Zechang Academy, located in the Wuluo Mountain of Renzhou, Tengshui surrounds its east, Xiushui surrounds its west, the two rivers go down side by side like a long practice, and finally merge into the Yuanhua River. Zechang Academy was founded in the Wei Dynasty, has a history of 260 years, Confucian scholar Wang Yufei felt that at that time, "the style of learning is declining, the morale is becoming ugly, and the people's hearts are not ancient", and built Zechang Academy at the foot of Wuluo Mountain in Funing County, his hometown, wanting to "learn the ancients through the scriptures, help the times and do the way, and achieve high sages".

Since the establishment of the academy, the virtuous ministers and celebrities have multiplied, first there is Yang Zhixi's "learn without tire, seeking the four Yi" of the broad doctrine, and then there is Chen Daoqing's "turning the people into customs, teaching first" education theory, and when Wei died, Liu Wenhuai, the head of Zechang Academy, "loyal and righteous" died for the country, Zheng Taizu praised the academy as "the wind and bones of the Southern Wei Dynasty", wrote a plaque, and issued an edict to reward the academy, and received the heart of Jiangnan scholars.

Since then, Zechang Academy has become the leader of Jiangnan Academy, with dozens of people in each session, and there are constantly people who enter high school and become officials. For more than 100 years, Zechang Academy has gradually formed a huge force in the Great Zheng Dynasty, which is known as the "Ze Party", and the "Zhang Party" is also a force of the Academy. The seventh Emperor Zheng Hui deliberately suppressed the power of the academy, and appointed many officials from the academy to the positions of imperial history and Guozijian, and at the same time vigorously supported the official school Guozijian, forming a situation headed by Guozijian and attaching equal importance to "North Zhangyi and South Zechang".

Zechang Academy's golden signboard attracts students from 15 states in the south of the Yangtze River to come one after another, and even students from Jiangbei come to visit, and every year on July 15, 16 and 17, it is the day when the college recruits new students. There is always a crowd of people in front of the mountain gate of the academy, and the voice of "Zhihu Ye" with accents from all over the world is constant.

After a torrential rain, Tengshui and Xiushui swelled, flooded roads and washed out bridges in many places. Jiang Anyi rode charcoal, splashed mud and water all the way, and finally arrived at Zechang Academy on the last day. In order to show respect, Jiang Anyi got off the horse and walked on the stone avenue in front of the academy with charcoal, and a carriage drove by him from time to time to rush to the academy.

A wall separates the academy from the outside, with tall trees planted outside the wall, and sedan chairs parked in the open space with special personnel guarding luggage. There was a crowd of people around the entrance, some looking in, some holding their heads up to the sky, chanting words in their mouths, and some looking around, not knowing what to do.

Jiang Anyi handed over the charcoal to someone to take care of, and then put away the baggage he carried, leaned in after coming to the crowd, and saw a table, behind which sat a gentleman, reading a book as if no one was around. In the middle of the table is a couplet: Songmeizhu Suihan Sanyou, next to it is some cut white paper, as well as a pen and inkstone. It happened that there was a famous student next to him with a happy face, and he wrote "Jun's Relatives and Teachers' Loyalty and Righteousness" on a white piece of paper, and respectfully handed it to the gentleman. The gentleman looked at it, nodded and said, "Yes, it's passed." ”

Watching the man happily walk inside, Jiang Anyi understood that this couplet should be an introductory exam. After thinking for a moment, Jiang Anyi picked up the pen and wrote down "Taoli Xingchun Nuan Family" and sent it to Mr. The gentleman read it and praised approvingly: "That's good, let's go in." ”

Inside is the green brick paved road, on both sides of the tall poplar trees, the 12 stone steps above the tall gatehouse, in the middle of the hanging Taizu "Zechang Academy" banner, the eaves decorated with lotus flowers and prismatic patterns. On the two thick pillars are hung the couplets with gold characters on a black background: "Twenty-seven states of humanities, this is the foundation; Three hundred years of Taoism, you have to be taught".

There are rows of tables and chairs on the left and right in front of the stone steps, some people are sitting at the table and reading books, and some people are wandering around thinking, Jiang Anyi wondered in his heart, what kind of formation is this. happened to see the one who just wrote "Jun's Relatives and Teachers' Loyalty and Righteousness" standing under a pine tree, subconsciously wiping two black beards and frowning, Jiang Anyi stepped forward and said: "This brother is polite, in Jiang Anyi, Lower Texas, dare to ask Zechang Academy why it tried again and again?" Master Ziyun has no class of teaching, why not accept it if he comes to study. ”

The man was interrupted by Jiang Anyi, and replied with a little unhappiness: "There are more than 300 freshmen who have come to enroll, and the residence of the academy is limited, so it can only admit 80 people. Jiang Anyi was secretly speechless, he had inquired before he came, the academy does not charge money for teaching, but it costs at least ten taels a year for accommodation, accommodation and other expenses, but he didn't expect so many people to come, all saying that they are poor and rich, and this article is not poor.

Jiang Anyi came to the front on the left, also at the same table and Mr. Yi, and the paper on the table read, "Master Ziyun: Have friends come from afar, are you happy?" Why is there any fun? This is the first chapter of Master's language, and everyone who reads the book knows it, and they can recite it backwards. However, everyone knows that it should be happy, and there are really few people who have really thought about it.

Outline and grasp the main points, this is the key to Yu Shi telling himself to read. The key to Master's sentence lies in the word "friend", friend, friend, party, only talking about friend and not the party is biased, Jiang Anyi feels that he has found a starting point.

After thinking about it again and again, Jiang Anyi found an empty table and sat down, there was paper and pen on the table, and he wrote with a pen: friends, friends, like-minded people. Learning from mentors and fellow comrades, I am not alone, and this is a pleasure. There are friends coming from afar, if the brothers are reunited, life is happy, and these two are happy. Learning is gained, there are friends to ask for benefits, teaching and learning each other, these three joys also.

The answer sheet was handed to the gentleman in front, and after reading it, the gentleman nodded, recorded Jiang Anyi's origin and name on a piece of paper, and released it.

Behind the gate is Pan Pond, which is spanned by an arched stone bridge, and the pond is filled with lotus flowers, and the fragrance of the pond is overwhelming. Crossing the bridge is the main entrance of the academy, and the plaque of "the door of learning" is hung on the lintel, which is the gate of Dacheng, the master is called a collection of Dacheng. Dacheng Gate is magnificent, four pillars and five rooms, the eaves of the corridor Zhu door, the head of the beast, the golden door nails, the main door is closed, and the two folds are open.

Jiang Anyi carefully crossed the high threshold and entered the courtyard, and someone led him into the left wing, where the tables and tables were neatly placed, and there were already a few people sitting and waiting. Jiang Anyi did the same, found an empty seat and waited with peace of mind, this waiting time is not short, nearly an hour has passed. During this time, two people came in one after another, and one of them was the familiar one.

When the man saw Jiang Anyi, he nodded, and when he saw Jiang Anyi get up and invite, he sat down next to Jiang Anyi, and introduced himself enthusiastically: "In Anyang, Xiarenzhou, his surname is Li Mingshicheng. ”

"I've seen Brother Li, junior brother Dezhou Xinqi Jiang Anyi." Although he reported once, Jiang Anyi estimated that this Brother Li didn't remember it at all, so he simply reported it again.

"Brother Jiang Xian has only learned people, and if he arrives late and arrives early, he is ashamed of his foolish brother, so it is better to do it." Li Shicheng said humbly.

"Little brother is lucky", Jiang Anyi didn't know much about the introductory third test of Zechang Academy, and asked: "Ask Brother Li, I don't know what to test in this third test?" ”

Li Shicheng looked relaxed and said with a smile: "The third test is a difficult debate, don't worry, if you can pass the first two levels, you will basically be officially enrolled, and the third level is just a consideration of the heart, and you will be taught because of your talents, and there are few people who fail to pass according to the convention." ”

The debate is mainly based on the discussion of scriptures, current affairs, and characters, so as to stimulate the debater to think deeply, so as to clarify the general meaning. In the debate, teachers and students debate each other and debate freely in Zechang Academy.

Jiang Anyi has had the opportunity to debate in Xinqi County, and he has always been a horse instructor who talks endlessly, and listens attentively below, and most of the articles together are talking about poetry and literary strategies, and there are occasional arguments, which are close to quarrels. Jiang Anyi couldn't help but feel apprehensive and didn't know what to do.

After thinking about it, a gentleman walked in, stood on the stage and looked at it with a folding fan in his hand, waited for everyone to calm down, and said: "My surname is Su, you can call me Mr. Su, and I will preside over the third test, and this test will be questioned." Master Ziyun, Yin has three benevolences, Weizi goes, Jizi is a slave, and he dies than Gan. Could you please try to say that the three are superior? ”

This is something that happened during the Warring States Period, Lord Yin was tyrannical, Weizi, Jizi and Bigan advised many times, but Lord Yin did not listen, so Weizi left, Jizi pretended to be a slave, Bigan repeatedly forced to be killed, the master felt the sincerity of the three people, and praised: Yin has three benevolence. However, the master did not divide the three into the lowest, but collectively referred to the three as the three benevolences, and now the master wants everyone to divide the three into the highest, thinking that it is to investigate the way of the people as ministers.

As soon as the voice fell, a person stood up and replied angrily: "Weizi escaped, Jizi feints, all are avoided, but it is better than doing it to see that it is difficult to avoid, loyal to the monarch and strong admonition, although there is no regret in death, through the ages, it is still a model, I think that Liu Gong, the sage of my academy, is loyal and righteous because of the country's death, so he has the reputation of 'Southern Wei Feng Gu'." Xiao Sheng thought that the three of them were higher than the dry. ”

Hearing the cheers of the crowd, the man proudly arched his hand around, Mr. Su nodded, asked him to sit down, and motioned to the next one to express his opinion with his eyes. There are a total of eight people in the audience, but five are in favor of the highest ratio, and Li Shicheng is one of them.

There is a person who thinks that "if you are a minister, if you don't listen to it, you will go", and the micro is the highest; Another person thinks that the three are inferior, and the speeches of these two have attracted the siege of the other five.

Mr. Su was noncommittal, just nodded from time to time, noticed that Jiang Anyi didn't say a word, folded the fan, and pointed to Jiang Anyi: "That scholar, what do you think?" ”

Seeing that he couldn't hide, Jiang Anyi got up and said stubbornly: "I don't know who is high and who is low?" ”

The words caused everyone to laugh, but Mr. Su became interested, and encouraged with a smile: "It's okay, it doesn't matter if it's right or wrong, speak freely." ”

To be placed before being struck by lightning, Jiang Anyi is also determined to be higher than Gan, and the education of thousands of years is to admonish people to the death and fight to the death, which is the highest state of being a minister. But since he was possessed by demons, Jiang Anyi slipped in from time to time to "steal", and inevitably brought some deviant things, first panicked, then criticized and then confused, and after thinking about it, he felt that there was some truth, and he thought about it a lot, and naturally had a lot of distractions. So in the face of "Sanren", he asked him to tell the high and low, but he really didn't know.

"These three people are all benevolent people as the master said, and their behavior is not superior or inferior", Jiang Anyi's words were just spoken, and there was immediately a voice of opposition. Seeing that Jiang Anyi hadn't finished speaking, Mr. Su shook his fan and stopped: "Don't worry, listen to him." ”

"As for whether to escape, to be mad, or to die, although the behavior is different, the purpose is the same, they are all loyal to the country, so the master said that Yin has three benevolences. If the strong is to be scored, it is decided according to the final result. As soon as these words came out, everyone was silent, just now everyone looked at the problem from the perspective of these three people, but I didn't expect Jiang Anyi to change his angle, which was refreshing. Mr. Su also paused the gently swaying folding fan, his eyes were different, and he looked at Jiang Anyi intently.

Jiang Anyi coughed lightly to relieve his tension, and then said: "If you can admonish, you will admonish, if you can't admonish, you will go, leave a useful body, or shepherd one side or educate a place, it is better than admonishing death and seeking fame; If the country is in crisis, although it will not avoid death, it will be loyal to the country; If it is too peaceful and stable, then retreat to the rivers and lakes to wait for the opportunity to do more practical things for the country and the people. Therefore, although the death of Bigan is called heroic, it is not necessarily higher than Weizi and Jizi in terms of superiority, and the master will say that the three benevolences are not distinguished. ”

This speech implies the idea of "the people are important, the community is secondary, and the monarch is light", "the people are noble and the king is light" was put forward by Yasheng in the Warring States Period, when the emperors used it to win the hearts of the people, when the regime was unified, this kind of formulation is contrary to the way of the emperor, although some monarchs will still mention, but in the actual concept of governance, this idea has gradually become taboo.

Jiang Anyi's newborn calf didn't know the severity, so he boldly threw out his thoughts, and everyone here was full of poetry and books, so they naturally understood the meaning of these words, and they were silent for a while.

Mr. Su shook the folding fan and broke the silence and said, "Okay, everyone has talked very well, and this question is here." It's still early, so you might as well take a stroll around and familiarize yourself with the environment. Remember, Shen Shi gathered at Dacheng Gate, and someone led you to school to arrange a place to live, so let's disperse now. ”

Jiang Anyi was thinking about where to go, Li Shicheng walked over with a smile on his face, and said enthusiastically: "Brother Jiang Xian is coming to the academy for the first time, if you don't take the liberty, how about Brother Fool take you around?" ”