Since Zhang Pu had agreed to these conditions, Zheng Sen also got up to say goodbye, but Zhang Pu left Zheng Sen behind, and talked about some academic things, before he sent Zheng Sen out of the door with a smile, and when he arrived at the door, Zhang Pu suddenly said: "Da Mu, you probably don't plan to participate in the imperial examination in a short time, right?" ”

Zheng Sen was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "How does Mr. know?" ”

Zhang Pu stroked his beard and said, "I heard Gu Ningren and Fang Mizhi say that what you are studying now found that there is no Shiwen in it, so I guessed like this." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Damu, you are still young now, but you already have a way to study, and it is easy to be virtuous and speak in the future, but this sage is not just writing articles in the study, but also needs to govern the world. And if you want to rule the world, you must not give up this imperial examination. ”

Zheng Sen listened and replied, "What Mr. said, how can Zheng Sen not know?" It's just that the kid himself feels that he is still too young now, and his knowledge is not enough, if he rashly goes to participate in the scientific examination, it is actually just a fluke to be admitted, and it may not be a good thing for himself and the country. It is better to lay a solid foundation first, wait for a little success in learning, and then participate in the imperial examination, govern a country and test it, and then dare to speak out about the affairs of the world. ”

Zhang Pu listened, nodded and smiled: "Actually, I'm also worrying blindly, with the way of Damu to study, I have to verify it with practice, so how can I give up the scientific examination?" But it makes sense that you're willing to settle down and study for a few years first. Nowadays, there are not many young people like you who are willing to settle down and study the righteousness first. ”

The two went out, and Zheng Sen said goodbye to Zhang Pu again. A few days later, Qian Qianyi was summoned to Beijing, and Zheng Sen naturally went to see him off with the students of the Fushe Society, and many scholars gave poems to send each other, but Zheng Sen did not write a single poem. Then a few days later, the Zheng family's money arrived, Zhang Pu got the money, hurriedly said goodbye to Zheng Sen, and went to Beijing.

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On this day, when Zheng Sen returned to his residence from Guozijian's dismissal, a servant came to report: "After Gongzi went out, some scholars came to visit and left some worship notes here. ”

Zheng Sen listened and said, "Show it to me." ”

So the servant brought some prayer stickers. Zheng Sen looked at them one by one, they were all unknown scholars, and the most special one was a self-proclaimed Gusu Li Xiang, who actually wrote a poem and attached it to the worship post. Zheng Sen looked at the poem, and it was not badly written. Zheng Sen felt that it was probably a little better than what he wrote, and of course, the good ones were limited.

"I don't become famous by pretending to be a poet, I attach poetry to the prayer post, and the level of poetry is actually like that, more than beautiful, not enough weather." Zheng Sen shook his head and tossed the prayer note aside. Now Zheng Sen receives a lot of prayers every day, and if he has to respond to every one, then he really shouldn't do anything else.

Zheng Sen thought about it, now that he has arrived in Nanjing, it seems that he has done almost what he should do, and he got in touch with Zhang Pu, and spent money to buy the right to build a base garrison in Chongming, so that the Zheng family's power directly radiates to the Yangtze River, which will inevitably bring greater benefits in business, in fact, just this, the economic benefits that can be brought to the Zheng family are far greater than the silver given to Zhang Pu. If you want to get such a result after Zhou Yanru reinvents his phase, I am afraid that the money he will spend will be far greater than now. That's the benefit of investing in futures.

After the Zheng family's forces reached the Yangtze River, their ties with the big landlords and businessmen in Jiangsu and Zhejiang would also become closer, which would also help Zheng Sen's future plans.

In addition, Zheng Sen also bought a favor for Ma Shiying, Ma Shiying is very righteous, if everything is normal in the future, Ma Shiying will become the governor of Lufeng after his recovery, and the area under his jurisdiction is also extremely important, and the benefits in this are also great.

Of course, more importantly, relying on this industry, Zheng Sen has also attracted some talents who will be very influential in the future. The benefits of this for future careers are incalculable.

However, since these things have basically been done, the meaning of continuing to stay in Nanjing is limited, after all, Zheng Sen does not plan to really become a Confucian in the future, or to take the Jinshi and the first or something. Moreover, the construction on the Taiwan side is also busy, and it is better not to be there for a short time, and if you stay in Nanjing for a long time, then there will definitely be problems with the construction on the Taiwan side. If it gets like this, it's really a big loss. Moreover, Taiwan will be one of the most important bases for Zheng Sen in the future, and leaving here for a long time also has a sense of authority. Therefore, Zheng Sen felt that it was time for him to leave Nanjing.

The next day, Zheng Sen went to report to Guozijian for leave. The reason is that he went back to celebrate his father's birthday. This is a high-sounding reason, and no one can say anything that is not, and it is also common for students of Guozijian to take long vacations to travel. So Zheng Sen quickly completed various procedures and prepared to return to Taiwan.

Of course, before leaving, I still have to say goodbye to my friends. Zhang Pu has already gone to Beijing, but Fang Yizhi and Gu Jiang, Chen Hongshou, Yang Wencong, Zhang Dai and others are still there, and they have to say goodbye one by one. So Zheng Sen can't just leave.

After taking leave in the Guozi Prison, Zheng Sen returned to his small courtyard, and the servant took out a bunch of prayer notes as usual. Zheng Sen naturally had to take a closer look at them all to see if there were any friends of his own, or any historical celebrities worth collecting. So Zheng Sen once again found the worship post of the scholar named Li Xiang, which still has a poem on it, but this worship post is a little different from the last one. This time this greeting post is an apricot red Xue Tao note, and the tone of the poem also slightly reveals the tone of some daughters' families.

"Is this person sending the post a man or a woman?" Zheng Sen asked with a frown.

"It's a handsome little guy about the same age as Childe." The servant replied.

Zheng Sen nodded and thought, "Li Xiang? Isn't it the Li Xiangjun you met last time? Her set of tricks seems to be exactly the same as Liu Ruyi's tricks later. Even the response is the same. ”

Later, Liu Ru in Qin Huai Bayan found Zheng Sen's teacher Qian Qianyi with such a set of tricks. At that time, Liu Ru was wearing men's clothes, pretending to be a scholar, and submitted poems to Qian Qianyi. The result? The poetry of the famous talented girl Liu Ruye can't get into Qian Qianyi's eyes at all. was thrown directly into the wastebasket by Qian Qianyi.

In fact, this is normal, to be honest, the level of poetry of those so-called talented women is actually quite limited, just because there are fewer women who can read and write, and even fewer can write poetry, the so-called talented women are valued. But if you want to talk about the actual level, throughout history, there is only one Li Qingzhao who is really outstanding and can be among the first-class poets (lyricists). The rest, such as Zhu Shuzhen, Xue Tao, and Yu Xuanji, were only second- or third-rate at most in their era, or even not in the stream. As for Qin Huai Bayan and the like, if they are compared with the authentic scholars they brought, they are actually not outstanding. Even in the Ming Dynasty, where poetry was not developed, it could barely be regarded as a third- or fourth-rate.

Liu Ru failed to submit poems for the first time, probably because he learned a lesson and knew that his poetry, if there was no beauty factor, would not have been able to enter the eyes of Qian Qianyi, the leader of the poetry circle at that time. So she submitted poems for the second time, this time she deliberately showed some of her daughter's faces in the poems, and then she was really taken by the old-hearted Qian Qianyi, and then naturally ......

It's just that Zheng Sen and Qian Qianyi are different, and Zheng Sen's mind has not been put on finding a confidante at least for now. And although Qin Huai Bayan or something is generally more eye-catching, but in Zheng Sen's opinion, in addition to eye-catching, they really don't seem to be of much use, they are "talented women", but their "talent" doesn't seem to be of much use to Zheng Sen. Zheng Sen is not like some traversers, who have the idea of collecting a group of famous prostitutes to build an "inner study". Celebrity prostitutes are not trained in this area, and instead of spending time training them to do things that they are not actually good at, it is better to go out and dig up two historical celebrities. Even Gong Dingyu, the elder of the Three Dynasties who is the most boneless and least Bilian, as long as he keeps a tight eye and does the work of a secretary, he will definitely be better than Qin Huai Bayan and the like. The only flaw is probably that you can't "have something to do with the secretary, and nothing to do with the secretary". Of course, if you insist on this, a guy like Gong Dingyu probably won't refuse too much, anyway, this thing is actually a common thing in the Ming Dynasty, but Zheng Sen can't stand it.

Moreover, Zheng Sen was about to leave Nanjing, and he didn't want to have trouble with Qin Huai Bayan or anything at this time. So it's a pity that this Xue Tao note was ignored again. This is exactly "falling flowers intentionally follow the flowing water, and the flowing water ruthlessly loves falling flowers".

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Hearing that Zheng Sen was going back to Fujian, Zhang Dai proposed that everyone decide to go to Yanziji to set up a wine party together as a farewell.

This swallow rock is also a resort in Nanjing, where literati and artists often meet. And this place is also the dock, which is the most convenient place to say goodbye.

Westerners often say that the culture of the Chinese is the culture of eating, and this is not unreasonable. For example, no matter what we do, we can always use it as a reason to treat our stomach, and this time is no exception. When Zheng Sen and the others arrived at Yanziji, not only was their boat ready, but Zhang Dai also arranged a large table of banquets in a place with a wide field of vision and beautiful scenery. In addition to him, there were Gu Jiang, Fang Yizhi, Chen Hongshou, Zhou Bofu, and Yang Longyou who came here to see Zheng Sen off. A few days ago, Zheng Sen brought a set of Western picture albums, which Chen Hongshou and Yang Longyou liked very much.

In addition to scholars, naturally there is also a group of "talented women", Zhang Dai took Gu Hengbo, Fang Yizhi took Bian Yujing, Chen Hongshou and Yang Longyou also brought a woman, as for Zhou Bofu, it was Li Xiangjun who stood beside him.