Is Zhang Juzheng a genius?

There is no doubt about this, what "at the age of six or seven, he can recite poetry and compose poems, and at the age of twelve, he can read all the four books and five classics." This is not an exaggeration at all, because he was admitted to Xiucai at the age of twelve, and it is definitely not possible to read all the four books and five classics, and it is a piece of cake for him to write poetry.

At the age of twelve, ordinary people are still ignorant, and there is nothing more to do, but he has stood out from millions of readers, and he has been admitted to the Xiucai fame, which is not a genius, what is a genius, you must know that Xie Jin, who is known as the first genius of the Ming Dynasty, was only admitted to the Xiucai fame at the age of fifteen.

Perhaps, the genius of the Ming Dynasty who can compete with Zhang Juzheng is only Xie Jin, Xie Jin was fifteen years old when he was admitted to the Xiucai fame, at the age of nineteen he was raised in high school, at the age of twenty he was named on the gold list, ranking tenth in the top three, and Zhang Juzheng was admitted to the show at the age of twelve, at the age of sixteen he was raised in high school, and at the age of twenty-three he was named in the gold list, ranking eighth in the second class.

Judging from the age of the title of the gold list, Zhang Juzheng seems to be a little worse than Xie Jin, but in fact, it is not, because Xie Jin has no one to take care of, and he can take the test as he wants, and Zhang Juzheng doesn't know whether he is lucky or unlucky, and he met Gu Luan, the governor of Huguang.

It is rumored that Zhang Juzheng wanted to take the township test at the age of thirteen, but it was Guxuan, the governor of Huguang, who prevented him from doing so, otherwise, he might have become the youngest person in history.

The reason why he was only named on the gold list at the age of twenty-three is said to be because of the obstruction of Gu Lan, the governor of Huguang, because he was not yet twenty years old, and people would not let him take the exam!

Of course, Gu Lan was not jealous of Zhang Juzheng's talent and didn't let him become famous, in fact, on the contrary, Gu Lan appreciated Zhang Juzheng's talent, so he deliberately prevented Zhang Juzheng from participating in the township examination and the meeting examination, in Gu Lan's words, to sharpen Zhang Juzheng more, so as not to be arrogant and offend people everywhere.

This is still very reasonable, the original Xie Jin was arrogant and offended too many people, so he was killed in his thirties.

If Gu Ling doesn't interfere and lets Zhang Juzheng take the exam, then it is very likely that Zhang Juzheng will be able to raise people in high school at the age of thirteen, and he will be able to title the gold list at the age of fourteen, in that case, it will be a bit terrifying, he will become an official at the age of fourteen, and at least he is a magistrate, can Zhang Juzheng control himself?

Of course, these are all things that happened in history, and at this time, Zhang Juzheng was just a man.

At this time, Zhang Juzheng naturally wanted to participate in the examination, the title of the gold list, brilliant Tengda, it was a coincidence, the examination was going to be held after the New Year, he was thinking about it, but Gu Ling explained to his parents that he was not allowed to go!

Although he is a genius, "a penny is difficult to beat a hero", his parents are stuck, don't give money, he has no choice, he can't beg all the way to the capital to catch the exam.

Just when he was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, Gu Lan sent someone to inform his parents, hurry up, pack up, and prepare to go to the capital, when the Ministry of Rites is still the book, Yang Cong, the champion of the Yimo Branch, wants to accept Zhang Juzheng as a disciple!

Who is Yang Cong, who is a scholar in the world, no one knows this, this is the idol of today's readers!

The story of Yang Cong is widely circulated among scholars, what was the top student in high school at the age of 20, the governor of the border town at the age of 22, the beating of the Tartars, the governor of the five southeastern provinces at the age of 25, and the extermination of pirates and pirates, etc., each of which is familiar to many readers.

It can be said that Yang Cong is already close to Wang Shouren's legendary existence in the minds of scholars, and Zhang Juzheng was naturally ecstatic when he heard that Yang Cong wanted to take him as an apprentice.

This master is a high school champion at the age of 20, so he must have no problem if he wants to take next year's entrance exam, right?

With such excitement, he followed the guards sent by Yang Cong to pick him up, all the way from Huguang to the north, and went straight to the capital.

Along the way, he finally experienced the feeling of a rich man, you must know that although he is a genius, it does not mean that his family is rich, his family is an ordinary military household, and the only thing that is different is that his father has taken the examination to show his fame.

However, this year, Xiucai is not to say that it can be seen everywhere, it is also a big handful, there is nothing unusual at all, the so-called "poor Xiucai, poor Xiucai", his family is also poor, even if he is lifted later, it is also staying at home every day to warm the book, and he has not gone out to make money at all, and the family is still as poor as ever.

When he went to participate in the township examination, let alone take a carriage, he didn't even have to ride a horse, he just walked there, which is like this, not only has a carriage to sit on, but also someone to serve, and he doesn't have to worry about eating and staying in the hotel, and someone will arrange it.

This kind of treatment, he thinks it is already the best, although most of the people who live along the way are post stations, and the food is not particularly good, but compared to the ordinary meals of his family, it is much better, and in his life, he has followed the governor of Huguang Gu Lan to eat such delicious things a few times.

Unexpectedly, after arriving in the capital, he realized that the treatment along the way was just drizzle.

What Yang Cong arranged for him was directly a courtyard covering an area of more than ten acres, and it was on the edge of Yuyuan Lake, there were mountains and rivers, the beautiful scenery was intoxicating, and the little maid who served him was also beautiful and intoxicating.

Ahem, it's a bit off-topic.

In short, Yang Cong is quite good to each disciple, each of them is a separate courtyard, and there are servants to serve, and the food is similar to him, not to mention extreme luxury, ordinary people can never afford to eat it.

Zhang Juzheng should be regarded as the latest among the seven disciples, because Yang Jisheng was originally from Beizhili, Shen Lian has always followed Yang Cong, Li Chunfang also ran over with Zhan Ruoshui's letter of introduction, as for Hai Rui, Tan Lun and Qi Jiguang, Yang Cong all sent a boat to pick them up, but Zhang Juzheng could only come by carriage by land.

The seven disciples gathered, and the next step was the grand apprenticeship ceremony.

On this morning, the Yang Mansion was decorated like the New Year, and there were lights everywhere, Zhang Bangqi, Zou Shouyi, Nie Bao and other Yangming bigwigs, as well as Dingguo Gong Xu Yande, Jingshan Hou Cui Yuan and other princes and nobles, including Lu Song, Lu Bing, Zhang Yue and other Yang Cong's relatives came, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a crown cover.

At this time, these people don't have to be taboo that Yan Song will attack them for plotting against them, and they don't have to worry that Jiajing will think that they are forming a party for personal gain, because the establishment of the college, teaching and educating people are all good things that have been praised by people in these years, what if people accept students and come to watch the ceremony, as long as Yang Cong dares to invite, they dare to come.

Yan Song really has nothing to do about this kind of thing, even if Yang Cong invites him, he has to come, although the two are mortal enemies, they are not acquaintances, if they invite him to this kind of thing, it is too selfish and will be criticized.

Of course, it is impossible for Yang Cong to invite Yan Song, because if you invite Yan Song, you have to invite Xia Yan, if you invite Xia Yan, you have to invite Mao Bowen, and if you invite Mao Bowen, you can't help but invite Mao Bowen's other six books, after all, there is no important minister in the court that he doesn't know, if these people are invited, then all the bigwigs of the important yamen in the entire court will not have to come this day, that would be too arrogant.

Therefore, he only invited the bigwigs of his own faction, not even ministers like Mao Bowen, who had a very good relationship with him.

However, this is already grand enough, not to mention more than half of the dignitaries and dignitaries in the capital, and a small half is still there, who can be as grand as him when he accepts disciples.