Idle courtiers

Chapter 286
It was the beginning of February, and Zhou Nan was sure that he had passed the additional test and got the admission ticket for the Shuntianfu Township Test.

The township examination is in August, half a year away, so I can breathe a sigh of relief temporarily.

During these three days, Zhou Nan went to Wang Shizhen to report the exam situation, and took a leave of absence from his mentor by the way. This was his real purpose.To be honest, Zhou Zimu had an unbearable memory of living in such a cramped life before the exam.

If I had to spend the past six months like this, I would probably go crazy.

Wang Shizhen asked Zhou Nan how he did on the topic, and Lao Zhou raised his spirits and memorized the three compositions one by one.

He was completely shocked by this recitation, the three articles were complete.

Afterwards, Zhou Nan also sighed.It can be seen that the human brain is like a powerful computer with amazing storage capacity.As long as you use it more, you can discover its magic.

Zhou Nan was a bit clumsy about these three articles, they were all short, barely [-] words, and it was supposed to be easy to memorize.

It's just that Zhou Nan didn't try to memorize it, he just wrote it down and remembered it.

"This state is really good... In just half a year, I have regained the state of the second half of the third year of high school. It seems that the imperial examination is not too difficult." Zhou Zimu felt like tears were streaming down his face, and at the same time he was inevitably elated.

He looked at Wang Shizhen carefully, feeling like a child showing off in front of adults.

It's a pity that Wang Shizhen nodded with a natural expression on his face: "It's okay."

This disappointed Zhou Nan, who was about to accept the praise and praise himself, but after thinking about it, he immediately understood.A photographic memory is an essential quality for ancient scholars. As a liberal arts monk, scholars in the Ming Dynasty began to recite the Four Books and Five Classics, Zhu Zi's annotations, and Shiwen anthology published in the market since childhood.It can be said that we have to recite the text every day and hone our memory.

Not to mention the first-rate elites like Lao Wang, even the more than 1000 talents in the Shuntian Mansion who were added to the test, randomly pulled someone out and threw an article over.People look at it a few times, but they also recite it backwards.

Zhou Nan has only initially possessed the basic qualities of a scholar in the Ming Dynasty, and has nothing to show off.

Wang Shizhen: "These three articles of yours have also explained the meaning of the scriptures thoroughly, and there is nothing wrong with the words and sentences. It is no problem to pass this test, and it is not in vain to teach a teacher."

This was the first time he praised Zhou Nan, Master Zhou was about to be humble.

Wang Shizhen suddenly scolded: "Zimu, his foundation is really poor. When he writes an article, his words are dull, and it makes people drowsy when he reads it. This is purely because he doesn't want people to make mistakes. He is afraid of hands and feet, and he is suspected of being opportunistic. , it's really annoying."

After the reprimand, he said: "However, it is good to know how to hide clumsiness. No matter how gorgeous the rhetoric of the article is, it is useless, as long as the truth is clear. First-class articles should be regarded as the true meaning of the three characters of heavy, clumsy, and big."

Zhou Nan wanted to roll his eyes when he heard that, you were the one who scolded me for being opportunistic, and you were the one who praised me for being serious and clumsy.

You are right anyway!

The teacher is so majestic today, so I dare not mention the matter of asking for leave.He turned around in his heart, and turned back to advance: "Thank you for your teacher's teaching, the student's stereotyped essays can be regarded as getting started now, which is really interesting. I will live here today, and I will live in Qiuwei in one breath. I don't hear anything outside the window. Only read the books of sages and sages. If you don’t succeed, you will become benevolent.”

A while ago, in order to let his students pass the additional test of Qiuwei, Wang Shizhen trained him for half a month.Now he is still relying on himself, wanting to live for half a year?
He yelled: "Zhou Nan, as an official of the court, you are in charge of a yamen. The so-called rewards of eating the king and being loyal to the king, how can you stay here as a teacher all day long. Even if you are not here with me, don't you stop studying on weekdays? "After that, his tone slowed down, and he showed a smile: "However, I am very pleased that you have the desire to study and make progress."

Teacher, you old man, just make a turning point if you don’t move, okay?Zhou Nan: "Yes, yes, besides, the teacher is also busy saving the master, so how dare the students bother you? By the way, how is the master now?"

Listening to the students asking about her father's situation, Wang Shizhen's eyes were red: "Father is still locked in Zhao Prison, and I finally saw him after the new year. Father, everything is fine, and he has gained weight. But, it has been a while It is going to be tried by the three courts, and I don't know if it will..."

Zhou Nan was also sad in his heart, and said comfortingly: "Master, his old man is auspicious, and everything will be fine. The reason why Master is in this ordeal is all because of the thieves. In fact, if you want to save him, you only need to Get rid of the Yan thief and completely eradicate the Yan Party."

Wang Shizhen burst into tears, choked with sobs and said, "It's all my fault for implicating my father, I'm unfilial!"

It turned out that the reason why Wang Shizhen's father, Wang Shu, was sent to prison was because the year before last in Mongolia, Ida invaded the Panjiakou Great Wall, west of the Luan River, Zunhua, Qian'an, Jizhou, and Yutian were in urgent need.

This area belongs to Governor Ji Liao's defense area. Wang Shu happened to be the official and was held accountable afterwards.

In fact, the capital is at the forefront of national defense. Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, except for the Taizu and Chengzu dynasties, the nomads in the north were beaten to kneel down and beg for mercy, and the other dynasties have not stopped.

Basically, every ten years, or when there is a famine in the grassland, the nomads will go south to disturb.

For this kind of border bandits who come and go like the wind, the Ming government has nothing to do. Anyway, it will drive away the matter, and it will not hold the local garrison accountable.Who would dare to lead troops if they were held accountable once?
The problem is, Wang Shu is an exception.

After all, it was Wang Shizhen who offended the strict party and was retaliated by others.

The matter will go back to the 32nd year of Jiajing, when Yang Jisheng, a member of the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War, went to Shuli to impeach Yan Song for "five traitors and ten crimes", and was framed and imprisoned.After being tortured in prison, he was finally killed in the 34th year of Jiajing at the age of forty.

Wang Shizhen and him were good friends, and when others were avoiding the case for fear of not being able to do so, they stood up and contributed money and energy to organize the funeral for Yang Jisheng.

Wang Shizhen sighed: "The strict party is powerful, so it is not easy to completely eradicate it?"

Zhou Nan: "Everything depends on human efforts, and students are willing to help."

Wang Shizhen forced a smile: "Fool, you are just a little passer-by. Fame is important, study hard. For my family affairs, as a teacher, you can handle it yourself. It is enough if you have this heart."

Coming out of Wang Shizhen's house, Zhou Nan was a little unconvinced, teacher, you clearly look down on me!In fact, according to real historical records, the Yan Party will fall in a few months.This was an unprecedented political earthquake at the end of the Jiajing Dynasty, involving a large number of personnel changes and the ups and downs of officials.

If I take advantage of this shareholder wind, I may not be able to get some benefits.

Ah, not good!

Thinking of this, Zhou Nan's expression changed.According to real historical records, within a few days after the new year, Wang Shu will be sentenced to death.In other words, before the Yan Party completely collapsed, he had to be killed first.

This Wang Shigong is really suffering. The [-]-mile long march has reached Wayaobao, but he died on the battlefield.

No, I have to save his life to repay my teacher.

(End of this chapter)