Do you know that it starts with Meng Tong?

After turning to the last article in the title list, Walrus Gan had only read half of it, and couldn't help but stand up and praise: "This person is really talented, I should give him a try!"

Soon, Walrus Qian remembered that he had not yet performed his duties and knew that he had made a mistake. Since all the people in the room were his trusted people, they would not spread the word. He smiled and sat back in front of the case again.

Such an abnormal behavior of Walrus Gan naturally attracted the attention of the master at the side. After obtaining Walrus Gan's consent, the master picked up the directory from the case and read it.

However, the title of the article reads "On the return of the perfect jade to Zhao" in five large characters. It seems that it should be a prose that is not restricted by the format.

Today's prose is either in Taige style or blindly imitates the retro style of the Han and Tang Dynasties, sticking to the square and the circle. Therefore, it is rare to see excellent works, and some prose is not even as good as the eight-legged essay for exams.

However, since this prose can be praised by Walrus Gan, it must be unusual.

I saw the beginning of the article: "Everyone praises Lin Xiangru's perfection, but I don't dare to believe it."

The master couldn't help but his eyes lit up: "He took the lead, saw what no one before him had seen, and taught what no one before him had taught."

I cheered up and continued reading.

After reading word for word, the master couldn't help but sigh again: "First discuss the feelings, then analyze the reason, it is meticulous and thought-provoking. This piece of work is uniquely created by Zhao Lunxuansi, the renovation is amazing, it can be a masterpiece for the whole family!"

Walrus Gan nodded in approval and said: "This article is worth reading for the entire list of titles. Although the other articles also have merits, they are still suspected of showing off their literary style."

A great writer like Walrus Gan has always disliked articles that are packed with rhetoric and elaborate parallels. On the contrary, this kind of fresh, concise, and meaningful articles are more to his liking.

However, when Walrus Gan looked at the signature of the author at the beginning of the chapter with great interest, he felt a little uneasy.

"This article was actually written by Na Fuxian. Why are the writing styles of the two articles before and after it so different?"

Chapter 54 Students and Disciples

Outside Jiangning City, there is a small courtyard by the lake.

Wei Chen was following Zhuang Jun in the courtyard, making slightly weird movements one after another.

Under Zhuang Jun's guidance, Wei Chen has been practicing this guidance technique for nearly a month.

Every time Wei Chen completes a complete set of movements, he will feel comfortable and happy, including an improvement in his sleep quality.

Just these intuitive feelings can already prove that the value of this guidance technique is immeasurable.

According to Zhuang Jun, as long as you practice this Daoyin technique for a long time, you can enlighten the body's qi and mobilize the vitality of the body through self-training and adjustment of the body and mind, so as to achieve the effects of curing diseases, keeping fit, and prolonging life.

Zhuang Jun is over sixty years old, but he still has a ruddy complexion, strong movements, and sharp eyes and ears. He reads for four or five hours a day without any signs of fatigue.

All of this is obviously the result of this unknown guidance technique.

With the vivid example of Mr. Zhuang in front of him, Wei Chen naturally spared no effort in practicing the Daoyin technique.

Under the warm sunshine, Wei Chen followed Zhuang Jun through a set of movements, until his forehead started to sweat slightly, and then he let out a long breath.

Zhuang Jun watched Wei Chen's meticulous finishing movements and nodded with satisfaction.

At this time, there was a knock on the door, and Uncle Fu hurried out to check. When he opened the door, he found that it was Shen Du, the prefect of Jiangning, who was visiting.

Shen Du was dressed in casual clothes and had only two followers behind him. As soon as he entered the door, he bowed respectfully to Zhuang Jun: "Teacher."

After Zhuang Jun changed his clothes and wiped his sweat, he opened his eyes and looked at Shen Du, and said with a smile: "You're just in time, let's have breakfast with me."

Now Uncle Fu served food and set the table. Each of the three of them had a bowl of sticky white porridge with tremella, yam, green vegetables and other side dishes.

Shen Du and Wei Chen sat on the stone benches beside the table, picked up their portions and ate quietly.

It wasn't until after the meal, when Uncle Fu cleared away the dishes and served tea, that the three of them spoke.

Shen Du opened the lid of the tea and smelled it, and suddenly felt the aroma of tea. He took a sip of the tea and said intoxicatedly: "It is worthy of being listed as a tribute to Yuqian Longjing. The fragrance is endless. It is really the best tea!"

"Slippery, boastful and boastful."

Zhuang Jun laughed and scolded, and said calmly: "Master Futai has many things to do and is busy with business, how can you come to my humble residence in the spare time?"

Shen Du touched the bridge of his nose. The dignified noble of the house was actually a little shy at this moment: "The student is here to share the spoils with the teacher and the younger brother."

Divide the spoils?

Wei Chen's heart moved and he asked: "But what about the income from the directory?"

Shen Du nodded: "The title list was officially published half a month ago. The scholars heard that the teacher personally checked and proofread it, and they flocked to buy it. The five hundred volumes originally scheduled to be printed have been sold out by various bookstores. At present, the bookstore is stepping up its efforts to engrave and publish the edition."

When Shen Du talked about this, he smiled and was obviously very happy.

The list of questions has always been exclusive to national talent promotion ceremonies such as the provincial examination and the general examination. If a provincial examination has to issue a list of questions, it is easy to attract criticism.

When Shen Du decided to publish the list of government examination questions, it was also to resist the request of the wealthy families in Jiangning. He had no choice but to do it. Many people in Jiangning city were waiting to see the joke of the master of the government.

One can imagine how much pressure Shen Du was under.

At this moment, Zhuang

Jun suddenly found him and said he was willing to come forward to edit the title list for Jiangning Mansion.

Shen Du was naturally overjoyed when he heard this. Mr. Qingteng's name was almost unknown among scholars. All the books he reviewed were very popular in book stores. If he came to read the news about the school's title list, If word spreads, it will definitely become popular before it is published.

However, although Shen Du had always regarded Zhuang Jun as his mentor and respected him, Zhuang Jun had never publicly acknowledged him as his disciple.

Not only Shen Du, Zhuang Jun lectures all over the world and has countless disciples, but he has not recognized a formal disciple so far.

In fact, the relationship between Zhuang Jun and Shen Du has always been one of respect and affection from Shen Du, but Zhuang Jun has no expression at all.

Therefore, Shen Du was a little confused as to why the teacher suddenly came to help him.

After asking, I found out that the teacher's help came with a condition, which was to add an article called "On the Return of the Perfect Bi to Zhao" to the last chapter of the title list.

The author of this article is Wei Chen, the student Shen Du recommended to Zhuang Jun not long ago.

Upon hearing Zhuang Jun's request, Shen Du didn't hesitate at all and simply agreed on the spot.

Compared with the benefits brought by Mr. Qingteng’s celebrity effect, adding one more article is completely worthless.

And after Shen Du read the article "On the Return of the Perfect Jade to Zhao", he knew even more clearly that he had made a lot of money.

Not only will this article not hold you back, it will also elevate the entire title list.

Sure enough, after the title list was officially published, it became a best-seller in major bookstores in Jiangning City, and the books in stock were quickly sold out.

The catalog sells well, and Shen Du, who went out of his way to come up with the catalog, is naturally proud of himself. It was originally just a last resort, but now it has become a cultural and educational achievement. How could Shen Du not be happy?

Of course, Shen Du also knew in his heart that most of the credit for the book's success should go to Zhuang Jun and Wei Chen.

Needless to say, the blessings brought by Zhuang Jun's reputation, Wei Chen's refreshing "On the Return of the Perfect Jade to Zhao" also contributed greatly to the best-selling of the title list.

Shen Du even heard from people below that some scholars bought the catalog just to read the last article, "On the Return of the Perfect Bi to Zhao", and they just scanned the rest of the articles.

Yesterday, even booksellers from Yangzhou Prefecture came to visit, wanting to sell this book to Yangzhou Prefecture.

When Shen Du heard the news, he immediately felt more dignified. He rushed to the lakeside courtyard early in the morning to report the good news, and also settled the share of the polish that Wei Chen and Zhuang Jun deserved.

Facing the 200 taels of silver wrapped in red silk, Wei Chen immediately handed over his share to Zhuang Jun in the name of filial piety to the teacher, and Zhuang Jun did not refuse and accepted it happily.

Looking at this scene, Shen Du felt a little sour in his heart.

On weekdays, he often gave Zhuang Jun money and gifts, but Zhuang Jun never accepted them. Occasionally, he would leave some tea leaves or pens, inks, papers, and inkstones.

But Wei Chen gave 200 taels of silver to Zhuang Jun, but Zhuang Jun didn't blink an eyelid and accepted it with peace of mind.

Combined with Zhuang Jun's previous use of his reputation to promote Wei Chen's article, how could Shen Du not understand the meaning behind this?

"This boy should be the successor to the teacher's mantle...

Although Wei Chen was personally introduced to Zhuang Jun by Shen Du, he still couldn't help but feel jealous and jealous.

I think that when Shen Du was young, he followed Zhuang Jun on a study tour. For more than ten years, he served him as a teacher, worked hard, and served him wholeheartedly. But even so, he was not accepted by Zhuang Jun.

On the other hand, Wei Chen, who had only met Zhuang Jun for less than a month, suddenly became Zhuang Jun's only closed disciple and was fortunate to inherit what Zhuang Jun had learned throughout his life.

The gap between people is really too big!

Of course, Shen Du only sighed with emotion for a while. When he calmed down, his mood quickly turned into sincere relief.

Zhuang Jun has lectured all over the world for decades, and there are many students like Shen Du. They have never been recognized by Zhuang Jun, but they all respect Zhuang Jun as their teacher and respect the old man who taught them from the bottom of their hearts. .

The students have always had a problem, that is, Zhuang Jun has never been married, has no children, and is alone.

After Shen Du became the prefect of Jiangning, he was entrusted by his fellow apprentices to take care of Zhuang Jun.

But this is not a long-term solution after all.

The students still hope that the teacher can find a true disciple who can pass on the teacher's teachings and at the same time take care of the teacher until his death.

Now, this person finally appeared.

Shen Du looked at the young man sitting upright on the stone bench, thinking of his inspiring and eloquent articles, and couldn't help but smile with joy.

"My master's teachings are endless!"

Chapter 55 Reputation and Ranking

In mid-July, the new academic officer finally arrived in Jiangning City.

As soon as he entered the city, Walrus Qian settled in the examination room, announced that the door would be locked, and all visits would be refused.

In fact, the college examination is not a gathering of children from a province to take the examination in the provincial capital. It is an academic inspection tour. Whichever county you go to, you will take the examination.

However, as the academic administration of the past dynasties became more and more lazy, they basically gathered the children in one place to take the college examination. Sometimes one exam was taken by one prefecture, and sometimes two prefectures were combined together, which was also called the exam.

The reason why Walrus Gan was able to hide away from people as soon as he arrived in Jiangning was because when the academic administration went to various prefectures for college examinations, the local magistrates acted as promotions and undertook all the supplies. All kinds of affairs were also handled by the prefectural government, so there was no need for them. Why should Walrus do it?

When the wealthy officials in Jiangning City heard about the arrangements for the college examination, they were all filled with hatred.

During the government examination, Shen Du tried every means to obstruct various requests, and even threatened to publish a list of titles. As a result, many children from aristocratic families failed to even pass the government examination and were humiliated at their grandma's house.

When it came to the college examination, not only was Shendu still there, but there was also a walrus-like old man who didn't know how to get into things.

Moreover, Walrus Dry is much more difficult to deal with than Shendu.

The Hai family has a sect of five Hanlins, and it is a Qingliu family with upright roots. The gentlemen of the Hai family have such bad tempers that they dare to stand up to the emperor.

Qingliu is not afraid of the powerful.

For Walrus Gan, impeachment of the imperial relatives in Tokyo City is as common as drinking water and eating, let alone the "second-rate wealthy families" like Jiangning City?

If there were still people saying weird things when Shen Du demanded strict discipline in the government, then once the Walrus came, all the demons and ghosts in Jiangning City were immediately suppressed and did not dare to show up.

Not long after Walrus took office, he cooperated closely with Shen Du to protect Jiangning's wealthy families, leaving no chance to take advantage of any loopholes.

For a time, all the rich and powerful families lamented that this year's scientific examination in Jiangning was really a ghost!