In the past, it was not enough to boast, but now there is no end to debauchery; The spring breeze is proud, and you can see all the Chang'an flowers in one day.

Zhu Ping'an went out of the Hou Mansion and saw Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen, who were as proud as described in the poem, the two were already personable, and now they are even more energetic, this time they will try the wind and clouds, although the two are not as unreasonable as Zhu Ping'an to win the Huiyuan, but they are also on the list of both high schools, Wang Shizhen is eighty-second on the high school list, and Zhang Siwei is slightly inferior to the ninety-third place in high school, both of which are among the top 100.

"Zihou, you can be regarded as coming out." After Zhu Ping'an came out, the two walked forward with a smile.

"Brother Ziwei and Brother Wensheng have been waiting for a long time, today I am the east, and the wine and food are enough." Zhu Ping'an smiled and confessed.

"We remember what you said. But not today, let's do another day. Zhang Siwei clapped his hands and smiled, then shook his head again.

"Why? This is not your style, the last time you released the list, you seemed to be gluttonous, and there was no mercy in your mouth. Mo laughs at the farmer's wine, and the guests are full of chickens and dolphins in the harvest year, but today I have enough wine. Zhu Ping'an smiled and threw the fat duck money bag in his hand.

"Zihou, do you really don't know or don't know?" Wang Shizhen rolled her eyes and asked.

"What?" Zhu Ping'an looked dazed.

"Zihou, I really don't know how to say you, you are quick and quick-witted, but you don't understand the rules of officialdom." Wang Shizhen shook her head and said what she meant, "I'll wait to get on the list, and I'm going to visit the master as usual, I didn't see you looking for us a while ago, and today we are looking for you to visit the master." ”

"The people of the world are close or hundreds of thousands of miles. Far away or thousands of miles, the language is different. The name is not clear, but a Dengkodi. then there is a so-called chief examiner, who is called the seat teacher; There are so-called examiners with the same examiner, which is called the room master; Those on the same list are said to be in the same year; the son of the same year, called the nephew of the year; The son of the master and the master of the house, he is called the brother of the world; The seat teacher and the house master are called us, and they are called protégés; And the one who chooses the protégé is called the grandson; The grandson is called the teacher of his teacher, and he is called the teacher. Zhang Siwei followed Wang Shizhen's words. Explained to Zhu Ping'an.

Oh, protégé thorn, I see, I was negligent.

When Zhu Ping'an heard this, he remembered that there was such a thing as a doorman, which he also knew deeply in modern times.

The Ming Dynasty was at the peak of the development of the imperial examination in ancient China, and the relationship between the lord and the protégé produced by the imperial examination was unprecedentedly developed. The competition in the imperial examinations in the Ming Dynasty was unprecedentedly fierce, and the number of candidates who met the admission criteria in each examination was far greater than the number of places admitted. In the context of whether the candidate is Chinese or not, there is a lot of chance, and the admitted candidate will inevitably be grateful to the examiner who admitted him. Therefore, he is respected as the "seat master" and calls himself a "protégé". It became a natural thing. Under normal circumstances, the candidate only respects the second examiner and the same examiner who directly admits him as the seat master, and the chief examiner and the same examiner are different in terms of title, the chief examiner. It is called "seat teacher", and the same examiner is called "room teacher".

After the release of the imperial examination. The first thing the protégés have to do is to throw a "protégé stab" at the host, and "pay respects" and "meet" the host. to confirm the relationship between the owner and the protégé.

"Oh, thank you Brother Ziwei and Brother Wensheng for the reminder. Ping An almost missed a big thing. Zhu Ping'an made a sudden realization, and thanked the two of them.

In fact, Zhu Ping'an was still a little dissatisfied with the rules of the master sect handed down in the Ming Dynasty. The relationship between the master and the disciple is nothing more than an exam. One side is the examiner and the other side is the candidate. The examiner was ordered by the emperor and, according to today's parlance, was arranged by the government; Candidates follow the system to take the exam, and if they pass the exam, they will reach the level, although there are some other factors in the middle, but it is their right to be admitted in the exam. The two are business-related, and it doesn't matter if they are gracious or gracious, but I don't know who started and when, and they actually formed such a strong sense of personal friendship: as long as you accept me, you will be my teacher; As long as I admit you, you will be my disciple. was supposed to do what was supposed to be, but now that he has been on the list, he has to be grateful to Dade.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the lord and protégé maintained a normal relationship of "righteousness and righteousness", but later the number of lords and protégés of "profit and benefit" also increased, especially in the late Ming Dynasty, because the relationship between the lord and protégé has become one of the important factors contributing to the intensification of party strife and political corruption.

Of course, Zhu Ping'an is not pedantic, although there are many drawbacks in the protégé system, but there are also advantages to recognizing the teacher. As the saying goes, there are people in the court who are easy to do, and the master will also have more guidance, promotion and protection for his protégés. Especially this time, the master who will try himself and others is Xu Jie, Xu Jie, this is a fierce man who will bring Yan Song down, there is a thigh, why don't you hug it.

So, Zhu Ping'an, Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen went to the homes of Xu Jie and Yan Maoqing to cast a "protégé thorn", and "visited" and "met" Xu Jie and Yan Maoqing to confirm the relationship between the owner and the protégé.

As for the same examiners who are directly admitted to each other, they are all different, and they will be held after the joint "visit" and "meeting" Xu Jie and Yan Maoqing.

Naturally, you can't go empty-handed. Zhang Siwei led Zhu Ping'an and Wang Shizhen to a high-end ink studio and selected the best ink as a gift to pay homage to the master.

Ink is an important material for writing, the quality of ink, not only affect the artistic expression of calligraphy and painting, but also good ink does not fade for a long time, it is a very popular collection, because the four treasures of pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and study, with ink as a gift, both high-grade and elegant, as a gift to pay homage to the master.

"The name of this ink is 'a pool of spring green', which comes from the Southern Tang Dynasty lyricist Feng Yansi's "Golden Gate", 'the wind rises and blows a pool of spring water'. This ink is the best in micro-ink. The graphic design of this ink is quite ingenious, the shape is exquisite, and its font is smooth, free, and powerful. The water ripples, a cockroach swims in the meantime, leisurely and contented, giving people a sense of detachment from the world. This is also one of the most gunmen inks today. ”

Zhang Siwei has a lot of research on ink, and after looking at it for a while, Zhang Siwei pointed to one of the inks and said to Zhu Ping'an and Wang Shizhen.

Zhu Ping'an curiously took a pool of spring green ink pointed by Zhang Siwei in his hand, this piece of ink is round, with convex edges on both sides, and the whole body is coated with gold. On one side, the center of the Yang text book "a pool of spring green" four words. On the other side is the picture of Yangwen: a cockroach rises in the seawater, winding around like a worm. On one side of the ink, the four characters of "Shuiyunju System" are written in Yangwen Kaishu, and on the other side, the four characters of "Xiaohuayi History" are paragraphed.

The shopkeeper carefully took off a large piece of a fingernail from the sample, put it into the inkstone, and then took the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone to Zhu Ping'an and the three of them to try the ink.

The ink is smooth and smooth like jade, fragrant and pleasant, Zhu Ping'an saw that the two of them did not mean to try the pen, so he smiled slightly and took a step forward, took the brush and dipped it in ink, and wrote the word "ink" one by one.

"Zi Hou, good words!" Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen were full of praise for Zhu Ping'an's calligraphy.

"I just like you to be honest." Zhu Ping'an put down the brush and smiled.

When Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen heard this, they couldn't help but shake their heads and point at Zhu Ping'an and laughed.

After laughing, the three of them each bought a few pieces of "a pool of spring green" in Mozhai, and the shopkeeper wrapped it in a gift box, and after paying the money, they carried the gift box and headed towards Xu Jie's mansion. (To be continued......)