said: "It's just three months of lectures. I don't know what to talk about. Anyway, the students in the outer house can listen to him. The head of the mountain respects him very much. He has personally accompanied him these days and allowed him to browse the books at will. Even The library of the Min family can also borrow books at will."

"It looks like he must be a famous Confucianist." Bai Chongyan said.

After packing up and saluting, Bai Chongyan took Zhu Ming out and said that he would help him set up a temporary dormitory.

Zhu Ming asked curiously, "Can outsiders also live in the dormitory of the academy?"

"Da Lang is famous far and wide, so he can definitely live here," Bai Chongyan pointed at his schoolboys, "they can't. Yangzhou Academy has a strict style of study, and even schoolboys are not allowed to live in. Students here are not allowed to be served by servants. I This book boy will return to his hometown in two days."

Zhu Ming said with emotion: "It's no wonder that in the entire Lizhou Road, this place produces the most Jinshi."

The two came to the Student Management Office, and Bai Chongyan introduced to the administrator: "This is Zhu Chenggong, a scholar of the Eight Elements. Lu Tixue praised him very much. He wants to stay in the academy for a few days."

The administrator is also a member of the Min clan. After carefully looking at it, he took out a wooden sign: "Since you are a scholar of the Eight Elements, you can stay in the academy."

"Thank you for taking me in." Ju Ming cupped his hands.

After taking the wooden sign and going out, Bai Chongyan said happily: "This is a study sign for students in the upper house, free board and lodging, and books can be borrowed."

Zhu Ming took a closer look. There was a serial number on the signboard, and the words "Shangshe" were engraved in seal script.

Ju Ming looked at the huge school complex and asked curiously, "Yangzhou Academy really relies on donations to run the school?"

Bai Chongyan said: "The gentry and merchants in Yangzhou who want to expand their prestige will donate money to the academy and send their children to study at the same time. It doesn't all depend on donations. Both internal and external students have to pay, tuition fees Ten courses per year, and more than [-] courses for accommodation. If you fail the entrance examination, you have to pay extra. For example, the fat man Zheng Hong, his family also donated money, but he is too poor in knowledge, so he has to pay more when he enters the school .”

Well, there are bargaining students.

In fact, government schools at all levels, including Taixue, also have bargaining power.

The number of bargaining students in Taixue was originally only a few dozen, but now it has increased to 100, and it does not occupy the number of regular students.As the imperial court paid more and more attention to Taixue, extra gifts were required to be a bargaining student, and ordinary people could not afford to study even if they paid.

Zhu Ming brought Bai Sheng and Shi Biao to a vacant dormitory, where Bai Chongyan's school boy could also temporarily live.

The table on the bed is full of dust, and I have to clean it up by myself.

Bai Sheng helped make the bed and said, "It's really comfortable here, much better than the countryside."

"After all, it is Yangzhou." Zhu Ming said with a smile.

Tuition and accommodation fees add up to 34 per year, which is not affordable for ordinary people.Bai Chongyan's family background can only be regarded as the middle and lower class here.

Poor scholars can't even enter the gate!
Zhu Ming asked, "Fatty Zheng also lives on the mountain?"

Bai Chongyan said: "He often goes home and lives in the city. The college takes the exam every March. If he fails the quarterly exam three times in a row, he will be lowered. If he falls to the lowest grade and still fails the exam, he will be thrown out of the college." . Zheng Hong has never passed the exam, and after each quarterly exam, he has to pay to enroll again."

Zhu Ming couldn't help sighing: "This is considered a talent!"

The quilt was borrowed from the school, the bed was tidied up, and Bai Chongyan took Zhu Ming to visit his friends.

Li Hanzhang has not yet arrived at the school, and there are two other scholars in the dormitory.

Bai Chongyan made an introduction for them, and took Zhu Ming to find Zheng Hong.

Zheng Hong lived in the dormitory for students from other houses. The so-called students from other houses were either just enrolled or were relegated and repeated.As soon as you enter the dormitory, the perception is different. The inside is messy like a pig's nest, and a few repeat students are eating wine there.

Fatty Zheng was actually there. Not long after returning to school, he was lying on the bed chatting lively with his roommate.

Seeing Zhu Ming coming in, Zheng Hong regained his energy, got up and introduced: "This is my friend Zhu Chenggong, a scholar of the Eight Elements, both civil and military, and praised by all the envoys. The "Journey to the West" I talked about It's a story written by the successful brothers."

A student immediately stepped forward and asked, "Brother Chenggong, is Journey to the West finished? That fellow Zheng Hong only talked about Tang Monk leaving Beijing. When will Monkey King escape from Wuzhishan?"

"Yeah, it's good that you're here, let's quickly tell the story behind." Another student couldn't wait.

These guys are all wearing silk clothes, and they can be seen from wealthy families.

Being able to live in the same dormitory with Fatty Zheng, it is estimated that they are all poor students who are holding back the class.When I met the scholars of the Eight Elements, what I asked was not about knowledge, but clamoring to hear stories.

Zheng Hong introduced: "This is Min Ziran, whose name is Shizhi, son of the Min family in Yangzhou. This is Zhu An, whose name is Kangtai, and he is from the same family as Dalang. This is Yang Fang, whose name is Meiying, just like my family. Home is also a business."

Zhu Ming didn't dislike these dandies, and greeted them one by one, paying special attention to the son of the Min family.

After exchanging pleasantries, Zhu Ming said: "Journey to the West has been written, and the manuscript has also been brought. It is a gift from me to Brother Zheng. You can ask him to borrow it."

"Hahaha," Zheng Hong immediately gained face and laughed happily, "Da Lang is really cool, and I have already made the things you want. They are all good things, and they are expensive. They cost me more than 300 yuan. through."

The three weapons, more than 300 guns, are definitely high-quality goods.

Zhu Ming also became happy: "Thank you, Brother Zheng! I'm in a hurry to go out, and I don't have much money with me. I'll bring the money next time."

"It's easy to say, easy to say, they are all my brothers." Zheng Hong didn't take the money seriously, but said eagerly, "You can show me the manuscript of "Journey to the West" first."

Zhu Ming ordered, "Bai Sheng, go get it."

Bai Sheng trotted out immediately, and quickly fetched "Journey to the West".

Zheng Hong got the manuscript and quickly rummaged through it, and then started talking about Tang Seng leaving Beijing. The other three gathered together one after another, listening to it fascinated.These guys don't like to study, and they are never short of money. All they think about is how to have fun.

Bai Chongyan didn't like this kind of atmosphere, so he pulled Zhu Ming out of the dormitory, and said in a low voice, "These are all stubborn people, they don't like poetry and books, they only like to have fun, Dalang don't want to be close friends with them."

"It's just a joke." Ju Ming said.

Since coming to the academy, Shi Biao has been silent.

He, a country idiot, was completely dumbfounded. He never dreamed that there was such a thing in the world.

He envied the students in the academy who could wear good clothes and play freely.He also thought so, but he didn't know how to get it, and he felt more and more inferior.

After squatting at the door of the dormitory for a long time, Shi Biao suddenly said: "I am going to give birth to a son, and I will send him here to study."

Bai Sheng said with a smile: "Then you have to work hard with Brother Zhu. When you have money in your hands, where can you not go? I know that Brother Zhu is going to do big things, and I'm afraid he can be a student. We made a proposal Are you afraid that you will not have money in the future?"

In Bai Sheng's spiritual world, the magistrate used to be a high-ranking official, and he couldn't imagine a bigger official.

Later, I learned that there are Tixue envoys, and even the county magistrate has to take good care of them, so I think that Tixue envoys are the real high officials.He felt that with Ju Ming's ability, he would definitely be able to serve as a learning envoy in the future.

Hearing Bai Sheng's words, Shi Biao asked, "Can the followers of Tixue envoys also be officials?"

"I don't know, but I'm sure I won't be bullied." Bai Sheng said.

The two squatted at the door of the dormitory and chatted, looking forward to the future prosperity.They are different from Zhang Guangdao, they never thought about killing officials and rebelling, let alone going to Tokyo to take the bird position.

Fatty Zheng held the novel manuscript and told the story until Tang Seng met Monkey King, and suddenly he smiled and said, "Haha, if you want to know what happened next, let's listen to the next chapter. It's getting late, let's go to the cafeteria for dinner."

"Come on, Monkey King hasn't left Wuzhishan yet."

"That's right, finish this paragraph quickly!"

"This guy has a very bad heart, so he deliberately kept it silent!"

"..."

The roommates scratched their heads anxiously, but Zheng Hong locked up the manuscript.He knew what it was like, and he had waited for half a year, so he wanted to let his roommates taste it.

Zheng Hong went out and called Zhu Ming: "Da Lang, go eat!"

The three roommates were filled with righteous indignation and wanted to pry open the box where the manuscript was locked.

These guys were full of resentment, they had nothing to do with Zheng Hong, and they walked towards the school cafeteria together.

Walking halfway, all of them stopped, and bowed forward in unison: "Students pay homage to the head of the mountain!"

The head of the Yangzhou Academy, accompanied by the famous Confucian Chen Yuan, was walking towards the cafeteria, laughing and talking all the way.

(End of this chapter)