Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 753 Going to Runzhou One after another ([-] in [-])

After hearing this, Zhuang Yue said in surprise: "The young master explained it at the beginning. If someone wants to refute you, you can write an article and publish it in the newspaper. How can you go to debate with you on the spot? Even if you go to your place, you can also find each other." An excuse for refusing to argue with them."

Peng Shicheng said with a mournful face: "Those are highly respected Confucian scholars in the Taixue. Do we dare to shut them out when they come to make a theory? Besides, we have nothing to do. We are usually in the academy except at home. This time Saying that we are busy and not at home, people still say that we are too timid to take on the challenge."

Zhuang Yue frowned and said: "Then what should we do? You are all teachers in the four schools, and you can't do it if you want to go out to avoid the limelight."

Shi Xiu, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said: "Why don't we resign from the academy and go to Runzhou."

"This..." Peng Shicheng hesitated for a moment, then looked at Lu Jiuyuan.

Lu Jiuyuan nodded solemnly: "That's the only way to go."

He sighed: "Jin Ning also told me at the beginning that this kind of situation might happen after the article was published in the newspaper, and advised me to go out and relax. But I think his words are too exaggerated, and I don't want to part with Mr. Simen Xueli. I didn’t take his words seriously. Now it seems that I underestimated the effect of the newspaper.”

Lu Jiuyuan, Shi Xiu, and Peng Shicheng were not the ones who were short of money, otherwise they wouldn't have traveled all the way to Guangxi province for an academic problem and stayed there for two years.They didn't pay attention to the meager income of Mr. Simen's education.

What they are reluctant to part with is the identity of Mr. Simenxue.After all, Simenxue is also an academy affiliated to the Imperial College, and being a teacher there is very respected.

This is equivalent to the fact that the professors of famous state-level universities in later generations will be more recognized by the society than the teachers of universities run by private schools.Both publish papers, even if the content of the papers is the same, the former is more authoritative and convincing than the latter.

In the final analysis, everything is for the theory of mind.Although leaving at this time will definitely be said to be cowardly, it is better than the current situation, where people come to the door all day long to force the fight.Not to mention whether their theories can withstand such a wheel-to-wheel battle, even their physical strength can't stand it.But you can't stay behind closed doors and let others scold and fight outside.

Zhuang Yue hesitated for a moment: "But if you go to Runzhou, what should those people do after chasing Runzhou? After all, Runzhou is not far from the capital, and they are really interested in debating. Going to Runzhou is still very easy."

"Isn't there still your young master?" Peng Shicheng said with a big grin, "With your young master's mouth, no one will be afraid. Let me tell you this, if Jinning was in the capital, we wouldn't have escaped."

The corners of the mouths of the few people present twitched when they said this.

Anyway, the three of Lu Jiuyuan are all so old, they are masters of four schools, and they were Du Jinning's husband before. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are highly respected.Is it really good to say that the three of them are so incompetent and embarrassed?
But this is a fact, the three mouths of the three combined are not as good as Du Jinning's.Thinking about Du Jinning's great achievements in making Qi Yuandao vomit blood in anger, Lu Jiuyuan and Shi Xiu silently admitted Peng Shicheng's statement, and the three pairs of eyes looked at Zhuang Yue expectantly.

Zhuang Yue hesitated for a moment: "How about I write a letter to ask the young master." As he said that, he smiled apologetically, "No way, the three gentlemen's going like this can be regarded as a disaster. My young master's small body Son, I don’t know if I can bear it.”

As soon as they heard the words "disaster water drawn from the east", the smiles on the faces of the three old gentlemen became a little embarrassing.

It's really misfortune, it's really not very kind.

However, although Runzhou is not far away, it is not close either.It takes two or three days to write a letter back and forth.But Lu Jiuyuan and the others couldn't wait any longer.

"How about we go to Runzhou first. If your young master thinks it's not right, we can go elsewhere from Runzhou?" Lu Jiuyuan asked.

"Uh, that's fine." Zhuang Yue showed a embarrassed expression on his face, but in his heart he once again admired his young master's ingenuity.

Du Jinning builds gardens in Runzhou and also promotes tea culture. It's not like she has nothing to do. She has time to accompany people to hold tea parties all day long to socialize with various literati.Of course she wanted to send someone out to do this.

When Zhuang Yue heard about Du Jinning's plan at the beginning, he was quite worried, wondering if he should find some people to help Du Jinning make arrangements and entertain guests.However, Du Jinning was confident, saying that Lu Jiuyuan and the other three would stay in the capital for a while, and it would be fine to let them come to receive guests when the time came.

Now, it was as expected by Du Jinning.

Seeing that Zhuang Yue agreed, Lu Jiuyuan got up and said, "Let's go home first, so as not to startle the snake and be seen blocking the gate of the city. Let's meet up at the gate of the city tomorrow at dawn."

"...Okay." Shi Xiu was speechless.

Even if you will be blocked at the gate of the city, don't say it, okay?Don't be ashamed!

On the second day, the three of Lu Jiuyuan and his servants took three carriages to Runzhou.

On the other side of Runzhou, the craftsmen of the Liang family have long been used to the way of building gardens, and they are helping another owner to do things with great dedication. The garden here is built all day long, and the furniture of each house over there has been built. up.Everything is in place except the newly planted trees will take time to grow lush.

When Lu Jiuyuan and the others arrived in Runzhou, they happened to live in the newly built garden.

"Don't worry, gentlemen, except those who are very persistent, no one will come to Runzhou to debate with you. If they want to debate, they can just write an article and publish it in the newspaper. There is no need to travel so far." Du Jinning gave The three of Lu Jiuyuan took a reassurance.

Peng Shicheng smiled and said: "Yes, yes, even if someone comes, what are we afraid of? If the three of us old guys can't win the argument, don't you still have you? With your mouth, who are you afraid of?"

"I'm afraid we have to fight. If we don't fight, wouldn't it make us feel guilty?" Du Jinning laughed.

Seeing her like this, the three of them felt relieved and thought about choosing a place to live: "Where do you plan to arrange for us to live?"

When Du Jinning designed the garden, he specially designed a secluded corner for himself.That place is self-contained, and it is not easy to be disturbed.

So she said very generously: "It's up to you to choose, live wherever you like."

The three of them were overjoyed, and immediately went into the garden to choose a place to live.

However, for the sake of convenience, the three of them chose three gardens next to each other.This place was specially designed by Du Jinning for them.

"I hired a violinist, who is not very old, but his violin skills are very superb. You can go to him to listen to the violin when you are free." Du Jinning said.

The courtyard where the three of Lu Jiuyuan lived was not far from An Shi's courtyard.

"Okay, okay." The three were very happy.

The three of them came to join Du Jinning. Although Du Jinning had a house in the city, but his family had a widowed mother, and Du Jinning was not at home during the day, it would not be good for them to live there.

Since Du Jinning still has such a quiet and elegant garden in the countryside, they naturally want to live here.

It's just that the garden is in the countryside, surrounded by villagers from the mountains, and there are not many people who can communicate with them.The three of them live in a huge garden, it is quiet, but it is a bit lonely.

Now that there is a luthier to come and go, chatting is better than nothing, at least it can add a little bit of excitement.

Regarding the thoughts of the three gentlemen, Du Jinning had a clear understanding, but smiled without saying a word.

For the first two days, the garden was indeed very quiet, except for a few servants brought along, and the luthier named An Shi, there was no one else.When the three of Lu Jiuyuan came from the busiest place in the capital, they didn't feel quite used to it.

Thinking of living like this in the future, the three of them murmured in their hearts. They felt that although there was pressure in the capital, it was also interesting to talk about it every day. It was better than living in this wilderness.

Just as the three of them were thinking about whether to tell Du Jinning that they would go for a walk elsewhere and then return to the capital by detour, a group of scholars who claimed to be Du Jinning's neighbors came to the garden to visit the three gentlemen of the Imperial College in Beijing.

The garden suddenly became lively.

……

In the capital, at Lu Jiuyuan's mansion, the housekeeper said very apologetically to a middle-aged man: "Steward Yao, you are also a housekeeper, and you also know where the masters go and when they come back, it's really beyond our servants' control. When my master left, he resigned from the position of Mr. Simenxue, when he will come back, it is really unpredictable."

"Then what do you say?" The butler surnamed Yao said with a straight face, "My lord asked, what should I say?"

He stared at the housekeeper of Lu's house and said, "I don't need you to tell me when he will come back, you just need to tell me where Mr. Lu went."

"This..." The housekeeper of Lu's house became embarrassed, and secretly groaned.

The other party is the housekeeper of Prince Jing's Mansion.Although King Jing is not a powerful prince, the emperor trusts him very much. He also has a good relationship with the Queen Mother and Princess Lu. No one in the capital dares to underestimate him.

It stands to reason that Prince Jing condescended to look for Lu Jiuyuan several times, but Lu Jiuyuan was only a master of four schools, no matter how he went to other places, the servants of the Lu family had to notify him to come back immediately.

But when Lu Jiuyuan left, he let go, saying that no one should be sent to find him.Someone came looking for him, but he said he didn't know where he went.

The first two times when Zhao Chang came, he was polite and humble. He knew that Lu Jiuyuan and the others had gone to other places. Although he was a little disappointed, he left without saying anything.

But today, the butler surnamed Yao came here alone and was aggressive, which made it difficult for the butler of the Lu family.

Thinking about the dignity of Lord Jing, it is estimated that my master is also very happy to get his attention.If he comes back and finds out that he blocked Prince Jing out of the door without any flexibility, maybe the master will blame him.

Thinking of this, the butler of the Lu Mansion took two steps closer, and said in a low voice: "My lord, when he was leaving, he mentioned something, saying that he was going to Runzhou to see Mrs. Du Jinning, who was the acquaintance there. But a few days passed I don't know if he is in Runzhou now, or left there to go elsewhere. The prince wants to find my master, I really dare not guarantee that I can notify him."

Butler Yao's eyes lit up.

To be honest, Zhao Chang didn't send him here today, he came here on his own initiative.The main reason was that he saw that his prince was excited about the three articles published in the newspaper, and failed to find Lu Jiuyuan many times, so he came here and used his identity as prince to pressure him, hoping that the Lu family would notify Lu Jiuyuan to come back from other places.

As the housekeeper of Zhao Chang's house, how could he not know how much his prince admired Du Jinning?It was only because of the unwritten rule that the prince was not allowed to make friends with foreign ministers that Du Jinning alienated him after he became an official in the Imperial Academy.

Now that he heard that Lu Jiuyuan went to find Du Jinning, he felt that he could make a great contribution in front of the prince.

The prince came to Lu's residence many times, most of them were for Du Jinning.

Now that Lu Jiuyuan has gone to find Du Jinning, the prince can go to Runzhou under the banner of looking for Lu Jiuyuan.Anyway, the prince is also a idle king in the capital, he has nothing to do, it is a good thing to go out for a walk, and he feels more comfortable.

After receiving the news, he left in a hurry, much to the relief of the housekeeper of the Lu residence.

Returning to Lord Jing, Zhao Chang was really happy when Butler Yao told the story. He sat there thinking for a while, and ordered his servants to say: "Pack up your things, I'm going to Runzhou tomorrow."

"But where the emperor..."

"Brother Huang, I'll talk about it." Zhao Chang said.

He is a prince, and like Princess Lu, he also has his own fief, and the fief is much bigger than Zhao Mingyue.In addition to the fief, he also has his own guards.Once he leaves Beijing to go to the fiefdom, Zhao Hu has to send imperial guards to protect him.

And having one's own army, which is very taboo in the current situation where Zhao Hu's foundation is unstable.Moreover, the second prince has been executed, but the fourth prince is especially present. No one can guarantee what the fourth prince will do with Zhao Chang, the fifth prince who has an army.

Therefore, after Zhao Yu ascended the throne, he did not let Zhao Chang go to the fief for a long time.A minister once mentioned this matter in the court, but not long after that minister was impeached, demoted to a remote place, and encountered an accident on the way to take office.

From then on, Zhao Hu did not mention Zhao Chang's matter, Zhao Chang himself did not mention it, and no minister dared to mention it.Zhao Chang ate, drank and had fun in the capital all day, being a idle king with no aggressive intentions.

But for Zhao Chang, who was serious and active since he was a child, and had little interest in eating, drinking and having fun, being confined in this capital, unable to do any serious things, and unable to get close to courtiers, was equivalent to confinement, which was really painful.He especially wanted to go outside for a walk to relax.

Zhao Chang was the happiest when he learned that Du Jinning had invited him to go to Runzhou to be a fellow acquaintance.Du Jinning is the person Zhao Chang admires and admires the most besides his brother Zhao He so far.He very much wanted to become close friends with Du Jinning, learn and chat with Du Jinning.

It's just that Du Jinning was working hard for the Jinshi examination, and he didn't want to disturb him; after Du Jinning was awarded the Jinshi, he entered the Imperial Academy and became a close minister of the emperor, and he was also a minister who the emperor wanted to train. For Du Jinning's sake, he had to stay far away from Du Jinning, so they alienated each other.

　Explosion is coming.Xiaobaoha, all are thick and long chapters.This is chapter one or two.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)